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Thursday, August 06, 2009

Twitter goes offline due to DDoS attack; Top 10 iPhone annoyances

Top 10 Reader iPhone Annoyances (And How to Fix Them); Cisco posts Q4 decline but sees promise
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Twitter goes offline due to DDoS attack

This used to happen so often it made Twitter's "fail whale" famous. However, as Twitter's popularity has exploded and the hype surrounding it has become overbearing, the fledging company has gotten its act together in terms of keeping the site up. Not so this morning. Read full story

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Top 10 Reader iPhone Annoyances (And How to Fix Them)
Who knew there were so many iPhone annoyances? Last week we listed ten common failings of the iPhone and discussed how to correct them. Maybe it was naïve to restrict the list to ten entries. Reader feedback suggests that iPhone users have no shortage of annoyances they'd like to see solved.

Cisco posts Q4 decline but sees promise
Cisco Systems' revenue fell 18 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter ended July 25, hitting US$8.5 billion, while its net income dropped to $1.1 billion, or $0.19 per share.

The cybersecurity job no one really wants
Eight weeks after President Obama announced a White House cybersecurity office, no one has been named to lead the office yet, and some wonder if the delay is because there are few takers for the job as outlined.

High-end clustering tool is reworked for the enterprise
A company that develops workload management tools for high-performance clusters is bringing its products to the commercial data center, where it says it can help companies allocate computing resources more efficiently.

Expect hacker attacks on XML flaws, analyst warns
One day after reports of vulnerabilities in XML libraries, an analyst is warning companies not to ignore the danger of attacks that exploit those flaws.

Choosing the perfect notebook for Windows 7
With Windows 7 on the way, it's more important than ever to choose the right features and specs for your next laptop. These quick tips can help you avoid buyer's remorse.

Comcast redirects bad URLs to pages with advertising
Comcast subscribers will now be directed to a page with advertising if they try to reach a Web site that doesn't exist, a practice that doesn't sit well with some users.

Certifications -- Buy One, Get One Free!!
The validity of industry certifications has been a controversial topic for years - some say certifications are a reasonable measure of an individual's technical or non-technical skillset, whereas, others believe certifications prove that you can memorize and regurgitate information without truly understanding the material.

5 Reasons To Use SharePoint Instead Of Emailing Excel Files
There can be some very tangible benefits to keeping Excel files off the Exchange server and managing them through SharePoint. By emailing Excel files, I mean emailing them more than just to share them with someone else.

Sony's Party-shot can aim the camera, snap pictures for you
Auto focus, auto flash, scene selection and even smile detection. Today's cameras have automated just about everything involved in snapping a picture but still require someone to point them. Not any longer. Sony has developed a base unit for cameras that swivels them around through 360 degrees and tilts them up and down to follow people in a room and, when the time is right, snap a picture.

Why would I use a Cisco 7900 phone on CUCM using SIP?
There's not much of a compelling reason to use the SIP binary image on the Cisco 7900 series phones if you're using Cisco Unified Communications Manger with the phones.

NASA adds $50M program to develop commercial space systems
While its future is being debated, NASA today said it would offer $50 million in stimulus money to further develop private commercial spacecraft.

August Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31.

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August 06, 2009

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  4. After links to cybercrime, Latvian ISP is cut off
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  6. XML flaw threatens apps built with Sun, Apache, Python libraries
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