Thursday, October 31, 2013

Halloween Bonus newsletter: Graveyards, pumpkins & horror stories

Best Tech-o-lanterns, 2013 | Geekiest Halloween Costumes from Around the Web

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5 IT security horror stories (and 5 solutions)
When it comes to security, your employees may be your weakest link. While policies and training can go a long way toward helping your employees keep devices and data safe, sometimes technology is the answer. Read More



Best Tech-o-lanterns, 2013
We've updated our collection of cool, scary and fun pumpkin carvings from around the web, with social media and other topics trending hot. Read More

Geekiest Halloween Costumes from Around the Web
With Halloween only a few weeks away, it's time to start planning a really cool Halloween costume rather than running out on Oct. 30 and picking up some toilet paper or putting a sheet over your head. We've scoured the Web to find a bunch of techie, geeky or nerdy costume ideas that others have tried before to get you inspired. Read More

2013 tech industry graveyard
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo among those reading products their last rites Read More

Google's Graveyard: 13 products Google killed off in 2013
Google giveth (including Google Death) and Google taketh away. This year, the company has sent a host of well-known and more obscure offerings to their demise. But don't worry, the company still has dozens of new and old products in its portfolio. Here's a look back at the ones killed off this year. Read More

Microsoft's Graveyard: 16 products that Microsoft has killed
Some were killed off, others folded into new products. Either way, no product lives forever. Read More

World's craziest Halloween coffins
From KISS caskets to lions and airplanes, a plethora of burial boxes populate the world Read More

Best Halloween musical light shows
Techies wire up spooky home light shows to scare/entertain the neighborhood. Read More

Zombies Are Scary for Halloween, Scarier for Mobile IT
If you're talking about movies or Halloween costumes, zombies are scary fun. However, when the term for the undead refers to company-owned or BYOD mobile phones, CIOs are looking at the potential for frightening amounts of buried expenses. Read More

Top Mac-o-lanterns from around the Web
A snapshot of Apple devotion expressed via carved vegetation. Read More

Top Linux-o-lanterns from around the Web
A glimpse at open source fandom depicted in Halloween pumpkin carvings. Read More

Happy Halloween! Marissa Mayer reportedly just bought a funeral home
Here's one way to celebrate the ghostly holiday: Buy a funeral home. Read More

Tech-or-treat: What 13 tech companies might be handing out this Halloween
Here's what trick-or-treaters could expect to get if these technology companies turned on their porch lights this Halloween Read More

That's no poltergeist invading your privacy: Spooky spying hacks make homes seem haunted
Back in the day, 1990s and early 2000s, you didn't hear too much about remote administration tools (RAT), so victims of early RATs like Back Orifice, Netbus or Sub7 would often freak out when the CD-tray would open or close on its own, music files would play for no reason, emails would be snatched from thin air, or files, icons, the clock and task manager would disappear. Read More



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