Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Most notable deaths in tech & science, 2013 edition

New modulation scheme said to be 'breakthrough' in network performance

Fortinet sues Sophos over alleged employee poaching

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December 18, 2013
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Most notable deaths in tech & science, 2013 edition

In memoriam: Computing pioneers with roots at Apple and IBM pass, as do brilliant young Internet innovators

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Issue highlights

1. New modulation scheme said to be 'breakthrough' in network performance

2. Fortinet sues Sophos over alleged employee poaching

3. Former Microsoft exec to head HealthCare.gov effort

4. Blue Coat acquires anti-malware firm Norman Shark

5. University of Florida gets 100Gbps link to Internet2, upgrades campus research net to 200Gbps

6. Most iPhone users have activation lock enabled, survey finds

7. INSIDER CIOs Should Learn the Two Metrics That Matter

8. AppOps could have broken a lot of Android apps

9. Year End 2013: Microsoft Review

10. 10 Cloud Computing Predictions for 2014

11. Mass surveillance prompts IETF work on SSL deployment guidelines

12. HP's Whitman gets one heck of a pay raise

13. 2013 tech news quiz

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New modulation scheme said to be 'breakthrough' in network performance

A startup plans to demonstrate next month a new digital modulation scheme that promises to dramatically boost bandwidth, capacity, and range, with less power and less distortion, on both wireless and wired networks. READ MORE

Fortinet sues Sophos over alleged employee poaching

Fortinet, one of the biggest computer security vendors, is suing rival Sophos alleging it poached senior staff in breach of an agreement signed when a Fortinet executive jumped ship to Sophos earlier this year. READ MORE

Former Microsoft exec to head HealthCare.gov effort

Kurt DelBene, the retired president of Microsoft's Office Division, will take over the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' insurance shopping site, HealthCare.gov. READ MORE

Blue Coat acquires anti-malware firm Norman Shark

Blue Coat Systems today announced it has acquired anti-malware firm Norman Shark for an undisclosed price, in order to integrate its technologies, such as sandboxing, into other security products available through Blue Coat. READ MORE

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University of Florida gets 100Gbps link to Internet2, upgrades campus research net to 200Gbps

The University of Florida is just putting the wraps on a remarkable year of IT upgrades. The school, which has a 2,000-acre campus and more than 900 buildings, installed a new supercomputer in a new data center, installed a 100Gbps link to Inernet2, and upgraded its Campus Research Network from 20G to 200Gbps while adding support for Software Defined Networking (SDN). Network World Editor in Chief John Dix got the lowdown on all of the developments from Erik Deumens, director of research computing. READ MORE

Most iPhone users have activation lock enabled, survey finds

Four out of five iPhone users have enabled a feature that allows them to locate, lock and wipe their phones if they are lost or stolen, according to the results of a survey by the San Francisco district attorney's office. READ MORE

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CIOs Should Learn the Two Metrics That Matter

CIOs need to be prepared to explain how their expensive IT project will improve the numbers every CEO cares most about. READ MORE

AppOps could have broken a lot of Android apps

Was Google's recent rollback of its experimental code that allowed independent developer Sylvian Galand to build AppOps and give Android users greater personal privacy a violation of social principal? The post, Google Removes Vital Privacy Feature From Android, Claiming Its Release Was Accidental, by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) retracting the accolades it lauded on Google would lead... READ MORE

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Year End 2013: Microsoft Review

Year End 2013: Microsoft Review Microsoft struggled to stay relevant in the world of desktop and mobile computing, but its games division continued to achieve success. In this year in review we'll take a look at the Microsoft... From: Network World Videos Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 05:57 More in Science & Technology READ MORE

10 Cloud Computing Predictions for 2014

Cloud computing is increasingly becoming the rule and not the exception for application deployment. This will make 2014 an interesting and disruptive year for vendors, service providers and IT organizations grappling with this change. READ MORE

Mass surveillance prompts IETF work on SSL deployment guidelines

A newly created working group within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has set out to develop best practices for deploying SSL encryption for Internet communications. READ MORE

HP's Whitman gets one heck of a pay raise

After guiding Hewlett-Packard through one crisis after another, CEO Meg Whitman is now earning more than US$1 in annual salary. READ MORE

2013 tech news quiz

Snowden, Ballmer, 3D handguns, iPhone 5s – this year had it all READ MORE

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