Google API with OAuth, Apple wants 'Pod', ZoneAlarms scares, Microsoft shuts blog, and FBI cheats

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Google Apps API now supporting the newer better OAuth mechanism for users to authenticate with the service via APIs instead of any need to provide its Credentials.

Article: http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-oauth-support-for-google-apps-apis.html

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FBI Agent caught cheating in exams organized to evaluate their updated knowledge about security and globe... WOW!!!

Article: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68Q32O20100927

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Microsoft is shutting down Windows Live Blogs, asking to move it to Wordpress; or others if yout want.

Article: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-makes-it-official-windows-live-is-no-longer-a-blogging-platform/7487
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Check-Point's ZoneAlarm just used to give nagging screens to buy but now it fall selfish-cheap scaring off its free version on name of malwares to buy off the product. No matter what I'll use its free version only to nag back.
Article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/20/zonealarm_scareware_flap/
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Apple is bringing Kokin to trial for using 'Pod' for his startup developing video projector called 'Video Pod'.
Article: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/09/apple-startup-go-to-trial-over-pod-trademark.ars
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BAE wins, Google hunted down, Security Success, Firewall and giant Zynga

Pop-Link@[23-Sep-2010]

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BAE Systems has won $40m for the deal to secure US Cyber Borders, covering FBI networks. What happened to Security Teams in US, and even if someOne hacks them after this.
Article: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/232968,fbi-awards-42m-cybersecurity-deal.aspx
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Google revealed that its fiber cable at Oregon was shot down by hunters... OMG!!! my data was there, is this how they securely transfer it, anyways thanks for telling that your cables lie there ;)
Article: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/232831,us-hunters-shoot-down-google-fibre.aspx
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Is Firewall required on individual Desktops? Is it an over-KILL? If your machine is sitting behind a secure server, then still you require Firewall or it is slowing you down? see someone else's perspective...
Article: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/realworld/361375/do-we-really-need-a-firewall-on-our-desktops
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"HP Blog" on  how to measure success of a Security Program in your Organization. Some thoughts on reducing legacy defects and newer possible risks.
Article: http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Following-the-White-Rabbit-A/Measuring-quot-Success-quot/ba-p/82522
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Some details on fastest growing social-gaming giant Zynga... 10% of Internet Population has played their games
Article: http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/22/zynga-moves-1-petabyte-of-data-daily-adds-1000-servers-a-week/
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