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	New York Times site hack shifts attention to registry locks One way that owners of major websites can mitigate the risk of their domains being hijacked like The New York Times' site was on Tuesday is to apply what is known as a registry lock on the domain, security researchers say. Read More   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Argent What's the biggest bottleneck in VMware? Do more CPUs improve VMware?      Using VMware NIC Teaming?      Does TCP/IP affect VMware? (You'll be surprised)      Get this essential FREE white paper now      11 pages of technical details, not sales fluff      Click to continue In this Issue 11 signs your IT project is doomed Twitter tweaks its site and mobile apps to make conversations easier Hacker points Syrian telecom website to AT&T, T-Mobile Best of summer: Meet Windows Server's BYOD features Former Google exec to help Xiaomi to expand outside China U.S. court finds file-hosting service Hotfile infringed copyright, says MPAA Mobile device management shifts to the cloud Former Google exec to help Xiaomi to expand outside China U.S. court finds file-hosting service Hotfile infringed copyright, says MPAA Jonny Evans: Mark my words: What Samsung will learn from Apple's iWatch WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc The Importance of File Archiving In this latest report developed by Osterman Research discover what challenges are facing in storing and retrieving the variety and volume of content being generated today. Read Now! 11 signs your IT project is doomed No senior buy-in, minimum spec targets, a 'nothing can go wrong' mentality -- here's how to sense demise before your IT project meets its ignominious end. Read More   Twitter tweaks its site and mobile apps to make conversations easier Twitter is updating its site and mobile apps to make it easier for users to carry out conversations on the site and share them with others outside of Twitter. Read More   Hacker points Syrian telecom website to AT&T, T-Mobile The website of a Syrian telecommunications provider redirected to AT&T's website and then T-Mobile's on Wednesday, an apparent prank by a hacker who has been probing the country's Internet infrastructure for several days. Read More   Best of summer: Meet Windows Server's BYOD features Workplace join, work folders and other new Windows Server 2012 R2 features help beleaguered IT staffers manage the jungle of end user devices. Read More   Former Google exec to help Xiaomi to expand outside China Up-and-coming Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has hired Hugo Barra, former Google vice president for Android product management, to lead its expansion worldwide. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Asigra Agentless Backup is Not a Myth Read this white paper to learn about the seven benefits agentless backup and recovery software delivers to complex enterprise environments. Learn More U.S. court finds file-hosting service Hotfile infringed copyright, says MPAA A U.S. federal court has found file-hosting website Hotfile liable for copyright infringement, according to movie industry body Motion Picture Association of America. Read More   Mobile device management shifts to the cloud New cloud-based software lets employees register, secure, and manage their personal devices without IT department involvement. And a simplified Web interface automates a lot of management tasks. Read More   Former Google exec to help Xiaomi to expand outside China Up-and-coming Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has hired Hugo Barra, former Google vice president for Android product management, to lead its expansion worldwide. Read More   U.S. court finds file-hosting service Hotfile infringed copyright, says MPAA A U.S. federal court has found file-hosting website Hotfile liable for copyright infringement, according to movie industry body Motion Picture Association of America. Read More   Jonny Evans: Mark my words: What Samsung will learn from Apple's iWatch What does a watch do? It's primary function is to tell the time. This should be the key metric as Samsung attempts to go head-to-head with Apple next month. So what will the Korean conglomerate learn from Cupertino's iWatch when Apple responds in 2014? Read More
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