| The 5 Most Dangerous Security Myths
Still think that today's computer viruses and other malware come from some maladjusted teen out to vandalize your PC to make a name for himself? Think again. The persistent myth is a holdover from days long gone, and it's important to dispel it if you want to know what you're up against - and how to protect yourself.
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Myth #5 Google building own router to replace Juniper?
Google is building its own routers due to dissatisfaction with Juniper's systems, according to blog SD Times. Palm Pre smartphone, webOS debut at CES
Palm has just introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show a brand-new touchscreen smartphone, powered by a brand-new operating system. Podcast: Playing with fire at CES
Keith and Jason tackle CES 2009 in Las Vegas covering everything that's hot and not in the world of consumer technology. (24:57) Firm Pairs DSL and Cable Lines for Super Fast Broadband
For many people in the U.S., especially small businesses and gamers, broadband is still too slow and too expensive. I found a small Seattle-based company here at CES that is coming at the problem in a very interesting way. NTT details IPv6-powered TV service
NTT America shares details of IPv6-powered TV service with Network World in advance of its upcoming Consumer Electronics Show presentation. Cisco warns of GSS DNS vulnerability
Cisco is warning of a security hole in its Cisco Application Control Engine Global Site Selector (GSS) that could lead to a crash of the engine's DNS service. Dual-mode smartphones help boost Wi-Fi shipments
Wi-Fi may not be cutting-edge technology anymore, but iPhones, netbooks and other portable devices will put it in many more consumers' hands this year, according to figures released Thursday by the Wi-Fi Alliance and research company In-Stat. Would you cut off 10 Facebook friends for a Whopper?
Feeling a bit hungry? E-mail snafu exposes names of confidential witnesses
From the how-not-to-keep-a-secret department comes the tale of an official at U.S Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald's office in Chicago who inadvertently e-mailed a document containing the names of more than 20 confidential witnesses in a federal probe to the media. Podcast: Could Obama stimulus create 1 million tech jobs?
Robert Atkinson, founder and president of the nonprofit Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a Washington, DC-based technology policy think tank, discusses how the federal government could create 1 million new jobs by investing $30 billion into America's IT infrastructure. Despite challenges, EPA says recycled electronics programs are growing
We sure do throw out a lot of electronic junk. The Environmental Protection Agency said its recycling program, eCycling, collected and recycled close to 67 million pounds of used electronics in 2008, nearly a 30% increase over 2007. Today on Cisco Subnet
Billion dollar financial fraud revealed within Satyam, a Cisco collaboration partner; Job Prospects Better for CCxP than CCIE?; VoIP is dead? - depends on what you define as VoIP; Is Google developing its own routers? January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
Up for grabs: Two Cisco training courses from Skyline-ATS worth up to $6,990, a Microsoft training course from New Horizons worth up to $2,500, 15 copies each of the hot book titles Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration, IPv6 Security and Chained Exploits: Advanced Hacking Attacks. Get all the entry details here. | 
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