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Breaking News RSS FeedsAccessories that enhance the iPad - Apple may think that its iPad is magical and revolutionary, but it's far from perfect, requiring additional accessories and products to enhance its features and functions. Here's a bunch of the latest iPad accessories that have come across the desk recently....Feed Source: www.networkworld.com Bohemian neutrality - The wrangling over net neutrality deserves an opera. Gibbs obliges. ... Google's App Inventor: First impressions - Gibbs just got an invite to Google's App Inventor and he's impressed with what is an early beta ... Security-as-a-service growing - When you ask IT professionals if they use cloud computing or software-as-a-service, most start by saying "no". But if you ask some follow up questions, you will quickly find out about "that one application" that is a SaaS application.
... Disband the ITU-T IPv6 Group - When the ITU-T IPv6 Group gets together in Geneva next week, one of the things they should discuss is the need for their very existence.... Ready or not, cloud is coming - Regardless of whether you are a cheerleader or a naysayer, the fact is the pieces for cloud computing are coalescing rapidly. This stuff isn?t vaporware. Our tests of cloud services ? the third of which appears in this issue -- show a rich and growing list of capabilities.... Rest in bits - Gibbs ponders death online ... 'Hope all is well' can be annoying as ? - This beef is a trivial matter, I realize; virtually all e-mail etiquette issues are minor by definition. But every time I read that smarmy greeting my blood pressure ticks up just a notch, meaning that I am -- ever so briefly -- less well.... The iMo Monster: A quick and easy secondary monitor - The scoop: iMo Monster 10-inch touchscreen monitor, by MIMO Monitors, about $260... Apple, Adobe and laziness - Steve Jobs called Adobe lazy but why hasn't Apple fixed iTunes ... Google/Verizon: Will a parallel non-Internet help the 'Net? - In spite of the fact that the net neutrality proposal that Google and Verizon published on Aug. 9 was not much like what the rumor mill predicted as late as the day before, the proposal sure has kicked off a lot of controversy.... Eric Schmidt and the end of an era - Gibbs sees the opinions of Google's CEO on online anonymity as the end of an era ... Don't get burned ? Put some SPF 50 on your business continuity/disaster recovery plan - On vacation, forgetting your sunscreen may lead to a painful burn, but forgetting key components of an organization's business continuity (BC)/disaster recovery (DR) plan hurts a lot more. Overlooking even one item can weaken your entire network and mean significant losses in revenue and productivity.... Opinion: IT needs to help secure industrial control systems - After the Stuxnet worm exploited a zero-day vulnerability in a popular industrial controller, it's clear that operators of large-scale infrastructure management systems need to work with the IT security community to better safeguard these critical systems.... Do you need network security and privacy loss insurance? - If your business manages personal information about health or finances, a security breach can cost millions. HITECH and other regulations not only apply fines, but they require disclosure and notification of those affected. In some cases, companies must pay for free credit reports too. These costs can range from $80 to $200 per compromised record. The problem for many companies is the sheer volume of information that can be compromised in a single breach. If you lose 5,000, 50,000 or 500,000 records, the math may mean bankruptcy. Fortunately, you can now get insurance to cover these risks.... Ebook readers: Nails in old school publishing's coffin - Gibbs takes a look at the Barnes and Noble Nook and compares it to the Alex he recently reviewed ... If net neutrality dies, blame the comms junkies - Mark Gibbs ponders net neutrality, service agreements and consumer comms addiction.... Living with the knowledge that we're infected - Even as average enterprise security spending has risen over the years from 2% of the total IT budget to 10%, the percentage of compromised corporate machines has also climbed, now up to 7% to 9% by some estimates.... Is cyberwar lawful? - The answer is probably not -- at least an unprovoked attack -- based on extensive new legal research appearing in an upcoming issue of the British journal INFO.... Putting IE's market share gains in perspective - Much is being made of the fact that Microsoft has at least temporarily stanched the bleeding in terms of Internet Explorer's market share, and, in fact, has managed to nudge the number upward slightly in each of the past two months.... Building a better netbook - Mark Gibbs looked at the Samsung NB30 and decided it needed a better OS.... Catching up on the Cool Tools backlog - It's not even the holiday season yet, and we've got a bunch of boxes coming in daily. This also means that I need to catch up on writing about some items that have been sitting here lately. These are cool items that are easy to talk about quickly without writing a full review.... Softer data-leak prevention - Data-leak prevention is growing at 10% a year, a bit slower than anticipated but still pretty fast compared to other security technologies. In this year's research we see DLP use or active evaluation among 36% of research participants. The primary driver is compliance, as with most security funding. In looking at DLP deployment over time we noticed something very interesting: quite a few companies that deployed DLP last year pulled back on their deployments because of a backlash from users and management. ... The price of free Internet: a piece of your soul - It is not news that there are a lot of companies, and maybe a few governments, tracking your every move on the Internet. But most people have not yet internalized just how pervasive and detailed the tracking is.... Facebook, nannying, and objectives - Gibbs ponders the problems with employees and social networking and suggests that nannying won't cut it. ... Israel vows lasting Gaza campaign - Israel says it is ready for "long weeks of action" as it continues its fiercest air assault on Gaza for decades.... Ghana opposition claims poll win - Opposition candidate John Atta Mills says he has won Ghana's election run-off, a few hours ahead of the official results.... US offers $6bn bail-out for GMAC - The US Treasury unveils a $6bn rescue package for GMAC, General Motors' troubled car loan arm. ... Pakistan suspends Afghan supplies - Pakistan suspends a key supply route to US and Nato forces in Afghanistan to begin an offensive against militants, officials say.... Ethiopia's pardoned critic jailed - Ethiopia's main opposition leader goes to jail to serve a life sentence, after a pardon granted last year was revoked.... Thai PM switches venue for speech - Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva makes his opening speech to MPs, after protesters force a change of venue.... Crime to boom as downturn blooms - The global downturn looks set to help hi-tech criminals cash in, say security experts.... Seven bodies found in Canada snow - Rescue workers find the bodies of seven of eight snowmobilers buried under two avalanches in western Canada... 20% 'have blood pressure gene' - One in five white people carries a gene fault which could raise their risk of high blood pressure, research suggests.... D'oh! US bank robber leaves address at the scene of the crime - Chicago police arrest a man who allegedly robbed a bank using a threatening note written on the back of his own pay cheque.... Sarah Palin's teenage daughter gives birth to the baby that caused Republican jitters - The 18-year-old daughter of Alaska Governor and former White House hopeful Sarah Palin has given birth to a son, Tripp, reports say.... SA secure series win in Australia - South Africa seal a historic Test series victory in Australia, winning the second Test in Melbourne by a resounding nine wickets.... Gerrard charged in assault probe - England and Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard is charged with assault and affray after a disturbance at a nightclub.... Send your video, pictures and story ideas - Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you.... Soviet invasion - Papers show 1970s Britain could have been defenceless... Awami's return - Sheikh Hasina triumphs in Bangladesh poll... 2009: New fears - Somalis wary as new year dawns with power vacuum... Taking stock - How stock markets around the world have fared in 2008... What 2009 holds - BBC reporters gaze into their crystal balls... Hi-tech heaven - German hotel room offers space-age creature comforts... Guinea junta names banker as PM - The military leaders in Guinea appoint a banker as prime minister, after last week's coup.... Pinochet-era 'disappeared' found - Four cases of people listed as "missing" during General Pinochet's military rule in Chile are now known to be false. ... Taiwan ex-president back in jail - Former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has his bail revoked and is jailed again, as he awaits trial on corruption charges.... Migrants rescued off Malta coast - About 140 would-be migrants are rescued from a boat drifting in rough seas in the Mediterranean off the coast of Malta.... Renewed protests at Israeli raids - Thousands in the Arab world rally against Israeli air raids in Gaza, while Hezbollah puts its fighters in southern Lebanon on alert. ... Victory for Hasina in Bangladesh - Ex-PM Sheikh Hasina's bloc takes a clear majority of seats, with almost all results declared in Bangladesh's election.... Calls for 'speed-limiting' cars - Government transport advisers want voluntary speed-limiting devices fitted to cars to help save lives and cut emissions.... Pound hits new low against euro - The pound hits a new record low against the euro due to continued concerns about the outlook for the UK economy. ... Cyberknife boost to cancer care - A robot radiotherapy machine to treat cancer is to be available in the UK for the first time from February.... Artistic clues to coastal change - How 200-year-old paintings can help modern engineers deal with coastal erosion, a study shows.... Jazz giant Freddie Hubbard dies - Influential jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, who played on hundreds of recordings, dies in Los Angeles aged 70.
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