Microsoft slashes IE support, sets 'huge' edict for Jan. 2016
Hard on the heels of a decision to step up the frequency of Windows updates, Microsoft on Thursday announced it would give customers 17 months to stop using older versions of Internet Explorer (IE), including the most popular of them all, IE8. The decision will further complicate enterprises' use of Microsoft's software, analysts said.
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Microsoft's no-name update plan nails Windows 8's coffin shut
Microsoft will not, contrary to some expectations, put a name to its next Windows 8.1 update, a decision that not only reflects a scaling back of ambition for the reputation-plagued OS but also indicates a different approach to all Windows' releases, analysts said today. This week Microsoft said that future feature updates, whether new tools or improvements to existing parts of Windows 8.1, would be parceled out in smaller chunks.
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Emerging networking technology used by Apple, Cisco will frustrate firewalls
Today's security software is ineffective against an emerging networking technology already in use by Apple for its Siri voice-recognition software, according to research presented at the Black Hat hacking conference this week. The technology, called Multipath TCP (MPTCP), is a souped-up sibling of TCP, a cornerstone Internet protocol for transferring data packets between computers. Cisco and Juniper have also put MPTCP in some of their equipment.
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IBM's new 'brain chip' could power the Internet of things
IBM has taken another step toward its ambitious goal of creating a processor that acts like a human brain, creating a second, more advanced chip that mimics the way the mammalian brain operates. "It's a new landmark of the brain-inspired computers," said Dharmendra Modha, IBM Research fellow and chief scientist focusing on brain-inspired computing.
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USPTO rejects claims of Apple patent in dispute with Samsung
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected some claims of an Apple patent that was one of the basis for a recent damages award in a dispute with Samsung Electronics.
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New Windows 9 rumors: Can the charms, clone the Desktop
Curious about Windows 9? Recent revelations give us the beginnings of an idea of what new features to expect.
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Nadella leaves no doubt of who's in charge at Microsoft
Say what you will about Satya Nadella's first six months as Microsoft CEO, but no one can deny the man jumped in with both feet from day one and has led the company with decisiveness. Some of his moves have been met with applause and others with raspberries.
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SAP HANA continues to baffle customers
Despite years of hype, some SAP customers remain puzzled over how the vendor's HANA in-memory computing platform can fit into their IT strategies, a newly released survey from the Americas' SAP Users' Group has found. Fifty-five percent of 377 survey respondents asked whether their company has purchased HANA said they hadn't, with 40 percent saying they have and 5 percent not knowing.
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Don't panic: That Russian hack bombshell isn't what you think
FUD over the current state of cyber insecurity reached a fever pitch this week as thousands gathered in Las Vegas for Defcon and
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Hadoop meets Google Docs: Analytics made easy
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OpenSSL, critical encryption component, gets nine software fixes
Nine software fixes were released Wednesday for OpenSSL, a critical encryption component for exchanging data on the Web, although none of the problems are as severe as the "Heartbleed" issue found in April. All of the issues were reported during June and July by security analysts with software vendors Google, Codenomicon, LogMeIn and NCC Group, according to an advisory.
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Network-attached storage devices more vulnerable than home routers
A security review of network-attached storage (NAS) devices from multiple manufacturers revealed that they typically have more vulnerabilities than home routers, a class of devices known for poor security and vulnerable code. Jacob Holcomb, a security analyst at Baltimore-based Independent Security Evaluators, is in the process of analyzing NAS devices from 10 manufacturers and has so far found vulnerabilities that could lead to a complete compromise in all of them.
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