Open Systems Journal

The internet can seem like a post-apocalyptic wasteland, riddled with crime and ambushes. Not so if you gain some street smarts and learn to spot phishing schemes at a glance.

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Vulnerability Summary for the Week of November 9, 2009
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CNET has a look as one developer at the Microsoft PDC gathering in Los Angeles unboxes an Acer laptop, which were given to most attendees.

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Stimulus and recession drive priorities in NASCIO’s annual list.

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Internet Explorer 9 promises speed and standards compliance, Google could be toying with a data-only phone that’s not really a phone, and Firefox tightens its code against rogue add-ons.

Microsoft Announces IE9: Focus on Standards and Speed No release date or alpha builds, because it’s only been in development for three weeks, but Microsoft said IE9 [...]

The internet can seem like a post-apocalyptic wasteland, riddled with crime and ambushes. Not so if you gain some street smarts and learn to spot phishing schemes at a glance.

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AP - California regulators adopted the nation’s first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of reducing electricity use at a time when millions of American households are switching to power-hungry, wide-view, flat-screen, high-definition sets.
,Calif. requires TVs to be more energy-efficient
(AP)
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AP - You might call him the Mickey Mouse of video games. He’s reminiscent of a doughnut, round and sweet and comforting. He’s also a vessel, devoid of a real personality so you can live vicariously through him.
,Nintendo’s Mario endures even as games come and go
(AP)
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An upcoming contest invites fanboys and professional animators alike to reinvent superheroes and criminal masterminds for the upcoming DC Universe Online game. Here are the characters most in need of a crowdsourced upgrade.

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Coast Guard opts for ‘lightweight’ services; now tackling governance and security issues by Joe McKendrick
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