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Trend Micro warns of trend in targeted attacks via bugs, smart things and the deep, dark web
IT security pros be warned – cybercriminals of every ilk are planning to exploit new technologies and previously unknown, ‘Heartbleed-like’ vulnerabilities to launch targeted attacks on business systems in the coming months. At least that’s the dire forecast from security consultancy Trend Micro Inc., which has just published its latest annual report into such things, ...
CERN adopts OpenStack to unlock the mysteries of the universe
Over the last four years OpenStack has emerged as a truly viable way for enterprises to build their own cloud infrastructure, without relying on public cloud providers like Amazon Web Services Inc. But it’s not just traditional enterprises who’re leaping onto the bandwagon – CERN, the European physics laboratory and home of the Large Hadron ...
London cops use Big Data to fight gang violence
Police in the U.K. are testing a new investigative tool that tries to predict the likelihood of known gang members committing violent crimes in the not-too-distant future. London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has just completed a twenty-week study looking into the effectiveness of new software that could’ve been pulled straight out of the Minority Report ...
IDC: Public cloud spending will grow to $127bn by 2018
Researchers from the International Data Corporation (IDC) have dusted off their crystal ball and come up with the forecast that public IT cloud services will account for over half of all server, software and storage spending growth by 2018. The research firm prophesizes that by the end of this year, cloud spending will reach some ...
Mozilla to launch developer-focused Firefox browser next week
The Mozilla Foundation is about to release a new version of its popular web browser, but unlike the regular Firefox, this one won’t be for consumers. Instead, Mozilla is planning to launch “the first browser dedicated to developers.” Web developers typically use tools from companies like Adobe Systems Inc., and Microsoft Corp., to do their ...
Windows 8 + 8.1 are slowly catching up with Windows XP
It’s a well known fact that Microsoft Corp’s Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating systems haven’t caught on nearly as fast as their predecessor. And indeed, Windows 7 is still by far the most popular OS around, but the later versions are finally gaining some ground, achieving a 15 percent market share for the first ...
Google adds ‘real’ big data to improve Flu Trends’ accuracy
After being criticized for inaccuracy in its Flu Trends, Google Inc., has decided to combine ‘real’ big data with its search engine stats to try and come up with a better model. Google Flu Trends was launched in 2009, and while it was lauded for its accurate results in the first couple of years, it ...
Facebook opens the door to anonymous Tor users
Facebook Inc., has finally opened up to users of the Tor network, which lets people browse the Internet anonymously. Tor, which was launched in 2002, gives people a way to surf the Web without giving away information such as their IP address and location, which can be used to identify them. It doesn’t just let ...
IBM wants to become a superpower in social media analysis
The marriage of Big Data with business intelligence is still evolving, but already it’s become an industry that’s worth multiple billions of dollars. Organizations are falling over themselves to transform their Big Data into actionable insights, and now IBM and Twitter Inc. are getting in on the act. The partnership, which was announced earlier this ...
Pure Storage joins forces with OpenStack
OpenStack might still have plenty of detractors who say it’s an over-hyped and immature technology, but the number of backers continues to grow. Yesterday, Flash storage vendor Pure Storage Inc., became the latest company to pledge support for the OpenStack Foundation, joining a long list of tech firms who believe in its potential to build ...