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iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Sept. 30
After months and months, the iOSsphere has exploded with an iPhone 5 rumor that finally is worthy of the name. The pedestrian predictions of a dual-core processor and more memory and the labored explanations of why a tear-drop profile and marginally larger screen are a "radical" redesign pale in comparison to a Revolutionary Voice Interface, or RVI. Read More

Google is most-sought employer -- again
If you're a college student and want to work for Google, you're definitely not alone. Read More

Best Buy set to hire 200 IT pros
Electronics retailer Best Buy plans to hire 200 IT professionals over the next year, and plans to advertise 100 of the positions in the next several weeks. Read More

5 ways for IT pros to become indispensable
Tech is faring better than most industries on the jobs front. Unemployment is hovering around 4% compared to a national unemployment average of about 9% across all industries. Nonetheless, job security still feels elusive for many. Read More

Intel to acquire location-based services company Telmap
Intel has signed an agreement to acquire Telmap, a company focused on mobile navigation and location-based services, search and content, for an undisclosed amount, the company said in a blog post. Read More

Healthcare security needs a booster shot
Healthcare organizations are swiftly embracing electronic records and social media, but their investments in information security and privacy are lagging. Read More

How to Find Anything Under Linux
The Linux find, grep, and awk commands are amazing power tools for fine-grained file searches, and for finding things inside files. With them you can find the largest and newest files on a system, fine-tune search parameters, search for text inside files, and perform some slick user management tricks. Read More

Intel drops MeeGo mobile OS, backs Tizen against Android
Linux Foundation and Limo Foundation are rebooting their efforts to compete with Apple and the Android camp by merging MeeGo and Limo into a new operating system called Tizen, with the backing of Intel and Samsung. Read More

H-1B, B-1 Visa Scrutiny Threatens IT Outsourcing Providers
IT outsourcing companies are starting to feel the pinch from increased U.S. government scrutiny of H-1B and other nonimmigrant visa programs. The latest investigation into misuse of the H-1B visa program comes from the Social Security Administration. Read More

Search engine Blekko hauls in $15M Russian investment
Russia's biggest search engine, Yandex, has invested US$15 million in U.S. search startup Blekko, as part of $30 million funding round. Read More

Facebook faces complaints over data retention practices
Facebook's data retention practices are under investigation by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner following a series of complaints filed by a European group critical of the social networking site. Read More

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2011 Ig Nobel Prizes honor offbeat research
Winners investigated yawning turtles, procrastination and the end of the world. Read More

Amazon may buy Palm from HP, report says
There are a couple of HP stories to chew on this morning. First, VentureBeat is reporting that Amazon may purchase Palm from HP. Read More

Cisco loses out as Brocade wins healthcare software company business
A healthcare software provider has upgraded its Gigabit Ethernet network to improve service to customers and reduce errors during backup. Read More

IBM X-Force: Mobile devices are a fast growing target of malware
Look for double the mobile exploits this year vs. 2010 and particularly watch out for mobile applications that are really malware, says IBM's X-Force security research team. Read More

RIM calls report of PlayBook's demise 'pure fiction'
Research in Motion said Thursday that it remains committed to the PlayBook tablet and the tablet market, discounting an analyst's report that said the death of the tablet is imminent. Read More

Taking Moneyball tactics to the enterprise
The success of the Oakland Athletics in using unique performance metrics, as shown in the movie Moneyball, could be repeated in corporate IT shops. Read More

Romance scams pick on divorced, lovelorn
Research out of the UK today says that perhaps as many as 200,00 people have been victims of online romance scams and the same study says over 1 million people personally know someone who has been scammed by one of these heartless fraudsters. Read More

Robotic cockroach crawls out of the lab into real world
With a name like Octoroach, you'd have to be one amazing robotic bug. UC Berkley researchers this week showed of two insect-like robots that could ultimately crawl into all manner of super-secret surveillance or emergency recovery applications. Read More

16 Essential Android Apps for IT Pros
There are hundreds of thousands of Android apps, including many that are useful for IT professionals on the job. Here are 16 must-have apps for IT pros, most of them free. Read More

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The encryption quiz
Substitution ciphers, military encryption devices, hashing, symmetric key algorithms – how well do you know them? Read More

Romance scams pick on divorced, lovelorn
Research out of the UK today says that perhaps as many as 200,00 people have been victims of online romance scams and the same study says over 1 million people personally know someone who has been scammed by one of these heartless fraudsters. Read More

Cisco sees new security role in the cloud
IT Security needs to be completely rethought in the age of cloud computing, according to Tom Gillis. Read More

NAC saves University of North Carolina money, keeps illegal file sharing in check
Network access control (NAC) is saving the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $40,000 per year by keeping students from illegally using peer-to-peer file-sharing applications. Read More

IT pros say social media at work is good but risky: survey
Network security pros think use of social media at work is good for business, but also creates risks they don't have the tools to address, according to a Ponemon Institute survey. Read More

Prototype "Rapid DNA" technology exhibited; could bolster forensic investigations
Using a portable kit to be able to quickly analyze human DNA collected in the field for investigative and forensics purposes has been a long-time dream for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), law enforcement and the Department of Defense (DoD). Read More

Data breach affects 4.9M active, retired military personnel
Sensitive data including Social Security Numbers, names, addresses, phone numbers and personal health data belonging to about 4.9 million active and retired U.S. military personnel may have been compromised. Read More

Zenprise offers iPad app for secure SharePoint access
Positioned as a data loss prevention tool, the app and server software focus on enforcing SharePoint content policies on iOS devices Read More

Keeping up with PCI hasn't improved much: Verizon
Businesses aren't getting much better at meeting payment card industry (PCI) standards year-to-year, perhaps because they get cocky about passing one year and figure they will breeze through the next, according to a study by Verizon PCI and Risk Intelligence teams. Read More

Are CIOs Too Cocky About Security?
The ninth annual Global Information Security Survey conducted by CSO magazine and PricewaterhouseCoopers indicates the vast majority of tech and business execs are overconfident about their security policies. Read More

Scammers pretend to be friendly office printers
Hackers have found a new hook to trick people into opening malicious attachments: send emails that purport to come from office printers, many of which now have the ability to email scanned documents. Read More