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America's richest techies
Forbes' annual list of the 400 Wealthiest Americans is out and techies make a strong showing yet again. Read More
WHITE PAPER: Ixia
Overcoming Visibility Deficits in Virtualized Environments
With up to 80% of data center traffic traveling between virtualized servers, end-to-end visibility is a major concern. This paper provides an overview of virtualized data center blind spots and offers a solution to overcome them. View now
WHITE PAPER: Symantec
Archiving benefits more than just email
Many organizations assume archiving is mostly related to email and compliance; however, archiving is associated with a wide range of business improvements. This ESG paper covers the real reasons companies archive, as well as the business value that can be achieved through archiving. Learn moire
Windows 10 revealed: Microsoft's next OS fuses Windows 7 and 8
At a press event on Tuesday, Microsoft launched the next version of Windows: Not Windows One, not Windows 9, but Windows 10, which combines the reborn Start menu with Windows 8's colorful live tiles and adjusts its behavior depending on how you're using your device.Windows 10 will officially launch in the middle of next year, but you'll have a chance to try it out before that via a new Windows Insider program, launching Wednesday. The platform's most vocal fans will have a chance to download the technical preview before it launches next year. Mark Hachman Microsoft's Joe Belfiore showing off Windows 10's reborn, revamped Start Menu.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Microsoft skips a number, says 'Windows 10' will be a big break from the past
The company showed an early build of its new OS in San Francisco Tuesday Read More
3 … 2 … 1 … That's all for Lotus 1-2-3
Dan Bricklin's VisiCalc was first and Microsoft Excel would come to dominate, but in between it was Lotus 1-2-3 that ruled the spreadsheet world and helped push the IBM PC deep into the modern workplace. Today Lotus 1-2-3 breathed its last, at least symbolically, as we have reached IBM's previously announced date for discontinuing support for this iconic software that Big Blue stopped selling last year after a three-decade run (that included acquiring Lotus in 1995).To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
iOS 8 bug deletes iWork docs
Owners of iPhones and iPads running iOS 8 have reported a new bug in the software that deletes iWork documents from iCloud Drive when they've reset their devices.In a support discussion thread that started last Thursday, customers have said that a reset expunged documents from iCloud Drive, the new-to-iOS 8 online storage and sync folder."After performing a 'Reset All Settings' on my iPad in iOS 8 I found that all documents have been deleted," said srbuk on Sept. 25 before warning, in all caps, in red letters no less, "DO NOT 'RESET ALL SETTINGS' IF YOU HAVE DOCUMENTS ON ICLOUD DRIVE."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Q&A: Meet Microsoft's new Azure CTO, Mark Russinovich
Russinovich is helping shift Microsoft to a services orientation Read More
Icahn says PayPal spin-off is almost a 'no brainer'
Activist investor says PayPal needs to acquire competitors or be acquired Read More
'Free' Wi-Fi for first born? … Well, about that
The press is having a field day with a report that a half-dozen Londoners unwittingly agreed to give up their first-born child in exchange for otherwise free Wi-Fi access.The Washington Post reports: In an experiment sponsored by security firm F-Secure, an open Wi-Fi network was set up in a busy public area. When people connected, they were presented with lengthy terms and conditions.But to see just how little attention we pay when checking that agreement box, F-Secure included a "Herod clause" -- one that offered up free Wi-Fi in exchange for the company's permanent ownership of the user's firstborn child.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
IDG Contributor Network: How a TV network is being used to move financial transactions
Bitcoin eliminates banks from the transactional loop and passes the savings on to the end-user. What if you could cut out the Internet too? One organization is trying with an OTA, or Over-The-Air, digital TV network. Read More
Likes of Apple Pay may make smaller banks more vulnerable
Atlanta -- Many banks with less than $50 billion in assets have a problem that payment systems like Apple Pay will make even more attractive to exploit, a team of security researchers says. By altering electronic-transfer files before they are uploaded to the national transaction clearinghouse, criminals can redirect funds to accounts they control and make off with millions of dollars at a clip, according to researchers at TrustCC, a consultancy specializing in financial institution IT security. They presented their findings at (ISC)² Security Congress 2014. + Also on Network World: Home Depot, Target breaches exploited Windows XP flaw |Bot-herders can launch DDoS attacks from dryers, refrigerators, other Internet of Things devices +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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