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Bismillah writes:
"How do you tell which combination — which Linux distro and which DBMS — will give you the best performance?" this article asks and sets out to benchmark a few of the more popular distributions with MySQL and MariaDB.
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1sockchuck writes:
It's the ultimate manifestation of the “server hugger” — the home data center featuring IT equipment installed in closets, basements and garages. What motivates these folks? Some use their gear for test-driving new equipment, others for lightweight web hosting or just as the ultimate technology ManCave. They all share a passion for technology that can't be contained by the traditional data center. What are the challenges of running IT gear in your home? Read about these setups, and share your own.
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Bismillah writes:
While you're in coverage during take-off and landing, at least. Passengers flying with Qantas and Virgin Australia might be able to leave their devices on from as early as September this year after the Civial Aviation Authority decided it was no longer unsafe to do so.
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Bismillah writes:
Yahoo is working on an easy to use PGP for email, the company's chief information security officer Alex Stamos said at Black Hat 2014. This could lead to some interesting standoffs with governments and law enforcement wanting to read people's messages.
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sciencehabit writes:
Even when the sea looks clean, its surface can be flecked with tiny fragments of paint and fiberglass. That’s the finding from a study that looked for plastic pollution in the uppermost millimeter of ocean. The microscopic fragments come from the decks and hulls of boats, and they could pose a threat to tiny creatures called zooplankton, which are an important part of the marine food web.
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Bismillah writes:
The SynoLocker ransomware for Synology Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices is making rounds everywhere at the moment. In Hong Kong, extortionists have encrypted files on two servers at a medical faculty, locking out patient files while demanding ransom.
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Bismillah writes:
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Australia has started unboxing and installing its new upgraded 'Magnus' supercomputer, which could become the largest such system in the southern hemisphere, with up to one petaFLOPS performance.
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Bismillah writes:
Codenomicon researchers — the chaps who made Heartbleed a thing — have discovered that many Android apps have inherited security vulnerabilities from the reusable code libraries used to build them. What's more, most developers aren't aware of them either.
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AlbanX writes:
Australian daily deals website Catch of the Day waited three years to tell its customers their email addresses, delivery addresses, hashed passwords, and some credit card details had been stolen.
Its systems got hacked in April 2011 and the company told police, banks and credit cards issues, but didn't tell the Privacy Commissioner until later, or customers until last night.
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Bismillah writes:
Russian security researchers have spotted a new malware named Mayhem that has spread to 1,400 or so Linux and FreeBSD servers around the world, and continues to look for new machines to infect. And, it doesn't need root to operate.
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Bismillah writes:
That preferred network offload feature in Android extends battery life, but it also leaks location data according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. What's more, the same flaw is found in Apple OS X and Windows 7.
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Bismillah writes:
Blackberry continues to retreat in the corporate sector. Now, one of Australia's largest banks, Westpac, has ditched Blackberry as the standard device and will move onto Samsung Android phones, along with a small amount of BYOD.
