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Cyber Storm III simulates large-scale attack

DHS hosts its third major cyberincident exercise, with the focus on increasingly sophisticated attacks

ADP runs new tax service on IBM cloud software

Cloud computing opens new market for ADP

Virtualization to supercharge new tablets, smartphones

Multicore chips, faster processors could bring powerful cloud applications and multiple OSes to tablets, phones

Mozilla: Forget about Firefox on iPhone

Instead, it plans to put muscle behind Firefox Home sync app, build versions for BlackBerry, Nokia

Amazon.com launches Kindle for the Web beta

Tool lets users read samples of Kindle books on Web before deciding to purchase

With Lync, Microsoft lowers price of Office Communications Server

Lync Client Access Licenses will cost $107 per user, Microsoft says

Avaya, Skype in deal to offer low-cost, IP-based calling

Skype users would be able to reach a company using Avaya gear for free or at low cost

Microsoft’s Yusuf Mehdi pooh-poohs Google Instant

The senior VP, who oversees Bing, says that Instant misses the mark for what a search engine should do

Leaving Your Job: What You Can and Can’t Take With You

OCZ invents drive interface 3X faster than SAS

The new protocol is aimed primarily at high-performance computing applications

5 Ways VMware Plans to Beat Citrix With Project Horizon

Comcast: We will meet our IPv6 deadline

ISP to release more open source code, begin test of standard this fall

Even Amazon.com doesn’t exclusively use the cloud

Amazon's Werner Vogels shared secrets behind the Web Services business

Facebook may ink Skype deal for online video chats

The companies are trying to integrate services; could be a blow to Google

IE users most at risk from DLL hijacking attacks

Stuxnet worm used the attack strategy, notes researcher

Zeus botnet bank thieves were careless with own security

Zeus botnet bank thieves focused on logistics of crime and not covering their tracks

Outcry prompts amendments to online IP protection bill

Supporters of Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act contend critics' concerns are overblown

Italy seeks removal of ‘defamatory’ iPhone app

Italy's tourism minister says the 'What Country' application reinforces stereotypes about the Mafia

Inside A Smartphone Rollout With Life and Death Consequences

Lessons in Successful BPM from Lincoln Trust

Why Promoting from Within Pays Off

Private-Cloud Technologies: Five Things You Need to Know

Openwave chief sees paid priority on mobile networks

Mobile operators could sell guaranteed performance to third-party application providers, he says

Why CIOs are Resetting Information Security Priorities

Senators propose changes to website takedown bill

But some critics of the controversial copyright bill say it still amounts to censorship

Two Ways to Build a Better IT Strategy

Google Apps & Microsoft: Frenemies in More Offices, for Now

What We’re Reading from the Oct. 15 Issue of CIO Magazine

IT Spending: CIOs Explains Their Budget Increases

Globalization: Choosing Technology That Fits Your Market

For NASA, An Open-Source Cloud Isn’t Rocket Science

UK police arrest 19 in Zeus crimeware bust

The gang allegedly made $9.5 million in just three months

RIM on the Future of BlackBerry Software

LinkedIn’s New Face: Tour ‘Signal’s’ 6 Key Features

Apple TV teardown gives App Store clues, says analyst

Storage space, iOS 4.1 hint at broader future for new Apple TV

Google upgrades Instant with keyboard navigation

Google is also expanding the availability of Instant to 12 new countries

At long last, Obama highlights IPv6 issue

NTIA workshop is current administration's first attempt at promoting next-gen Internet

Will feds commit to another IPv6 mandate?

Industry urges Obama to enforce a deadline for federal Web sites to support next-gen Internet

Xmarks browser sync tosses in towel

Browsers' built-in sync, failure to make money lead to demise

OpenOffice.org developers move to break ties with Oracle

Developers of OpenOffice.org have created a new foundation and a new brand, LibreOffice, to promote the software suite

Texting while driving bans don’t work, may actually hurt, study finds

Government disputes results while states continue to institute bans

Apple Peel, which turns iPods into iPhones, coming to US

The Chinese-developed Apple Peel 520 allows a user to turn their iPod Touch into a smartphone

CodePlex Foundation now called Outercurve

Seeking to shed its Microsoft roots, CodePlex Foundation has become the Outercurve Foundation

Tilera: Server with 800 cores may ship next year

Quanta could ship 800-core server by end of next year

Nokia loses share in India to Chinese and local brands

Its delay in introducing dual-SIM phones may have hurt its sales, according to IDC India

Idappcom seeks to displace penetration testers

Idappcom's software checks to see if security products are really catching exploits and malware

Amazon prepping Android app store, tablet?

Amazon store would join Google, Verizon as Android app market providers

Symantec lays out encryption roadmap

Symantec lays out integration of PGP Corp. and GuardianEdge Technologies.

Succession planning for IT: Get some depth to your bench

Google Voice cleared for iPhone: report

Code being retooled to support iOS multitasking