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	California's budget crisis sparks controversial BYOD plan A cash-strapped state agency has decided that one way to hold down costs is to require their agency use their own smartphones -- without any subsidy -- in lieu of the state-provided BlackBerries. Read More WHITE PAPER: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > In this Issue How to determine if your LinkedIn password has been compromised Stupid security mistakes: Things you missed while doing the hard stuff Google gives up on mobile Google Docs, buys Quickoffice to go native Flame authors order infected computers to remove all traces of the malware Tech behind Flame attack could compromise Microsoft Update WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies (formerly Diskeeper Corporation) Selecting a Performance Optimization Solution Twenty-four vital points – ranging from unmatched increases in performance, operational transparency, thoroughness, and management considerations – make an undeniable case for Diskeeper as the only cost-effective and complete solution to address disk fragmentation. Read Now! How to determine if your LinkedIn password has been compromised The process involves downloading the dataset of leaked passwords, converting your password into the encrypted format in which the passwords are displayed, and searching for the password in the dataset. Read More Stupid security mistakes: Things you missed while doing the hard stuff IT pros would do well to remember that some distinctly low-tech security problems that are not particularly sophisticated -- in fact, some might call them distinctly dumb -- mean bad things for the companies or people who suffer them. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon EC2 Get up to 312 hours of free Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) on-demand instances on Amazon EC2. Leverage the cost effectiveness, scalability, and flexibility of Amazon Web Services (AWS), with the proven reliability of RHEL and the backing of AWS premium support. Try now. Google gives up on mobile Google Docs, buys Quickoffice to go native If any company could have -- and should have -- made mobile Web apps work like native local apps, it is Google. The buy bodes ill for other mobile office vendors too. Read More Flame authors order infected computers to remove all traces of the malware The creators of the Flame cyber-espionage threat ordered infected computers still under their control to download and execute a component designed to remove all traces of the malware and prevent forensic analysis. Read More Tech behind Flame attack could compromise Microsoft Update Events over the past two days point to possibility of hackers hijacking WSUS process, spreading malware resembling legitimate Windows updates. Read More
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