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Solaris 10 is End of Life 31st March 2018

Well its March the 1st Just a reminder that Oracle Solaris 10 becomes end of life Continue reading

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Microsoft Joins the Linux Foundation

In an announcement today the Linux Foundation announced that Microsoft had become a Platinum member of the organisation and as part of this John Gossman who is Architect on the Microsoft Azure team will join the board of the Linux Foundation. Continue reading

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Oracle New T7 Servers with M7 co processor and Latest Solaris 11.3 Operating system a massive leap

Oracles new T7 series with M7 co-processor looks amazing and the integration of the latest Solaris operating system and database to the Hardware provides massive leaps in security stopping unauthorised access to parts of memory it will help prevent such things as heartbleed

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Google criticises US rules on finding software bugs

A US plan to require a licence to export “intrusion software” would make the web more dangerous, Google says. The 41 nations in the Wassenaar arms-control arrangement want it updated to stop oppressive regimes acquiring net-based surveillance systems. Continue reading

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US Government refuses permission for Intel to help upgrades worlds biggest super Computer in China

Intel has been refused an export Licence by the US Government to help China update the Worlds biggest supper Computer the Tianhe-2 computer. Continue reading

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Microsoft Announces Windows 10 will be free to certain users

Microsoft announced to day that its next version of its operating system Windows10 will be free to upgrade for the first year of its release. Continue reading

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A lesson here for those who believe it will never happen to me

Below is a lesson on no matter how big you are it could happen to you article is courtesy of the register Sony Pictures is investigating a breach that has seen hackers supposedly steal reams of internal data and splash … Continue reading

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Ever Thought why would I change to a Unix/Linux based system ?

The Article below is from 9 to 5 mac and written by Joe Rossignoli, I think it makes interesting reading Mac is often considered to expensive. However it is the only non windows based operating system that runs supported Microsoft Office … Continue reading

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Apple finds some iPhone 5 units have battery problems, opens replacement program

This Friday afternoon, Apple has opened up an iPhone 5 battery replacement program after discovering that a “very small percentage” of units “may suddenly experience shorter battery life or need to be charged more frequently.” The iPhone 5 was originally … Continue reading

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National Cyber Awareness System (POS Alert)

National Cyber Awareness System: TA14-212A: Backoff Point-of-Sale Malware 07/31/2014 07:30 AM EDT Original release date: July 31, 2014 | Last revised: August 18, 2014 Systems Affected Point-of-Sale Systems   Overview This advisory was prepared in collaboration with the National Cybersecurity … Continue reading

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