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	Sophos admits bad update slamming its anti-virus software customers Security firm Sophos today apologized for wreaking havoc in its customers' networks after a faulty update to its anti-virus software yesterday caused false positives for certain malware to occur on Windows-based computers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks A Wireless LAN that Understands Apple Let your users wirelessly print from iPads, project in conference rooms, and share content using Apple TVs. Aruba AirGroup makes it possible to use Apple Bonjour services in the enterprise or in classrooms. With AirGroup, only the necessary set of services are made visible to mobile devices, based on the user identity and location. Read now. In this Issue Waiting and waiting and waiting for iPhone 5 The Ig Nobel awards: Scientific progress goes 'boink' 10 Alternative Social Networks for Business Professionals iOS 6 Wi-Fi glitch a Web problem, not firmware issue IT headcount expected to rise in Q4, CIOs say iOS 6 Maps Twitter account skewers Apple, gets suspended, resurrects itself Indonesia advances world's most ambitious biometric-based national identity card project Today I learned that Carl Sagan once sued Apple for libel Beating the Internet Explorer zero-day threat Weighing Windows Phone 8's chances now that it's reached RTM The lust for Linux phones Online Sellers Unite to Oppose Ecommerce Tax Proposals Samsung plans to add Apple's iPhone 5 to its US lawsuits RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: RIM Introducing BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion Easily manage and secure mobile device deployments with BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion. From a single interface, manage BlackBerry® smartphones, BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablets and devices that use the iOS® and Android™ operating systems. Put an end to mobile chaos. Learn more at blackberry.com/mobilefusion Waiting and waiting and waiting for iPhone 5 Apple fanboys/fangirls line up at Apple Stores from NYC to Tokyo Read More The Ig Nobel awards: Scientific progress goes 'boink' Thursday night, Harvard University will host a ceremony to honor some of those who have made key contributions to science in 2012. Kind of. Read More 10 Alternative Social Networks for Business Professionals LinkedIn maybe No. 1 when it comes to professional social networking, but your quest to connect doesn't need to stop there. Here's a look at 10 social networks for professionals that offer a variety of features such as Facebook integration, career advice, resume critiques and more. Read More iOS 6 Wi-Fi glitch a Web problem, not firmware issue A Wi-Fi connection glitch sent a short-lived, but intense wave of alarm and outrage through the iPhone and iPad user community yesterday, after they updated to the just-released iOS 6. But apparently the problem had nothing to do with the operating system itself, and Apple fixed it within hours. Read More WHITE PAPER: ITinvolve Social IT Operations Management Existing IT management tools have not kept up with the rapid innovation in technology paradigms. See how to capture and leverage all knowledge to manage IT environments Read Now. IT headcount expected to rise in Q4, CIOs say Nine percent of CIOs plan to expand their IT departments in Q4, and 6% anticipate cutbacks. The net 3% increase in anticipated IT hiring is up two percentage points from Q3, according to Robert Half Technology. Read More iOS 6 Maps Twitter account skewers Apple, gets suspended, resurrects itself A Twitter account dubbed iOS6Maps enjoyed a short, smart-alecky life of poking fun at Apple's switch from Google Maps to its own Map app, but was apparently suspended by the microblogging site late Wednesday night. However, a second account has surfaced overnight. Read More Indonesia advances world's most ambitious biometric-based national identity card project Tampa -- You might not guess that Indonesia, a large country that's basically an archipelago of over 70,000 islands that has infrastructure issues in electricity and limited bandwidth, is the nation rolling out the world's most ambitious biometrics-based national identity card project for its citizens. But it is. Read More Today I learned that Carl Sagan once sued Apple for libel Read More WHITE PAPER: Anue Systems Getting Visibility and Control of the 40 Gigabit Data Center 40GbE is the enterprise's next network speed evolution. A network monitoring switch provides a bridge for High-Speed Ethernet---increasing network visibility, improving monitoring tool utilization and data center productivity. Learn More. Beating the Internet Explorer zero-day threat Microsoft is quickly working to patch a new zero-day threat that has been discovered in recent versions of its Internet Explorer browser. Of course, Microsoft isn't the only vendor dealing with this type of issue; a recent zero-day vulnerability exploit of Oracle's Java engine was recently found in the wild. We know that this isn't the first set of zero-day vulnerabilities for which actual exploitation... Read More Weighing Windows Phone 8's chances now that it's reached RTM The past couple of weeks have seen some major developments in the Windows Phone 8 space. Earlier this month, Nokia officially unveiled its Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 smartphones, to mostly positive fanfare. The glossy exteriors and loud colors on some models can be a little funky, but the powerful hardware inside the devices and handy features like wireless charging are sure to win over a few potential... Read More The lust for Linux phones Back in November of 2009 – nearly three years ago – Nokia launched the N900, a phone with a complete, Debian-based Linux Distro on which you could install full desktop environments and office suites. KDE, Open Office, Firefox… you name it, it could be installed. This was a complete Linux desktop PC, right in your pocket. And, as it turns out, that is a very particular itch that needed scratching.... Read More Online Sellers Unite to Oppose Ecommerce Tax Proposals Calling sales-tax proposals 'unfair and unwise,' We R Here group seeks to put human face on proposed sales-tax requirements, telling lawmakers that small businesses, jobs are at risk. Read More Samsung plans to add Apple's iPhone 5 to its US lawsuits While Apple may have won a $1.05 billion verdict against Samsung (which they're trying to bump up to $3 billion by the way), the litigation between the two tech heavyweights shows no signs of dying down anytime soon. On the contrary, the lawsuits the two companies are currently embroiled in across a multitude of continents are actually expanding. Read More
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