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AWS Beefs Up Its EC2 Cloud For Big Data Crunching, Munching & Analytics
Amazon has strengthened its claim to being king of all things data, with the unveiling of two new EC2 instance types, plus an advanced new data analytics tool it’s called the AWS Data Pipeline. The announcements took place during a keynote by CTO Werner Vogels at Amazon’s inaugural partner conference re:invent earlier this week. Speaking ...
Samsung Bends Its Rivals Out Of Shape With Floppy, Flexible, Unbreakable Phones
Just imagine if we could get away with treating our cell phones the same way as we invariably do with notes scribbled onto scraps of paper. Scrunch it up in your pocket, drop it on the floor, step on it, squish it inside your wallet even – all without doing any substantial damage. Well, within ...
Can Kids Run Advanced Analytics? IBM’s New Data Center Hooks ‘Em Young
Big data might be about to change the world, but only as long as we have the tools and the skills in place to understand what it all means. IBM understands this point better than most, which is why it’s just announced plans for a new Client Center for Advanced Analytics, to be located at ...
Hurricane Sandy Blows Out “Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Measures, For Now
Plans to launch a big crackdown on illegal piracy in the US have been shelved for the time being, thanks to an unlikely culprit in the form of Hurricane Sandy. The Center for Copyright Information (CCI) organization, which was established to coordinate the highly publicized “six strikes” copyright enforcement scheme, says that damage caused by ...
Onity Announces “Fix” For Vulnerable Hotel Key Card Locks, But Won’t Tell Anyone What It Is…
Earlier this week SiliconANGLE revealed how thieves were exploiting a vulnerability in Onity hotel door locks, allowing them to enter guests’ rooms and help themselves to their valuables at will. Now, after earlier signs that the company would only help its customers if they were prepared to foot the bill for it, Onity seems to have ...
Now You Can Send Jumbo-Sized Attachments Up To 10GB Through Gmail
If you’ve ever came across one of those irritating error messages on Gmail as a result of trying to send an attachment that’s just too damn big, you’re in for a treat. Google has just given its email service a huge boot up the ass, integrating Google Drive so that users can send much larger ...
Belgian Spies Cover Blown… On LinkedIn and Facebook. Doh!
Being a James Bond-esque spy might seem like a pretty glamorous job, and for those lucky enough to have found such employment, no doubt the temptation to show off about their exploits might be tough to resist every now and again. But even so, even the dumbest of secret agents involved in international intrigue knows ...
Hotel Burglars Exploit Key Card Locks, But Who’s Gonna Pay To Fix Them?
Dozens of guests at luxury hotels in the US have fallen victim to burglaries in recent months, with the thieves suspected of gaining access to their rooms by exploiting a recently exposed security flaw in the electronic locks commonly used in such hotels. A report in Forbes described how numerous hotel guests in Texas have ...
Why Google Could Be Planning a Self-Branded Touchscreen Chromebook
Google is rumored to be working on its own branded notebook featuring a touchscreen, capping off a fresh wave of similar devices, according to reports. The story was first reported by the China Times and later picked up by TechCrunch, and claims that the internet search firm has already placed a large order with Taiwan-based ...
NEC ‘Convection Cooled’ Data Centers Slash Energy Use By 30%
Japanese electronics firm NEC has revealed its working on a new kind of data center – one that’s smaller, and relies on convection to slash power consumption by as much as one third over traditional data centers, even in warm climates. NEC said that its new prototype data centers can achieve this dramatic reduction in ...