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• Iran admits Stuxnet worm infected PCs at nuclear reactor

  Although some computers at Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor were infected by the Stuxnet worm, none of the facility's crucial control systems were affected, Iranian officials claimed Sunday.

• Iran hacks opposition Web sites, arrests cyber activists

  Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps hacked into 29 Web sites affiliated with U.S. espionage networks, Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported on Sunday.

• Iran suspending Google's Gmail, reports say

  Iran's government, looking to quell opposition, is shutting down Google's Gmail e-mail service within the country, reports said today.

• Proxy servers pressed into action to keep Web access in Iran

  An inspection of the proxy servers offered up online over the past few days as a way to help Iranians maintain access to unfiltered Web content, shows that the servers are being hosted in as many as 87 countries.

• Analysis confirms Internet clampdown in Iran

  An analysis of the network traffic in and out of Iran over the last few days during the turmoil surrounding the election is offering a clearer picture of how the manipulation of Internet traffic within the country is affecting access to certain kinds of online content.

• Twitter plays key role in DoS attacks in Iran

  The unrest in Iran is serving as a warning on how easy it is for individuals and groups to use a social networking tool like Twitter to mobilize a cyber-army against a political or commercial target anywhere in the world.

• Iran so far unwilling to completely choke off 'Net

  Despite attempts to consolidate Internet traffic, the Iranian government has so far been unwilling to shut down its entire Internet infrastructure, according to analysis from security vendor Arbor Networks.

• Twitter says U.S. asked that shutdown be delayed

  Twitter Inc. late yesterday acknowledged that the U.S. State Department had contacted the Web company about delaying its scheduled site maintenance because of the number of Iranians who have been using Twitter to get information out about the political situation there.

• Iran's leaders fight Internet; Internet wins (so far)

  Iran's government in recent days has tried to cut off Internet access for most of its election protestors by shutting down routers at the nation's perimeters, ripping satellite dishes off roofs, cutting cables and turning off telephone switching networks.

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  Twitter becomes a lifeline to an Iran in turmoil

  While Twitter Inc. has suffered endless wisecracks about its users tweeting more about their favorite sandwiches and coveted parking spots than anything truly important, the past several days have once again showed the microblogging site's real promise.

• Iran using U.S. chip technology in rocket research

  An Iranian research institute claims it used Advance Micro Devices Inc. Opteron microprocessors to build a high computing performance system. The claim is but one more piece of evidence that the U.S. trade embargo on Iran has little impact on the country's importing of high-tech equipment.

• With unrest in Iran, cyber-attacks begin

  An apparently ad-hoc cyber protest against the results of recent Iranian elections has knocked key Web sites off-line.

• With Iran all a-Twitter, service maintenance pushed back

  Network maintenance that would have put Twitter offline for as long as 90 minutes late Monday has been postponed due to the importance the microblogging service is currently playing in Iran.

• Twitter spearheads Iranian elections coverage

  This past weekend, something strange happened in the U.S. media landscape: Twitter helped shape coverage of the Iranian elections protests.

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  Facebook blocked in Iran ahead of elections

  Social networking site Facebook has been blocked in Iran since Saturday, according to the country's opposition, as opposition voters increasingly turn to online tools like social networking to promote their candidates.