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	The future of malware Watch out for whaling, smartphone worms, social media scams, not to mention attacks targeting your car and house. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CIO Perspective CIO Perspectives Houston CIO Perspectives is coming to Houston on November 2, 2011. Join your fellow Houston senior IT executives to discuss the latest strategies and technologies affecting organizations today. This is your best opportunity of 2011 to gain important insight on your most pressing IT and business issues. Register today! In this Issue 'Well organized, sophisticated, fast' cybercriminals scare US banks Tech Debate: Is a tablet a PC? Symantec makes cloud-based security service available for corporate trials Fake iPhone 5 e-mail carries Windows malware Two-thirds of firms send jobs offshore, survey shows Kindle Fire virtual teardown puts cost at $209.63, about $10 above retail A chance to ask Apple about police-aided iPhone search With iPhone 5 imminent, users sell older models in record numbers Steve Jobs gave Barack Obama an iPad 2 "a little bit early" 15 Best iPhone Apps for Busy CEOs WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Simplifying Single Sign-On with F5 BIG-IP APM Implementing single sign-on supported by Active Directory to manage application access in multi-domain environments across a diverse set of devices, applications, and services is challenging. An F5 BIG-IP APM and Microsoft Active Directory solution simplifies operational configuration while consolidating identity and application access management. Learn More! 'Well organized, sophisticated, fast' cybercriminals scare US banks BITS, the U.S. financial industry's IT policy arm, has a new leader: Paul Smocer, an expert in email security and authentication. Read More Tech Debate: Is a tablet a PC? Given the success of the iPad, you would think the world had discovered something new. But is a tablet really that different than a PC? Aren't all the functions virtually the same? Or do tablets, with their new shape and touch interface, really represent a departure from the PC as we know it? Join the debate. Read More Symantec makes cloud-based security service available for corporate trials Symantec today said its new cloud-based single sign-on (SSO) service called O3 is available to enterprise customers to test. Read More WEBCAST: Siemens Cloud-based Unified Communications is here! Siemens Enterprise Communications will introduce you to the power of OpenScape Cloud Services for Unified Communications and Collaboration, including a sneak peak of up-coming cloud-based contact center. You'll learn what to expect in the transition, site equipment needs, and management of cloud communications. Learn More Fake iPhone 5 e-mail carries Windows malware Hackers are again hoping iPhone 5 hysteria will benefit them. A fake e-mail that spoofs the "news@apple.com" address contains links to websites hosting a Windows virus. Read More Two-thirds of firms send jobs offshore, survey shows Offshoring has become so engrained in IT processes that 65% of businesses now do it for some aspect of their business, according to an annual survey of IT budgets and technology trends by the Society of Information Management. Read More Kindle Fire virtual teardown puts cost at $209.63, about $10 above retail The Kindle Fire tablet costs $209.63 for materials and manufacturing expenses, more than $10 above its $199 pricetag, according to a virtual estimate by IT research firm IHS iSuppli. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sybase Bloor Report: Sybase® IQ 15.3 In Detail Sybase® IQ is well positioned to compete with traditional and appliance vendors. While it has different advantages in dif¬ferent environments, it merits careful review by organisations investigating data warehousing, high-speed analytics and business intelligence options. Read now. A chance to ask Apple about police-aided iPhone search Presuming there's a question-and-answer opportunity at tomorrow's big iPhone announcement, here's one that somebody should ask Apple CEO Tim Cook: Do you approve of the way two Apple security employees, accompanied by four police officers, searched a San Francisco man's home for a missing iPhone prototype back in July? Read More With iPhone 5 imminent, users sell older models in record numbers iPhone 4 trade-in business has been very brisk at companies that buy older smartphones, an early indication of how Apple's next model will sell, the firms said. Read More Steve Jobs gave Barack Obama an iPad 2 "a little bit early" It's no secret that the Obama administration tends to be a bit Apple-centric. During Obama's 2008 Presidential campaign, for example, Macs were relied upon quite a bit by his staff and folks in his administration were famously disappointed when, upon moving into the White House, they saw a plethora of outdated PCs running Windows. Read More 15 Best iPhone Apps for Busy CEOs For executive road warriors and super-busy CEOs, the iPhone has become indispensable. Here are 15 must-have free and paid business apps that tap into the great mobile experience and keep executives productive all day long. Read More
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