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Gartner: 60 percent of virtual servers less secure than physical machines 15 March 2010 at 5:08 pm by admin

Sixty percent of virtual servers are less secure than the physical servers they replace, the analyst firm Gartner said in new research Monday. This state of affairs will remain true until 2012, but security should improve substantially after that point, Gartner said.

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+ Microsoft testing fix for critical IE bug By admin 15 March 2010 at 6:25 am and have No Comments

Microsoft said it is testing a patch for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) , but stopped short of promising to deliver an emergency fix before the next scheduled Patch Tuesday, which is April 13, more than four weeks away.

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+ Three new options emerge for managing smartphones in the enterprise By admin 12 March 2010 at 1:29 pm and have No Comments

The surge of iPhones and other smartphones in the enterprise is a major headache for IT departments. Now, there are three new medicines that may help to ease that pain

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+ IE zero-day exploit code goes public By admin 11 March 2010 at 7:13 am and have No Comments

Exploit code for the unpatched bug in Internet Explorer was published on the Web yesterday, a step security pros said earlier would be the precursor to widespread attacks.

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+ Expert says Chinese government likely behind massive cyberattacks By admin 10 March 2010 at 3:00 pm and have No Comments

The Chinese government is likely behind recent cyberattacks on U.S. government Web sites and on U.S

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+ Reader exploit prompts Adobe update alert By admin 10 March 2010 at 11:34 am and have No Comments

Users of Adobe PDF Reader should check they are running the latest version of the software after the discovery of an exploit that takes advantage of a serious flaw patched only three weeks ago .

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+ IT gives Windows 7 the green light By admin 10 March 2010 at 5:00 am and have No Comments

Jim Thomas said no to Windows Vista — but Windows 7 is an entirely different matter. Thomas, CIO at Pella, says his IT team began beta testing Vista’s successor a year ago as an upgrade path from Windows XP

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+ Cisco unveils next Internet core router By admin 09 March 2010 at 12:28 pm and have No Comments

Cisco Systems on Tuesday introduced its next-generation Internet core router, the CRS-3, with about three times the capacity of its current platform. “The Internet will scale faster than any of us anticipate,” Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers said during a webcast Tuesday morning announcing the product.

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+ Schneier: Fight for online privacy or kiss it good-bye By admin 09 March 2010 at 10:30 am and have No Comments

If the public wants online privacy it had better fight now for laws to protect it because businesses won’t and individuals don’t have the clout, security expert Bruce Schneier told RSA Conference. Facebook’s New Privacy Settings: 5 Things You Should Know

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+ Schneier: Fight for online privacy or kiss it good-bye By admin 09 March 2010 at 10:30 am and have No Comments

If the public wants online privacy it had better fight now for laws to protect it because businesses won’t and individuals don’t have the clout, security expert Bruce Schneier told RSA Conference.

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