Microsoft warns of dangerous flaw in DNS server ... Apple delays Leopard, blames iPhone

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News: Microsoft warns of dangerous flaw in DNS server
News: Apple delays Leopard, blames iPhone
News: CBS shows coming to MSN, Joost and others
News: Samsung to launch dual Blu-ray HD DVD player
Storage Tip: Increase energy efficiency of stored data
ITwhirled: Geek Comic of the Week: Isotown
Podcast: Qualcomm refuses $20 million payment from Nokia ... Microsoft hunts source of leak ... Intel readies new ultramobile PC platform


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Microsoft warns of dangerous flaw in DNS server
Attackers are trying to take advantage of a newly-disclosed vulnerability in several of Microsoft Corp.'s server products that could alow them to run unauthorized code on affected computers, the company has warned.

Apple delays Leopard, blames iPhone
Apple Inc. said it won't release Leopard, the next version of the Mac operating system, in early June as planned, blaming the delay on the iPhone.

CBS shows coming to MSN, Joost and others
CBS Corp. will distribute its television programs more widely over the Internet, adding new deals with Joost, Microsoft Corp.'s MSN and AOL LLC to existing agreements with Apple Inc.'s iTunes and Google Inc.'s YouTube.

Samsung to launch dual Blu-ray HD DVD player
Samsung, one of the main backers of the Blu-ray Disc format, plans to release an optical disc player this year that will play both Blu-ray Disc and the rival HD DVD format, the company said Friday.

Microsoft pressures testers after software leak
Microsoft Corp. is taking tough measures to find out who leaked a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Windows Home Server to The Hotfix.net blog after the software preview was posted on the site by a user named "Richard" soon after it was released to a small group of testers.

Infosys' revenues to reach $4 billion this year
Infosys Technologies Ltd., India's second largest software and services outsourcer, announced Friday that it expected its revenue to grow by 28 to 30 percent to about $4 billion in its current fiscal year ending March 31 next year.

Nokia insists that Qualcomm is using its patents
The patent license fight between Qualcomm Inc. and Nokia Corp. has gone into another round. Just hours after Qualcomm refused to accept a $20 million payment from Nokia for royalties on patented Qualcomm technology, Nokia rejected Qualcomm's claims that it doesn't use Nokia patents.

Sun buys mobile phone software maker SavaJe
Sun Microsystems Inc. said Thursday it plans to acquire the intellectual property of SavaJe Technologies Inc., a provider of Mobile Java application development tools.

Cisco fixes wireless security holes
Cisco has patched a number of security flaws in the software used to manage its wireless networking products.

Taiwan's Via scores big win with HP
Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. may be locked in a vicious price war over desktop and mobile chips, but that hasn't stopped Taiwan's Via Technologies Inc. from gaining ground in the market with its focus on low-cost processors that don't draw much power.

IBM puts blades on a low-carb(on) diet
IBM Corp. is adding to its server lineup with new models featuring lower-wattage processors and flash memory instead of disks, all in the name of energy conservation.


STORAGE TIP

Increase energy efficiency of stored data
By David Hill, Mesabi Group

One approach to increasing energy efficiency is to get more out of the storage that you already have by increasing the utilization factor over time. One way to accomplish this is to consolidate underutilized disks into fewer, but on-average, fuller disks. You can then either idle some disks that are not used and take an immediate power savings or you can wait and fill them up over time with new data without increasing power consumption.

Here's what you need to know.

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ITWHIRLED

Geek Comic of the Week: Isotown
For everyone who's ever stayed up late playing Sim City, there's this weirdly hypnotic comic that mainly consists of an isometric city being built, one pixel at a time.

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