CFAA: Where the computer security law is broken

Old Java can learn new tricks from C, Android | Apple's iMessage, Facetime hit by glitch

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CFAA: Where the computer security law is broken
Educators and activists representing a swath of organizations and institutions -- from the Electronic Frontier Foundation to George Washington University -- took to Reddit Tuesday in an Ask Me Anything interview, seeking to educate the public about the controversial CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) and to push for reform. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Falconstor Software

How Data Deduplication Works
IT managers and executives face explosive data growth, driving up costs of storage for backup and disaster recovery (DR). For this reason, data deduplication is regarded as the next evolutionary step in backup technology. Learn More

WHITE PAPER: Mobiquity Inc.

Is Your App Getting Used? Understanding UX and Your Audience
Want your app to be one of the 70 percent that is opened but never used again? If not, then you need to know the ins and outs of User Experience (UX). Good app design requires a deep understanding of the audience plus easy-to-operate, easy-to-understand options. Find out more. Learn more.

Old Java can learn new tricks from C, Android
Java and its linchpin JVM (Java Virtual Machine) still have much room to get better even after debuting 18 years ago, say experts who would like improvements in such areas as locality, application isolation, and parallel operations. Read More

Apple's iMessage, Facetime hit by glitch
Apple's iMessage and Facetime messaging systems were hit with a glitch Tuesday that took the services offline for several hours. The problems for both services began shortly after noon Pacific Time and continued at the time of this writing, more than four hours later.Facetime is a video calling service and iMessage is an instant messaging service. Read More

Startup aims to cut enterprise data roaming costs
Eyeing the sometimes considerable data roaming bills that companies receive, a startup called Wandera launched a service Wednesday that promises to cut down on roaming data use. The company is based in both London and San Francisco and was built by the same team who created ScanSafe, a company acquired by Cisco in 2009 that is now called Cisco Cloud Web Security. Read More

Intel aims for easy server upgrades
To make server upgrades easier, Intel introduced a rack reference architecture that speeds up data throughput while reducing energy and maintenance costs in data centers. The architecture, announced on Tuesday, calls for decoupling processors, memory and storage, and putting them in separate boxes. That is a change from the industry-standard server design, in which the processor and memory reside in a single chassis. Read More



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