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10 things we love about Ubuntu 13/5 things we hate
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Considerations for Combating Modern Threats
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WHITE PAPER: Lumension Security

Closing the Antivirus Protection Gap
In this paper, we will benchmark the effectiveness of standalone AV and O/S resident patching solution versus newer technologies and a defense-in-depth of approach of layering multiple endpoint security and operational technologies together. Read Now.

10 biggest home networking mistakes (and how to fix them)
The chances are pretty good that you have a wireless home network, or you've been asked by friends, family or co-workers to help install one in their home. Read More

Microsoft's SkyDrive hits trademark trouble in Europe
You'd think Microsoft would have learned its lesson about trademarks and the European Union, but apparently not. A court in the U.K. says the name of Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud service violates BSkyB's trademark on the word sky because it could confuse consumers into thinking SkyDrive is a service of BSkyB, which provides cable TV, including shows sent via the Internet, and acts as an ISP. It... Read More

Former CIA, NSA director sounds off on PRISM
Former NSA, CIA director Gen Hayden said Snowden's leaks highlight 'balance between privacy and security' debate, but law professors call NSA mass surveillance 'criminal.' Read More

Geek-themed meme of the week: No. 2
They're everywhere on the Internet. And since my job takes me everywhere on the Internet, I have started publishing here on Buzzblog a selection of memes that amuse me. Here's No. 2. Read More

Apple ad deemed a flop…by firm working with Samsung
Apple's 60-second "Made in California" commercials began airing June 10, and thus far have earned the lowest score of 26 Apple TV ads in the past year, according to Ace Metrix. But there's a huge problem with the research. Samsung has been a major client of Ace Metrix and has so since last year. Read More

New MacBook Air owners experiencing Wi-Fi difficulties
Reports that some new MacBook Air owners were having difficulty getting on the web via Wi-Fi began emerging last week, but a fix may be on the way. Read More

Ubuntu 13.10 to feature Mir display server by default
The Ubuntu team plans to ship Mir, by default, in the next version of Ubuntu (13.10). Mir, of course, is the new display server that is being created to replace X.Org in all future releases of Ubuntu. Regardless of your personal thoughts on Canonical building a new display server, you've got to be impressed by the speed of development and ambition here. Read More

How Google should approach an Android game console
If Google is going to get into the game console business, it won't look the same as Microsoft or Sony. Read More

The biggest security snafus of 2013 (so far)
Late last December ended with a hacker leaking data on 300,000 Verizon FIOS customers which was apparently stolen via a marketing partner of Verizon. Read More

Play it again, HP says, as it gets back into smartphones
Two years after virtually dropping out of the mobile business, Hewlett-Packard is working on a new smartphone, an HP executive told Press Trust of India. Read More

VMware brain drain: Former sales chief moves on to Amazon's cloud biz
The exodus of executives at VMware has hastened in the past few weeks, with the latest departure being one of its top sales executives jumping ship and heading to the biggest cloud computing provider in the industry. Read More

INSIDER

Six things you need to know about WebRTC
WebRTC (Real-Time Communication) a series of designs and guidelines promoted by Google and others through the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and MPEG groups to provide a common stack for audio and video communications directly between two browsers. Read More

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