IT General
Android vulnerability allows malware to compromise most devices and apps
The majority of Android devices currently in use contain a vulnerability that allows malware to completely hijack installed apps and their data or even the entire device.
The core problem is that Android fails to validate public key infrastructure certificate chains for app digital signatures, said Jeff Forristal, chief technology officer of Bluebox Security, a San Francisco company whose researchers discovered the issue.
The Tizen smartphone flopped -- and open source is to blame
You know the saying: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
The Tizen smartphone flopped -- and open source is to blame
You know the saying: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
7 indispensable project management tips
In my role as a traveling computer security consultant, I meet with project managers every week.
SAP embraces opens source -- sort of
At the annual OSCON (Open Source Convention) last week, those stuck in a worldview of open source from the previous decade would have suffered serious cognitive dissonance.
Amazon is right to grow AWS at the expense of profits
Last week, Amazon.com said its cloud business grew by 90 percent last year, but the company was significantly less profitable than the year before. Its AWS (Amazon Web Services) business makes up the majority of a balance sheet item that Amazon.com labels as "other." In the latest quarter, the "other" revenue from that line of business grew by 38 percent, its lowest rate in at least three years.
Mobile security: A mother lode of new tools
Long, complex passwords that must be input on tiny screens, often while on the move: Such hassles make password-based security unworkable in a mobile world. But change is coming, thanks to an industrywide backlash that gave rise to a gold rush of new technologies.
Eventually mobile security may no longer hinge on whether a password is long enough, but on how well the device knows the user.
Team of rivals: Hortonworks, Pivotal join up for Hadoop project
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Surface Pro 3 problems linger despite three firmware patches in a month
If you have a new Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and it's working fine, you're probably in the majority and I wish you well.
Surface Pro 3 problems linger despite three firmware patches in a month
If you have a new Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and it's working fine, you're probably in the majority and I wish you well.
Another botched Microsoft patch: Office 365 ProPlus says 'Something went wrong'
This is the second month in a row where we've seen a botched automatic Office patch. As is the case with so many Office patches these days, there's no KB number and no warning that a patch is being applied.
Top 25 free tools for every Windows desktop
Why one developer switched from Java to Google Go
While Java may be a good choice for building business software, Google's Go language has advantages when it comes to building systems software, says a Java developer at Pivotal who has become a Go advocate.
Top 25 free tools for every Windows desktop
Who's managing your managed services? You, ultimately
With all of the hubbub surrounding cloud services, application hosting, managed services, and the like, the reality of offloading the management and administrative burden of applications and business services is often overlooked.
11 questions for MongoDB's CTO
NoSQL is the darling of the millennial tech community -- and MongoDB is the leading NoSQL database, with a valuation of more than $1.2 billion.
The cellphone unlocking bill is about to become law -- but there's a catch
A bill to restore consumers' rights to unlock their cellphones is one step from becoming law now that it has cleared Congress.
