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CHAT NOWCYBERWAR: In Digital Combat, U.S. Finds No Easy Deterrent
The New York Times, January 26, 2010
On a Monday morning earlier this month, top Pentagon leaders gathered to simulate how they would respond to a sophisticated cyberattack aimed at paralyzing the nation’s power grids, its communications systems or its financial networks. The results were dispiriting. The enemy had all the advantages: stealth, anonymity and unpredictability. Read full article
Orleans Parish tech chief no longer at post after computer crash
The Louisiana Record, January 6, 2011
The Orleans Parish Civil District Court’s technology chief for the past four years is no longer in her post after a computer crash wiped out thousands of real estate records. Since the crash, the New Orleans real estate market has hit a standstill because the records are vital for closing sales in the city. The total costs of recovering the files — including overtime, extra staffing and outside contractors — will exceed $300,000. Read full article
Defragging: Why, How, and Whether
Computerworld, January 3, 2011
Defragging isn’t vital anymore, but it’s still a good idea–unless you have a solid state drive. As you use a computer, files get split up into fragments. Windows may show you that a file is in My Documents, but physically, bits and pieces of it may be scattered across the surface of the hard drive’s multiple platters. All this fragmentation theoretically slows down the PC. When you defrag your hard drive, the files are physically moved so that as many of them as possible are contiguous.
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‘Stuxnet virus set back Iran’s nuclear program by 2 years’
The Jerusalem Post, December 15, 2010
The Stuxnet virus, which has attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities and which Israel is suspected of creating, has set back the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program by two years, a top German computer consultant who was one of the first experts to analyze the program’s code told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. Iran had suspended work at its nuclear-field production facilities, likely a result of the Stuxnet virus. Read full article
PC Repair Rip-Offs: Don’t Get Gouged by Fix-It Services
PCWorld, December 27, 2010
Computers don’t always work as they should. Components fail, and operating systems fill up with crap that hinders performance and occasionally brings the whole machine to a halt. Savvy users know that they can fix most PC problems themselves, and use sites like PCWorld.com to find solutions to their tech problems. Those who lack confidence in their tech skills, however, often fall prey to the rapacious tactics of online and local repair shops. Read full article
Cyber War: Sabotaging the System
60 Minutes, June 10, 2010
we were told that before too long it might be possible for a hacker with a computer to disable critical infrastructure in a major city and disrupt essential services, to steal millions of dollars from banks all over the world, infiltrate defense systems, extort millions from public companies, and even sabotage our weapons systems. Today it’s not only possible, all of that has actually happened, plus a lot more we don’t even know about. Read full article