Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Users urged to patch serious hole in BIND 9 DNS server; Cisco unveils Data Center 3.0

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Users urged to patch serious hole in BIND 9 DNS server
A security researcher has reported a serious vulnerability in BIND 9, the software widely used in the Internet's DNS addressing system.

Facebook tries to fend off copyright-infringement claim
A lawsuit threatening Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s control of the company will unfold today, when he will ask a judge to dismiss claims that he stole the idea for the popular social-networking site.

Cisco's Data Center 3.0 stresses virtualization, automation
Cisco this week unveiled its next-generation data center strategy along with a range of products to support that vision.

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Google's privacy chief backs t-shirts, not ties
Google's global privacy counsel, Peter Fleischer, wants to see t-shirts replace the tie as standard business attire, saying the tie "constricts circulation to the brain."

What will Windows 7 look like?
By now, everyone has heard how Microsoft plans to release the next Windows client OS, Windows 7, in 2010. But what the company is not making clear is what new features the OS will have, a topic that has become fodder for educated speculation.

Bluesocket snaps up open source IP PBX maker Pingtel
Wireless security vendor Bluesocket has bought open source IP PBX maker Pingtel in hopes of creating a platform that will let customers inexpensively blend mobile and fixed wireless voice gear.

Free security tool ferrets out unpatched software
A Danish security vendor is offering a free tool designed to inform users when their applications need patching.

You're never alone with Plone
Ask Plone users what they like best about the open-source content management software and chances are a key feature they'll list along with ease of use and multilingual support is the community of experts that's grown around the product.

U.S. veterans agency has millions in missing IT equipment
A government audit of four U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs centers found $6.4 million worth of missing or misplaced IT equipment, according to a report released Tuesday.

IBM doubles speed of System i servers, plans operating-system overhaul
IBM plans to overhauls its i5/OS operating system next year, featuring new encryption, virtualization and Web services capabilities, while the System i server the operating system runs on will become twice as powerful with a new release in September.

Podcasts

News podcast: Network World 360
Black Hat/Defcon hackfests next week promise rollicking action; Failed SunRocket passes off customers to other VoIP carriers; Cisco confirms its network gear caused Duke's iPhone flooding. (5:44)

Dealing with the unexpected costs of power
When DVDPlay, a DVD rental service, built out its network, the cost of electricity began to exceed the cost of bandwidth. On this edition of Voices from IT Roadmap, Jens Horstmann, vice resident and CTO at DVDPlay, explains how the company is dealing with the costs and using computing resources more efficiently to ease the electrical burden. (11:59)

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Blogs

Today at Cisco Subnet
We ask what's so new about Cisco's new data center? Now that Cisco has admitted its network gear caused Duke's network to melt after being triggered by a couple of iPhones, will Steve Jobs and John Chambers continue trying to patch up their differences? Also: What connects Chambers with hula hoops?

Today at Microsoft Subnet
Blogger John Obeto gets under the hood of Windows Rally Technologies. The head of Acer PC says the whole industry is disappointed with Vista.

Buzzblog: Mixing 'Barney' and the HP spy scandal
Some people will use any old excuse to show off their singing ability.

Today on Layer 8, where we promise that all our downloads are squeaky clean - as far as you know:
File sharing proponents were doing the old duck-and-cover drill as a congressional committee grilled a variety of experts on the subject. At the heart of the hearing was the idea that sensitive information, including personal financial data, is mistakenly leaked through popular file-sharing programs such as LimeWire, KaZaA and Morpheus that individual, corporate and government users use to share music, movies and other entertainment files. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said at the outset the purpose of the hearing was not to shut down P2P networks or bash P2P technology. But that’s what the hearing morphed into from time to time.

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

1. Hogwarts IT director quits
2. Cisco: its gear caused Duke's iPhone flooding
3. 12 IT skills that employers can't say no to
4. Cisco outlines fix for ARP storms on WLANs
5. Security team claims successful iPhone hack
6. 11 corporate anthems to die for
7. Corning claims optical fiber breakthrough
8. Duke CIO releases statement on disruptions
9. HP to acquire Opsware in $1.6B deal
10. Cisco facing up to challenges

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