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Duqu Workaround Emerges | NASA Eyes Tractor Beam

Duqu Workaround Emerges | NASA Eyes Tractor Beam
November 04, 2011
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Between The Lines ColumnistNASA Aims To Build Tractor Beam
By Elizabeth Montalbano
Towing spaceships isn't in the immediate plans, but the agency hopes $100,000 investment in moving objects with lasers will pay off in the laboratory.

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Microsoft Details Duqu Workaround
Patch Tuesday next week won't have a fix for the newly discovered zero-day vulnerability, but Microsoft says it will deliver one as soon as it can.

iPhone Battery Got You Down? Use These Cases
While Apple tinkers with the code in iOS 5 to improve iPhone battery life, here's a selection of battery cases that will extend the usefulness of your device.

A Security Pro's Guide To Patch Management
With so many applications and vulnerabilities, the question is which patches to deploy first.

BYOD Strategy Should Start With Data-Centric Security
Is "your device is now our device" the approach that your IT team takes? It's time to get back to data security first principles.

How Fast Is Your Mobile App? Gomez Knows
Compuware's Gomez links to Google Mobile Page Speed service to measure mobile application performance for 5,000 different devices.

Whitman Refines HP's Tech Leadership Team
Boeing exec John Hinshaw brings experience in IT, business development, and complex, global supply chains.

Apple Neuters Mac App Store Software
Some Mac OS developers say requirement that third-party Mac OS X apps will have to run in a "sandbox" for security's sake stifles innovation.

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10 Essential Cloud Apps For SMBs
Online tools let you get going fast and pay as you go, two factors that appeal especially to SMBs. From productivity to analytics, these 10 apps deserve your attention.

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Facebook: Latest 'Hack' Was Old, Invalid User IDs
Hacking group "Team Swastika" released apparent Facebook usernames and passwords, but the social network says the data isn't tied to live accounts.

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