Woz says no to PRISM in the free world

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	Jonny Evans: Woz says no to PRISM in the free world With free men now gazing through PRISM, darkly, Apple has moved to quell fears concerning its customer's online privacy by revealing those details it is aware of regarding the US NSA's legitimately filed requests for that data -- but have we got the big picture, or just a partial account of what's been going on? Meanwhile Apple co-founder, Woz, is angry at the implications of the NSA's snooping system. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation EMC Storage Resource Management Suite Learn how you can visualize applications to storage dependencies, analyze configurations and capacity growth, and optimize your environment to improve storage management efficiency. Learn more. In this Issue Video Brew: Derned right geeks are funny! Preston Gralla: Microsoft: We've had surveillance requests on over 31,000 customers Greg Lambert: Single critical update fixes all versions of Internet Explorer Jeff Baxter: In era of sequestration, data storage optimization key for government agencies Sharky: Nope, we're just spying on that guy behind you RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Powerful and secure remote support with LogMeIn Rescue For companies that want to compete in their industry, improving the customer experience is a top priority. To do that, having an on-demand remote support solution is essential. That's why companies around the world choose LogMeIn Rescue to provide powerful, secure support of any device, anytime, anywhere. Rescue offers a simple, reliable interface packed with all the features technicians want. Check out LogMeIn Rescue to learn more and start your free trial today. Video Brew: Derned right geeks are funny! Many, if not all, professions require a sense of humor. That's certainly true in the case of the IT professional. Let's face it: we're pretty much stereotyped as social outcasts. The pocket protector industry would fold without our support. White adhesive tape would be utilized for purposes other than holding broken glasses frames together. Jolt! Cola might not even exist! Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft: We've had surveillance requests on over 31,000 customers How much snooping do government agencies actually do on people and businesses? Judging by the surveillance requests they ask of Microsoft, quite a bit. Microsoft reports that for the second half of last year, it had received requests on between 31,000 and 32,000 customers. And Google, Facebook, and Apple have had many tens of thousands others. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Increase Efficiency and Reduce Costs with Data Deduplication This IDC Buyer Case Study explores the benefits EMC realized from the use of a range of EMC's own backup and recovery solutions that leverage deduplication technology. Learn more. Greg Lambert: Single critical update fixes all versions of Internet Explorer There is a lot going on with Patch Tuesday updates this month, even though with just five updates we have fewer than the usual monthly average of eight. Of the June updates, we see one marked as "Critical," and four rated as "Important." The first (and, ahem, worst) of Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday updates relates to Internet Explorer and covers all versions (6 right up to 10) and all platforms (32, 64-bit and the new RT platforms). Over the past month, I have been keeping an eye on some of the issues tracking IE on the Windows Update (WSUS) and security forums, and we have seen a number of issues and problems. Read More Jeff Baxter: In era of sequestration, data storage optimization key for government agencies Today, many government agencies – civilian and defense – find themselves in a technology quandary: the volume of data that must be stored is growing rapidly, while shrinking budgets are limiting capital expenditures (i.e. – servers, storage devices, etc.) required to store all of this data. Read More Sharky: Nope, we're just spying on that guy behind you IT manager pilot fish has a user in the plant who just doesn't trust computers, the IT department or management -- and she's convinced the company is monitoring her every move. Read More
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