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Juniper targets big new switch directly at Cisco Nexus 6000

Firefox community roiled by Java crackdown

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October 22, 2013

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Issue highlights

1. Juniper targets big new switch directly at Cisco Nexus 6000

2. Firefox community roiled by Java crackdown

3. Office 2003 is a bigger threat to Microsoft than Google Docs

4. Why Microsoft should open its free Remote Desktop Client to consumers

5. Ghost of Red Sox past haunts Fenway Park subway stop

6. FBI busts man for pointing laser at Jet Blue, United Airlines jets

7. How to cloudify your apps

8. Q&A: HD Moore, Metasploit Chief Architect and Rapid7 CSO

9. FBStalker and GeoStalker data mining tools can dig into your life

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Juniper targets big new switch directly at Cisco Nexus 6000

Juniper Networks is expected to soon announce a new QFabric switch for top-of-rack applications that supports Broadcom's Trident II silicon for dense 10/40G Ethernet capabilities and competes directly with Cisco's Nexus 6000. READ MORE

Firefox community roiled by Java crackdown

The Firefox web browser will, henceforth, require users to manually activate Java objects on sites that they visit, Mozilla has confirmed. The change is aimed at improving security and moving away from a dependence on proprietary plug-ins, but critics say it will cause untold headaches for developers, admins and less-technical end-users. READ MORE

Office 2003 is a bigger threat to Microsoft than Google Docs

The good news for Microsoft is businesses have rejected free Office alternatives. The bad news is they are holding on to the old versions of Office as well. READ MORE

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Why Microsoft should open its free Remote Desktop Client to consumers

How Microsoft's enterprise solution for remote access to Windows could take the mobile world by storm. READ MORE

Ghost of Red Sox past haunts Fenway Park subway stop

A fellow who plays in my fantasy baseball league flagged this admittedly minor indignity ... and while it's far afield from typical Buzzblog fare, I can't help but share as we anxiously await the beginning of the World Series tomorrow night. READ MORE

FBI busts man for pointing laser at Jet Blue, United Airlines jets

The FBI says it arrested a man in Portland, Ore., for allegedly pointing a green laser at a JetBlue and United Airlines flight in October. READ MORE

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Managing Mobile Access to the Cloud

Use of mobile personal cloud services is proliferating on personal and enterprise-owned mobile devices. Organizations are considering controls that appear to conflict with the spirit of BYOD and wonder if their approach is correct. Learn More

How to cloudify your apps

So you're ready to run your custom-built application in the cloud. Congratulations. But there's one question to you may want to consider before launching it in your private cloud, or Amazon's public cloud: Will it work? READ MORE

Q&A: HD Moore, Metasploit Chief Architect and Rapid7 CSO

In an ongoing series of interviews, we got HD Moore to answer a few questions and pull back the curtain on the methods, tools and motivation for the research he does discovering security exploits. READ MORE

FBStalker and GeoStalker data mining tools can dig into your life

You might be exceedingly careful on Facebook, dutifully changing privacy settings every time Facebook automatically opts you in to a new change, but it only takes one friend who is not careful to open the way to harvesting a wealth of personal information about you. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Spirent Communications

Challenges for Modern Networks Built Using SDN and OpenFlow

The Testing Challenges of SDN and OpenFlow white paper Covers Emerging network deployment scenarios, Current shifts in traffic type crossing networks and Challenges with Cost, Agility and Design. Read Now

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