Microsoft rebels: Seven stories of users who abandoned Redmond Seven stories of large organizations -- in the U.S. and abroad -- that abandoned Redmond's software for alternative products. Obama cyber czar choice worries about smartphones, social networking In choosing Howard Schmidt as cyber czar President Obama has gotten someone who has held a similar job in a previous administration, has varied experience at high-level corporate jobs, was a frequent panelist at security conferences and who has even written a book on defending the Internet. Report: Russian gang linked to big Citibank hack U.S. authorities are investigating the theft of an estimated tens of millions of dollars from Citibank by hackers partly using Russian software tailored for the attack, according to a news report. 2009: Social networks go mainstream Social networks entered the big time in 2009 as tools once used only by teenagers and college students were widely embraced by their parents and grandparents. Google and Microsoft to escalate war in 2010 One of the most heated battles among technology companies was waged this year between Microsoft and Google, but industry watchers say this is just the beginning of a long-term struggle between the two companies. Microsoft's 'whitelist' helps hackers, says Trend Micro By recommending that users exclude some file extensions and folders from antivirus scans, Microsoft may put users at risk, a security company said today. Virtualization security remains a work in progress While adoption of server virtualization is proceeding at a gallop, the effort to refine virtualization security reached only a slow trot in 2009. A stiirring defense of print media's future Quentin Hardy at Forbes.com has a thought-provoking answer to those (like Steve Ballmer) who see not only a continued decline of print media but its actual extinction. NASA's giant flying telescope gets real windblown NASA opened the aircraft doors on its giant flying space observatory for the first time in flight, with the idea of letting engineers understand how air flows in and around its 98-inch infrared telescope. Indian industry frowns on employees using social networks Close to 12.5% of the productivity of employees in India is lost daily as most of them while away their time on social networks, according to a survey by a large industry association in the country. Today from the Subnet communities On Cisco Subnet: Endpoint Security: As Important in 2010 As Ever and Analyst shares thoughts on Cisco competitor Avaya; On Microsoft Subnet SQL Server? Bah humbug!; On Google Subnet: Google " Dashboard" addresses privacy. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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