July 16, 2013
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Say you want a private cloud, but you also want to be able to expand out into the public cloud when you must? What can you do? One answer is use Eucalyptus 3.3, which can work hand in glove with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud.
Eucalyptus 3.3 arrives with additional Amazon cloud features. More >
July 16, 2013
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Almost twenty-years ago in August 1993, Microsoft released its second networked version of Windows: Windows for Workgroups 3.11. It wasn’t a success. Success for Microsoft in a network-enabled operating system would come in the same year with Windows NT. On Sunday, July 14 2013, with a wink, Linus Torvalds released the first version of the newest Linux kernel, 3.11: Linux for Workgroups.
July 15, 2013
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Cheap, low-end PCs — such as the Raspberry Pi and Parallella — have become quite popular with do-it-yourself fans. Now, CompuLab, an Israeli computer OEM, is throwing its hat into the ring with its $99 Utilite mini-PC, which might also serve businesses well.
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 security updates with Patch Tuesday. It’s high time Google followed Microsoft’s lead and start implementing its own direct-to-user security patches.
Android should embrace a Windows-style security update model. More >
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.
Oracle to halt development of Sun virtualization technologies. More >
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 security hole to phone original equipment manufacturers (OEM)s . The annoying news is that almost none of the OEMs have released the patch.
Android OEMs slow to roll out Bluebox Security patch. More >