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  • Social Media Applications a Threat to Businesses: Report

    The fastest growing threat to corporate networks is Web-based social media applications, according to WatchGuard security researchers. These applications can seriously compromise network security, expose sensitive data and create productivity drains on employees. The WatchGuard report predicted social networks will become the leading malware vector over the next few years for three reasons: the culture…

  • Desktop Virtualization

    Desktop Virtualization For example, access your desktop remotely with Citrix’s GoToMyPC software. Get access to that crucial file you left on the computer in the office. Google Voice or Virtual PBX Don’t miss those important phone calls just because you are away from the physical phone in the office. Today there’s plenty of technology to…

  • RIM and Microsoft Grow App Developer Ranks

    (Reuters) – Mobile software developers remain fixated on Apple and on Google’s Android as the prime targets of their toil, but Microsoft and Research In Motion are making inroads as tablet offerings multiply. The iPhone, which boasts more than 300,000 third-party applications, or apps, retains the attention of 92 percent of developers, according to a…

  • iPhone Infiltrates Corporate World with Help of Security Apps

    TORONTO/SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24 (Reuters) – A slew of small security software developers are helping Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone gain a foothold within corporations that were once the exclusive domain of Research In Motion’s (TO:RIM) BlackBerry. The shift reflects efforts by some companies to accommodate the preference of many employees for Apple’s iconic smartphone, a trend…

  • Google’s Outgoing CEO Expects to Stay for 10 More Years

    Jan 25 (Reuters) – Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) outgoing Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Tuesday he expected to spend another 10 years at the company, after his surprise handover last week to co-founder Larry Page. Schmidt, who oversaw the company’s meteoric rise, also said the group would hire thousands of people this year in response to…

  • Flash Support

    Flash Support Apple won’t do it, but it should add Flash support to iOS. Whether or not it will cause more security problems is debatable. And perhaps more importantly, the enterprise requires Flash in several sites it interacts with every day. It might not make Apple happy, but if the company wants to play nice…

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