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iPhone News: Orange Caps 3G Speed; Security Flaw Seen
The iPhone 3G had more bad news as Orange, an iPhone 3G carrier in France, admitted to having placed 3G bandwidth restrictions on iPhone users. Orange said it would up iPhone 3G speeds by mid-September. In other iPhone bad news, a security flaw was discovered in the iPhone OS that can give unauthorized users access to private data.
Red Hat Confirms Intruder Breached Fedora Servers
The enterprise Linux software vendor referred to the incident on Aug. 14 as "an issue in the infrastructure systems." ...
Microsoft Details Strategy To Grab Google's Market
Microsoft plans deeper, connected searches as it prepares to go after market leader Google. Vice President Satya Nadella told the Search Engines Strategies Conference and Expo that Microsoft will tailor searches for better results. Microsoft's acquisition of Powerset could provide the groundbreaking technology it needs....Microsoft Eases Server-Virtualization Restrictions
Microsoft is allowing its customers to move server applications at will, in the hopes that data center managers can more effectively employ virtualization technology. Microsoft recognizes that businesses are delving into virtualization, and by removing licensing restrictions, Microsoft hopes to foster the creation of more dynamic IT systems....
A Look at How Cybercrime Went Professional
Hacking, which was once the preserve of tech-savvy teenagers showing off, has turned into big business. By some estimates, organized crime represents up to 20 percent of the global GDP, and cybercrime is the fastest-growing part of it. And as the perpetrators become more and more experienced, the attacks become more precise. ...
Who Will Be Your Next CIO: An Insider Or An Outsider?
Internal candidates are insular and inexperienced, external ones are overburdened with expectations and don't know the ropes. What's the best way to replace a CIO? Two words: Think ahead. ...Microsoft faces Taiwan antitrust investigation
Government to examine whether company restrict consumer choice...
YouTube User Sues Google
A Massachusetts man claims to have applied but been rejected from YouTube's revenue-sharing Partner Program, a slight he attributes to a deliberate attempt by the video site's staff to mislead him....
Why Passwords Are a Weak Cyber-Defense
Password-based log-ons are susceptible to being compromised in any number of ways. Consider a single threat, that posed by phishers who trick us into clicking to a site designed to mimic a legitimate one to harvest our log-on information. Once we have been suckered at one site and our password purloined, it can be tried at other sites....Court Ruling Upholds Open-Source Copyrights
An appeals court decided that open-source and Creative Commons licensing agreements are entitled to copyright protection. In a milestone in the protection of open-source and Creative Commons agreements, this overturns a prior ruling that absolved the defendant of copyright infringement because the judge saw the open-source license as too broad....Facebook Tops MySpace as Social Sites Globalize
New comScore analysis highlights worldwide growth of social sites -- and signals the major U.S. players' increasingly international flavor....
Update: Estonia, Poland help Georgia fight cyberattacks
Estonian computer experts are scheduled to arrive in Georgia by evening to keep the country's networks running amid an intense military confrontation with Russia....
Diving deep into Amazon Web Services
From storage to payment, Amazon is dangling an array of low-cost services – but will customers bite?...Author info
David Dunlap
David Dunlap has been both a Web host industry analyst and commentator for the past eight years. Prior to his active writing career, David was a network and communications technician for four years. He currently is the Editor-in-Chief for WebHostMagazine.com