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  1. NEWS First Shellshock botnet attacks Akamai, US DoD networks

    Wopbot on the rampage. Attackers have been quick to exploit the Shellshock Bash command interpreter bug disclosed yesterday by building a botnet that is currently trying to infect other servers, according to a security researcher. The "wopbot" botnet is active and scanning the internet for...
  2. VIDEO Royal wedding a top destination for Web users

    The royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton went off without a hitch today--both in Westminster Abbey and online. According to global CDN provider Akamai, "early data" has revealed that the number of concurrent users streaming the royal wedding around the Web outstripped the...
  3. Your fears confirmed: "up to" broadband speeds are bogus

    Link Removed Broadband providers in the US have long hawked their wares in "up to" terms. You know—"up to" 10Mbps, where "up to" sits like a tiny pebble beside the huge font size of the raw number. In reality, no one gets these speeds. That's not news to the techno-literate, of course, but a...
  4. Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM now available on TechNet

    The RTM version of Server 2008 R2 is available for download on TechNet. Make sure you go to the "Top Downloads" section and use the Akamai plug-in to download the iso and not File Transfer Manager. :)