Research lab offers Duqu detection and removal tool

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	Research lab offers Duqu detection and removal tool Microsoft is usually pretty good at responding to threats, but it's been a little slow on the draw with the Duqu malware, a.k.a. Son of Stuxnet. Yes, it has offered a work-around to protect against it, but the company has yet to offer adequate protection, detection and removal of the malicious software. Fortunately, a third party has come to the rescue. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Three Steps to Effective Cloud Planning & Design Before you build your cloud, there are many considerations. Are there security requirements? Compliance rules? Will you use public cloud resources as well? Learn more about how to plan a cloud effectively – from defining requirements to identifying the costs - in this compelling white paper from BMC Software. Learn More! In this Issue Microsoft: We won't update others' Windows apps Nokia to offer Windows 8 tablet in June, executive says Gartner: Windows Phone sales plummet while Android sales triple VMware and Google on an acquisition frenzy in 2011 Will IT certs get you jobs and raises? Survey says yes Microsoft to streamline Windows 8's patch process Busted! DOJ says you might be a felon if you clicked a link or opened email Google adds Flash-to-HTML5 conversion to Adobe development tool Qualcomm's quad-core Snapdragon chips to hit tablets next year Windows Phone sales still headed South WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Get ROI from video collaboration This whitepaper is designed for IT and Business leaders to understand the impact of IP video applications and technologies and the benefit of taking an architectural approach to video. View Now Microsoft: We won't update others' Windows apps Microsoft slammed the door on updating third-party software via Windows Update in the upcoming Windows 8. Read More Nokia to offer Windows 8 tablet in June, executive says Nokia is planning to enter the tablet market, and will launch a product based on Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system, according to an executive. Read More Gartner: Windows Phone sales plummet while Android sales triple Microsoft is losing what little ground it had in the smartphone market, according to the latest stats from Gartner. Ever hear of Bada? And yet that smartphone OS from Samsung sold more units and owns more of the overall worldwide market than Windows Phone. 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 VMware and Google on an acquisition frenzy in 2011 While the world has been distracted by HP's baffling $10.2 billion purchase of Autonomy and Microsoft's surprising $9 billion buy of Skype, EMC/VMware and Google have been snapping up dozens of software companies throughout 2011. Read More Will IT certs get you jobs and raises? Survey says yes Sixty percent of IT professionals surveyed say a certification led to a new job, and half say it gave a salary boost. But some certs are more valuable than others. Read More Microsoft to streamline Windows 8's patch process Microsoft will reduce the number of distracting restarts for updates to Windows 8, part of its plan to simplify how people interact with the upcoming OS, a company manager says. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Enhanced Optimization with Context-Aware DRE Make better use of WAN bandwidth and improve user experience. The newest caching approach in Cisco Wide Area Application Services optimizes WAN traffic based on its directionality through contextual awareness of the application, while providing performance fairness provides across branch offices. Learn More Busted! DOJ says you might be a felon if you clicked a link or opened email We may be doomed and you are probably a felon if you ever used a fake name online, used a bogus birthday to register on a site, or fibbed about your height or weight on an online dating profile, named a different town or city in a profile, or basically didn't tell the exact truth anywhere online. Never done that? Read More Google adds Flash-to-HTML5 conversion to Adobe development tool Flash Professional users can use their existing skills to develop HTML5 animations. Read More Qualcomm's quad-core Snapdragon chips to hit tablets next year Qualcomm says its quad-core Snapdragon chips, designed to run Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 OS, will appear in tablets in the second half of next year. Read More Windows Phone sales still headed South Smartphone sales are doing fantastic even in this crummy economy, but Microsoft isn't getting in on the action. Sales of Windows Phone are, in fact, dropping, while Android is steamrolling everyone. Read More
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