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Report sounds alarm on China's rerouting of U.S. Internet traffic
A report submitted to Congress on Wednesday by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission expressed concerns over what the commission claims is China's growing ability to control and manipulate Internet traffic. Read More


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Industrial Ethernet helped rescue Chilean miners
A hardened Ethernet switch was used to help evaluate conditions in the San Jose mine in Chile just before rescue operations commenced to free the 33 trapped miners. Read More

Microsoft's Ballmer kills call for break-up
Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday dismissed a call that he should do what the federal government failed to do more than 10 years ago: break up the company. Read More

RIM CEO: 'We don't need no stinkin' apps!'
Research in Motion's attitude toward mobile applications seems to be, "If you can't beat 'em, dismiss 'em." Read More

Experts: Stuxnet changed the cybersecurity landscape
The appearance of the Stuxnet worm in June should serve as a wake-up call to governments and businesses, especially those relying on Internet-based industrial control systems, a group of cybersecurity experts told U.S. lawmakers Wednesday. Read More


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China telecom operator denies hijacking Internet traffic
China's largest fixed-line phone carrier has denied it hijacked worldwide Internet traffic this past April following a U.S. government report that said the company had redirected network routes through Chinese servers. Read More

Twitter generation failed The Science Guy? Nonsense.
The gist of the story on the front page of Yahoo News right now is that Bill "Science Guy" Nye passed out while approaching a lectern at which he was about to speak to several hundred USC students ... and those students callously ignored the stricken man's plight in favor of yammering about it on Twitter. Read More

Using stolen SSN isn't criminal impersonation, court says
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Microsoft fixes security tool after Google reports Chrome problems
Microsoft on Wednesday patched an enterprise security tool that had blocked some copies of Chrome from updating. Read More


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China's iPhone carrier to launch own Linux-based smartphone
China Unicom plans on releasing its own Linux-based smartphone at the end of the year in China, as the company confronts sluggish revenue growth and increasing competition. Read More

Twitter to continue duplicating external apps
Twitter Co-Founder Evan Williams was unapologetic on Wednesday about his company's recent decisions to build features for the site that duplicate and often render irrelevant applications created by third-party developers. Read More

Microsoft gives free Symantec software in limited offer
Microsoft is now offering free Symantec security software to small businesses for a limited time, through retailer PC Mall, following some grumbling in response to the free distribution of its own security software. Read More

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