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Even the most passionate Apple fanboys will admit that the company’s iCloud serve can be a bit temperamental. Whether it’s the layout, syncing or security issues, iCloud just isn’t as good as similar cloud services from rivals like Google Inc. or Dropbox. …
FAA shoots down commercial drone use with tough rule proposals
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expected to announce rules governing commerical drone use in the near future, but it’s unlikely enthusiasts are going to welcome them. That’s because the FAA’s rules are going to be incredibly strict, if a report in …
Docker discovers critical flaws: Users urged to upgrade
As the Docker container craze continues to gather pace, it’s a foregone conclusion that vulnerabilities in the technology will emerge. Docker containers sprung their first major leak back in June when a quickly patched vulnerability was discovered that allowed rogue programs to …
Mozilla’s revenues stay flat: Is Firefox destined to flop?
The Mozilla Foundation released its annual financial report for 2013 last Friday, and it wasn’t exactly good news. With revenues increasing by just one percent from the year before, and it’s main benefactor Google Inc. about to wave goodbye, it raises questions …
Analysts: Windows Phone will surpass Android in the enterprise
The fortune tellers over at CCS Insight are forecasting good things for Microsoft, claiming its Windows Phone OS is set to become the number two platform for enterprise users by 2016. Speaking to The Register, Nick McQuire, VP of Enterprise Research at …
Symantec unearths sophisticated malware that’s been in the wild for at least 6 years
Researchers from the security firm Symantec Corp. have uncovered evidence of “highly advanced malware” in the wild. They believe the virus was developed by a nation-state state to spy on targets in various industries, including airlines, banking, energy, hospitality and research. The …
NASA’s building a ‘living’ drone that decomposes on impact
If you’re flying surveillance drones and don’t want them to be found by the people you’re spying on, ‘living’ drones that decompose after a crash landing might be just what you’re looking for. NASA and a team of students from Stanford and …
Primary Data hires Steve Wozniak, bids to “reinvent” storage
Storage startup Primary Data has just come out of stealth, teasing a new technology it hopes can virtualize the world’s data. The company claims it will reinvent “file virtualization” in the software-defined data center, and has just secured the services of Apple …
Mozilla swaps Google for Yahoo! as default search partner in Firefox
The Mozilla Foundation has announced it’s divorcing its chief search engine partner Google Inc. after ten years, and will instead offer Yahoo! as the default search tool in its Firefox browser. Mozilla didn’t discuss how much money was involved, but said the …
Seagate rolls out Hadoop Workflow Accelerator to boost Big Data analytics
Storage giant Seagate Technology Inc. is moving to accommodate Big Data workloads with the introduction of a new ClusterStor Hadoop Workflow Accelerator tool. It offers a set of tools and services for optimizing Hadoop, which should boost the performance of its ClusterStor …