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You might have heard something about Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) causing possible connectivity problems in future if web users don’t begin using the newer IPv6. Well, those problems have arrived, with numerous websites including eBay, Amazon, LinkedIn and others hit by …
Walking in a data-wonderland: Big Data meets virtual reality
One of the biggest challenges of Big Data is that the human mind is just too feeble to comprehend such vast amounts of information. Our brains become overwhelmed by petabytes of data, but EU researchers think they’ve hit upon a way to …
Cortana set to land inside Windows 9
Microsoft Corp., wants to make your life easier, and to do so it’s planning to integrate Cortana – the Siri-like digital assistant from Windows Phone – into its next Windows desktop release. The first rumors that Cortana was already up and running …
Google Compute Engine expands reach with new zones in US & Asia
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 …