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New cord cutting techs make it easier to snip that CATV tether
"I want to watch what I want, when I want, wherever I want, and I don't want to pay through the nose for it." This is the mantra of the so-called cord cutters, consumers looking for ways to free themselves from traditional cable in favor of streaming content from the Internet. Read More
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The Future of Mobile Design
Effective user experience design is really about crafting deeper connections that enable end-user computing devices to work better together, rather than just coexist. Distributed user experience is about optimizing the user's experience for enhanced productivity when interacting with content across any end-user computing device. Learn More>>
WEBCAST: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
Integrating Mobility with Unified Access
Meeting mobility demands of 4500 students, faculty and staff at a university is no small task. Join this Webcast to hear the Director of Enterprise Infrastructure explain the steps Abilene Christian University took to deliver a new level of student-faculty interaction. Learn More
The curious histories of 10 common computer messages
You may know what these messages mean, but do you know where they came from in the first place? Read More
Beware those Apple terms and conditions
Spotted this one today both in my Facebook feed and on Reddit. Seems "The Friendly Church" is also a funny one. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Hacker group leader gets 24 months in federal prison for attacking US Navy, 50 other institutions
One of the two leaders of the hacking group known as Team Digi7al was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison today for his role in hacking the U.S. Navy, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and over 50 public and private computer systems including the World Health Organization, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Harvard , two police departments and the Department of Homeland Security, according to U.S. Attorney Danny C. Williams.+More on Network World: Gartner: IT careers – what's hot?+Daniel Trenton Krueger, 20, of Dix, Illinois, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge James H. Payne on May 20, and was initially charged in a single-count information on May 5, 2014. At the time of the hacking Krueger was a student, Williams stated.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Abandoned subdomains pose security risk for businesses
Many companies set up subdomains for use with external services, but then forget to disable them when they stop using those services, creating a loophole for attackers to exploit.Because many service providers don't properly validate the ownership of subdomains pointed at their servers, attackers can set up new accounts and abuse subdomains forgotten by companies by claiming them as their own.Removing or updating DNS entries for subdomains that are no longer actively used sounds like something that should be common procedure, but according to researchers from Detectify, a Stockholm-based provider of website security scanning services, this type of oversight is actually quite widespread among companies.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
11 ways to re-energize your IT career
Mid-career blues, begone. Here are 11 actionable items tech pros can tackle to keep moving on up in IT. Read More
IDG Contributor Network: The promise of NFV for the enterprise
All of us involved in networking understand the promised benefits of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV): it reduces the hardware, power, and space requirements to deploy network functions on industry-standard high-volume servers, switches and storage; it reduces provisioning times; it can be used to create smaller fault domains; it makes the applications portable and upgradeable with software; and so on.NFV represents a bold step toward software-defined services and programmable networks, a step that will impact all aspects of the communications industry for years to come. With the market forecast to reach approximately $5 billion by 2018, according to Doyle Research, it would seem obvious that one cannot – or perhaps should not – ignore the opportunity.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Microsoft exec opens up about Research lab closure, layoffs
Microsoft Research It's been a bit over a month since Microsoft shuttered its Microsoft Research lab in Silicon Valley as part of the company's broader restructuring that will include 18,000 layoffs. This week, Harry Shum, Microsoft EVP of Technology & Research, posted what he termed an "open letter to the academic research community" on the company's research blog.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Ebola crisis brings out another sickness: Vile scammers
Sadly we all knew it would happen, once the Ebola situation became international news, the contemptible fraud and scam artists would crawl out from under their rocks to exploit it.They have not disappointed.New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and others this week noted a number of scams in the works: Consumer Reports published an article referencing a bogus e-mail solicitation offering a $29 "surplus protection kit" supposedly designed for emergency response teams and law enforcement agencies. The Federal Trade Commission has warned that there are no FDA-approved medical treatments for Ebola and that consumers should file complaints with the FTC and the FDA if they encounter a fraud. According to USA Today, at least three companies have been issued warnings by the Food and Drug Administration in the past month for selling bogus treatments, solutions, or therapies for Ebola. The FTC and FDA recently sent a warning letter to Natural Solutions Foundation, which sells supplements, putting it on notice that some of its claims around Ebola violate a number of federal laws. According to a report in Daily Finance, the Better Business Bureau's New York office has received complaints about fraudulent telephone solicitations involving a charity claiming to raise funds to help Ebola victims. There have also been reports of door-to-door frauds claiming to raise money for a Texas nurse who became infected with the disease. Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about a variety of Ebola-related scams and problematic fundraisers that have emerged recently. The AARP warned about online offers for an Ebola cure or special "natural" or "dietary" methods to alleviate or prevent symptoms; email scams with alarming messages like "Ebola update" or "Ebola Pandemic" which may include links that release computer viruses; sales of "personal protection kits" at low prices to provide supposed "infection defense"; charity scams claiming to help victims or fight the disease; and potential stock investment frauds involving companies that say they are involved in the development of products that will prevent the spread of viral diseases like Ebola. US-CERT reminded users to protect against email scams and cyber campaigns using the Ebola virus disease as a theme. Phishing emails may contain links that direct users to websites which collect personal information such as login credentials, or contain malicious attachments that can infect a system. The FTC wrote that there are currently no FDA-approved vaccines or drugs to prevent or treat Ebola. "Although there are experimental Ebola vaccines and treatments under development, these are in the early stages of product development, have not yet been fully tested for safety or effectiveness, and the supply is very limited. There are no approved vaccines, drugs, or products specifically for Ebola available for purchase online or in stores. No dietary supplements can claim to prevent or cure Ebola, according to the supplements industry. If you've seen companies or products touting these claims, report them to the FTC and FDA."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Facebook hopes to get people talking -- using whatever name -- with Rooms app
Facebook is going old-school, with a stand-alone app for discussion boards aimed at letting users talk about shared interests without having to use their real names.The company released Rooms on Thursday, its answer to the craze around posting and sharing anonymously. People can use any name they want and do not need a Facebook account. The app contains rooms geared around various topics, all of which require an invite link to enter. Providing an email address is optional, for the purposes of having accessed rooms restored if the user deletes the app.Currently the app is only available on iOS. Plans for other platforms like Android or Windows Phone were not disclosed.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Chicago takes top spot in mobile performance ranking
Chicago is the U.S. city with the best overall mobile performance ranking, according to tens of thousands of voice and data tests conducted in 125 cities by RootMetrics. The metropolis dubbed the Windy City originally got its nickname in the 1890s because of its reputation for bragging, and not just because of the fierce winter winds blowing off Lake Michigan. And so, it seems the bragging is bound to continue.MORE ON NETWORK WORLD: 12 most powerful Internet of Things companies "Chicago was the only city with top ranking in multiple performance categories," RootMetrics reported in its online analysis posted on Monday.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
IDG Contributor Network: How to refine wire-to-wire connections
We're in hobbyist mode this week at the Disruptor blog.Winter is rapidly approaching, the clocks will be going back pretty soon, and a networking specialist's thoughts turn to matters of what to do to expand the mind during those long, dark, cold evenings.Earlier this week I proposed an electricity generation project as the perfect indoor winter build, in part because good solar panels have become exceedingly affordable. You can read about it in How to get started on a solar power project.Back in the summer, my dog-days weekender project suggestion was fiddling with wasp-like drones. Catch up in How to get into drones for cheap.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Quick Look: Ubuntu 14.10
Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic UnicornImage by flickr/Pierre CanteUbuntu 14.10 is the latest version of Canonical's iconic desktop operating system. This time around the focus is on application updates, as well as maintenance and stability improvements. The Linux kernel has been updated to 3.16, and most applications have been updated as well.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Free and cheap ways to learn about network administration
Although degrees and IT certifications can be great eye candy for a resume, experience is king. As you may have encountered, a lack of experience can be a major roadblock to getting interest from employers in your early years.Project 6: Play with network emulators or simulatorsTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More
10 creepy mobile apps that make spying easier
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Microsoft Q1 sales jump, but Nokia drags down earnings
Microsoft revenue leaped 25 percent in the first quarter but profit dropped, dragged down by expenses tied to its ongoing wave of layoffs and to the integration of Nokia's phone business.Revenue hit US$23.2 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30, easily exceeding the $22 billion consensus expectation from analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.Meanwhile, net income was $4.54 billion, or $0.54 per share. That exceeded analysts' expectations by $0.05, but represented a drop of 13 percent in earnings per share compared with last year's first quarter.Profit was hurt by $1.14 billion of integration and restructuring expenses, which had a negative impact equivalent to $0.11 per share, resulting from the massive round of layoffs the company began to carry out in July and from the ongoing meshing of the Nokia Devices and Services business, whose $7.2 billion acquisition closed in April.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Canonical celebrates cloud freedoms with new Ubuntu
Canonical continues to aggressively equip its flagship Ubuntu Linux server software with more tools to help users build and run clouds.The open-source OS now comes with the latest edition of the Docker virtualization container technology and, for the first time, Pivotal's Cloud Foundry stack for running platform services. Both software packages allow customers to more easily move their applications and services around the data center and onto the cloud."Until not that long ago, people built applications to run in a particular application server environment that may have been supported only on a limited number of operating systems or database environments. They had a restricted choice of options," said Mark Baker, Canonical cloud and server product manager.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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