Thursday, October 31, 2013

Cisco to release free standard software to boost Web videoconferencing

Halloween Google Doodle stirs up witch's brew

Monster bosses: Be very afraid

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October 31, 2013
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Cisco to release free standard software to boost Web videoconferencing

Web videoconferencing may get easier after a decision by Cisco Systems that should help bring widely used technology into browsers.

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Issue highlights

1. Halloween Google Doodle stirs up witch's brew

2. Monster bosses: Be very afraid

3. Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud hit by worldwide management interuption

4. INSIDER Tablet App Lets Subway Find the Best Sandwich Artists

5. Swatter gets 30 months in prison

6. Gartner: 'Five Styles of Advanced Threat Defense' can protect enterprise from targeted attacks

7. Salesforce.com to offer private version of its AppExchange app store

8. Coast Guard spills the beans on Google's mystery barges

9. Some Windows 8.1 updates tripping over driver problems

10. CIO at Waste Management Wears Many Hats

11. Sprint taps into its spectrum for fast LTE, with room to grow

12. How to use cloud-based disaster recovery tools to prepare for the worst

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Halloween Google Doodle stirs up witch's brew

There doesn't appear to be any scorekeeping involved, so Google's Halloween Doodle today shouldn't present the same time-wasting potential as some have, but there's still plenty of interaction to click through here if you're so inclined. READ MORE

Monster bosses: Be very afraid

Even the best bosses can occasionally take on some of the traits of these monsters. READ MORE

Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud hit by worldwide management interuption

Microsoft's Windows Azure suffered from an issue on Wednesday that affected a management feature in the compute section of the public cloud, and remained unsolved Thursday morning. READ MORE

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Tablet App Lets Subway Find the Best Sandwich Artists

Subway's tablet apps attract more job candidates and help franchisees streamline the hiring process. READ MORE

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Swatter gets 30 months in prison

The US Justice Department said a 22-year old Massachusetts man has been sent to prison for 30 months for making hoax phone calls to police that triggered armed responses from a SWAT teams across the country. READ MORE

Gartner: 'Five Styles of Advanced Threat Defense' can protect enterprise from targeted attacks

Attackers want to compromise networks and computers to steal sensitive information from the enterprise by using sophisticated malware. Research firm Gartner says IT can protect the enterprise against targeted attacks in five basic ways, and recommends combining at least two of them together for best effect. READ MORE

Salesforce.com to offer private version of its AppExchange app store

Salesforce.com has long had a public AppExchange software marketplace, but now it's going to give customers the ability to create their own private AppExchanges where employees can download applications to use in their jobs. READ MORE

Coast Guard spills the beans on Google's mystery barges

The U.S. Coast Guard has given up what could be a key clue in the tale of two mysterious barges moored on either side of the country. READ MORE

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Some Windows 8.1 updates tripping over driver problems

Microsoft is investigating reports that some users are trying and failing to update their PCs and tablets to Windows 8.1, apparently due to outdated and incompatible drivers. READ MORE

CIO at Waste Management Wears Many Hats

Puneet Bhasin is CIO and senior vice president of technology, logistics, customer service and strategic accounts -- a portfolio that keeps him focused on business matters. READ MORE

Sprint taps into its spectrum for fast LTE, with room to grow

Sprint is flexing its network muscle with technologies to combine frequencies for gigabit-speed performance and to let subscribers maintain data sessions while moving from one band of the network to another. READ MORE

How to use cloud-based disaster recovery tools to prepare for the worst

Four simple steps to help you use cloud-based disaster recovery options to ensure natural disasters result in only temporary set backs. READ MORE

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