Will Elon Musk fund a Nikola Tesla museum?

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Inventor Nikola Tesla may have died alone and broke, but he has powerful friends who want to preserve his legacy. Cartoonist Matthew Inman, the brain behind “The Oatmeal,” is one. Using his popular web comic, Inman launched an effort to turn Tesla’s former laboratory in Shoreham, New York, into a museum. Tesla, who lived from 1856 to 1943, developed the basis for AC power, among other ideas and innovations that have shaped our lives. He obtained more than 100 patents, according to the Tesla Memorial Society of New York. Inman…

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SPA publishes position on Tokenization and Protection of Card Data for Online Payments

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Tokenization in payments has been around for years. However, in recent months tokenization has once again become a buzzword within the financial industry which is looking to add tokens to the list of alternative payment methods using card data (cloud-based accounts, mobile wallets, Google HCE). The SPA considers that what’s different this time round is the standardization efforts taking place for online payments using tokens (for example, EMVCo, US Clearing House and new ANSI X.9 standard, PCI-DSS) and the fact that these efforts are being aligned with upcoming legal frameworks…

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Anti-DDoS servers used to launch DDoS attack

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The attack threw around 25 million packets of data at the victim’s server per second Infrastructure designed to protect organisations against DDoS attacks has been subverted and used carry out out the attacks it was trying to stop on an unnamed online gaming company. The attack was launched from servers based in Canada and China. the servers themselves were part of an anti-DDoS protection system. The attack, discovered by IT security company Incapsula, was mounted on an online gaming company. At its peak, the attack threw around 25 million packets…

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Heartbleed bug still a threat after flawed patches

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Rush to patch Heartbleed bug causes sites to make dangerous errors The majority of sites that attempted to protect themselves against Heartbleed have ended up no better for it, while some are actually more vulnerable than before. Following Heartbleed’s reveal on 7 April, sites scrambled to patch their OpenSSL installations and revoke their old certificates. Now, data from a study conducted by Netcraft shows that many sites haven’t done enough to fully protect themselves from the bug. Some 30,000 sites revoked their old certificates but did not replace their private keys, according…

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Free eBooks from Microsoft Press

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Microsoft have available a handful of free-to-download ebooks which provide an introduction and information on some of their enterprise and development products, such as Windows Server, Azure, .NET, etc.  Some of these ebooks don’t contain the same level of technical detail that you’d usually find in your average IT manual (although some of these ebooks, such as the development related topics do) they do provide a enough detail for someone wanting an understanding of the features and functionality found within that particular software product and the associated technology set. Click here to visit the…

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Health Care’s Future: It’s About the Data

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Two unrelated but insight-producing experiences came together for me during a recent spring break vacation with my family in Florida. First was my daily visit to my favorite eatery, the SUGARCANE raw bar grill. The waiters have come to know my preferences, including my favorite table, drink and time of arrival. During spring break, they took it to another level. I showed up at the usual time and saw my favorite drink and soup served at my favorite table prior to my arrival. This kind of service is going beyond…

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Visionary Check Point Research Reveals Massive Increase in New and Unknown Malware on Enterprise Networks

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Check Point 2014 Security Report Details Threat Trends Pulled From Over 9,000 Security Gateways Deployed Across Enterprise Organizations Globally San Carlos, CA – Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today issued its 2014 Security Report, the company’s second annual report uncovering the major threat trends that impacted organizations across the world. For a full copy of this year’s Security Report, visit: http://www.checkpoint.com/securityreport. In a world of ever-changing cyber threats, organizations must understand the nature of the latest exploits, and how their networks are potentially impacted.…

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Dropbox for Business sales push overshadowed by vulnerability

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The week in cloud: Shared-link vulnerability overshadows Dropbox for Business push; Eucalyptus updates private cloud and Oracle v. Google reverberates. Last week, Dropbox wanted its news to be about its growing sales presence abroad — it’s expanding the partner channel for Dropbox for Business to the European Union, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. But that plan went sideways when news surfaced (thanks to rival Intralinks) of a vulnerability in the way Dropbox handled live URLs. In an email to reporters, an Intralinks spokeswoman said the issue surfaced in a “routine Google Adwords campaign” when referral searches led…

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Mobistar goes live in Brussels with 4G

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Brussels – 14 May 2014. – Today, telecom operator Mobistar is officially launching its 4G network throughout the territory of all 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region. Mobistar guarantees an outdoor coverage of 96 %. In addition, Mobistar is also offering in Brussels a significant coverage of 53 % inside buildings. Mobistar confirms herewith its strategy of officially opening the 4G network in new cities only when an indoor coverage of more than 50 % can be guaranteed. The quality of the 4G network in the Brussels-Capital Region will progressively…

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The REAL Deal with BYOD

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During my visits with customers talking about end user computing (EUC) we will inevitably talk about Bring Your Own Device (BYOD).  BYOD is the idea that you can allow your user community (whether all or some subset), to bring their OWN device for use at the workplace.  For example, EMC issued me a laptop and a mobile device, nevertheless, I also have my personal Kindle Fire HDX and the Dell Venue Pro 8 that I am writing this article on right now.  Those personal devices have access to EMC email and…

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