Monthly Archives: November 2016
Linux Foundation Back Reproducible Builds Effort for Secure Software
In an effort to help open-source software developers build more secure software, the Linux Foundation is doubling down on its efforts to help the...
AWS to Adjust Computing Capacity Pricing Downward Dec. 1
Amazon on Nov. 14 announced its 53rd price reduction in its web services business. The company's Elastic Compute (EC2) team will adjust pricing downward...
Cloud Traffic Hits Data Center Tipping Point, Cisco Study Finds
Cloud Traffic Hits Data Center Tipping Point, Cisco Study Finds
Cloud computing now makes up the majority of data center traffic, and it's growing steadily.
Traditional...
HTC Bolt Smartphone Arrives on Sprint Network With Android Nougat
HTC Bolt Smartphone Arrives on Sprint Network With Android Nougat
The HTC Bolt smartphone, which runs Android Nougat, is now available through Sprint, featuring a...
Facebook Unveils Messenger Group Chat in Canada, Australia
Facebook is in the process of enabling groups of people, and not necessarily "friends" who know each other, to interact around specific topics in...
Network Worm Could Infect ‘Smart’ Home Devices, Researchers Show
A team of academic researchers demonstrated how even the simplest internet of things devices could be used to spread malicious code when they exploited...
How the Internet Came of Age as a Campaign Tool in 2016 Election
When I first began reporting on how the internet and the political process interacted, first for my column in those days and then for...
Google Will Tag Frequent Violators of Its Site Safety Standards
Starting this week, websites that keep violating Google's Safe Browsing standard will be slapped with a "Repeat Offender" tag.Google's Chrome browser and other popular...
Microsoft Azure Container Registry Preview Arrives Nov. 16
Microsoft rolled out the welcome mat for Kubernetes this week. It's a big step in rounding out the company's cloud container ecosystem, but the...
Google Rebuts EU Complaint About Android Bundling Charges
If Google ever ends up paying a fine to the European Commission (EC) for on it's complaint the company engages in anti-competitive practices much...