Friday, September 07, 2007

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     Each Friday, we present a short list of the hottest whitepapers, webcasts and research available. Information you can use to solve problems that crept up during the week, and to prepare for the challenges you'll face in the days ahead. We also provide links to news stories you might have missed, plus facts, quotes and other forms of brain-candy. (Hint: The fun stuff is near the bottom, so don't forget to scroll.) Have a great weekend!

Credant Technologies: Portable Storage Devices a Growing Threat
100 million iPod fans can't be wrong--until they're loading corporate data onto those cute little devices.

Sophos: Maximizing security and performance for web browsing
It's not just an email issue.

Double-Take Software: Replication and Recovery of Exchange 2007, with Microsoft Guest Speaker
When it comes to communicating and collaborating, failure is not an option.

AT&T: RFID - A Business Revolution Providing Strategic and Competitive Advantage
A chip off the new block.

Novell: Your Linux Is Ready
Able to leap from the desktop to the datacenter in a single bound.

Autonomy: eDiscovery - Reducing the Costs & Risks Associated with Information
The info you've got stored is worth millions. Are you willing to bet that much that it's safe?

The Security Standard: September 10-11, 2007 - Chicago, Illinois
Next week, the security of business and business of security will be discussed. If you miss this event, you'll have to wait till next year. But it's still not too late to see if you qualify for complimentary attendance.

Top 10
The most popular whitepapers across the entire IDG Connect library site.

White & Nerdy
In this rap parody, Weird Al Yankovic gets in touch with his geeky side.

On this day in 1998, Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University. In 1997 the F-22 Raptor was first test flown. In 1969, Monty Python's Flying Circus recorded its first episode. In 1927, the first fully electronic television system was achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. And in 1776, the World's first submarine attack occurred, as the American submersible craft Turtle attempted to attach a time bomb to the hull of the British flagship HMS Eagle in New York Harbor. Happy Birthday Shannon Elizabeth (1973), Julie Kavner (1950), Gloria Gaynor (1949), Buddy Holly (1936), Little Milton (1934), Peter Lawford (1923) and Grandma Moses (1860). RIP Warren Zevon (2003) and Keith Moon (1978).

"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired."
  - Jules Renard

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