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	Consumer Reports names best/worst mobile service provider A Consumer Reports survey published Thursday identified the best and worst major mobile service providers in the U.S. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Why Cloud-Based WLAN Management Wins It may seem counterintuitive to relinquish WLAN management to the cloud, but advisory firm, Farpoint Group, believes it will be the preferred model within the next five years. Learn: • Enormous cost savings for cloud-based WLAN management • What happens if the WAN link to the management system goes down? • The mass appeal of scalability for SMBs Read now! In this Issue Windows 8 Video Roundup IRS needs bigger weapons to fight exploding identity theft-related tax refund fraud schemes Outlook for IT bonus pay murky: survey ATM fraudster faces jail after skimming 9,000 PINs Questioning Microsoft's relevance is nonsense When password security questions aren't secure Samsung will issue firmware fix for printer security flaw on Friday Federal Government's Big Data Efforts Lagging Windows 8 Update: Microsoft Surface Pro tablets start at $899, no keyboard Be a hero for the holidays RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Ipswitch Wired & Wireless Networks? WhatsUp Gold can help! As an IT manager, you're busy taking care of the availability, performance & security of your company's IT infrastructure. But things like BYOD, rogue devices, AP over-subscription & bandwidth policy abuse can make that complex. WhatsUp Gold provides ONE dashboard to visualize, isolate & resolve wireless problems before they impact your organization. Stop being the last to know about your wireless issues- Try WhatsUp Gold free for 30 days! Windows 8 Video Roundup Check out features, new hardware from Microsoft and partners Read More IRS needs bigger weapons to fight exploding identity theft-related tax refund fraud schemes There is a battle going on between what seems to be an army of fraudsters bent on using stolen identities to steal tax refunds and the Internal Revenue Service which has weapons to fight the problems but is obviously overwhelmed. Read More Outlook for IT bonus pay murky: survey IT pros are divided when it comes to bonus expectations, according to tech jobs site Dice.com, and most believe company performance determines bonus payouts, not individual performance. Read More ATM fraudster faces jail after skimming 9,000 PINs A Romanian man faces a jail sentence after being convicted of skimming 9,000 ATM PINs that could have allowed to him steal over APS3 million ($4.8 million) from British victims. Read More Questioning Microsoft's relevance is nonsense Over the last few years, Microsoft has been bombarded from nearly every direction. Whether it be the vicious assault from Apple and iOS, the unstoppable force that is Google, or the ever-increasing array of quality open-source operating systems and applications, it seems Microsoft is in a constant battle for its life on multiple fronts. I may be dramaticizing a bit, but all of that is true—no doubt... Read More When password security questions aren't secure When you select a password, you might choose to store it in a password manager, write it down, or commit it to memory (see "How to remember passwords" for some advice). Sometimes, however, things go wrong: You find yourself without access to your password manager, you lose the paper on which you recorded your passwords, or you forget a password you thought you memorized. Or maybe someone tries to break into one of your accounts, and after a few unsuccessful attempts at entering your password, the site locks out further access until you can confirm your identity. Read More Samsung will issue firmware fix for printer security flaw on Friday Samsung Electronics will close a security hole in the firmware of some of its printers by issuing an update on Friday, and said they could be protected by disabling SNMP. Read More Federal Government's Big Data Efforts Lagging Facing contracting budgets and soaring data volumes and varieties, the feds should take a cue from the private sector and embrace big data technologies to better serve constituents. Read More Windows 8 Update: Microsoft Surface Pro tablets start at $899, no keyboard Also: Windows 8 tablet sales 'almost nonexistent,' Microsoft lures iOS developers Read More Be a hero for the holidays Peruse through Network World's 2012 version of the cool yule tools. Read More
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