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Bogus Android apps in Google Play store promise WannaCry protection

By Duncan Riley May 25, 2017

Scammers are using the unprecedented global coverage of the spread of the WannaCry ransomware to dupe Android users into downloading bogus apps that pretend to provide protection against it, despite the fact that WannaCry only works…

Emerging Tech

White House proposes law to let law enforcement shoot down drones

By Duncan Riley May 24, 2017

The Trump administration wants to shoot down drones. While that statement may sound extreme in an era of “fake news,” it actually has a factual basis. The White House is said to be floating…

Emerging Tech

Russian group delivers the first unhackable quantum-safe blockchain

By Duncan Riley May 24, 2017

Quantum computing and the blockchain both get plenty of attention in 2017, and now researchers in Russia have combined the two to create what they claim is an unhackable distributed-ledger platform. The new technology,…

Apps

With Trending Topics redesign, Facebook redoubles efforts to provide more diverse news

By James Farrell May 24, 2017

Facebook Inc. is redesigning its Trending Topics section so that users will receive a more diverse range of publications, the social media giant announced on Wednesday. Facebook came under considerable criticism last year when…

Cloud

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 beta adds new security, performance enhancements

By Mike Wheatley May 24, 2017

Red Hat Inc. said its upcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 release will come with a number of new features aimed at boosting security and performance. The company has just released a beta version…

Apps

Social-justice kumbaya version of Reddit closes after burning through $11M in funding

By Duncan Riley May 24, 2017

Imzy, a site founded by former Reddit Inc. Vice President Dan McComas and pitched as a safe-space alternative to Reddit itself, is folding up shop. McComas posted Wednesday that despite having raised $11 million in…

Cloud

Former EarthLink chief Joe Eazor named Rackspace’s new CEO

By Mike Wheatley May 24, 2017

Rackspace Inc. has ended its hunt for a new chief executive officer, appointing industry stalwart Joe Eazor into the role. Eazor (pictured) replaces previous CEO Taylor Rhodes, who resigned earlier this month, and will…

Infra

Wait, what? An Internet of Things app is infrastructure?

By R. Danes May 24, 2017

Internet of Things and cloud applications raise fuzzy questions about the underlying architecture of information technology: Do IoT apps run on infrastructure? How do cloud apps mesh with infrastructure? Could IoT in fact be the…

Apps

The new kingmakers of IT: maximizing DevOps for enterprise

By Bev Bellile May 24, 2017

In today’s world of open-source software, developers are considered to be the “new kingmakers” of information technology — the brains and the imagination that drives software and application program interfaces, and thus organizations. It can…

Infra

Pure Storage shares surge as it beats profit and sales forecasts

By Robert Hof May 24, 2017

Flash storage provider Pure Storage Inc. beat back doubts about its growth today, reporting better-than-expected first fiscal-quarter profit and revenue thanks to stealing a march on traditional storage rivals and winning new business in…

all stories

Bogus Android apps in Google Play store promise WannaCry protection

White House proposes law to let law enforcement shoot down drones

Russian group delivers the first unhackable quantum-safe blockchain

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 beta adds new security, performance enhancements

Social-justice kumbaya version of Reddit closes after burning through $11M in funding

Wait, what? An Internet of Things app is infrastructure?

The new kingmakers of IT: maximizing DevOps for enterprise

Pure Storage shares surge as it beats profit and sales forecasts

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