Jon Brodkin / Computerworld:
Google Docs creates expectations CIOs can’t meet, Red Hat CEO says — Red Hat CEO says CIOs are “under siege” by user expectations. — As chief executive of Red Hat, Jim Whitehurst spends much of his time traveling the world and talking to CIOs, and he constantly hears one thing: that they are “under siege” by user expectations.
The U.S. government’s ability to fight cyberattacks on non-military computer systems is lacking on several fronts, including adequate personnel, a report said. In a report released Wednesday, Homeland Security Inspector General Richard Skinner said the unit tasked with monitoring cyberattacks can’t …
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Twitter Says Networking Error Caused Downtime — Social network Twitter experienced several hours of downtime this morning, causing its site, 3rd party Twitter clients and services reliant on it for user authentication to be inaccessible. — Twitter spokesperson Carolyn Penner just offered …
David Morgan / Reuters:
Bill Gates says Internet needs to thrive in China — WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates on Monday said the Internet needs to thrive in China as an engine of free speech and described official online censorship by Beijing as “very limited.”