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    Windows 8: Assessing IT risks of a consumer-driven wave 10 February, 2012 04:23:00

    There isn't a great deal of demand for Windows 8 at the moment, but then, this early in the cycle, new versions of Windows rarely garner much enthusiasm.
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    BMC and VCE partnership shows consortium is gaining power 04 February, 2012 09:12:00

    VCE (Virtual Computing Environment) is a showcase for a new kind of company, one that is made up of a series of partners yet has its own identity and CEO in order to drive an independent agenda.
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    Google's a great place to work, and where you work sucks 25 January, 2012 09:08:00

    I came to the Silicon Valley to work for a company in the mid-1980s that was then where Google is now in terms of offering unrivaled benefits. ROLM Telecom, a new telecom company, had a department called "The Great Place to Work" department and the firm was top ranked as the best place to work in the country.
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    No demand for Windows 8 tablets? Or don't trust predictive surveys 17 January, 2012 09:28:00

    Analyst firms often use surveys to make predictions sound more believable. However, there generally is no connection whatsoever between what a survey predicts and what the outcome eventually is. For example, according to the surveys the U.S. President should be Hillary Clinton and the person most likely to win the Republican nomination were a bunch of folks that aren't even in the race anymore.
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    How to launch your career 2.0 20 December, 2011 02:21:10

    Comedian Louis CK recently produced an "HBO special"-style show, but with a difference: HBO wasn't involved -- and neither was any other network.
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    Will tablet developers rush to Windows 8? 15 September, 2011 20:06:00

    Now that developers have in their hands a pre-release version of Windows 8 running on a special edition of the Samsung Series 7 tablet, analysts are weighing in on how many developers will ultimately build Windows tablet applications.
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    Citi hackers made $2.7 million 25 June, 2011 10:16:00

    Citigroup suffered about US$2.7 million in losses after hackers found a way to steal credit card numbers from its website and post fraudulent charges.
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    5 possible reasons U.S. users are ditching Facebook 15 June, 2011 08:25:00

    Have we finally grown tired of Facebook? According to Inside Facebook, more than five per cent of U.S. users abandoned Facebook in May -- that's about six million people who have stopped "liking" the world's largest social network. Six million people jumping ship sounds like a lot, but when you consider that Facebook is on track to hit 700 million users any day now, it's not such a big deal.
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    Is Facebook's IPO worth $100B? 14 June, 2011 08:45:00

    Facebook may not be having its initial public offering until sometime in 2012 but its potential valuation is already generating a lot of buzz.
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    Facebook 2012 IPO could top $US100 billion 14 June, 2011 07:59:00

    Social network Facebook is likely to go public in the first quarter of next year with a valuation of over $US100 billion ($A94.59 billion), the CNBC business news network reported on Monday.
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    AT&T/T-Mobile merger to get Senate hearing 09 April, 2011 04:46:00

    The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile next month to examine the deal's potential impact on the telecom market.
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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