Facebook error that hijacks thousands of websites isn't just an 'inconvenience'

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	Facebook error that hijacks thousands of websites isn't just an 'inconvenience' Thousands of major websites -- and also not-so-major ones -- found their traffic redirected to a Facebook error page yesterday, a phenomenon that lasted upwards of an hour, according to varying accounts. Although the social networking site dismissed the event as the result of a Facebook error that was "quickly repaired," it would be imprudent to blithely view the event as a glitch or mere inconvenience. It's downright concerning, both from a business and a privacy perspective. Read More WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn Connect to Customer's Mobile Devices for Improved Service Superior customer support and service are top priorities for leading companies looking to achieve competitive advantage. This report looks at how call centers, online chat, click-to-call and offering remote support to customers' smartphones are all keys to satisfying and keeping customers. Learn more. In this Issue Windows 8 PCs languish in a world of hurt Adobe releases emergency Flash fixes for two zero-day bugs IBM eyes mobile, social workloads for mainframe platform Toshiba ships first NAND flash chips with faster transfer standard WHITE PAPER: FalconStor Confronting the Data Backup Challenge Data deduplication has clearly become a mainstream technology helping many organizations optimize backup efficiency. This IDG survey of 215 IT managers reveals successful deduplication strategies, 6 criteria in choosing a deduplication solution, when not to dedupe and a look ahead to the future of deduplication. Learn More Windows 8 PCs languish in a world of hurt Quick, does anyone have a Windows 8 success story they'd like to share? Because right about now Microsoft and the companies that make Windows PCs could use some good news. Maybe I wouldn't go as far as Robert X. Cringely, who says, "You can make more money selling oranges at freeway off-ramps than you can selling PCs these days." But you know the news ain't good when the Onion starts mocking you. Read More Adobe releases emergency Flash fixes for two zero-day bugs Adobe on Thursday updated Flash Player to patch a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers were already using to hijack Windows PCs and Macs. The out-of-band, or emergency, update was Flash's first of the year and the first since Adobe moved the media software to a regular update schedule last fall. Read More IBM eyes mobile, social workloads for mainframe platform The head of IBM's mainframe group is looking to bring mobile and social workloads into the platform in another move that would help the mainframe stay relevant and fend off competition from lower-cost systems. The mainframe has confounded predictions that it would go the way of the dodo, partly because IBM keeps adding capabilities to modernize it and widen its appeal. But it's still a costly system for which IBM needs to justify customers' continued investment. Read More Toshiba ships first NAND flash chips with faster transfer standard Toshiba has started shipping the first NAND flash chips to support Universal Flash Storage, a new standard that is 50 percent faster than current technology. The company said Friday that it began shipping samples in January of a 64GB chip that supports the UFS standard, allowing transfer speeds of up to 300MB per second. The latest version of the current eMMC (embedded MultiMediaCard) standard supports speeds of up to 200MB per second. Read More
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