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17th of Feb, 2012 by Admin

Apple's new OS X tightens screws on some malware

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Computerworld First Look: February 17, 2012 =============================================================== Apple's new OS X tightens screws on some malware Mac OS X Mountain Lion will offer users a new security model that by default lets users install only programs downloaded from the Mac App Store or those digitally signed by a registered developer. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552398/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: RIM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To find out how this new approach will end mobile chaos, http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552399/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Oracle and SAP given June court date for TomorrowNow retrial http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552400/0/ 2. Apple could face U.S. lawsuit related to iPad trademark dispute in China http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552401/0/ 3. Apple's Mountain Lion share menu lacks Facebook option http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552402/0/ 4. School system adopts Windows 7 tablets over iPad http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552403/0/ 5. Twitter, American Express launch self-service ad platform http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552404/0/ 6. From CIO.com: Windows 8: Assessing IT Risks of a Consumer-Driven Wave http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552405/0/ 7. 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi coming together in small cells http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552406/0/ 8. Cybersecurity bill would create costly regulations, say critics http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552407/0/ 9. IBM says future computers will be constant learners http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552408/0/ 10. Roche to move 90, 000 employees to Google Apps http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552409/0/ 11. Baidu's Q4 profit rockets 77 percent http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552410/0/ 12. TechAmerica Foundation: Governments need to get into the cloud http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552411/0/ 13. DDoS attackers start targeting IPv6 networks http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552412/0/ 14. IT Blogwatch: Mountain Lion: Download Apple OS X 10.8 dev build http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552413/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Citrix~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scale capacity on demand? Not with F5. The Iron Age is officially over. The Cloud Age is here. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 5x capacity on-demand. No new hardware. Shift up to the cloud. Get investment protection and elasticity for your network with NetScaler Pay-as-You-Grow. Simple, software-based licensing. The capacity you need, when you need it. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/549338/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oracle and SAP given June court date for TomorrowNow retrial Oracle and SAP may be back in court on June 18 to begin a retrial of Oracle's corporate theft lawsuit involving SAP's former TomorrowNow subsidiary, according to a judge's order Thursday. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552400/0/ Apple could face U.S. lawsuit related to iPad trademark dispute in China A trademark dispute in China over the iPad could spill over into U.S courts, after a little-known Chinese company threatened on Friday to sue Apple in the U.S. for among other things allegedly setting up a "fake company" to purchase the rights to the trademark. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552401/0/ Apple's Mountain Lion share menu lacks Facebook option Apple's new Mountain Lion OS, which was previewed Thursday, includes a sharing feature readily available in most apps -- but users can't use the menu to share via Facebook. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552402/0/ School system adopts Windows 7 tablets over iPad A U.S. school district Thursday said it was handing students 2, 000 Fujitsu tablets with the Windows 7 OS, and selected it over the iPad because of durability and security concerns. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552403/0/ Twitter, American Express launch self-service ad platform Twitter has tied with American Express to offer its merchants and card members early access to an online advertising platform for small businesses. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552404/0/ From CIO.com: Windows 8: Assessing IT Risks of a Consumer-Driven Wave Microsoft is betting big on Windows 8. But will the immense promotional efforts the software giant is putting behind the latest Windows OS pay off? CIO.com's Rob Enderle handicaps the high-stakes game Redmond is playing. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552405/0/ 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi coming together in small cells The age of monolithic cell-tower networks with a few Wi-Fi hotspots and home femtocells sprinkled in may come to an end at this year's Mobile World Congress, where a diverse range of small cells and integrated Wi-Fi systems will be on display. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552406/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Best Practices for Implementing 2048-bit SSL Ready for 2048-bit SSL? Not with F5. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 2x faster 2048-bit SSL performance. Download the Citrix and Verisign 2048-bit Performance Kit. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552414/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cybersecurity bill would create costly regulations, say critics Leaders in the U.S. Senate are trying to fast-track new cybersecurity legislation that will create costly new regulations for some businesses, some critics said Thursday. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552407/0/ IBM says future computers will be constant learners Tomorrow's computers will constantly improve their understanding of the data they work with, which in turn will help them provide users with more appropriate information, predicted the software mastermind behind IBM's Watson system. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552408/0/ Roche to move 90, 000 employees to Google Apps Health care and pharmaceutical company Roche Group will standardize its email and calendaring system on Google Apps for about 90, 000 employees worldwide, the companies announced on Thursday. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552409/0/ Baidu's Q4 profit rockets 77 percent Baidu's fourth-quarter profit increased 77 percent from a year earlier as its online marketing customers nearly doubled, the Chinese search giant said. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552410/0/ TechAmerica Foundation: Governments need to get into the cloud The cloud is being pitched as the best way to do more with less, but government agencies are slow to modernize, California official stresses http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552411/0/ DDoS attackers start targeting IPv6 networks Cybercriminals have started launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against networks that transmit data over IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), according to a report published recently by DDoS mitigation vendor Arbor Networks. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860229/869152226/552412/0/ IT Blogwatch: Mountain Lion: Download Apple OS X 10.8 dev build Mountain Lion, or Mac OS X 10.8, is coming, and you can download the developer build (if you're a dev, or if you have teh BitTorrentz). 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