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How to land on a comet: An inside look
The European Space Agency successfully landed its Rosetta system on a hurtling comet Read More
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'The cloud is the new normal,' Amazon Web Services executive says
The cloud is no longer relegated to handling ancillary jobs, but is quickly become the base for mission critical—or even all—enterprise IT operations, the head of Amazon Web Services said."The cloud is the new normal," said Andy Jassy, Amazon Web Services senior vice president during Wednesday's opening keynote of the company's annual Re:Invent conference in Las Vegas.In order to test the cloud, organizations might first try using it for ancillary hosted services, Jassy said. They then might use the cloud as a launching pad for new services, rather than operating those in house, sidestepping the burden of moving legacy applications or data to a different environment. Next up for those testing the cloud might be to ramp up its use for mobile or analytic applications.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Microsoft finally gets a real Instagram account
Instagram We're not sure, maybe it's another thing to credit new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella for. But we applaud Microsoft for belatedly joining Instagram and grabbing a formal corporate account.The company says its account on the social photo sharing site is designed for: "Celebrating people who break boundaries, achieve their goals, and #DoMore every day."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
US weather agency confirms cyberattack
Four websites run by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been compromised in recent weeks, the agency said on Wednesday.NOAA, the part of the U.S. Department of Commerce that includes the National Weather Service, "deflected" the attacks, the agency said in a statement. Some services were down for unscheduled maintenance but were restored as of Wednesday afternoon, the agency said."These effects did not prevent us from delivering forecasts to the public," NOAA said in the statement. The agency's investigation of the breach is not finished, the agency said.Chinese hackers were suspected in the attack, according to a Washington Post story, but a NOAA spokesman declined to talk about the source of the attack.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Amazon phishing attacks pick up for holiday shopping season
Hackers are gearing up for the big holiday shipping season with a new collection of email that are just too good not to click on. Read More
With Clutter, Microsoft is less cautious about bringing machine learning to the masses
Microsoft's new Clutter feature for cleaning up your inbox automatically is the latest of several tools based on machine learning that the Office team thinks are ready for prime time. In fact, it's the latest of many machine learning tools that researchers at Microsoft have developed over the years. But this time, Microsoft is confident enough to make them broadly available.Like Delve, which suggests relevant documents and discussions from your colleagues, it uses the Office Graph to understand who you actually connect to and collaborate with and who is just interrupting you. Delve makes lists like "presentations you've seen in meetings" by cross-referencing who was at the meetings you were invited to, what files they've saved and the timestamp on files that were presented at the right time to be in the meeting.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Black Friday iPhone 6, iPad Air deals spill forth from Walmart
Walmart has decided not to keep shoppers in suspense over its Black Friday deals, releasing details Wednesday on a Apple iPhone 6, iPad Mini and other electronics that will go on sale Thanksgiving Day and through that long weekend. Walmart, dubbing the sales event as the "New Black Friday," is promising online deals starting on Thanksgiving morning and then in stores beginning at 6pm. Though actually, it also has a one-day jumpstart set of deals being offered today, Nov. 12.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Nasuni raises the bar for hybrid cloud storage
As growth in cloud-based storage products continues to accelerate, enterprise vendors have taken cloud storage to the next level. The hybrid model, which utilizes both local and offsite storage, offers organizations a way to more seamlessly scale up and manage large amounts of data with a single-vendor service.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More
Stuxnet reached its target via the networks of trusted business partners
Stuxnet, the powerful malware that wormed its way in and hobbled Iran's uranium enrichment efforts, infiltrated the secure networks of the nuclear program via trusted partners, newly public information reveals. Once machines in five partner networks had been infected, Stuxnet found its way into Iran's Natanz refining plant where it force automated control machines to run uranium enrichment centrifuges at speeds that would damage them, according to a blog written by Alex Gostev, Chief Security Expert at Kaspersky Lab. + Also on Network World: Apple was warned about WireLurker months ago, Georgia Tech researcher says |Raids cast doubt on the integrity of TOR +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Juniper needs to get it right this time
Retaining and maintaining customer trust, confidence and respect will be key for Juniper Networks going forward now after two misfires in the CEO's office. Shaygan Kheradpir resigned suddenly this week after the Juniper board questioned his leadership and conduct with a particular customer, whom they did not name.It was obviously an important customer, perhaps a 10% revenue customer. Juniper hasn't disclosed a 10% customer since Q1, 2013, and at that time there were two: Verizon – Kheradpir's former employer – and AT&T, which recently added Juniper to its preferred list of Domain 2.0 SDN/NFV vendors.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Microsoft fixes critical crypto flaw, strenghtens encryption for older systems
Microsoft fixed a critical vulnerability Tuesday in the Windows cryptographic library that could expose Windows servers to remote code execution attacks. The update also adds support for stronger and more modern cryptographic ciphers to older Windows versions."The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sends specially crafted packets to a Windows server," Microsoft's said in a security bulletin called MS14-066. However, the flaw is in the Microsoft Secure Channel (SChannel) component that exists in all Windows versions and implements the SSL and TLS cryptographic protocols.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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Hot products from AWS: reInvent
As the show gets rolling this week, here are some of the products on display Read More
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