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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” …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Russian crime group carries out “largest ever” hack
In what’s being described as the “largest data breach ever”, a Russian cybercrime group has amassed more than 1.2 billion user credentials, including some 500 million email addresses and logins, from over 420,000 websites across the world. The enormous stockpile of stolen …