Free DOS puts out first new version in six years.
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Accessed on 24 February 2022, 0620 UTC.
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24 February 2022
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ON-PREMArrcus aims to ACE next-generation networkingPreviously separate capabilities bundled into a single platform Americans far more willing to hand over personal dataAs long as it translates into a better user experience HPE rolls out Private 5G for enterprise customersWill be able to integrate with corporate Wi-Fi networks, but not a replacement, it says Schneider Electric says supply chain held it backAnticipates ‘increased pressure on input costs’ on raw materials, labour, and freight Lenovo’s data center business finally makes a profitBlack ink has proven elusive since 2014 acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business Arm China boss happy with Nvidia acquisition collapsePlus: Rogue CEO’s outfit could derail public listing |
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SECURITY‘Hundreds of computers’ in Ukraine hit with wiper malwareOf course you realize, this means war Millions of dollars pour into security compliance startups amid pressure on businessThere’s gold in them thar forms Anatomy of top-tier suspected NSA backdoor codeBvp47 of yore said to have used BPF to conceal comms in network traffic Ukraine hit by DDoS attacks, Russia deploys malwareDigital skirmishes continue as tension mounts in Eastern Europe Microsoft adds GCP to Defender for CloudAnd let me clue you in: I am the one who CloudKnox Ubuntu applies security fixes for all versions back to 14.04Update those boxes pronto – yes, we’re looking at you, users of Trusty Tahr and Xenial Xerus Dutch govt issues data protection report card for MicrosoftYou need to switch on E2EE in group meetings, watch out for US Cloud Act, warns impact assessment Cisco warns firewall customers of four-day window for urgent updatesFirewalls are supposed to update so they block new threats – miss this deadline and they might not China’s APT10 cyber-spies ‘targeted Taiwanese financial firms’Operation Cache Panda went after software used by majority of industry players Samsung shipped ‘100 million’ phones with flawed encryptionAcademics found TrustZone-level code could not be trusted to keep secrets |
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SOFTWAREYes, Mark Zuckerberg is still pushing metaverse. Next step, language translationHe probably knows a thing or two about nobody understanding him Big banks will blaze the enterprise GPT-3 AI trailMassive language models will be big businesses in decade ahead Couchbase promises P2P sync in mobile and edge DBNoSQL slinger sees future in edge and IoT – and ‘eventual consistency’ Scottish universities launch £42m ERP tenderFramework deal to cut across software, services and systems integration FreeDOS puts out first new version in six yearsDOS ain’t dead… and it’s more fun than ever IRS doesn’t completely scrap facial recognition, just makes it optionalBut hey, new rules on deleting your selfies |
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