Top 4 Tips to Fight Off Botnet Denial of Service Attacks Today, there are massive botnets that control almost 2 million zombies. DDoS attacks are one of the hardest to avoid. But new techniques, such as cloud-based protection and reputation filtering, can help you fight back, says Cisco Subnet blogger Jamey Heary. Microsoft warns of DirectX attack on XP, WS2003 in the wild Attacks in the wild have already been seen for a vulnerability in DirectX for which Microsoft does not yet have a patch, Microsoft says. XP, Windows 2003 software are... Obama's cybersecurity initiative wins praise U.S. President Barack Obama's announcement Friday of a new cybersecurity push by the U.S. government won widespread praise from the technology industry, with many people saying his attention to the issue is a major step toward better securing the nation's computer networks. FBI e-mail clobbered after virus A virus has reportedly disrupted Web-based e-mail services at the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Fusion ignition: World's largest laser unveiled The Department of Energy today unveiled the world's largest laser facility at its Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Next-gen HDMI Turns your TV into an Internet Hub The next generation of High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cables are going to give your HDTV a boost with a maximum 100Mb-per-second Internet connection, audio upstream capability and HD images at four times the resolution of 1080p. Lost amid this week's Bing and Google hype, was an announcement from HDMI Licensing -- the group responsible for managing the HDMI specification -- that the next generation of HDMI cables will provide new functionality, and do away with separate Ethernet connections for your various devices. Cars go wireless by 2012 As environmental concerns come to the fore, car makers will increasingly turn away from performance and towards in-car electronics and connectivity as a way of differentiating their vehicles, said Gartner analyst Thilo Koslowski. |
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