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Apple enrages open-source community with FoundationDB shutdown

Apple has caused a bit of a ruckus in the open-source community with its acquisition of FoundationDB, a company that leads the development of the highly specialized, speedy and durable NoSQL database that bears the same name. The acquisition was … Continue reading →

Hackers are ahead in the cyberwar – businesses need to wake up

With cybercrime costing the UK billions, experts say it is time to confront hackers head onHackers are winning the cyberwar and businesses are all too often simply hoping for the best, according to many security experts. Among them is professor John Walker, who lectures in cyber security at Nottingham Trent University and has advised the House of Lords on the issue. He says the government, police and business community are far behind in the battle to thwart hackers and that “cybercrime as a service” (Caas) is big business.

When your body becomes your password, the end of the login is nigh

Soon you will be the key. face scan by Franck Boston/www.shutterstock.comPasswords are a pain. I’ve just had to rummage around for the password required in order to post this article. I seem to have 100 or more different identities on different websites to manage. Whenever I book a flight or buy a concert ticket this often means setting up yet another persona and coming up with a password to authenticate it.

Why Meerkat, the breakout app of SXSW, is more than a flash in the pan

AUSTIN—Meerkat is either the most annoying or groundbreaking app to strike it big at the South by Southwest Interactive festival. Live-streaming video, particularly on Twitter, has incredible potential: Meerkat has already been used to show the world a demonstration from Ferguson and a U.S. Secretary of Commerce swearing-in ceremony. But most of the 3-week-old iOS app’s 100,000-plus users are live-streaming complete garbage, like endless shaky clips of other people using Meerkat.

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