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Report: NSA broke into UN video teleconferencing system

Report: NSA broke into UN video teleconferencing system

Linus Torvalds celebrates 22 years of Linux with nostalgic message

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August 26, 2013
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Issue highlights

1. Report: NSA broke into UN video teleconferencing system

2. Linus Torvalds celebrates 22 years of Linux with nostalgic message

3. China suffers major DDoS attack on .cn domain

4. Thornton May: The one thing we know about the future is that it's coming

5. IBM to license Power chip design to Google, others

6. Hackers may cash in when XP is retired

7. A new owner may not be able to save BlackBerry

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Report: NSA broke into UN video teleconferencing system

The U.S. National Security Agency reportedly cracked the encryption used by the video teleconferencing system at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. READ MORE

Linus Torvalds celebrates 22 years of Linux with nostalgic message

It was 22 years ago on Sunday that Linus Torvalds announced in a newsgroup posting that he was creating a free operating system, a message he echoed in his announcement Sunday of the latest Linux kernel release candidate. READ MORE

China suffers major DDoS attack on .cn domain

China's Internet on early Sunday morning suffered a major distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that briefly disrupted and slowed access to sites in the .cn domain. READ MORE

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Thornton May: The one thing we know about the future is that it's coming

In the history of computing, enterprise IT has rarely ever been prepared for the future. But we can't go on that way. READ MORE

IBM to license Power chip design to Google, others

IBM will license designs of the Power microprocessor architecture to other companies including Google, in an effort to expand use of the platform in servers and reverse declines in its hardware business. READ MORE

Hackers may cash in when XP is retired

Hackers may bank their Windows XP zero-day exploits and cash them in after Microsoft stops patching the aged operating system next April. READ MORE

A new owner may not be able to save BlackBerry

BlackBerry explores the possibility of putting itself up for sale as even BlackBerry 10 can't stop its phones from slipping into fourth place in the mobile market. READ MORE

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