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Microsoft

Submission + - Hackers Bomb Windows Live (Italy)

Submitted by roscoetoon
roscoetoon writes: from: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/buyer/news/106873/hackers-b omb-windows-live.html
  Windows Live Search in Italy has been taken over by hackers according to reports.
Security experts at Sunbelt software claim that certain queries typed into the search engine point to sites run by hackers.'It looks like the malware people have practically taken over Live search in Italy. 95 per cent or more of the following search results lead to extremely nasty malware and exploit sites,' writes Alex Eckelberry...
Novell

Submission + - Novell's revenue for Linux up by 659%

Submitted by crush
crush writes: According to Linux Mag Novell has seen a massive surge in Linux related sales this last quarter: 'The company reported last week that revenue from Linux Platform Products was up 46% from the same quarter last year to $15M and Linux-related invoicing was up a staggering 659% to $91M.' Their conclusion is that Jeremy Allison is the only person that has decided that it's safer to take their linux custom elsewhere after last year's revelations of Novell's shady patent indemnification deal with Microsoft.
Google

Submission + - Does Google Have a Mobile Phone in the Works?

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narramissic
narramissic writes: "A recent job opening posted on the Google Web site appears to confirm the rumors that have roiled the blogosphere that Google may be designing its own phone. 'Google is experimenting with a few wireless communications systems including some completely novel concepts,' according to the Web-site recruitment text. 'We are building a small team of top-notch Logic Designers and Analog Designers aimed at nothing less than making the entire world's information accessible from anywhere for free.' Heck, if Apple and Prada can do it, why not Google?"
Privacy

Submission + - UK Minister proselytising Open Source

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: George Osborne, British MP in the Treasury has opened a debate on the 'open sourcing' of politics on the Comment is Free website. Although I doubt parliament will take any notice.
Microsoft

Submission + - Tech Talent on the Cheap?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Eric Chabrow of CIO Insight agrees with Bill Gates, who told the U.S. Senate on Wednesday that it makes no sense to open our universities to smart foreign nationals, educate them, and then keep them from working in our country. Says Chabrow: "The technology skills shortage here exists now, and we must act swiftly. To help meet that shortage, U.S. businesses find themselves either importing foreign talent — which is restricted by limits on the number of skilled professionals who can immigrate — or sending the work overseas in the form of offshore outsourcing. Where better to start alleviating the skills shortage than to allow foreign-born, U.S. educated I.T. pros to stay here and work to grow our economy? Better here than there."

His readers don't agree with him.
Windows

Submission + - Microsoft's Security Claims Are Not A Contract

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An anonymous reader writes: A judge has tossed out a suit against Microsoft brought by a convict who claimed that lax security in Windows and IE allowed the FBI to find an embarrassing porn stash on his hard drive, according to this story on InformationWeek.com. For non-convict, non-porno addicts, the significant part is that the judge ruled that Microsoft's boasts about its security don't represent a legally enforceable contract against which damages can be claimed.
Space

Submission + - 50 ways to kill an asteroid

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Roland Piquepaille
Roland Piquepaille writes: "It is almost certain that a big asteroid will one day land on Earth and provoke a huge catastrophe. This is why hundreds of scientists have attended the Planetary Defense Conference 2007, held this week in Washington, D.C., to try to develop plans to protect the Earth from such an asteroid. All these researchers have lots of ideas, some which look feasible, some not. Some of them want to destroy asteroids with nuclear weapons. Other scientists want to use a robotic tugboat to push a dangerous flying object out of the Earth's path. And others want to send unmanned robots to the asteroid, drill into it and send the debris into space to alter the course of the asteroid. And this is just a sample... Read more for additional details and an illustration showing one of the methods which could be used in the future to modify the orbit of an asteroid before it hits the Earth."
Education

Submission + - Which field for Master's degree?

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An anonymous reader writes: I was thinking of working on a Master's degree part-time, and I was wondering which fields would be more valuable in general. Are any in particular demand, and which ones would be most conducive to a career switch?

My bachelor's is in physics, and with varying degrees of preparation I could pursue any of the following master's degrees at a local university: physics, applied physics, math, applied math, statistics, materials science, computer science, computer science with telecom emphasis, computer science with software engineering emphasis, bioinformatics and computational biology, or business IT. Any others to consider?
Security

Submission + - Tractor Beam to Prevent Aircraft Missile Attack

Submitted by mattnyc99
mattnyc99 writes: In the race against aircraft terrorism, Boeing's remote control system reported yesterday won't be the only solution. But Northrop Grumman has finally begun testing its laser-powered Guardian defense system in the fight against missiles targeting commercial jets, with nine FedEx cargo jets now carrying the infrared laser deflection system aboard their fuselages. The false heat signature operation is not that unlike Boeing's own airborne laser turret, but the Pentagon's new Global Strike system makes it clear that the U.S. may even have more of an upper hand on offense than defense when it comes to missile technology.
Portables (Apple)

Submission + - Intel Provides Hints at Mac Roadmap?

Submitted by turnitover
turnitover writes: Anyone know what hardware Apple's going to be releasing in 2007? Anyone? Anyone who can talk? Predicting this has long been about as accurate and profitable as handicapping cat races, but since Apple's move to Intel, you can at least see the skeletal outlines of Apple's options for hardware speed bumps in 2007. Standard disclaimers apply: no inside knowledge was leveraged, no bets are made and Steve Jobs has the last word, as always.

Feed How To Evade Turkey's YouTube Ban (wired.com)

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Turkey banned YouTube for hosting videos "insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk." Here's a technical guide to evading the cultural censors. In 27B Stroke 6.


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