Sunday, April 19, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Tech Report) 4/20/2015





This week produced a bumper crop of security holes, patches
It was a massive patch Tuesday this week. We got patches for show-stopping flaws from Microsoft, Oracle, Google, and Adobe.
Let's start with Microsoft, who released eleven security updates . Microsoft applied its most serious rating of "critical" to four security holes this month. These remote code ...
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Two men have real-life flame war over iOS, Android
We've seen some pretty serious flame wars in the comment sections of TR articles over the years, but two men in Tulsa, Oklahoma have taken the fight over mobile operating system superiority to a whole new level. According to news station KTUL, the pair of roommates got into a drunken brawl after arguing over the merits of iOS versus Android.
Local police say one of the men broke a beer bottle over the other's head, and both men suffered stab wounds from broken bottles. The ...
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Report: DOJ may oppose Comcast's Time Warner acquisition
Comcast's efforts to acquire Time Warner Cable may soon grind to a halt. According to a new report by Bloomberg, the United States Department of Justice will recommend that the deal be blocked.
Bloomberg's unnamed sources say that Department of Justice attorneys investigating the matter are concerned about the deal's impact on consumers. If these attorneys do recommend against the deal, their recommendation would be reviewed ...
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