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Malware Infects Space Station Laptops
Posted at 8/27/2008 4:57:32 PM EST
"Malware has managed to get off the planet and onto the International Space Station (ISS), NASA confirmed today. And it's not the first time that a worm or virus has stowed away on a trip into orbit. The attack code, which space news site SpaceRef.com identified Monday as 'W...
Malware Infects Space Station Laptops
Posted at 8/27/2008 4:57:32 PM EST
"Malware has managed to get off the planet and onto the International Space Station (ISS), NASA confirmed today. And it's not the first time that a worm or virus has stowed away on a trip into orbit. The attack code, which space news site SpaceRef.com identified Monday as 'W...
Microsoft Reveals IE8 Beta 2
Posted at 8/27/2008 4:57:20 PM EST
"With several days to spare before its self-imposed deadline, Microsoft Corp. today launched the second beta version of its upcoming Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) browser but would not commit to a ship date for the final version. In early June, then-Chairman ...
Linux End-User Summit Planned
Posted at 8/27/2008 4:57:02 PM EST
"The Linux Foundation on Wednesday plans to announce an event enabling Linux users to interact with the Linux community, including high-level maintainers and developers. The first Linux Foundation End User Collaboration Summit is planned for Oct. 13 and 1...
Google May Let Users Comment, Rearrange Results
Posted at 8/27/2008 4:56:52 PM EST
"Google Inc. is considering allowing users of its search engine to tinker with query results by re-ranking them and commenting on them. The company has already run public tests on its search-results pages that contain up and down arrows next to listed lin...
Mac Clone Maker Psystar Sues Apple
Posted at 8/27/2008 4:56:37 PM EST
"The Mac clone maker that was sued by Apple Inc. last month fired back today with a countersuit charging Apple with restraint of trade, unfair competition and other violations of antitrust law. Psystar Corp., a Doral, Fla.-based seller of Intel-based comp...
Adobe: Flash Gaining Traction in the Enterprise
Posted at 7/31/2008 12:39:16 PM EST
"While most people know Flash as primarily a multimedia delivery and development technology for Web sites, it is catching on as a front-end user-interface technology for business applications, an Adobe Systems Inc. manager said. With Microsoft Corp. pushi...
FBI Warns of New Storm Worm Attacks
Posted at 7/31/2008 12:39:03 PM EST
"A rash of complaints prompted the FBI to issue a warning of a new round of spam e-mails bombarding the Internet to spread the malicious Storm worm. In an announcement today, the FBI and its partner organization, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3),...
Developers: DNS Patches Cause Problems
Posted at 7/30/2008 2:00:44 PM EST
"Patches released earlier this month to quash a critical bug in the Domain Name System (DNS) have slowed servers running BIND, the Internet's most popular DNS software, and crippled some systems using Windows Server. Paul Vixie, who heads the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC...
Senator: Hotels To Spy on Olympics Guests
Posted at 7/30/2008 2:00:25 PM EST
"Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) reiterated accusations Tuesday that China is forcing foreign-owned hotels to install electronic eavesdropping equipment ahead of next month's Olympics. The network monitoring equipment, which Brownback claims includes both har...