| After McColo takedown, spam surges again
Spammers have regrouped and are finding ways to send more junk mail despite recent efforts by security experts. Plus:
Enjoy lower spam levels while they last iTunes App Store continues to thrive with over 500 million downloads and 15,000 apps
Heisler: Last week, Apple boasted on its Web site that the iTunes App Store has had over 500 million downloads and contains over 15,000 apps. While those numbers by themselves are staggering, even more impressive is the short amount of time it took Apple to reach that milestone.
Cox: Does Apple's App Store encourage "crap apps"? Monster.com reports theft of user data
Monster.com is advising its users to change their passwords after data including e-mail addresses, names and phone numbers were stolen from its database. Citrix invests in desktop virtualization start-up Virtual Computer
Citrix has invested an undisclosed sum in startup Virtual Computer, which has built a Xen-based desktop hypervisor. Food poisoning outbreaks could prove a boon to RFID
Recent national outbreaks of E.coli and salmonella poisoning are likely to prompt government mandates requiring that food products be tracked throughout their life cycles - and that could prove to be a boon for radio ... Russia to Develop Linux-based Alternative to Windows?
Details are scarce, unless Russian is your language of choice, but CNews is reporting that Russia plans to develop its own national operating system. Obama details recovery plan but short on broadband goals
Barack Obama used his first weekly address as U.S. president to provide more details of his proposed $825 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan that, among other things, will upgrade classrooms, invest in ... Networking Geek to Geek with Jimmy Ray Purser: 10 Tips for creating your own small hackers group
1. Be of like interest. 2. Keep it small. 3. Define an objective. More tips. Cisco Security Expert Jamey Heary: Cisco, AT&T offer personal 3G mini cellular tower for home, small businesses
The 3G MicroCell acts like a personal mini cellular tower (for voice and data). It is a Cisco device that plugs into AT&T’s cell network and into your broadband service provider to provide a small 10-device 3G MicroCell at your house. Today on Cisco Subnet
Cisco watch out: HP is also prepping a big data center networking push; A look at IOS XE for the ASRs; QoS application classes; Surprises and conclusions from our job surveys; Practical BGP security; HP ProCurve wrestles Cisco with new tag team. January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
Up for grabs: Two Cisco training courses from Skyline-ATS worth up to $6,990, a Microsoft training course from New Horizons worth up to $2,500, 15 copies each of the hot book titles Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration, IPv6 Security and Chained Exploits: Advanced Hacking Attacks. Get all the entry details here. | 
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