Category: Computer Editorial Security Social

CNS – Democrats Say New York Purged Them From Voting Rolls

Source: CNS – Democrats Say New York Purged Them From Voting Rolls

Posted: April 19, 2016 in Computer, Editorial, Security, Social

The Ars guide to building a Linux router from scratch | Ars Technica

Remember how our homebrew router embarrassed off-the-shelf options? Go make your own. Source: The Ars guide to building a Linux router from scratch | Ars >>>

Posted: April 18, 2016 in Computer, Internet

WiFi capacity doubled at less than half the size | EurekAlert! Science News

Columbia Engineering Professor Harish Krishnaswamy has integrated a non-reciprocal circulator and a full-duplex radio on a nanoscale silicon chip for the first time. This breakthrough >>>

Posted: April 18, 2016 in Computer, Internet

Intel claims storage supremacy with swift 3D XPoint Optane drives, 1-petabyte 3D NAND | PCWorld

Intel, in addition to showing off its blazing-fast 3C XPoint Optane drives, also said its 3D NAND will be able to squeeze 1TB of storage >>>

Posted: April 15, 2016 in Computer, Storage

Well Known Linux Kernel Developer Recommends Against Buying Skylake Systems – Phoronix

Source: Well Known Linux Kernel Developer Recommends Against Buying Skylake Systems – Phoronix

Posted: April 13, 2016 in Computer, CPU, Operating Systems, Servers

Micron 9100 And 7100 NVMe SSDs Blanket Enterprise With Uncompromised Performance

The enterprise market for solid state drives (SSDs) is really starting to take off, and we’ve seen new entries in the field from both Intel >>>

Posted: April 13, 2016 in Computer, Storage

Adobe patches Flash bug that’s being exploited to install ransomware | Ars Technica

“Actively exploited” critical flaw has been in wild for more than a week. Source: Adobe patches Flash bug that’s being exploited to install ransomware | >>>

Posted: April 8, 2016 in Computer, Security

Adobe issues emergency update to Flash after ransomware attacks – Business Insider

The software maker urged the more than 1 billion users of Flash to update the product. Source: Adobe issues emergency update to Flash after ransomware >>>

Posted: April 8, 2016 in Computer, Security

NoScript and other popular Firefox add-ons open millions to new attack | Ars Technica

Unlike many browsers, Firefox doesn’t always isolate an add-on’s functions. Source: NoScript and other popular Firefox add-ons open millions to new attack | Ars Technica

Posted: April 6, 2016 in Computer, Security

Nest Reminds Customers That Ownership Isn’t What It Used to Be | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Nest Labs, a home automation company acquired by Google in 2014, will disable some of its customers’ home automation control devices in May. Source: Nest >>>

Posted: April 6, 2016 in Computer, Security