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The 'malware' strike, thought to be from inside Russia, hit combat zone computers and the U.S. Central Command overseeing Iraq and Afghanistan. The attack underscores concerns about computer warfare.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/complete/la-na-cyberattack2...

Websites might one day be regulated by government and given movie-style ratings, if an interview given by the Culture Secretary is anything to go by.

http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/uk-government-looking-to-cens...

Microsoft has explained why it took seven years to patch a known vulnerability. Fixing the bug earlier would have taken out network applications and potential exploits alike, it explained.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/17/ms_explains_patch_delay/

Verizon has been awarded $33.15m in a cybersquatting lawsuit against a shady domain aggregator that registered hundreds of websites using the telco's name and trademarks.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/26/verizon_awarded_33mil_against_on...

The first beta of Microsoft's next operating system has apparently been spotted in the wild.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10129334-75.html?part=rss&subj=news&ta...

Text messaging is a wonderful business to be in: about 2.5 trillion messages will have been sent from cellphones worldwide this year. The public assumes that the wireless carriers’ costs are far higher than they actually are, and profit margins are concealed by a heavy curtain.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/business/28digi.html?_r=1

Vietnam has approved new regulations banning bloggers from discussing subjects the government deems sensitive or inappropriate and requiring them to limit their writings to personal issues.

http://ibtimes.com/articles/20081224/vietnam-imposes-new-blogging-restri...

A Stockton, Calif., woman is the latest to file a potential class action to challenge the cable operator practice of demanding consumers rent cable descramblers rather than allowing subscribers to buy them outright in order to view premium services such as HBO.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6625004.html?nid=4262

FairPoint Communication is cutting the cord to the Verizon telephone network next month and with it 1.5 million landlines in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20081227/NEWS01/812270314

Posts biggest one-month drop in the past two years; Mac OS X gains ground

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&...

Publisher Electronic Arts formally joined Valve's digital distribution platform Steam, bringing big titles such as Spore, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, and more to the PC-based service.

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21617

Graphics card upgrade triggers activation and SecuROM can’t be removed, but you can install the game as many times as you like

http://www.custompc.co.uk/news/605274/gta-iv-jumps-on-securom-bandwagon/...

Nokia, the world's largest cell phone maker, plans to stop making phones for the Japan market, one of the largest in the world.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10109528-94.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag...

Another high-level Yahoo executive is leaving the troubled search company.

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/cnet/20081127/tc_cnet/8301102331010953893

Users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer are being urged by experts to switch to a rival until a serious security flaw has been fixed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7784908.stm

Internet Explorer (IE) 7, when running on Windows Vista, contains a capability that should fight off most attacks trying to exploit the severe browser vulnerability that was patched this week by Microsoft, the software company said Thursday night.

http://www.scmagazineus.com/Microsoft-says-Vista-IE7-defenses-can-overco...

Microsoft Ireland has been forced to review its online security after the company’s Irish home page was hijacked by a group of hackers last week.

http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=IRELAND-qqqm=news-qqqi...

Updates Flash Player plug-in, tackles CoreTypes for the third time this year

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&...

Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit on Thursday said a forthcoming update for its Messenger communication software will add audio and video support to the personal service.

http://www.macworld.com/article/137656/2008/12/messenger.html?lsrc=rss_news

Opponents to the government's Internet content filtering scheme will take to the streets in a series of protests planned in Australia's capital cities on December 13.

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/269615/anti_content_filtering_re...