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Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Bank of America team to wipe out phishing

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Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Bank of America team to wipe out phishing
Can industry heavyweights Google, PayPal, Microsoft and AOL -- along with 11 others in high-tech such as Facebook and LinkedIn, as well as the financial world's Bank of America and Fidelity Investments -- succeed in stopping phishing attacks right in their tracks? In uniting behind an effort called DMARC.org unveiled today, the group says it can through policy-based steps filter out spoofed email that attackers use for phishing. Read More


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Path to Cloud: Virtualizing Business Critical Applications
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Tips and tricks for upgrading your Android phone
The following is a primer on what you should know about the process of installing unauthorized Android firmware. Each phone can have its own unique steps for doing this, so you should follow instructions for your specific model. Read More

Remotely possible: pcAnywhere alternatives
Now that Symantec is warning users to stop using pcAnywhere, what should you use for remote desktop control? We offer some suggestions. Read More

Mozilla okays Firefox 10 launch this week
Mozilla developers have given the green light to ship Firefox 10 on Tuesday. Read More


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The Key to Successful Disaster Recovery
Paula Fortin of Green Mountain Power explains how disaster recovery of their IT environment, based on VMware and NetApp technology solutions, was rapidly recoverable during Hurricane Irene. View Now!

FTC to scrutinize mobile payment technology
Will mobile payments become common, and what will the impact of that technology be? Read More

Tilera targets Intel, ARM with 36-core server chip
Tilera on Monday announced availability of its new 36-core processor, which the company says can trump traditional x86 server chips from Intel in performance-per-watt. Read More

What the drone invasion looks like
Unmanned aircraft are proliferating; this is what they look like. Read More


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Sneak peek at techiest Super Bowl 46 ads
No need to waste your time sitting through commercials during Super Bowl XLVI when you could be doing other things like eating and drinking and arguing, right? Here's a sneak peek at some of the geekiest/techiest commercials on tap for the big New England Patriots vs. New York Giants matchup. Read More

AT&T offers 'UC as a service' to enterprise customers
AT&T is now offering cloud-based unified communications to its enterprise customers, adding to its existing portfolio of hosted VoIP services (with Voice DNA) and other managed UC services. Read More

White House CTO Chopra leaving his post
Aneesh Chopra, who has served for the past two-and-a-half years as the first CTO for the U.S. government, is stepping down in early February. Read More

"We ain't backin' down," says defiant Google
Google is pushing back on some of the criticism many in the press have tossed its way over the past few days. Google policy manager Betsy Masiello has taken to Google's public policy blog to clear some of the air about what the company's new unified privacy policy means for its users. Read More

Is SOPA really that bad?
Meyler: Uproar about concerns regarding censorship and lack of due process not justified. Read More



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