The global body count in the tech sector has risen above 500,000 in July 2009. Since the correction, recession, economic melt-down started in earnest in October 2008, approximately 505,477 tech related jobs have been right-sized, down-sized, resource actions eliminated. January 2009 is the worst month for employees with nearly 164,000 tech jobs eliminated. October 2008 [...]
NetworkWord is reporting that the U.S. government has reportedly launch a comprehensive product testing program for IPv6. The new program, USGv6 Test Program , will be run by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will require all network hardware and software vendors to pass IPv6 compliance and interoperability tests before they can [...]
Despite some recent victories in the struggle against spam, like the take downs of McColo and PriceWert micro-analysis of spam trends confirms the continuing surge of spam. The overall trend over the last 12 months in spam volume is still headed up. This upward trend continues despite a year long decline in the [...]
The U.S. Justice Department unsealed indictments against three Filipino residents on 06-12-2009 for an international PBX hacking scheme. According to Security Fix , the three are accused of hacking into thousands of private telephone networks in the US and abroad, and then selling access to those networks at call centers in Italy that advertised cheap [...]
FastCompany reports that researchers at the University of York have discovered that waste from old LCD TVs can be recycled for medical purposes.
The researchers believe that polyvinyl-alcohol (PVA), one of the materials used in polarizing films on the front and back of LCD displays, can be transformed into pills, dressings, and even a substance [...]