Monthly Archives: August 2015
Instant Video Adds to Horror of On-Air Murders of Two in Virginia
The shocking on-air shooting of two young journalists, Alison Parker and Adam Ward, from a Roanoke, Va., television station Aug. 26 was a scenario...
Yahoo Says Mobile Apps Rule, Browser Is Bygone
NEW YORK – When it comes to mobile, the browser has been sidelined. Developers instead ought to focus on enhancing the in-app experience and...
Oracle Gives Details of Low-Power ‘Sonoma’ SPARC Chip
Oracle reportedly is readying a low-cost SPARC processor aimed at scale-out computing environments like those run by cloud service providers and dominated by systems...
Regulatory Fight Brewing at FCC Over LTE-U Access to WiFi Spectrum
A fight brewing at the Federal Communications Commission over an unlicensed form of the familiar LTE calling and data protocol used by wireless carriers...
Android Certifi-gate Flaw Still a Risk, Despite Few Victims
At the Black Hat USA security conference on Aug. 6, security researchers from Check Point publicly announced a new Android flaw dubbed "Certifi-gate." Now,...
Google Announces General Availability of Container Engine
Google's Container Engine service for managing Docker containers on its cloud platform has become generally available, meaning it is now fully backed by the...
How SwiftStack Is Raising the Bar on Object Storage as a Service
SwiftStack has looked at object storage as a service as it exists today, saw that it needed an upgrade, and moved it to another...
HackerOne Co-Founder Details the Value of Bug Bounty Programs
In recent years, it has become increasingly obvious that bug bounty programs can be effective tools to help organizations secure application code. At one...
Microsoft Offers Preview of Mobile-Friendly SharePoint Server 2016
Today's topics include the preview of Microsoft's mobile-friendly SharePoint 2016 server, Toronto Police are hunting for the hackers behind the Ashley Madison Website breach,...
Hundreds of Holidaymakers Hit by Thomson Data Beach
By Michael MooreHundreds of happy sun seekers may be returning to some unwelcome news this week following the news that their personal details may...