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Chinese hackers resume attacks on U.S. targets

For the last three months or so, the U.S. government and some of its defense contractors have engaged in a war of shame on China to pressure it to cool its cyber-attacks on U.S. targets. The campaign appeared to be yielding results, but it seems that Chinese hackers were only catching their breath.

Shrinking chips challenge Moore's Law

Intel will continue to fulfill Moore's Law for the foreseeable future, but the challenge of keeping up with it is growing as chips get smaller, says a company executive.

MANAGEMENT CENTRE

CAREERS

Skill shortages? Not if you pay or train

Companies in search of workers with the most sought-after IT skills may be better off investing in training programs for current workers than hiring new employees, according to IDC

IT GOVERNANCE

Cyber experts fear escalation of attacks

Rear Admiral William Leigher, who is in charge of “information dominance” with the US Navy, says its networks see thousands of intrusion attempts every day.

LEADERSHIP AND MGMT

CIOs' relationship with marketing is weak: survey

CIOs are not putting the same amount of effort into partnering with marketing as they are with finance and operations.

LEGAL

Guest View: Understanding the key offerings of the Trademark Clearinghouse

Jan Corstens, partner at Deloitte handling the Trademark Clearinghouse, advises businesses on the necessary steps to take leading up to the launch of new Internet domains

OUTSOURCING

How India's IT outsourcing leaders can stay on top

After a decade of double-digit growth, India's offshore IT outsourcing leaders must shift strategies if they want to continue to dominate in technology services as growth slows in a maturing market. Here are six things Indian outsourcers need to do to grow.

PROJECT MGMT

Guest View: The hidden costs of support

Sunil Desai, Director for Managed Services at Dimension Data Asia Pacific, points out that the bulk of support-related expenses fall outside the scope of traditional support offerings. It is important therefore to identify and eliminate 'hidden' expenses.

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RESOURCE CENTRE

APPLICATIONS

Successful companies embrace shadow IT

Employees are deploying, building and procuring their own applications, and some CIOs embrace the practice.

CLOUD COMPUTING

Barracuda triples free cloud storage to 15GB

Free global cloud storage solution called Copy was created to meet the high demands of today's mobile users, says Barracuda's Malaysia-based regional manager.

DATA CENTER

Lessons learned in my virtual desktop integration (VDI) deployment

As the IT infrastructure manager at Digital Intelligence Systems LLC (DISYS), an IT solutions company, I recently initiated the build-out of a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) to support our large mobile workforce, and learned some important lessons along the way that may help smooth the way for your VDI rollout.

IMAGING AND PRINTING

Nanoscribe 3D-prints microscopic objects using freakin' laser beams

As cool as it is to be able to replicate just about any object you want using a 3D printer, the things you create can still look really rough, because the printers are not high-resolution. That is, the layers of plastic it lays down are not thin enough--think of it a little like the jaggies on a low-resolution computer screen.

INDUSTRIES

Senate report: Apple claims subsidiaries with no taxing jurisdiction

Apple avoids paying billions of dollars in taxes a year through a 'complex web' of offshore entities, the report says.

INTERNET

Yahoo revamps Flickr and offers a terabyte of free storage

Full-quality image uploads and a photo-rich interface are at the heart of the updated service.

MOBILE AND WIRELESS

New MacBook Air in the wind

Apple appears to be readying itself for a brand spanking new MacBook Air. It's driven down supplies of the current stock at its major US retailers, according to a report.

NETWORKING

Smartphones take center stage in two-factor authentication schemes

SecureAuth IdP wins test of 8 software-based authentication systems that deliver enterprise-level security.

OPERATING SYSTEMS

How to prepare for Windows 8 even though It's not coming to enterprises

Windows 8 won't be adopted as a standard at your business anytime soon, according to a new Forrester report. But that doesn't mean IT shouldn't prepare for it to sneak through the BYOD side door. Here are five ways to be ready for Windows 8.

SECURITY

Chinese hackers resume attacks on U.S. targets

For the last three months or so, the U.S. government and some of its defense contractors have engaged in a war of shame on China to pressure it to cool its cyber-attacks on U.S. targets. The campaign appeared to be yielding results, but it seems that Chinese hackers were only catching their breath.

STORAGE

Improve performance with a hard drive upgrade

Alloystory asked the Laptops forum about speeding up a PC by replacing the hard drive with something faster.

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