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9th grader signs $200 contract to let dad kill her Facebook account

Microsoft Surface Pro: First Look

Cisco invests in OpenStack company

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February 06, 2013
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9th grader signs $200 contract to let dad kill her Facebook account

A Wellesley, Mass., dad has agreed to pay his 14-year-old daughter $200 if she ditches her Facebook account, in an effort to extract her from "the 24/7 comparison of experiences and clothes" with other girls online. The Facebook Deactivation Agreement was his freshman daughter's idea, according to Paul Baier, who adds that he hopes the notion will start a trend among others at the school.

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2. Cisco invests in OpenStack company

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5. Google, Microsoft and others putting kibosh on phishing emails

6. Products of the week 2.4.13

7. 'iPhone cup holder' no sillier than 'Team Duct Tape' jacket

8. IBM brings Watson technologies to new Power servers for SMBs

9. Not so fast, Gartner: Apple's unlikely to challenge Microsoft in the enterprise

10. How to Use LinkedIn's Alumni Tool to Network, Job Hunt

11. 15 Coolest Gadgets at Macworld |iWorld Expo

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Microsoft Surface Pro: First Look

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Cisco invests in OpenStack company

Cisco has helped fund an $8 million Series B round for Piston Cloud Computing, which is developing OpenStack cloud computing orchestration systems for enterprises. Other funders include Data Collective, Swisscom Ventures, Divergent Ventures, Hummer Winblad and True Ventures. READ MORE

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Is WAN Optimization Hardware Obsolete?

We recently received a copy of a Netex-commissioned white paper called "The Death of the WAN Optimization Hardware Appliance: R.I.P." The paper, by a firm curiously named Dragon Slayer Consulting, predicts that WAN optimization hardware will soon be as obsolete as the buggy whip because virtualized server appliances will render it moot. We believe this prediction is wrong. Here's why. READ MORE

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Cyber-crime ring stole $200M, invented 7,000 fake IDs, ripped off thousands of credit cards

The FBI today said it broke up what it called one of the largest credit card, cyber-fraud schemes in its history - a $200M scam that created more than 7,000 false identities and tens of thousands of fake credit cards. The FBI said it arrested 13 people involved in the scam the agency said maintained more than 1,800 "drop addresses," located across the country including houses, apartments, and post... READ MORE

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Google, Microsoft and others putting kibosh on phishing emails

A year after Google, Microsoft and other email heavyweights launched the DMARC program to filter out spoofed email that attackers use for phishing, they say an estimated 60% of the world's email boxes are now safe. READ MORE

Products of the week 2.4.13

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'iPhone cup holder' no sillier than 'Team Duct Tape' jacket

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IBM brings Watson technologies to new Power servers for SMBs

IBM's Watson supercomputer outperformed humans in the televised game show "Jeopardy." Now the company is moving some of its underlying technologies from the supercomputer into new entry-level servers. READ MORE

Not so fast, Gartner: Apple's unlikely to challenge Microsoft in the enterprise

Apple is undoubtedly the winner of the BYOD revolution as the Apple faithful get to bring their overpriced toys to work. The tech press was actually one of the first industries to do this, as I saw reporters using Macs at events in the San Francisco area years before BYOD took off, and I knew their employers did not issue Mac hardware. READ MORE

How to Use LinkedIn's Alumni Tool to Network, Job Hunt

LinkedIn's redesigned Alumni tool helps you find contacts from college and gives you insights into the companies they work for, the fields they work in and where they live. Here's how you can use the tool to help find an MBA program or land that dream job. READ MORE

15 Coolest Gadgets at Macworld |iWorld Expo

The Macworld | iWorld Expo in San Francisco is an Apple lover's Disneyland. Ashton Kutcher kicked things off by plugging his movie "iJobs," but the main attraction is the showroom floor where vendors display their wares, everything from iPad and iPhone add-ons to iOS apps to Apple enterprise gear. Here are 15 cool gadgets and products that caught the eye of CIO.com's Tom Kaneshige. READ MORE

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