Monthly Archives: April 2009
Amazon Glitch Strips Rank from Gay-Themed Books
Amazon.com claims a "glitch" in its system stripped the sales rank from several gay- and lesbian-themed books over the weekend of April 11, including...
New Twitter Worm Lures with Promises of a Fix
Twitter continues to battle a new iteration of a worm that first hit users of the service over the weekend.The worm, dubbed "StalkDaily," exploits...
Netbooks, Google Android Look to Thrive Despite the Economy
Netbooks have resisted the dips in shipment numbers that other hardware has experienced in response to an ailing economy. Now, new data from ABI...
Conficker Attacks 700 University of Utah PCs
The dreaded Conficker worm made an appearance at the University of Utah heading into the weekend, attaching more than 700 computers and spreading its...
Palm Pre Buzz Increases Thanks to New Touchstone Details
More details of the Palm Touchstone-a charging device for the Palm Pre-are emerging, and with them greater confidence that the Pre may see an...
The Rise and Fall of the Srizbi Botnet
The Rise and Fall of the Srizbi Botnet
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Birth of a BotnetThe first reports of the botnet surfaced in 2007. Srizbi spread through...
Amazon.com Disputes Hacker’s Confession
Amazon.com is disputing an account that a hacker was to blame for an error that caused thousands of books to lose their sales ranks...
Report: IBM Set to Cut Thousands of Jobs in Western Europe
According to reports, IBM is preparing to eliminate thousands of jobs in the United Kingdom and Germany as part of an effort to move...
Novell Defines Its Service-Driven Data Center Concept
In order to solidify a corporate image in the minds of potential customers, every major enterprise IT systems provider believes it must have an...
Google Launches New Java Development Tools
If you attended President Obama's March 26 online Town Hall meeting, you were likely more interested in how the president would answer questions about...