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	Anonymous: Why does the Air Force want to create phony online identities? The international collective known as Anonymous is trying to figure out just what the U.S. Air Force wants with software that can create and manage phony identities on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social networks. Read More WEBCAST: Dell Security: A Multilayered Approach Security is not an option. This KnowledgeVault Series offers professional advice how to be proactive in the fight against cybercrimes and multi-layered security threats; how to adopt a holistic approach to protecting and managing data; and how to hire a qualified security assessor. Make security your Number 1 priority. Learn more. In this Issue HBGary's Hoglund identifies lessons in Anonymous hack Security will rescue cloud computing Notorious spamming botnet, Rustock, takes a fall NASA to unleash 1 million lbs of force in "can crusher" test First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Swedish Parliament delays approval of data retention law Symantec to release end-to-end cloud management software Proofpoint moves into mobile mail security WHITE PAPER: IBM Five Steps to Improving Business Performance Read this white paper to learn five practical steps your company can take to achieve customer intimacy. Read Now HBGary's Hoglund identifies lessons in Anonymous hack Companies need to make sure that they are protecting their cloud assets, not just their networks, the beleaguered CTO of HBGary says. Read More Security will rescue cloud computing Whenever the topic of security is mentioned in the context of cloud computing, it is usually discussed as the "big barrier" to adoption. The perceived or actual lack of security in the cloud makes it impossible for businesses to make the leap into this new computing paradigm. I propose a different perspective: Security will rescue cloud computing. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Plan for the unexpected with batch integration Learn how companies like CARFAX are improving operations with BMC Software automated scheduling tools. Read more. Notorious spamming botnet, Rustock, takes a fall A large network of hacked computers called Rustock, which was responsible for a great volume of spam, has shut down, perhaps as a result of another coordinated take down by security researchers. Read More NASA to unleash 1 million lbs of force in "can crusher" test NASA testing will provide data for stronger future rocket designNASA engineers next week will break something rather than build it  -- all in the name of rocket science.  The engineers will crush a  27.5-foot wide, 20-foot-tall aluminum-lithium cylinder with one million pounds of force until it buckles.  The resulting crush-test dat Read More WHITE PAPER: VeriSign The State of Internet Vulnerability What's being done to alleviate Internet vulnerabilities? Are you, or your company, susceptible to threats such as man-in-the-middle attacks and cache poisoning? This white paper reports the results of recent research and examines who is affected by Domain Name System insecurities. Read Now First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft's IE9 provides a browsing experience that even Chrome and Firefox users may find compelling. Read More Swedish Parliament delays approval of data retention law Sweden will not put into effect the E.U. Data Retention Directive for at least a year, after a vote in the Parliament on Wednesday postponed the implementation of the directive. Read More Symantec to release end-to-end cloud management software Symantec plans to release a major upgrade to its flagship storage management application, Storage Foundation 6.0, which will allow users to manage a cloud infrastructure from end to end. Read More Proofpoint moves into mobile mail security The secure communications provider announced mobile extensions of its encryption and e-mail archive applications. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS Perks drive up pay for tech CEOs Many tech vendors have shied away from extravagant perks, but there are still plenty worth highlighting. Like a $1.5 million tab for home security. Or how about the $36,619 one company paid to reimburse its CEO for the taxes he had to pay on the $106,589 he gained by using company aircraft for personal flights? Read on to find out which tech CEOs enjoyed the priciest perks in 2010 and which ones went to work perk-free. First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft has a real competitor once again with IE9, released at midnight Monday night on Windows 7 and Vista after several months of beta testing. The focus is on speed, privacy and simplicity, with a stripped-down interface, tracking protection, pinned sites, jump lists and enhanced support for HTML5. MOST-READ STORIES Web users bury Yahoo for botched Nate Dogg obit photo Xoom tablet pricing for Wi-Fi model sparks online debate HP "beat the crap" out of Cisco, others Google first to patch Flash bug with Chrome update Cell phones are 'Stalin's dream' RIM urges BlackBerry users to turn off JavaScript 12 cool things to do with an old iPad EFF exposes porn industry's latest copyright screw job Hackers duck Firefox, Chrome anti-phishing measures Japanese quake may shorten days
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