Review: MOVA Globes
This definitely falls on the geek side of the fence more than the tech side, but I’m OK with that. I love globes. I have a beautiful mother of pearl Earth globe on a table in the corner of my
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Microsoft Expands Enterprise Social Media With LinkedIn Acquisition
Microsoft and LinkedIn shocked the tech world today with the announcement that Microsoft is acquiring LinkedIn. The move is good news for LinkedIn, and a brilliant strategic play by Microsoft, but also raises some concerns about privacy and just how
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Microsoft Makes Bold Strategic Move to Acquire LinkedIn
Microsoft has agreed to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in an all-cash deal. The move is a bold one for Microsoft, and presents significant potential benefits for both Microsoft and LinkedIn customers. Will McInnes, CMO of Brandwatch, says that the
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Review: Schlage Sense Smart Deadbolt
I’ve lived in a more or less keyless world for years now. My Prius starts at the push of a button as long as the key fob is in my pocket. The front door of my home came with a
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Poor Security Choices Come Back To Haunt Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apparently had his Twitter and Pinterest accounts hacked over the weekend. It appears to be the result of a combination of poor security decisions—re-using an easy to guess or crack password across multiple sites or services.
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Free Tool from Black Duck Helps You Identify Security Issues in Open Source Code
open source code is great. Sometimes, however, keeping open source software patched and up to date can be a challenge. The open source projects themselves–especially ones that are active–do an excellent job of identifying and remediating flaws. The problem is
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Microsoft Unveils Office 365 Advanced Security Management
Many organizations have embraced Office 365—with all of the perks and benefits included. The cloud-based components of Office 365 introduce some unique security concerns as well, though, so Microsoft has developed Office 365 Advanced Security Management to address those concerns
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MySpace Hack Shows Dangers of ‘Zombie’ Accounts
Time Inc. confirmed just before the Memorial Day weekend that data was compromised from the MySpace social network. The company issued a statement that the compromised data is limited to MySpace usernames, passwords and email addresses from an old version
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The Symbiotic Relationship of DevOps and Open Source
DevOps depends heavily on open source software, and–to a lesser extent–open source projects leverage DevOps as well. I wrote a report for DevOps.com exploring the relationship between the two and the importance of open source to the world of DevOps.
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Indy 500 Embraces Technology With Microsoft Azure And IoT
One thing sports fans love is statistics. If you’ve ever watched the Indy 500, you know that there are plenty of statistics and data points to go around—fastest lap, average speed, who’s leading the race, etc. The network does the
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