Defense Secretary Robert Gates today approved the creation of a unified U.S. Cyber Command to oversee the protection of military networks against cyber threats. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134744 Do you want to play a game?

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Hohm is designed to receive data inputs directly from energy companies’ smart meters. Microsoft so far has partnered with Puget Sound Energy, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Seattle City Light, and Xcel Energy to create compatible offerings. http://www.informationweek.com/news/services/data/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218101163&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News

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In its first financial quarter for the 2010 fiscal year, which ended May 31st, 2009, Red Hat’s total revenue was $174.4 million, an 11% increase from the year ago quarter. The company also reports that “subscription revenue for the quarter was $148.8 million, up 14% year-over-year.” http://blogs.computerworld.com/red_hat_rakes_in_big_bucks

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RealNetworks began public beta-testing version 12 of its venerable RealPlayer today. Like the last version, the free RealPlayer SP (which stands for “social and portable”) lets you rip streaming Flash videos from the Web to your hard drive. What’s new: you can also transcode them into appropriate formats for playback on portable devices. If you’re [...]

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Perhaps the most compelling such feature to debut in OpenSolaris 2009.06 is the new Crossbow network virtualization system. Using this system, administrators can provide individual network services or virtual machines with their own virtualized network adapter and stack. In this way, multiple network-facing services can share a single physical network adapter while abiding by resource [...]

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Sun Microsystems has released new additions to the Sun Constellation System including a new InfiniBand (IB) Quad Data Rate (QDR) switch for optimal cluster interconnect performance; Sun HPC Software; Linux Edition 2.0 for faster and simpler cluster deployment; and Sun Grid Engine 6.2 Update 3 for ease of management. The company also announced enhancements to [...]

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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) wants you to be able to take on Uma Thurman (a.k.a., The Bride from the “Kill Bill” movies) — and win. At least, as far as cleaning up your Gmail inbox is concerned. Starting today, Google has published a tutorial called “Become a Gmail Ninja.” The goal? To become a master in [...]

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Finjan’s most recent Cybercrime Intelligence report pulls the covers off a clandestine, underground network of buyers and sellers of a new and valuable commodity, your spyware infected computer! Read on for the details. http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/06/your_malware_in.html?cid=nl_IW_daily_html Sure, but what’s my ticker symbol?

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The business community is worried about “the whole issue of having to do defensive registrations in hundreds of new domains to protect their brands and how that could end up costing millions of dollars,” Switzer says. “It’s about putting in a process for dispute resolution at the front end versus after the fact.” http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=Networking+and+Internet&articleId=9134766&taxonomyId=16&pageNumber=2

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Among the features that make the Blackberry such a good corporate citizen are those that enable an IT department to impose security and usage restrictions and manage them centrally. The iPhone has had some similar capabilities, but not nearly to the same level. The new iPhone OS 3.0 and the associated iPhone Configuration Utility 2.0, [...]

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