The week in news: Security threats everywhere

	Windows Phone 7 sends location data without your approval | Surprise! Google+ cookies behave themselves -- unlike Facebook's
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	Windows 8 security: Stronger but gentler Microsoft has added a number of protection features to Windows 8 to better protect the system, all the while making the security less intrusive by limiting the number of notifications a user may receive. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Servers Rule: An Illustrated Guide This guide highlights the savings and benefits of investing in your businesses' first server. Learn the advantages in security, remote access, and managability. Read now In this Issue Windows Phone 7 sends location data without your approval Surprise! Google+ cookies behave themselves -- unlike Facebook's Hot and bothered over browser patches Businesses are failing to maintain data security Lawmakers want investigation of supercookies Mobile devices are fast-growing target of malware WEBCAST: HP Watch the Shop Talk Video: Virtualization Networking InfoWorld contributors Paul Venezia and Matt Prigge explain how to lay a rock-solid networking foundation for server virtualization, drawing on their joint experience deploying virtualization infrastructure across hundreds of sites. View Now! Windows Phone 7 sends location data without your approval There's no doubt about it. Windows Phone 7, right out of the box, sends information about the phone's location to Microsoft. Even if you tell the camera app that it shouldn't use your location, the phone still sends location information to Microsoft. Read More Surprise! Google+ cookies behave themselves -- unlike Facebook's Facebook's lingering cookies are cause for concern, but in an astounding juxtaposition, Google+'s cookies play fair. Read More Hot and bothered over browser patches The browser has become the unlatched door through which attackers break in and compromise computers. Problem is: most organizations do not permit users to upgrade as often as needed. Read More WHITE PAPER: Rackspace Moving your Infrastructure to the Cloud This paper details the significant benefits that Cloud Computing brings and provides guidance to IT decision makers to help their decision making process. This is especially important given the plethora of vendors in the marketplace today. Read Now! Businesses are failing to maintain data security Verizon Business found that nearly 80 percent of firms don't keep up their PCI compliance, jeopardizing data security. Read More Lawmakers want investigation of supercookies The FTC has the authority to investigate supercookies, a persistent form of tracking cookies, under its mandate to protect U.S. consumers against unfair and deceptive business practices, Representatives Joe Barton and Edward Markey said. Read More Mobile devices are fast-growing target of malware IBM's X-Force security research team says mobile application markets are a haven for malware, and expects double the mobile exploits this year. Read More
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