Thursday, April 04, 2013

Report thumping Army over security yanked off DoD site

Mt. Gox under largest DDoS attack as bitcoin price surges

Oracle brings data center fabric to Sparc systems

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April 04, 2013
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Report thumping Army over security yanked off DoD site

A report from the Inspector General of the U.S Department of Defense that's critical of the way the Army has handled mobile-device security has been inexplicably yanked from the IG DoD public website but can still be found in the Google caching system.

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Issue highlights

1. Mt. Gox under largest DDoS attack as bitcoin price surges

2. Oracle brings data center fabric to Sparc systems

3. Businesses, privacy activists wrestle over California privacy bill

4. A case for a Facebook/Android/HTC smartphone

5. Mobile Device Management Spotlight: SAP Afaria

6. RIP Android on HP Touchpad, 2011-2013

7. Microsoft updates modern.IE, offers free Windows Virtual Machines

8. iOS 7 development is behind schedule, prompting Apple to pull engineers from OS X development

9. Tech Tip: Discovering space hogs on your hard drive

10. Wide range of caller comments during 2 hour FAA drone privacy meeting

11. Slashdot poll on laptop shortcomings

12. What's Behind Apple's Mea Culpa in China?

13. Mozilla refines Firefox's private browsing, patches 13 browser bugs

14. 10 cloud development tools to set you free

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Mt. Gox under largest DDoS attack as bitcoin price surges

The largest bitcoin exchange said Thursday it is fighting an intense distributed denial-of-service attack it believes is intended at manipulating the price of virtual currency, which has seen volatile price swings in the past few days. READ MORE

Oracle brings data center fabric to Sparc systems

Oracle has extended its data center fabric to its Sparc-based Unix platforms, promising to let enterprises tie more servers and applications into the high-speed infrastructure. READ MORE

Businesses, privacy activists wrestle over California privacy bill

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Welcome to the Seventh installment of the MDM spotlight series There is little doubt that smart mobile devices are a boon for individual productivity, but corporate IT groups are scrambling to accommodate them on their networks. Accordingly, there has been an explosion of interest and adoption of Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions. One of the top tier players in this space is Afaria. Afaria... READ MORE

RIP Android on HP Touchpad, 2011-2013

Those of you who have followed the story know that my HP Touchpad running Android has been a major tool in my computing arsenal, providing lots of fodder for articles here on Network World. Therefore, you know I mean it when I say that I am sorry to have to report that my HP Touchpad passed on last night. It was just shy of two years old. The cause of death is unknown at this point, but I am still... READ MORE

Microsoft updates modern.IE, offers free Windows Virtual Machines

Here's a round-up of Microsoft-related news today. READ MORE

iOS 7 development is behind schedule, prompting Apple to pull engineers from OS X development

Apple's next iPhone release will likely be the iPhone 5S, and if history is any indication, it's going to look exactly like the iPhone 5. As a result, the appeal of the upcoming iPhone won't necessarily be hardware, but rather software. Sure, Apple will upgrade the iPhone 5's internals and may include a better camera. And sure, there are rumors that Apple's next-gen iPhone will come with a fingerprint... READ MORE

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Tech Tip: Discovering space hogs on your hard drive

If you have a hard drive that is quickly approaching capacity there's an easy way to find the files and folders that are taking up the most space. Follow Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb READ MORE

Wide range of caller comments during 2 hour FAA drone privacy meeting

Today the FAA held a two-hour online session to solicit additional comments about agency's proposed "Unmanned Aircraft System Test Site Program Privacy Policy" [pdf]. READ MORE

Slashdot poll on laptop shortcomings

This one seemed easy to me. And at least a plurality of Slashdot users agree. READ MORE

What's Behind Apple's Mea Culpa in China?

Apple CEO Tim Cook's overboard apology to China about the company's alleged disregard of customer service highlights an East-West cultural clash about how to do business. READ MORE

Mozilla refines Firefox's private browsing, patches 13 browser bugs

Mozilla on Tuesday shipped Firefox 20, adding more flexible private browsing and patching 13 vulnerabilities, five rated "critical" by the company's security team. READ MORE

10 cloud development tools to set you free

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