Hacker uses AP Twitter to send bogus White House bomb tweet

'Good enough' Microsoft Hyper-V starts turning more heads FAA on travel delays: Get used to it Network World Daily News PM April 23, 2013 Share this email Hacker uses AP Twitter to send bogus White House bomb tweet A tweet posted on the Associated Press account Tuesday reporting two explosions at the White House was bogus and is the result of a hack, the news organization said. READ MORE   'Good enough' Microsoft Hyper-V starts turning more heads About three years ago Embotics jumped into developing support in its private cloud management platform for Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor, hopeful that the VMware virtualization challenger would take off. When that takeoff initially stalled, Embotics curtailed its Hyper-V work to focus resources elsewhere. READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: VMware Innovation Awards Showcase Your Company's Leadership Share your story and gain recognition for your leadership. 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