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Sorriest technology companies of 2014

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Sorriest technology companies of 2014
  It's so far been another sorry, sorry year in the technology industry, with big name companies, hot startups and individuals making public mea culpas for their assorted dumb, embarrassing and other regrettable actions.Here's a rundown of the Year in Apologies to date, and somehow I have a feeling it will need to be updated before Dec. 31. (Also: 2013 and 2012 Sorriest Tech company lists.)But first, a little mood music, courtesy of Bob Mould, performing "I Apologize" in Boston while I was working on this collection:To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
 


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iOS 8 tips and tricks you need to know
Some advice on how to make iOS 8 work for you. Read More
 

Rackspace rebooting its cloud servers too
Rackspace is in the process of rebooting a substantial portion of its cloud servers before Oct. 1, most likely to patch a security vulnerability in the Xen open source hypervisor. Rackspace announced the move on Friday, a day after Amazon Web Services confirmed that it would be rebooting about 10% of its global Elastic Compute Cloud servers. Although neither company has released many details as to the reason for the reboots, Amazon too is believed to be patching a Xen security vulnerability.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
 

 

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Review: New Gigabit Wi-Fi options for enterprise, SMB, SOHO
Last year, we reviewed two 802.11ac access points and six 802.11ac adapters. Earlier this year, we reviewed five mobile 802.11ac devices. Now we take a look at five more 802.11ac devices that have hit the market: four access points and one wireless bridge.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More

 

Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd: Our IP will help us win in the cloud
Though Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd's title may have changed recently, his job running the company's sales and support operations really hasn't. But he does have a whole lot more to sell and support these days, and it's all in the cloud.Oracle is using the occasion of its annual OpenWorld conference to rev up the hype around its cloud strategy, which spans from SaaS (software as a service) to PaaS (platform as a service) and IaaS (infrastructure as a service). Hurd spoke to IDG News Service briefly before the event. The following is an edited transcript of that conversation.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
 

CEO indicted for company's alleged mobile spyware app
The CEO of a Pakistani company has been indicted in the U.S. for selling a product called StealthGenie that buyers could use to monitor calls, texts, videos and other communications on other people's mobile phones, the U.S. Department of Justice said.The indictment of Hammad Akbar, 31, of Lahore, Pakistan, represents the first time the DOJ has brought a criminal case related to the marketing and sale of an alleged mobile spyware app, the DOJ said in a press release Monday.Akbar is CEO of InvoCode, the company selling StealthGenie online. Akbar is among the creators of StealthGenie, which could intercept communications to and from mobile phones, including Apple, Android and BlackBerry devices, the DOJ said.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
 

Cisco pumping $1 billion more into Intercloud
Cisco on Monday said it is expanding on its Intercloud multi-cloud service provider initiative with another $1 billion investment, designed to lead to more products, data centers and partners. Read More
 

IT skills that are in demand, and those that will be
IT professionals seeking certifications in the coming months may get their best return with cloud and security-related certifications. Agile-related training won't hurt, either. Read More
 

New products of the week 09.29.2014
  Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as CA and Cisco Read More
 

The FBI's big, bad identification system
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