Type of Article: MacTech Blog

Greg’s bite: Iran should sue Microsoft, Steve Ballmer for Stuxnet damages?

By Greg Mills

Despite repeated attempts to purge industrial controllers running Iranian plutonium centrifuges and the control systems of their new nuclear reactor (still not on line) the Stuxnet worm continues to wreak havoc.  

One has to take a fresh look at the situation and the legal situation posed. While no one has come forward to admit they wrote the Pulitzer Prize worthy malware called Stuxnet, the facts are plenty clear where a giant portion of the blame lies: Microsoft Corp. and its CEO Steve Ballmer.

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MacNews, MacTech on scaled-back Thanksgiving Day schedule

The “MacNews” and “MacTech” web sites will be following a scaled back schedule this week in honor of the observation of Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. We’ll be “closed” on Turkey Day itself and will only run critical announcements on Friday.

The gang at MacNews and MacTech wish our readers and advertisers a wonderful Thanksgiving Day.

— Dennis Sellers

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