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	MIT creates picture-driven programming for the masses Computer users with rudimentary skills will be able to program via screen shots rather than lines of code with a new graphical scripting language called Sikuli that was devised at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP 4 Key Principles of Storage Virtualization Applying the concept of virtual resource pools to storage can transform the virtualized storage infrastructure. Read this ESG report to learn best practices on; storage virtualization, application integration, capacity and power optimization, and storage & server convergence. Read Now! In this Issue Web sites must support IPv6 by 2012, expert warns Microsoft patches IE, admits it knew of bug last August Firefox, Opera downloads soar after IE warnings Study: Hacking Passwords Easy As 123456 Cisco successfully tests its router in space Network World's Products of the Week slideshow Free cloud-based device configuration tool keeps networks compliant Heartland's settlement offer not enough, lawyers say Even Mickey Mouse is a Big Supporter of Open Source Why data center temperatures have moderated WEBCAST: Citrix NetScaler VPX: Harness the Power of Virtualized Web App Delivery Want to make your Web app delivery more flexible, dynamic and cost effective? Then attend this exclusive technical seminar which shows you how Citrix NetScaler VPX - a virtualized app delivery controller appliance - can improve your network infrastructure by offering: increased physical, functional, and operational flexibility for delivery of all of your Web apps and more. Click here to register today. Web sites must support IPv6 by 2012, expert warns Corporations and government agencies must IPv6-enable their public-facing Web sites in the next 24 months or risk upsetting a growing number of visitors with lower-grade connectivity. Read More Microsoft patches IE, admits it knew of bug last August As Microsoft patched the Internet Explorer zero-day used to break into Google's network, it acknowledged that it had known of the bug since August 2009, when an Israeli security company reported the flaw. Read More Firefox, Opera downloads soar after IE warnings Mozilla yesterday reported a "huge increase" in downloads of Firefox in Germany after that country's computer security agency urged IE users to dump the browser and run a rival instead. Read More Study: Hacking Passwords Easy As 123456 If you are using "123456" as your password it is past time to stop. Same if you are using the always popular "Password" to protect your account. Those easy-to-hack passwords were the top and fourth most-popular from among 32 million hacked from RockYou.com, a new study finds. Read More Cisco successfully tests its router in space Cisco this week said it successfully tested a router and its IOS software while it was in orbit in space. Cisco said the test is the first deployment of an IP router aboard a commercial GEO satellite, which was launched Nov. 23, 2009. Read More WEBCAST: HP Need to Backup 10TB+ per Night? Data deduplication based on grid technology has significant advantages over alternate methods. This video explains how enterprises can; backup 17TB per hour from a single VTL, eliminate human error through advanced automation, increase capacity as needed; save floor space with a smaller footprint, and lower energy costs, Learn more. Network World's Products of the Week slideshow Our round-up of intriguing new products from F5, Crescendo, Citrix among others. Read More Free cloud-based device configuration tool keeps networks compliant Imagine being able to check network device configurations against guidelines set by the equipment makers themselves, Cisco and Juniper in particular. Imagine being able to validate these configurations without installing any software on-premise. Now imagine being able to do this for free. Read More Heartland's settlement offer not enough, lawyers say Lawyers representing financial institutions in a data breach lawsuit against Heartland Payment Systems Inc are calling a recently proposed $60 million settlement offer from the company as way too meager. Read More Even Mickey Mouse is a Big Supporter of Open Source If I told you that Disney was a big supporter of open source I doubt you would argue. I am sure they use a ton of Linux and LAMP stack components over there. I am sure there are lots of other open source tools in use over at "the House of Mouse" too. But Disney's support of open source goes beyond being an open source consumer. Read More Why data center temperatures have moderated After a huge spike a few years ago, better power-management tools, multicore chips and advanced power supplies have helped keep temps down. But, ironically, virtualization may make things hotter again. Read More
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