| Human race on the verge of a massive upgrade
The exponential growth of technology will greatly expand our lifespans and eventually let humans settle in other galaxies, famous inventor and author Raymond Kurzweil said in a speech Monday. What's behind Web browser choices
Despite fierce loyalty among Firefox and Chrome users, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is not in any danger of losing its majority market share, thanks to one group: enterprise companies. CTIA Wireless 2009: Fall's Hottest Handsets
While Android phones are starting to enter carriers' lineups, most of the new phones launched at the recent CTIA wireless telecommunications trade show ran Windows Mobile 6.5. A few inexpensive--but well-equipped--feature phones also debuted, further blurring the line between what is and what isn¿t a smartphone. Botnet production eerily like commercial code practice
Botnets are elaborate command-and-control systems used by criminals for sending spam, stealing personal information or launching denial-of-service attacks through hijacked computers. But their underlying malware code structures share common ways to evade detection, and even mimic some commercial code practices, such as digital methods to prevent copying and reverse engineering, says one researcher. Microsoft delivers massive Patch Tuesday, fixes 34 flaws
Microsoft today issued 13 security updates to fix 34 vulnerabilities, the company's largest release of patches since the company launched its regular monthly schedule six years ago. Windows 7 is hot pick in enterprise netbook market
According to a new study of 145 IT professionals, the operating system of choice for IT netbooks is Windows 7, followed by Windows XP. The three alternatives, Linux, Mac OS X and Google Chrome, each won the allegiance of 10% or fewer respondents. Twitter to get 'video tweet' function
Twitter is thought to be getting ready to give users of the micro-blogging service the ability to post video-tweets to the site. Protecting against VoIP, SIP attacks
This week the topic is session initiation protocol (SIP) security. Drowning a Palm Pre in beer for a free iPhone [Video]
You know there are a lot of ways to get rid of a cellphone. You can throw it in the trash, you can give it away or you can just keep it in a box full of out of date tech gadgets. Or, you can drown it in a large glass of beer. And believe it or not, that's exactly what one guy did with his Palm Pre just a few days ago. DOJ requires AT&T to sell some assets in acquisition
The U.S. Department of Justice will require telecom giant AT&T to sell off pieces of its mobile network in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi in order to continue with its US$944 million acquisition of Centennial Communications, the agency said Tuesday. Free tool protects Twitter users from malware hiding behind tiny URLs
AVG Technologies is offering a free tool to protect Twitter users from malicious sites that lurk behind shortened URLs. Ubuntu Linux adds private cloud backing
Canonical's upcoming server upgrade supports the Eucalyptus project's open source system for cloud implementation using hardware and software already in place. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth. Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Building Service-Aware Networks. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
Some of the cell towers that dwell among us are cleverly hidden; others, not so much.
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