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• Researcher Releases Exploit for IE Zero-Day Hole
A modest security warning about a vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser has quickly grown into something much larger thanks to the work of a hacker.
• IBM Tops In Customer Privacy: Poll
A survey of consumers and businesses places Big Blue at the top of the list among technology companies in protecting consumer data and privacy.
• Digg Dumps MySQL for Cassandra
The social networking and voting site is migrating from the MySQL database to Cassandra, an open source non-relational database.
• FCC Mulling Free Broadband Plan, Again
As more details surface of the national broadband plan the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to deliver to Congress, the commission said it will consider a plan to develop a free or low-cost wireless broadband network.
• HSBC Breach Exposes 24,000 Clients' Data
What was first thought to be a minor incident has turned out to be a major embarrassment for HSBC, which now acknowledges that a former employee made off with thousands of customer files.
• Intel, AMD Seen Headed for Lift in Q1 Earnings
Analyst at Broadpoint AmTech looks to the two chipmakers to turn in a healthy first quarter performance, thanks in part to an improved forecast for server sales.
• IDC Says the Cloud Ready for Prime Time
At the IDC Directions conference in Silicon Valley, research firm's chief analyst argues that the cloud is here to stay, proclaiming it the dominant platform for the next two decades.
• CA Acquires Cloud Vendor Nimsoft for $350M
CA makes another cloud computing acquisition, picking up IT performance and availability monitoring software vendor Nimsoft in all-cash deal.
• Microsoft Gives MSN Home Page a Major Overhaul
Microsoft has been previewing a radical redesign of its MSN home page since last fall, but now it's time to start pushing it out to MSN's 100 million U.S. users.
• NoSQL Supporters Challenge Relational Databases
Multiple open source projects based on a new approach to databases were discussed at this week's NoSQL Live conference.
• AMD Planning Netbook Chip for 2011
After a long time on the sidelines, Intel rival AMD is getting into the netbook game with a dedicated chip designed specifically for computers with screens 12 inches or smaller.
• Google Ready to Make China Decision
CEO Eric Schmidt said the search giant is continuing discussions with the Chinese government that will determine whether it shuts down its operations there.
• Lost Drive Puts National Guard Data at Risk
Tens of thousands of Arkansas National Guard soldiers became the latest victims of a security breach at a military base after an unencrypted external hard drive was discovered missing last month.
• Tech Stocks Rally Ten Years After Topping Out
Ten years after the dot-com bubble burst, the Nasdaq still has a long way to go.
• Mariposa Bot Shipped With Vodafone Smartphone
Panda Security discovered Confiker, Mariposa and Lineage password stealing malware samples installed on a recently purchased Vodafone HTC Magic smartphone.
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