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	Mars gets close encounter with a comet   NASA, ESA point Mars spacecraft at streaking Sliding Spring comet Read More   : KnowBe4 Avoid the Nightmare of CryptoLocker Since September 2013, several ransomware strains are attacking end-users. You cannot just rely on your filters, you also have to train your end-users. Get a Quote for your organization now and your users trained ASAP. If your files get encrypted due to human error after your user steps through our training, KnowBe4 will pay the crypto-ransom. Learn more >> In this Issue IDG Contributor Network: How to take reception registration up a degree Galaxy Note 4 review: Samsung finally listens to its fans, and it pays off Open source startup targeting DevOps-defined networking 5 tips for building a successful hybrid cloud How do I know you're lying? My "Star Wars" algorithm told me City rejects Comcast, but resistance is futile Microsoft dabbles in per-user Windows licensing Samsung claims data speed test 30 times faster than LTE CTIA: Mobile carriers still need lighter net neutrality rules WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems   Understanding Liquid Computing and Handoff The greater the number computing devices we use, the more the center of our computing life shifts to the cloud. The last thing anyone wants is for data and preferences to be locked in a smartphone, tablet, or desktop. Learn More IDG Contributor Network: How to take reception registration up a degree Envoy provides a step into the future for the dog-eared, front-desk registration clipboard. Read More   Galaxy Note 4 review: Samsung finally listens to its fans, and it pays off Galaxy Note 4 review: Samsung finally listens to its fans, and it pays off With the Note 4, it feels like Samsung took every little comment stuffed into its cobweb-covered suggestion box and actually listened to what its users want. From: Network World Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 01:36 More in Science & Technology Read More   Open source startup targeting DevOps-defined networking A software startup debuted this week proposing software-defined networking to Docker, the open source software for creating Linux application virtualization containers. SocketPlane was founded by former Cisco, Red Hat, HP, OpenDaylight and Dell officials. In the open source world, their names are well known: Madhu Venugopal, John Willis, Brent Salisbury and Dave Tucker.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   5 tips for building a successful hybrid cloud Enterprises are increasingly interested in the cloud, but IT managers are discovering that one size does not always fit all.Well, at least they're finding that one cloud doesn't fit every company.Sure, some companies can go with the straight-up economy and convenience of a public cloud, while others need the added security and customization of a private cloud.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   How do I know you're lying? My "Star Wars" algorithm told me Two researchers with BAE Systems' Adaptive Reasoning Technologies Group have taken home a $25,000 prize for developing an algorithm that can help detect who's trustworthy and who isn't.The algorithm – known as JEDI MIND--was developed as part of crowdsourcing challenge that took place between nearly 40 competitors backed by The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and its Intelligence Advanced Research Project Activity (IARPA) group.+More on Network World: Mars gets close encounter with a comet+To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   City rejects Comcast, but resistance is futile Comcast is undergoing a nationwide exchange of customers as part of its massive merger with rival cable and internet service provider Time Warner Cable, bringing many new cities and towns into its control in the process. Worcester, Massachusetts, wants everyone to know that it doesn't want to be one of those cities.Worcester's City Council voted 8-3 this week to reject an upcoming transfer of its cable television license to Comcast, making it the first of the 53 other Central Massachusetts towns affected by the plan to reject it publicly, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   Microsoft dabbles in per-user Windows licensing For the first time, Microsoft will offer user-based Windows licenses to enterprises, a change one expert called "substantial" but another downplayed as unlikely to have much of an impact.Neither believed that the changes would herald Windows-by-subscription any time soon, even though Microsoft licenses its "rent-not-buy" Office 365 by the user, not by each device.MORE ON NETWORK WORLD: 10 (FREE!) Microsoft tools to make admins happier "This is the first time that Microsoft has introduced 'user' with Windows from a basic licensing terminology basis," said Daryl Ullman, co-founder and chief consulting officer of Emerset Consulting Group, a firm that specializes in helping companies negotiate software licensing deals. "So in that regard, this is a substantial change.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   Samsung claims data speed test 30 times faster than LTE Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it has tested blazing-fast data speeds for a next-generation network, clocking transmissions that are 30 times faster than 4G LTE.The Korean electronics giant said tests reached 7.5Gbps in a stationary setting, calling it an industry best.It also recorded stable signal transmissions at 1.2Gbps in a specially equipped Hyundai minivan traveling over 100 kilometers per hour at Everland Speedway in South Korea, and posted a video of the test on YouTube.So-called 5G successor networks to 4G, which currently operate around 100Mbps, could allow users to download a movie in only one second.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   CTIA: Mobile carriers still need lighter net neutrality rules The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should not hold mobile carriers to the same net neutrality rules as it does for wired broadband providers because of unique mobile network management challenges, the head of the largest U.S. mobile trade group said.CTIA President and CEO Meredith Attwell Baker on Wednesday repeated the trade group's objections to calls by some advocates and members of the public for the FCC to hold mobile carriers to the same rules of wired broadband providers as the agency considers new net neutrality rules.Members of CTIA support net neutrality principles, but mobile broadband providers have limited spectrum that require "dynamic" network management practices, Baker said at a mobile broadband forum in Washington, D.C., hosted by the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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