3 Facebook changes you missed while scrolling Instagram
Facebook users may have noticed some subtle changes in the past few days. But if you haven’t seen or read about the updates, here’s a quick review of what Facebook has changed while you were…
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Security behemoth Avast targets the enterprise with BYOD acquisition
Another week, another top consumer security provider making a move for the enterprise. Avast Software s.r.o., the maker of the world’s single most widely-used antivirus software, has acquired an emerging mobile service delivery startup…
Panasonic targets U.K. with extra secure smart home hub
This week’s Smart Living roundup features a smart home system invading the U.K., a smart light that brings the sun inside your home, and a smart helmet maker that raised $1.1 million in funding.…
Riot Games invests nearly $30 million in online game tools provider Curse Inc.
By Eric David
Riot Games, the developer behind the fabulously lucrative MOBA League of Legends, has invested nearly $30 million in Curse Inc., a company that provides numerous tools for online games including mod and add-on libraries and installers,…
Microsoft layoffs bury Nokia phones? 7,800 job cuts and a $7.6B writedown
To the surprise of no one, Microsoft said it will lay off up to 7,800 employees, primarily in its phone business, and record a charge of approximately $7.6 billion for its 2014 acquisition of…
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HashiCorp launches its open-core DevOps toolchain into general availability
The one-stop-shop value proposition has been around as long as the data center itself, but few vendors are able to deliver upon the promise nowadays due to the sheer scope of work involved in…
Teen responsible for Xbox Live and PSN holiday outages convicted of 50,700 counts of computer crime
By Eric David
The 2014 holiday season was fraught with network outages for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, and now the Finnish teen who was allegedly responsible for the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that brought…
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DigitalOcean raises a humongous $83 million to take on AWS
Everybody loves an underdog, especially in the venture capital community. DigitalOcean Inc. has seized that sentiment once again to raise a massive $83 million in funding for its namesake public cloud, which climbed to the second spot…
Domain privacy: Watch this
By John McAfee
In the security field we are seldom privy to the data upon which world changing decisions are made in advance of the actual decisions. This month, with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers…
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HP infuses data smarts into enterprise backup
After a brief hiatus, the challenge of addressing data growth is back in the limelight thanks to the introduction of two new software solutions from Hewlett-Packard Co. meant to help organizations cut down on…