GCN Lab Reviews

• Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 netbook

  The Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 is a good, general-use netbook that comes at a great price. It would do well in an environment where money is an issue and every ounce of weight matters. Read More

• Sony Vaio W Series netbook
• Toshiba Mini NB205 N210 netbook

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GCN Lab Impressions

• TwitterPeek: Any point?

  

  GCN Lab ponders the uni-tasking TwitterPeek.

• Spammers jump on the Windows 7 bandwagon

  The GCN Lab finds its spam box filled with fake Windows 7 updates.

• NEO Pro e-mail tool gets a grade change

  The GCN Lab changes its mind about NEO Pro 4.0 e-mail organizing software.

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Tech Product News

• Juniper lays foundation for cloud-based services

  Nov 06, 2009
• Patch Tuesday: Expect 6 security fixes Nov 06, 2009
• Education chases Holy Grail of security Nov 05, 2009

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Tech Blog

• Readers defend PDF format against critics

  

  Readers were of two minds in responding to our report on the Sunlight Foundation’s criticisms of PDF. Several stressed the need for better-educated users. Others contended that data shouldn't always be easy to get at.

• Plasmonics: A new hope for the post-silicon era
• Can your computer read a Web page without your help? Soon it might.

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Another View from Industry Thought Leaders

• 8 myths of cloud computing

  

  The hype around cloud computing has made vendors so desperate for a piece of the action that they have blurred distinctions and adapted definitions to suit their own ends. Cloud computing expert Tarak Modi dispels eight myths.

• 5 key challenges to DOD's cybersecurity

  The Defense Department's chief security officer, who is retiring after nine years, highlights DOD's accomplishments in information assurance and cybersecurity, and lays out the five biggest challenges that remain.

Guest Columnists

CyberEye | Bill Jackson

• Survey reinforces growing insecurity about IT security

  

  A survey by out-of-band authentication provider PhoneFactor finds a growing percentage of IT security and authentication professionals are worried about the security of their data.

Editor's Desk | Wyatt Kash

• Senate plan is a step forward for cybersecurity

  

  The Oct. 31 announcement by Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) that the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is drafting new cybersecurity legislation comes as a constructive, though somewhat overdue, gesture.

Government SOA | Dave Linthicum

• David S. Linthicum | Why SOA matters in migrating to the cloud

  Service-oriented architecture provides an ideal platform for building a private cloud, which first requires breaking down your systems into services, processes and data components. May 27, 2009 Read More

Internaut | Shawn P. McCarthy

• Fusion center approach could be effective in other areas

  The fusion center approach used in antiterrorism operations could also be applied to other civilian uses, such as bridge and road monitoring and electronic business reporting. Sep 28, 2009 Read More

Reality Check | Mike Daconta

• How Data.gov connects the dots of the federal data reference model

  

  The Data.gov concept of operations document sets out an evolutionary path for accessing federal datasets, involving both outward improvements for consumers of the site and inward improvements to agency processes.