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	Two new tools exploit router security setup problem Researchers have released two tools that can take advantage of a weakness in a system designed to let people easily secure their wireless routers. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Leveraging security from the Cloud Cloud computing is a flexible, cost-effective and proven deliv-ery platform for providing business or consumer IT services over the Internet. This whitepaper discusses the who, what, when, why and how of cloud-based security services. Read Now In this Issue Confessions of a Chromebook addict Best tech- and geek-related videos of 2011 iPhone 5 with new design set to launch in Fall 2012 Cisco dumps the UMI Personal Telepresence very quietly. Verizon solves third 4G issue this month IPv6 doomsday won't hit in 2012, experts say Five open source technologies for 2012 Ten IT news stories we'll read in 2012 Users desert Windows XP in near-record numbers Windows Phone Roadmap, Hiring, Offer Hints Former Microsoft Exec Explains Windows Phone's Failure Fabrics versus Networks: Part 1 Letter to Hurd details allegations that led to his downfall at HP WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks WLAN Vendor Ranking This 2011 Gartner Magic Quadrant analyzes and ranks the many options. Learn more. Confessions of a Chromebook addict I was sent a Cr-48 by Google a year ago and I've found myself using it almost every day since. Here are my thoughts on the strengths, weaknesses, and mixed aspects of the Chromebook platform -- one year later. Read More Best tech- and geek-related videos of 2011 Earlier in the year we started the ITworld.TV blog, which writes almost daily about viral videos that have a tech-, science- or geek-related bend to it. Based on those posts, here are our Top 10 favorite videos of 2011. Read More iPhone 5 with new design set to launch in Fall 2012 Citing a trusted source, BGR earlier this week dropped a number of interesting tidbits regarding the iPhone 5. Read More Cisco dumps the UMI Personal Telepresence very quietly. Speaking with a friend who purchased the Cisco UMI Telepresence from Best Buy, I was made aware he cannot get service on the product. Read More WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL Next-Gen Firewall Market Analysis: The SonicWALL Difference The Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rapidly becoming an essential element of the modern organization's information security strategy. Not only does it restore control over network activity and provide protection against dynamic threats, it also does so while reducing the cost and complexity of network security infrastructure. Learn more. Verizon solves third 4G issue this month Verizon on Thursday said its third 4G network problem this month was resolved over night. Read More IPv6 doomsday won't hit in 2012, experts say Next year will see one more regional Internet registry run out of IPv4 addresses, but 2012 will be more of a year to prepare for the inevitable shift to IPv6 than an Internet doomsday, according to networking experts. Read More Five open source technologies for 2012 Next year, if all goes according to plan, Red Hat will become the first open source software company to generate more than US$1 billion a year in revenue. It will be a watershed moment for the open source community, who have long seen their approach of community-based development as a viable, even superior, alternative to traditional notions of how software should be written. Read More Ten IT news stories we'll read in 2012 Well, we erred in our 2011 predictions in not repeating a 2010 forecast that Carol Bartz would be ousted as Yahoo CEO -- it was bound to happen, we just called that one too early. Then again, we also predicted last year that Oracle would buy Salesforce.com and have decided not to repeat ourselves this year, so we'll see if we were just ahead on that one, too. Meanwhile, these are our predictions for the next 12 months. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Protecting Your Online Channels and Web Applications This whitepaper gives a broad overview of the ways in which Akamai can help organizations bolster the security of their Web-based assets, with capabilities ranging across the application, network, and DNS layers, as well as solutions focused on Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation and business continuity. Learn more Users desert Windows XP in near-record numbers Microsoft's Windows XP lost a big chunk of usage share last month as users continued to desert the aging operating system for Windows 7. Read More Windows Phone Roadmap, Hiring, Offer Hints Microsoft's history has shown the company is nothing if not tenacious, and that habit is on display in the Windows Phone family. Despite single-digit market share, Microsoft is pushing ahead with at least two more versions of the software some time in the next year and expanded features. Read More Former Microsoft Exec Explains Windows Phone's Failure Charlie Kindle, a former General Manager for the Windows Phone team at Microsoft, recently posted an entry to his blog in which he explains what he believes are the main reasons why Windows Phone has not been a commercial success. Read More Fabrics versus Networks: Part 1 Recently I was fortunate enough to be in a debate with some industry peers around the topic of data center network design. The customer requirement was for building a new set of data centers, implementing broad reaching virtualization where the workloads supported it, and of course, creating a stable and efficient operating environment. Read More Letter to Hurd details allegations that led to his downfall at HP Details of allegations of sexual harassment that ultimately caused Mark Hurd, now co-president at Oracle, to quit as CEO of Hewlett-Packard are now plastered across the Internet after a letter written on behalf of the complainant was unsealed by the Delaware Supreme Court Wednesday. Read More
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