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In the case of the SecurID hack three months ago, RSA's strategy -- to deny anything was worrisome -- has come back to bite it. Hard. The company is having to learn some of the oldest lessons in security -- and in PR. Find out more, in The Long View...
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Egg meets face, as security company 'fesses up to security breach. Are your RSA SecurID keys safe? Or are we panicking too much?
EMC's RSA says its SecurID two-factor authentication system has been "impacted" thanks to a hack attack. It's not clear whether the company's fob or software 2FA tokens have been compromised. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers push the panic button. Not to mention The animated GIF staring competition...
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Novell's patent threat to Linux and other open source software: some bloggers thought that CPTN was no more, but that was naive.
CPTN Holdings' plan to purchase the Novell open source patent portfolio has been withdrawn. At least, that's what some breathless reporting would have you believe. The consortium of Microsoft, Apple, EMC and Oracle has certainly withdrawn something, but does it really mean that FLOSS is safe? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get to the truth of the matter. Not to mention Chris Ollis's appalling Star Wars pun...
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Unless you have been stranded on a deserted island the last few years, you know that the storage industry is rapidly consolidating. This is due in part to the recent contraction of the overall economy, but only in part. This primary cause of the contraction is that the storage industry is maturing.

This will set the cat among the pigeons in the data-deduplication world: Dell is to acquire Ocarina Networks for its content-aware dedupe and compression technology. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder how this will affect the rest of the industry. Not to mention a telling gamer wedding cake...
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In today's podcast: EMC buys Greenplum; Singapore bank suffers serious IT failure; and Cathay Pacific to offer in-flight broadband.

A single storage frame can suck down more than 2kW of power, adding to the power and cooling loads in you data center. These three steps can help you go green - and save money.

In today's podcast: Cisco, EMC announce cloud partnership; IBM exec out over insider-trading scandal; and Via to release faster Nano chip.

In today's podcast: Pat Gelsinger to leave Intel for EMC; Microsoft-Yahoo deal to face DOJ investigation; and upgrading to Windows 7 can take 20 hours.

In today's podcast: Win7, Bing in spotlight ahead of Microsoft results; China restores some Net access to Xinjiang; Intel cuts prices on some quad-core chips.

In today's podcast: DOJ investigates handset exclusivity; EMC raises Data Domain bid; and Yahoo expands Searchpad beta.

In today's podcast: Data Domain board urges rejection of EMC bid; Twitter plays role in Iran; and Bull launches supercomputer.

A California judge ruled today that former EMC top executive David Donatelli cannot oversee storage operations at HP due to a noncompete clause with his former employer.

EMC employee Nick Glasgow has Leukemia and efforts to cure the disease by transfusing blood platelets and antibiotic treatments have so far failed. What he needs is a bone marrow transplant. The technology community is rallying around the cause of getting as many possible donors to submit a simple sample to the national donor base.

In today's podcast: DOJ alleges EMC paid kickbacks; Intel signs Atom deal with TSMC; and AMD closes deal to spin off manufacturing arm.