Friday, August 13, 2010

Google Chrome Beta Update Gets Faster

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Friday, August 13, 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

LATEST NETWORKING NEWS
- Google Chrome Beta Update Gets Faster
- Global CIO: Hewlett-Packard's New CEO: The Top 10 Challenges
- Google Defends Net Neutrality Proposal
- Antivirus, Antimalware Give Most Bang For Security Buck
- Google Flexes Cloud Muscle Through Android Apps
- A123 Withdraws From Chrysler EV Battery Production Program
- Cisco Profits Up 79%, Revenues 27%
- EU Joins FTC Inquiry Into Apple
- Broadband Growth Slowing In U.S.

ANALYTIC REPORTS
- Oracle On The March
- Breaking Point: 2010 State Of Storage Report

WHITEPAPERS
- Must Have Storage Strategies for Modern Information Infrastructures
- What Cloud Computing Means to You: Efficiency, Flexibility, Cost Savings

TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES @ TECHWEB.COM
- NTT Communications To Acquire Secode AB
- Building Botnets For Fun And Profit
- Researcher Intercepts GSM Cell Phones During Defcon Demo
- Kevin Houle, Former Technical Manager At CERT, Joins SecureWorks
- VeriSign Launches Managed DNS

WEBCASTS
- Security In The Cloud: Challenges & Trends

RESOURCES AND EVENTS
- Don't Miss The InformationWeek 500 Conference


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TODAY'S TOP STORY

- Google Chrome Beta Update Gets Faster
Users of Chrome's beta version now have access to Autofill and improved synchronization capabilities.
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- Global CIO: Hewlett-Packard's New CEO: The Top 10 Challenges
They include forging a new product strategy, focusing on transformation, spotting hot new markets, maybe dumping PCs, and not getting obsessed with "the HP Way."
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- Google Defends Net Neutrality Proposal
Stung by the backlash against the legislative proposal it presented with Verizon, Google says the objections raised are myths.
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- Antivirus, Antimalware Give Most Bang For Security Buck
Web application firewalls, policy enforcement, and having a CISO also deliver high returns, finds Ponemon Institute.
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- Google Flexes Cloud Muscle Through Android Apps
With help from its considerable computing infrastructure, Google is delivering new mobile applications that make it easier than ever to find and manipulate online information.
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- A123 Withdraws From Chrysler EV Battery Production Program
The lithium-ion battery maker reported a $34.2 million second quarter loss and announced it will not supply batteries for the Fiat 500.
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- EU Joins FTC Inquiry Into Apple
Concerns about the competitive impact of Apple's developer rules have spread to Europe.
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- Cisco Profits Up 79%, Revenues 27%
Fourth quarter revenues were marginally below some Wall Street stock analysts' expectations, prompting a more than 8% drop in the networking provider's stock.
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- Broadband Growth Slowing In U.S.
A Pew Research Center survey found that two-thirds of Americans currently use broadband at home; in a similar survey last year, it was 63%.
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ANALYTIC REPORTS
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- Oracle On The March
Acquiring Sun wasn't enough for Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, who's now driving the company to overtake SAP and IBM and pushing the virtues of a complete Oracle IT stack. Are Ellison's tactics brave or bravado? Who's really leading the Big Data era? We investigate Oracle's next giant steps.
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- Breaking Point: 2010 State Of Storage Report
Budgets may be stagnant, but the recession hasn't put a damper on the growth of enterprise data and related storage requirements. Too bad, then, that our infrastructures aren't keeping pace, according to our survey respondents. In this report, we'll analyze poll results and discuss top technologies that can help storage managers do more with less.
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- Must Have Storage Strategies for Modern Information Infrastructures
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TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES @ TECHWEB.COM
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- NTT Communications To Acquire Secode AB
Aim is to capitalize on the growing needs for managed-security services among multinational companies
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- Building Botnets For Fun And Profit
Creating a botnet business can be lucrative -- and isn't as hard as you might think, Black Hat speaker says
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- Researcher Intercepts GSM Cell Phones During Defcon Demo
In the wake of pressure from the FCC, security expert demonstrates major GSM hack
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- Kevin Houle, Former Technical Manager At CERT, Joins SecureWorks
Named new Senior Director of Malware Analysis for the Counter Threat Unit
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- VeriSign Launches Managed DNS
Cloud-based service helps businesses ensure the availability of websites, email, and Web systems
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- Security In The Cloud: Challenges & Trends
Once your agency has completed the business case for deploying a private cloud, how do you actually move ahead with your data center transformation? In this InformationWeek Government Webcast, we'll explore steps to get you there, including a to-do list that will be helpful to anyone involved in the project. By the time you're done following this plan, your data center should be home to more flexible, on-demand IT services.

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