Tuesday, December 17, 2013

FIRST LOOK: Gigabit Wi-Fi adapters

Avago agrees to buy LSI for $6.6 billion

Bruce Schneier leaving 'security futurologist' position at telco employer BT

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December 17, 2013
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FIRST LOOK: Gigabit Wi-Fi adapters

New 802.11ac USB-based adapters allow users to speed up Wi-Fi links on existing devices

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Issue highlights

1. Avago agrees to buy LSI for $6.6 billion

2. Bruce Schneier leaving 'security futurologist' position at telco employer BT

3. Advanced persistent threats now hitting mobile devices

4. Report accuses BT of supplying backdoors for GCHQ and NSA

5. Another potential Microsoft CEO bites the dust

6. San Francisco gives its main street free Wi-Fi, eyes citywide service

7. Inside Dropbox's plans for enterprise domination

8. Intel to acquire wireless assets of Mindspeed Technologies

9. Hadoop gets native R programming for big data analysis

10. Pensioners sue IBM over reported NSA involvement

11. Analyst credits Surface sell-out to Microsoft swinging conservative

12. IT pros get training on their own dime

13. Apple posts heartwarming new holiday ad titled "Misunderstood"

14. Why few want to be the CIO anymore

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Avago agrees to buy LSI for $6.6 billion

Semiconductor company Avago Technologies has agreed to buy storage and networking company LSI for US$6.6 billion in an effort to expand its data center offerings. READ MORE

Bruce Schneier leaving 'security futurologist' position at telco employer BT

What does the future hold for security and privacy expert Bruce Schneier after parting ways with the UK telecommunications company BT Group? It's where Schneier was employed for eight years as a security futurologist. Schneier said of his future plans: "Answer cloudy, ask again later." READ MORE

Advanced persistent threats now hitting mobile devices

Smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices have become the target of malware and are even getting hit by highly targeted attacks known as "advanced persistent threats" that intended to steal sensitive data, according to a survey of 676 IT and security professionals. READ MORE

Report accuses BT of supplying backdoors for GCHQ and NSA

A paper released earlier this month by a group of security researchers has outlined the technical details behind a potential Computer Network Exploitation (CNE) program likely used by the U.K. Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and their American counterpart, the NSA. READ MORE

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Another potential Microsoft CEO bites the dust

No sooner had we published our blog on Friday tossing Qualcomm COO Steve Mollenkopf into the Microsoft CEO mix, Qualcomm took him out of it. In a surprise move, the company announced Mollenkopf's promotion to CEO. READ MORE

San Francisco gives its main street free Wi-Fi, eyes citywide service

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Inside Dropbox's plans for enterprise domination

Last week, Dropbox announced a deal calling for Dell's global sales team to sell its Dropbox for Business cloud-based storage and file-sharing services, with or without Dell Data Protection encryption, and for Dell to pre-install Dropbox on all its PC and tablets. READ MORE

Intel to acquire wireless assets of Mindspeed Technologies

Intel is taking steps to acquire wireless assets in order to compete with chip rivals such as Qualcomm and Mellanox in the mobile device and data center market. READ MORE

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Hadoop gets native R programming for big data analysis

Sensing a growing interest in big data-style analysis, software provider Revolution Analytics has updated its flagship package of R statistical functions so it can be run with the Hadoop data processing platform. READ MORE

Pensioners sue IBM over reported NSA involvement

A pension investment group has sued IBM, claiming that the company failed to warn investors that sales in China would slow dramatically following revelations that IBM was helping the U.S. National Security Agency spy on the Chinese. READ MORE

Analyst credits Surface sell-out to Microsoft swinging conservative

Microsoft's Surface tablets were in short supply Monday, with most models out of stock on the company's online store. READ MORE

IT pros get training on their own dime

Linda Bubbers got a tip early in her career: Become a Certified Netware Administrator and earn a transfer to a better team. READ MORE

Apple posts heartwarming new holiday ad titled "Misunderstood"

While it seemed for a brief while that Apple had perhaps lost its commercial magic, the company has been on an absolute tear recently with simply great ads. The latest is a holiday themed commercial from Apple that focuses in on appears to be a teenage boy who is seemingly preoccupied with his phone during a family holiday gathering. READ MORE

Why few want to be the CIO anymore

Stephanie Jurenka started out in IT as a systems administrator more than 10 years ago. Today, she's an IT manager with absolutely zero interest in a CIO role. READ MORE

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