July 15, 2013
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When it comes to security, Android 2013 is a lot like Windows in the 1990s and much of the 2000s: A mess. Still, Microsoft got one thing right with security early on. Starting with Windows 98, Microsoft released regular direct-to-user … Continue reading
July 15, 2013
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Oracle has decided to stop development on its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Sun Ray Software and Hardware, and Oracle Virtual Desktop Client product lines. Some Oracle partners, which received the news over the weekend, are not happy with this change. … Continue reading
July 12, 2013
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The scary news was that Bluebox Security had worked out a way to break Android’s security model. In theory, this could be exploited with almost any Androids apps. The hopeful news was that Google quickly released a patch for the … Continue reading
July 12, 2013
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Anyone who programs for high-performance computing (HPC) knows that what works for standard computing doesn’t work for supercomputers. Now, with exascale supercomputers, which will be able to do a quintillion (1018 or 1,000 quadrillion) floating point operations per second, in … Continue reading
July 11, 2013
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It’s no secret that the PC market is awful. With tablets on one side and Windows 8’s failure to gain market success on the other, worldwide PC sales have dropped more than 10-percent in the last quarter alone. According to … Continue reading
July 11, 2013
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Canonical has had good luck getting European telecomms to back Ubuntu on smartphones. But until July 11th, it hadn’t managed to persuade any US carriers to back its Linux phone. Now, Verizon Wireless has joined the Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group. … Continue reading