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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- January 21, 2015

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Businesses Waste Big Bucks Fighting Phantom Cyberattacks
Sid Meier's Starships on the Horizon
From the Blogosphere With Love: A FOSSy Farewell
Keeping Score in the Google vs. Microsoft Zero-Day Games

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Today's Story Highlights

Businesses Waste Big Bucks Fighting Phantom Cyberattacks
Businesses spend an average of $1.27 million a year chasing cyberthreats
that turn out to be dead ends. That is one of the findings in a report
released last week on the cost of containing malware. In a typical week,
an organization can receive nearly 17,000 malware alerts, although only
19 percent of them are considered reliable, the researchers found.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81612.html

Sid Meier's Starships on the Horizon
2K Games and Firaxis have announced Sid Meier's Starships , an
interstellar strategy game of exploration and conquest. It will arrive
later this year for the PC, Mac and iPad. Assuming the role of a fleet
commander, players will be tasked with leading their starships across
the universe to save planets from eradication, build an empire, and
bring peace and order to the galaxy.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81607.html

From the Blogosphere With Love: A FOSSy Farewell
The past week has afforded plenty of fodder for conversation here in the
Linux blogosphere: the MintBox Mini; the Steam for Linux file-deletion
bug; and the latest in the Systemd saga, for example. However, this week
seems like a good time to revisit some classic gems from days gone by --
particularly the sweet spot that can be found at the intersection of
Linux and Love.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81608.html

Keeping Score in the Google vs. Microsoft Zero-Day Games
Google's recent publication of Windows' vulnerabilities -- two within a
week -- predictably raised Microsoft's ire. "Risk is significantly
increased by publically announcing information that a cybercriminal
could use to orchestrate an attack and assumes those that would take
action are made aware of the issue," wrote Chris Betz, Microsoft's
senior director of trustworthy computing.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81606.html

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