Sean Michael Kerner

The White House has officially released a Presidential Task Force report that was triggered by the impact of intelligence leaks by former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden. The report titled, “Liberty and Security in a Changing World,” offers 46 recommendations to improve and overhaul U.S. Intelligence activities. The task force report was […]

Since June, the world has been learning, leak by pilfered document leak, the extent of the U.S. government’s cyber-spying operations. National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden stole countless numbers of documents that have had the effect of also reducing confidence in U.S. technology vendors as they try and do business abroad. The tech vendors […]

The open-source Bitcoin (BTC) cryptocurrency is a virtual currency that has gained significantly in popularity and in value over the course of 2013—that is, until today. Bitcoin’s value had been hovering above $1,000 USD per BTC for most of December, but a decision made in China has triggered a collapse in value that is unprecedented […]

After a slight delay, Fedora 20 Linux is now generally available with new features that affect desktop, server and cloud users alike. Fedora is a community Linux distribution that is sponsored by Enterprise Linux giant Red Hat. Fedora 20 had originally been set for a Nov. 26 release, which was pushed back to ensure that […]

Apple released today its first milestone update for the OS X 10.9 Mavericks desktop operating system. Mavericks, Apple’s latest OS X release, first became generally available Oct. 22. The new OS X 10.9.1 release includes both stability and security updates. On the security front, the OS X 10.9.1 update is narrowly focused on Apple’s Safari […]

Dreamhost has emerged in recent years to become one of the world’s most popular shared hosting providers. The company is now expanding its lineup with new cloud compute and storage services, leveraging the open-source OpenStack platform serving as the foundation. Helping to fuel Dreamhost’s expansion is a new $30 million round of financing. In a […]

Accurately controlling and managing users and data in the cloud is becoming increasingly complex and challenging for many organizations. One vendor tackling the problem is CloudLock, though it is taking a bit of a different tack. On Dec. 10, the company made available a free tool called CloudLock GeoFence to help Google Apps users track […]

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is partnering with the Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code (SAFECode) in an effort to improve the security of cloud applications. The two groups have published a 27-page document on Practices for Secure Development of Cloud Applications, which outlines the approach for what needs to be done. As more […]

Mozilla is now out with its first beta milestone release of the open-source Firefox 27 Web browser. The new beta release comes just days after the official general availability of Firefox 26, which included 14 security advisories and new click-to-play functionality. Security once again is top of mind for the Firefox browser, and Firefox 27 […]

Blogs and Websites around the world are getting a new look today, thanks to the new WordPress 3.8 release. WordPress is the world’s most widely deployed open-source content management and blog system platform, powering more than 73 million sites today. The 3.8 release benefits from WordPress’ new rapid development process that debuted with the WordPress […]