March 12, 2013
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Some people are still stuck in the idea that the cloud is just so much vapor. While they’re still sneering at the very idea of a cloud, others have moved on to the next logical step: That cloud-based computing will … Continue reading
March 11, 2013
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Can the Windows 8 operating system be saved? In all seriousness, Microsoft should be asking itself this question. The numbers don’t lie. Windows 8’s market acceptance is continuing to fall behind Microsoft’s last desktop operating system failure, Vista. Asus, which … Continue reading
March 11, 2013
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Ubuntu, the popular Linux distribution, like all Linux and open-source projects, has had its share of internal battles over the project’s directions over the years. Recently, though, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of both the operating system and its sponsoring company, Canonical, … Continue reading
March 8, 2013
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The Chrome web browser on Windows is breakable, but its little brother, the Linux-based Chrome OS, proved to be essentially uncrackable at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, Canada, Linux triumphant: Chrome OS resists cracking attempts. More >
March 7, 2013
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In the eternal war between crackers and security professionals, the hackers have won the latest battle. At the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, Canada, the HP Zero Day Initiative’s (ZDI) annual Pwn2Own competition has ended its first day of competition and … Continue reading
March 7, 2013
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Who doesn’t like free cloud storage? Many of us use Dropbox every day. Others build their businesses around Box’s OneCloud services. And still others hunt eternally for the most storage for free, which, for the moment, would be Mega’s 50 … Continue reading