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Tech News Flash: Monday -- April 2, 2012

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IBM Plans Massive Computer System to Digest Big Telescope Data
ETSI Holds the Phone on Nano-SIM Ruling
Bad Week for Botnets
An Analyst's Ad Hominem Hell
Linux on the Desktop - Dead Again?
National Geographic Adventure Thoroughly Thrills
The Future is Now - The Dark Side and Hacktivism
Microsoft, Google Race to Speed Up the Web

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Users today want to be able to access more services using more devices.
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Today's Story Highlights

IBM Plans Massive Computer System to Digest Big Telescope Data
IBM is teaming up with The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy,
otherwise known as "Astron," on a five-year project to look into very
fast, low-power exascale computer systems for the world's largest and
most sensitive radio telescope. The project, to be called "DOME," will
cost about $44 million.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74765.html

ETSI Holds the Phone on Nano-SIM Ruling
Facing a battle between smartphone vendors over a proposed standard for
nano-SIM cards, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute has
held off deciding on the issue until it can achieve a broad industry
consensus. Opposing proposals have been tabled by a consortium
consisting of Nokia, Motorola Mobility and RIM on the one hand, and
Apple on the other.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74763.html

Bad Week for Botnets
Two zombie networks infamous for stealing banking information and
spewing spam were hit with a right-left combination last week by botnet
fighters. Using the power of the federal RICO Act, Microsoft, along with
organizations representing the financial services industry, took down
two command-and-control servers running botnets based on Zeus, a malware
family known for stealing the logins to banking accounts.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74760.html

An Analyst's Ad Hominem Hell
I clearly hit a nerve last week when I compared Meg Whitman's moves at
HP to Tim Cook's at Apple. I do sincerely think Tim Cook was set up to
fail. Steve Jobs didn't hire Cook to replace him -- he hired him to do
the jobs he didn't want to do. This is why a lot of great companies
slide. The existing CEOs see replacement candidates as rivals, so they
make sure they don't have the skills or otherwise can't do the CEO's
job.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74742.html

Linux on the Desktop - Dead Again?
Well it's been a tempestuous week here in the Linux blogosphere, thanks
largely to a violent brawl that broke out unexpectedly down at the
Broken Windows Lounge. It all started with a blog post over at PCWorld
last weekend on a topic that might sound familiar. Any guesses? Yes,
that's right: "Why Linux Is Dead on the Desktop" was its name, and a
collective groan could be heard in blogobars across the land as soon as
it appeared on the horizon.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74759.html

National Geographic Adventure Thoroughly Thrills
I'm a fan of National Geographic and their society, though certainly not
a rabid fan, so when I saw that the adventurous explorers had created a
new app, I paused -- was this just more of what I've already seen,
perhaps repurposed for the iPad? Or was it new? Compelling? Was it
awesomeness wrapped up in an adrenaline sandwich just waiting for me to
tear into it? Yes.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74751.html

The Future is Now - The Dark Side and Hacktivism
We live in times when technology is exceeding the understanding of
educational institutions and corporations. A highly social Web and a bad
economy is making the Dark Side -- the Internet underworld where
cybercrime and hacking run rampant -- overwhelming. Hacktivism is the
new, hip thing; it has become a hobby for people with higher-than-
average computer knowledge.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74754.html

Microsoft, Google Race to Speed Up the Web
This may come as news to owners of 4G smartphones, but the Internet
apparently isn't fast enough and needs to speed up. Google and Microsoft
have submitted separate proposals to accomplish this. Google's SPDY
proposal defines and implements an application-layer protocol that
reduces latency and seeks to replace parts of the HTTP protocol. It is
already being used by Mozilla and Twitter.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74757.html

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