| Online attack hits US government Web sites A botnet comprised of about 50,000 infected computers has been waging a war against U.S. government Web sites and causing headaches for businesses in the U.S. and South Korea. The cost of not reaching IT project closure All things, good and bad, eventually come to an end. Philosophers have told us this in many variations for at least three or four thousand years. In IT we seem to have exquisitely intricate plans for starting new things: projects, applications, users, policies. Yet we seem to always forget to plan for their eventual end: the closure of projects, the removal of applications, the retirement of servers and the departure of users. Why do we find it so hard to achieve closure? US authorities extradite Indian on hacking charges An Indian man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he hacked into online brokerage accounts in order to manipulate stock prices. Newest IE bug could be next Conficker, says researcher The critical flaw that Microsoft confirmed on Monday -- but has yet to patch -- is a prime candidate for another Conficker-scale attack, a security researcher said. July Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies each of books on Enterprise Web 2.0 and Building a Greener Data Center; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons to one lucky reader and 15 copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries July 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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