| Products of the Week
Our round-up of intriguing new products from Network Instruments, EMC, Wyse among others. Latest malware trick: outsourcing quality assurance
Creators of Waledac malware enlisted the Conficker botnet as a tool to spread malware of their own, marking the first time Conficker was made available for hire, according to Cisco's mid-year security report. Microsoft delivers 9 patches, but leaves one hole open
Microsoft today delivered six security updates that patched nine vulnerabilities. The patches fix two bugs now being used by hackers but leave one still open to exploit. Cisco announces workforce retraining initiative
Cisco this week launched a workforce retraining initiative in an effort to create jobs during one of the most economically trying times in American history. Cisco says the pilot program, unveiled in Michigan, was "lauded" by President Obama in a speech at Macomb Community College in Warren, MI. Windows 7: Not Done Yet, but Close
Microsoft gave an update on Windows 7 this week, outlining a timeline for the release of the upcoming operating system to manufacturers. The company noted that you shouldn't "believe everything you read on the Internet" and proceeded to set the record straight. Google opens attack on Lotus Notes install base
Google Tuesday set its sights on IBM, unveiling a tool to migrate Lotus Notes users to Google Apps and releasing a whitepaper laying out how to migrate Notes applications to Google's online infrastructure. IBM claims top four 'greenest' supercomputers, and 18 of top 19
IBM built the world's fastest supercomputer, and can now lay claim to building 18 of the world's 19 most efficient. Rackspace API gives developers greater access to cloud platform
Rackspace Tuesday released an API allowing developers greater ability to create, configure and control virtual servers within the company's cloud computing platform. Microsoft Office 2010 Takes On Google At Its Own Game
The surprises from Microsoft just keep coming. The most interesting aspect of this week's Microsoft Office 2010 announcements was that the online web version of Office 2010 apps will be free. That's free from three perspectives. 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 | 
The number of botnets has grown from about 1,500 two years ago to 3,500 today.
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