Microsoft patch awaited for zero-day vulnerability
A Windows zero-day bug has made the news. By zero-day, it means that a vulnerability has been exposed but it is not yet patched.
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Computer Sciences
Old phones get new life in high-powered computer servers
While most consumers don't pay much attention to the fate of dead smartphones, Princeton University researchers are envisioning a way to breathe new life into them. Instead of tossing old phones in a junk drawer or burying ...
Oct 25, 2017
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Apache vulnerability is reported
(Tech Xplore)—The Fuzzing Project blog this week carried a report we really do not like to hear but must know about regardless. Another "bleed" has been discovered. A bug in the Apache Web Server may result in contents ...
Computer Sciences
'Memory disaggregation' for large-scale computing made practical
For decades, operators of large computer clusters in both the cloud and high-performance computing communities have searched for an efficient way to share server memory in order to speed up application performance.
May 25, 2017
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New approach speeds up testing of traffic management solutions for data center networks
The transmission control protocol, or TCP, which manages traffic on the Internet, was first proposed in 1974. Some version of TCP still regulates data transfer in most major data centers, the huge warehouses of servers maintained ...
Mar 22, 2017
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Is Qualcomm, Microsoft collaboration a sign of less Intel dominance to come?
Judging from technology-watching sites, Intel has something to worry about and it involves a rather well known place on the technology map called Redmond, Washington. Look for the sign that says Microsoft. There.
Security
New software continuously scrambles code to foil cyber attacks
As long as humans are writing software, there will be coding mistakes for malicious hackers to exploit. A single bug can open the door to attackers deleting files, copying credit card numbers or carrying out political mischief.
Nov 16, 2016
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Malware seen turning systems into proxies without consent
A cybersecurity company has spotted malware which sets up anonymous proxies on infected personal computers. Lee Mathews in Geek.com said the strain turns infected machines into anonymous proxy hosts.
