Networking World: NSA wants even closer partnership with tech industry

70 percent of business users vulnerable to latest Internet Explorer Zero-Day

Marissa Mayer's way of getting people to use MyYahoo homepages: Retweet them

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September 19, 2013

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NSA wants even closer partnership with tech industry

The National Security Agency's director of information assurance today said the "way to achieve confidence in cyberspace" is to increase collaboration between the government and the high-tech industry — remarks that rang ironic given former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's revelations about how NSA works with industry.

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1. 70 percent of business users vulnerable to latest Internet Explorer Zero-Day

2. Marissa Mayer's way of getting people to use MyYahoo homepages: Retweet them

3. Gold and silver iPhone 5s devices will be very hard to find tomorrow

4. Google Wallet now works with iOS devices

5. FBI warns "Beta Bot" malware can kill your anti-virus programs, steal data

6. Apple iOS 7 surprises as first with new multipath TCP connections

7. INSIDER 5 ways devops can benefit IT

8. Another flawed Office update tells users to buy the suite

9. Mac Trojan linked to Syrian Electronic Army shuttered

10. Alcatel-Lucent SDN company puts bare metal to the pedal

11. Energy Department spends $30M to bolster utility cybersecurity tools

12. 20 essential business apps for iPhone and iPad

13. Bored juror-in-waiting runs out of Internet

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70 percent of business users vulnerable to latest Internet Explorer Zero-Day

Microsoft alert says all supported versions of Internet Explorer contain a zero day vulnerability that is being actively targeted online, and 70 percent of Windows business users are impacted READ MORE

Marissa Mayer's way of getting people to use MyYahoo homepages: Retweet them

Yahoo is trying to drum up support for its revamped MyYahoo customizable homepage any way it can - a new marketing campaign complete with television and Internet video ads, new branding, a new logo - and now CEO Marissa Mayer is even pitching in. READ MORE

Gold and silver iPhone 5s devices will be very hard to find tomorrow

If you're looking for a gold or silver iPhone 5s, you may have to wait a while. READ MORE

Google Wallet now works with iOS devices

Google Wallet is now available as an app for the first time on iOS 6 and iOS 7 devices. READ MORE

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FBI warns "Beta Bot" malware can kill your anti-virus programs, steal data

The FBI sent out a warning today about an uptick in the use of malware known as Beta Bot that can steal sensitive data such as log-in credentials and financial information. The FBI says Beta Bot blocks computer users' access to security websites and disables anti-virus programs, leaving computers vulnerable to compromise. Cyber criminals aiming Beta Bot at financial institutions, e-commerce sites,... READ MORE

Apple iOS 7 surprises as first with new multipath TCP connections

Apple's iOS 7 is the first large-scale use of a newly-minted Internet protocol, called multipath TCP. It lets computers send and receive data across different network paths and interfaces at the same time, such as Ethernet, Wi-Fi and 3G. READ MORE

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5 ways devops can benefit IT

Devops is about getting the people responsible for creating applications to work more closely with the people who maintain apps in production. The goal? Faster delivery, better quality apps. READ MORE

Another flawed Office update tells users to buy the suite

Microsoft yesterday acknowledged yet another problem with its Sept. 10 updates, confirming that one of those fixes broke Office 2010 Starter Edition by changing the file associations of already-created documents. READ MORE

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Mac Trojan linked to Syrian Electronic Army shuttered

Apple's popular image of being immune from malware has fired up hacker interest in the platform in recent times READ MORE

Alcatel-Lucent SDN company puts bare metal to the pedal

Nuage Networks, the SDN company of Alcatel-Lucent, has rolled out a gateway for linking bare metal servers to its virtual network environment. READ MORE

Energy Department spends $30M to bolster utility cybersecurity tools

The Department of Energy today awarded $30 million to a 11 security vendors to develop technology the agency says will better protect nation's electric grid, oil and gas infrastructure from cyber-attack. READ MORE

20 essential business apps for iPhone and iPad

Bored juror-in-waiting runs out of Internet

We numbered 88 would-be jurors at the start of Day 1 -- I was designated No. 86 -- and virtually everyone had come prepared with a smartphone, e-reader, book or newspaper in roughly that order of popularity (OK, there was only one newspaper, my copy of the Boston Globe). READ MORE

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