Details Emerge In U.S. Cyber Attacks
Malware that targeted Web sites of The White House, Department of Homeland Security, the FAA, and others appears to be a MyDoom variant.

Government Accountability Office Joins Social Media Revolution
The federal agency is using Twitter and YouTube to inform the public about its reports and mission.

Sybase Announces Support For Android
The company released a software development kit that enables developers to incorporate Bluetooth into Android devices.

Web Link Shrinkage Powers Spam Surge
The popularity of Twitter has lead to a proliferation of URL shortening services. Now spammers are taking notice and using link reduction to hide spam links.

HTC Posts $197 Million Profit
While the company is an early adopter of the Android platform, Windows Mobile smartphones account for the bulk of its sales.

Opera To Announce Deal With Major U.S. Carrier
CEO says mobile browser company will be inking a deal soon to have its browser come preloaded on handsets from a major U.S. mobile operator.

Google Takes Aim At Microsoft With New PC OS
The Chrome Operating System will initially be targeted at netbooks and is to launch in 2010, Google said Tuesday.

Apple's iPhone Vulnerable To Hotspot Hijacking
The new iPhone 3.0 software automatically launches the Safari browser in certain circumstances, a feature that makes the iPhone more usable and less secure.

Music Filesharing Mom Seeks New Trial
A federal jury ruled last month that Jammie Thomas-Rasset had illegally downloaded 24 songs. She was fined $1.92 million.

Google Apps Finally Exits Beta
New features and services could make the Apps more appealing to corporate customers and easier for administrators to handle.

Motorola Seeks Android Developers
The company wants to woo developers to create Motorola-specific Android apps to help it differentiate from the competition.

:: Breaking News ::

Wyse Software Speeds Delivery Of Virtualized Desktops The thin client supplier's Virtual Desktop Accelerator addresses latencies and packet loss in the Internet's TCP/IP network. Managing Under Duress: Q&A With Credit Suisse CIO Karl Landert Credit Suisse CIO Karl Landert points to a long-standing focus on efficiency and an agile technology organization as major reasons why the firm has fared relatively well during the economic downturn. Cyber Attack Hits South Korea Web Sites Again Attack denies access to some banking and U.S. government sites and is similar to DDOS attack that hit U.S. and South Korean Web sites in recent days. IT Job Stats: Grim, But Some Hopeful Signs Fewer jobs were lost in bellwether IT job segments in June than in May.

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