Spam Clock Tallies Junk on the Internet

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• Spam Clock Tallies Junk on the Internet
• White House officials push online trusted IDs
• Text Message of 'Death' Threatens Smartphone Security
• Oracle slapped with lawsuit over alleged IP theft by subsidiary
• Cisco, Skype unveil new video services

Spam Clock Tallies Junk on the Internet Posted: 08 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST You've probably heard of the Doomsday Clock. It was created in 1947 by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists to give mankind an idea of how close it is to catastrophic destruction. A similar clock has been launched by search engine newcomer Blekko, only it's counting how many spam pages are created on the Internet every second. Since January 1 alone, 156.8 million spam pages have been created on the Web, and the clock keeps counting and counting....

White House officials push online trusted IDs Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST The U.S. Department of Commerce launches an office focused on trusted ID technology.

Text Message of 'Death' Threatens Smartphone Security Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST Security researchers have shown that carefully crafted text messages sent to cell phones via short message service (SMS) can cause them to shutdown without the knowledge of the owner. Popular models by Nokia, LG, Samsung, Motorola and Samsung Ericsson are said to be affected by what the researchers call 'SMS-o-Death'.

Oracle slapped with lawsuit over alleged IP theft by subsidiary Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST Oracle and a subsidiary are facing facing a IP theft lawsuit that appears quite similar to Oracle's successful lawsuit against SAP.

Cisco, Skype unveil new video services Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST At this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2011) in Las Vegas, the show was buzzing with news about the latest tablet computers and 4G wireless services. But news about video services also caught our attention: Cisco unveiled its Videoscape platform designed for service providers while Skype had multiple announcements about new video features, an acquisition, and further video integration with Verizon Wireless.

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