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FBI takes out $14 million DNS malware operation

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FBI takes out $14 million DNS malware operation
U.S. law enforcement said it had smashed a massive, sophisticated Internet fraud scheme that injected malware into more than 4 million computers in over 100 countries while generating $14 million in illegitimate income. Of the computers infected with malware, at least 500,000 were in the United States, including computers belonging to U.S. government agencies, such as NASA. Read More


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Amazon Cloud Drive vs. Apple iCloud
This isn't too much of a contest yet, since Apple is just getting started on its cloud storage service while Amazon Cloud Drive has been available for months. Read More

Banks fending off brazen hacker raids on business accounts
Banks are having to fend off ever more attacks from hackers who break into computers of their business customers and try to make fraudulent funds transfers electronically for large amounts. If you doubt how bad this hacker scourge has become, ask Jorge Solis, senior vice president of security at First Midwest Bank. Read More

Open-source toolkit tracks down Duqu infections
The lab credited with discovering the Duqu malware has built an open-source toolkit that administrators can use to see whether their networks are infected. Read More


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AT&T still top dog for iPhone users
Other carriers may have the iPhone now but it seems AT&T is still the top choice for iPhone users. Read More

OpenFlow vs. programmable ASICs
Can you program a network of multivendor switches and routers, all running different operating systems, command line interfaces and configuration routines, to work in concert when it comes to managing flows? Read More

Barnes & Noble subpoenas Nokia over Microsoft Android lawsuit
Barnes & Noble has subpoenaed Nokia and its patent-enforcement agency, Mosaid Technologies, as it defends itself against Microsoft's Android patent infringement lawsuit, according to documents filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission. Read More


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Senators introduce Internet sales tax bill
Four U.S. senators have introduced legislation that would allow states to collect taxes on Internet sales, even when the seller does not have a physical presence in the taxing state. Read More

Flash Is Dead; Somewhere Steve Jobs Is Smiling
Somewhere today Steve Jobs is smiling about Adobe's announcement that they are going to stop development of Flash for mobile platforms. Read More

Number of Wi-Fi hotspots to quadruple by 2015, says study
The number of public Wi-Fi hotspots is expected to increase by 350 percent in the next four years, as operators look for ways to offload traffic from their mobile networks, according to a report by market research company Informa Telecoms and Media. Read More

First-Gen Design of Top Websites and Gadgets
What did YouTube look like in 2005? How ugly was the first BlackBerry pager in 1999? Remember Amazon.com when it just sold books? Even the greatest products have awkward beginnings. Let's take a look at your favorite websites and gadgets when they came into the world. Read More



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