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Friday is SysAdmin Appreciation Day: Here's 1 way to make sure you're appreciated
Friday is the 15th annual SysAdmin Appreciation Day. Pictured above is a related poster created by and featuring the IT department of the Launch Federal Credit Union, which serves Florida’s Cape Canaveral region. Read More
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Achieve Deeper Network Security and Application Control
Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) have emerged to revolutionize network security as we once knew it. Yet to safeguard an organization from today's ever-evolving threats, NGFWs must be able to deliver an even deeper level of network security. View Now
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Protecting Your Mid-Size Business from Security Threats
Security breaches in large enterprises make the headlines, but 55% of small and mid-size businesses have also experienced a data breach. And 60% of small businesses fail within six months of falling victim to a cyber attack. Learn More
Superclass: 14 of the world's best living programmers
"Image by flickr/SnapIt seems like there are lots of programmers out there these days, and lots of really good programmers. But which ones are the very best? Even though, there’s no way to really say who the best living programmer is, that hasn’t stopped developers from frequently kicking the topic around. ITworld has solicited input and scoured coder discussion forums to see if there was any consensus and, as it turned out, a handful of names did frequently get mentioned in these discussions. Based on that input, here are 14 people commonly cited as the world’s best living programmer.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Microsoft verging on single OS across all devices
Microsoft seems on the brink of announcing a major enhancement to its operating system lines, namely merging them into a single OS that could bring big benefits for corporate users.The next version of Windows will pull together the company’s three Windows OSes – Windows for PCs and tablets, Windows Phone and Xbox One – to enable apps that span all types of devices and that are available in a single Microsoft store, CEO Satya Nadella told investors and journalists during the company’s Q4 earnings meeting this week.+ Also on Network World: 10 changes CEO Nadella wants from Microsoft workers | Microsoft says new hybrid storage options can cut costs up to 60%; Avoid the gotchas of Office 365 migrations +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Pebble: Next-gen wearables will require new tech, also your personal data
Myriam Joire, Pebble's chief product evangelist, delivered a keynote address Wednesday at the Wearable Tech Expo in New York. She said that battery, display and input technology would be keys to making future smart watches and other wearables successful. Read More
Top 5 take-aways from Tim Cook on Apple's Q3 earnings call
During Apple’s fiscal third quarter earnings call this week, CEO Tim Cook gave some hints about where the company is going and why. First, the quarterly numbers: Revenue: $37.4 billion, up 6 percent year over year, but down from Q2’s $45.6 billion. Net profit: $7.7 billion, up 11.6 percent year over year. Earnings per share: $1.28, compared to $1.07 a year ago. iPhone: 35.2 million sold (up 13% compared to a year ago; an expected decline from Q2), accounting for $19.7 billion of the quarter’s revenue (up 9 percent compared to a year ago. iPad: 13.2 million units, down 9% compared to a year ago, and 19 percent from the Q2, for revenues of $5.9 billion +Also on NetworkWorld: The great 'iPhone 5c is a failure' freakout: Getting the few facts available wrong; The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2014 (so far!)+To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Finding life in space by looking for extraterrestrial pollution
If what we know as advanced life exists anywhere other than Earth, then perhaps they are dirtying their atmosphere as much as we have and that we could use such pollution components to perhaps more easily spot such planets in the universe. That’s the basics of new research put for this week by researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics that stated if we could spot the fingerprints of certain pollutants under ideal conditions, it would offer a new approach in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.+More on Network World: The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2014 (so far!)+ The researchers pointed specifically to the future James Webb Space Telescope should be able to detect two kinds of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) -- ozone-destroying chemicals used in solvents and aerosols. They calculated that that the James Webb could tease out the signal of CFCs if atmospheric levels were 10 times those on Earth. A particularly advanced civilization might intentionally pollute the atmosphere to high levels and globally warm a planet that is otherwise too cold for life.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Internet, wireless spectrum pioneers win Golden Goose Awards -- and that's a good thing
You might think upon first hearing of the Golden Goose Awards that they are snarky honors doled out for some sort of notable failures or another. But in fact, these awards given since 2012 are quite the opposite.The awards highlight "the often unexpected or serendipitous nature of basic scientific research by honoring federally funded researchers whose work may once have been viewed as unusual, odd or obscure but which has produced important discoveries that have benefitted society in significant ways."+ Also on NetworkWorld: Biggest tech industry awards, honors & prizes of 2013 +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Arrests made after international cyber-ring targets StubHub
Six people have been indicted on charges of running an international ring that resold tickets bought through compromised StubHub accounts for some of New York’s biggest concerts and sporting events.Four others were arrested in connection with the case, but authorities have not said if they have been charged. The six who were indicted, who have also been arrested, face charges of money laundering, grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, said the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, which announced the indictments Tuesday, hours after search warrants were executed at suspects’ homes. Suspects were arrested or indicted in the U.S., Canada and Europe.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Is Sony's Walkman set to make a comeback?
Some question whether you can really discern the difference between Sony's new high-definition music players and compressed audio files Read More
Apache Hive brings real-time queries to Hadoop
Apache Hive is a tool built on top of Hadoop for analyzing large, unstructured data sets using a SQL-like syntax, thus making Hadoop accessible to legions of existing BI and corporate analytics researchers. Developed by Facebook engineers and contributed to the Apache Foundation as an open source project, Hive is now at the forefront of big data analysis in commercial environments. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More
Internet Explorer is the 'sweet spot' for attackers so far in 2014
After analyzing public vulnerabilities and exploit trends in the first half of 2014, Bromium Labs concluded that Internet Explorer is the “sweet spot for attackers.”“Internet Explorer was the most patched and also one of the most exploited products,” the report (pdf) states. Microsoft’s browser “set a record high for reported vulnerabilities in the first half of 2014” and also “leads in publicly reported exploits.”Adobe Flash player has been another prime target. “Flash exploits require DEP and ASLR bypass for successful execution.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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