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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 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Xerox Get Vivid, Lifelike Color with Less Waste. Xerox® ColorQube® solid ink printers, starting at $699. With 90% less waste and speeds up to 40 ppm, ColorQube® is your perfect solution for affordable color printing. Plus, save up to $300 with a trade-in rebate. Enter to win an Apple® iPad™. In this Issue Industrial Ethernet helped rescue Chilean miners Microsoft's Ballmer kills call for break-up RIM CEO: 'We don't need no stinkin' apps!' Experts: Stuxnet changed the cybersecurity landscape China telecom operator denies hijacking Internet traffic Twitter generation failed The Science Guy? Nonsense. 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Learn about challenges in protecting & restoring Exchange, SQL, & Windows file server, & more. Learn more! 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 This head-scratcher happened a couple of weeks ago but hasn't gotten anywhere near the attention it deserves. 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