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	How Microsoft can chase off your pesky co-workers Workplace monitoring is nothing new. I saw back in 1995 that my employers were monitoring my time spent Web surfing. But Microsoft has a new twist on this activity, one we might like. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan What to Look for in Smart Card Readers Deploy servers with PKI authentication without sacrificing convenience or security. Learn how modern KVM switches with smart card capabilities go beyond simply integrating card readers as an additional peripheral at the KVM workstation, but rather make necessary KVM feature adjustments to enable seamless use of the reader. Learn More In this Issue Should Steve Ballmer go as CEO? Top IT Turkeys of 2011 Gates to testify in Novell suit Microsoft to help 10 Kinect startups Cool Yule Favorites: 20 techie gifts we like Got a spare $7,600? The Microsoft Surface 2.0 is for you Study: Companies using pirated software 'save' $2.9B Better Windows support due on IBM mainframes Google, Microsoft, Intel, Verizon among new cloud-security registry members Physicians using tablets to treat patients WHITE PAPER: FireEye 5 Design Principles for Advanced Malware Protection The 5 Principles discusses in more depth the technological shortfalls of current protections when trying to stop advanced malware and proposes a framework to better mitigate the threat of advanced malware, zero-day and targeted APT attacks. Read now. Should Steve Ballmer go as CEO? At Microsoft's annual shareholder meeting, which took place this past week at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Washington, Steve Ballmer received votes representing 92% of shares to keep him in place as the company's chief executive. Read More Top IT Turkeys of 2011 Here are the people, companies and products that earned the label of 'turkey' over the past year. Read More Gates to testify in Novell suit Ex-Microsoft CEO and current Chairman Bill Gates is testifying in U.S. Federal Court in a seven-year-old, $1 billion antitrust lawsuit by Novell. Read More WHITE PAPER: AMD Make Virtual Desktops a Valuable Reality with AMD This paper will explore how the fast-emerging trend of "desktop virtualization" is giving IT managers a potent solution for tackling the problems associated with PC sprawl. Read More! Microsoft to help 10 Kinect startups Microsoft announced a program designed to help 10 developers or startups launch businesses around products for Kinect, the controller that senses motion and voice. Read More Cool Yule Favorites: 20 techie gifts we like Hard to believe, but once again it's time to put together our holiday wish lists. Here are 20 of our favorite products submitted and tested and "Cool Yule Elf" approved. Read More Got a spare $7,600? The Microsoft Surface 2.0 is for you What a bargain! Microsoft will be releasing the second version of its touchscreen table, the Microsoft Surface 2.0, for pre-order in 23 countries in 2012. And it has reduced the price to a mere $7,600. When Microsoft first introduced the Surface back in 2007 (the first ones shipped in 2008), the price tag was $10,000. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Investment Protection and Elasticity for your Network NetScaler Pay-as-You-Grow. 5x capacity on-demand. No new hardware. Investment protection and elasticity for your network. Read more Study: Companies using pirated software 'save' $2.9B Pirated software saves its users in developing countries more than $2.9 billion annually. So finds a study of manufacturers in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe and Asia-Pacific commissioned by Microsoft. Read More Better Windows support due on IBM mainframes IBM said its mainframes will soon be able to manage Windows applications, bridging one of the last major divides in data centers. Read More Google, Microsoft, Intel, Verizon among new cloud-security registry members Google, Verizon, Intel, McAfee, Microsoft and Savvis are joining a voluntary program set up by the Cloud Security Alliance that provides public information about whether contributors comply with CSA-recommended cloud-security practices. Read More Physicians using tablets to treat patients The next wave of mobile adoption is well under way as healthcare providers increasingly turn to tablets, smartphones and apps to bolster patient care, according to a new survey of physicians in the U.S. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS Geekiest holiday cards Holiday decorations appeared before the last of the Halloween skeletons were even boxed up. An endless loop of seasonal music is already playing in stores. Retail commerce forecasts are piling up. The countdown is on, and it's not too early to start thinking about holiday cards. Here are some clever geeky options for inspiration. 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 Monkey, dragon, football and the rest of 2011's worst passwords iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Nov. 18 Top IT turkeys of 2011 Apparent cyberattack destroys pump at Illinois water utility Occupational hazard: 7 hot jobs for 2012 Cisco WAAS shows pizzazz Cisco pulls away from pack in Q3 Raytheon gets $10.5 million to develop "serious games" Windows 8 coming in 2012? 6 reasons why this could derail Windows 7 now Lamest and most bizarre iPhone 5 rumors of 2011
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