Friday, February 01, 2013

Amazon.com suffers outage: Nearly $5M down the drain?

Porn sites not as risky as search engines or social media: Cisco studies

If the 49ers and Ravens Were Tech Companies ...

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February 01, 2013
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Amazon.com suffers outage: Nearly $5M down the drain?

Amazon.com, the multi-billion online retail website, experienced an outage of unknown proportions on Thursday afternoon.

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Issue highlights

1. Porn sites not as risky as search engines or social media: Cisco studies

2. If the 49ers and Ravens Were Tech Companies ...

3. The BlackBerry 10 Announcement – Has Anything Changed?

4. Nvidia's Project Shield Android-based handheld gaming device

5. High Surface RT returns could point to deeper problems for Windows RT

6. Cyberwarfare now menacing the enterprise, Kaspersky Lab says

7. My love-hate relationship with my Verizon (Samsung) Range Extender

8. 8 must-see Microsoft's Surface tablet videos

9. INSIDER The year in tech: It's all about the cloud and SDNs

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Porn sites not as risky as search engines or social media: Cisco studies

The highest concentration of online security threats are found in major search engines, retail sites and social media outlets vs. pornography, pharmaceutical or gambling sites. That's the finding of two of Cisco's most recent security studies, where were released this week. READ MORE

If the 49ers and Ravens Were Tech Companies ...

Are the red-hot 49ers the Samsung of football? Is Apple the tech version of the Patriots? Do Microsoft and the Cowboys share the same fate? With Super Bowl Sunday coming this weekend, we've been thinking about NFL teams and tech companies that have had similar histories, expectations, triumphs and defeats. Here's our list. READ MORE

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The BlackBerry 10 Announcement – Has Anything Changed?

With yesterday's announcement of the BlackBerry 10 OS, two new handsets, and even the changing of the name of the company to BlackBerry, has anything really changed for the former RIM or the mobile landscape overall? No, I really don't think so. The details of the announcement were mostly known in advance, with just a few assorted miscellaneous items like dates regarding availability revealed. Read... READ MORE

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Nvidia's Project Shield Android-based handheld gaming device

Nvidia's Project Shield Android-based handheld gaming device Nvidia demonstrates its Project Shield Android-based handheld gaming device From: networkworld Views: 12 1 ratings Time: 04:17 More in Science & Technology READ MORE

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High Surface RT returns could point to deeper problems for Windows RT

Microsoft's Surface RT tablet has a sales problem, according to new analyst estimates. Despite the almost omnipresent Surface RT advertising blitz that has been blanketing television screens for months now, IHS iSuppli believes that only 680,000 to 750,000 of the tablets have sold since the slate's October 26 launch, while IDC released a report Thursday stating that Microsoft only shipped 900,000 Surface RT tablets to retail. READ MORE

Cyberwarfare now menacing the enterprise, Kaspersky Lab says

Enterprise security managers have yet another worry to add to their list: cyberwarfare attacks. READ MORE

My love-hate relationship with my Verizon (Samsung) Range Extender

I installed a Verizon Range Extender about 2 1/2 years ago and when it works it is flawless, but it is quirky. READ MORE

8 must-see Microsoft's Surface tablet videos

From drop tests to protests at launch events, the Internet has been watching Microsoft Surface closely READ MORE

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The year in tech: It's all about the cloud and SDNs

2012 has been a year of re-invention among the tech industry's biggest players, with Microsoft overhauling many of its key product lines, most notably Windows, while also boldly entering the hardware market with Surface tablets. HP slashed its workforce as CEO Meg Whitman reshaped an industry icon that has gone through many shifts in recent years. The transformation to the cloud continued practically unabated (save for those pesky outages!) and suddenly every company seemed to be a software defined something or other, or was snapping up an SDN company. READ MORE

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