Sasser author hired by AV firm
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According to reports, Sven Jaschan, who was arrested in May and charged with creating some of the most potent viruses to hit the internet, has been offered a job with Lueneburg, Germany-based Securepoint.
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ClipBlast! (www.clipblast.com),  the premier Web-wide video-search platform, today announced the  appointment of Rhaz Zeisler, a technology pioneer in the entertainment  industry and former IBM Interactive Media executive, to the new post of  VP, Product Development, and Chief Creative Director.
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"Sven Jaschan, self-confessed author of the Netsky and Sasser viruses, is responsible for 70 percent of virus infections in 2004, according to a six-month virus roundup published Wednesday by antivirus company Sophos."  "The 18-year-old Jaschan was taken into custody in Germany in May by police who said he had admitted programming both the Netsky and Sasser worms, something experts at Microsoft confirmed. (A Microsoft antivirus reward program led to the teenager's arrest.) During the five months preceding Jaschan's capture, there were at least 25 variants of Netsky and one of the port-scanning network worm Sasser."  "Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said it was staggeri ...
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The new managing editor seeks to better coordinate the print and online versions.
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(InfoWorld) - Two months after theÂ resignation of Shai Agassi, a driving force behind SAP's product strategy, the German software vendor on Wednesday announced the appointment of its first chief technology officer. Vishal Sikka, formerly senior vice president and chief software architect at SAP, will head the company's newly created Office of the CTO, responsible for ensuring a "clear and harmonized roadmap" for SAP's products, the company said. He will report to CEO Henning Kagermann and be based in the U.S. SAP felt it needed a CTO to oversee some broad changes that are underway at the company, including its renewed focus on the midmarket, the introduction of new on-demand products, and the continued rollout of NetWeaver and its SOA strategy, said SAP spokesman Frank Hartmann. "We thought it was necessary bearing in mind the strong strategic focus of such a role and the responsibilities he is going to bear," Hartmann said. Sikka shouldn't be seen as a replacement for Agassi, whose responsibilities have been divided among several executives who report directly to Kagermann, although part of his job will overlap with Agassi's former duties, Hartmann said. Agassi had been president of SAP's product and technology group and was credited with spearheading its NetWeaver and on-demand strategies. Once tipped as a future SAP CEO, he resigned April 1 after SAP voted to keep Kagermann in that position until 2009. SAP also recentlyÂ lost another senior executive, Aliza Peleg, managing director of SAP Labs in the U.S., who will leave the business applications company by the end of June. It wasn't immediately clear how Sikka's responsibilities as CTO will differ from those of his previous job, where he was responsible for SAP's roadmap and software architecture. Before joining SAP, he was responsible for application development technologies at Peregrine Systems. He holds a doctorate in computer science from Stanford University and is based in SAP's office in Palo Alto, California.ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!
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Avatech Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB:AVSO.OB), the nationwide technology experts for design, engineering, and facilities management, today announced they have appointed Bruce White to head the Infrastructure Solutions Group.
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By DIRK LAMMERS, AP Business WriterSIOUX FALLS, S.D.
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Sven Jaschan, an 18-year-old from Waffensen in Lower Saxony, who is also thought to be behind the Netsky virus and is currently awaiting trial for writing the Sasser worm, could be about to start work with German firewall company Securepoint.
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Los Angeles - Rick Majerus, one of college&#39;s top basketball coaches who has won more than 400 games and made 15 post-season appearances in his 20-Year career, was hired today (Dec. 15) as USC&#39;s men&#39;s basketball
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By Frank Norton, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 14--SAS reported Tuesday that revenue rose 12 percent last year, hitting $1.9 billion as more retailers, banks and other businesses bought the Cary company's data-gathering and analysis software.
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Science & environment: Profile: From Antarctica to south Kensington - the Science Museum's new director.
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A German security firm has hired the teen accused of writing the Sasser and Netsky worms, a move that sends a dangerous message to hackers, anti-virus firms said Monday.
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Jeffrey Moeser and his company are aiming to change the future of home entertainment.
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To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS  Contact: Media, Marc Abshire of NeuStar, Inc., +1-571-434-5151, marc.abshire@NeuStar.biz   STERLING, Va., June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeuStar, Inc.
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FALLS CHURCH, Va., Sept. 14  /PRNewswire/ -- Techbooks, the global leader in integrated content transformation solutions, today announced the appointment of Carol Field to Director of Publishing Services.
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theodp writes &quot;A German security company has divided opinion in the IT industry by offering a job to the teen charged with creating Sasser.
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Craig Lathrop, currently CTO of Kaplan Professional, has been tapped to be CIO of the Americas' SAP Users' Group.