Malware: War without end

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	Malware: War without end After decades of fighting off viruses, worms, Trojans and other malware and cyberattacks, total victory remains beyond reach. Read More WHITE PAPER: Exablox How to Leverage New Storage Strategies This ebook covers some of the key challenges organizations are encountering with storage management, data protection and cost containment. It also shows how IT organizations can effectively address these difficulties while getting the most out of their valuable information assets. Read now! In this Issue Apple's new iPad Mini: With a Retina Display, it's a Mini in name only Holiday shoppers are expected to buy more online, and be more mobile, this year Judge refuses to stay Apple-Samsung lawsuit pending patent review 'Blackshades' malware still being sold, Symantec says Salesforce.com plans 'full review' of hackathon award NASA Mars rover Curiosity back up and running Top Tech Turkeys of 2013 BlackBerry shakeup claims operating, marketing and finance chiefs Video: Fitbit Force logs activity by day and night D-Wave pitches quantum co-acceleration to supercomputing set Yorgen Edholm: What the smartwatch says about our mobile ecosystem Jonny Evans: Apple, Google, Samsung supplier Biel Crystal worker rights violations claimed IT Blogwatch: Microsoft to kill Windows Phone and Windows RT? WEBCAST: VMware Address the Challenges in Your Data Center Virtualization has delivered value to IT teams of all sizes by helping to optimize server resources, simplify management, improve availability and drive down cost. While the benefits from server virtualization have been significant, challenges in the datacenter beyond the server still exist. Learn more! Apple's new iPad Mini: With a Retina Display, it's a Mini in name only The new iPad Mini with Retina display offers a no-compromise option for tablet fans who want the speed of an iPad Air and the portability of the smaller iPad. Read More Holiday shoppers are expected to buy more online, and be more mobile, this year Holiday e-commerce is expected to jump 14% to 17% this year compared to 2012, and increasing numbers of shoppers are doing their shopping from mobile devices. Read More Judge refuses to stay Apple-Samsung lawsuit pending patent review A court in California has ruled against Samsung Electronics' attempt to stay the proceedings in a patent dispute with Apple, agreeing with Apple that the reexamination of its patent could take years, with no certainty the result would benefit Samsung. Read More 'Blackshades' malware still being sold, Symantec says Cybercriminals are increasingly using the "Blackshades" malware program whose source code was leaked three years ago, according to an analysis by Symantec. Read More Salesforce.com plans 'full review' of hackathon award       Salesforce.com has come under fire from critics who say the 'hackathon' it held at last week's Dreamforce conference was judged unfairly, and CEO Marc Benioff is now promising a thorough investigation. Read More NASA Mars rover Curiosity back up and running Problems that put the Mars rover Curiosity out of commission for six days have been fixed so the vehicle, and its robotic arm, are now back at work. Read More WEBCAST: VMware VMware Cloud Credits Program The VMware Cloud Credits Purchasing Program provides an easy on-ramp to the cloud, enabling you to maintain control and visibility of your cloud spend through your My VMware™ account. View Now Top Tech Turkeys of 2013 Gobble, gobble - these techies deserve to be carved up. Read More BlackBerry shakeup claims operating, marketing and finance chiefs BlackBerry's chief operating, marketing and financial officers are leaving as recently appointed CEO John Chen makes his mark on the struggling mobile vendor. Read More Video: Fitbit Force logs activity by day and night Riding the wave of wearable technology Fitbit showed its new wristband activity tracker at an event in New York last week. Read More D-Wave pitches quantum co-acceleration to supercomputing set Controversial quantum device maker D-Wave is hoping to find a home for its cutting-edge technology in the high-performance computing (HPC) market. Read More Yorgen Edholm: What the smartwatch says about our mobile ecosystem We're wired to do things faster, smarter, better – always looking for the next big thing to make our lives easier, our companies more successful, our countries more competitive. Sometimes this works well, like when the iPhone launched. Sometimes it fails spectacularly, such as the Apple Newton. Read More       Jonny Evans: Apple, Google, Samsung supplier Biel Crystal worker rights violations claimed Apple, Motorola, Google, Samsung and others are under fire over labor conditions at yet another supplier as a Hong Kong rights group makes serious allegations concerning Biel Crystal Manufactory Ltd. Read More IT Blogwatch: Microsoft to kill Windows Phone and Windows RT? JLG trails the hatchet. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Executive VP Julie Larson-Green acknowledges that mistakes were made with the Windows strategy. But not by her, obviously. Now that the market has told us Windows RT is an epic fail, there's going to be a new strategy -- and it looks like it doesn't involve Windows Phone as a separate entity, either. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers see through a glass, darkly. Read More
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