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Microsoft Makes Cloud Management Move On VMware
By Charles Babcock
New System Center suite, due in first half of 2012, centrally manages Windows Server in the data center plus future workloads in private clouds and Windows Azure public cloud.

Google, Mozilla, Wikipedia Fight SOPA Piracy Bill
Blacked-out websites and calls-to-action appear across the Web to protest proposed SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills.

Top 10 PCI Compliance Mistakes
Configuration mistakes, access control gaffes, and scoping issues top the list of common PCI errors.

iPad 3 May Be Coming as Soon as March
The next generation of the iPad could be here in a matter of months and sport features to court content creators.

Biggest Storage Trend of 2012
Performance management skills--in both software and IT professionals--promises to be the biggest storage story this year.

How Facebook Took Down Koobface Malware
Aggressive campaign by the social network to kill the pesky malware included taking down its command-and-control server.

Polycom Offers Wholesale Video-As-A-Service
Videoconferencing vendor also touts integration with IBM UC products at Lotusphere conference.

Amazon Unveils Windows Server Free Trial
Amazon EC2 trial program opens up to software from Microsoft, as battle of cloud platforms heats up.

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Microsoft Makes Cloud Management Move On VMware
New System Center suite, due in first half of 2012, centrally manages Windows Server in the data center plus future workloads in private clouds and Windows Azure public cloud. Can features, licensing tweaks lure VMware users?

Can Anonymous Cripple Critical U.S. Infrastructure?
Homeland Security says Anonymous can cause DDoS attacks, but says chance of attack on scale of Stuxnet is slim.

9 Mobile Health Apps Worth A Closer Look
There's no doubt: Clinicians love their mobile devices. Among many new health apps, here are 9 that healthcare professionals and their patients should investigate.

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Zappos Hack Exposes Passwords
Zappos tells 24 million customers to change passwords; special password-reset website was unavailable to non-U.S. customers.

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CES 2012 Gadget Wrap-Up: Cool To Crazy
The Consumer Electronics Show offers thousands of products, from the sublime to the bizarre. Check out some of the more notable entries of 2012. View Now

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Lytro Camera Captures Light Field, Imagination
The much-hyped Lytro camera captures the entire light field, allowing photographers take picutres that can be refocused after the fact. We get a demonstration of the camera and its compelling capabilities at CES. Watch

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