#VMworld 2015 preview: Time to go on the attack?
Once viewed as the disruptive darling of the data center, VMware Inc. is sitting at a major crossroads as it finds itself under attack on multiple fronts. The company built its empire by cornering…
Microsoft releases emergency patch for Internet Explorer bug affecting all versions of Windows
Microsoft has issued an out-of-band patch for the second month running, this time for a critical vulnerability in its IE browser that affects all versions of Windows. In the worst possible scenario the flaw…
LinkedIn open-sources its Groovy Gradle plugin for Hadoop
Hadoop has gotten itself another big-name contributor in the shape of business-oriented social network LinkedIn Corp., which has just made the LinkedIn Gradle Plugin for Apache Hadoop available on GitHub. LinkedIn’s Gradle plugin was…
How to set granular app permissions in Android 6.0 Marshmallow
By Collen Kriel
Among the new features in Android 6.0 Marshmallow, the ability for users to control which phone resources and data an app has access to is perhaps one of the most exciting. Thanks to Granular…
Take Android Marshmallow for a test drive: How to install Android 6.0 Marshmallow on your Nexus device
By Collen Kriel
Google has officially announced that the next iteration of its popular Android operating system (so far only known as ‘Android M’) will be called Android 6.0 Marshmallow. At the same time, Google released the…
First Darkode hacker to face court pleads guilty to a charge under the CAN-SPAM Act
By Duncan Riley
The first hacker to face court following the arrest of 12 people in relation to the notorious cybercrime forum Darkode has pleaded guilty to a sole charge laid under the CAN-SPAM Act. 39-year old…
Seagate acquires Dot Hill Systems to fuel its cloud storage efforts
Storage systems maker Seagate Technology PLC has swooped to acquire Dot Hill Systems Corp. a maker of scalable SAN systems and virtualization software, in a $694 million all-cash deal. Dot Hill Systems should prove…
Broadcom shareholders move to block Avago takeover
Stakeholders of the networking chip maker Broadcom Corp. are apparently unhappy with the company’s decision to sell itself to rival chip maker Avago Technologies Inc. in a $37 billion deal, and have made their…
Executive shakeup at EMC as three top execs jump ship
Storage giant EMC Corp. has lost not one, not two, but three executives this week, in a reshuffle that suggests there may be some big tensions in the company’s management as it battles to…
Bitcoin exchange Harborly closes down, refreshingly not due to fraud or hacking
By Duncan Riley
Bitcoin exchange Harborly, Inc. has ceased trading ostensively due to the owners seeking greener pastures with a new project. Founded in 2014, Harborly pitched itself as a team of experienced entrepreneurs, financial professionals and…