Thursday, July 30, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Yahoo News) 30/07/2009



Open-source Project Aims to Makes Secure DNS Easier (PC World)
PC World - A group of developers has released open-source software that gives administrators a hand in making the Internet's addressing system less vulnerable to hackers.
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Goodbye, Windows Mobile. Hello, Windows Phone (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft plans to change the name of its Windows Mobile operating system, the company let slip at a recent event. Instead of Windows Mobile, the OS will be known as Windows Phone, the Inquirer reports.
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More Holes Found in Web's SSL Security Protocol (PC World)
PC World - Security researchers have found some serious flaws in software that uses the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption protocol used to secure communications on the Internet.
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Digital River 2Q profit falls but beats estimates (AP)
AP - E-commerce software provider Digital River Inc. on Wednesday reported better-than-expected adjusted profit and sales for the second quarter, but forecast third-quarter profit below analyst estimates, sending shares tumbling in aftermarket trading.
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Review: New Android phone better, far from perfect (AP)

Shown is the the HTC myTouch from T-Mobile running Google's Android operating system in San Francisco, Monday, July 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - Less than a year after T-Mobile and HTC released the first smart phone using Google's Android operating system, the wireless operator and the handset maker are back with a sleeker device that takes advantage of recent software updates.



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Out-of-Cycle Patches May Make IE Vulnerabilities Worse (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft on Tuesday released two out-of-cycle patches to fix vulnerabilities found in Active Template Library, a set of software developer tools used in the creation of COM and ActiveX modules. ActiveX modules are commonly used in Microsoft Internet Explorer and are traditional targets for hackers.
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Spam Volumes Up 141 Percent, Aided By Botnets (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Was your spam inbox extra full these past few months? Spam volumes increased by 141 percent since March, thanks in part to the more than 14 million computers that were taken over by botnets this quarter, according to a Wednesday study from McAfee.
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Apple: Jailbreaking Could Knock out Transmission Towers (PC World)
PC World - Apple has told the U.S. Copyright Office that modifying the iPhone's operating system could crash a mobile phone network's transmission towers or allow people to avoid paying for phone calls.
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Growth in India's Offshore Services Market Slows (PC World)
PC World - India's revenue from outsourcing services to clients abroad will grow by about 4 to 7 percent in the Indian fiscal year to March 31, 2010, the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) said on Wednesday.
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Acer on Track for Android Netbook Launch in Third Quarter (PC World)
PC World - Acer remains on track to launch a version of its Aspire One netbook with Google's Android mobile operating system in the third quarter of this year, a company representative said Wednesday.
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