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UK government faces IE6 barriers to social media

Some central government departments are still using the 11-year-old browser Internet Explorer 6 (IE6), which is preventing staff from using social media networks to engage with citizens.
VMware to offer enterprise application portal for BYOD

VMware will offer enterprise software that allows employees to access all their desktop Windows applications and online services from a single portal, the company announced today.
Internet voting systems too insecure for US elections, says researcher

David Jefferson, a computer scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories and chairman of the election watchdog group Verified Voting, called on election officials around the country to drop plans to allow an estimated 3.5 million voters to cast their ballots over the Internet in this year's general elections.
Symantec criticises Google for stripping security certificate checks from Chrome

Stripping OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) and CRL (certificate revocation list) checks from Google Chrome could have dangerous implications because it will turn Google into a single point of failure, according to security vendor Symantec.
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang steps down

Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang has left the company, the latest dramatic change at the top executive level of the embattled Internet firm.
EMC upgrades Atmos Cloud Delivery Platform with Linux support

EMC today announced its first upgrade to the Atmos Cloud Delivery Platform, adding metering capabilities and support for Linux.
Hackers poison Brazilian ISP DNS to infect users with banking Trojan

Security researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab warn that cybercriminals hacked into the DNS (Domain Name System) servers of several Brazilian ISPs and used them to redirect users to websites that distributed malware.
Oracle Social Network software details emerge

More specifics about Oracle's new Social Network software came to light on Thursday, following the product's debut at the OpenWorld conference earlier this month.
Google drops search portals for Linux and Mac

Fans of Linux, Microsoft and Macs used to be able to search for information about those topics on Google using specialized search tools that narrowed the results to a focused set of highly relevant Web sites.
Microsoft to implement guidelines for Office 365 app store

Building out a robust app store will be key for attracting SharePoint cloud customers.

Latest Features

OpenStack may be gaining support from IBM but Iaas is still making slow headway

When it comes to Infrastructure as a Service - renting on-demand compute, storage and network resources that live in a multi-tenant virtualised public cloud - midsized businesses are jumping in with both feet. But large enterprises with their own well-established data centres are still dipping their toes in the water.
Gartner shares nine IT infrastructure cost saving tips

Trying to make savings in a lean data centre environment might seem like a hard task but there are a number of steps IT managers can take to reduce spend further, says analyst firm Gartner.
Six new and rising hacker threats

Hackers never sleep, it seems. Just when you think you've battened down the hatches and fully protected yourself or your business from electronic security risks, along comes a new exploit to keep you up at night. It might be an SMS text message with a malevolent payload or a stalker who dogs your every step online. Or maybe it's an emerging technology like in-car Wi-Fi that suddenly creates a whole new attack vector.
Why IT departments need to learn to give up control

"Improvisation is too good to leave to chance," said Paul Simon. It's a lesson that IT needs to learn and, more important, act on.
Five key pieces of advice for private cloud success

Companies building private clouds mainly to keep developers from going to public clouds are too focused on the physical aspects of cloud and missing the point about the operational requirements, says Forrester Research's James Staten. Here, he shares five pieces of advice for private cloud success.
Best free WiFi security tools

WiFi security has come a long way from the days when consumers used wireless routers with inadequate or no encryption, and overlooked the need to change default passwords for gateway access.
A guide to Network Access Control authentication

In the network access control products we tested, authentication varies from very strong to very weak, and every point in-between. When starting down your path of evaluating NAC products, decide very early what kind of authentication mechanism you want, if any.
Microsoft SharePoint addons reveal exciting features

SharePoint 2010 won't come until next year, but third party vendors have addons available now that sharply enhance the feature set of the existing versions of the popular Microsoft server application.
Top 10 Google Apps for business

Google Apps is growing up. Over the past six months, dozens of developers have built apps to make Google's office wares (Apps, Docs, Gmail, Calendar) more appealing for the enterprise. The following is a selection of these apps. They range from the practical (backups) to the creative (a freebie VPN replacement based on Google Talk). Better still, most of them are free.
Ten security holes not to fall into

Many companies spend a small fortune and deploy a small army to secure themselves from the many security threats lurking these days. Here are some suggestions on how to do it without spending a dime.

How-tos

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Five free tools to spring clean your Twitter account

The problem with S/MIME email encryption

Case Study: Diskless servers rely on NAS

How to build a captive Wi-Fi portal

Case Study: Police build mesh wireless network

Tossing around grid ideas

Keep your users secure on public-access Wi-Fi

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Choosing the right approach to hardware and software authentication

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