No business case for IPv6?; Searching for Conficker's 'Patient Zero'; Firefox May Already Be Dead

Researchers make wormy Twitter attack; Chinese high-tech spy case inches closer to trial Daily News PM Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Citrix Server Virtualization with the Best TCO Access these videos, white papers, on-demand webcasts, and more to learn how to radically reduce data center costs. Spotlight Story No business case for IPv6, survey finds By Carolyn Duffy Marsan Business incentives are completely lacking today for upgrading to IPv6, the next generation Internet protocol, according to a survey of network operators conducted by the Internet Society (ISOC). Read full story Related News: Follow Network World on Twitter for the best of NW, in real time. Researchers make wormy Twitter attack Computer security researchers have devised a new Twitter attack that they say could spread virally, much like a worm on the microblogging service. Firefox May Already Be Dead This is an exciting time for Web browsers. Google Chrome is now available in alpha for Linux, and I downloaded it for Ubuntu. Despite the fact that I was running it on my rather underpowered Dell Mini 9, it started in the blink of an eye. Additionally, any JavaScript-heavy sites like Gmail or Google Docs were so responsive that it's almost unbelievable. A search is launched for Conficker's first victim Where did the Conficker worm come from? Researchers at the University of Michigan are trying to find out, using a vast network of Internet sensors to track down the so-called "patient zero" of an outbreak that has ... Microsoft proud of its first 'post-Gates' OS, Ballmer says Windows 7 is the first Microsoft OS developed away from the watchful eye of Bill Gates, and the technical leaders who built it had to adjust to life at the company without... 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