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• NASA appoints new information security chief

  NASA this week appointed Valarie Burks as its deputy CIO for Information Technology Security.

• JFK Library opens largest online digitized presidential archive

  Marking the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy, the JFK Library Foundation on Thursday unveiled the nation's largest online digitized presidential archive, providing access to papers, records, photographs and recordings of the 35th president's thousand days in office.

• WikiLeaks fiasco prompts new Fed effort to boost data security

  Prompted by fallout from the WikiLeaks debacle, the White House Office of Management and Budget has asked all federal agencies and departments handling classified data to shore up efforts to identify untrustworthy and discontented employees.

• China breaks ground on futuristic supercomputer complex

  China has unveiled a sleek, ultra modern-appearing design for its new supercomputing center, apparently rejecting the windowless, boxy design of typical data center complexes with an architectural style -- including a saucer-shaped building -- that may reflect the country's <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9187702/China_s_big_hole_marks_scale_of_supercomputing_race">broader supercomputing ambitions</a> .

• WikiLeaks moves to Amazon servers after DOS attacks

  After several denial of service (DOS) attacks hit it over the weekend, WikiLeaks is now being hosted by Amazon servers in the U.S. and Ireland, IP traces conducted today show.

• NASA wants its data up in the clouds

  NASA is backing open source cloud computing with a single goal in mind: to stick to space exploration and stop running data centers.

• Google denies talks with Verizon to end net neutrality

  Google today denied reports that it is in talks with Verizon for a deal that could undermine net neutrality.