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  • How to make your Android more productive, more secure and faster than iPhone

    IPhone users love to brag about their phones. They line up around the block and stand in line for hours when a new one is released. Yet, for many users, Android is clearly the superior platform. Yes, its Achilles' heel is a big one: security. Android's openness and large market share mean that it's a juicy target for attackers.

  • Windows Phone smokes Android and the iPhone - But nobody wants it

    During Microsoft's recent Smoked by Windows Phone challenge, Microsoft-based devices were almost always faster at completing everyday tasks compared to Android and iPhone handsets. But even the fastest Windows Phone can't run away from the fact that nobody's buying Microsoft-powered handsets.

  • Is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's hoodie a sign of 'immaturity'?

    Of all the things discussed and analysed surrounding Facebook's upcoming initial public offering, perhaps the most surprising - or just plain funniest - is co-founder Mark Zuckerberg's hoodie.

  • Top 15 cloud storage tips and tasks

    No single cloud service can do everything. Some shine when it comes to streaming a cloud music collection from the Web, but stink at syncing desktop folders. Other cloud services are great for sharing photos, but useless for reviewing a document's revision history.

  • Crowdfunding - The latest way to get your project funded

    Programmers, manufacturers and developers who want to realise their creative vision without signing onerous contracts or relinquishing rights to their intellectual property now have an alternative to venture capitalists. Crowdfunding - the collection of funds directly from a target audience - has taken off. Small donations are adding up to hundreds of millions of dollars, many of them channeled through a service called Kickstarter.

  • Does BlackBerry still have the juice?

    Research in Motion faces huge challenges in its battle to survive and they'll all be on attendees' minds at this week at RIM's annual BlackBerry World conference in Orlando. What will also be on our minds: the ticking clock counting down the time RIM has left to turn around its fortunes.

  • CISPA: Four viewpoints you should hear

    Citing its effort to better protect American infrastructure from foreign attacks, the US House of Representatives passed the Cyber Information and Security Protection Act in spite of worries that consumer data privacy will be compromised if the bill eventually becomes law.

  • Geotags in a photo of breasts brought down CabinCr3w hacker

    According to the FBI, Ochoa allegedly tweeted in February using the handle @Anonw0rmer, directing followers to a site where he had posted information stolen from various law enforcement agency websites. At the bottom of the site was an image of a woman, now identified as his girlfriend, with a sign reading "PwNd by w0rmer & CabinCr3w".

  • Seven Instagram alternatives for iOS

    The dust has yet to settle from last week?s $1 billion purchase of Instagram by Facebook, with many users still wondering what?s in store for the photo-sharing service now that it?s owned by the social networking giant.

  • Greenpeace asks Amazon and Microsoft: 'How clean is your cloud?'

    Activists at Greenpeace intensified their environmental criticism of Amazon and Microsoft today by posting signage near the Seattle offices of both companies questioning the cleanliness of the companies' clouds.

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In most businesses, social media is under the purview of PR and Marketing. But IT needs to be involved in a company's social media efforts, particularly in regard to worrying about security. Companies are using social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, as well as implementing blogs, private and public social networks, wikis, and other similar tools. It is the IT staff who have to live with these sites from a security perspective, and setting social media policies to minimise the company's risk, because social media is bleeding through all the controls and firewalls.
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The staggering number of new applications ? especially web 2.0 apps ? has IT scrambling to keep up with increased security risks, productivity issues, and bandwidth usage. That some of these applications are necessary at times, depending on a user's job description, makes it all the harder to manage. Read this white paper to find out how WatchGuard Application Control lets you take back control of your network by keeping more than 1,800 applications in check, including IM, P2P, Facebook, Skype, YouTube, and many more.
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3 must-haves to securing the social web

There is no denying that the social Web is the new Web. Nearly every enterprise is using it in one way or another. But along with its enormous popularity come enterprise-size risks. So in the race to maximize its potential, enterprises must take due care to protect the business. This whitepaper looks at the three "must-haves" to securing the social Web.
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