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Against an omnipresent backdrop of recession and uncertainty, IT security pros this week will gather at an RSA Conference focused on malware proliferation, protection of virtualized and cloud-computing environments, and the specter of rising government involvement in their work. Also, Oracle has agreed to purchase Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion. (5:23) OK, I'm ready. Tweet me. Sun's MySQL could thrive under Oracle ownership, analysts say
Despite competing against Oracle's flagship database management system, MySQL should be in good shape under Larry Ellison, analysts say. Plus:
Before Sun: Oracle's recent acquisitions
Oracle's Sun buy: Ellison praises Solaris, snubs IBM Carriers to feds: Show me the money on massive telecom deal
Two years ago, the U.S. General Services Administration awarded a 10-year, $20 billion program called Networx that was touted as the world's largest-ever telecom deal. 802.11n complications are imminent
As you likely know, the current fair-haired wireless LAN version, 802.11n, is multidimensional, making product comparisons challenging. Those comparisons are likely to soon get even thornier when 1x1, single-stream 802.11n products emerge for netbooks, smartphones and even laptops. At issue: the Wi-Fi Alliance currently lacks certification programs and categories to accommodate this new breed of 802.11n product. Adobe's new Flash can stream Internet content to TVs
Adobe Systems on Monday unveiled a version of its Flash multimedia streaming technology that would allow people to run entertainment programming directly to television sets from the Internet, a new option for the rapidly changing digital-home market. FBI used spyware to catch cable-cutting extortionist
The FBI used spyware to catch a Massachusetts man who tried to extort Verizon and Comcast by cutting 18 data- and voice-carrying cables in 2005, documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Wired.com revealed yesterday. Free virtualization toolkit launched
Vizioncore has released a beta of a freeware toolkit that it has sponsored, which will give system administrators the "ability to streamline the management of multi-platform virtual environments." Has Microsoft lost its war on open source?
Is Microsoft a friend or foe of open source? Going by the company's actions, Microsoft can't seem to decide whether to make love or war. But if it's war, Microsoft appears to lack the legal weaponry to defeat or even disturb its adversaries. Tech groups praise Obama pick for CTO
Tech vendors and trade groups have praised U.S. President Barack Obama's appointment of Virginia's secretary of technology as the U.S. government's CTO, saying that Aneesh Chopra has strong experience using technology to make government more responsive to citizens. Today on Google Subnet
Kaila Colbin: Nobody really cares about privacy; Comparing Apples and app stores; Windows 7 Starter is a non-starter; Twitter jumps the shark; and Google Blogoscoped checks out Google’s new CAPTCHA approach. | 
From WiMAX hotspots to $2,000 cell phones, a look at what caught our attention at CTIA Wireless.
Sure, the new generation knows Facebook, Android and Twitter. But what about ISDN, SNA and X.25? Take the quiz!
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