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	Hot spot dangers: That Internet cafe could cost you way more than a cup of coffee Security experts say that employees are increasingly exposing personal and professional information unknowingly as they log in at Wi-Fi hot spots. Although these breaches haven't yet made big headlines, given corporate America's increasing reliance on smartphones, laptops and other portable devices, it's only a matter of time, experts say. Read More DOWNLOAD: BlackBerry Free Download from RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express offers IT control and security features you can trust even for employees that choose to bring their own BlackBerry smartphones into your business. Download this free license to support up to 75 users on your existing Exchange Server. Download Now. In this Issue Larry Ellison in Pictures: It's Good to Be The King Is Network Security a Dead End Career? Gov't regulators call on Google to respect users' privacy Palin e-mail hack trial starts today Broadband has no regulator, BitTorrent CEO says Gizmodo names Apple employee who lost the prototype "iPhone 4G" News podcast: Network World 360 A Camera for the iPad? I Don't Think So Report: Google attack targeted 'Gaia' password system China warns against IBM slogan 'Smarter Planet' Future of SF admin Terry Childs now in jury's hands Cisco closes Tandberg video acquisition WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks Network Rightsizing Best Practices Guide Network Rightsizing is an evolutionary approach to network design that significantly reduces costs while simultaneously increasing mobility for campus and enterprise users. This guide provides a methodology to enable IT to break away from the status quo of port-based network architectures, allowing an unprecedented reduction in cost and complexity. Read More! Larry Ellison in Pictures: It's Good to Be The King The $28 billion net worth. The jets. The megayacht. The wedding pictures taken by Steve Jobs. (Yes, that Steve Jobs.) Take a look the posh perks of being Larry Ellison. Read More Is Network Security a Dead End Career? Hard to believe that I ever thought I would be sitting here wondering about the state of security as a viable career path. I have built my career up as a security dude/hacker for years, but lately I have been noticing a few things. Read More Gov't regulators call on Google to respect users' privacy Ten government regulators responsible for protecting the private information of their countries' citizens have sent an open letter to Google calling on the company to respect national laws on privacy. Read More Palin e-mail hack trial starts today The former college student who in 2008 allegedly hacked into a Yahoo e-mail account used by Sarah Palin -- then governor of Alaska and Republican vice presidential candidate -- goes on trial today in Tennessee and of this much you can be certain: The case will be more of a media and political circus than groundbreaking legal proceeding. Especially since Palin herself is expected to testify. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sprint SIP Addresses Unified Communications Deployment This white paper gives strategic guidelines for deploying UC. Read why SIP matters. Read More Broadband has no regulator, BitTorrent CEO says The Internet industry has to regulate itself by responding to consumer demands in the wake of the recent U.S. federal court ruling that the Federal Communications Commission didn't have authority to enforce its net neutrality rules, BitTorrent CEO Eric Klinker said Monday. Read More Gizmodo names Apple employee who lost the prototype "iPhone 4G" Gizmodo has revealed that the person who lost the purported next generation iPhone is a 27-year-old Apple software engineer named Gray Powell, who probably will never again be as famous, or notorious, as he is right now. Read More News podcast: Network World 360 Ten government regulators responsible for protecting the private information of their countries' citizens have sent an open letter to Google calling on the company to respect national laws on privacy. Also, A new cloud storage company is launching with software designed to ease deployments with platforms such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service and EMC's Atmos Online. (5:12) Read More A Camera for the iPad? I Don't Think So Any release 1.0 product is going to have issues, problems, and missing features. And early adopters, the intended market, don't care. They want the latest, greatest, and coolest, and they are completely unconcerned if the product isn't perfect. Most of them, I think, get a secret biochemical rush just showing the device to their friends. Read More VIRTUAL EVENT: CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld & Network World Live Security Panel – April 28th Join us on April 28th for a live virtual event that will provide candid, expert advice on top security challenges and issues – all from the comfort of your desktop. Get in on the discussion - from the unique challenges presented by cloud computing and virtualization to the mass adoption of social media. Attend and you may win a Kindle! Report: Google attack targeted 'Gaia' password system The information stolen from Google in cyberattacks late last year included a password system that gives users access to multiple services after just one login, according to a news report. Read More China warns against IBM slogan 'Smarter Planet' A Chinese official appeared to take aim at IBM as he warned recently against "Smarter Planet" projects, or the use of technology like networks of sensors in cities to gather and analyze data. Read More Future of SF admin Terry Childs now in jury's hands Terry Childs' battle to avoid being convicted over what his supporters characterize as a workplace dispute gone wrong is almost over. Read More Cisco closes Tandberg video acquisition Cisco Systems closed its acquisition of Tandberg on Monday, formally ending a tense struggle over the fair value of the Norwegian videoconferencing vendor. Read More
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