U.S. military plans to put Internet router in space
The U.S. military plans to test an Internet router in space, in a project that also could benefit civilian broadband satellite communications.
Apple delays Leopard, blames iPhone
Apple said it won’t release Leopard, the next version of the Mac operating system, in early June as planned, blaming the delay on the iPhone.
Cisco fixes wireless security holes
Cisco has patched a number of security flaws in the software used to manage its wireless networking products.
Microsoft pressures testers after software leak
Microsoft is taking tough measures to find out who leaked a Community Technology Preview of Windows Home Server to The Hotfix.net blog after the software preview was posted on the site by a user named “Richard” soon after it was released to a small group of testers.
Microsoft delays betas of server virtualization technologyMicrosoft Thursday said delivery of the first public beta version of its Windows Server hypervisor virtualization technology would be delayed, but that the final product would still ship on time.IBM provides free ITIL how-to tool
IBM today will make available an update to a free tool that provides IT managers with access to best practices surrounding IT service management and governance frameworks.
Microsoft, Google trade barbs on enterprise search
Officials of Microsoft and Google traded comparisons of their enterprise search products to their rival’s during a technology conference in San Francisco Wednesday.
Don’t trust voting on the ‘Net, speaker says
Cambridge, Mass.– Internet voting is so open to manipulation that it should be avoided at all costs, according to a keynote speaker at this week’s Usenix symposium on networked system design and implementation.
U.S. agencies still get low cybersecurity grades
The U.S. departments of Defense and State received F grades, and Homeland Security a D, in the latest scorecard measuring their information security measures.
Blogs
Buzzblog: Microsoft mum … and to blame?Who’s to blame for this user’s trouble: Microsoft, the BIOS maker … or the user?
Those Gates-in-space rumors won’t go away and Microsoft isn’t helping any. Also, you get to vote on this one:
From Cisco Subnet: Cisco Wireless Control System, Wireless LAN Controller flawed
Cisco has disclosed that its Wireless Control System and its Wireless LAN Controller are vulnerable to attack.
