12 biggest data breaches of the past 12 months Americans' confidential information is being exposed left and right because of the usual culprits: criminal activity, insufficient security and simple carelessness. Here are the 12 biggest data breaches in the United States from the past 12 months. Smartphone etiquette: Five unspoken rules Toilet texting. Tweeting in church. What are the do's and don'ts for smartphone users? Pink Tech for the Cure As Breast Cancer Awareness month winds down, we look at some pink gadgets that you can pick up at the last minute. Bug Forces RIM to Pull BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 MR3 BlackBerry maker RIM has removed the latest maintenance release for its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) software for Lotus Domino. The update reportedly introduced a bug that could cause BlackBerry users' past filed messages to be mistakenly moved back into their inboxes. News podcast: Network World 360 A U.S. law that would require businesses to report data breaches to potential victims could help law enforcement agencies fight the growth of cybercrime, an FBI official said Wednesday. Also, Novell is seeking a 90-day stay from a federal appeals court so it can petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision in its ongoing case against SCO that reversed a ruling affirming Novell's ownership of Unix copyrights. (5:56) Verizon Droid: 5 Standout Features Well, gang, it's official: Verizon's Motorola Droid smartphone is on its way into the world. The Droid, unveiled Wednesday, will hit store shelves on November 6 with a $199.99 price tag, after a $100 mail-in rebate and with a new two-year contract. Droid vs. iPhone: The Scorecard Motorola's Droid, available next week from Verizon, has generated the most excitement of any smartphone since Apple's introduction of the iPhone. How do the two compare? Amazon downplays report highlighting vulnerabilities in its cloud service Amazon today said that it has taken steps to mitigate a security issue in its cloud computing infrastructure that was identified recently by researchers from MIT and the University of California at San Diego. Net Neutrality Fears: Big Telecom or the FCC? Net netutrality is a case of who you fear most: Evil telecom companies or the evil FCC? Companies are unlikely to behave without the threat of FCC action, but if the FCC acts we may wish that it hadn't. Keeping Control of the Cloud Cloud computing makes auditors cringe. Enterprises say it was hard enough to make virtualization "palatable" to auditors; cloud is going to be even harder. By breaking the links between hardware and software, virtualization liberates workloads from the physical constraints of a single machine. Cloud takes that a step further, making the physical location irrelevant. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth. Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Building Service-Aware Networks. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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