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Saturday, November 17, 2012 News   |   Commentary   |   Slideshows   |   Reports   |   Videos   |   TechCenters   |   Events   |   RSS Feeds   Tom LaSusa     Rough week for former CIA Director Petraeus, huh? I love this snippet from contributor Matt Schwartz's recent article about the scandal: "Want to avoid a fall from grace? Then ensure you're not the chief of a spy agency who coordinates your extramarital affairs using a free webmail service." Now to be fair, Petraeus and his girlfriend weren't actually emailing each other. They set up a dummy account, and then would take turns logging in, writing an email and saving it as a draft and then logging out. Then the other person would log in, read the draft and then write up one of their own. Still, the case is a painful reminder that privacy isn't assured in a free, Web-based email service. Now you may be sitting there thinking "Well...duh," but with over 423 million Gmail users out there that can't all be cookie recipes swaps and Facebook friend invites. Now for those of us in the States, this Thursday is Thanksgiving. But for many, this holiday is going to be a hard one to celebrate. A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. Having helped a good friend throw away just about every one of his personal belongings -- and watching his neighbors do the same from their ravaged houses -- I can assure you these folks still need help. So please, if you can afford to, consider making a donation to the Red Cross' relief efforts at http://www.redcross.org/hurricane-sandy. We're taking off next weekend, so we'll see you December 1st! Tom LaSusa Community Manager InformationWeek.com QUOTE OF THE DAY "An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day." -- Irv Kupcinet JOIN THE CONVERSATION Posted By Scritti Politti: "It's exactly the WRONG time to take all of your data and PAY to upload it to some third-party server, then PAY to get it back at crappy data rates while PAYING for the bandwidth and exhausting your data allowance." In reply to: "7 Dumb Cloud Computing Myths" View Entire Response | Post Your Own Reply     MOST POPULAR THIS WEEK 10 Great Windows 8 Apps Transitioning to Windows 8 isn't easy, but these apps can help. 7 Dumb Cloud Computing Myths You've heard the arguments: The cloud is not secure, costs too much, and wrecks the environment. Let us set you straight. Petraeus Fallout: 5 Gmail Security Facts Where did the former CIA director and the woman with whom he was having an affair go wrong? Learn from his experience with Gmail Petraeus Mission Impossible: Cloaking Email, Online Identities So-called security experts making basic information security errors isn't a new occurrence. Arguably, it even led to the rise of the Anonymous hacktivist collective. iPad Heist At JFK Highlights Mobile Tech Risks Two thieves made off with 3,600 iPad Minis in a brazen robbery at New York's JFK Airport, demonstrating that crooks can strike in unexpected ways. Here are tips to protect your smartphones and tablets. Why Android's Dominance Is Bad Google's Android platform grabbed a commanding 72% share of the smartphone market during the third quarter. That needs to change. Microsoft Windows 8 Tablet Plans In Disarray Surface Pro, as well as systems that run Win8 on Intel's Clover Trail platform, are missing in action at a key time -- creating a nasty enterprise tablet problem for Microsoft. MORE NEWS   EYE CANDY: IMAGE GALLERIES 7 Cheap Cloud Storage Options You have a multitude of cloud storage choices beyond Dropbox, for enterprise and personal use. But make sure you understand the differences.  View Now ALSO SEE • The BrainYard's 7 Social Business Leaders Of 2012 • Samsung Galaxy Note II: Visual Tour MORE SLIDESHOWS   RESOURCES AND EVENTS InformationWeek 2013 Outlook Survey We are conducting our annual Outlook Survey to explore how IT leaders are planning their priorities and budgets for 2013. The results of the survey will appear in an upcoming issue as well as in an in-depth report. Take our survey now and enter to win one Samsung Series 5 Chromebook. Survey ends Nov. 19   This e-mail was sent to sojo.blo@gmail.com InformationWeek: The Week In Review -- Published By InformationWeek 600 Community Drive Manhasset, NY 11030 To update your profile, change your e-mail address, or unsubscribe, click here. Thoughts about this newsletter? Give us feedback. Keep This Newsletter Out Of Your SPAM Folder Don't let future editions of InformationWeek: The Week In Review go missing. Take a moment to add the newsletter's address to your anti-spam white list: email@techwebnewsletters.com If you're not sure how to do that, ask your administrator or ISP. Or check your anti-spam utility's documentation. We take your privacy very seriously. Please review our Privacy Statement. © 2012  |  United Business Media LLC  |   Privacy Statement  |  Terms Of Service  |  Contact Us