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August Software News Roundup In this roundup of interesting software news, read about a new software scheme targeting YouTube viewers, Microsoft’s attempts to move its software development processes to the cloud, and what the chief architect of Microsoft Word and Excel has to say about the complexity of software development. |
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NSA Automating Systems Administrator Jobs after Security Leak In the wake of Edward Snowden’s revealing classified information, the National Security Agency has announced it will significantly reduce its workforce to cut down on the number of people with access to confidential data. The agency plans to automate 90 percent of its systems administrator duties. |
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The Risks and Rewards of Bring Your Own Device Policies Many companies are allowing BYOD, but a staggering number of them aren't doing anything to ensure that those devices don't easily give up sensitive information that could harm the business or its clients. Learn what can be done to make sure that data is protected—no matter what happens. |
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Navigating the Platform as a Service (PaaS) Market Swamp PaaS has been called both a revolutionary tool that enables developers to build true cloud applications and a leap of faith. Can PaaS really be leveraged to build new cloud applications quickly and easily, or is it just another expensive software development methodology that developers ignore? |
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Why Techies Should Watch Their Backups Backing up your work isn’t the sexiest topic on the block, but if it’s not done correctly, it can cost you time, money, your job, or your professional reputation. Eric Bloom details important things to consider regarding backing up your work. |
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Early August Hacking News Roundup In this roundup of interesting hacking news, find out about the FBI's hacking techniques to thwart potential criminals. Also, see how an artist-hacker has successfully tampered with Teddy Ruxpin dolls and created something rather unsettling. |
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Is the Age of Privacy Really Over? Online social connections are at an all-time high. While there are clear positives from all of these interactions, end users always have concerns about whether too much information is being extracted from them and whether the data is being appropriately shared and used. Is privacy over? |
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After Security Breach on Developer Site, Apple Creates Status Page Apple’s developer site experienced a security breach last week, and it still hasn’t fully recovered. The company created a status page showing which systems are back online. The site is in its eighth day of downtime as the company works to prevent a similar incident from happening in the future. |
