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	U.S. takes out Coreflood botnet The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI filed a civil complaint, executed criminal warrants, and obtained a temporary restraining order as part of what they called the most comprehensive enforcement action ever taken by U.S. authorities to disable an international botnet. Read More WHITE PAPER: Belden Going Green With Physical Layer Components IT companies are keeping a keen eye on data center energy efficiency, space savings & the movement to build sustainable LEED-certified, "green" facilities. However, "green" can be difficult to measure at the physical layer. This white paper discusses how physical layer components with innovative, "green" features can lower costs while increasing productivity & health. 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Hackers gain root access to Wordpress servers Hackers have compromised several servers that support WordPress and may have obtained source code, according to the founding developer of Automattic, the company behind the popular blogging platform. Read More Toshiba releases self-wiping drives In an effort to keep sensitive data from prying eyes, Toshiba today announced a new family of hard disk drives for a number of devices, including PCs and printers, that automatically wipe themselves of data when connected to unauthorized hosts. Read More Libyan rebels set up own mobile network Rebels in Libya set up their own mobile network, after being disconnected from Tripoli. Read More Six public relations lessons for open source projects The Linux Foundation's Collaboration Summit tends to focus on technical and legal sessions for industry experts — but one of the better sessions at the Summit was Press Training for Community Projects. Led by Jennifer Cloer, the Linux Foundation's director of communications and community, the session drew a great mix of open source contributors and press to trade ideas. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Read now IBM recently introduced the Virtual Desktop for Smart Business, an end-to-end desktop management solution that allows access to personal PCs from anywhere, using any device, via the Virtual Enterprise Remote Desktop Environment (VERDE) from Virtual Bridges. Read now Sprint subscribers get carrier billing on Android Market Sprint subscribers will now be able to pay for the applications they buy on Android Market via their monthly cellphone bill, Google said in a blog post on Wednesday. Read More Red Hat cache move sparks standards spat Red Hat's nomination for a Java EE distributed data cache sparks a standards war. Read More Did You Hear The One About The Hacker Who Stole The Open Source Code? Sounds like a dumb (take your pick - blonde, nationality, etc.) joke. The hacker who breaks in to steal the source code to an open source project. Read More Microsoft shows off IE9's HTML5 chops on Windows Phone 7 We've known for a couple of months that Microsoft will deliver a mobile version of Internet Explorer 9 for its Windows Phone 7 smartphones, and today the company used the MIX11 keynote stage to show a preview of the new browser, including HTML5 audio and video capabilities. Read More WHITE PAPER: Belden Wire The Path to IP Convergence While the convergence of building operating systems offers the potential for significant benefits, it also gives rise to many challenges. This white paper discusses the importance of a properly designed, optimized, and seamlessly integrated supporting network and systems. Read More Microsoft launches cert program for Exchange mobile access Microsoft will certify mobile applications using ActiveSync's enterprise management features. Read More Epsilon breach: When should almost public info be private? A press feeding frenzy followed the somewhat vague April Fools Day announcement by Epsilon Data Management that someone had hacked into its systems and stolen a bunch of email addresses. Was this an important breach? What should you do if you have amassed a pile of such information? Read More Security fragmentation needs to end A new week, a new rash of attacks against security vendors, email marketers and banks. It would be easy to point fingers and laugh at the irony, especially in the case of security vendors, but that would be both petty and shortsighted. Read More Jive Software buys data-mining vendor for social analytics Jive Software is buying data-mining startup Proximal Labs in a move that will help it derive deeper insights into social-networking data, the companies announced Wednesday. Terms were not disclosed. Read More
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