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CERT and ISC warn about BIND9 DNS vulnerability; 16 breakthrough notebooks: A look back

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CERT and ISC warn about BIND9 DNS vulnerability

The Internet Systems Consortium and U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team are warning about a vulnerability discovered in the Berkeley Internet Name Domain 9 Domain Name Server code that could be exploited to cause a system crash. Read full story

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Apple has told the U.S. Copyright Office that modifying the iPhone's operating system could crash a mobile phone network's transmission towers or allow people to avoid paying for phone calls.

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Adobe says it's the first major third-party vendor to have used Microsoft's flawed development code in its products. It patched Shockwave on Tuesday and promises a fix for Flash on Thursday.

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Recession no reason to neglect IT workforce, Gartner says
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Dr. BlackBerry: Eight Apps Making Medicine More Mobile
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BBN grabs cash, turns up heat on language translation technology
When it comes to translating languages in real time, BBN must speak the tongue as it netted a $14 million check from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) this week to continue developing its speech and text technology. 

July Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies each of books on Enterprise Web 2.0 and Building a Greener Data Center; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons to one lucky reader and 15 copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries July 31.

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