Stuxnet worm can re-infect scrubbed PCs
A security researcher has revealed yet another way the Stuxnet worm spreads, a tactic that can re-infect machines that have already been scrubbed of the malware.
The new information came on the heels of admissions by Iranian officials that Stuxnet had infected at least 30,000 of the country's Windows PCs, including some of the machines at the Bushehr nuclear reactor in southwestern Iran.
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CodePlex Foundation distances itself from Microsoft
Seeking to distance itself even further from Microsoft, the CodePlex Foundation has officially changed its name to the Outercurve Foundation, the company announced Tuesday.
Paula Hunter, who is the executive director of the foundation, said the name change should reduce confusion between the organization and Microsoft's site for hosting its own open-source software projects, called Codeplex.com.
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Tilera: Server with 800 cores could ship next year
A server with 800 processor cores could ship next year with Tilera's next-generation 100-core chips inside, a company executive said Monday.
The new Tile-GX100 chips are made for 64-bit computing. Each core runs at up to 1.5GHz and include 32MB of aggregate cache. The processor is based on the RISC (reduced instruction set computing) design.
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OpenOffice.org developers break ties with Oracle
Some developers of the OpenOffice.org desktop productivity suite announced a break from Oracle on Tuesday, introducing a new name for the project and establishing a new foundation to guide its future.
They will distribute a version of the open-source office productivity suite under the name "LibreOffice," under the purview of an independent organization called The Document Foundation.
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Apple Peel will turn iPods into iPhones
The Apple Peel 520, a Chinese-developed product that drew the media's attention for being able to turn an iPod Touch into an iPhone-like device, is coming to America.
The add-on device, which just went on sale in China, has been billed as a more affordable option for users wanting to get their hands on an iPhone, but lack the budget. The Apple Peel is a protective case equipped with a dock connector, battery and SIM card, that slips on to an iPod Touch. Once connected and properly installed, the device will allow the iPod Touch to make phone calls and send text messages.
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Microsoft to rush out fix for ASP.net bug
Microsoft is rushing out a fix for a Windows Web server flaw that is starting to be exploited by online attackers.
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Update: RIM jumps into tablet game
Look out, Apple. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is now in the tablet business.
And unlike Apple's highly popular iPad tablet, RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook fully embraces Adobe's Flash as well as Java.
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RIM shows off Web-based BlackBerry development platform
While declining to discuss rumors of a planned pad computer, Research In Motion (RIM) did roll out on Monday a Web-based application development platform for its BlackBerry smartphone, complementing the existing native development paradigm.
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Gartner: 1 in 4 server workloads will be virtual by year-end
Gartner says one out of every four server workloads will be in a virtual machine by the end of 2010, and that enterprises should attempt to double or triple the size of their virtualization deployments.
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Developers say outlook for Android better than iOS
More developers are actively engaged in creating iPhone and iPad apps than apps for other mobile platforms today, but a new survey from Appcelerator indicates the momentum is shifting.
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IBM buys into data center switching with Blade acquisition
IBM is buying privately held data center switching company Blade Network Technologies to expand its data center portfolio into networking and heighten competition with rivals HP, Dell, and Cisco.
Financial terms of the deal, announced Monday, were not disclosed. Investors in Blade Network include Garnett & Helfrich Capital, NEC, and Juniper Networks.
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5 ways to cut your storage footprint
With the economy still shaky and the need for storage exploding, almost every storage vendor claims it can reduce the amount of data you must store. Trimming your data footprint not only cuts costs for hardware, software, power and data center space, but also eases the strain on networks and backup windows.
But how do you know which technique to use? First you have to understand how your business uses data and determine when the cost savings of data reduction are worth the resulting drop in performance.
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