Open-source graveyard: 7 projects that have gone belly-up

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Microsoft urges Windows 8 upgrade for security's sake Hapless Healthcare.gov website gets royal SNL treatment Network World Daily News AM October 30, 2013 Share this email Open-source graveyard: 7 projects that have gone belly-up An septet of (somewhat) recently deceased open-source projects, for your ghoulish, pre-Halloween interest. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Microsoft urges Windows 8 upgrade for security's sake 2. Hapless Healthcare.gov website gets royal SNL treatment 3. Mozilla releases 10 patches, five critical, for Firefox 4. 'Joe the IT Guy' video exceeds not-so-lofty expectations 5. Cloud start-up Cumulus supports Broadcom Trident II 6. Tom Wheeler confirmed as new chief of US FCC 7. What I learned at my first DevOps conference 8. Police are shooting James Bond-like GPS bullets at cars 9. snom Technology COO Shares VoIP Market Trends, Product Roadmap 10. The coolest Air Force UFO videos 11. Self-Service IT Catches On 12. Does Google's floating data center plan hold water? 13. Stolen Adobe account data goes public, Photoshop source code breached 14. Citrix streamlines mobile productivity with new XenMobile 15. Start-up Threat Stack aims to protect Linux-based clouds from hackers 16. INSIDER Insider: Do's and don'ts for tech startups WHITE PAPER: Kaspersky Why Complexity is IT Security's Worst Enemy This white paper looks at the real challenges faced by organizations, and what new IT security threats and issues have arisen as a result. Increasingly, anti-malware alone is not enough, so this white paper investigates what new IT security approach is required to effectively respond to the changing threat landscape and new ways of working. Learn more. Microsoft urges Windows 8 upgrade for security's sake Even those who don't like Windows 8 should consider it for its superior security vs. older Microsoft operating systems, if nothing else the company says. READ MORE Hapless Healthcare.gov website gets royal SNL treatment Opening skit sticks it to Obamacare website fiasco READ MORE Mozilla releases 10 patches, five critical, for Firefox Mozilla released 10 patches for three versions of its Firefox browser on Tuesday, five of which are considered critical and could be used to remotely install malicious code. READ MORE 'Joe the IT Guy' video exceeds not-so-lofty expectations I so expected to hate this video from SysAid's "Joe the IT Guy" that it was all I could do to click the start button. But since I did - and watched all two minutes and 56 seconds, smiling more than once - I figure it's only fair to give you the opportunity to make your own judgment. READ MORE Cloud start-up Cumulus supports Broadcom Trident II Cumulus Networks, the start-up developing a Linux network operating system, this week rolled out Version 2.0 of its software, which supports Broadcom's Trident II switching silicon. READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Arista Networks Arista Webcast - The Next Era of Cloud Networking- Nov. 4 Don't miss President and CEO Jayshree Ullal and Chairman and CDO Andy Bechtolsheim as they usher in the next era of Software Defined Cloud Networking. This live webcast with partners and customers reveals what's in store for next generation programmable data centers and cloud networks. Register now to secure your space for this live webcast, Monday, November 4, 10:00 a.m. PST. You will hear from the Arista executive team, see a technology demonstration and have the opportunity to participate in a live question and answer session. Tom Wheeler confirmed as new chief of US FCC The U.S. Senate confirmed Tuesday the nomination of a new chairman to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. READ MORE What I learned at my first DevOps conference Last week I was out in Boulder, CO attending my very first DevOps conference. I don't know about you but other than workshops that seemed a little too technical for me, I have not seen many DevOps conferences yet. But I am pretty sure that will be changing soon. DevOps is a new "religion" that is going to wash over the IT world like the Fremen of Arakis ran over the Padashar Empire (love it when... READ MORE Police are shooting James Bond-like GPS bullets at cars Police in four U.S. states have begun using a new "gun" installed in squad cars that, when activated with a button inside the car, emerges from behind the front grill of the car to shoot GPS tracking devices at vehicles they are pursuing, according to the BBC. READ MORE snom Technology COO Shares VoIP Market Trends, Product Roadmap We recently interviewed Michael Storella – the COO at snom Technology Inc. to get his take on recent market developments. snom technology AG was founded in Berlin in 1996, and the company is focused on developing and producing SIP-based VoIP telephones for business communications. snom maintains a presence in more than 40 countries around the world. READ MORE The coolest Air Force UFO videos National Archives features UFO-related images, interviews READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Ipanema Technologies Don't Let App Performance Problems Drag You Down Check out this exclusive IDG-Ipanema survey to learn about the far-reaching impacts of poor application performance, and what you can do about it. Learn More. Self-Service IT Catches On Cloud-based software for the IT help desk turns out to be useful in departments outside of IT, too. READ MORE Does Google's floating data center plan hold water? With speculation swirling that two mysterious barges on either side of the U.S. are evidence Google's working on floating data centers, analysts say the company would have a lot of obstacles to overcome for that idea to become a reality. READ MORE Stolen Adobe account data goes public, Photoshop source code breached In an update on the data breach disclosed earlier this month, Adobe has said that source code for Photoshop was stolen. Making matters worse, a file containing 150 million usernames and hashed passwords has appeared online, and the company says that 38 million accounts were directly impacted by the incident. READ MORE Citrix streamlines mobile productivity with new XenMobile In case you haven't been paying attention, the rules for IT adminsA have changed. Companies generally don't call the shots any more for which technologies are used by employees, and the boundaries of the network have all but disappeared. Citrix recognizes this culture shift and believes the latest release of its XenMobile platform is just what companies need. READ MORE Start-up Threat Stack aims to protect Linux-based clouds from hackers Start-up Threat Stack says it's making its hacker-detection for the cloud software available for controlled beta testing this week, with general availability expected before the end of the year. READ MORE INSIDER Insider: Do's and don'ts for tech startups Last week, DEMO Fall 2013 provided more than 40 startups the opportunity to launch. For some, it may have been the first step toward massive success. Some major names in the tech industry, such as VMware, E-Trade, and Salesforce.com, began their rise to prominence with a brief pitch at a DEMO conference in the past. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: AT&T Managing Mobile Access to the Cloud Use of mobile personal cloud services is proliferating on personal and enterprise-owned mobile devices. 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