ANALYSIS: The SpaceX Falcon Heavy's successful launch into orbit marshals in a new era of practical space operations for private industry.
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Ex-Intel Executives Launch New Arm Server Chip Company
Former Intel President Renee James is heading up Ampere, which is using the Arm architecture for processors aimed at private and public clouds
Pwn2Own 2018 Expands Targets And Raises Prize Pool To $2M
For first time at Pwn2Own, researchers will take aim at Oracle's VirtualBox, as well as the open-source Nginx web server in attempts to reveal zero-days
How Lumileds New-Gen LEDs Lit Up Super Bowl LII
There’s a lot of IT science involved with making this game a great visual experience for everyone, both inside and outside the stadium.
Consider Renewing Instead Of Replacing Your Company’s Laptops
ANALYSIS: Normal practice in most companies is to plan for a three to four year lifespan for computers, but suppose you don’t need to replace them?
Threats To Industrial Control Systems Grow As Vulnerabilities Increase
ANALYSIS: Study shows that the number of unprotected industrial control devices continues to grow each year offering a clear path for cyber-attackers
Oracle CEO Urges Enterprises To Ditch Data Centers And Move To Cloud
Mark Hurd said too much choice has produced complex and costly data centers that should be replaced by cloud systems
Red Hat Acquires Kubernetes Vendor CoreOS For $250M
Deal brings together technologies from two of the largest vendors in the Kubernetes container orchestration ecosystem as multi-cloud technology demand grows
Microsoft, Malwarebytes Spectre Fixes Contrast With Intel’s Efforts
ANALYSIS: Updates from two vendors caused problems this month , but the difference in how they were handled was remarkable
Intel Promises New Processors To Fix Meltdown, Spectre Vulnerabilities
ANALYSIS: Intel CEO Brian Krzanich confirmed chips without Meltdown and Spectre are in 2018 but questions continue about a rumored “information embargo”
Cisco Acquires Skyport As Cyber-Security Investments Continue
ANALYSIS: January continues to be a month of cyber-security startup acquisitions, as Cisco, Facebook, Amazon and Sumo Logic announce new deals.
Microsoft Cuts Windows Server Core Containers Down To Size
Downloads of base Windows Server Core containers are 30 percent smaller than before in preview build 17079
Mozilla Fixes 32 Security Flaws, Accelerates Performance In Firefox 58
In its first major update in 2018, Mozilla adds incremental capabilities that help to make the Firefox Quantum browser faster than ever before.
Conditions Favorable To Make 2018 A Big Year For Security Buyouts
ANALYSIS: The new year has started off with a flurry of acquisition activity in the cyber-security space that is likely to continue for the rest of the year.
IBM Outlines Prospects For Java In 2018
ANALYSIS: Java is still hugely popular, particularly for client-server web applications, with 9m developers. Its beauty is that it’s an evolving technology
Amazon’s List of 20 Potential HQ2 Sites Shows Focus On Washington DC
ANALYSIS: All the signs point to the US capital being the home of Amazon's second headquarters
U.S. Lawmakers, State Attorneys Move To Overturn FCC Neutrality Vote
ANALYSIS: Call for review of FCC reversal of the 2015 reclassification of internet services to Title II has support of 50 US senators and 80 representatives
Questions Arise About Effectiveness of Meltdown, Spectre Fixes, Advice
ANALYSIS: Confusing array of CPU and OS patches raise the question of whether side effects caused worse thanthreats posed by Meltdown and Spectre
How To Fix Windows Registry Issues That Halt Microsoft Security Updates
ANALYSIS: Microsoft is halting all security updates on Windows systems with badly-behaved antivirus products. But you can fix this problem
CES: Enterprises Still Learning Valuable Lessons From Consumer Tech
ANALYSIS: Fun is now functional. VR and AR started as consumer apps and are now being used in health care, utility and other business apps
Former Employee Sues Google Claiming Discrimination Against White Men
James Damore’s accuses Google of systematically punishing and terminating employees whose views on diversity, social justice and gender bias differed
Amazon Alexa Set To Become Power Business Tool On Windows 10 PCs
ANALYSIS: Amazon begins to move its Alexa voice control digital assistant beyond the smart home devices into the wider Windows 10 computing world
How To Protect Your Computers From Spectre, Meltdown Vulnerabilities
ANALYSIS: For some users protecting your systems against Spectre and Meltdown will be straightforward, but for others more complicated
2017 Year In Review: Kubernetes Enables A Multi-Cloud World
ANALYSIS: 2017 was a transformational year for the open-source Kubernetes container project which is now supported on all three major public cloud providers
Data Breaches Shook Faith In Government, Ruined IT Careers in 2017
ANALYSIS: Massive data breaches destroyed people's faith while it ruined the careers of senior IT executives anda reputations of giant corporations
TRITON Attack Targeted Critical Infrastructure, Security Firm Says
FireEye warns that a nation-state appears to be infiltrating critical-infrastructure sites and developing ways to cause physical damage
Google Machine Learning Technology Helps NASA Discover New Exoplanet
Machine Learning technology powering many of Google's apps and services finds a new use helping astrophysicists find new planets orbiting distant stars
1998 Vintage Cryptography Vulnerability Known As ROBOT Re-Emerges
The Cryptography vulnerability first detailed in 1998, still has the potential to impact modern websites
How Facebook Users Can Thwart Imposters Who Spoof Their Identities
ANALYSIS: Scammers are spoofing the Facebook user's account names to engage in phony Messenger conversations to phish for information. Here's how to stop it
Why HBO Chose Kubernetes To Help Stream Game Of Thrones
Kubecon CloudNativeCon: HBO engineers explain the challenges and the process they went through to decide and use Kubernetes, to help stream Game of Thrones