Apple reveals unprecedented details in iOS security

	7 historical decisions that continue to pain programmers | Skype-based malware shows how 'peculiar' malicious code can be
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	Apple reveals unprecedented details in iOS security An updated Apple whitepaper on iOS security delves into an unprecedented amount of detail about the security architecture and features of the company's mobile OS for devices such as the iPhone and iPad. Security professionals and IT consultants are praising both the company's transparency and its approach to protecting iOS devices, Internet security and users' data. Read More WEBCAST: Attachmate Modernizing Legacy Applications for Fun and Profit Discover the fastest, simplest way to webify host applications and streamline navigation for internal and external users. Watch this three-minute video podcast on web enablement. View Now. In this Issue 7 historical decisions that continue to pain programmers Skype-based malware shows how 'peculiar' malicious code can be Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to address IE problems NASA: Hubble telescope catches asteroid death INSIDER How today's enterprises use Big Data Is the tablet era already coming to an end? At Goldman Sachs SDN is déjà vu all over again Next-gen iPhone to reportedly feature quad-core A8 processor 2014 South by Southwest's most intriguing speakers WEBCAST: VCE VCE Simplifies Core Infrastructure Implementation Servers were at capacity, power and cooling costs were escalating and disaster recovery from tape was unreliable. That's when the CTO of Purdue Pharma turned to VCE for a converged infrastructure solution that enabled them to avoid a data center expansion, save the organization millions of dollars and guarantee fast data recovery. View Now 7 historical decisions that continue to pain programmers Some of the choices made in the design of programming languages and operating systems years ago which may have seemed inconsequential at the time continue to haunt developers today Read More Skype-based malware shows how 'peculiar' malicious code can be Malware often does strange things, but this one -- which looked like Skype installed on a corporate domain controller -- was most "peculiar," says Jim Butterworth, a security expert at ManTech International, whose security subsidiary HBGary recently found the custom-designed remote-access Trojan on a customer's network. Read More Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to address IE problems Microsoft is issuing five security bulletins this month, two of them critical and affecting all versions of Internet Explorer as well as all versions of Windows from XP to 8/8.1. Read More NASA: Hubble telescope catches asteroid death NASA said today that the Hubble Space Telescope snapped what the agency called a never-before-seen break-up of an asteroid in mid-space. Read More INSIDER How today's enterprises use Big Data Big data tactics and budgets vary, but IT pros agree data analytics will play an increasingly vital role in business operations. Read More Is the tablet era already coming to an end? When Apple created the tablet category with the introduction of the iPad just four years ago, it set the world on fire. The iPad's incredible popularity inspired multitudes of competitors for both consumers and businesses. Tablets' growing capabilities began stealing mind share and market share from traditional PCs, causing a seismic shift in the computing market. Cheaper, more portable, and easier... Read More At Goldman Sachs SDN is déjà vu all over again Goldman Sachs has been doing SDNs for a long time. It just wasn't called SDNs when the investment giant invested in network programmability. It was just a bunch of APIs, software development kits and other code used to cobble together a large number of various specialized networks – trading, investment banking and the like -- across the globe. Read More Next-gen iPhone to reportedly feature quad-core A8 processor Apple caught many of its competitors off-guard when it announced that the iPhone 5s would be the first mobile device to ever feature a 64-bit processor. Now comes word via the Commercial Times of Taiwan that Apple will have some more surprises in store when it annoucnes the iPhone 6, presumably sometime this Summer. The report claims that Apple's next-gen A8 processor, in addition to being manufactured... Read More 2014 South by Southwest's most intriguing speakers Austin's annual film, music and interactive event pulling in bigger names than ever Read More
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