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Two U.S. House of Representatives members reported recently that their computers on Capitol Hill containing information about political dissidents had been hacked by sources “apparently working out of China,” several stories said this week.
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Popular new devices like Apple’s iPhone have reignited the debate over ‘consumerization’–where new technologies are introduced into the consumer market and then brought into the enterprise market–with employees determined to integrate their personal devices with their enterprise applications. However, IT managers are reluctant to take on the responsibility of managing these devices, according to a new report by independent market analyst Datamonitor.
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If you were there, or if you’ve been reading the online news, you may have a fair idea of what went on at this year’s ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum, but if you’ve read this blog at all, what you’re really after is the underlying trends, secret murmurs and inside scoops that swirled about the conference in Las Vegas. Not being one to disappoint, I will be happy to share.
Global warming advocates and opportunists were no doubt shocked and dismayed to learn in recent weeks that, rather than warming up, the Earth’s temperature appears to have decreased over the past decade.
InformationWeek reports that in a contest of hackers, a MacBook Air was easily compromised within two minutes using a zero-day vulnerability (a vulnerability that is exploited for hacking before it generally becomes known) in Apple’s Safari 3.1 Web browser.
IBM has announced the launch of its new System z10 mainframe computer, delivering what the Armonk, N.Y.-based company claims is “up to 100 percent performance increase” and a design that will “drastically increase efficiency.”
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