Open Systems Journal

AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. said Wednesday it is buying the 3Com Corp. networking company for $2.7 billion, the latest move by the world’s No. 1 personal computer maker to expand into areas more profitable than PCs.
,Hewlett-Packard buys 3Com for $2.7B; ups guidance
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In 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft finishes a 3-billion-mile journey to the edge of the solar system to get a closer look at Pluto. Astronomers think the most exciting discovery will be something we haven’t imagined.

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One day after Patch Tuesday, researcher warns of unpatched security hole in Windows 7 and Server 2008.
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Vulnerability Note VU#120541
SSL and TLS protocols renegotiation vulnerability
OverviewA vulnerability exists in SSL and TLS protocols that may allow attackers to execute an arbitrary HTTP transaction.
I. DescriptionThe Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols are commonly used to provide authentication, encryption, integrity, and non-repudiation services to network applications such as HTTP, IMAP, POP3, [...]

AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. said Wednesday it is buying the 3Com Corp. networking company for $2.7 billion, the latest move by the world’s No. 1 personal computer maker to expand into more profitable areas than PCs.
,Hewlett-Packard buys 3Com for $2.7B; ups guidance
(AP)
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Hey Wolfgang Werlé: Ever heard of the Steisand Effect?
A man who served 15 years for the gruesome murder of a famous German actor is taking legal action against Wikipedia for reporting the conviction.…
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Could this be AMD’s comeback? It sure looks bold at a high level……
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Users are brutally honest when they’re searching Google, TweetDeck for iPhone updates, and Google’s open-sourced a new programming language.

The Go Programming Language Google launches their own open-source programming language. It’s called Go, and it’s aiming to be fast, safe, and fun. We’ll see!
Locking SafeSearch Google now let’s users lock their adult-content filtering technology, [...]

Take a behind-the-scenes look at director James Cameron’s vision for ‘Avatar.’

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alphadogg writes “Georgia Tech researchers have received a $450,000 NSF grant to boost security of iPhones, BlackBerries and other smartphones and the wireless networks on which they run. And it’s those networks where the researchers are really zeroing in. The researchers are looking into ways wireless carriers such as AT&T and Verizon can detect malware [...]