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Unencrypted drone video intercepted by militants

Eavesdropping software bought over the Internet for $26 has enabled insurgents in both Iraq and Afghanistan to pick off live video feeds from U.S. Predator drone aircraft flying missions over the two countries. Read full story

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Got Facebook privacy concerns? You ain't seen nothing yet
Carnegie Mellon University researcher Tom Mitchell says that privacy risks "on a scale that humans have never before faced" hinder real-time data analysis that could be used to solve health, traffic and human behavior problems.

BlackBerry e-mail outage resolved, cause under investigation, RIM says
Research in Motion says it has resolved the issue that caused some BlackBerry users to experience e-mail delays beginning early this morning.

Cisco will be hard pressed to match 2009
2009 started with a bang and ended with a bash for Cisco. The company entered the data center blade server market in the beginning of the year and ended it with two acquisitions worth a combined $6.3 billion.

Cisco, others see Ethernet switches emerge from the bottom
Sales of Ethernet switches grew for the second quarter in a row, according to Infonetics Research, an indication that the market is coming off the bottom of the recession.

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iPhone apps go to war
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Cyber criminals eye file sharing networks: Kaspersky Lab
This year is on its way out and seemingly cyber criminals are also planning their year ahead. Secure content management solutions developer Kaspersky Lab has outlined the threats it expects to see in 2010 as a result of cyber criminal activity.

Cloud computing: The telcos' game to lose
You're probably sick of hearing about cloud computing. I can't say I blame you. The buzz seems to be nearly deafening these days. And the most annoying part is that for those of us old enough to remember, it's "back to the future" all over again.

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December 18, 2009

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