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		Tuesday, April 19, 2011

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A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life. -- Charles Darwin

TODAY'S TOP STORY

Leaked Cables Indicate Chinese Military Hackers Attacked U.S.

U.S. authorities have reportedly traced the "Byzantine Hades" spear-phishing attacks to specific Chinese military groups.

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• Federal Biometric ID Cards Get Iris Scan Option

• 66% Of Security Software Submitted With Flaws

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Microsoft Office 365 Signals Huge Cloud Shift

More than 100,000 organizations are signed up to test the vendor's new on-demand platform, suggesting email and collaboration could overtake CRM as the top services-based app.

Apple MacBook Air Laptops Sport Samsung SSDs

Solid-state drives with faster read and write speeds have been discovered inside newer models of Apple's thin, lightweight laptop.

Bending The 80/20 Process Barrier

Think you can offload complexity only by outsourcing? Not so. Tackle process improvements, then add IT automation to get all the goodness with less risk.

Google Map Maker Enables Editing Of America

Like the territory of some 183 other countries and regions, the map of the United States is now open for anyone to embellish.

Keeping Up With Facebook Platform Changes

IFrame page tabs and "secure browsing" together are causing headaches for many Facebook business page operators.

Schwartz On Security: Talking Risk Equals Reward

Understanding your business's risk appetite will help you get the money for the security threats that matter.

Architect Your Databases Against Data Breaches

If you haven't considered data architecture to help protect your data, now is as good a time as any. Your business and even your job may depend on it.

Sizing Up The Unified Computing Stack Wars

Server vendors are now armed with formidable network and storage offerings, and software vendors have acquired hardware companies. But should you tie your data center's future to an integrated vision?

NASA To Leverage Nebula For Gulf Ecosystem Project

The agency moves ahead with work on its cloud-computing infrastructure even after its creator Chris Kemp has left the agency.

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MULTIMEDIA

SLIDESHOWS

Top 20 Enterprise Laser Printers
Demand for networked color laser printers continues to grow. They offer high-resolution, crisp text, and vivid colors, and are playing a greater role in businesses. But they face challenges: high-performance and lower cost inkjet printers and a weak economy that caused companies to look for ways to cut print costs or allocate those costs to departments. And there's still a big market for black and white printers. View Now

ALSO SEE

• Firefox 4 Is Faster, Cleaner, More Secure

• Top 15 Cloud Collaboration Apps

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VIDEOS

Sprint and HTC Go EVO 3D and EVO View Tablet
Sprint announced its 21st and 22nd 4G devices: the HTC EVO 3D, a 4.3-inch, stereoscopic display phone with dual core 1.2 GHz processors; and the HTC EVO View, a 7-inch tablet with a 1.5 GHz processor. Both offer hot spots that support 8 devices. Watch

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• Samsung Announces Two Super Thin Galaxy Tablets

• 03.22.11 Is OTC Derivatives Reform In Jeopardy?

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