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J2ME breach infects Nokia phones

Researcher Adam Gowdiak reveals critical Java bugs in Nokia phones

Top 10: A week full of security news

The biggest tech stories of the week were about security, whether it was news from the Black Hat conference, Facebook hacks, or ID theft

Netbooks spark Linux redesigns

The low-cost laptops are seen as a way to bring the Linux OS to a wider audience

Black Hat conference spotlights virtualization, DNS issues

This year's Black Hat conference had more vendor booths, more talk of the perils of virtualization and Cisco's weak spots, and more DNS discussion

Why good EAs ought to see blurry

Daily news beat for August 8, 2008

IBM launches three mobile software products and services

IBM unveils Rational HATS, which allows developers to transform green-screen apps that usually run on mainframes so they can be securely accessed from wireless devices

Linux patent pool to push for ‘defensive publication’

Open Invention Network will launch a Web site to help inventors make public details of their inventions and prevent others from later making patent claims on it

InfoWorld News Quiz

Researchers look to cloud computing to fight malware

CloudAV combines 10 antivirus engines and two behavioral detection ones into one service aimed at trapping malicious software

Inside Black Hat and Defcon 2008

2008 Olympics open in Beijing

China Mobile says it turned off WLAN service, making the Internet inaccessible during the opening ceremonies, for capacity reasons not security

Visualization tools may cut through the security logjam

Black Hat presentations show a new spin on detecting potential threats

Nintex software helps track SharePoint usage

Nintex Reporting collects a wide array of data about SharePoint, giving IT administrators insight into how workers are using Microsoft's collaboration software

Google Gadgets an open door for attack

Researchers at Black Hat say those who use Google and specifically Gmail are most vulnerable to attack from a 'hole' in Google Gadgets

Reporters ejected after Black Hat network attack

Reporters ran hacking tools on the press room network at Black Hat in an effort to gain information from fellow journalists, according to conference organizers

Embracing the datacenter consolidation challenge

Consolidation incentives may vary, but server and storage virtualization remain key to reaping both quick and long-term rewards

SSL VPNs might not be as secure as you think

Reserach presented at the Black Hat security conference shows that SSL VPNs can be hacked in a way that allows attackers to take over remote users' PCs

IBM exec on Linux apps: ‘I’m tired of waiting’

In LinuxWorld keynote, Big Blue VP sees little open source software written for use in specific industries, though public sector holds glimmers of hope

Sun close to releasing xVM Server hypervisor

A publically downloadable version of the xVM will be available within a month as Sun starts to push its virtualization product line

The iPhone and some serious annoyances

Update: HP, CA hook up with end-user monitoring company

Knoa is working with Hewlett-Packard and CA on a project that could give IT managers a more complete picture of application performance.

Daily news beat for August 7, 2008

Google Apps hit by prolonged Gmail access problem

Subscribers to the Google Apps hosted software suite were among the users locked out of their accounts for about 15 hours

Put new life into Windows XP

If XP is feeling sluggish or looks and acts outdated, try these tips to give XP a little extra spit and polish

The mildly ironic side of California’s COBOL conundrum

Spammers leverage interest in Olympics

Security experts expect a flood of spam prompting users to click on links to view videos or photographs of sports events at the Beijing Olympics

Lenovo looks for strong finish at Beijing Olympics

Lenovo will supply 30,000 devices and have undergone a two-year testing cycle before the Olympics' opening ceremonies

Oracle to package apps on virtual machines

Oracle is offering four VM Templates that can be used for testing purposes or for deployment

Web 2.0, DNS flaws revealed at Black Hat

The DNS vulnerability scope proves to be huge, but an even bigger issue may be posed by the emerging Web apps

Hands on with HP’s Mini-Note netbook

Hewlett-Packard's Mini-Note is one of the most expensive netbooks, but you get what you pay for

COBOL lives! (And not just in California)

Samsung, Microsoft in talks to speed up SSDs on Vista

Vista has been optimized to handle hard-drive data in smaller chunks, resulting in inefficient SSD performance when slotted into a disk drive bay

HP considering touchscreens for next Mini-Note

SSDs with higher capacities are another area HP is looking into for its netbooks

Kaminsky: Many ways to attack with DNS

After managing the response to one of the most highly publicized Internet flaws in recent memory, Dan Kaminsky said Wednesday that he'd do it all over again.

SQL Server 2008’s future ‘cloudy’

One of the seven editions of SQL Server 2008 is aimed at Web hosting firms as Microsoft responds to growing interest in cloud computing

Google offloads Performics division

Paris-based Publicis Groupe is buying Google's search marketing division to strengthen its new VivaKi Nerve Center ad technology platform

Bureau of Labor Statistics reports big drop in tech jobs

Almost 50,000 IT positions lost in last 12 months

Ubuntu goes enterprise

Ubuntu's parent company, Canonical, has unveiled plans to push the Linux distribution into enterprises as both a desktop and datacenter server OS

Microsoft releases SQL Server 2008

The database has finally emerged from beta testing and will be available in seven different editions

VMware joins Linux Foundation

The virtualization giant joins the trend toward openness and collaboration among virtualization vendors as it seeks to create new revenue streams

Do you need a VP of enterprise architecture revolution?

Daily news beat for August 6, 2008

CSO says Cisco security is growing up

Interview: CSO John Stewart admits Cisco made mistakes in suing a researcher for exposing router flaws three years ago at Black Hat

The sunnier side of Mojave

Eight ways to fight spam filter frustration

Here is a rundown of spam-filtering techniques and some steps you can take to minimize false positives for spam in your organization

Oracle issues out-of-cycle patch for flaw

Apache plug-in flaw for WebLogic Server and Express is the first to cause Oracle to release an off-cycle warning

Google’s enterprise search device grows up

New version of Google's Search Appliance can index more than three times as many documents as the current model.

Apple does what hackers said it couldn’t do

Cisco routers in hacker spotlight again

Security researchers will give talks on rootkits and new hacking and intrusion-detection software at this week's Black Hat conference