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How to get certified in VMware virtual networking

As virtual networking sweeps the IT industry, here are the top certifications to get up to speed

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Monday, March 9

Apple Watch event: What to expect

Ahead of Apple's special media event on Monday, we've collected all of the last-minute rumors surrounding the highly anticipated Apple Watch

Google is developing a virtual reality version of Android, report says

Smartphone dead? Fuel cells offer instant power anywhere

Cryptocurrency software bundled with BitTorrent triggers complaints

FTC targets aggravating robocallers again with new public contests

FTC enlists public again with $50k in prize money to slay robocalling

These CompSci programs deliver most bang for buck, report finds

PayScale report breaks out best value colleges for computer science, engineering and more

Two indicted for stealing 1 billion email addresses in historic breach

IoT’s dark side: Hundreds of unsecured devices open to attack

Journalist details the discovery of hundreds of Internet-connected devices that lacked basic password protection

Five takeaways for CIOs from this year’s MWC

IBM Internet of Things boss takes new job at Internet2

Internet2 names Florence Hudson to spearhead innovation

Visa, MasterCard partner with mobile money providers in Africa

Apple Watch will reinforce tech as luxury style

An all-encompassing embrace of technology means that buyers are no longer eyeing brands for their superficial status, but for what they do.

Apple in, AT&T out of The Dow

Apple stock split last year allowed Dow to change its mix

Curt Schilling and the long-standing consequences of trolling at work

It's one thing to misbehave on the Internet. Doing it through your workplace is inexcusable.

IBM CEO Rometty tapped as Northwestern commencement speaker

Northwestern alum returns as one of tech industry's most powerful players

Police arrest man in UK over US Defense Department network intrusion

Windows systems are also vulnerable to FREAK attacks

Clinton’s shadow IT would not have passed private sector muster

Did the State Department CIO have the power to stop Clinton?

Domain keywords used to spot phishing sites

Criminals setting up fake domains for phishing use the same words over and over

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, March 6

ISIS supporters operated at least 46,000 Twitter accounts, study finds

Self-driving car technology could end up in robots

2015 enterprise networking & IT acquisition tracker

Our interactive chart following the top mergers and acquisitions in the enterprise IT market for this year.

Demand for Linux jobs shooting up fast

Linux Foundation report highlights in-demand skills for IT workers

What network technology is going to shake up your WAN?

SD-WAN is set to dominate

Solar panels built into smartphone screen to solve the battery-life crisis

A prototype shown at Mobile World Congress 2015 incorporated solar-power technology into a smartphone's touchscreen to make it accessible even after the battery has died.

Lawmakers target data brokers in privacy bill

Cloud service providers must guarantee zero down time

Federal IT leaders say that anything less than 100 percent, always-on service reliability is unacceptable from cloud vendors.

Fraudsters use Apple Pay to exploit stolen payment card data

The on-device security safeguards built into Apple Pay appear to be unbroken, but fraudsters reportedly came up with another way to exploit the mobile payments system, and experts say the problem is 'rampant.'

An incredibly shrinking Firefox faces endangered species status

Desktop browser continues to bleed user share; combined desktop + mobile share falls under 10%

Red Hat strips down for Docker

Docker buys SDN start-up for container networking

SocketPlane snapped up by Linux container company less than six months after debut

Avi Networks’ analytics tools can be a network engineer’s best ally

Making it easier to identify a problem that may not even involve the network, Avi Networks' analytics let network engineers be "innocent until proven guilty."

Adobe invites help hunting vulnerabilities in its online services

MWC 2015: Microsoft partners with AT&T, Deutsche Telekom for SMB Office

At Mobile World Congress 2015, Microsoft announced deals with AT&T and Deutsche Telekom to bring a full suite of Office apps to SMBs using iOS and Android, in addition to Windows Phone 10.

OpenDNS trials system that quickly detects computer crime

Google, Yahoo offer online tools to keep address books current

Android for Work pushes Google further into enterprise

Google is courting enterprise customers like never before, but it has lacked a proper mobility framework for Android since the OS debuted. Now the company wants to change the game with Android for Work, but could its efforts prove to be too little, t

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, March 5

Five things we learned about Etsy from its IPO filing

Google brings app messaging to its cloud

Cisco might ONIE up

Company says, then doesn't, that Nexus 9K supports open source boot loader

Microsoft’s universal app platform is big play for mobile, but can it deliver?

Facebook wants to get better at detecting fake profiles

Intel’s Skylake chips to appear in tablets, PCs, servers

Against the odds, Canonical and Jolla trot out iOS, Android alternatives

5G, net neutrality may be headed for a showdown

FTC targets group that made billions of robocalls

FTC and 10 state attorneys general settle with vacation services group that made massive amounts of robocalls across the country.