Wednesday, April 17, 2013

13 PC technologies that need to disappear, stat!

How hacking fixed the worst video game of all time

Startup Armor5 debuts with cloud-based security for mobile devices

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April 17, 2013
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How hacking fixed the worst video game of all time

According to urban legend, a landfill somewhere in the small city of Alamogordo, New Mexico, bulges with millions of copies of the worst game ever made--a game that many observers blamed for the North American video-game sales crash of 1983. Atari's bubble burst because of a little alien. READ MORE

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Startup Armor5 debuts with cloud-based security for mobile devices

Startup Armor5 makes its debut Wednesday with a cloud-based security and management service for mobile devices that works without needing client-based software. READ MORE

American Airlines back online after computer glitch

American Airlines restored access to its reservation system on Tuesday afternoon after a four-hour long outage that grounded its flights across the U.S. READ MORE

UPDATE: Boston techies on way to raising $150K to support Boston Marathon bombing victims

Nonprofit outfit Technology Underwriting Greater Good (TUGG) of Cambridge, Mass., and Boston-based Fundraise.com are seeking to raise $150K to support victims of Monday's Boston Marathon bombings. According to the groups, all proceeds will be donated to programs working with victims of the attacks including Red Cross and Children's Hospital. READ MORE

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Linux Foundation adds members, brings Xen project aboard

The Linux Foundation announced Monday that three companies have joined the organization -- mobile hardware maker Hisense, application and network acceleration provider Solarflare, and server manufacturer Thomas-Krenn. READ MORE

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So you want to be a data scientist?

After months of high unemployment and a still-wobbly economy, any good news from the jobs market is going to get some traction. But even that doesn't seem to fully explain the attention surrounding a suddenly very "in" job title: data scientist. READ MORE

Java 7 Update 21 to fix bugs, change applet warning messages

Oracle will release a new version of Java on Tuesday that will include 42 security fixes and will make changes to how Web-based Java content will be presented inside browsers. READ MORE

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Good APM Practices Get Results

According to NetForecast's survey, enterprises with application performance management (APM) best practices benchmark scores above six on a ten-point scale experience 75% better results in critical areas. This research paper reveals the survey results as well as discusses the best practices for APM. Learn More.

Google adds IT admin features for Chrome browser

Google has beefed up the administration and management controls that IT staff have over their users' Chrome browsers. READ MORE

Microsoft exec talks mobile smack, trashes iOS as 'boring,' Android as 'a mess'

Microsoft's top executive for mobile phones took shots at both iOS and Android today, calling Apple's operating system "boring" and claiming Google's is "a mess." READ MORE

Windows Blue may restore Desktop, Start button, Microsoft's hopes

The two most disliked aspects of Windows 8 - the lack of a Start button and inability to boot to desktop - may finally be addressed in Windows 8.1, aka "Windows Blue," an update to the maligned due later this year. READ MORE

Gallery: 10 surreal moments in infosec history

A look at moments in infosec history that left us dumbfounded. READ MORE

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