McAfee Labs Predicts Facebook, Twitter Will Be Platforms of Choice for Emerging Threats

http://newsroom.mcafee.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=3607

Twitter’s URL shortening services: Since the URL is not immediately clear to a user it is easy for users to be directed to malicious websites.

Chinese made open source XP clone

http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/189551.asp

How to beat Google in a domain name dispute

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/how-to-beat-google-in-a-domain-name-dispute.ars

Secret mobile phone codes cracked

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8429233.stm

Airport Security: FFT's Secure Fence and Secure Zone systems

http://www.fftsecurity.com/index.php

A single FFT Secure Fence system can protect airport perimeters up to 80 km long.

No electronics or power in the field required.

Ford brings Wi-Fi to the highway

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/12/26/wired.ford.wi.fi/index.html

BlackBerry users hit by eight-hour outage

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/12/23/blackberry.outage/index.html

What's being copied from your web site

http://www1.tynt.com/see-whats-copied

Microsoft Word patent infringement verdict upheld

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8427474.stm

Microsoft said the ban would prohibit the sale of all available versions of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Office software.

Introducing the New Cybersecurity Coordinator

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/12/22/introducing-new-cybersecurity-coordinator

Twitter account hijack was not attack on servers

http://news.techworld.com/security/3209053/twitter-account-hijack-was-not-attack-on-servers/?intcmp=nws-hm-l

Internet Disease: SPAM and VIRUS

Our Technology is advancing at a rapid pace but just like AIDS and CANCER, we haven't found cure for Internet diseases like "SPAM" and "VIRUS"

Hope one day, Internet experts would be able to find solution.

European Internet usage in 2009 - Households and Individuals

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-QA-09-046/EN/KS-QA-09-046-EN.PDF

New cinematic experience technology

http://www.d-box.com/en/about-d-box/

Chinese proposal to meter internet traffic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8417680.stm

SkyGrabber: the $26 software used by insurgents to hack into US drones

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/dec/17/skygrabber-software-drones-hacked

ITIL(Information Technology Infrastructure Library)

What is IT Service Management

• The management of IT services to support one or morebusiness areas
• A set of process and procedures aimed at the provision of high quality, cost effective IT
Services– Driven by business dependency upon IT
• The best definition and independent guidelines for IT ServiceManagement can be found in ITIL

The Four Ps IT Service Management (ITSM) is all about the efficient, effective and economical use of:

• People
– Customers, Users & IT Staff
• Processes
– ITIL
• Products
– Tools and technology
• Partners
– Vendors and Suppliers

ITIL Philosophy

• Capture industry “best practice”
• Organizations should adopt and adapt
• Scalable — organization size and need

ITIL Objectives

• Reduce Costs
• Improve Availability
• Tune Capacity
• Increase Throughput
• Optimize resource Utilization
• Improve Scalability

Service Support

• These are the more “Day to Day” processes which supports
Service Management
• Typically tend to be more “Reactive” than “Proactive”
• Made up of 5 Processes and 1 Function
– Service Desk (Function)
– Incident Management
– Problem Management
– Configuration Management
– Change Management
– Release Management

Service Delivery

• These are the more longer term planning type processes
which supports Service Management
• Typically tend to be more “Proactive” than “Reactive”
• Made up of 5 Processes
– Service Level Management
– IT Service Continuity Management
– Finance for IT Management
– Availability Management
– Capacity Management

Who Is Doing This?

• Government
• Financial services
• Insurance
• Manufacturing
• Publishing
• Outsourcing companies
• Utilities

ITIL Results
Proven Results:
(IDC study of companies who implemented ITIL solutions)
>50% decrease in system & network downtime
>30% improvement in IT staff productivity
>25% improvement in bringing new services online

Summary

• ITIL will change your IT organization into a strategic, business-oriented
delivery operation for IT services, as opposed to simply a tactical provider
of technology
• It will help your IT operation run more like a business. ITSM is an industry
standard that applies best practices to people, processes and technology
across boundaries
• Keep costs in check – By operating with optimal efficiency and existing
resources
• Deliver the highest possible quality of service to internal and external
customers – By catching problems before they happen and maximizing
the performance, availability and capabilities of IT services
• Adapt to change quickly and smoothly – By taking advantage of
unprecedented flexibility and agility
• Make the most of opportunities – By freeing up human and system
resources to pursue new initiatives or business prospects or deal with
competitive threats

Wind launches with cheaper phone rates

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/739543--wind-launches-with-cheaper-phone-rates?bn=1

Top 5 Essential Log Reports

http://www.sans.org/security-resources/top5_logreports.pdf

McDonald's to lift fee for Internet access

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jjruBwVWDyBHMqCPLR79Nb_nesOAD9CK23OG0

BSNL loses market share by nearly half in three years

http://beta.thehindu.com/business/article65194.ece

Gone days of Federal Monopoly.

4G mobile phone network comes to Scandinavia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8412035.stm

Canadian Govt made the mistake of allowing Nortel to sell 4G technology to Ericsson.

Google's Terrible Hiring Question: The Document

http://gawker.com/5423553/googles-terrible-hiring-question-the-document

Windows 7 complaints begin

http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/09/technology/windows_7_problems/index.htm

Open-access internet rules take hits

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/11/clement-internet-access-bell-telus-mts.html

I think Fed's decision not in favor of Consumer's interest. Lets wait and watch.

Artificial retina gives woman limited vision after decades of darkness

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/12/11/bionic.eye/index.html

Are Internet firms afraid of the Middle East?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/11/internet.middle.east/index.html

Great news from canadian mobile consumers

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/silver-powers/globalive-changes-the-landscape/article1397008/

http://www.windmobile.ca/

I think Fed's decision in favor of Consumer interests.

Virtual SIM Allows Multiple Connections on a Mobile Handset

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/184069/virtual_sim_allows_multiple_connections_on_a_mobile_handset.html

Embracing Networking Opportunities

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/mns-113009.aspx

RFID - Technology Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zj7txoDxbE

Some other e.g Esso SpeedPass and 407 Toll Road entry and exit using Transponders inside your Car, Truck or Bus.

FCC eyes 'over' 150MHz of TV airwaves for broadband

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/04/fcc_on_broadband_plan/

Microsoft Bing Outage

http://www.bing.com/community/blogs/search/archive/2009/12/04/a-note-about-today-s-outage.aspx

New Linux kernel boosts graphics support, enhances KVM

http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3428410650.html

Google announces Public DNS

http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using.html

Privacy?

Google lets publishers set limits on free content

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34235369/ns/technology_and_science-internet/

Days of Free online News are coming to an end.

Google’s Hottest Searched Topics Just Released

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-363193

The Pros and Cons of Google Wave

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-362787

Facebook and MySpace Ban N.Y Sex Offenders

http://bit.ly/4KrB0y