Meet 'Flame', The Massive Spy Malware Infiltrating Iranian Computers

Wired reports about another advanced massive spy malware attack 'Flame(r)' mainly spreaded in the Middle East with Iran as the main target. The malware has been detected by Kaspersky and filed under the name Flame and by Symantec filed under the name Flamer. The fully build up malware with all modules installed consists of 20 Mb code and looklikes to be part of a forth going cyberwar initiative. It again raises some concerns about internet safety because the malware is capable of infecting a fully patched Windows 7 PC probably using a zeroday vulnerability.

The internet never has been a safe place before and it yet had become more unsafe now.

Van Jacobson Denies Averting Internet Meltdown in 1980s

Wired.com reports about Van Jacobson who recently earned a spot in the inaugural class of the Internet Society’s (ISOC) Internet Hall of Fame, alongside such as names as Vint Cerf, Steve Crocker, and Tim Berners-Lee.
Back in 1985 Van Jacobson managed to speed up the TCP/IP protocol by implementing Slowstart. Which makes the protocol a lot more efficient then it was those days. He himself denies that he averted a Internet meltdown then because the protocol did work at that time albeit much slower.

Return of the Vacuum Tube

ScienceNOW reports about the return of the vacuum tube. Known of the sixties before the birth of the transistor tubes were used in almost everything needing electrical amplifying. The new generation vacuum tubes will be nano sized and function in the Teraherz range. Two most important features of the nano vacum tubes are their speed and their insensitivity for radiation which are very welcome in space and military equipment.

Review of Raspberry Pi

The Register reviews the RaspberryPi and they are thrilled about it. But their comment that the original goal only will be reached with good programming samples and other educational materials is a good one. Hopefully the foundation will be able to manage that by this Autumn!

ARM arrives on servers with Calxeda's Ubuntu demo

ZDNet UK has a report from Ubuntu Developer and Cloud Summit in Oakland, California where ARM server maker Calxeda showed off their EnergyCard prototype in a 2U chassis that supports up to 48 quad-core nodes at under 300 watts. As should be at an Ubuntu event this server was running Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS but Calxeda is expecting Redhat, CentOS and other distro's will follow soon.

A common criticism levelled at proponents of ARM-based servers is that x86 applications need to be rewritten for the RISC architecture, but Calxeda says this is not the case for the majority of web applications. "The development toolset for ARM is already robust, thanks to the embedded and mobile markets, Most apps can be developed on one [processor architecture] and will run on the other without change, if you are talking about most web app infrastructure (Java, PHP, Python, etc)."

So whereas AMD failed in the serverbusiness we at least have a real competitor for Intel now.

Feds Seized Hip-Hop Site for a Year, Waiting for Proof of Infringement

Wired.com shows what happens if you give **IAA too much priviliges. After more then a year seizure by ICE the site Dajaz1 has been given back to the rightfull owners. It took that long before RIAA had to admit that they did not have any evidence of copyright infringement against Dajaz1. In the mean time everything around this case had been sealed so even the accused site-owner and his laywer could not take notice of the accusations. These same **IAA where pushing for PIPA SOPA and ACTA and they will continue to do so. Hopefully this report helps to enforce net neutrality against these assholes.