http://www.cio.com/ en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:38:53 GMT 2009-07-10T06:38:53Z en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cio.com/article/496986/Wall_Street_Beat_Tech_Shares_Need_to_Rally_Friday Wall Street will need to rally on Friday to avoid consecutive weekly losses on its three major indices, including the technology laden Nasdaq Composite Index. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Dan Nystedt <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496986/Wall_Street_Beat_Tech_Shares_Need_to_Rally_Friday 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496985/Korea_DDOS_Virus_Mission_Shifts_to_Destroying_Erasing_Data They say what goes around comes around and on Friday owners of bot-infested PCs in South Korea will discover that's true. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Martyn Williams <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496985/Korea_DDOS_Virus_Mission_Shifts_to_Destroying_Erasing_Data 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496982/Google_Chrome_OS_Shows_Limitations_of_Android Google's decision to create a new Internet-centric OS for netbooks shows the limitations of the Android mobile OS for netbooks and raises questions about its future on those devices, developers and analysts said. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Elizabeth Montalbano <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496982/Google_Chrome_OS_Shows_Limitations_of_Android 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496978/Microsoft_Ties_Dynamics_CRM_to_Twitter Microsoft has integrated its Dynamics CRM (customer relationship management) software with Twitter, in just the latest move by an enterprise software company to latch onto the wildly popular micro-blogging service. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Chris Kanaracus <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496978/Microsoft_Ties_Dynamics_CRM_to_Twitter 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496976/Microsoft_Promises_to_Stymie_Hackers_Next_Week_with_New_Patches Microsoft today said it plans to deliver six security updates on Tuesday, including two for vulnerabilities that hackers have been using for months to attack Windows and Internet Explorer. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Gregg Keizer <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496976/Microsoft_Promises_to_Stymie_Hackers_Next_Week_with_New_Patches 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496974/The_Botnet_World_is_a_Booming_World With U.S. and South Korean government Web sites hit by distributed denial-of-service attacks this week by a botnet controlled by an unidentified attacker -- North Korea is suspected, however -- the shadowy world of botnets continues to grow unabated. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Ellen Messmer <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496974/The_Botnet_World_is_a_Booming_World 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496973/Chinese_Web_Addicts_Get_Boot_Camp_Therapy Tao Ran, the founder of a youth rehabilitation center on a Beijing army base, has made it his mission to treat teenagers who are antisocial, doing poorly in school and are sometimes depressed. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Owen Fletcher <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496973/Chinese_Web_Addicts_Get_Boot_Camp_Therapy 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496970/New_Spam_Trick_Shortened_URLs Shortened URLs, a service on many sites that turns lengthy Web addresses into shorter URLs, is rapidly becoming a popular way for spammers to reach unsuspecting readers. New analysis from Symantec's MessageLabs finds shortened URLs now account for 2 percent of all spam in inboxes (See also: Spam is More Malicious than Ever). Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Joan Goodchild <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496970/New_Spam_Trick_Shortened_URLs 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496969/How_Ending_Exclusivity_Agreements_Would_Change_the_Telecom_Industry Can AT&T and other carriers adapt their strategies when they don't have flagship devices to market? Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Brad Reed <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496969/How_Ending_Exclusivity_Agreements_Would_Change_the_Telecom_Industry 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496967/EC_s_Reding_Calls_for_Shake_Up_of_Online_Copyright_Laws European laws governing the digitization of content such as books, movies and music need a major re-working in order to keep Europe relevant in the digital age, said the European Commissioner for the information society and telecoms Viviane Reding on Thursday. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Paul Meller <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496967/EC_s_Reding_Calls_for_Shake_Up_of_Online_Copyright_Laws 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496966/Meet_the_Google_Chrome_OS_Fanboy Apple has them. Microsoft too. And Linux is just teeming with them. But now Google has created its own brand of Borg that is willing to spread the gospel of Chrome OS just at the mere hint of its existence. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Ian Paul <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496966/Meet_the_Google_Chrome_OS_Fanboy 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496965/Crime_Lab_Saves_Energy_Costs_By_Turning_Up_Heat_in_the_Data_Center IT Roadmap speakers will share tips on green IT, virtualization and building resilient data centers. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Jon Brodkin <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496965/Crime_Lab_Saves_Energy_Costs_By_Turning_Up_Heat_in_the_Data_Center 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496963/Microsoft_Puts_Disciplined_Sinofsky_in_Charge_of_Windows_ Congratulations to Steven Sinofsky, an old Microsoft hand, who having managed to avoid the Vista disaster while still delivering Office and Windows 7 on-time today finds himself President of Windows, responsible for the OS, Windows Live, and Internet Explorer. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT David Coursey <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496963/Microsoft_Puts_Disciplined_Sinofsky_in_Charge_of_Windows_ 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496958/Oracle_Mysteriously_Halts_Work_on_Green_Data_Center Oracle recently halted work on a green data center project in a suburb of Salt Lake City, but it is not clear why. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Chris Kanaracus <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496958/Oracle_Mysteriously_Halts_Work_on_Green_Data_Center 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496928/Google_Chrome_OS_Five_Big_Obstacles_in_the_Windows_War Google's upcoming open-source operating system for PCs has certainly caused a stir &mdash; but is everyone drinking too much of the Windows-killer Kool Aid? CIO.com's Shane O'Neill reports that there's five big obstacles Google must overcome. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Shane O'Neill <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496928/Google_Chrome_OS_Five_Big_Obstacles_in_the_Windows_War 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z