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ViewSonic VP2468 professional 24-inch monitor has incredibly thin bezels

Publié: août 10, 2016, 11:55pm CEST par Brian Fagioli

While 4K displays are popular nowadays, 1080p variants are still wonderful. Quite frankly, depending on your needs, a 1920x1080 display could even be preferable. Gamers, for instance, may not have the GPU required to game on 4K. Not to mention, on Windows 10, some legacy programs and settings can look pixelated and blurry when up-scaling above 100 percent. 4K with Linux is even worse, but I digress. Today, ViewSonic announces an absolutely gorgeous 24-inch 1080p monitor. The "VP2468" display has incredibly small bezels and professional-grade color accuracy. This monitor should prove brilliant for both home and business users, not to mention… [Continue Reading]
Hybrid IT: the good, the bad and the inevitable

Publié: août 10, 2016, 8:44pm CEST par Janine Benoit

If you’re counting on a Hybrid IT strategy as a way to save money, you may wish to think again, according to recent research by Vanson Bourne, conducted on behalf of Sungard Availability Services. The survey of 700 IT decision-makers across the US and Europe in major financial services, retail, healthcare and other organizations found that half have seen IT costs stay the same or rise since adopting a Hybrid IT strategy. Of course, that means the other half have realized cost savings, suggesting that the price tag attached to a hybrid estate can vary wildly according to approach. On… [Continue Reading]
Kaspersky finds advanced cyber-espionage malware that hid for five years

Publié: août 10, 2016, 7:43pm CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

Kaspersky Lab's security researchers have found a new cyber-espionage malware, most likely built by a nation-state to use against other states' organizations. Dubbed "ProjectSauron", it is "particularly interested" in accessing encrypted communications. The malware hunts such communications down using an "advanced modular cyber-espionage platform", comprised of a number of different and unique tools. Researchers say traditional compromise indicators are "almost useless" in this case, because ProjectSauron has noteworthy avoidance patterns. It customizes its implants and infrastructure for each individual target, and never recycles them, meaning it’s extremely hard to notice it. ProjectSauron looks as it was created by an "experienced… [Continue Reading]
Kyocera 'DuraForce PRO' rugged Android smartphone has integrated HD action camera

Publié: août 10, 2016, 7:09pm CEST par Brian Fagioli

The Android operating system is having its fair share of trouble lately. Not just one, but four nasty vulnerabilities (dubbed 'QuadRooter') have been discovered, affecting close to one billion devices. If that doesn't scare you, however, there are plenty of quality handsets to choose from. Today, Kyocera announces an interesting smartphone that stands out among the others. The 'DuraForce PRO' is super-rugged, and has both an octacore processor and large 3,240mAh battery. The stand-out feature, however, is the integrated wide-angle HD action camera. "DuraForce PRO was designed by Kyocera to be rugged for a reason -- to provide businesses and consumers with… [Continue Reading]
Apple's iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are the best selling smartphones in US

Publié: août 10, 2016, 6:30pm CEST par Mihăiță Bamburic

Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge's reign as the most popular smartphones in US in the three months ending May was short lived, as the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus climbed to the top of the sales chart in the second quarter of 2016. Perhaps it's not all doom and gloom for Apple's flagships. The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus accounted for 15.1 percent of the smartphones sold in Q2, while Samsung's flagships only made up 14.1 percent of sales, according to a new report from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Previous figures were 14.6 percent and 16 percent,… [Continue Reading]
New solution detects enterprise data at risk on shadow IT

Publié: août 10, 2016, 6:22pm CEST par Ian Barker

Shadow IT is an increasingly major concern for businesses, the use of public cloud services offers convenience for workers but risks confidential information being exposed outside the organisation. Canadian endpoint security company Absolute is launching new functionality for its Absolute Data and Device Security (DDS) product that detects data at risk on endpoints associated with cloud storage applications. With the latest release of DDS, admins can determine which cloud applications are being used in the organization and what information is being stored. It includes Absolute's Endpoint Data Discovery capability which allows the discovery of sensitive data on devices associated with cloud… [Continue Reading]
Seagate announces 60TB SSD for data centers

Publié: août 10, 2016, 5:26pm CEST par Mihăiță Bamburic

Seagate has announced the largest SSD in the world. The 60TB Serial Attached (SAS) SCSI drive, which is designed for data centers, provides enough space to store 400 million photos or 12,000 DVDs, and is said to have the lowest cost per GB for flash storage today. Alongside it, Seagate also announced the 8TB Nytro XP7200 NVMe SSD at the Flash Memory Summit conference this week. The smaller model is also aimed at enterprises, promising four times the performance than "comparable drives" but without the downsides associated with a PCIe bridge or switch. Seagate has opted for the 3.5-inch form factor for the… [Continue Reading]
Has Windows 10 Anniversary Update slowed your internet speed? Here's how to fix it

Publié: août 10, 2016, 4:42pm CEST par Wayne Williams

Upgrading from one version of Windows to another is always likely to cause a few problems with your PC. Bugs can slip through, and changes to the OS might mess with how you had things set up previously. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is a huge update for Windows 10, and has already caused big freezing problems for some users. It’s also possible it might have started limiting your Internet speed, but don’t worry, this is easy to fix if it has. Now what follows is likely to only benefit you if you have noticed the Internet running slower since… [Continue Reading]
New platform allows integration of VMware and public cloud

Publié: août 10, 2016, 4:06pm CEST par Ian Barker

Many businesses are turning to virtualization technologies and to public cloud services like AWS, but bringing these technologies together can be tricky. Hybrid IT specialist HotLink is launching a new Cloud-Attach platform that enables customers to quickly, easily and holistically incorporate public cloud resources into their existing production data centers. Cloud-Attach offers out-of-the-box interoperability between VMware management infrastructure and Amazon Web Services, without adding operational or integration complexity. In addition, new managed services allow customers to deploy 'cloud-attached' data centers efficiently and without public cloud expertise on staff. "Public clouds like AWS have been growing at an aggressive rate for the… [Continue Reading]
Samsung Galaxy Note7 has the best smartphone display ever

Publié: août 10, 2016, 4:04pm CEST par Mihăiță Bamburic

It is easy to mistake Samsung's new Galaxy Note 7 for a stretched-out Galaxy S7 edge with an S Pen at the bottom. After all, the two flagships have quite a few things in common, like the waterproofing, processors and cameras. Even the display resolution is the same. The display, however, is not. On top of being bigger, it is also better. In fact, DisplayMate now says that the Galaxy Note7 has the best display in the business. It just goes to prove that you cannot judge a smartphone by its specs. "The Galaxy Note7 is the most innovative and high performance… [Continue Reading]
ThousandEyes delivers improved network visibility for enterprises

Publié: août 10, 2016, 2:50pm CEST par Ian Barker

The internet and the cloud are now a key part of the infrastructure for many enterprises. But the advantages of scale, flexibility and cost can come at a price of complexity, reliability, and vulnerability. Network intelligence company ThousandEyes is releasing Endpoint Agent, which provides a way to measure end-user experience and network behavior for every network that employees use to access critical services. ThousandEyes Endpoint Agent extends network intelligence to employee laptops and desktops, as well as the enterprise network access infrastructure. It enables IT teams to troubleshoot and resolve end-user performance issues for any application, whether it's deployed on-premise… [Continue Reading]
The discovery of child porn is not enough to justify warrantless email searches

Publié: août 10, 2016, 12:51pm CEST par Mark Wilson

Child pornography is something that, understandably, raises hackles and many people would argue that anything possible should be done to pursue those believed to be involved. But a court in the District of Kansas has ruled that the discovery of images of child porn is not enough to justify warrantless email searches by agents. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that email attachment images obtained by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) should be dismissed as evidence as they were gathered via what was deemed to be a warrantless search. It's a ruling that could have… [Continue Reading]
Hackers compromise Oracle's point-of-sale unit

Publié: août 10, 2016, 12:36pm CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

Another day, another major data breach. This time it’s Oracle’s MICROS, its point-of-sale division, that got hurt. According to security researcher Brian Krebs, who first disclosed the breach in a blog post (you can read it here), chances are that a Russian organized cyber-crime group is behind this. The group, called Carbanak, is believed to have inserted malicious code in the company’s software and, apparently, 700 internal systems were compromised as a result. According to Oracle, "certain legacy MICROS systems" were affected, and the hackers were onto the company’s customer support portal for credit card payment systems. Oracle is now… [Continue Reading]
Google will block Flash in Chrome 53

Publié: août 10, 2016, 11:29am CEST par Mark Wilson

Following the lead of Apple with Safari in macOS Sierra, and Mozilla with Firefox, Google has announced that Chrome will begin to block Flash content. Starting with Chrome 53 in September, Google will "de-emphasize Flash in favor of HTML5". Google says that the decision has been made to improve security, performance, and battery life, and it builds on an earlier change that made some Flash content click-to-play rather than loading it by default. Flash is very much a lumbering technology of the past, and Google points out that "more than 90 percent of Flash on the web loads behind the… [Continue Reading]
Adblock Plus responds angrily to Facebook's plan to circumvent ad blockers

Publié: août 10, 2016, 11:00am CEST par Mark Wilson

Facebook's plans to show adverts to everyone regardless of whether they are using an ad blocker was always going to prove controversial. The decision to bypass the privacy and security tools that many people have put in place has riled one company in particular -- Adblock Plus. Describing the social network's latest move as being 'all anti-user', Adblock Plus's Ben Williams says that it is an 'unfortunate move' that 'takes a dark path against user choice'. He goes on to pooh-pooh the idea that Facebook made the decision based on what users want. He points out that Facebook recognises the… [Continue Reading]
Twitter 'Moments' creation coming to everyone

Publié: août 10, 2016, 3:35am CEST par Brian Fagioli

When it comes to Twitter, I don't like change. Many folks likely feel the same way -- its users seem to be very passionate, as if the social network is sacred. Quite frankly, from an engagement standpoint, that is a good thing. The social network's 'Moments' feature -- a curation of Tweets focused on storytelling -- annoyed me at first. I found it to be a waste of space -- something I only accessed by mistake. Over time, however, I learned to love it. It is a great way to keep track of trends and follow stories. Unfortunately, not all creators have access to… [Continue Reading]