| Twitter virus strikes
Monash: Twitter was hit Saturday by the StalkDaily virus. Twitter had a virus (or worm) whose main symptom is that your Twitter account sends out certain tweets. The virus could be contracted by visiting affected Twitter profile pages. Making a PBX 'botnet' out of Skype or Google Voice?
Flaws in popular Internet-based telephony systems could be exploited to create a network of hacked phone accounts, somewhat like the botnets that have been wreaking havoc with PCs for the past few years. Conficker botnet could flood Web with spam
Windows PCs infected with the Conficker worm have turned into junk mail-spewing robots capable of sending billions of spam messages a day, a security company warned today.
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Conficker Shows Its Colors, Installs Rogue Anti-virus 9 Notebook Rules for Using Wi-Fi In-Flight
We know (though don't always follow) etiquette for public cell phones use, but public laptop usage has avoided a social scrutiny until now. With in-flight Wi-Fi access now available on American Airlines, Delta Airlines, United Airlines, and Virgin America, the chance of being annoyed by your fellow passenger while trapped at 30,000 feet increases exponentially. After all, nobody wants to hear their seatmate cackle as they watch viral College Humor videos or read lame e-mail jokes. After a year of bad blood, Microsoft, Yahoo talking again
Nearly a year after Microsoft's fractious takeover bid for Yahoo fell through, the two companies are reportedly talking business again. IBM prototype system blasts through trading transactions
Not sure Wall Street needs any help burning through our economic stimulus money but IBM this week showed off a supercomputing/financial software package it says runs 21 times faster than any current trading systems. The VideoLAN project: bringing Media to your network
Microsoft Subnet blogger Ron Barrett is revisiting the VideoLAN project that he reviewed in August. VLC Media Player is a one-stop solution for your organizations media needs. Video: Computer Control via Clapping
New software that uses onset detection and pattern recognition can tell the difference between different clapping sounds. The software can help create interfaces for controlling computers and running applications. April giveaways galore
Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. | 
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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