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	Microsoft to raise Windows 8 upgrade prices by 5X Microsoft on Friday announced Windows 8 upgrade price increases of as much as 400% that will take effect Feb. 1, when a three-month promotional discount ends. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan, Inc Remote Management and Control for Business Continuity Data centers are susceptible to a variety of disasters, attributable to human error, system breakdowns and other factors. Secure remote access and control are essential to minimizing fallout. This white paper focuses on solutions that allow quick access and recovery of virtually any server. Learn more. In this Issue Cisco SDN splash coming? Worst Microsoft Windows automatic updates of 2012 Bugged guesthouse: Eric Schmidt's daughter reveals North Korea trip details CA upgrades workload automation software The end of an extraordinary life: Aaron Swartz Google looks to kill passwords, but experts say not so fast Researchers easily crack Philips hospital IT system Lands' End, software vendor at contract impasse after 20-year relationship Cornell prof: Manti Te'o girlfriend story a "perfect storm of internet deception phenomena" Cisco, VMware and OpenFlow fragment SDNs Meet 'Consort,' a brand-new classic Linux desktop Cisco confirms Linksys firmware flaw, says only one router WEBCAST: CDNetworks Forrester Webcast: Starting Your eCommerce Business in China Featuring Forrester Analysts Brian Walker, Vice President Principal Analyst and Kelland Willis, Researcher Learn everything you ever wanted to know about selling your brand in China using one of these four methods: 1. Sell on Taobao 2. Operate a store on Tmall 3. Operate a site in China 4. Operate a site outside of China Learn more. Cisco SDN splash coming? Cisco appears ready to let more of its SDN cat out of the bag. Read More Worst Microsoft Windows automatic updates of 2012 Auto update at your peril: Five Patch Tuesdays that made a living hell for Windows users. Read More Bugged guesthouse: Eric Schmidt's daughter reveals North Korea trip details In North Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the only people with access to the Internet are those with "special authorization." Very few details have been revealed about what happened during Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt's recent visit to North Korea . . . other than he urged DPRK to "embrace" open access to the Internet. Read More CA upgrades workload automation software CA Technologies has released the latest update to its Workload Automation software (WLA) featuring more powerful analytics tools, a streamlined user interface and expanded functionality for managing business processes throughout the enterprise. Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Sophisticated Simplicity The key is to build simplicity and ease of use into these solutions from Day 1. This white paper will demonstrate a clear path to UC simplicity, and to overall success of UC deployments. Learn more. The end of an extraordinary life: Aaron Swartz I had already submitted my last column when I heard about Aaron Swartz's death. Some might say that it's too late to comment on this story since the crowd has moved on, but it's never too late to write about someone you knew. Read More Google looks to kill passwords, but experts say not so fast While passwords security is not ironclad, experts say they need to be in the mix with device-assisted authentication as an additional layer. Read More Researchers easily crack Philips hospital IT system A Philips information management system used in making hospital administrative chores more efficient contains vulnerabilities that can be exploited to gain full control of the product, a security vendor says. Read More Lands' End, software vendor at contract impasse after 20-year relationship Lands' End is at legal loggerheads with its longtime payroll software vendor over how much longer the clothier can lawfully use the application, with US$1 million in potential fees hanging in the balance. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed End-To-End Application Acceleration Technologies Download this 7-page survey-driven analysis by Forrester to learn how to overcome cloud-related performance issues by extending optimization to SaaS applications. Read now. Cornell prof: Manti Te'o girlfriend story a "perfect storm of internet deception phenomena" I swear, I wasn't looking for a Network World angle to the Manti Te'o "girlfriend" hoax that has crossed over from sports story to national news this week. But then a press release from Cornell University dropped into my inbox, with thoughts on the Notre Dame linebacker affair by Jeff Hancock, a professor of communication and of computer and information science: Read More Cisco, VMware and OpenFlow fragment SDNs Three controller "standards" emerging in nascent network programmability, virtualization market. Read More Meet 'Consort,' a brand-new classic Linux desktop There seems to be no end in sight to the enduring popularity of the classic GNOME 2 Linux desktop, and this week afforded yet more evidence. Read More Cisco confirms Linksys firmware flaw, says only one router The company said on Thursday that the serious vulnerability was solely in the Linksys WRT54GL router. Read More
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