The Technology Newsbucket: Stuxnet virus ‘an Israeli-American project … – The Guardian (blog)
Plus an argument for the necessity of Flash, and how much does Flickr make from pro accounts?
Graph shows concentration of Stuxnet-infected computers in Iran as of August 2010. Photograph: Symantec
A quick burst of five links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
Universal and Sony Music plan 'instant pop' to beat piracy >> Guardian
"Ten years after piracy first began to ravage the music industry, Britain's two biggest record labels will finally try to play their part in stopping it, by making new singles available for sale on the day they first hit the airwaves." Good luck.
Is the removal of H.264 from Chrome a step backward for openness? >> My Opera
Haarvard, of Opera Software, on the necessity of Flash: "If you want to do any kind of video on the web, you don't have a choice. Flash is needed." Uhhh? Spot the iOS-shaped flaw.
Stuxnet Worm Used Against Iran Was Tested in Israel >> NYTimes.com
"Though American and Israeli officials refuse to talk publicly about what goes on at [the Israeli base] Dimona, the operations there, as well as related efforts in the United States, are among the newest and strongest clues suggesting that the [Stuxnet] virus was designed as an American-Israeli project to sabotage the Iranian program."
Microsoft to halve school licence fees - 1/14/2011 - Computer Weekly
"Many schools will have their software licence fees cut by more than half as Microsoft changes its method for calculating payment. "From 1 March, Microsoft will calculate fees based on the number of teachers working at schools, rather than the number of computer units used. "||Alan Richards, IT manager at West Hatch High School in Essex, has piloted the scheme and estimates it has cut licensing costs by 50%." Great! Wait - what's the correlation between teachers and needing a Microsoft licence? The more you think about this one, the less sense it makes.
Hawk (who has been very critical of Carol Bartz's tenure as CEO) puts his thumb in the air and pulls out a few plums about the possible numbers.
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