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Microsoft: There’s no point using a ‘hard’ password
Celebrities desperately trying to protect themselves against nude photo leaks by ‘hardening’ their passwords are probably wasting their time, according to a new report from Microsoft’s research mavericks. Writing in a paper titled An Administrator’s Guide to Internet Password Research [PDF], Microsoft’s Dinei Florencio and Cormac Herley say it really isn’t worth bothering with trying ...
DataStax gunning for Oracle after $106M funding round
Apache Cassandra database firm DataStax Inc. has just raised $106 million in a series E funding round led by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers (KPCB). The company now has a valuation of around $830 million, and has attracted total funding of over $190 million. As far as today’s cash injection goes, DataStax says the money ...
Peace-loving Intel vows to be ‘conflict-free’ by 2016
Intel Corp. is bidding to do its bit for world peace with a promise to switch to a conflict-free product line by 2016 at the latest. The undertaking means it’ll look to source metals like gold, tantalum, tungsten and tin – all essential parts of its chippery – from smelters that are certified for using ...
VMware release Fusion 7 + Fusion 7 Pro with support for OS X Yosemite
VMware Inc. has just rolled out a new gift for Mac users in the form of an update for its popular VMware Fusion app that comes with several new features and full support for the newest Apple Macs. First up is the consumer version, called VMware Fusion 7. It offers a redesigned experience for OS ...
Big Data on SPEED: Ducati hooks up with EMC to turbocharge its superbikes
Motorbike racing legends Ducati Corse have teamed up with EMC Corp., to harness the power of Big Data to try and make their motorbikes go that much faster. The speed demons said they’ll be using EMC’s Isilon scale-out solution Network-attached Storage (NAS) to help “consolidate, manage and analyze” vital race data such as bike telemetry, ...
How the nude celebrity photo thieves hacked Apple’s iCloud
You’ve probably heard all about the ‘scandal’ involving nude photos stolen from dozens of female celebrity iPhone users at the weekend. But now researchers think they’ve worked out how the cyber-pervs have done it – by using a special program that’s designed for law enforcement agencies, but is also conveniently available for anyone to download ...
Parallels wants to help automate, manage and secure Linux containers
Virtualization firm Parallels Inc. is hoping to break into the world of containers with its automation, security and management software. Parallels told The Register that its automation and management software Virtuozzo could be useful in making containers better behave. The company finds itself in something of a unique position with containers, because it actually claims ...
Google revamps enterprise tools with “for Work” branding
With Labor Day done and dusted it’s time to get back to work. And Google Inc. has just the tool for the job. The web giant has just announced a complete branding revamp for its enterprise unit, which will henceforth be known as “Google for Work”. What that means is the enterprise version of each ...
Microsoft employee leaks Windows 9 logo, says OS is “coming soon”
Microsoft Corp. made a blooper this morning when it accidentally leaked the logo of its upcoming Windows 9 operating system, along with the ‘news’ that it’s “coming soon.” While rumors of Windows 9 have been circulating for some time, Microsoft hasn’t made any official statements so far. But that didn’t stop one employee from Microsoft ...
Cisco hints at plan to adopt application-centered containers
Apparently not wanting to be left out of the latest craze in virtualization, Cisco Systems, Inc. is hinting at plans to incorporate Docker containers into its emerging cloud services. The tidbit comes from this blog post, which offers a fairly standard primer on containers vs. virtual machines. But the real nugget comes at the end ...