Computerworld Networking: March 22, 2010 ===============================================================
Mozilla confirms critical Firefox bug Mozilla confirmed a critical vulnerability in the newest version of Firefox, and said it would plug the hole by the end of the month. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272910/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Brocade~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272911/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Elgan: Why iGroups is coming to an iPhone near you http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272912/0/ 2. Budget cuts push some to embrace cloud computing http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272913/0/ 3. To fight scammers, Russia cracks down on .ru domain http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272914/0/ 4. Apple files mobile social networking patent request http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272915/0/ 5. Twitter's @anywhere could usher in big improvements http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272916/0/ 6. Malware infects memory cards of 3,000 Vodafone mobiles http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272917/0/ 7. Broadband plan, Palm dreams, more Facebook woes http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272918/0/ 8. Group seeks advances in data center design http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272919/0/ 9. Mitch Wagner: Viacom-YouTube lawsuit: The case against Viacom http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272920/0/ 10. Mitch Wagner: Viacom-YouTube lawsuit: Both sides look bad, YouTube looks worse http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272921/0/ 11. Silver Peak WAN optimization delivers ROI http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272922/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: IBM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Finding Your Level of BI and Performance Management Maturity See how IBM Cognos Express delivers value to midsize companies at any level of maturity in this paper featuring research from Gartner. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272923/0/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=9e6ce65b ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elgan: Why iGroups is coming to an iPhone near you Apple's patent filing for a technology called iGroups suggests the iPhone maker wants to get into the business of mobile social networking because it will sell music and will become a standard on all contacts applications. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272912/0/ Budget cuts push some to embrace cloud computing In an era of widespread budget cuts, corporate and government IT managers are starting to look closely at replacing software suites with cloud-based services as a way to cut costs and continue offering popular services. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272913/0/ To fight scammers, Russia cracks down on .ru domain In a bid to cut down on fraud and inappropriate content, the organization responsible for administering Russia's .ru top-level domain names is tightening its procedures. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272914/0/ Apple files mobile social networking patent request A recently disclosed patent request suggests Apple may be working on a mobile social networking application that would presumably let iPhone users form ad-hoc groups based on their locations. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272915/0/ Twitter's @anywhere could usher in big improvements Many South by Southwest attendees reportedly walked out halfway through the keynote appearance by Twitter CEO Evan Williams this week citing boredom, but the announcement he made on stage deserves careful attention, according to industry experts. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272916/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: St. Bernard~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Become a Security Hero and Win a Prize! View an online demo that shows how you can quickly bullet-proof your internet security with the new iPrism 6.4 web filter, and youll be entered to win one of the hottest music video games. Get the Instruments You Need to Become an IT Security Hero. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272924/0/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=9c906c53 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Malware infects memory cards of 3,000 Vodafone mobiles Malware-tainted memory cards may have ended up on as many as 3,000 HTC Magic phones, a greater number than first suspected, Vodafone said. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272917/0/ Broadband plan, Palm dreams, more Facebook woes The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's national broadband plan captured our attention this week and will undoubtedly continue to do that in the weeks (and months and years) ahead. In other news, Palm CEO Jon Rubenstein says that his company could have given the Droid a run for it's money, only if. And the week ends with reports that Google will announce its intentions regarding business in China on Monday. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272918/0/ Group seeks advances in data center design A fledgling industry group aims to apply open-source principles to the design and construction of data centers. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272919/0/ Mitch Wagner: Viacom-YouTube lawsuit: The case against Viacom While things look bad for YouTube and parent company Google in their massive copyright-infringement lawsuit, YouTube also makes a pretty powerful case against Viacom. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272920/0/ Mitch Wagner: Viacom-YouTube lawsuit: Both sides look bad, YouTube looks worse Opening salvos by both sides in the Viacom-Google copyright lawsuit make both Viacom and Google look sleazy. But YouTube comes out worst, with Viacom painting a picture of the video company as having a business model built on bootlegging. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/6265821/154078/272921/0/ Silver Peak WAN optimization delivers ROI We're doing near-real-time replication between our two data centers, in Dallas and Lowell, Ark., and we're seeing anywhere from three to five times reduction and sometimes as high as 28 times -- on that traffic volume using the Silver Peak product. 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