For entry-level tech jobs, hiring managers care about passion for IT more than a diploma
Class of 2014 college graduates looking for their first IT jobs take note: your passion for and experience with technology may prove more helpful in your employment search than your diplomas. "I don't think in the past five-plus years I've hired someone based on their education," said Jim O'Neill, CIO of inbound marketing software company HubSpot in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "It's not a direct correlation to their success here."
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How to fix problems with 'revoked UEFI module' patches KB 2920189 and 2962824
If you admins are running "gen 2" Hyper-V VMs with Windows 8, you've probably seen an error 800F092 when trying to install KB 2920189. Don't worry.
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Why run SQL on NoSQL? Speed, says Splice Machine
If they call it a NoSQL database, why would you want to run SQL queries on it?
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Patch elephantiasis: Black Tuesday brings 1GB downloads
If you're running a fully up-to-date version of Windows 8.1 and have Office 2013 installed on your machine, this week's Patch Tuesday could bring a rude surprise.
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Microsoft's .Net Framework security updates further effort to phase out RC4 encryption
Microsoft released optional security updates Tuesday for various versions of the .Net Framework that prevent the RC4 encryption algorithm from being used in TLS (Transport Layer Security) connections.
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Microsoft sticks to vow, leaves XP exposed to ongoing attacks
Hackers are exploiting an Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability that was left unpatched in Windows XP on Tuesday, Microsoft and outside security experts said. The bug, identified as CVE-2014-1815, was one of two Microsoft patched with a critical update issued Tuesday for IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9, IE10 and IE11. In the accompanying security bulletin, Microsoft noted that the vulnerability had been both known to hackers and used by them prior to yesterday's update.
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Google gets on Dart soapbox, demos move from JavaScript
Can Google's Dart language ever really mount a serious challenge to the already-ubiquitous JavaScript in the realm of Web application development?
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Adobe patches critical flaws in Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player, and Illustrator
Adobe Systems released critical security updates for several products Tuesday in order to fix vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to take remote control of systems running the vulnerable software. The products that received security patches were Flash Player, the Adobe AIR SDK (software development kit) and Compiler for building rich Internet applications, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe Illustrator for CS6 (Creative Suite 6).
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Samsung to unveil Gear Glass in September, report says
Samsung plans to launch a Google Glass competitor called Gear Glass in September, timed with the IFA technology show in Berlin, according to a report in Business Korea.
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Linux group builds 64-bit Android KitKat for ARM developers
Google is being tight-lipped about when the 64-bit version of Android will be released, but Linux development group Linaro has built a version of the open-source operating system so mobile applications can be written and tested by manufacturers and developers rushing to catch up with Apple.
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Microsoft reveals new Office features available only in the cloud
Microsoft showed off new Office features at TechEd 2014, but some of them will never be available to customers who don't embrace the cloud version of the software suite, Office 365, and the company will take its time bringing others to market for Office Server users. During the keynote at the annual conference, attendees saw a demo of Office Graph, a feature that monitors users' behaviors and makes it possible to intelligently sort available data so that the most relevant is presented.
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