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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 ...
Gartner drains ‘data lakes’ concept in new report
A new report from Gartner, Inc. calls into question the concept of “Data Lakes,” or large repositories of unstructured data from a range of sources than can be used for analytics. The study, called The Data Lake Fallacy: All Water and Little Substance, notes that while many vendors have signed on to the data lake ...
Internet Explorer cracks down on outdated ActiveX controls
Internet Explorer is getting with the times. As of next Tuesday, Microsoft Corp.’s venerable browser will begin automatically blocking out-of-date ActiveX controls as well as out-of-date versions of the Java plugin. Although the official feature is described as an ActiveX block, most of the prohibited plugins run Java. Older versions of Flash and Silverlight will still ...
No sales? No problem. Docker reported close to $40M+ venture deal
Red-hot startup Docker, Inc., the creator of the Docker open-source container project, is on the verge of clinching between $40 million and $75 million worth of funding, according to unnamed sources cited by GigaOM. The article says the investment round slaps a massive $400 million valuation on Docker, which is a lot for a company ...
HP unveils low-cost virtual private cloud
Hewlett-Packard Co. has just expanded its HP Helion portfolio with the launch of a new, low-cost virtual private cloud offering. Called HP Helion Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Lean, the new infrastructure-as-a-service product touts enhanced workload performance and better service delivery at a significantly reduced cost compared to HP’s other cloud services. Helion VPC Lean is ...