SQL flaws remain an Achilles heel for IT security groups

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	SQL flaws remain an Achilles heel for IT security groups Indictments filed against five persons charged in a massive international hacking scheme indicate that SQL injection vulnerabilities continue to be a huge security Achilles heel for large IT operations. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Data+ Conference Computerworld Data+ Conference: Sept. 8-10, Scottsdale, AZ Data+, which evolved from the former BI & Analytics Perspectives Conference, takes place September 8-10, 2013 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Over the course of this two-day event, 250+ IT decision-makers and business leaders, like you, connect with peers and leading big data business and technology solution providers. Register now. In this Issue Microsoft ships IE11 preview for Windows 7 Google's Chromecast menaces Apple TV Oracle sues companies it says provide Solaris OS support illegally Five indicted in massive hacking scheme Review: SanDisk's wireless mobile flash drives -- one of them's a winner In a boost for Amazon, Penguin to end Apple e-books deal MediaTek to launch a 'true' 8-core chip in Q4 Time to toss that HDTV? 4K UHD TVs become affordable PayPal opens bug bounty program to minors JR Raphael: What Google's new Nexus 7 is actually like to use Preston Gralla: Reality check: Microsoft will make billions as far as the eye can see Jonny Evans: This is how Apple will reinvent TV while Google plays catch-up JR Raphael: What's new in Android 4.3? More than you might think WHITE PAPER: BlackBerry Choosing an MDM Platform: Where to Start the Conversation If you're in the early stages of choosing an MDM solution, or you're considering switching vendors, here are seven critical questions to ask – followed by the opening response from BlackBerry® to each one. Learn More Microsoft ships IE11 preview for Windows 7 Microsoft today released a preview of Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7, making good on a June promise to add Windows' most popular edition to the browser's run list. Read More Google's Chromecast menaces Apple TV Google's new stream-to-TV Chromecast threatens rival Apple's efforts to gain a foothold in the living room, analysts said Wednesday. Read More Oracle sues companies it says provide Solaris OS support illegally Oracle is continuing to crack down on companies it claims are providing support services for its products in an illegal fashion. Read More Five indicted in massive hacking scheme Five men from Russia and Ukraine have been indicted in New Jersey for charges they conspired with each other in a worldwide hacking scheme targeting major corporate networks that compromised more than 160 credit card numbers, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Read More Review: SanDisk's wireless mobile flash drives -- one of them's a winner SanDisk this week released its first wireless external flash drives, offering mobile device users up to 64GB of capacity for streaming movies or storing photos. But only one of the two drives is a clear winner. Read More In a boost for Amazon, Penguin to end Apple e-books deal E-book publisher, Penguin has agreed to terminate its agency agreement with Apple and to allow Amazon to set its own prices for e-books in settlement of a European Union antitrust case. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation EMC Best Practices in Data Protection Monitoring Whether you consider your domain to be a private cloud, a hybrid cloud, or a public cloud, you are providing data protection as a service. According to ESG's 2013 IT Spending Intentions Survey, improving data backup and recovery was the number two-most important IT priority selected by respondents (27%). Learn more. MediaTek to launch a 'true' 8-core chip in Q4 Smartphone and tablet chip vendor MediaTek has unveiled an octo-core processor it says can run all eight cores simultaneously when active. Read More Time to toss that HDTV? 4K UHD TVs become affordable The third largest television maker in the world, China-based TCL, announced today that it will sell a 4K resolution, 50-in. Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV starting this fall for $999. Read More PayPal opens bug bounty program to minors PayPal is opening up its bug bounty program to individuals aged 14 and older, a move intended to reward younger researchers who are technically ineligible to hold full-fledged PayPal accounts. Read More JR Raphael: What Google's new Nexus 7 is actually like to use Google's original Nexus 7 was hands down the tablet to own in 2012. So does its long-anticipated successor do enough to maintain that "must-have" title? Read More Preston Gralla: Reality check: Microsoft will make billions as far as the eye can see The only news these days about Microsoft is all bad: Its terrible quarter, lagging Windows 8 sales, the Surface's flamout, and an inability to gain much mobile traction. But it's reality check time: This is a company that will continue to rake in tens of billions of dollars annually for as long as anyone can see. Read More Jonny Evans: This is how Apple will reinvent TV while Google plays catch-up Apple has a figured out how to play a part in the reinvention of television, and here's how it's about to do it. Meanwhile, Google's attempt to emulate Apple TV with Chromecast underlines the weakness in that firm's television strategy so far. Read More JR Raphael: What's new in Android 4.3? More than you might think Android 4.3 is by no means an earth-shattering release, but it does deliver some pretty significant new features and under-the-hood improvements. Read More
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