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Masque: The major security flaw that wasn’t

In the latest in a series of Apple security warnings, the US government warned iOS users not to install apps from anywhere but the App Store, unless they can vouch for the source. Choose your masques Strangely many reports into the so-called “Masque Attack” (as spotted by FireEye) seem to …

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SEC Announces Agenda and Panelists for Small Business Forum

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the agenda and panelists for next week’s Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation. The November 20 event will begin at 9 a.m. and include two morning panel discussions. The first panel will focus on secondary market liquidity for securities of small businesses. …

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Oracle, SAP settle long-standing TomorrowNow lawsuit

SAP and Oracle have settled a long-standing copyright-infringement lawsuit, with the German company agreeing to pay about US$359 million in damages and interest to Oracle instead of the $1.3 billion awarded in 2010. Oracle sued SAP in 2007 on allegations that its now-defunct subsidiary, TomorrowNow, had illegally downloaded Oracle’s software …

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Cyberespionage group tied to OnionDuke malware

A malware program distributed recently through a rogue server on the Tor anonymity network was also used in targeted attacks against European government agencies. The malware has been dubbed OnionDuke by security researchers from antivirus firm F-Secure, who believe it is connected to MiniDuke, a cyberespionage threat of Russian origin …

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Suspected WireLurker malware creators arrested in China

Beijing police have arrested three people suspected of developing the “WireLurker” malware that may have infected as many as hundreds of thousands of Apple mobile devices. Local authorities arrested the three suspects on a tip from Chinese security company Qihoo 360 Technology, the Beijing police’s Internet security team said Friday. …

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Privacy is the new killer app

A funny thing is happening in the wake of the Edward Snowden NSA revelations, the infamous iCloud hack of celebrity nude photos, and the hit parade of customer data breaches at Target, Home Depot and the U.S. Postal Service. If it’s not the government looking at your data, it’s bored, …

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Amazon launches Lambda, an event-driven compute service

Continuing to roll out new compute services at an impressive clip, Amazon Web Services has introduced a way for programmers to trigger operations in their AWS deployments without running a full virtual machine, potentially reducing maintenance work and cost. The service, called AWS Lambda, will provide a virtual space for …

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Amazon embraces Docker with new customer tool

The Docker container virtualization technology has proved to be such a hit with its users that Amazon Web Services has created a new management tool for handling large scale Docker deployments, though observers worry it could lock customers more tightly into the Amazon ecosystem. On Thursday, Amazon Web Services debuted …

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Google project helps track overfishing

Google has helped launch an ambitious project combining cloud computing, big data and satellite networks to monitor global fishing activity with an eye to curb overfishing. Global Fishing Watch, formed with environmental groups Skytruth and Oceana, is described as the first global view of commercial fishing based on satellite data …

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Amazon Web Services unveils a bunch of new cloud… stuff

At Amazon’s re:Invent shindig in Vegas, the company announces a host of new features for its public-cloud service. Support for Docker and big databases are the highlights, but there’s also something opaque about Lambda functions. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers dig into the detail. <!– Not to mention: XXXXXXXXXXXX&hellip; –> Your …

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Who wins the net neutrality debate? Google, of course

In the debate over net neutrality, AT&T and Cisco are warning that fiber optic cable rollouts could be delayed — and revenues lost — if President Obama’s recently proposed rules move ahead. Critics argue that those threats are overblown, that AT&T doesn’t really have 100 cities ready for fiber installs …

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Got a minute?

This developer pilot fish is called on to help deal with problems showing up when support calls are escalated from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and beyond. “I and another tech crafted an in-house application that would simplify and automate tasks for the Tier 1 techs, so even new recruits …

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Битва флагманов: iPhone 6 Plus против Google Nexus 6

В середине октября Google презентовала свой новый флагманский смартфон Nexus 6. Устройство работает на последней операционной системе Android 5.0 Lollipop и оснащено большим 6-дюймовым экраном. Создатели YouTube-канала Macmixing решили сравнить новинку с «планшетофоном» Apple, чтобы определить, какой аппарат получился более удачным. …

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В Windows 10 TP добавилась поддержка жестов

Последнее в этом году крупное обновление операционной системы Windows 10 Technical Preview принесло пользователям немало интересного. Помимо само собой разумеющихся исправлений и косметических улучшений, появилось сразу несколько полезных функций. …

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