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	Take 10th annual SANS Institute Holiday Hacking Challenge Want to have some fun while working on your network security skills? SANS Institute has opened its 10th annual Holiday Hacking Challenge. It's a fun way to test your knowledge and learn a few new tricks while competing for awesome prizes. Read More WHITE PAPER: AppNeta AppNeta Trace View - Free Trial Download Want to try AppNeta in your own application environment? Install in 5 minutes! Learn More In this Issue Please follow Network World on LinkedIn Tricks and tips that will help you get the most out of those new Xmas gadgets Quantum crypto, standard private key blended for first time Techify your Holiday Sweater 12.9-inch iPad and larger screened iPhone on tap for 2014 - Rumor "Minority Report" meets PC support 'PGP' encryption has had stay-powering but does it meet today's enterprise demands? 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Here is a list of resources that can help: Read More Quantum crypto, standard private key blended for first time ID Quantique has found a way to blend quantum-key cryptography with more traditional crypto, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). The effect is to gain certain advantages offered by both for private-key-based encryption. Read More Techify your Holiday Sweater Techify your Holiday Sweater From TechHive (IDG sister publication): Create a more tech-friendly holiday sweater with these helpful hints. From: Network World Videos Views: 3 0 ratings Time: 02:36 More in Science & Technology Read More 12.9-inch iPad and larger screened iPhone on tap for 2014 - Rumor Heading into 2014, there are no shortage of rumors surrounding Apple's future product plans. From rumblings over an iWatch to the seemingly never-ending rumors regarding the mythical Apple HDTV, the expectation that Apple will release yet another game changing product has never been greater. Read More "Minority Report" meets PC support In the 2002 sci-fi flick Minority Report, the so-called "pre-cogs" could supposedly predict crimes before they actually occured. In 2013, Dell claims its technical support opereations can predict product failures before they occur. Read More 'PGP' encryption has had stay-powering but does it meet today's enterprise demands? PGP encryption, as industry old-timers know, started out as "Pretty Good Privacy" invented by Phil Zimmermann in 1991, and since then, was sold on to various corporate owners until it ended in the hands of Symantec in 2010. While it is a widely used vintage brands, does PGP public-key encryption still meet today's enterprise demands, given the rise of cloud computing and mobile? 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"One of the biggest lessons learned was that you can't do such a project without continued political backing," said Peter Hofmann, the leader of the LiMux project, summing up the experience. Read More Google seeks to commercialize humanoid robots Google executives showed up at the Homestead Miami Speedway in Florida to show support for their new team and to get a look at the Atlas robot, built by Boston Dynamics, and one of the stars of the challenge. Read More 3 Trends That Will Make Life Harder for CIOs in 2014 Robots, 3-D printers and wearable tech are indeed cool, but they should raise red flags for IT leaders. Here's how these emerging technologies will cause operations, privacy and user policy headaches for CIOs in 2014. Read More IPv6 will allow them to track you down. Not! Everyone from marketers to law enforcement officials seem to hold the same misconception that IPv6 is going to make it possible to expose people in a way that IPv4 does not. Read More
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