Monthly Archives: December 2009
H-1B Visa Demand Rebounding
U.S. employers are again on the hunt for H-1B visas, with demand for the controversial temporary work visas rising sharply over the last two...
AMD, SiSoftware Team Up on OpenCL Benchmarking
Advanced Micro Devices is teaming up with SiSoftware to create a way for developers and businesses to measure the performance of systems using the...
Clientless SSL VPN Products Open Web Browser Security Hole
US-CERT has issued a warning about impacting dozens of clientless SSL VPN products it says can be exploited to break Web browser security.The issue...
Quantenna Lights Up 4×4 MIMO 802.11n
Wireless chip-set maker Quantenna Communications this week announced a new reference design for a 4x4 MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) 802.11n Wi-Fi bridge intended...
Google Caps First Click Free at Five Pages to Appease Publishers
Google Dec. 1 extended an olive branch to newspaper publishers by letting them limit the number of articles readers can view for free on...
Intel, AMD Chips Help Fuel Server Market Rebound, IDC Says
The worldwide server market, hammered by the global economic recession, began to stabilize in the third quarter and promises to continue to rebound in...
Verizon Is Preferred Carrier, Sprint, ATandT Rank Last
Verizon Wireless is having quite a year, it turns out.Not only did it recently experience a win over disgruntled competitor AT&T, in being allowed...
Best Buy, OEMs Offering More Mobile Services, Says Report
The number of mobile devices requiring cellular connectivity support is increasing, and as a result, the OEMs and large retailers, such as Best Buy,...
Are Feds Unlawfully Spying on Social Networks?
Stonewalled by federal agencies, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit Dec. 1 against a half-dozen government agencies for refusing to disclose their surveillance...
Telling Friends from Dangerous Foes in Social Network Security Maze
Telling Friends from Dangerous Foes in Social Network Security Maze
by Brian Prince
Koobface Versus Facebook
Koobface has emerged as perhaps the most notorious worm affecting social...