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	Certified Lies: 531 Spoofed Certs target CIA, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla Ms. Smith: It's been a big weekend in the spoofed spy cert arena which has guaranteed that Internet giants have not had a long, fun weekend - thanks to DigiNotar which is now and should be blacklisted to hell. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Research—Accelerate Internet Websites and Applications Gartner report "How to Accelerate Internet Websites and Applications" is a study of three popular website acceleration techniques: network optimization, front-end optimization and edge caching. Read now In this Issue The Service Manager Sizing Helper Tool Undeground Economy: Mapping the Price of Pot Across the Internet Microsoft Patents Smart Cloud Storage Report: Malicious Infections on 99% of Enterprise Networks Winners of System Center Opalis books and Webucator Microsoft training Microsoft Accused of Collecting Windows Phone Location Data Microsoft's 5 biggest weaknesses Microsoft's IE will drop under 50% share by mid-2012 Microsoft claims its private cloud is up to four times cheaper than VMware's WHITE PAPER: Entrust, Inc. A Practical Approach to Authentication Enterprise authentication used to be simple: passwords for everyone, expensive tokens for a small number who work remotely. But the workforce is now mobile and confidential data is at risk. CIOs are now challenged to increase authentication security while preserving operational and budget efficiency. Read Today! The Service Manager Sizing Helper Tool Kerrie Meyler: Provided as a downloadable utility, the Service Manager Sizing Helper tool can help to establish the number of Server Manager servers you need and assist with sizing your databases. Here are some of the things the tool can do. Read More Undeground Economy: Mapping the Price of Pot Across the Internet Ms. Smith: FloatingSheep is a cool site that takes the "collective intelligence" of geocoded data provided by web users and analyzes deeper meanings to it. Read More Microsoft Patents Smart Cloud Storage Andy Patrizio: Microsoft has been granted a patent for what it calls "Virtually infinite reliable storage" that works across a distributed storage system. Read More WEBCAST: Blue Coat Systems The Need for Next-Generation WAN Learn how next generation WAN Op solutions can significantly reduce bandwidth costs, enable new SaaS and video initiatives, and optimize access to new business tools. Learn more! Report: Malicious Infections on 99% of Enterprise Networks Ms. Smith: A new breed of cyber-attacks are both sophisticated and successful, leaving 99% of enterprises with a security gap and malicious infections in their networks. Read More Winners of System Center Opalis books and Webucator Microsoft training We've closed the August contests and selected the winners -- but if you don't see your name on the list, guess what? We're giving away more Webucator Microsoft training and more books in September. Read More Microsoft Accused of Collecting Windows Phone Location Data A Windows Phone 7 user has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, claiming that the software maker collects data from mobile phone users without their knowledge. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell PCI 2.0: What's New? What Matters? What's Left? The inclusion of virtualization in PCI 2.0 demonstrates that the PCI DSS standard can keep pace with new technologies. This paper discusses what's new in PCI 2.0 and offers guidance on closing gaps that still need attention particularly in the areas of storage encryption, wireless networking, and physical security. Learn more. Microsoft's 5 biggest weaknesses Microsoft's position as the dominant provider of software to consumers is at risk. Here are five reasons why. Read More Microsoft's IE will drop under 50% share by mid-2012 Microsoft's Internet Explorer will lose its place as the majority browser next summer, according to Web metrics company Net Applications. Read More Microsoft claims its private cloud is up to four times cheaper than VMware's Microsoft says that with VMware's new VRAM-based pricing, it calculates a private cloud built on Microsoft can cost up to $70,000 less than one built under VMware's licensing schemes. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS The world's geekiest license plates This slideshow goes out to all those drivers who aren't afraid to say it loud: I'm a geek and I'm proud. It's filled with images of vanity plates so geeky that they prompted someone else to take a picture and post it on Flickr. Enjoy. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center Opalis Integration Server and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES IPv6: What you need to do now iPhone5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Sept. 2 Xsigo has a fabric to go up against Cisco, others 531 spy certs target CIA, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla HP's trusty 12c financial calculator turns 30 10 ways to enhance Google+ Juniper, like Cisco, may cut staff Age bias in IT: The reality behind the rumors FAA slaps $175,000 fine on MIT for batteries that caught fire at FedEx Microsoft's 5 biggest weaknesses
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