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Cisco users on Notice

'Hash Hunters' Web service cracks password hashes for bitcoins

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September 05, 2013

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10 hard-earned lessons of a lifetime in IT

Hotshot young techies take heed: Here are 10 things I wish I knew before starting my career in IT

Issue highlights

1. Cisco users on Notice

2. 'Hash Hunters' Web service cracks password hashes for bitcoins

3. Cloud ERP Helps Company Track Inventory, Increase Sales

4. Cache warfare: Azure and AWS get updated caching services

5. 10 defining moments in tech-labor history

6. Almost 90 percent of Internet users have taken steps to avoid surveillance, survey finds

7. FIRST LOOK: Samsung's new Galaxy gadgets

8. Yahoo looks to freshen its image with a new logo

9. INSIDER Speech recognition: Gimmick or good enough?

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Cisco users on Notice

Cisco issued four security notices - not security advisories - recently to alert users of "low- to mid-level severity" security issues involving the company's IOS XR software, Unified Computing System server, ASA firewalls and wireless LAN controllers. READ MORE

'Hash Hunters' Web service cracks password hashes for bitcoins

A search for "Hash Hunters" turns up marijuana-themed t-shirts for sale. It also brings up a password-cracking outsourcing service, payable in bitcoin. READ MORE

Cloud ERP Helps Company Track Inventory, Increase Sales

Implementing cloud-based ERP software wasn't exactly a nuts-and-bolts deployment for FMW Fasteners, as the software needed specific fastener manufacturing industry functionality. Experience rolling our cloud CRM helped, as did an experienced consultant. Now FMW's cloud ERP gains are boosting the firm's ecommerce prospects. READ MORE

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Optimize Your Wi-Fi Network

Driven by the rapid evolution of mobile devices, the move to cloud-based applications and data, and the continued development of new wireless technologies, Wi-Fi has become the network of choice for connectivity. Most new devices no longer have wired connectivity. IT managers now count Wi-Fi as an essential business facility. Learn more.

Cache warfare: Azure and AWS get updated caching services

The competition between Microsoft's Windows Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) has moved to the caching layer: Both companies updated their caching services this week. READ MORE

10 defining moments in tech-labor history

Contract labor abuse, offshoring, H-1B misuse -- the events, innovations, lawsuits, and layoffs that shaped today's tech-labor tensions READ MORE

Almost 90 percent of Internet users have taken steps to avoid surveillance, survey finds

A majority of U.S. Internet users polled in a recent survey report taking steps to remove or mask their digital footprints online, according to a report from the Pew Research Center's Internet Project and Carnegie Mellon University. READ MORE

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FIRST LOOK: Samsung's new Galaxy gadgets

Our look at lineup of new Samsung hardware – including the industry's first smartwatch. READ MORE

Yahoo looks to freshen its image with a new logo

Yahoo's logo is now a little bit sleeker, under a redesign unveiled Wednesday in keeping with the company's reinvention efforts. READ MORE

INSIDER

Speech recognition: Gimmick or good enough?

When Motorola released its Moto X smartphone earlier this month, the voice recognition feature was considered one of the most noteworthy. The first device Motorola conceived and built since Google acquired the company, the Moto X used voice-recognition technology to access Google Now, a digital personal assistant of sorts that makes recommendations based on the user's search history. READ MORE

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Securing Enterprise Info : Android, iOS & Windows Devices

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SLIDESHOWS

Top tech hoarders: 15 companies with huge cash piles

Apple, Microsoft, Google and Cisco are flush with cash, and so are many other tech companies.

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