Targeted: Twitter Hit with Phishing Attack (Data Storage Today)

Twitter, the popular microblogging site, has become the latest target of phishers. The company is warning its members to be careful of messages that redirect them to spoofed Twitter sites in an attempt to steal their user names and passwords. "This particular scam sent out e-mails resembling those you might receive from Twitter if you get e-mail notifications of your Direct Messages. The ...

Applied Identity Joins Google Enterprise Partner Program (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Applied Identity, Inc., a leader in identity aware network security solutions, today announced it has joined the Google Enterprise Partner program, which extends the power of Google search across the enterprise and helps customers get more value out of their Google enterprise deployments.

Squatters Are Screwed; Nobody Cares If Your Domain Has That Hot New Suffix (TechCrunch)

Quick, name three significant web sites that have domain extensions that end in .me or .tv. Having trouble? Sure, there are a few of them out there ( kyte.tv and Buddy.tv come to mind, but I can't think of any major .me's). For all of the hype surrounding these extensions at launch, they've largely failed to deliver. Earlier today Chris Dannen at FastCompany wrote a post titled " How 2009 ...

Securing DNS should trump budget-cutting, experts say (ARNnet)

The discovery of a major DNS flaw in mid-2008 landed the technology in many headlines, but with economic concerns weighing on many in IT, industry watchers worry that revamping systems and security around domain name servers could be put on hold in 2009.

All News... Medway at Large - Reporters' Notebook (The Kent Messenger)

Writing this remotedly from from home up northish in the hood. Didn't have time to update today but just wanted to write a few lines to keep up appearances before this blog returns with a proper regular flourish in the New Year.

Three Versions of Linux Put to the Test (PC World)

When you're talking Linux, three big names always pop up: Canonical's Ubuntu, Novell's openSUSE and Red Hat's Fedora.

New versions of Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE (Network World)

When you're talking Linux, three big names always pop up: Canonical's Ubuntu, Novell's openSUSE and Red Hat's Fedora. Ubuntu has ridden a groundswell of both consumer and commercial support to its current ranking as the most popular Linux distribution. OpenSUSE, with its business underpinnings, has always been popular in Europe and has been making inroads in the U.S. And it is largely thanks to ...

In retrospect: Headlines of 2008 (Hays Daily News)

A day-by-day look at the news making headlines in 2008. Jan. 1: Infected trees toppled. Pine wilt claims trees at Kansas State University Research Center south of Hays.

Securing DNS should trump budget-cutting for enterprise IT, experts say (Network World)

With economic concerns weighing heavy on enterprise IT executives' minds in 2009, revamping DNS systems might not seem like a top priority. Infoblox offers reasons why DNS should stay top-of-mind in 2009.

Hands-on Linux: New versions of Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE (ARNnet)

Reviews of Fedora 10, openSUSE 11.1 and Ubuntu 8.10. When you're talking Linux, three big names always pop up: Canonical's Ubuntu, Novell's openSUSE and Red Hat's Fedora.