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	Stupid user tricks: The most embarrassing flubs yet Technology has made it easier than ever to communicate with colleagues and customers from all over the world. It's also made it easier than ever to make ourselves look very, very stupid. Read More   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Tales from the Dark Side of the Network Frustrated with your big IT Network Management System? In this exclusive footage, IT pros tell their side of the story...the dark side. Let SolarWinds ® Software bring light to the darkness. Save Time. Save Money. Save the Network with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor. Watch now and don't let inefficient network management systems take your team to the dark side. In this Issue What happens when your Office 365 subscription runs out? Ransom 13 cool high-tech prize competitions Hackers may leak Microsoft spying docs & grant Bill Gates' wish for 'intense debates' Troubleshooting Cisco's IWAN: It all depends on network visibility New products of the week 03.17.14 8 ways to improve wired network security Top 10 Recession-Proof IT Jobs Without proper security measures, smart homes are just begging to be targets College stats geeks' computerized system predicts Louisville to repeat as men's NCAA basketball champ Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Gandalf Edition Geek-themed Meme of the Week Archive WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation   Big data and analytics for a holistic customer journey This White Paper offers an in-depth discussion on how you can use big data analytics to enhance experience while boosting the bottom line. It includes informative case studies on how other companies have used big data analytics to delight their customers. View Now What happens when your Office 365 subscription runs out? Ransom It's no secret that Microsoft would like to move as many customers as it can to a subscription model for Office instead of the traditional version installed on PCs. That was the impetus behind the restrictive licensing terms in Office 2013 - to push individuals and single users over to the on-demand version. Read More   13 cool high-tech prize competitions The US government in 2011 or so realized that it could tap the techie conscience of the country by financially and legislatively backing good old-fashioned competition via the America Competes Act. That's the driving notion behind numerous public competitions, or challenges as they are often labeled, that have taken place since. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), NASA, X Prize and others already knew the power of the public collection having pioneered the big tech competitions with myriad competitions about everything from space gloves and shredders to spacecraft. Here's a look at some of the coolest competitions going on now... Read More   Hackers may leak Microsoft spying docs & grant Bill Gates' wish for 'intense debates' It seemed surprising that no one asked Bill Gates about NSA surveillance when he last did a Reddit Ask Me Anything session last month; but Rolling Stone didn't pass up the opportunity when interviewing Bill Gates. Read More   Troubleshooting Cisco's IWAN: It all depends on network visibility The network industry has largely been focused on network transformation over the past few years. Most of the vendors, though, have been geared towards the evolution of the data center network. It's time that businesses started looking at evolving the wide area network (WAN) as this is often where the biggest pain points is for application performance. Read More   New products of the week 03.17.14 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as NetIQ and d-Link Read More   8 ways to improve wired network security We sometimes focus more on the wireless side of the network when it comes to security because Wi-Fi has no physical fences. After all, a war-driver can detect your SSID and launch an attack while sitting out in the parking lot. Read More   Top 10 Recession-Proof IT Jobs Just as no person is indispensable, no role in IT is recession-proof. However, with a little forethought, some planning and the desire to learn, you can find an IT role that promises a bright future. Read More   Without proper security measures, smart homes are just begging to be targets As our world becomes increasingly connected via the Internet, it only seems logical that the interconnectivity would eventually permeate our homes. "Smart devices" like alarm systems, locks, thermostats, and more that can be controlled over the Internet are gradually gaining visibility and creating legions of "smart homes." For all the technological advancements, however, it would appear that our houses are simultaneously becoming more vulnerable. Read More   College stats geeks' computerized system predicts Louisville to repeat as men's NCAA basketball champ The brainiacs behind Georgia Tech's LRMC computerized ranking system predict that the University of Louisville Cardinals (29-5) defend as NCAA men's basketball titlists, vindicating those upset that the team only has a #4 seed at the tournament's start this week. Read More   Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Gandalf Edition No. 35 in our Geek-Themed Meme of the Week series, harvested from the Internet, represents the debut of Gandalf and his software wizardry. Want more? Check out the "Geek-themed Meme of the Week Archive": And if you'd like me to consider one that you've found - or created - please feel free to send it to me at buzz@nww.com. Read More   Geek-themed Meme of the Week Archive They are inescapable on the Internet. Most are awful. A few are not, so we have started publishing a selection of memes that amuse me. One every week. Here's the archive Read More
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