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iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending April 26

Products of the week 4.29.13

FAQ: Phishing tactics and how attackers get away with it

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April 29, 2013
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iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending April 26

The iPlasticPhone rears its glossy head and the iOSphere shivers.

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Issue highlights

1. Products of the week 4.29.13

2. FAQ: Phishing tactics and how attackers get away with it

3. Skype accounts easily hijacked via Skype Support, warns hacker

4. More weirdness at TSA passenger screening: Human skull fragments found

5. How to Evaluate High Availability Options for Virtualized IT Environments

6. Google pays record $31K bounty for Chrome bugs

7. 21 tips for supercharging your cloud storage

8. Samsung Galaxy S4 deep-dive review: A real-world evaluation

9. 10 SDN advancements I want to see at InterOp Las Vegas

10. Apple to announce iPhone 5S on June 20 with launch date set for July - Rumor

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Products of the week 4.29.13

Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Sophos and Dell READ MORE

FAQ: Phishing tactics and how attackers get away with it

Phishing attacks on enterprises can be calamitous in terms of compromised networks or damaged brand names, and the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), which aggregates and analyzes phishing trends data worldwide, offers some of the best insight from industry into what's occurring globally in terms of this cybercrime. The following list of frequently asked questions about phishing is derived from the APWG's April report that covers the period July-December 2012 worldwide. READ MORE

Skype accounts easily hijacked via Skype Support, warns hacker

Microsoft has been "reimagining" itself for years, but after a security researcher had his Skype account hijacked six times in one day, he wants Skype Support to reimagine itself with more security. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel

On the Fast Track to Data

The ongoing data explosion puts organizations in a unique situation. Not only do they operate in a world where information is power, the number of sources and volume of relevant data continues to multiply at unprecedented levels. Read Now!

More weirdness at TSA passenger screening: Human skull fragments found

Some of the weirdest and scary stuff passes through our countriy's airports - guns, hand grenades, stun guns and samurai swords to name a few but this has to be one of the strangest: human skull fragments. RELATED: 25 crazy and scary things the TSA has found on travelers READ MORE

How to Evaluate High Availability Options for Virtualized IT Environments

One upside to virtualization is that it puts more applications on fewer servers. One downside is that the availability of those servers become of greater importance. READ MORE

Google pays record $31K bounty for Chrome bugs

Google this month paid a security researcher $31,336 for reporting a trio of bugs in Chrome. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: VCE

Eclipse Aerospace Case Study

Building an Agile, Cost-efficient Business using a Virtualized Data Center. Learn More.

21 tips for supercharging your cloud storage

Cloud storage isn't just for files and photos. With the right tools and services, you can do much more: organize data, or automate uploads and downloads. Synchronize, of course. Score extra space without paying an extra cent. Run a basic Web site from a cloud service, manage media, or even fax. READ MORE

Samsung Galaxy S4 deep-dive review: A real-world evaluation

Some things in this world need no introduction. The Samsung Galaxy S4 is not one of those things. READ MORE

10 SDN advancements I want to see at InterOp Las Vegas

InterOp has always served as a bellwether for the industry. Year in and year out, the InterOp conference agenda and exhibit floor highlight what is hot. And, by omission, what is not. These days, SDN is hot – and getting hotter. This means InterOp attendees must be ready for an SDN onslaught in Las Vegas this year. While it will be encouraging to see so much engineering and marketing effort focused... READ MORE

Apple to announce iPhone 5S on June 20 with launch date set for July - Rumor

Take this one with a grain of salt, but the French-language website Nowhereelse.fr has obtained a document from Japanese carrier KDDI purporting to indicate pricing and launch information for the as of yet unannounced iPhone 5S. The document in question is allegedly a information sheet intended for sales floor staff and suggests that the iPhone 5S will be announced on June 20 with sales set to begin... READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

IT Consolidation Hazards

Providing central services means more bandwidth between data centers and remote users. This ESG paper highlights new research on IT initiatives, how to avoid the common pitfalls of consolidation, and alternatives to ensure application performance, even for remote and mobile users, does not suffer after an IT consolidation. Read now!

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25 weirdest things in the 'Internet of Things'

The Internet is slowly creeping into every part of our lives, so much so that it's becoming easier to look around the house and find objects that can be connected to the Internet.

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