DDOS attack again takes down South Korean Web sites
For the third day in a row a number of major public and private Web sites in South Korea have been taken off the Internet by a distributed denial of service attack. Read more...

Yahoo boosting Web data joiner

No sign of N. Korean backing in bot attacks on U.S. sites, says researcher

Opera CEO: Major US carrier deal imminent for Mini browser

Red Hat program certifies partners for putting Linux on cloud

Google revamps Gmail labels feature for organizing messages

Oracle offers ISVs monthly SaaS platform pricing

Germany's auditing board gives nod to NetSuite

ICANN: New domains coming in 2010

Google to promote Web speed on new developer site

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iPhone 3GS heats up, DOJ takes aim at Google
The iPhone scored quite a few headlines related to overheating problems with the 3GS this week. Depending on whom you believe, those issues are either real, exaggerated, the fault of users or some combination of the three. Otherwise, as warm weather takes hold above the equator and Bostonians contemplate whether it's time to brush up on our ark-building skills (rain, rain go away), we find this week's IT news offerings cover a broad range.

Determining the True Cost of Microsoft SharePoint
SharePoint has unquestionably garnered a lot of attention from business users and IT. Toby Bell, Gartner Inc.'s research vice president, calls SharePoint 2007 "nothing short of a phenomenon." He says the growing number of searches for SharePoint on Gartner.com indicates high interest in the product and some confusion about its value.

Hands on with Google Voice
The long-awaited Google Voice phone management service finally became available this week to a lucky few. Is it worth trying? Absolutely.

Pirate Party finds France fertile territory
Sweden's Pirate Party won 7.13 percent of the vote in elections earlier this month. Its campaign for the respect of privacy, the reform of copyright law and the abolition of the patent system earned it a seat in the European Parliament, and it may yet gain another seat there, if planned changes to the number of seats attributed to each country win approval.

Pirate Party finds France fertile territory
Sweden's Pirate Party won 7.13 percent of the vote in elections earlier this month. Its campaign for the respect of privacy, the reform of copyright law and the abolition of the patent system earned it a seat in the European Parliament, and it may yet gain another seat there, if planned changes to the number of seats attributed to each country win approval.

Eyes on Iran, lines for iPhone, jury award
The re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over challenger Mir Hussein Moussavi sparked demonstrations, and coverage of the protests led to the ouster of Western journalists. Twitter users stepped into the information gap, providing real-time updates. But the popular microblogging site also became a vehicle for protesters to launch denial-of-service attacks. While the conflict in Iran and the role of technology in keeping the world informed about it is our top story, for a whole lot of people the focus of the week was on -- what else? -- Apple's new iPhone 3G S, which went on sale Friday. We confess to momentary early morning confusion about the line on Boston's Boylston Street until we realized it was outside of an AT&T store. D'oh.

iPhone 3.0, Win 7 in the EU, flu pandemic
Just as expected, Apple showed off its next iPhone at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference, but even though we knew that news was coming it still tops the list this week because, honestly, how could it not? OK, so there could be one or two other IT-related stories that would knock that one from the lead, but not so far this week. The European Commission gave it a go, though, with word that Microsoft's obvious attempt to circumvent the Commission's antitrust case will not, in fact, succeed. Or not just yet anyway.

First Look: Google Quick Search Box
Google Tuesday launched the public version of Quick Search Box, an integrated desktop search tool for Mac users. Earlier this year, the search giant had opened up a preview version of QSB to developers, but warned the program was a work in progress. Now, however, QSB is ready for prime time -- according to Google, anyway.

Hands on with Microsoft Bing
Microsoft's new search/decision engine, Bing, has arrived. Here's a look at the new features and how well they work.

How to simplify your tech life
These enlightening tips will help you improve your PC's speed and security, streamline your online experience, get organized and manage your media. The path to tech Zen starts here.

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NoSQLers say they have overthrown the tyranny of slow, expensive relational databases in favor of more efficient and cheaper ways of managing data. Mozilla puts Firefox 3.5 ahead of the browser pack with better performance, improved tab handling and nifty new features. Developers are just starting to release new applications that take advantage of iPhone OS 3.0 and new hardware in the iPhone 3GS. Dan Turner looks at five keepers. The Intel X25-E boasts impressive I/O performance, solid reliability and longevity -- and you might be surprised by just how well it did in our tests.

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