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Mark Hurd says another third of software will move to cloud by October Oracle has revealed it wants 95 per cent of its products to be operating from the cloud in the next six months. At the moment, 65 per cent of the company’s software offerings are cloud-based, with the remainder designed to run in on-premise environment. However, times are changing and Oracle has realised that it needs to shift almost everything into cloud environments, aiming to offer subscriptions by the time its OpenWorld conference comes around in October. Co-Chief…

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The company is inviting patent owners to sell it ownership of ideas Google has opened up a patent marketplace, encouraging patent owners to sell the company their patents without the hassle, time or distractions from potential trolls. Allen Lo, deputy general counsel for Patents at Google said in a blog post: “Patent owners sell patents for numerous reasons (such as the need to raise money or changes in a company’s business direction). “Unfortunately, the usual patent marketplace can sometimes be challenging, especially for smaller participants who sometimes end up working with patent…

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Facebook today launched 11 interactive guides and how-tos to help users secure their social information. The new guides, which can be found on the Facebook Privacy Basics site, are designed to help users understand the best ways to create a strong password, how to handle suspicious messages and what to do if someone takes over the user’s account. Available in 40 languages, the guides also touch on how the world’s largest social network responds togovernment requests for user information and the steps Facebook takes to protect your information. “Since last November, millions of people have visited…

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AVG unveiled Invisibility Glasses, a new product from its Innovation Labs, in Barcelona. I have to admit that I imagined a different kind of product when I read its name, thinking of a product that would make the wearer invisible or one that would automatically remove objects or people in your sight when you use the glasses. Invisibility Glasses serve a different purpose though. They have been designed by AVG to protect your privacy when you are in public. Depending on where you live, surveillance cameras may be a common…

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The company hopes to take on white box rivals with new server range HP has launched a range of cheaper cloud-based servers, designed for cloud providers to boost services to their customers. The low-cost Cloudline servers have been built in partnership with Foxconn and are designed for hyperscale environments using rack-scale computing. HP wants its Cloudline products to be used in multi-vendor environments, with the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) allowing for one place to manage everything. John Gromala, HP’s senior director of hyperscale products management said at the launch…

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The Europol unit would seek to stop spread of radicalism on the web The EU is considering a security unit devoted to combating online terrorism. The proposed Internet Referral Unit will become part of Europol, and would see resources from all member states contribute to tackling jihadist content across the entire web. A report put together by security officials calls the internet “a major facilitator for radicalisation to terrorism”, arguing that the EU can only respond as a whole to such a threat. Plans for the unit will be put…

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The company will separate into two divisions on April Fool’s Day Symantec will split its company into two separate storage and security organisations from April 1st, the company has confirmed. Tricia Atchison, senior director of RTM and channel marketing at Symantec NA, told employees: “We are going to stay the course with you guys. It’s a really exciting time at Symantec as we split the company into two. We think it will provide us a lot of opportunity as we go forward in both businesses.” Symantec’s Veritas brand will undergo brand…

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This year’s DIDS conference, organised by the Serbian National Internet Domain Registry Foundation(RNIDS) and to be held 10th and 11th March, at the Metropol hotel in Belgrade, will bear the slogan “Which Internet film are you in?” This sixth annual conference on the development of the Internet worldwide and on the .RS and .СРБ domains in Serbia will this time be a two day event, the first day being a regular programme for registered participants and the second day a regional professional Internet event for invitees. What sets this year’s DIDS apart…

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Rocket Optimizer adds encrypted video optimization to enhance quality of experience for mobile operators’ customers. Oslo, Norway – February 25, 2015 – The recent emergence of encrypted video traffic can now be tamed, thanks to a breakthrough by Opera’s Rocket Optimizer mobile video optimization solution, Opera Software announced today. Encrypted video, also known as HTTPS video, has been increasing in share of the overall global video traffic sent over mobile operator networks over the past year, including video from globally popular content providers. Because of its protected nature, this video content previously could…

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