Monday, November 23, 2009

Malware enlists iPhones for botnet; Ciena will pay $769M for Nortel's metro Ethernet; What next for Brocade?

Ciena will pay $769M for Nortel's metro Ethernet business; Seeing is believing: Eight elegant ways to present data
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Malware enlists jailbroken iPhones for botnet

A new worm is targeting jailbroken iPhones and adding them to a mobile botnet, according to a security memo from Intego. Read full story

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Ciena will pay $769M for Nortel's metro Ethernet business
Ciena will pay $769 million for the optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel Networks' Metro Ethernet Networks business, the two companies said on Monday.

Seeing is believing: Eight elegant ways to present data
For everyone bored of those charts autogenerated by Excel: you can do better, if you dare!

What's next for Brocade?
I never really believed the rumors about HP buying Brocade. No disrespect to Brocade, I just thought that HP's interest was really in Ethernet and IP networking and not Fibre Channel. Will another company acquire Brocade? I can't think of any obvious takers.

Five ways to lose your identity (and wallet) this holiday season
Computerworld offers tips to holiday shoppers looking to expose their personal data to online thieves.

The $2 Britney Spears iPhone App and 5 Other Ways to Waste Money
Why can't Apple's App Store overlords exercise more discretion when it counts?

Will Chrome Breed Copycats? Internet Explorer OS, Anyone?
If the world needs one browser-based operating system, why not three more? With the interest Google's Chrome OS has generated, can operating systems based upon Firefox, Internet Explorer, even Opera, be far behind?

Underwhelmed By Chrome OS? That's Kinda the Point
When Google unveiled its open source Chrome OS on Thursday, many commentators were quick to dismiss the new operating system as unimpressive and underwhelming. Citing everything from the browser interface that represents the entirety of the user experience to its limited hardware support and inability to install apps or play PC games, early critics have slammed Google's cloud-based OS for being exactly what it is intended to be: lean, fast, and simple.

UNIX caretakers marking 40th anniversary with photo contest
With this year being the operating system's 40th anniversary, UNIX steward organization The Open Group is conducting a photo contest featuring replicas of the iconic UNIX "Live Free or Die" license plate.

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.

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November 23, 2009

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