Halloween Bonus newsletter: Graveyards, pumpkins & horror stories

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	5 IT security horror stories (and 5 solutions) When it comes to security, your employees may be your weakest link. While policies and training can go a long way toward helping your employees keep devices and data safe, sometimes technology is the answer. Read More In this Issue Best Tech-o-lanterns, 2013 Geekiest Halloween Costumes from Around the Web 2013 tech industry graveyard Google's Graveyard: 13 products Google killed off in 2013 Microsoft's Graveyard: 16 products that Microsoft has killed World's craziest Halloween coffins Best Halloween musical light shows Zombies Are Scary for Halloween, Scarier for Mobile IT Top Mac-o-lanterns from around the Web Top Linux-o-lanterns from around the Web Happy Halloween! Marissa Mayer reportedly just bought a funeral home Tech-or-treat: What 13 tech companies might be handing out this Halloween That's no poltergeist invading your privacy: Spooky spying hacks make homes seem haunted Best Tech-o-lanterns, 2013 We've updated our collection of cool, scary and fun pumpkin carvings from around the web, with social media and other topics trending hot. Read More Geekiest Halloween Costumes from Around the Web With Halloween only a few weeks away, it's time to start planning a really cool Halloween costume rather than running out on Oct. 30 and picking up some toilet paper or putting a sheet over your head. We've scoured the Web to find a bunch of techie, geeky or nerdy costume ideas that others have tried before to get you inspired. Read More 2013 tech industry graveyard Google, Microsoft and Yahoo among those reading products their last rites Read More Google's Graveyard: 13 products Google killed off in 2013 Google giveth (including Google Death) and Google taketh away. This year, the company has sent a host of well-known and more obscure offerings to their demise. But don't worry, the company still has dozens of new and old products in its portfolio. Here's a look back at the ones killed off this year. Read More Microsoft's Graveyard: 16 products that Microsoft has killed Some were killed off, others folded into new products. Either way, no product lives forever. Read More World's craziest Halloween coffins From KISS caskets to lions and airplanes, a plethora of burial boxes populate the world Read More Best Halloween musical light shows Techies wire up spooky home light shows to scare/entertain the neighborhood. Read More Zombies Are Scary for Halloween, Scarier for Mobile IT If you're talking about movies or Halloween costumes, zombies are scary fun. However, when the term for the undead refers to company-owned or BYOD mobile phones, CIOs are looking at the potential for frightening amounts of buried expenses. Read More Top Mac-o-lanterns from around the Web A snapshot of Apple devotion expressed via carved vegetation. Read More Top Linux-o-lanterns from around the Web A glimpse at open source fandom depicted in Halloween pumpkin carvings. Read More Happy Halloween! Marissa Mayer reportedly just bought a funeral home Here's one way to celebrate the ghostly holiday: Buy a funeral home. Read More Tech-or-treat: What 13 tech companies might be handing out this Halloween Here's what trick-or-treaters could expect to get if these technology companies turned on their porch lights this Halloween Read More That's no poltergeist invading your privacy: Spooky spying hacks make homes seem haunted Back in the day, 1990s and early 2000s, you didn't hear too much about remote administration tools (RAT), so victims of early RATs like Back Orifice, Netbus or Sub7 would often freak out when the CD-tray would open or close on its own, music files would play for no reason, emails would be snatched from thin air, or files, icons, the clock and task manager would disappear. Read More
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