Wednesday, September 18, 2013

10 Most Dangerous Celebrities to Search For Online

Brocade stocks fabric and net virtualization arsenal to better battle Cisco

10 best alternatives to the iPhone 5S

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September 18, 2013
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10 Most Dangerous Celebrities to Search For Online

You can go back to searching online for Harry Potter movie star Emma Watson relatively safely, but watch out now for Lily Collins: You have a 1 in 7 chance of hitting a malicious website when searching for her name.

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Issue highlights

1. Brocade stocks fabric and net virtualization arsenal to better battle Cisco

2. 10 best alternatives to the iPhone 5S

3. Likely iOS 7 release times on a city by city basis

4. Computer science major ranks No. 8 for salary potential

5. Microsoft announces $40 billion stock repurchasing plan alongside increased quarterly dividend

6. INSIDER IT Resume Makeover: How to Showcase Your Strengths

7. Wickr: Free texting app has military-grade encryption, messages self-destruct

8. VOSS goes modular to simplify UC management

9. DARPA hunts airplane-like spacecraft that can go Mach 10

10. NIST doles out $7M in grants to ensure consumers' online privacy and security

11. Products of the week 9.16.13

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Learn how F5 and Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop solutions work together to simplify access and improve the user experience while maintaining user connections, irrespective of device or location and remove challenges the deplay adoption of VDI. F5 makes Citrix better. Watch the video to understand how View Now

Brocade stocks fabric and net virtualization arsenal to better battle Cisco

Brocade this week bolstered its fabric networking and network virtualization line-up with new top-of-rack switches and software enhancements. READ MORE

10 best alternatives to the iPhone 5S

Just in case you were underwhelmed by the new Apple smartphones. READ MORE

Likely iOS 7 release times on a city by city basis

Apple will be releasing iOS 7 today, and core functionality aside, the release marks the biggest change to iOS since the introduction of the original iPhone. Indeed, even Apple CEO Tim Cook alluded to this during this summer's WWDC keynote. With iOS 7, Apple has comletely given iOS a makeover from the inside out. And while I still have reservations about Apple's icon choices and overall color schemes,... READ MORE

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Computer science major ranks No. 8 for salary potential

PayScale ranked 129 college majors based on earning potential. Engineering, math, science and technology fields dominated the rankings. READ MORE

Microsoft announces $40 billion stock repurchasing plan alongside increased quarterly dividend

With Microsoft apparently in flux - given the impending departure of Ballmer and the recent acquisition of Nokia's handset business - the company announced a move on Tuesday that should please long-suffering stockholders of Microsoft. READ MORE

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IT Resume Makeover: How to Showcase Your Strengths

Your resume needs to be more than a description of the roles you previously held. It needs to tell the story of you. Learn what it takes to showcase the skills that will get you hired. READ MORE

RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds

Free Whitepaper from SolarWinds: NetFlow Tips & Tricks

Network bandwidth usage is one of the biggest contributors to your network performance. By taking advantage of the flow technology that is built into most routers and switches, you can quickly identify bottlenecks and troubleshoot bandwidth related problems. Take your NetFlow skills to the next level! Read this FREE whitepaper for an introduction to NetFlow & other flow technologies, as well as configuring your network to collect flow data.

Wickr: Free texting app has military-grade encryption, messages self-destruct

If you value privacy and security, then try the free, self-destructing encrypted messaging app Wickr so you can 'leave no trace.' READ MORE

VOSS goes modular to simplify UC management

In an effort to simplify management, VOSS, one of the leading UC management vendors, released a modular version of its management suite called VOSS-4-UC. READ MORE

DARPA hunts airplane-like spacecraft that can go Mach 10

The idea is cool enough - build a reusable aircraft-like system that could easily and relatively cheaply launch satellites into orbit. The kinks will be that the system need do that for somewhere in the $5 million per launch range and oh yeah, go well over Mach 10. READ MORE

NIST doles out $7M in grants to ensure consumers' online privacy and security

The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced more than $7 million in security- and privacy-related grants. READ MORE

Products of the week 9.16.13

Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as IBM and Varonis READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications

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Brocade and IDG bring you this exclusive eBook exploring the impact of today's IT and Data Center challenges on your network. With a focus on software-defined networks, use this eBook to start your evolution toward a flatter, less complex and more agile network architecture—an architecture ready for the future. View Brocade's eBook on SDN

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