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  • 19 June 2013

  • News: Many companies are negligent about SAP security, researchers say

    SAP has significantly improved the security of its products over the past few years but many of its customers are negligent with their deployments, which exposes them to potential attacks that could cripple their businesses, according to security researchers.

  • News: Master the command line: navigating files and folders

    If you've been using a Mac for any length of time, you know that it's more than just a pretty point-and-click, window-and-icon interface. Beneath the surface of OS X is an entire world that you can access only from the command line. Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities) is the default gateway to that command line on a Mac. With it, instead of pointing and clicking, you type your commands and your Mac does your bidding.

  • News: The panic is over. Facebook is back up

    Facebook suffered a service disruption for about four hours Tuesday night, giving users error messages or long response times.

  • Opinion: How to extract audio from movie files

    A reader who prefers to remain anonymous has some movies that he'd like to turn into an entirely different kind of media file. He writes:

  • News: Four ways OS X Mavericks will save your MacBook's battery

    When Apple unveiled the iPad in 2010, I immediately fell in love with its impressive battery life, and couldn't wait until they day when the same longevity would come to my Mac.

  • Opinion: Gesundheit! Six apps that ease the hell of allergy season

    I have Kleenex stuffed into the pockets of every coat I own, my makeup bag holds eyedrops and Claritin, and I keep an ample supply of Benadryl at my desk. Given those details, you may have been able to correctly guess that I suffer from allergies. What am I allergic to? It's hard to say, since every time I've gone for an allergy test I react to literally everything they test me for. Nothing like getting 185 needless needle shots to the arm, am I right?

  • News: UK smart grid mass rollout moves a step closer

    The UK today took another major step towards the full scale nation-wide rollout of smart meters, as bidders submitted their proposals to provide a communications infrastructure for tens of millions of homes.

  • News: Apple end-to-end encryption far from bulletproof

    Apple won't provide experts with details of encryption architecture, so what it means by 'cannot decrypt"' data is unclear, expert says

  • News: Project Cauã: revolutionising IT for the masses

    Project Cauã, the Free and Open Source Software and Hardware (FOSSH) project conceived by Linux International executive director Jon "Maddog" Hall to make it possible for people to make a living as a systems administrator, is set to launch in Brazil next month.

  • News: Rogue public Cloud usage to be countered with proactivity

    In order to decrease the occurrence and mitigate the risks of rogue public Cloud usage, IT departments must be proactive in defining their Cloud strategy and assessing usage, according to Red Hat senior Cloud technology and alliances manager, Martin Zierer.

  • News: Man of Steel soundtrack gets in your head with surround sound

    The new Man of Steel movie may not pump new life into the Superman franchise, but the film's soundtrack at least offers something new: it includes an alternate mix that creates a simulated surround-sound experience through regular headphones. That mix is made possible by a new audio technology called DTS Headphone:X, and you can experience it via an Android or iOS device and whatever crumby headphones you care to throw at it.

  • Opinion: Remains of the Day: None more flat

    Apple and Mavericks have been sitting in a tree since at least 2005; Macs shine in court; and how much flatter could a title be? The remainders for Tuesday, June 18, 2013 go to 11.

  • News: Vodafone unveils new pricing for data add-ons

    Telecommunications company, Vodafone, has unveiled new pricing for data add-ons, which it claims will give customers choice when tailoring post-paid plans for smartphones.

  • News: Myriad IT launches infrastructure services

    Technology services company, Myraid IT, has launched its newest line of business, Infrastructure Services, to provide its customers with managed services, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and bespoke support.

  • News: Sony pulls PS3 update after complaints it bricks consoles

    Sony's gaming division pulled its latest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 Wednesday, after widespread reports that installing it could render the console useless.

  • News: With faster 5G Wi-Fi coming, Wi-Fi Alliance kicks off certification program

    The Wi-Fi Alliance unveiled a certification program for 802.11ac Wi-Fi (also known as 5G Wi-Fi) designed to make sure devices using the wireless technology interoperate with older hardware.

  • News: Dish won't make new bid for Sprint, clearing path for SoftBank

    Dish Network won't try to beat SoftBank's US$21.6 billion bid for Sprint Nextel, apparently clearing the way for the Japanese service provider to buy Sprint.

  • 18 June 2013

  • News: Nvidia's GPU neural network tops Google

    A year ago, Google constructed a "neural network" of servers that eventually learned how to recognize cats. On Tuesday, Nvidia said that a team of Stanford researchers had used its own graphics cores to create another approximately 6.5 times more powerful, using just 16 servers.

  • News: Microsoft Dynamics ERP software now available on the Azure cloud

    Microsoft is upping the stakes in the growing market for cloud-based ERP, with its Dynamics GP 2013 and NAV 2013 products now available for deployment on its Azure service.

  • News: Nvidia updates programming tools to boost mobile device speed

    Nvidia wants to accelerate mobile-device performance with underlying tools that enable CPUs and graphics processors to work in a coherent manner.

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