China not the only country engaged in cyberespionage

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	China biggest, but not the only country engaged in cyberespionage China is by far the most aggressive, but not the only, country attempting the sort of extensive cyberespionage described in security firm Mandiant's dramatic report, released this week. Read More   In this Issue Apple ships Java update, malware scrubber after confirming attacks on own Macs China's Defense Ministry calls accusations of state-sponsored hacking groundless Oracle releases new Java fixes, speeds up patching cycle Dell profit sinks 31% as company fights to go private Google's Page, Brin and Schmidt to testify in employee antritrust case Dell beefs up its deduplication appliance line Can Gmail and Yahoo fend off Outlook.com? Sharon Machlis: This Siri competitor for Android can be trained - for a price JR Raphael: HTC One smartphone: The complete FAQ Japan's NTT Com goes on global data center offensive Microsoft, EMC, NetApp join Oracle's legal fight against Google on Java Twitter calls for smarter password habits following Jeep, Burger King hacks Nvidia promises improved gaming with GeForce GTX Titan GPU Oracle sale of Lustre welcomed by HPC users Richi Jennings: Yes, Mac malware is real: Even Apple hacked WEBCAST: VMware The Case for Virtualizing Your Microsoft Exchange Deployment This Aberdeen Group report offers valuable insights on the impressive benefits to be achieved by virtualizing your Exchange deployment. View Now! Apple ships Java update, malware scrubber after confirming attacks on own Macs The day it acknowledged company-owned Macs had been hacked using a "drive-by" Java exploit, Apple on Tuesday patched the Oracle software for older systems and released a malware detection tool. Read More China's Defense Ministry calls accusations of state-sponsored hacking groundless China's Ministry of National Defense refuted the accusations that the nation's military supports cyberespionage and said a recent security report backing the claims used scientifically flawed evidence. Read More Oracle releases new Java fixes, speeds up patching cycle Oracle released new Java security updates on Tuesday and announced plans to accelerate the release of future Java patches following recent attacks that have infected computers with malware by exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in Java browser plug-ins. Read More Dell profit sinks 31% as company fights to go private Dell reported another quarter of declining revenue and profits as the company's CEO continues his battle to take the PC maker private. Read More Google's Page, Brin and Schmidt to testify in employee antritrust case Google's famed "triumvirate" -- Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt -- will give oral statements over the coming weeks as part of a private antitrust suit brought against Google and six other technology companies by former employees. Read More Dell beefs up its deduplication appliance line Dell unveiled upgrades to its deduplication appliance line, the DR-series, whose models can now grow to 81TB and replicate data from up to 32 remote offices to a central node. Read More Can Gmail and Yahoo fend off Outlook.com? With Microsoft making a big push with its free email service Outlook.com, Google's Gmail and Yahoo Mail suddenly have a serious new rival. Read More WHITE PAPER: ExaGrid Straight Talk About Disk Backup with Deduplication This eBook is a "must read" if you are considering a move from tape backup to disk-based backup with deduplication. Did you know that depending on the architecture you choose, you could either improve your backup environment or go backwards? You may not be aware of the many considerations that need to be assessed. Learn more. Sharon Machlis: This Siri competitor for Android can be trained - for a price Speaktoit Assistant launched a premium service that lets you customize its commands. It is worth the money? Read More JR Raphael: HTC One smartphone: The complete FAQ HTC's new One phone promises to "reinvent the smartphone experience." Here's a detailed rundown of everything there is to know about the device. Read More Japan's NTT Com goes on global data center offensive NTT Communications, the IT arm of Japan's main telecommunications operator, is aggressively expanding its data center operations outside the country as part of a push to offer its cloud-hosting services worldwide. Read More Microsoft, EMC, NetApp join Oracle's legal fight against Google on Java Microsoft, EMC and NetApp have joined an appeal by Oracle against an earlier decision in a copyright and patent infringement lawsuit against Google over Android. Read More Twitter calls for smarter password habits following Jeep, Burger King hacks Twitter is urging its account holders to be smarter with their passwords following two recent attacks by hackers directed at Burger King and Jeep that took control of those accounts. Read More Nvidia promises improved gaming with GeForce GTX Titan GPU Nvidia announced the GeForce GTX Titan, a GPU designed to handle the most demanding games by harnessing the processing power of 2,668 graphics cores. Read More Oracle sale of Lustre welcomed by HPC users Oracle sold assets related to the Lustre parallel distributed file system to high-performance computing storage vendor Xyratex, which pledged to lead further development of the software in its collaborative open-source environment. Read More Richi Jennings: Yes, Mac malware is real: Even Apple hacked Fanbois flabbergasted. Apple confesses to being infected by malware. It seems to be the same problem that recently befell Facebook and Twitter. The infection vector: popular developer forum, iPhoneDevSDK.com. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers resurrect a repetitive debate: Is Mac OS virus-proof? Read More
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