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Reddit, Mozilla, Imgur and others in slowdown protest over net neutrality rules
A consortium of some of the Internet's most visited websites, including reddit, Imgur, Wordpress, and Mozilla, will prominently display a spinning red loading icon on Wednesday, September 10, in a protest against planned FCC rules changes that would undermine the principals of net neutrality.Visitors to participating sites will also see information directing them to contact lawmakers to express their concern over net neutrality issues.+ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD: Google's plan for Chrome worries certificate authority vendors + Are breaches inevitable?To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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10 confounding programming language features
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Google's plan for Chrome worries certificate authority vendors
Google intends to make changes in its Chrome browser later this year that would have Chrome display a warning on websites using certificates based on the secure hash algorithm, SHA-1. Google wants to do this to get websites migrating to the stronger SHA-2 algorithm for certificates, which is not as easy to break through raw computing power. Certificate authority vendors are calling Google's plan overly aggressive in its timeframe, and say it's likely to cause mass confusion right as the holiday shopping season commences. Google's Chrome browser is expected to be changed in the November timeframe so that users will find that when they visit websites that use SHA-1-based certificates, the browser will give them a warning that could surprise them, says Dean Coclin, senior director of business development at Symantec. Coclin is active in two industry groups, the Certificate Authority Browser Forum and the CA Security Forum, which are carefully monitoring Google's plan.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Container party: VMware, Microsoft, Cisco and Red Hat all get in on app hoopla
When a sports team makes the playoffs a sense of excitement builds in their home city and people who didn't follow the team all season long come out of the woodwork to jump on the bandwagon and cheer on their local squad.It almost feels like something similar is happening in the cloud and broader tech world with container technology right now. While containers are not a new technology, in the past month or so many of the major tech vendors have made announcements supporting the operating-system level virtualization process known as containers and Docker, the darling container management open source project/company.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Cisco right-sizes UCS servers
Cisco has revamped its UCS server line with systems designed to scale from the largest cloud deployment to those with only up to 15 servers. (Watch the story version.)To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
How to lure tech talent with employee benefits, perks
Flexibility is key as employers try to beef up their benefits packages and attract in-demand workers. Read More
Apple attacked over 'worsening' factory conditions in China
Apple is under fire again for the way workers are treated at a supplier factory in China, prompting the iPhone maker to rush a team to the factory to investigate.A new report by China Labor Watch and Green America revealed forced overtime, fire and safety risks, poor compensation and exposure to toxic chemicals at a factory in Suqian, China, operated by Apple supplier Catcher Technology.CLW said it investigated the same factory 16 months earlier and reported its findings privately to Apple, which pledged to take action. But CLW now says the conditions "may actually be getting worse."The undercover investigation was conducted last month and the groups released their final report Thursday.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Cisco, UCLA & more seek to replace TCP/IP
Big name academic and vendor organizations have unveiled a consortium this week that's pushing Named Data Networking (NDN), an emerging Internet architecture designed to better accommodate data and application access in an increasingly mobile world. Read More
IFA 2014: Lenovo's Helix 2 convertible extends battery life with Intel Core M
IFA 2014: Lenovo's Helix 2 convertible extends battery life with Intel Core M The new Core M processors draw as little as 4.5 watts of power. From: Network World Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:59 More in Science & Technology Read More
Software should save lives by increasing vaccinations in developing countries
New biometric software developed by Michigan State University researchers and funded by the Gates Foundation promises to increase vaccination rates in developing countries by allowing for better record-keeping.It also may concern some privacy advocates and explode a head or two among anti-vaxxers.From the MIT Technology Review: Billions of dollars a year are spent vaccinating children in developing countries, but about half as many immunizations are administered as could be because of unreliable vaccination records. Biometric researchers from Michigan State University have developed a fingerprint-scanning system for children under five years old that could replace ineffective paper vaccination records.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Tech-shy baby boomers get low-cost tablet from AARP, Intel
The $189 RealPad has a simple user interface and can be fixed by clicking an icon once Read More
DOJ, intelligence official support bill ending bulk phone collection
The Senate is likely to vote on a pumped-up version of the USA Freedom Act this fall Read More
Cisco retools UCS server line
Cisco this week revamped its UCS server line with systems designed to scale form the largest cloud deployment to those with only up to 15 servers. Cisco unveiled the UCS M-Series modular servers and UCS C3160 storage server for large-scale cloud computing. For smaller scale IT requirements at the enterprise edge of the cloud, Cisco, as expected, formally introduced the 6324 Fabric Interconnect, or "UCS Mini."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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