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Police start notifying botnet victims
Police in the Netherlands claim a world's first in warning victims whose computers were infected by a botnet that was shut down
last week. The victims will be forwarded to a special Web page offering instructions on cleaning up their systems.
The high-tech crime unit of the police started issuing the warnings on Wednesday. Users with infected systems are automatically
sent a special page when they log onto the Internet. The page offers instructions on disabling the botnet, as well as a link to
Kaspersky's online virus scanner and a request to file charges against the botnet herder, a 19- year-old man from the Dutch city
of Sneek who was arrested last week.
Microsoft Warns of Open Source Threat
Microsoft has warned of a growing threat to its business model from open source software.
In its annual report the company said that it was facing increasing pressure from open source vendors, who Microsoft claims are
stealing its ideas and benefiting from its intellectual property.
Deep packet inspection: What you should know
You may recognise deep packet inspection (DPI) as something internet service providers (ISPs) use to conform to the Communications
Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (Calea), the US government-ordered internet wire-tapping directive. If that's not enough, DPI,
albeit behind the scenes, allows ISPs to block, shape, and prioritise traffic, which is now fuelling the net-neutrality-versus-traffic-priority
debate. So, what is DPI and how does it work?
Signs you might not be IT management material
In theory, everyone wants to climb the corporate ladder. With promotions come steps up that eventually land an employee in the coveted
management echelon, with the opportunity to increase both their pay grade and influence. Yet in practice–as anyone who has ever had a
lousy boss or manager can tell you–not everyone is actually cut out to be a manager. Perhaps they’re happiest buried in thick lines of
code or have little patience for the schmoozing or interest in the visibility that come with more pivotal roles. Perhaps they’re better
suited for other things.