Android invades the enterprise

	Unencrypted Windows crash reports give 'significant advantage' to hackers, spies | Hackers expose phone information of 4.6M Snapchat users
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	INSIDER Android invades the enterprise How three companies are coping -- even thriving -- amid the Android explosion. Insider (registration required) Read More   WHITE PAPER: CDW A framework for making business decisions about cloud This paper discusses how cloud computing provides organizations with new ways to deploy and maintain enterprise applications -- allowing for greater flexibility and reduced complexity. View Now In this Issue Unencrypted Windows crash reports give 'significant advantage' to hackers, spies Hackers expose phone information of 4.6M Snapchat users Hacker group targets Skype social media accounts The NSA developed software for backdoor access to iPhones 15 programming productivity killers Judge dismisses challenge to border laptop searches Richi Jennings: HUGE Moto X price drop: Will it launch a fleet of wood backs? Why few want to be the CIO anymore WHITE PAPER: VCE Vblock Helps Eclipse Resurrect Intellectual Property Building an Agile, Cost-efficient Business using a Virtualized Data Center. Learn More. Unencrypted Windows crash reports give 'significant advantage' to hackers, spies Windows' error- and crash-reporting system sends a wealth of data unencrypted and in the clear, information that eavesdropping hackers or state security agencies can use to refine and pinpoint their attacks, a researcher said today. Read More   Hackers expose phone information of 4.6M Snapchat users Phone numbers paired with user names of over 4.6 million alleged Snapchat users were posted online by hackers, a few days after a security research group claimed a vulnerability in the social sharing service that could allow attackers to match phone numbers to Snapchat accounts. Read More   Hacker group targets Skype social media accounts Skype said its social media properties were targeted, with a group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army appearing to claim credit for the hacks. Read More   The NSA developed software for backdoor access to iPhones The U.S. National Security Agency was developing in 2008 a software implant for Apple iPhones that allowed the agency to take almost total control of the device, including retrieving text messages and voicemail and remotely turning on its microphone and camera, according to a report by Der Spiegel. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com   5 Steps to Better Sales Performance: How to Coach Your Team In 5 Steps to Better Sales Performance we reveal the proven methods the best sales managers rely on to close the sales performance gap between average performers and All-Stars. Download now. Read now! 15 programming productivity killers Meetings, know-nothing managers, productivity metrics -- here's what's threatening to slay the next generation of great software Read More   Judge dismisses challenge to border laptop searches   U.S. Customs and Border Protection can search travelers' laptops and other electronic devices without a show of reasonable suspicion, according to a federal judge's dismissal of a 2010 lawsuit on Tuesday. Read More   Richi Jennings: HUGE Moto X price drop: Will it launch a fleet of wood backs? I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain. Motorola has SLASHED the price of its Moto X smartphone. Not only is the Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) unit offering its flagship Android unit starting at $400 off-contract, but you can also get zero-zero financing for up to 18 months. That'll set the cat among the pigeons. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers break the silence. Not to mention: Now playing at Blogwatcher Central... Read More   Why few want to be the CIO anymore More than half of the respondents to our survey say they don't aspire to be a CIO. Here's why politics, pay and a lack of prestige can sink CIO aspirations. Read More
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