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Ubuntu Has the Juju in the Open Source, ARM DevOps Revolution for Cloud and Big Data
The open source community seems like a very likely place for a great deal of DevOps breakthroughs to rise out of, after all many of the products that live in that community address individuals who wear many hats: developers, system administrators, technology officers. Canonical, the company behind the popular Linux flavor Ubuntu, has been working ...
Malware Problem on the Rise, Hospitals Suffer “Rampant” Infections
With the proliferation of highly computerized and networked systems for healthcare, it’s not unexpected that they’re opening themselves up to new vectors for invasion of privacy—including the automated type presented by malware. Worse, medical information is confidential and valuable to bad people, not to mention that malware on sensitive medical equipment could lead to serious ...
CODEBREAKER: Compelling Movie About Alan Turing Premieres in the United States
TODpix, in conjunction with Story Center Productions and Furnace, has announced the U.S. Premiere of CODEBREAKER, a unique new film about British mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing—focusing not just on his role in World War II and his accomplishments that led to the computer revolution; but how his own country turned against him due ...
AT&T Considers Six-Strikes Anti-Piracy Policy in the United States
November 28 will mark the date that AT&T will start sending out anti-piracy warning notices to its subscribers who get flagged for copyright violations. In the wake of these notices repeated offenders will be sanctioned by having “the access to frequently visited websites blocked,” until such time that they complete a copyright education course. All ...
Microsoft Prototypes Bulky But Cool Hand Gesture Sensor Bracelet
One of the challenges with augmented reality and human computer interaction is having a wearable computer connect with the human—for most mobile phones this is a tiny keyboard, a bunch of buttons, or a touch screen. However, with innovations such as Google Glass bringing the display from the hands and directly into the eyes, this ...
Trend Micro Identifies “lol profile” Malware Spreading via Skype as DORKBOT
If you use Skype, you’ve likely been privy to an odd message coming from some of your contacts that says, “lol is this your new profile pic?” The explosion of this Trojan through various gaming communities was covered by SiliconANGLE earlier; but now Trend Micro’s malware labs have identified the malware as a variant of ...
Windows 8 App Marketplace Rings Death Knell for Microsoft Points
It’s been a long rumor in coming but it’s finally been confirmed that Microsoft Points are being phased out in favor of cash transactions and it’s going to start with Windows 8. Microsoft has already started to remove MS Points as the default purchase method for buying software, and renting music, and movies, according to ...
Skype “lol profile” Trojan Spreads Like Wildfire Through Gaming Community
In what looks like a new veneer on an old trick, a clickjacking Trojan that takes advantage of Skype users has been spreading like a pandemic through Skype affecting largely gamers. The malware hijacks a Skype session to send the message “lol is this your new profile pic?” and a shortened URL for the target ...
Xbox Election 2012 Hub Goes Into Operation During Debates, Reviews Well [UPDATED]
With the US Presidential election closing in, Microsoft’s bid to provide a new form of interactive polling, the Election 2012 hub for Xbox has started to promote questions about the recent debates. Every night at midnight PT, the hub gets updated with a new poll question, new users answer a demographic survey to place them ...
Applicasa Gives Mobile Game Developers a Monetization Platform
Currently, a shift is happening in the mobile and social gaming experience away from making money by having would-be players download games (a one time purchase) towards keeping them on in a continuing social experience. In this way, a game can be “sold” for free and then customers can enhance their gaming and social experience ...