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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Microsoft anti-malware tool due today; Windows attack goes public; 1,000 year-old math problem solved

Hot prototypes: We have designs on tomorrow's coolest gadgets today; Pressure on Microsoft, as Windows attack now public
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New Microsoft anti-malware tool due today

In the works for some time, Microsoft's free Security Essentials anti-malware software will be available for download on Tuesday, the vendor confirmed. Read full story

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Pressure on Microsoft, as Windows attack now public
Hackers have publicly released new attack code that exploits a critical bug in the Windows operating system, putting pressure on Microsoft to fix the flaw before it leads to a worm outbreak.

1,000 year-old math problem solved
Normally I would avoid math problems where scientists start off by saying: "The numbers involved are so enormous that if their digits were written out by hand they would stretch to the moon and back."

Apple pushes unnecessary software to Windows PCs
Apple again used its software update tool to push a program that was previously not installed on a PC, according to Computerworld tests early Monday. Later in the day, however, Apple removed the software from the update list.

Growing "power gap" could force smartphone tradeoffs
Mobile users face a fast-growing gap between their smartphones' increasing power needs and battery capacity.

Alcatel claims new optical network speed
Alcatel-Lucent researchers said they have figured out how to multiply the speed of the fastest undersea cables by a factor of 10, an achievement that someday could send the contents of 400 DVDs hurtling from Paris to Chicago in one second.

Futuristic security surveillance system brings Big Brother to life
Researchers are looking to develop an intelligent image system that can monitor large areas, perhaps miles wide; identify potential threats based on the correlation of events and anomalies it detects; and issue timely alerts with few false alarms.

SMBs unprepared for disasters, Symantec finds
Small businesses shouldn't be so confident about their disaster recovery plans, survey finds.

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Apparent Networks, maker of network performance management software, recently made available a free product that will help network engineers see the performance of complete network paths -- even as they cross through the cloud.

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September 29, 2009

MOST-READ STORIES

  1. Cell towers that blend vs. those that offend
  2. Microsoft, researchers release new operating system project
  3. Xerox will buy ACS for $6.4 billion
  4. AT&T accuses Google of violating telecom law
  5. To fight worms, use ants
  6. Judge berates Apple over Snow Leopard timing in Psystar case
  7. What to do about bandwidth hogs?
  8. Citrix planning major desktop virtualization push
  9. John Chambers slams Cisco with $2.3 million in private jet expenses
  10. Lotus goes after Microsoft's 'ridiculous and fabricated' figures

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