FBI warns of $100M cyber-threat to small business Cyberthieves are hacking into small- and medium-sized organizations every week and stealing millions of dollars in an ongoing scam that has moved about US$100 million out of U.S. bank accounts, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Tuesday. IBM executive accused of insider trading is out of a job The IBM executive charged with insider trading by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is out of a job at Big Blue. Red Hat delivers stand-alone hypervisor, management tools Red Hat Tuesday made good on its promise to deliver a stand-alone hypervisor and a set of management tools as its gears up to go toe-to-toe with VMware and Microsoft to become a top-tier provider of virtualization and cloud computing infrastructure. Verizon turns up the hype for Friday Droid launch Verizon Wireless will open many of its 2,000 retail stores early on Friday for first day sales of the Droid smartphone, adding to the marketing hype already begun for the Android 2.0 device from Motorola Inc. Six Hot Android Topics at DroidCamp Lauren and I presented two--one on tips and tricks for Android projects (which are up 94% this month, according to http://bit.ly/1TxPAw) and another for Android beginners. We listened to the developer buzz and went to a bunch of sessions. Here is our take on the hot topics simmering within the Android community here. Version, Out of Control? In late April 2009, Google released Android 1.5. In mid-September 2009, Google released Android 1.6. In late October 2009, Google released Android 2.0. That is three version releases in a span of six months. Progress is great. Progress is necessary. But there is going to be some fallout for this flood of Android versions, both with consumers and developers. Microsoft fixes bugs in two of its critical October security patches Microsoft has revised two of the critical updates it released during its epic October Patch Tuesday to fix bugs in the patches. But at least one buggy patch, which breaks Office Communication Server, has not yet been fixed. Worms back at top of Microsoft threat list Long dismissed as a security scare of the past, Internet worms appear to have made a strong comeback, jumping to take the top two places on Microsoft's latest threat list. Possible relief for cellular capacity crunch Mobile WAN operators are battling in-building coverage and network capacity problems that have generated a spate of unfavorable press. Start-up SpiderCloud Wireless, though, has emerged from stealth mode this week with an alternative in-building wireless platform it says can alleviate these problems for mobile operators' enterprise customers. How to set up a Windows 7 network: PC World video When Senior Editor Robert Strohmeyer held his Windows 7 launch party, his guests got tips on how to set up a Windows 7 network, how to share files--and cake! How to build a cyborg astrobiologist Researchers have built an artificial intelligence-based wearable computer with digital eyes that could help future robots or astronauts "see' and discover signs of life. November giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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