| News podcast: Network World 360
The spreading Conficker/Downadup worm is now viewed as such a significant threat that it's inspired the formation of a posse to stop it, with Microsoft leading the charge by offering a $250,000 reward to bring the Conficker malware bad guys to justice. Also, the Yankee Group has written an open letter to President Barack Obama providing him with suggestions for deploying broadband Internet across the United States. (6:24) Phones and cameras lead February's gadgets
As 2009 starts to pick up pace, the attention of the big gadget makers moves from January's International Consumer Electronics Show to February's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Lots of new phones will be launched at the event and the market for handsets with full touch-screens that was ignited by Apple's iPhone is of particular interest to phone makers. Take a look in this slideshow. Down economy fuels IT outsourcing
Companies flocked to IT outsourcing vendors as the recession unfolded last year and industry watchers expect more of the same as companies seek to slash fixed costs and deliver services with smaller staffs. Cloud computing obstacles, opportunities outlined by Berkeley researchers
UC Berkeley researchers have outlined their view of cloud computing, which they say has great opportunity to exploit unprecedented IT resources if vendors can overcome a litany of obstacles. Satellites and Space Junk
Mathias: All these bits of hardware orbiting the earth, big and small, represent a serious threat to satellites in particular and space travel in general in the future. A chip of paint moving 25,000 KM/h can destroy a spacecraft quite easily. I suggest we start thinking about how to build a space-debris collection system (SDCS; I just made that up), as this problem will only get worse over time. Plus:
Space debris cleanup: We need Homer! Researchers tout data buffering, quantum computing style
Researchers today are touting what they call a quantum buffer, technology that could be used to control the data flow inside a quantum computer. Microsoft Exchange 14 Webmail to get Gmail-like threads
Exchange 14, the next version of Microsoft Corp. 's market-leading corporate e-mail server software, will add support for Google Inc. 's Gmail-like conversation view, full support for the Firefox and Safari Web ... Microsoft plans stores, hires Dreamworks exec
Microsoft plans to open its own retail stores to "transform the PC and Microsoft buying experience," the company said Wednesday as it hired an executive to run the retail operation. Wells Fargo CTO talks keeping costs flat
Scott Dillon, chief technology officer of Wells Fargo's Enterprise Hosting Services, the company's data center operation support group, spoke with Computerworld about his IT group's approach to keeping costs flat while ... | 
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