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SIEM: Security Info and Event Management Dos and Don'ts; SETI@home in spotlight after IT chief loses job

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SETI@home in spotlight after IT chief loses job
Reports this week out of Arizona about how a public school district IT chief lost his job have put the use of volunteer grid computing efforts in the spotlight.

Standards for protecting personal information
The state of Massachusetts has published its standards for the protection of personal information of residents of that particular commonwealth, with a compliance deadline of March 1, 2010. This is a good starting point for any organization that is serious about protecting individuals' sensitive data, regardless of where they live.

Securuty review: Good riddance to 2009
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Hacked Climate Change E-mails Highlight Security Concerns
The debate over climate change--and what is fact versus what fits the agenda of one side or the other-is raging in the wake of hacked emails alleging that facts were covered up. I'll let the climate change rivals battle that out, but let's take a closer look at the security aspects of email and how attackers were able to acquire these messages.

Start-ups aim to tame IT management complexity
IT management newcomers race to deliver the next-generation management platform that can control cloud computing, virtual systems, advanced applications and heterogeneous environments without requiring extensive manual labor.

IT service management industry celebrates 20 years of ITIL best practices
The IT Infrastructure Library, or ITIL, turns 20 this year after launching in 1989 in the U.K. Now American IT departments and vendors embrace the best practice import.

Slideshow: The year in tech industry apologies
Kanye West, President Obama and David Letterman grabbed headlines this year when they apologized for assorted ill-advised acts or rash statements. But they more than met their match in the high-tech industry, where big names from Amazon to Apple to Microsoft were forced to issue mea culpas in the wake of bad and worse decisions. Here's a recap of what the tech industry has been most sorry about in 2009.

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December 04, 2009

MOST-READ STORIES

  1. Intel unveils energy-efficient 48-core chip
  2. Nortel in '09: Dismantling of a tech stalwart
  3. Tech companies had lots to be sorry for in 2009
  4. Prevx backtracks on claims that Microsoft patch causes black screen
  5. Bots, bombs and weird science: The wackiest stories of 2009
  6. Microsoft's Bing tries to leapfrog Google Maps
  7. Microsoft game software preps soldiers for battle
  8. Skype opens up SIP business service to everyone
  9. 2009's most awesome Android apps
  10. 10 IT management technology start-ups to watch

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