Mar 12 2009

BBC hacks into thousands of PCs

News programme ‘Click’ takes over a botnet.The BBC has deliberately hacked into 22,000 PCs to prove the power of botnets, and the damage that can be done with a network of compromised computers.

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Mar 12 2009

6 Ways how I let Twitter work for me

Very interesting article in different ways to use Twitter for you benefit. Gives you some great ideas, and explains some nifty tricks used by Twitterers.

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Mar 12 2009

NASA’s Lunar Camera Promises Amazing Moon Shots

The satellite will launch in May and offer high-resolution photos of the entire moon roughly equal to 1.5 feet per pixel.

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Mar 12 2009

iPhone OS 3.0 coming March 17th!

We just got the announcement. Set your clocks, mark your calendars. It’s going down March 17th.

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Mar 12 2009

Google’s Free Phone Manager Threatens Traditional Services

Google stepped up its attack on the telecommunications industry on Thursday with a free service called Google Voice that, if successful, could chip away at the revenue of companies big and small, like eBay, which owns Skype, telephone companies and a string of technology start-up firms.

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Mar 12 2009

Linux : Critical Mass. Momentum Is Building. " Dvorak."

“…almost all of the newest hardware coming out has Linux support. The critical mass has been reached. Go download Ubuntu 8.10 and see for yourself what the fuss is about. You won’t regret it”

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Mar 12 2009

Should CEOs Facebook And Twitter?

Many corporate executives either dismiss social networking as a time-wasting distraction or regard it as a risk management problem.

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Mar 12 2009

DHS Appoints MS Executive to Secure Government Computers

You might not think it’s newsworthy when the Department of Homeland Security fills a job vacancy. But it’s news when a department that has security in its name actually appoints someone with security in his background.Unfortunately, in this case, the security background comes courtesy of Microsoft

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Mar 12 2009

The Broadband Gap: Why Do They Have More Fiber?

Government subsidies were a big factor in the rollout of broadband in the countries with the fastest Internet service.

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Mar 12 2009

12 changes that would give US cybersecurity much needed kick

Potential cyber attacks against federal and private-sector networks loom larger every day and while the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made some important efforts, it has yet to fulfill many of the myriad responsibilities placed on it by the national cybersecurity plan. That’s conclusion of new GAO report

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