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Building Big Data: What Choice Do You Have?
One of the most understated impacts of big data in our lives is just how much it can influence the choices we make. For example, retailers and product sellers from just about every industry these days are using data to some degree, analyzing their customer’s purchase history and habits to come up with special offers ...
Google App Engine Hit By Service Disruption; Web Traffic Plummets
Google’s App Engine has suffered a major service disruption, with thousands of customers being unable to access the platform-as-a-service. Techcrunch reports that the service started having problems earlier this morning. As of 0730 Pacific Time, anomalies were being reported about its performance in three of its supported languages – Java, Go and Python, while problems ...
How To Get A Bomb On Board A Plane – Using A Barcode App
A newly discovered flaw with barcodes on US airline boarding passes could allow passengers to take unauthorized items onto flights, according to security experts. The vulnerability has to do with the US Transport Security Administration (TSA) and its PreCheck program, which allows a certain number of frequent fliers on each flight to board the plane ...
Has Google Caved In To French Pressure Already?
Earlier this week we reported that Google was threatening to block French news websites from its search engine results, in response to a demand that it pay for the content it displayed on its Google News pages. France, alongside Germany, was reported to be drafting a law that would force Google to license the content ...
Israel Hits The Panic Button, Shuts Down Police Computers
Israel’s police force was forced to take its entire computer network offline yesterday, after receiving a tip that hackers had infected the system with a virus. Security chiefs ordered police stations across the entire country to disconnect their computers from the civilian internet, and warned offices to be extremely cautious when using police computers and ...
Window Into The Past: How Win8 Came To Be
As Microsoft prepares to unleash Windows 8 onto the world, promising some of the most radical changes the software has ever seen, SiliconANGLE takes a look back at how the world’s most popular operating system has evolved since its inception almost 27 years ago. 1985: Windows 1.0 The first iteration of Windows actually dates back ...
Did Huawei Try To Sell American Hardware To Iran?
Poor old Huawei can’t seem to do anything right at the moment… Despite the firm’s strenuous denial of allegations that its hardware might pose a threat to the national security of western countries, plus more recent claims that the US congressional panel which made those allegations did so without any evidence, an air of suspicion ...
Gartner: Big Data = Big Job Prospects
Worldwide IT spending is set to increase by 3.8% over the next year, reaching a total of $3.7 trillion, with the excitement surrounding big data driving much of that growth, according to the latest predictions from Gartner. The latest news comes from Gartner’s IT Expo, taking place this week in Orlando. In a recorded keynote, ...
Tablet Wars: New iPad mini vs. Kindle Fire vs. Google Nexus 7
Apple has just unleashed the iPad mini into the small tablet space, where it’s set to come up against some stiff competition from the likes of Google and Amazon, whose devices have already been extremely well received by punters and pundits alike. The iPad mini represents quite a milestone in the history of Apple, for ...
Skype For Windows 8 Gets Slick & Stylish Makeover
Skype has been given a makeover just in time for the launch of Windows 8, with a modern, stylish new interface and a host of improvements that Microsoft says will allow it to take full advantage of the operating system’s new features. The new look app is compatible with both Windows 8 and Windows RT ...