Conficker, Coreflood and Other Malware Madness on Your PC

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TOP STORIES - May 15, 2009 • Conficker, Coreflood and Other Malware Madness on Your PC • Microsoft's Axum Parallel Programming Language Advances • Economy Delaying IT Projects, Not Canceling: Gartner • IBM Debuts System S Stream Computing Platform • Juniper Unveils High-Performance Switches Aimed at the Enterprise SPOTLIGHT In-Depth View: Microsoft Windows 7 RC The near-final build includes many changes, the majority being spit and polish, from the Windows 7 Beta 1 released in early January. READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • First Look: Supersized Kindle DX Debuts • Seven Cheap Storage Devices • 10 Killer Google Labs Apps for Enterprise • Images: Apple's 17-inch MacBook Pro FEATURED VIDEO Worry-Free Software See an all-in-one business appliance that repairs itself and backs up your data. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • Integrated Circuit Turns 50 • Pirated Windows 7 Builds Botnet • IBM: 50 Years of Big Iron Innovation • 50 Years of IBM Mainframe Milestones IN THIS ISSUE Conficker, Coreflood and Other Malware Madness on Your PC The usual endgame for the hackers is to turn the mountains of stolen data into money. After discussions with some security vendors and researchers, eWEEK has compiled a short list of some of the stealthier and more persistent pieces of malware out there today. READ MORE >> Microsoft's Axum Parallel Programming Language Advances Microsoft comes one step closer to delivering a commercial parallel programming language to application developers by turning the Axum incubation project over to the MSDN DevLabs portal where Microsoft houses some of its more innovative projects that are being worked on and evaluated for commercialization. READ MORE >> Sponsored by Active Endpoints ActiveVOS makes BPM easy at every turn. Download ActiveVOS for a chance to win a Lenovo netbook. 3 lucky winners. Complete rules and details at wheel-of-function.com. Download ActiveVOS today. ADVERTISEMENT Economy Delaying IT Projects, Not Canceling: Gartner Computing projects are being delayed, for the most part, rather than canceled, due to the impact of the economy, Gartner is reporting. Insurance, consumer business services and media are faring best, while discreet manufacturing is suffering the brunt of IT cancellations. READ MORE >> IBM Debuts System S Stream Computing Platform At IBM's annual investor meeting, the IT infrastructure and software company announces the commercialization of System S, IBM's stream computing software that advances parallelism to deliver real-time business analytics. READ MORE >> Juniper Unveils High-Performance Switches Aimed at the Enterprise Juniper Networks announces a new, high-end switch aimed at large enterprises that fills out its extensive switching platform and provides solution providers with products to meet the needs of customers of any size. READ MORE >> Content Management from A to Z: A Guide Organizations can't count on digital-document success simply by launching systems that scan paper-based information into an electronic format or even by implementing a comprehensive enterprise content management (ECM) application. DOWNLOAD NOW >> Cloud Computing: What You Need to Know "Cloud computing" is nothing more than a service model where business workloads are deployed, transparently executed internally or somewhere on the Internet, and businesses only pay for what they consume. Rather than purchase servers, storage, and other pieces of IT equipment, business simply purchase a set of dials and indicators that finely-tune and adjust IT performance. DOWNLOAD NOW >>

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