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IT Blogwatch: We're doomed: Shocking "Chinese" malware claim by DHS bigwig
A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) mucky-muck has 'fessed up about computer and networking gear being preloaded with malware, and other security nasties by foreigners. When asked about the rumors, Greg Schaffer, Acting Deputy Undersecretary of the DHS's National Protection and Programs Directorate, paused and admitted both DHS and White House have known about the problem for a while. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if the sky is falling. Not to mention: Error'd: High-level Usage ... Read More


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Preston Gralla: Here's how Microsoft games the patent system to get Android licensing fees
In the last several weeks, a host of makers of Android devices have agreed to pay Microsoft fees for alleging using Microsoft patents when deploying Android on their devices. Why is that happening? It appears that Microsoft may have found a way to legally game the patent system. Read More

Jonny Evans: Samsung sheds Apple planet for Galaxy plan
It appears high-level meetings between Apple COO, Tim Cook, and Samsung executives have failed to reach a happy finish, with the rift between the two firms growing too wide for Samsung to cling onto its biggest customer. Read More


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Darlene Storm: Anonymous hacks FBI contractor, AntiSec leaks secret IRC Federal security data
Dubbed Happy Hacker Independence Day, an AntiSec crew attacked and "laid nuclear waste" to FBI contractor IRC Federal and then leaked a trove of sensitive government data. Read More

Josh Stephens: The Transport Layer: Understanding layer 4 of the OSI Model
I like to think of the transport layer as the layer of the OSI Model that enables more interesting traffic. While us network engineers may love a lot of the simpler uses of the IP protocol, we'd all be jobless without the transport layer. Read More

Shark Tank: Aha!
User complains to IT support that his BlackBerry has gone bad -- the ear speaker has stopped working, and he can only use it in external speaker mode. What's he supposed to do? Read More

 
 
 

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