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	Holiday gift guide 2011 [2011 Cool Yule Tools] The holidays are here, and it's time to rock! With more than 140 products to choose from, let us take you on a journey through our favorite personal technology products and gift ideas for the techie on your list. From phones to computers to the hottest video games, we've got a bunch of great gift ideas. Please peruse and share with friends and family! Read More WEBCAST: Quest Software The Business Impact of a Poor User Experience Don't miss this informative webcast exploring the value of monitoring web application performance from the user perspective and gain access to a free whitepaper "Monitoring Web Application Performance from the User Perspective" at the end of the presentation! View Now! In this Issue The Eighth Annual Gibbs Golden Turkey Awards Best Free Android Apps of 2011 FBI, DHS say no evidence of a hack in an Illinois water district pump failure Nokia Siemens to slash 17,000 jobs worldwide MIT touts optical computing breakthrough Holiday e-commerce spending set to grow 15% DARPA to banish "geeky, formal" way code defects are eradicated A blast from the past - Microsoft accused of monopolistic practices Analytics Help Police Stop Crime Before it Happens RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Alcatel-Lucent Discover the new currency for the networked-community age Alcatel-Lucent's Allison Cerra and Christina James spent a year pursuing the essence of identity in the virtual world and beyond. With Identity Shift, they examine how technology, identity and expectations intersect, offering a compelling look at how we present and protect ourselves, build trust, and find value in the networked-community age. Click to continue The Eighth Annual Gibbs Golden Turkey Awards For the eighth time, Gibbs awards those who deserve opprobrium for epic reasons Read More Best Free Android Apps of 2011 From word games to new social networks and streaming services, it was a very good year for beefing up your Android device without having to drop a single dime. Here are some recommendations. Read More FBI, DHS say no evidence of a hack in an Illinois water district pump failure The FBI and Department of Homeland Security say they can't find evidence to confirm any of the story that an Illinois water authority's SCADA network was hacked and that it resulted in burning out a pump in the system. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Managing Cloud Services from Request to Retirement This lifecycle is tailored to the needs of the business, with both the flexibility to deliver the full required software stacks and the management rigor to ensure the operational integrity of the cloud. Learn More! Nokia Siemens to slash 17,000 jobs worldwide Struggling network infrastructure vendor Nokia Siemens Networks is planning to cut 17,000 jobs worldwide, as it aims to cut €1 billion (US$1.35 billion) from its costs by the end of 2013, the company said Wednesday. Read More MIT touts optical computing breakthrough MIT researchers have published research regarding a breakthrough that could speed the way to zippy new computers that rely on photonic chips that use light beams rather than electrons to work. Read More Holiday e-commerce spending set to grow 15% Based on the first three weeks of November, comScore is forecasting 15% growth in e-commerce spending for the 2011 holiday season. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Why Managing VMs is So Complex Because virtual servers coexist with nonvirtualized ones, it effectively doubles the tools and efforts relevant to data center administration. Discover how a unified, out-of-band approach that aggregates management tools into a single, consolidated platform, renders the virtual and physical layers transparent from an IT management perspective. Read now! DARPA to banish "geeky, formal" way code defects are eradicated For every 1,000 lines of code, one to five bugs are introduced. And getting those bugs out of the millions of lines of software code that run today's complex systems is costly and only performed by highly specialized researchers with deep knowledge of software and mathematical theorem-proving techniques. Read More A blast from the past - Microsoft accused of monopolistic practices On November 21, Bill Gates testified in a lawsuit charging Microsoft of monopolistic behavior against WordPerfect. Microsoft is accused of altering Windows 95 to make it more difficult for WordPerfect to produce a product that functioned well under the operating system. A simple Google search already shows over a thousand news stories covering the testimony. Read More Analytics Help Police Stop Crime Before it Happens Two California cities are pioneers in "predictive policing." Analysis of historical crime data produces digital maps that show officers where to patrol to prevent burglaries and vehicle thefts. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS Top IT Turkeys of 2011 You know, it just doesn't feel like Thanksgiving to me unless I have mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, and an iPad with the annual Network World Top IT Turkeys slideshow all arranged on the table for the feast. So let's sharpen our knives and get to the carving, because these turkeys are getting cold. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Interview with a pirate Apple prepping iPhone 5 with 4-inch screen in 2012 How to get your kid into an elite computer science program 11 eye-popping Black Friday tablet, laptop and ereader deals Top IT turkeys of 2011 The Dirty Dozen of security vulnerable smartphones MalCon: Malware hacking conference for twisted pen testers Hottest major on campus? Computer science Gunman barricades himself inside Air Force's GPS satellite control facility Windows 8 coming in 2012? 6 reasons why this could derail Windows 7 now
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