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	Telework controversy: Are 17% of teleworkers unabashed slackers? A recent report claims that 17% of telecommuters work less than one hour a day. That's bogus, say telework advocates who are taking to web sites, blogs and other social media to refute the findings. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Avaya: Creating Fit for Purpose Data Center Networking Simplified and optimized service orchestration maximizes the return from a virtualized computing environment. Click to read the White Paper. In this Issue 15 Free Apps for Personalizing Your Android Phone Apple sets Oct. 4 date to 'talk iPhone' Microsoft offers ideas for users to beat the BEAST threat Striking a domain provider, Microsoft kills off a botnet Scammers pretend to be friendly office printers Verizon, Sprint dominate top '4G' Android smartphones, says Localytics BSA: US retains top ranking in IT environment BoxTone blends mobile device control with enterprise directories, policies YouTube founders breathe new life into Delicious IBM Demonstrates Secure Product Development Leadership President Obama stumps for jobs bill at LinkedIn town hall 15 Add-Ons to Become a Gmail Power User WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Performance Metrics and the Cloud Unlike static configuration management databases, which often contain information too outdated for real-time understanding, a dynamic operational service model provides relevant, timely information. Read More 15 Free Apps for Personalizing Your Android Phone Change the look of everything on your phone--from the browser to the home screen--with these useful Android apps. They won't cost you a cent. Read More Apple sets Oct. 4 date to 'talk iPhone' It's just like Apple to pour rain on Amazon's new Kindle Fire by setting a press event for the new iPhone next week. Read More Microsoft offers ideas for users to beat the BEAST threat Microsoft is urging customers to update vulnerable versions of SSL to a newer one that is not susceptible to a recently published exploit called BEAST, but in the meantime it recommends steps that lessen the risk of being victimized. Read More Striking a domain provider, Microsoft kills off a botnet Microsoft has opened a front in its ongoing battle against Internet scammers, using the power of a U.S. court to deal a knockout blow to an emerging botnet and taking offline a provider of free Internet domains. Read More WEBCAST: CA Technologies Managing Service Quality Across the Infrastructure With zero tolerance for latency of web applications and a near total dependence on technology in the workplace as the norm, an unpredictable and unreliable infrastructure is too big a risk for today's speed of business. View Now Scammers pretend to be friendly office printers Hackers have found a new hook to trick people into opening malicious attachments: send emails that purport to come from office printers, many of which now have the ability to email scanned documents. Read More Verizon, Sprint dominate top '4G' Android smartphones, says Localytics Verizon and Sprint have seven of the top 10 "4G" smartphones on the market right now, according to new data from Cambridge, MA-based analytics firm Localytics. Read More BSA: US retains top ranking in IT environment The U.S. continues to be the country with the best environment for IT companies, but Malaysia and India made significant advances in the Business Software Alliance's new IT Industry Competitiveness Index, released Tuesday. Read More BoxTone blends mobile device control with enterprise directories, policies BoxTone has extended its mobile device management suite to tie into existing enterprise policy-setting, security, and compliance tools. IT administrators can set policies and BoxTone applies them automatically to mobile users and devices, including Android smartphones and iPads. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Application Delivery 2.0 Handbook This comprehensive handbook offers guidance on ensuring application delivery with a systematic approach. Read More YouTube founders breathe new life into Delicious Delicious, the early Web bookmarking site that Yahoo bought in 2005 and discarded earlier this year, is back with a bright new look. Read More IBM Demonstrates Secure Product Development Leadership It's easy to believe that the folks who design, develop, and distribute the technology we use know what they are doing and have our collective best security interests in mind. Sadly, this isn't at all true. Many vendors focus solely on feature/functionality and disregard security in their product development and manufacturing. Others downplay risks believing that their technology sits well "behind... Read More President Obama stumps for jobs bill at LinkedIn town hall U.S. President Barack Obama visited Silicon Valley Monday to answer questions about creating jobs in America. Read More 15 Add-Ons to Become a Gmail Power User Many users live their lives in Gmail, all without ever recognizing its full potential. 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