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Microsoft patches 19-year old “unicorn-like” bug
Microsoft Corp. has patched what it describes as a critical bug in its Windows operating system that’s been present in all versions stretching back to Windows 95, according to reports. The bug could potentially allow hackers to gain remote control of any computer running an unpatched Windows OS. The flaw was discovered by IBM’s X-Force ...
Microsoft scraps Lync, rolls out new “Skype for Business”
Microsoft Corp. has finally seen sense and realized that it’s a bit confusing having two instant messaging/VoIP programs on the go at once. Hence, it’s decided to kill off the least popular version, Microsoft Lync, and replaced it with a new program called “Skype for Business”. Lync is a popular tool with the enterprise thanks ...
Red Hat launches Atomic Host platform for Docker containers
Docker containers are disrupting the world of virtualization, but IT still requires an operating system framework on which to run and manage them. Now, Red Hat Inc., has just launched the public beta of an OS it believes is ideally suited to that task – Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Atomic Host. Red Hat lifted ...
Better Tor-gether? Mozillla bids to bring anonymous browsing to the masses
The Mozilla Foundation isn’t stupid. It knows that many people are worried about their online privacy and really aren’t keen on being tracked or spied upon by advertisers and spy agencies. And so to cater to this group of paranoid Web users, the maker of the popular Firefox browser has just launched a new initiative ...
Treehouse SDN project demos first “Web-scale” software-defined network
Researchers from a trio of companies have achieved a new milestone in the evolution of software-defined networking (SDN), by demonstrating a 500,000 route capacity test network that spanned three border gateway protocol (BGP) domains and two countries. The demonstration was carried out by Corsa Technology Inc, ESnet and Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand ...
Plexxi snaps up Richard Napolitano to lead its SDN push
Software-defined networking startup Plexxi Inc., is on a mission to transform the networking landscape, and to do so it’s just hired the services of one of the best executives in the business. Richard Napolitano, a former president of EMC Corp.’s unified storage division, joins Plexxi as its new Chief Executive Officer with a mission to ...
Red-hot Hortonworks lays out IPO bet on the table
As if we needed any more evidence of how hot Hadoop is right now, Hortonworks Inc., the second-largest Hadoop distributor according to Wikibon, has filed for an initial public offering to take place this year or next. News of its impending IPO was first reported in Forbes, which provided a number of details about the ...
AWS bags ISO 9001 Certification to ease data concerns
On the eve of AWS re:Invent 2014, Amazon Web Services Inc., has announced a new certification that means it can now pitch its services to data-sensitive industries like the life sciences and healthcare. AWS evangelist Jeff Barr revealed the new ISO 9001 accreditation in a blog post, saying it would enable customers to run quality-controlled ...
Elon Musk wants to shoot 700 mini Wi-Fi satellites into orbit
Billionaire SpaceX Corp. founder Elon Musk has already managed to send spaceships into orbit, and now he’s hoping to do the same with Wi-Fi beaming mini-satellites, if he can get the funding. The Wall Street Journal reports Musk is discussing his latest scheme with former Google Inc., satellite executive Greg Wylera, who is now in ...
“Phishing” scammers using proxy servers to hijack real websites
Cybercriminals are using smarter tactics to try and ‘phish’ for netizen’s all important private credentials, employing proxy servers to intercept communications rather than serving up clumsy-looking, fake websites to try and trick people. Traditionally, phishing scams involve setting up a fake website – for example a fake login page for your regular bank – and ...