11 Important Internet News updates for 2014

1. Court Rules Passwords+Secret Questions=Secure eBanking
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/06/court-passwords-secret-questions-reasonable-ebanking-security/

2. Why the US Govt Should Be Happy About Wikileaks
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/389459/wikileaks_boon_us_government_former_obama_campaign_adviser/

3. Silverlight Developers Rally Against Windows 8
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/259910,silverlight-developers-rally-against-windows-8-plans.aspx 

4. European Pirates Arrested in Massive Police Operation
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/09/0318207/European-Pirates-Arrested-in-Massive-Police-Operation 

5. Google Tags Content Creators
http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/2011/06/authorship-markup-and-web-search.html 

6. Google Releases Chrome 12
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2077521/chrome-adds-raft-features 

7. GUI Revolutions: From Flashing Bulbs To Windows 8
http://www.stormdriver.com/blog/ui-revolutions-from-flashing-bulbs-to-windows-8/ 

8. Citi Bank Reveals Attack... One Month Late
http://techland.time.com/2011/06/09/now-citibank-hacked-though-admits-breach-one-month-late/
 
9. Supreme Court Rules Against Microsoft In i4i Case
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217491/Supreme_Court_rules_against_Microsoft_in_i4i_case
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/10-290.pdf
 
10. Ex-Google Engineer Blasts Google's Technology
http://lee-phillips.org/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/08/google_software_infrastructure_dubbed_obsolete_by_ex_employee/
 
11. Google Asks 'Who Cares Where Your Data Is?
http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/260041,google-who-cares-where-your-data-is.aspx
http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/238774,gartner-identifies-cloud-security-risks-opportunities.aspx

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