Monthly Archives: July 2014
Banking Botnet Gang Shows How Cyber-criminals Specialize for Profit
A concerted takedown effort led by the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency has disrupted the Shylock botnet, taking down key servers on July 8...
OpenStack Swift Storage Project Gets New Policies
The OpenStack Swift storage project's new release defines a new era of cloud storage policies. Swift 2.0's storage policies enable cloud administrators to be...
How Programming Languages Are Like Superheroes
How Programming Languages Are Like Superheroes
by Darryl K. Taft
Python = Godzilla
Yes, both Godzilla and Python are derived from reptiles, but that's not where the...
Samsung Suspends Business With Factory Accused of Hiring Kids
Samsung has temporarily suspended business with Dongguan Shinyang Electronics, a supplier factory that China Labor Watch (CLW) accused July 9 of hiring children to...
Easy Apache Cassandra Deployment Comes to Google Compute Engine
Google has made it easier for IT users and developers to run their Apache Cassandra database clusters on the Google Compute Engine under a...
Daily Tech Briefing: July 14, 2014
There has been a long-running rumor that Apple's iPhone 6 smartphones will feature sapphire glass displays. Now, it seems as though that may be...
Google Working Out Specifics of EU’s ‘Right to Forget’ Law
It's been two months since a May European Union court established rules allowing individuals to request that negative information about them be removed from...
Chinese Hacker Charged With Stealing U.S. Defense Contractor Secrets
Not all Chinese hackers are actually in China. Case in point is a newly revealed case against Su Bin, who is alleged to have...
Samsung Galaxy Apps Nudges Out Google App Store
Samsung's Android-running Galaxy devices have helped make it the world's top-selling smartphone maker. But in what could easily be interpreted as its latest move...
New Raspberry Pi Mini-Computer Comes With More USB Ports
Two years after launching the initial Raspberry Pi, the organization behind the mini-computer aimed at enthusiasts and students is rolling out an upgraded version...