New Skype Security Flaw Causes Password Fire Drill
Skype is making news again. In October, a trojan was burning a path through Skype users. Now, a new security issue has surfaced that allows attackers to change a user’s password in just five…
Demonoid Is Back… Well… Sort Of
Demonoid is rising from the ashes as its tracker is now back online. The site is not operational yet but getting its tracker back online is the first sign of its comeback. The BitTorrent…
Google Security Expert Sees Sophos Antivirus Not Fit For Government Use
According to Google Information Security Engineer Tavis Ormandy’s report, “Sophail: Applied attacks against Sophos Antivirus,” Sophos’ antivirus should not be used on environments that host sensitive information and should only be used at low-value…
Oracle to Strengthen PaaS Offering Following Investment in Engine Yard
By Saroj Kar
Recently, Oracle acquired a minority stake in the company Engine Yard, developer of specialized PaaS platform such as Ruby, PHP and Node.js applications. Although this is an interesting move, the financial details of the investment have…
Stiff is for Martinis. Skava Founder Talks Flexibility for Mobile
Just this morning Nokia revealed its ambitious plans for HERE, its mapping service, with cross-platform support and a penchant for the very device-compatible HTML5. It’s a flexible plan on Nokia’s part, setting the phone-maker’s…
MongoDB 10gen Gets Endorsement & Strategic Investment from Intel Capital and Red Hat
By John Furrier
Big Data is smoking hot. Today, 10gen the company behind the commercialization of MongoDB, announced a strategic investment from Intel Capital and Red Hat. MongoDB is part of the database wars we are seeing…
Weekly Cloud Review: Mobile, the Azure Store and IBM’s New Machine
This past week features major updates from VMware, Microsoft, IBM and Newvem, a cloud optimization firm that decided to put a mobile twist on Amazon Web Services. The vendor unveiled an iOS app that…
Hadoop for BI Gets Prettier by the Day: Platfora + HTML5
Hadoop startup Platfora just announced it closed a $20 million Series B round of funding led by Battery Ventures. Existing backers Andreessen Horowitz and Sutter Hill Venture chipped in as well. Platfora develops software…
Nokia Shifts Strategy to Software, Infiltrates iPhone 5 and Android
In today’s mobile news roundup: Nokia Maps to infiltrate iOS and Android devices; Samsung unwilling to settle Apple dispute; and Android market share jumps to 72.4 percent. Nokia Maps to infiltrate iOS and Android…
Flash is all the Rage. But Where Does it Belong in the Data Center?
By Guest Author
Storage industry technology has once again become the hot trend due to the advent and adoption of flash storage. The changing dynamics of cloud-based architectures and our insatiable appetite for big data have driven companies…