Thursday, April 30, 2009

E-health data collection key to tracking Swine Flu spread; How Facebook mucks up office life

Also in this issue: Phishers hit Facebook with scam messages

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April 30, 2009
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In this issue:


1. E-health data collection key to tracking Swine Flu spread
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4919245/283856148/187063/0/

2. How Facebook mucks up office life
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4919245/283856148/187064/0/

3. Google begins tracking swine flu in Mexico
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4919245/283856148/187065/0/

4. No jail time for Nugache worm creator
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4919245/283856148/187066/0/

5. DOJ probes Google book search settlement
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4919245/283856148/187067/0/

6. Microsoft doctors AutoRun in Windows 7 to stymie Conficker
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4919245/283856148/187068/0/

7. Phishers hit Facebook with scam messages
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4919245/283856148/187069/0/

8. Palm Pre teardown: $170 to build, $300 to Sprint
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4919245/283856148/187075/0/

9. Amazon to offer free cloud services to academics
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4919245/283856148/187070/0/

10. Forrester: PC power management still not widespread in IT, despite recession
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4919245/283856148/187071/0/

11. Antipiracy law fallout: Swedish ISP won't store IP addresses of users
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4919245/283856148/187072/0/

12. Jaikumar Vijayan: Can the feds buy their way to better cyber security?
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4919245/283856148/187073/0/

13. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Has the GPL out-lived its usefulness?
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/4919245/283856148/187074/0/


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