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	2011's biggest security snafus Perhaps it was an omen of what was to come when the city of San Francisco on New Year's Eve 2010 couldn't get a backup system running in its Emergency Operations Center because no one knew the password. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Network World What's the right route to IPv6? Attend The Critical Path to IPv6 and start creating your IPv6 roadmap to avoid costly pitfalls. At this exclusive one-day event, you'll learn from IPv6 experts--including ARIN CEO John Curran--sharing their strategies and best practices for ensuring a smooth transition to the new IP environment. Complimentary admission. Register today. Learn more In this Issue Uncovering Tech's Most Peculiar Product Codenames New year, new job? Ten companies that are hiring Tablet Accessories Tech Treasures [2011 Cool Yule Tools] How to turn off Carrier IQ on your iPhone Verizon says it doesn't use Carrier IQ software FAQ: Behind the Carrier IQ rookit controversy FAQ: An update on the Illinois water district non-hack Cisco pulls Puppet's purse strings Two Android tablets, different goals Winner of free SharePoint training (you can still claim your free training, too) Rare look at big data visualization for power grids, at California ISO. RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Citrix Systems XenServer is FREE Citrix XenServer is the only free, enterprise-class, cloud-proven virtualization platform available. Organizations of any size can immediately benefit from the power of server virtualization. With features such as live migration, centralized multi-server management, and shared storage support, you can't afford not to download it now – it's free! Click to continue Uncovering Tech's Most Peculiar Product Codenames Tech companies go to painstaking lengths to keep new products confidential, which is why many of them assign "secret" product codenames. Here's an insider's look at some of the most unusual codenames, with themes ranging from felines to fairy tales. Read More New year, new job? Ten companies that are hiring Even in this today's struggling economy, there are rapidly expanding companies that have big tech hiring targets. Read More Tablet Accessories Tech Treasures [2011 Cool Yule Tools] While last year may have been the year of the tablet (with the introduction/invasion of the iPad), this year certainly qualifies as the year of the tablet accessory. Whether it's a case, a pillow, stand or speaker system, we've compiled a list of our favorite devices to go along with our favorite tablets. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle High Availability for SMBs Just Got Easy Tuesday, December 13, 9am PT / 12 noon ET Join this live Webcast to hear how Oracle has removed all the barriers to high availability with an appliance that provides a fully-configured, fully-patched system that can have you up and running in less than 2 hours. Learn More How to turn off Carrier IQ on your iPhone iPhone users can turn off the Carrier IQ software that's raised a ruckus among consumers, bloggers and privacy advocates with just four taps. Read More Verizon says it doesn't use Carrier IQ software Verizon Wireless said Thursday it doesn't add to its phones any software from Carrier IQ, the company that has come under fire in the past few days for what some say amounts to spying on mobile phone users. Read More FAQ: Behind the Carrier IQ rookit controversy The recent disclosure that top mobile phone providers are using software from Carrier IQ that critics say can gather and track all sorts of personal data from a user's smartphone has sparked a firestorm of controversy. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Communications The Real Cost of Dealing with Carriers What is the TCO for your company's data network services and solutions? If you work with one of the large carriers, it's probably a lot higher than you think. Read Now! FAQ: An update on the Illinois water district non-hack As it turns out, reports that Russian hackers broke into the Curran-Gardner Water District network in Illinois with usernames and passwords stolen from a consultant to the district and then accessed its control system to burn out a pump, are not true. Read More Cisco pulls Puppet's purse strings Cisco has invested in Puppet Labs, a maker of IT automation software. Actually, Cisco was but one new investor in Puppet Labs' C round of financing, which totaled $8.5 million. Other new investors in the company include Google Ventures and VMware. They join existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, True Ventures, and Radar Partners in the round. Read More Two Android tablets, different goals Shaw reviews the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus and the Motorola Xoom 4G LTE. Read More Winner of free SharePoint training (you can still claim your free training, too) Our November contest has closed and this YouTube video will reveal the winner of the big prize, free SharePoint training a $2,375 value This means the December contest has begun! Webucator will be awarding another lucky reader free SharePoint training -- and will be giving away a free self-paced to class to absolutely everyone who enters the giveaway. Read More Rare look at big data visualization for power grids, at California ISO. Cal-ISO facilitates the management of power lines throughout the state. It's not the only company to do it, though managers say this facility is the most up-to-date. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 25 free open source projects IT pros will love We asked SourceForge's new community manager and longtime open source coder, Rich Bowen, to sniff out a few of the cool, lesser-known projects he thinks IT folks will love. What follows are his picks, along with a few of our own. 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 25 free open source projects IT pros will love Facebook under privacy watch for 20 years Everything I need to know about Linux I learned from my pets Mobile privacy debate reignites over hidden smartphone app Hackers launch millions of Java exploits, says Microsoft Hackers target IPv6 Cisco data center forecast very cloudy Steve Jobs' worth, iPhone 5's arrival among 2011's top online question topics Google Translate glitch opens security hole Cool Yule favorites: 20 techie gifts we like
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