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	Smartphone kill-switch bill passes California assembly The bill is intended to reduce smartphone theft in the state Read More   WEBCAST: Box Top Mobile Management Questions Answered How can IT provide seamless and secure mobile communications and collaboration for all? Take a look at this on-demand Webcast where IDG asks an expert panel pressing questions surrounding mobile security and management. Prepare to have with your mobility questions answered! Learn more In this Issue Oracle issues a virtual strongbox for enterprise encryption keys Netscout sues Gartner over Magic Quadrant rating Carriers' remote control software continues to put some mobile devices at risk Windows 9: Goodbye, Charms bar, hello virtual desktops? Black Hat keynote: U.S. should buy up zero day attacks for 10 times going rate What it means that smartphones are the fastest-growing IT sector This battery may power your home one day Electric car breaks world record 10 ways to get noticed at Black Hat WHITE PAPER: RES Software   Beyond the Enterprise App Store Leverage proactive, secure and automated IT Service delivery to move beyond the traditional App Store and empower your users. Read the white paper to learn how Learn more Oracle issues a virtual strongbox for enterprise encryption keys Oracle Key Vault provides a central repository for storing enterprise encryption keys Read More   Netscout sues Gartner over Magic Quadrant rating A lawsuit filed Tuesday in Connecticut Superior Court accuses tech analyst firm Gartner Research of demanding kickbacks in exchange for favorable placement in the company's famous Magic Quadrant report. NetScout, a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of network performance management products, says in court documents that companies that pay for Gartner's consulting services are ranked above those that do not, and that this is the reason for NetScout's inclusion in the "challengers" category of the most recent NPM Magic Quadrant, instead of among the "leaders." + ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD: Sprint moves on CEO, T-Mobile bid signal transition | 2014's Starting Salaries for College Tech Majors +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   Carriers' remote control software continues to put some mobile devices at risk   Security researchers have identified serious vulnerabilities in carrier-mandated remote management software installed on mobile devices Read More   Windows 9: Goodbye, Charms bar, hello virtual desktops? The Windows 9 reports keep filing in and boy oh boy does this upcoming release sound the like modern OS Windows fans have been waiting for. Read More   Black Hat keynote: U.S. should buy up zero day attacks for 10 times going rate Las Vegas -- The U.S. government should pay 10 times the going rate for zero-day software flaws in order to corner the market and then make those vulnerabilities public to render them less potent for attackers, Black hat 2014 attendees were told yesterday. Dan Geer That would reduce the overall threats against Internet traffic in general and cost less than the damage that actual exploits cause, says Dan Geer, who is the chief information security officer at In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   What it means that smartphones are the fastest-growing IT sector All hail the new King of IT: IDC's latest Black Book predicts worldwide IT spending growth will come mostly from smartphones. Read More   This battery may power your home one day This battery may power your home one day Startup Primus Power is using flow battery technology to store electricity from wind and solar energy. From: Network World Views: 23 1 ratings Time: 03:26 More in Science & Technology Read More   Electric car breaks world record A group of students from an Australian university broke a 26-year old world speed record with an electric vehicle. Read More   10 ways to get noticed at Black Hat   Some of the more eccentric members of the security industry show up for Black Hat each year, making it tough to stand out in the enormous crowd that flocks to Las Vegas for the A-list conference. But each year vendors manage to come up with gimmicks and gizmos that attract the throngs to their booths to hear a spiel or give up their contact information so they can receive sales calls when they get home. Here are some noteworthy examples from Black Hat 2014.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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