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	Hackers learn new trick to duck Firefox, Chrome anti-phishing measures A new phishing scam that targets bank and PayPal passwords and other consumer data that criminals use to loot private accounts is designed to beat security built in to Firefox and Chrome Web browsers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom Maximizing ROI with the Microsoft-Polycom UC Solution Read how Microsoft and Polycom's partnership offers customers an end-to-end, fully interoperable unified communications (UC) solution that combines real-time instant messaging, voice, video, and data to lower business costs, improve productivity, and more. Read More In this Issue Twitter adds option to always use HTTPS connection Ironically, Cloud Security Is Picking Up Steam The Devil Is In The Details: DHS Monitoring Keywords & Social Media NASA satellite snaps rare cloud-free emerald Ireland FTC wins largest civil penalty on nasty debt collector: $2.8M Obama Administration calls for new privacy law Google first to patch Flash bug with Chrome update Health Net discloses loss of data to 1.9 million customers WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Creating a Hybrid ADN Architecture Unlike server virtualization, because of its unique role in the data center, Application Delivery Controller (ADC) virtualization brings with it architectural implications that make a simple virtual-for-physical replacement strategy unacceptable. Read now! Twitter adds option to always use HTTPS connection With the rising awareness and concern over the stealing of passwords and other sensitive data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks, Twitter is the latest online services company to boost its use of encrypted website connections. Read More Ironically, Cloud Security Is Picking Up Steam Drive for lower costs and improved security makes cloud security services extremely attractive While the IT industry continues to pump millions of dollars into messaging cloud computing, most IT shops remain on the sidelines. For example, when ESG Research asked IT professionals to list their top initiatives for 2011, "increased use of cloud services" came in as the 12th most popular response -- below more pedestrian IT activities like "desktop/laptop PC replacement initiatives," and "data... Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Improve Service Levels while Cutting Costs IT workload automation results in average annual savings in staff costs alone of $750,000. Learn more about automating complex IT processes – read the white paper. Learn More Now! The Devil Is In The Details: DHS Monitoring Keywords & Social Media DHS updated its privacy policy due to the personally identifiable information that can be collected. The list of keywords and sites monitored by NOC and DHS was not mentioned, but here is the previous list of terms and sites.In the ongoing program to maintain "situational awareness," DHS gave notice that it planned to establish a new DHS system of records called "Department of Homeland Security Office of Operations Coordination and Planning-004 Publicly Available Social Media Monitoring and Situational Awareness Initiative System of Records." Read More NASA satellite snaps rare cloud-free emerald Ireland NASA Aqua satellite takes a shot worthy of St. Patrick's dayNASA's Aqua satellite recently snapped a cloud-free shot of Ireland. The cloud-free view is extremely rare as the country is almost entirely cloud covered 50% of the time according to the Irish Meteorological Service, Met Éireann.   There are more clouds during the day than at night, and fog is common. Read More WHITE PAPER: TrendMicro Make Sure Your VMs are Cloud-Ready When a VM is offline, it is still available to any application that can access VM storage over the network, making is susceptible to malware. Yet, dormant VMs do not have the ability to run an antimalware scan agent. This paper highlights the security measures cloud service providers must take to protect all virtual machines. Read More FTC wins largest civil penalty on nasty debt collector: $2.8M The Federal Trade Commission said West Asset Management violated federal lawAn aggressive debt collection agency that took money from customer accounts without permision, used abusive language when it called and falsely claimed that consumers would be sued, arrested, or have their property seized for nonpayment of their debt has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $2.8 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges it violated federal laws. Read More Obama Administration calls for new privacy law The Obama Administration is backing a new data privacy bill of rights aimed at protecting consumers against indiscriminate online tracking and data collection by advertisers. Read More Google first to patch Flash bug with Chrome update Google on Tuesday updated Chrome, patching a flaw in the browser's copy of Flash Player. Read More Health Net discloses loss of data to 1.9 million customers HealthNet is notifying some 1.9 million customers that personal and health data may have been contained on drives that were found missing from a data center in California. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS Perks drive up pay for tech CEOs Many tech vendors have shied away from extravagant perks, but there are still plenty worth highlighting. Like a $1.5 million tab for home security. Or how about the $36,619 one company paid to reimburse its CEO for the taxes he had to pay on the $106,589 he gained by using company aircraft for personal flights? Read on to find out which tech CEOs enjoyed the priciest perks in 2010 and which ones went to work perk-free. First look at Google Chrome 10 Google has released the stable version of Chrome 10 and users are now being automatically updated. As always, Chrome's new features focus on security, speed and simplicity, with greater JavaScript performance, sandboxing technology for Adobe Flash, password encryption and an easier-to-use settings interface. Here's a look at the new features. MOST-READ STORIES Cell phones are 'Stalin's dream' Hands-on review: Xoom battles iPad 2 to a draw First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft apologizes for using Japan disaster to market Bing Specialty Android apps for business users Cisco stock hit by Japan quake Breaking down carriers '4G' wireless spin 5 things Accenture's CIO has learned about cloud computing Zune, Cisco email, Guitar Hero filling up tech industry graveyard 15 best iPad apps for newbies
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