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	Symantec backtracks, admits own network hacked Symantec today backed away from earlier statements regarding the theft of source code of some of its flagship security products, now admitting that its own network was compromised. Read More WHITE PAPER: Bradford Networks (BYOD) Unleashed in the Age of IT Consumerization IT departments need to understand what devices are trying to connect to their networks, so they can provide convenient, secure access to those that are authorized, including personal iPads and smartphones. This white paper explains how IT departments can implement a practical and secure strategy and offer the convenience mobile devices provide. Read more In this Issue What anti-SOPA sites look like this morning 12 available devices to test drive Windows 8 Cisco issues advisory for wireless gear iPad 3 slated for release in early February Jerry Yang leaves Yahoo Expert to IT pros: Adopt IPv6 soon or be sorry later Facebook may take company public in May Mozilla slows pace of Firefox 9 upgrades Fundamental Oracle flaw revealed How to cope with HTML5's dueling standards bodies Enterprise Hadoop: Big data processing made easier WHITE PAPER: NetIQ Streamlining IT Operations with Business Service Management This IDC Technology Spotlight examines the benefits of a business service management practice and tools in response to IT environments becoming more dynamic and complex due to the increased use of virtualization, cloud, SOA, and n-tier application architectures. Learn More What anti-SOPA sites look like this morning Here's what a few familiar corners of the Internet look like this morning, a day dedicated to protesting antipiracy legislation currently before Congress. Read More 12 available devices to test drive Windows 8 Here are a dozen off-the-shelf devices that Microsoft says it uses in its labs to put Windows 8 through its paces. Read More Cisco issues advisory for wireless gear Cisco has issued a security advisory on some of its wireless and unified communications products in response to attack tools that exploit a weakness in a protocol they use. The weakness was detailed by US-CERT in a Vulnerability Note last month. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Take Your Business Relationships to the Next Level This IBM publication provides information about IBM Social Business and includes details about the business need and the value of transformation to a social business. Read Now iPad 3 slated for release in early February iPad 3 rumors continue to roll in fast and furious. Hot on the heels of a report that the next-gen iPad will house a quad-core processor and will support 4G LTE networks, the Japanese-language Macotakara blog is reporting that Apple will hold a special iPad media event in early February to be followed by an iPad 3 release in early March. Read More Jerry Yang leaves Yahoo Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang has left the company, the latest dramatic change at the top executive level of the embattled Internet company. Read More Expert to IT pros: Adopt IPv6 soon or be sorry later A dozen of the world's largest Internet companies -- including Facebook, Google and Comcast -- have committed to June 6, 2012, as the start date for their production deployments of IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. Read More WEBCAST: VMware & NetApp Path to Cloud: Virtualizing Business Critical Applications NetApp and VMware experts discuss how customers can virtualize business-critical applications leveraging common resource pools as key elements to delivering IT as a service. Learn More! Facebook may take company public in May Reports were circulating Tuesday that Facebook will launch its initial public offering in May. Read More Mozilla slows pace of Firefox 9 upgrades Mozilla dramatically slowed the update pace of Firefox 9, the browser it shipped late last month. Read More Fundamental Oracle flaw revealed A design decision made by Oracle architects long ago may have painted some of Oracle's largest customers into a corner. Patches have arrived, but how much will they correct? Read More How to cope with HTML5's dueling standards bodies The nice thing about standards is there are so many of them to choose from. Read More Enterprise Hadoop: Big data processing made easier Amazon, Cloudera, Hortonworks, IBM, and MapR mix simpler setup of Hadoop clusters with proprietary twists and trade-offs. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS CES 2012 ultrabooks and tablets Ultrabooks! Ultrabooks! That's the official biggest buzzword for this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Ultrabooks! In honor of these purportedly magical super-thin laptops, we've decided to make a compilation of some of the ultrabooks you'll see at CES next week. And for good measure, we've thrown in a tablet that will garner a lot of attention as well. Enjoy! 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 Mac attack FTC may investigate Google for favoring Google+ in Search Plus Your World No demand for Windows 8 tablets? Or don't trust predictive surveys RSA chief: Last year's breach has silver lining Chinese 'attack US DOD smart cards' with Sykipot malware Woz on smartphones: Wishes his iPhone could do all his Android can More confusion over Windows 8 tablets Cisco's Umi still dead. As a doornail. Really, really dead IPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Jan. 13 The best of CES 2012
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