• 3 Windows 10 Features That Every Admin Should Know

    3 Windows 10 Features That Every Admin Should Know
    Windows 10 is on the horizon. While there is no confirmed ship date quite yet, there’s a good chance we’ll see the final OS this year -- possibly in the fall if Microsoft sticks to its normal release schedule.To be prepared for any gotchas, it’s a good idea for IT admins to start thinking now about deployment, training and security issues.1. Deployment and Management Strategy
    One of the key enhancements in Windows 10 (which skips a version number from the current Windows 8) could be a g
  • Facebook reports strong Q4 as mobile ad sales keep growing

    Facebook reports strong Q4 as mobile ad sales keep growing
    Facebook continues to reap big rewards from ads placed on people’s smartphones, which now generate more than two-thirds of its revenue.Roughly 69 percent of Facebook’s revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 came from mobile advertising, the company said Wednesday.Total revenue for the quarter was $3.85 billion. That was up 49 percent from a year earlier and beat the consensus estimate of $3.77 billion from analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.A year ago, mobile ads accounted for just over a
  • Mobiel werken neemt grote vlucht, beveiliging obstakel voor grote organisaties

    Zakelijk gebruik van mobiele apparatuur zal de komende jaren enorm toenemen in Europa. In 2020 verwachten organisaties vooral meer gebruik te maken van tablets (20% meer) en 2-in-1 hybrids (14% meer). Ook het gebruik van smartphones (11% meer) en phablets (5%) zal toenemen. Onderzoek in opdracht van HP duidt... lees meer
  • Markt voor e-discovery verandert sterk door beveiliging, wereldwijd onderzoeken, nieuwe regelgeving

    Leverancier van e-discovery-oplossingen Kroll Ontrack verwacht dat dit jaar vijf trends de markt voor e-discovery zullen opschudden: cybersecurity, toenemend elektronisch bewijsmateriaal, globalisering van juridische risico’s, nieuwe wetgeving en een groter bereik van e-discovery door sociale media en mobiele... lees meer
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  • Bert van Hoorn wordt CIO bij IND

    Per 1 februari wordt Bert van Hoorn CIO van de Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND). Hij zal deze rol vervullen naast zijn bestaande functie van directeur Dienstverlening bij het ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie.
  • Oracle Service Cloud gets more social

    Oracle Service Cloud gets more social
    Oracle has released an update to its Oracle Service Cloud that adds new tools to give companies more insight about their customers.Customer service staff who get the update will now see an online visitors’ browser history, for instance, so when a visitor asks for help, chat agents can see what led to the need for help in the first place. Reduced handling time is one potential benefit, according to Oracle.The update, released Wednesday, also includes integration with Oracle Social Cloud to i
  • Cyberthreat sharing must include strong privacy protections, advocates say

    Cyberthreat sharing must include strong privacy protections, advocates say
    U.S. lawmakers should put strict privacy controls into planned legislation to encourage companies to share cyberthreat information with government agencies and each other, some advocates said.Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said Wednesday they plan to work on a cyberthreat information-sharing bill in the coming months. But representatives from Microsoft and the Center for Democracy and Technology told lawmakers they can avoid the controversies of oth
  • 'Parks And Recreation,' Facebook and The New Privacy

    'Parks And Recreation,' Facebook and The New Privacy
    If you tuned into Parks And Recreation Tuesday night, you were treated to an episode where social media startup Gryzzl attempts to win over the hearts and minds of its  new neighbors in the fictional town of Pawnee with boxes full of gifts, delivered via Amazon-esque drones.
    The problem was that the gifts were perfect -- too perfect. Gryzzl had been data mining every interaction the residents of Pawnee were having online and custom-tailoring their gifts to suit their exact interests. This d
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  • Apple Defies Law of Large Numbers by Booking Bang-Up iPhone Sales

    Apple Defies Law of Large Numbers by Booking Bang-Up iPhone Sales
    Apple yesterday said it sold a record 74.5 million iPhones in the December quarter, a record that bested the old by a whopping 24 million -- close to the entire quarter's sales in April-June 2012.
    iPhone sales were up 46% compared to the December 2013 quarter, which until Tuesday was Apple's best-ever.
    "Apple defied the law of large numbers," said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research, referring to the already-huge base of iPhones, the impressive sales of a year prior -
  • Silk Road paid thousands in shake-downs from malicious hackers

    Silk Road paid thousands in shake-downs from malicious hackers
    When operating outside of the law, you can’t exactly rely on the police to protect your illegal enterprise from other criminals.The Silk Road marketplace founders likely learned this lesson in 2012 and 2013, after paying thousands of dollars to cyber extortionists who threatened to expose serious site vulnerabilities or hit it with denial of service attacks, according to evidence presented in a Manhattan federal court on Wednesday.The extortion information emerged during testimony from U.S.
  • Bill Gates Tells Reddit About His Mysterious 'Personal Agent' Project at Microsoft

    Bill Gates Tells Reddit About His Mysterious 'Personal Agent' Project at Microsoft
    What is Microsoft’s “personal agent,” and what is Bill Gates doing working on it?
    Gates took to the virtual pages of Reddit for his third “Ask Me Anything” session, answering the usual mix of serious and semi-serious questions. But in the middle of the session he seemingly dropped a bombshell.
    “One project I am working on with Microsoft is the Personal Agent which will remember everything and help you go back and find things and help you pick what things to pay attention to,” G
  • One-in-Five Developers Now Works on IoT Projects

    One-in-Five Developers Now Works on IoT Projects
    By 2020, professional kitchens, restaurants and other large food providers will be using appliances with sensors and scanners. They will track inventory and provide real-time ordering linked to pricing. Sensors and cameras will be embedded in ovens, refrigerators and even pans and will do things such as track temperatures and ensure food isn't overcooked or spoiled.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  • DDOS Attack Size Up 50-Fold Over Past Decade

    DDOS Attack Size Up 50-Fold Over Past Decade
    The size of the largest DDOS attack was fifty times larger last year than ten years ago, according to a new survey of Internet service and hosting providers, and attacks are also increasing in numbers and in sophistication.
    The largest reported attack last year was 400 gigabits per second, compared to just 8 Gbps in 2004 -- and 100 Gpbs in 2010.
    "The growth is not straight line," said Gary Sockrider, solutions architect at Burlington, Mass.-based Arbor Networks, Inc. and the author of the re
  • Watch the snow pile up in Boston in this awesome 2 minute video

    Watch the snow pile up in Boston in this awesome 2 minute video
    This week’s northeast blizzard may have shut down roads and businesses, but it was also beautiful. And serene. And the source of some awesome video.Here’s a 40-hour time lapse video of the snow falling and piling up on the roof deck of IDG’s headquarters in downtown Boston, 16 stories up, shot and edited by IDG News Service video reporter Nick Barber. Don’t worry, Nick didn’t stand on the roof the entire time. He had a GoPro camera set up inside, programmed to take one picture every
  • Watch the Snow Pile Up in Boston in This Awesome Two-Minute Video

    Watch the Snow Pile Up in Boston in This Awesome Two-Minute Video
    This week’s northeast blizzard may have shut down roads and businesses, but it was also beautiful. And serene. And the source of some awesome video.
    Here’s a 40-hour time lapse video of the snow falling and piling up on the roof deck of IDG’s headquarters in downtown Boston, 16 stories up, shot and edited by IDG News Service video reporter Nick Barber. Don’t worry, Nick didn’t stand on the roof the entire time. He had a GoPro camera set up inside, programmed to take one picture eve
  • Amazon said to launch enterprise email service

    Amazon said to launch enterprise email service
    Amazon will launch an enterprise email and calendar service that competes against products from Microsoft and Google, according to the Wall Street Journal.Called WorkMail, the product will focus on security and ease of use, because Amazon claims many companies view enterprise email applications as expensive and difficult to use.“Customers are not happy with their current email solution,” Adam Selipsky, an Amazon Web Services official, told the Journal. “A lot of customers feel those sol
  • EU air passenger database about to take flight, but critics want it grounded

    EU air passenger database about to take flight, but critics want it grounded
    The European Commission is reportedly revving up the engines on a controversial plan to retain passenger flight data across the EU, although a prior attempt got its wings clipped due to privacy concerns.The new plan calls for a database with personal flight data such as travel dates, itineraries, ticket information and baggage information, according to a document published by Statewatch on Wednesday and described as a leaked and legitimate EC document.The plan is being fast-tracked by the Com
  • BrandPost: How To Conduct An Information Security Gap Analysis

    BrandPost: How To Conduct An Information Security Gap Analysis
    As an information security consultant, one of the most important jobs I do is to conduct an information security gap analysis. This analysis provides a comparison of your security program versus overall best security practices. By comparing these best practices to actual practices, we can shed light on areas where vulnerabilities and risks are lurking.However, it’s not only important that a gap analysis be conducted; it’s also important that it be done correctly. Here are 4 steps that are
  • BrandPost: Flash Costs Less Than Disk (Yes, Really!)

    BrandPost: Flash Costs Less Than Disk (Yes, Really!)
    Near the end of World War II, Allied flight crews saw the end of an era. Propeller-driven aircraft like the P-51 Mustang and Spitfire were fast, but in 1945 they encountered the Me-262 Schwalbe jet fighter.The jet-powered Messerschmitt was 100 mph faster than the fastest propellor planes, and it could both outrun and out-climb Allied aircraft. A propeller is bound by physical laws: It can only spin so fast.More expensive jet engines weren’t constrained by the same physical limitations, intr
  • IBM's SoftLayer chief departs amid cloud transition

    IBM's SoftLayer chief departs amid cloud transition
    The head of IBM’s SoftLayer cloud services business has left the company, hard on the heels of IBM naming another executive to lead a new cloud division.“We wish Lance Crosby the best as he takes a well-deserved break before pursuing new endeavors,” IBM said in a statement Wednesday, confirming his departure.IBM acquired SoftLayer in 2013 for $2 billion. Its technology has become a key part of IBM’s cloud offerings, for which revenue amounted to $7 billion in 2014, the company reporte
  • OneDrive adds 'Albums,' will soon add automatic photo import from PC

    OneDrive adds 'Albums,' will soon add automatic photo import from PC
    Microsoft has launched an Albums feature for organizing photos stored on its OneDrive cloud service, bringing it one step closer to parity with competitors Dropbox and Google.Albums, described in a company blog post Wednesday, will give users functionality similar to Dropbox’s Carousel photo gallery app and Google Drive’s built-in albums feature. It will appear on the OneDrive iOS app beginning today, and on Android and Windows phone apps “soon,” the post said.To read this article in
  • 7 Ideas for Security Leaders

    7 Ideas for Security Leaders
    A brief pause before decisive actionImage by Peter Trimming We know the routine of the new year is settling in when the predictions stop, the resolutions go by the wayside, and the rhythm of work takes hold.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  • Event Fosters Software and STEM Entrepreneurs for Education

    Event Fosters Software and STEM Entrepreneurs for Education
    Weekend hackathons for developers have been around for years. Now they are popping up everywhere.
    Hackathons usually aren't about hacking into some top-secret network. Most of them are really mini-startup laboratories that help boost the careers of enterpreneurs.
    Often, an organization picks a location and lures developers and others to show up and write code intensely around the clock for a weekend or so. There's a loosely defined objective most times, then small developer teams traditional
  • AWS Launches WorkMail for the Enterprise

    AWS Launches WorkMail for the Enterprise
    Amazon Web Services today launched a new product to its expansive service catalog in the cloud: WorkMail is a hosted email platform for enterprises.
    The service will cost $4 per user per month for a 50GB email inbox. It’s integrated with many of AWS’s other cloud services too, including its Zocalo file synchronization and sharing platform. The combination of WorkMail and Zocalo will allow IT shops to set up a hosted email platform and link it to a file sharing system. WorkMail will also
  • Taking an Investment Management Approach to IT

    Taking an Investment Management Approach to IT
    Campbell Soup Company
    I remember having a conversation with a CIO a few months ago who complained that her business partners thought IT was free. The business would have a need, tell IT all about it, and then be relatively oblivious about the true costs of the technology solutions that IT provided. What’s more, after the implementation, the business partner who requested the solution would fail to look back to determine if the business outcome bang was worth the investment buck.  The busi
  • IDG Contributor Network: 7 Mindful Changes CIOs Can Make in 2015

    IDG Contributor Network: 7 Mindful Changes CIOs Can Make in 2015
    How does the business view your role as CIO? The traditional definition is one who manages information to ensure that his or her organization is technologically operational.That’s the key word – “operational.” Since CIOs are often viewed as those who keep the systems up and running, they are frequently classified in the “operations” category, and not seen as strategic partners.The negative perception of today’s CIO
    The CIO and his or her team is usually called in after the fact.
  • BrandPost: Employing a “Zone Defense” Security Strategy

    BrandPost: Employing a “Zone Defense” Security Strategy
    The key to security resides somewhere between a new parent and a football playbook.
    Everyone seems to spend more and more time and money on security, but we’re making little progress. Reports of major breaches seem to come more frequently, not less. Are businesses less secure than they were before, despite the increased investment? Or are hackers just smarter than ever?
    I don’t think either is true – I think there’s a connection between raising kids and the way businesses should thin
  • Canadian agency reported to be monitoring millions of downloads

    Canadian agency reported to be monitoring millions of downloads
    A Canadian surveillance agency is tapping into Internet cables and analyzing up to 15 million downloads from popular file-sharing websites each day, in an effort to identify political extremists, according to a news report by The Intercept and CBC News.The Canadian Communications Security Establishment [CSE] program allows the agency to monitor downloads in several countries across North America, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, according to the news reports, published Wednesday morn
  • Good wants to manage your smartphones for $3 a month, per user

    Good wants to manage your smartphones for $3 a month, per user
    Good Technology is hoping its cloud-based Management Suite for mobile devices will make life easier for IT departments that don’t want to rely on products from multiple vendors to manage the seemingly countless phones and tablets that employees are using for work these days.The market for mobile software is maturing and becoming more competitive, as vendors offer more functionality for less money. Good is best known for the company’s app containerization technology—software that separat
  • 7 Ways Project Managers Can Anticipate, Avoid and Mitigate Problems

    7 Ways Project Managers Can Anticipate, Avoid and Mitigate Problems
    What separates the good, or the great, project managers (PM) from the just so-so? How they handle problems when they arise – and prevent them from derailing deadlines and the budget.Her are seven of the biggest (or most common) problems that PMs face, and what good ones can do to anticipate, avoid or mitigate them.Problem No. 1: Team members not knowing or understanding what their responsibilities are, not owning their part of the project.
    How a good PM handles the accountability problem: G
  • The Walking Dead: Zombie Cat Survives Burial, Comes Back From The Grave - The Inquisitr

    The Walking Dead: Zombie Cat Survives Burial, Comes Back From The Grave - The Inquisitr
    The Inquisitr
    The Walking Dead: Zombie Cat Survives Burial, Comes Back From The Grave
    The Inquisitr
    The Humane Society, who are still caring for the cat, say they have never seen anything like it. Executive director Sherry Silk said that their Save-A-Pet Medical Fund will help towards Bart's bills, which will reportedly be over $1,000. As for Bart ...

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  • FCC Warns Against Wi-Fi Hotspot Blocking and Hints at Further Crackdowns

    After shutting down Marriott’s attempt to block personal Wi-Fi hotspot use, the Federal Communications Commission says it’s looking into more violations elsewhere.
    In a public notice on its website, the FCC makes clear that businesses are not allowed to willfully or maliciously block Wi-Fi hotspots. The notice also suggests that more fines could be on the way, as Marriott’s original violations have prompted fresh complaints.
    “Following the settlement, the Enforcement Bureau has recei
  • Amid Blow-out Quarter, Apple Barely Mentions Mac Sales

    Amid Blow-out Quarter, Apple Barely Mentions Mac Sales
    Almost unnoticed on Tuesday during Apple's earnings call, the company said it sold 5.5 million Macs, a record for the December quarter.
    The Cupertino, Calif., company sold just 1,000 fewer Macs than in the September quarter, when it set an overall record.
    The Mac's $6.9 billion in revenue was its most ever, but was boosted by deferrals that landed on the books from the decision in 2013 to take the OS X operating system and iWork suite of applications free. Then, Apple said it would account f
  • Breaches are a Personal Nightmare for Corporate Security Pros

    Breaches are a Personal Nightmare for Corporate Security Pros
    Beyond the compromise of valuable information, loss of revenues and damage to brand reputation, data breaches can pose a threat to the careers of security professionals involved: witness the sudden departures of both the CEO and the CIO of Target after last year’s compromise of 40 million customers’ credit cards.
    While experts say there are no laws to hold CEOs, CIOs and CISOs personally responsible for damage done when networks are hacked, boards of director can use their power to get r
  • Information Security: The 3 Key Governance Challenges of the CIO - The C Suite

    The C Suite
    Information Security: The 3 Key Governance Challenges of the CIO
    The C Suite
    Blending information security with the portfolio of another IT executive, or pushing the CISO role further down in the charts, is simply a recipe for failure - fuelling the de-prioritisation of information security matters and further widening the gap ...

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  • No Windows 7 Version of Spartan Browser Planned, but Microsoft's Watching Demand

    Microsoft recently let slip on Twitter that its new Spartan browser will support extensions. During the same chat the company also discussed possible Windows 7 support for Spartan. The answer? Maybe.
    "Spartan is currently targeted at Win10. We're focused on getting ppl upgraded (free) but will watch Win7 demand," Microsoft said via its IE Dev Chat account on Twitter during an online discussion under the #AskIE hashtag.

    #AskIE @Anamewithaguy Spartan is currently targeted at Win10. We're focu
  • Blackphone super-secure communications app had serious flaw

    Blackphone super-secure communications app had serious flaw
    The SilentText secure messaging application bundled with Blackphone had a serious vulnerability that would have allowed attackers to decrypt messages, read contact information, gather location data and even execute malicious code on the phone.The bug, which was fixed before it was disclosed publicly Tuesday, shows that even devices built with security and privacy in mind can have serious flaws that compromise their defenses.Blackphone is a high-end smartphone that runs a modified and locked-d
  • Big Switch Updates SDN Controller Options

    Big Switch Updates SDN Controller Options
    Big Switch Networks this week rolled out a new release of its cloud fabric software, which includes support for VMware vSphere environments and Dell switches, among other features.
    Big Cloud Fabric was released in the third quarter of 2014. It is an SDN fabric designed for bare metal switches.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  • So Long, Flash! YouTube Now Defaults to HTML5 on the Web

    So Long, Flash! YouTube Now Defaults to HTML5 on the Web
    Apple started the war on Flash, but Google may be the company to finish it. Five years after the search giant introduced HTML5 video as an option on YouTube, Google’s popular video site now defaults to HMTL5 on the web instead of Flash.
    The change has been a long time coming, with YouTube working steadily to default to HTML5 across the major browsers, including Chrome, beta versions of Firefox, Internet Explorer 11, and Safari 8.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please cl
  • Alibaba clashes with Chinese regulator over online sales of fake goods

    Alibaba clashes with Chinese regulator over online sales of fake goods
    Alibaba Group is facing harsh criticism from the Chinese government over sales of fake goods on its e-commerce sites.The country’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) issued the report as a way to urge Alibaba to clean up its act.According to the government regulator, Alibaba faces a “crisis” of credibility, after failing to address the alleged offenses, which revolve around the company’s online retail sites Tmall.com and Taobao Marketplace.To read this article in fu
  • HoloLens: Abracadabra! Microsoft Unveils a Great Distraction

    HoloLens: Abracadabra! Microsoft Unveils a Great Distraction
    Oh my gosh! The world’s first holographic computing platform! Is this or is this not the best thing ever?
    Crowd around, yells the Microsoft barker, and marvel at HoloLens. See worlds leap up in your mind’s eye and settle onto your kitchen counter. Never mind that dorky headset. This is just too cool for words!
    OK, you grabbed me, Microsoft. 3D computing is pretty cool. But all I really wanted from Windows 10 was Windows 7’s Start Menu. I didn’t want to have to wear googles. Oh, I’m
  • Cisco integration gives Samsung Knox users more options for secure connectivity

    Cisco integration gives Samsung Knox users more options for secure connectivity
    Samsung Electronics smartphones and tablets protected using the company’s Knox security technology have been integrated with VPNs from Cisco Systems, giving enterprises more options for communicating securely.Integration with Cisco’s VPN platform is important because most enterprises use Cisco gear, according to Leif-Olof Wallin, research vice president at Gartner. Samsung’s Knox platform is used to protect applications and data on the smartphone or tablet and Cisco’s AnyConnect for S
  • SEO and SEM Predictions and Tips for 2015

    SEO and SEM Predictions and Tips for 2015
    Ask any digital marketing expert about the major trends they expect to see in 2015, and he or she will likely answer with one word: mobile.This should come as no surprise. Mobile devices get more eyeball time than TV screens these days, according to recent research from Yahoo's Flurry. Mobile search is expected to exceed desktop search in 2015, according to eMarketer, and mobile marketing is the fastest growing digital advertising channel in the United States, says BI Intelligence. To read t
  • Rooting Your Android Device: A Guide for the Accident-Prone

    Rooting Your Android Device: A Guide for the Accident-Prone
    I am the person IT people are talking about when they say “he knows just enough to be dangerous.” I can’t deny it. I’ve broken many more computers and phones and other gadgets through attempts at tinkering than I’ve improved.
    Even here at Network World, I managed to completely bork my work laptop’s Windows install and lose a bunch of data while trying to adjust my disk partitions for dual boot. (OK, the IT folks just re-imaged it and made fun of me a little, but still.)
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  • The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, January 28

    The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, January 28
    France steps up pressure on Facebook, Google, to censor terror contentThe heightened fear of homegrown jihadis in Europe continues to find a target in tech: the French government is preparing a draft law that makes Internet companies “accomplices” to hate speech if extremist messages are hosted on their services, Bloomberg reports. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve plans a U.S. trip to ask for help from Twitter, Microsoft, Google and Facebook.Look for Facebook to report progress in mobi
  • France wants to hold social media networks accountable for hate speech

    France wants to hold social media networks accountable for hate speech
    French president François Hollande wants to hold social media companies accountable for hate speech spread on their services.Social networks should be held responsible for what their users say online by the creation of a new European legal framework, he said in Paris on Tuesday.Hollande referred to “well-known large operators” without naming them—but companies such as Facebook, Google and Twitter are typically the target of such remarks.They should be subject to sanctions in case of a
  • Endpoint Security Trends for 2015: What Can We Expect?

    Endpoint Security Trends for 2015: What Can We Expect?
    Endpoint security is definitely an approach that I favor. Keeping a network secure is an immense challenge that requires constant work and vigilance. Why introduce a client or server to your network before making sure that the device is as security hardened as possible?
    In my data center work experience, a very significant percentage of the major network vulnerabilites I've had to fix were caused by the introduction of poorly secured computers. It's a surprisingly common blunder.
    Network-bas
  • Signs That IBM May Be Preparing for a Round of Job Cuts

    Signs That IBM May Be Preparing for a Round of Job Cuts
    IBM tries to keep its layoffs out of the public eye as much as possible, although it fails miserably at this. The company took the unusual step of denying that it was on the cusp of a gigantic layoff amid reports of a possible new round of job cuts that may begin this week.
    The Alliance at IBM, a Communications Workers of America local, is expecting another round of layoffs, and late Tuesday said some employees have received "urgent requests" to meet with managers Wednesday. The alliance, wh
  • Confirmed: Microsoft Spartan Browser Will Have Extensions, Unlike Internet Explorer

    Confirmed: Microsoft Spartan Browser Will Have Extensions, Unlike Internet Explorer
    Microsoft’s upcoming “Spartan” browser will indeed have extensions, Microsoft confirmed Tuesday—eventually.
     Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team confirmed the addition in a Twitter chat. 

    #AskIE @bdsams @jacobrossi @IE Yes. We’re working on a plan for extensions for a future update to Project Spartan.— IE Dev Chat (@IEDevChat) January 27, 2015

    Microsoft formally unveiled the Spartan browser at its Windows 10 preview event last week. It's believed to be the eventual replaceme
  • World's Largest DDoS Attack Reached 400Gbps, says Arbor Networks

    World's Largest DDoS Attack Reached 400Gbps, says Arbor Networks
    Some time in December 2014 an unnamed ISP experienced an NTP reflection DDoS attack that peaked at a router-straining 400Gbps, easily the largest denial of service event in Internet history, Arbor Networks' 10th Annual Infrastructure Report has revealed.
    It's an apparently small detail slipped into the firm's larger narrative which is probably less important in the grand scheme of things than the fact that super-massive DDoS attacks are now common enough to have turned into dull statistics.T

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