An iPad stand, a WiFi access point, and a honeypot

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	An iPad stand, a WiFi access point, and a honeypot I've checked out many iPad stands over the last few months and I just found what I think is one of the very best: The Uprise 360 produced by Hub Innovations. This is a dead simple design which your iPad (version 2 or 3) snaps into and you can rotate it to portrait or landscape as required. It's easy to remove the iPad when you need to and that's it ... as I said, it's dead simple and does the job. For $39.95 the Uprise 360 produced by Hub Innovations Uprise 360 gets a Gearhead rating of 5 out of 5. 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. In this Issue Even World of Warcraft is tracking you! 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Is there any organization or company that can resist surreptitiously tracking its customers? Read More John Chambers' almost excellent adventure Cisco CEO John Chambers had a very active week this week, making the rounds with the daily business press to address such topics as his retirement, rival HP and suggestions for the next President of the United States. His week ended with the disclosure that his compensation dropped 9% based on Cisco's stock price and its challenges in facing up to - and down - competition and the macro economy. Read... Read More Did Microsoft really waste data center power to avoid a fine? The New York Times ran a rather dubious story on Sunday concerning the power consumption of data centers that has left many tech journalists shaking their heads in disbelief, mostly because it was so damn inaccurate. 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Read More The three best, Star Wars-influenced approaches to learning Linux Recently, a friend and I were discussing the pluses and minuses of watching the Star Wars films in various orders. (What can I say? I didn't play football in high school. This is what I do.) The primary purpose of our conversation: to find the optimal viewing order to introduce the Star Wars universe to someone who has never seen the films before. RELATED: Desktop Linux is dead? I thought it was... Read More IBM cyber security watchdogs see increase in browser exploits and encryption abuse IBM's security watchdogs said their research shows a big increase in browser-related exploits, renewed concerns around social media password security and challenges with securing mobile devices, especially in a corporate setting. 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