Thursday, May 30, 2013

Look out, Google Fiber – scientists build 400G connection

12 must-play Android games

The cloud goes global: Amazon, Google, Rackspace, Microsoft, Savvis all expand international footprints

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May 30, 2013
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Look out, Google Fiber – scientists build 400G connection

A research team led by Bell Labs' Xiang Liu has published an article in Nature describing a way to send and receive information at 400 gigabits per second across 12,800km of optical fiber – an enormous potential gain of both speed and effective distance compared to current technology.

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Issue highlights

1. 12 must-play Android games

2. The cloud goes global: Amazon, Google, Rackspace, Microsoft, Savvis all expand international footprints

3. Phishing gang jailed for plundering woman's $1.6 million life savings

4. LG: Don't expect a flexible-screen smartphone in 2013

5. Australia mulls requiring OpenDocument Format compatibility

6. McAfee offers business endpoint security suites for broader protection

7. Tim Cook isn't keen on Google Glass, calls wearable technology "incredibly interesting"

8. Cisco study: More users = more devices = more connections =

9. INSIDER What Do CMOs and CIOs Really Think of Each Other?

10. 10 BYOD Worker Types

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12 must-play Android games

Our top picks for gaming on your Android device. READ MORE

The cloud goes global: Amazon, Google, Rackspace, Microsoft, Savvis all expand international footprints

As competition in the cloud computing market intensifies, some of the biggest players are looking beyond their domestic borders to gain an international advantage. READ MORE

Phishing gang jailed for plundering woman's $1.6 million life savings

A heartless phishing gang that stole and frittered a British woman's entire $1.6 million life savings on items including "gold and cheeseburgers" have been handed heavy sentences by a judge at London's Southwark Crown Court. READ MORE

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Five Tips for Outsmarting the Information Age Adversary

Today's attackers vigilantly wait for you to slip up before they strike your information systems and compromise your data. Learn five actions you can take to improve your information risk management and security strategy and stay one step ahead of the information age adversary. Read More

LG: Don't expect a flexible-screen smartphone in 2013

Contradicting previous claims made by other executives in the company, Kim Wong, vice president of the European division of LG Mobile, told Dutch site All About Phones that LG will not have a flexible display screen ready by the end of 2013. READ MORE

Australia mulls requiring OpenDocument Format compatibility

Australia's government may mandate that its agencies use software compatible with OpenDocument Format (ODF), an international file standard. READ MORE

McAfee offers business endpoint security suites for broader protection

Aiming to better address the security needs of businesses of all sizes that are facing increasingly complex attacks, McAfee has added two endpoint security suites to its product lineup. READ MORE

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Stop Frequent DDoS Attacks Before the Damage Is Done

This document examines various DDoS attack methods and the application of specific ADC technologies to block attacks in the DDoS threat spectrum while securely delivering applications and protecting the network, the session, and the user. Read Now.

Tim Cook isn't keen on Google Glass, calls wearable technology "incredibly interesting"

Over the past few months, there have been a number of rumors pointing towards Apple coming out with an iWatch. Most recently, reports have suggested that Apple's rumored foray into wearable technology won't see the light of day until late 2014. In the meantime, one company that has already tipped their hand with respect to wearable technology is Google. Google, of course, recently showcased its Google... READ MORE

Cisco study: More users = more devices = more connections =

Global fixed and mobile IP traffic will grow three-fold between 2012 and 2017, according to Cisco's latest Visual Networking Index (VNI), which was released this week. It is expected to reach an annual run rate of 1.4 zettabytes, or more than a trillion gigabytes per year, by 2017. That's more global traffic than that generated worldwide from 1984 - 2012 combined, the Cisco study states. READ MORE

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What Do CMOs and CIOs Really Think of Each Other?

It's widely predicted that more technology-related budget will move to the marketing department, which leads to a natural question: Will CMOs and CIOs become business partners or merely grit their teeth and co-exist? READ MORE

10 BYOD Worker Types

The BYOD (bring your own device) movement affects everyone at a company, from CEO on down to the hourly worker. Here are 10 of the most common worker types taking shape in the new BYOD workplace. READ MORE

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The Distributed Enterprise: Remote Access and IT Management

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The 20 best iPhone/iPad games of 2013 so far

Fish turn into money, sorcerers rule and things get creepy in these iPhone and iPad games.

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