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There’s big bucks in Big Data, but will we be left poorer for it?
We see stories about how Big Data’s potential to change the world almost every day, especially where big business is concerned. But few people discussed the negatives it could have, such as its potential to disrupt the academic world in a way that could harm us all. An interesting article in The Wall Street Journal ...
VMware spreads some container love
There’s few more exciting topics in infrastructure software than containerization at the moment, and with good reason too. As an easy-to-use and lightweight alternative to virtualization, there’s been lots of discussion about it either one day replacing virtualization completely, or at least carving a decent-sized slice of the pie for itself. If and when that ...
Internet troubles today? You can blame it on IPv4
You might have heard something about Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) causing possible connectivity problems in future if web users don’t begin using the newer IPv6. Well, those problems have arrived, with numerous websites including eBay, Amazon, LinkedIn and others hit by outages yesterday. Also affected were major network providers like AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner ...
Walking in a data-wonderland: Big Data meets virtual reality
One of the biggest challenges of Big Data is that the human mind is just too feeble to comprehend such vast amounts of information. Our brains become overwhelmed by petabytes of data, but EU researchers think they’ve hit upon a way to make it more digestable. The European Commission has just announced €6.5 million in ...
Cortana set to land inside Windows 9
Microsoft Corp., wants to make your life easier, and to do so it’s planning to integrate Cortana – the Siri-like digital assistant from Windows Phone – into its next Windows desktop release. The first rumors that Cortana was already up and running inside Windows 9 came via the website Neowin, and it now says the ...
Google Compute Engine expands reach with new zones in US & Asia
Google Inc., has upped the ante by adding two new compute zones for its Google Compute Engine as it bids for superiority over rivals Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. The world’s biggest ad firm has introduced new zones for its “US-Central1” and “Asia-East1” regions, in a move that’s primarily aimed at developers. Apparently, it ...
Oracle’s data redaction security trashed at Defcon 22
Oracle Corporation’s Database 12c has come under attack at the Defcon 22 conference in Las Vegas, where a researcher has demonstrated how easy it is to subvert its much-hyped data redaction feature. David Litchfield, author of The Oracle Hacker’s Handbook and a security specialist at Datacomm TSS, revealed that Database 12c’s data redaction feature is ...
Think you’re an expert in IoT? Now’s your chance to prove it
The Internet of Things is one of the biggest buzzwords in any discussion on what the future of our increasingly connected world has in store. Indeed, such is the enthusiasm around IoT, it sometimes seems as if almost everyone has become an expert on the subject overnight. Well, if you’re one of those who thinks ...
Adatao bids to make Big Data easy for everyone
Big Data startup Adatao Inc., is bidding to make business intelligence not just easier, but also more accessible. It’s doing so by attempting to bridge the gap between data scientists and non-techies, in a way that can help the latter to make sense of the massive flood of data their organzations are soaking up. Adatao ...
IBM builds a “brain-like” chip that can sense its surroundings
After more than a decade of research, IBM Corp., has developed a radical new chip design that functions just like the human brain. Known as TrueNorth, IBM’s new chip features a “neuromorphic” design that has the potential to become one of greatest tech inventions since computer chips themselves. TrueNorth has the ability to sense and ...