Tuesday, February 16, 2010

IT News HeadLines (TechSpot) 16/02/2010


TechSpot
Monday's IT security news update
A series of attacks aimed at Google, Adobe, and other U.S. organizations are continuing. The so-called Operation Aurora has expanded beyond the original 30 targeted companies. The attacks may have links to Chinese hackers and could even be state sponsored.
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Gmail shut down in Iran, state e-mail service on the way
The wonderful bastion of free speech, liberty, and general all round niceness the Islamic Republic of Iran has decided to close access to Google's Gmail service. Like that other champion of human rights, the People's Republic of China, it seems Iran has gotten a tad miffed with pesky Google and to have decided that enough is enough.
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Weekend tech reading: Microsoft details Windows 7 memory leaks, hangs, freezes
Microsoft details Windows 7 memory leaks, hangs, freezes Microsoft has been tracking some odd issues that occur on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. These bugs are not typically fixed via Windows Update, because these hotfixes should only be applied to systems that are experiencing specific problems. So if you are not severely affected by either of them, wait for the relevant service packs. He...
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