33 Best & Worst Celebrity Tech Moments of 2012

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	33 Best & Worst Celebrity Tech Moments of 2012 If you want to keep up with the Kardashians you really need to sport a Windows Phone 8 Lumia 900 phone, as Kourtney Kardashian told us this year. If you wanna get in tight with Lady Gaga, you need to join her own social network. And if you really want to learn about what made Steve Jobs tick, only Ashton Kutcher can enlighten you. Here are the best – and mostly worst – celebrity tech moments of 2012: Read More WEBCAST: Navisite Desktops as a Service: Sorting Fact From Fiction This webcast looks at the realities of taking desktops to the cloud in a reliable, manageable way. It explores the role of virtualization and hosted services while examining the intricacies of Microsoft licensing. It's a must-see event for anyone looking to leverage the realities of DaaS. View now. In this Issue Why one retailer is migrating away encryption to protect customer data VMware patches 'critical' vulnerability DOJ to use prosecutorial powers in state-sponsored cyberespionage McAfee Inc. takes reputation beating after founder fled police Road warriors' essential mobile toolkit Software-defined networks need better traffic visibility Facebook bans developer of timeline-cleaning browser extension IBM analysis of Twitter, Facebook and other social sites says you're gonna love holiday travel this year World of botnet cybercrime paying pretty well these days The Mayans really predicted the release of E17 FCC issues security guidance to smartphone users The 2012 tech news quiz WEBCAST: Meru Networks Impact of 802.11ac on WLAN In this webinar, industry expert Craig Mathias and Robert Crisp from Meru Networks will discuss the impact 802.11ac will have on enterprise WLAN networks and how to best prepare for it. Learn more. Why one retailer is migrating away encryption to protect customer data For retailers, protecting customer payment-card information is critical, and encryption is the typically the way to do that today. But Crutchfield Corp, which sells electronics and other goods online and through catalogs, has decided to migrate away from encryption in favor of an alternative security technology known as tokenization in order to shield sensitive customer data. Read More VMware patches 'critical' vulnerability VMware has issued a patch for its VMware View product that fixes a security vulnerability that could allow an unauthorized user to access system files. Read More DOJ to use prosecutorial powers in state-sponsored cyberespionage The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to throw its prosecutorial weight behind efforts to stem the growing number of foreign government-sponsored cyberattacks against U.S. companies and government agencies. Read More McAfee Inc. takes reputation beating after founder fled police In the wake of his Belize neighbor's unsolved murder, John McAfee's lurch through the news damaged the reputation of his namesake, the security company McAfee Inc., a brand expert said Thursday. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Extend the Life of Your Storage Leveraging deduplication in backup environments yields significant advantages. The cost savings in reducing disk capacity requirements change the economics of disk-based backup. Read Now! Road warriors' essential mobile toolkit What you should always carry in your briefcase or backpack -- or on your mobile device itself Read More Software-defined networks need better traffic visibility Most of the focus of software-defined networks (SDNs) has been on how it impacts the layer 2/3 switch vendors. The industry seems to have moved off of this notion that it commoditizes the underlying infrastructure, but recently another question has come up. Big Switch recently launched the company and related products, one of which is called "Big Tap," that provide traffic visibility functionality... Read More Facebook bans developer of timeline-cleaning browser extension The developer of a browser extension that lets Facebook users block some types of content from their newsfeeds called Fluff-Busting Purity says the social network's legal department has banned him from the site, accusing him of violating the terms of service. Read More IBM analysis of Twitter, Facebook and other social sites says you're gonna love holiday travel this year Maybe the direction had nowhere to go but up or maybe people really just need to get away regardless of how annoying car and air travel has become. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ixia Anue The Evolving Visibility Challenge Network monitoring has become more complex over the last few years, due in large part to virtualization and convergence. Learn how a state-of-the-art monitoring system that maximizes your existing monitoring tool investment can help you attain greater visibility into your network without adding complexity. Say goodbye to virtual blind spots. Learn More World of botnet cybercrime paying pretty well these days The world of cybercrime is getting more specialized as an eco-sphere of helpers in running botnet operations has developed, according to one security researcher who spent over a year monitoring online forums and communities. Read More The Mayans really predicted the release of E17 On Friday, December 21st, 2012, the world won't be ending. But something far, far more surprising will be happening. In fact, the most improbable event, in human history, will occur on December 21st. That's right. I'm talking about the release of Enlightenment 17 (aka "E17"). Not familiar with E17? Here's a quick overview. *Clears throat* Read More FCC issues security guidance to smartphone users The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is advising smartphone users on how to protect their mobile devices and data from mobile security threats. Read More The 2012 tech news quiz From the Facebook IPO to McAfee on the run to the much needed iPad Mini, 2012 has been a busy and wild year in technology Read More
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