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Video: Inside the Enigma: Not a Riddle
Neal Weinberg gets a special sneak peek inside the Enigma device, which was used by the Allies in World War II to help crack German codes.
Cisco Q3 revenue, earnings fall
Cisco revenue for its third fiscal quarter fell 17% from a year earlier, while net income plunged 21% to $1.3 billion, or $0.23 per share.
Post-breach, Heartland plans aggressive encryption project
Heartland Payment Systems intends to deploy end-to-end encryption with its merchants to protect its payment processing system from cybercriminals.
‘Pizza box’ servers lose relevancy in virtualized data centers: analyst
Why virtualization may spell doom for the 1U “pizza box” server, and other findings presented at IT Roadmap.
Symantec sees slowdown in security sales
Citing a slowdown in sales of its security and compliance products and weakness in international currencies, Symantec said Wednesday that it would post a $249 million loss for the quarter ending April 3.
Groups complain of continued secrecy about trade pact
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) continues to withhold important details about a closely held copyright enforcement trade agreement, despite promises from U.S. President Barack Obama to release more information, two digital rights groups said Wednesday.
Unified communications, collaboration can help save cash
Speakers at Network World’s IT Roadmap Boston detail how technology helps them do their jobs more efficiently.
Why IT should start throwing data away
It can be a storage nightmare: Given expanding regulatory requirements and the key role that electronic records now play in lawsuits, some enterprises are saving every bit of data they have, just to be safe. As a gauge of storage demand, IDC says the total amount of disk storage shipped last year grew 40.5% from 2007.
Buzzblog: Electric company wants cut fire risk … by cutting off electricity?
It needs state permission first, but that’s what a California utility has proposed doing in response to a report citing the overloading of old wooden poles as the cause of a fire that ravaged Malibu. Power would be turned off if winds exceed 35 mph. And they’re calling this brainstorm “pro-active de-energization,” lest anyone get the right idea.
Cisco loses $45M Telepresence deal to Polycom
Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese says a deal to roll out 50 public virtual meeting rooms for Regus Group PLC was shelved when the Telepresence technology turned out to be too hard to implement, according to Regus CEO Mark Dixon.
Microsoft Imagine Cup U.S. finals: Team Multipoint winsThe Microsoft Subnet has video of a team of brothers who won the U.S. finals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup on Tuesday, and two others, to make you feel like you were there.
May Giveaways
Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet are collectively giving away books on Google Apps Deciphered, the CCNA Security exam, an awesome SQL Server 2005/2008 training video and the grand prize, a Microsoft training course from New Horizons worth up to $2,500. Deadline for entries May 31.
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