Apple exec fights for new job, sues IBM
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In the land of cheese, tulips and biometrics
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Protecting your .Net app from would-be plagiarizers
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Opinion: Getting to governance
Stripping away the trappings of applications, systems and networks, information is the core asset of most organizations. Jon Espenschied describes how asserting the importance of information governance is crucial to making that asset tangible, addressable and protected.

Security goes to the movies: Iron Man
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Campus Whispers
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Opinion: A spring cleaning for security
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Torvalds: Microsoft is bluffing on patents
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The 7 most annoying developments in software
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Opinion: Mixing open- and closed-source, managing risk
Talk about the worst of both worlds: When Jon Espenschied tried to untangle a malware attack on his dual-boot system, he found out just how vulnerable combining open- and closed-source software can leave a machine.

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