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Ubuntu 15.04 touts software-defined smarts and safer containers

By Maria Deutscher Apr 21, 2015

After more than a year of development, Canonical Ltd. is finally rolling out the latest version of its popular Linux distribution into general availability with a slew of new features that take direct aim…

When smart cities talk: Urban machine chatter trends around the world

By Cynthia Kuzela Apr 21, 2015

Smart cities across the world are embracing the Internet of Things (IoT) and finding new ways for everyday objects to communicate with their residents as well as other machines. Everyday objects like streetlights, benches,…

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Centrify debuts privileged access breach buster for the hybrid cloud

By Maria Deutscher Apr 21, 2015

Identity management powerhouse Centrify Corp. is launching a new service at the RSA Conference this morning aimed at extending the control that organizations have over user access within their networks outside the firewall. It…

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Container wars: Microsoft debuts its Windows-based answer to Kubernetes

By Maria Deutscher Apr 21, 2015

Hot on the heels of revealing how it’s planning to integrate containers into Windows, Microsoft Corp. has pulled the curtains back on a complementary clustering system meant to simplify the deployment of applications that…

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Avaya’s new stackable switches can conduct electricity to connected devices

By Maria Deutscher Apr 21, 2015

Avaya Inc. is expanding its networking portfolio with a new family of stackable switches designed to power emerging categories of connected devices, literally. The series implements beefed-up Power over Ethernet (PoE) wiring to conduct…

Sydney, Australia will be the location of Microsoft’s first flagship store not on American soil

By James Farrell Apr 21, 2015

Microsoft has elected Sydney, Australia, as the location of its first ever store located outside of North America, where the company currently has 119 stores situated in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. The…

MyEarth app visualizes energy saving efforts by letting you save a virtual polar bear

By Collen Kriel Apr 21, 2015

If you’ve ever wondered what impact – if any – your daily recycling or water-saving efforts have on the environment, there is a new app that wants to help you keep track of your…

Android Wear is getting a massive update, here’s what you need to know

By Collen Kriel Apr 21, 2015

In a bid to make Android Wear more “helpful”, Google Inc. is rolling out a major update to its smartwatch operating system over the coming weeks. Announced Monday, the update includes a new app…

By next year you may be able to buy a Nokia smartphone again

By Collen Kriel Apr 21, 2015

Nokia Technologies, one of only three business units of the once dominant Finnish mobile phone maker to remain, may be staging a re-entry into the consumer smartphone market as early as 2016. Sources familiar…

Spammy: Twitter now allows users to accept DMs from anyone

By Duncan Riley Apr 21, 2015

Twitter Inc. has changed the way its direct messaging (DM) service works by introducing the ability to receive DM’s from anyone. Previously users could only receive DM’s from people they were following, although as TechCrunch…