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Hacker writes rootkit for Cisco's routers
A security researcher has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco Systems' routers, a development that has placed increasing
scrutiny on the routers that carry the majority of the Internet's traffic.
Glitch mars launch of Wi-Fi on high-speed trains
The train was on time, but the commercial launch of Wi-Fi Internet access service on high-speed trains between Brussels and
Paris was marred by a technical glitch that kept many travelers offline for much of the ...
SEC charges former Broadcom executives with backdating
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two current and two former officers of semiconductor vendor Broadcom
for their alleged participation in a supposed five-year scheme to backdate stock options ...
FCC takes first step toward spectrum re-auction
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has taken a first step toward re-auctioning a band of spectrum that failed to sell
in the 700MHz auctions that ended in March.
Web conferencing for iPhone
BeamYourScreen is a new Web application for the iPhone that lets users engage in desktop/screen sharing and Web conferences
using the device.
Six factors that will decide the fate of Silverlight
Since the public release of its earliest version last year, Silverlight has been touted as Microsoft Corp.'s Flash killer.
This relatively new Web development platform aims to challenge Adobe's venerable Flash (and ...
Understanding Microsoft SharePoint in a Web 2.0 world
Microsoft's answer to Web 2.0 - technologies such as wikis, blogs and social networks - can be found in SharePoint, the software
platform tied to the Microsoft Office suite that the vendor hopes will become the one-stop ...
LIVE CHAT TODAY
Open source and its changing role in the enterprise with Stormy Peters
Live chat today from 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. EST. Peters can answer your questions about the open-source movement, reality versus
hype, managing open source tools and anything else about the software world you want to discuss. Peters is co-founder of the
non-profit GNOME Foundation and director of community and partner programs for OpenLogic. No registration necessary.
BLOGS
Buzzblog: Worst of the lot for two years running
That's the uncomfortable verdict for PCMall and PCConnection rendered this morning by the just-released "ForeSee Results Top
100 Online Retail Satisfaction Index." PCMall and PCConnection not only bring up the rear among computer and electronics sites,
they bring up the rear, period.
Today on Cisco Subnet
First rootkit for IOS created; Four vulnerabilities found in Cisco Unified Communications Manager; Cisco meets Marc Andreessen's Ning social networking site; The funny side of the IPv4 address shortage.
Today on Microsoft Subnet
Confirmed … investor Carl Icahn will try and force Yahoo/Microsoft together; Video: Bill Gates shows off TouchWall, giant interactive whiteboard; Microsoft Telescope is revealed (on your desktop); Why 1984 won't be like 1984 for HP/EDS.
MAY GIVEAWAYS
May giveaways from Microsoft Subnet and Cisco Subnet
Win a Microsoft training course worth up to $2,500 from New Horizons; a Cisco training course worth up to $3,995 from Global Knowledge; one of 15 copies of the SharePoint training video, WSS and MOSS 3.0 Development (video training) published by Sams; one of 15 copies of the Cisco Press book CCNA Practice Questions (Exam 640-802), 3rd Edition, or a Cool Stuff techno-toy worth up to $500 from Global Knowledge. Hurry! Deadline for entries is May 31.
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