Vendors, administrators battling 'Heartbleed' bug

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday bids adieu to Windows XP If you want any future security patches, Windows 8.1, Server 2012 R2 Update required Network World Daily News AM April 09, 2014 Share this email Vendors, administrators battling 'Heartbleed' bug Since news of the OpenSSL bug started to spread on Monday, administrators and vendors have made a mad scramble to patch the Heartbleed bug, named for the flawed implementation of the heartbeat option in the cryptographic library. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Microsoft Patch Tuesday bids adieu to Windows XP 2. If you want any future security patches, Windows 8.1, Server 2012 R2 Update required 3. Intel and SGI test full-immersion cooling for servers 4. What’s new in Windows 8.1 Update 5. Google pushes I/O registration deadline back to April 15 6. Business Continuity with the Session Border Controller 7. One user's path to a Chromebook enterprise 8. Bluetooth Audio; UberBuds, meh; Kinivo, yay! 9. 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