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Microsoft warns of Internet Explorer flaw affecting 1/4 of all web browsers
Microsoft is warning customers of a newly discovered vulnerability affecting its Internet Explorer browser, from versions 6 through to 11. The flaw could allow attackers to gain access and user rights to affected PCs, and the company said there had been “limited, targeted attacks” to exploit it. This zero-day vulnerability represents a serious threat because ...
Bitcoin the movie: It just had to happen
If you’re still a bit clueless as to what Bitcoin is, you might want to head to New York and catch a screening of ‘The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin’ at the Tribeca Film Festival. The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin is a documentary made by brothers Nicholas and Daniel Mross. Daniel is a software ...
DarkMarket: A new online drugs bazaar the feds will never shut down
First there was the Silk Road, which was seized and taken down by the Feds while its owner was arrested. Then a number of successor sites sprung up, including the Sheep Marketplace that was hacked apart and robbed of an estimated $100 million worth of Bitcoin. So will it be third time lucky? Maybe so, ...
Putin: The Internet is a CIA ‘Project’
Vladimir Putin has whipped up yet more controversy by branding the Internet as a “CIA project” during a media conference on Thursday, according to the Associated Press. The Russian leader made his comments at an interview in St. Petersburg yesterday, adding that the web had originally been set up by America’s overseas espionage agency, and ...
Satya Nadella explains Windows Phone strategy, hints at wearable tech
Satya Nadella delivered his first quarterly conference call as Microsoft CEO yesterday, promising faster and greater innovation as the company works to redefine itself as a mobile-first, cloud-first enterprise. Nadella also spent some time explaining Microsoft’s recent move to make its Windows Phone platform available to some OEMs for free. Microsoft announced at its Build ...
Sharing (data) is caring: IBM launches Watson Cloud services for healthcare
Enterprise giant IBM has announced a fresh wave of investment in its US Federal Healthcare Practice in order to address the technology needs of public sector health institutions. Big Blue will add Big Data and cognitive computing services to its health care clients, delivered via the Watson Cloud. These services will include diagnostics and research, ...
Apple issues Heartbleed patch for AirPort hardware
Apple has been left feeling ever-so-slightly red faced after posting a security update to address the Heartbleed vulnerability in its AirPort router hardware. This comes after the company previously stated that all of its products are immune to the bug in OpenSSL. Apple’s AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule home network appliances have both been ...
AWS anounces support for Docker containerization in Elastic Beanstalk
The world’s leading public cloud provider has just embraced one of the hottest new enabling technologies for migrating applications into the cloud. AWS has just announced support for the open-source Docker technology on its Elastic Beanstalk PaaS, which allows developers to cede capacity provisioning, load-balancing, application health monitoring and other tasks for ease of use. ...
FCC denies U-turn on net neutrality
The Wall Street Journal is claiming the FCC has had a major change of heart over net neutrality. According to its report, the FCC is set to propose new rules that would pave the way for companies to pay for faster broadband speeds, but only if the terms of these deals are “commercially reasonable”. Such ...
Microsoft rumor mill: New update & cloud-based OS on the way?
Microsoft is going hell for leather to get people to like its Windows 8.1 operating system, and to that end it’s said to be planning yet another update for this fall. One of the more extravagant rumors is that this could be followed by a new, cloudy version of the OS that’s entirely free to ...