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P.O. Box 1367
8821 Hwy 47 East
Woodruff, WI 54568
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Amazon leaks evidence of first smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablet
Details of what could be the first smaller Windows 8 tablet leaked Friday when Amazon briefly published a listing for an 8.1-in. Acer Iconia tablet.
Categories: Microsoft Windows
Microsoft admits zero-day bug in IE8, pledges patch
Microsoft late Friday confirmed that a "zero-day," or unpatched, vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer 8, the company's most popular browser.
Categories: Microsoft Windows
Qualcomm defends Windows RT tablets despite lackluster sales, biting criticism
A Qualcomm executive Friday defended Windows RT tablets despite poor initial sales, saying the mobile device chip maker is 'very optimistic with the future of Win RT.'
Categories: Microsoft Windows
A telecom landmark gets wired for the cloud
The Pacific Bell tower in San Francisco, the high-rise headquarters of the phone company through eight decades and several name changes, was a monument to copper.
Categories: Networking & Internet
Traces of malware activity detected in App Store game
A suspicious iframe link has been detected in an App Store program. Here's why you shouldn't worry.
Categories: Computer Security News
Samsung smartphones, tablets running Knox get U.S. Defense Department approval
Samsung said Friday that its smartphones and tablets running its Knox security and management software have been cleared for use on the U.S. Department of Defense network.
Categories: Information Technology Security
Retailers didn't do Windows 8 any favors
Retailers share part of the blame for poor Windows 8 sales and the ensuing decline of PC shipments, analysts contended today.
Categories: Microsoft Windows
Dell investigates report of its computers being sold to Syria
Dell is investigating a report that a Middle East reseller has sold large numbers of computers to a Syrian company with ties to the embattled government there, in violation of U.S. export restrictions.
Categories: Information Technology Security
Google wants Austin to keep competition going for fiberhood status
Ever since Google announced that Austin, Texas, would become the second fiber city in the U.S. last month, residents there have been given few details on how the tech company will select the first neighborhood to get the gigabit-speed Internet and TV package.
Categories: Networking & Internet
Spy court OK'd all U.S. wiretap requests it received in 2012
A special court established to review government requests for warrants to conduct electronic surveillance of suspected foreign spies received close to 1,900 warrant requests last year -- all of which it approved.
Categories: Information Technology Security
Samsung Galaxy S4 earns Pentagon security nod
The Pentagon gives official approval to any Samsung device protected by the Knox security software, which for now includes just the Galaxy S4.
Categories: Computer Security News
Samsung Galaxy S4 wins Pentagon security approval
The Pentagon has given the official nod to any Samsung device protected by the Knox security software, which for now includes just the Galaxy S4.
Categories: Computer Security News
Clarifying the role of software-defined networking northbound APIs
With software-defined networking the control of the network is pried out of the data handling devices and centralized on a controller that uses a common protocol, OpenFlow, to direct the switches on the southbound side. That much has been established. But what of the oft-mentioned northbound APIs that will let applications tell the controller what they need from the network? What kind of progress is the Open Networking Foundation making on that front? Network World Editor in Chief John Dix put the question to Robert Sherwood, CTO of Big Switch Networks and head of the ONF's Architecture and Framework Working Group, which is responsible for multiple things, including the creation of these northbound APIs.
Categories: Networking & Internet
Dell's Linux laptop has good hardware, plus a decent toolkit
Our Linux pros check out the decked-out XPS 13 'Developer Edition' laptop, preloaded with Ubuntu and other tools.
Categories: Unix
Dell's Linux laptop has good hardware, plus a decent toolkit
Our Linux pros check out the decked-out XPS 13 'Developer Edition' laptop, preloaded with Ubuntu and other tools.
Breached dam data poses no threat to public, Army says
A spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today downplayed the significance of a recent incident of unauthorized access to a database containing potentially sensitive information on thousands of high hazard dams across the country.
Categories: Information Technology Security
Time to say goodbye to Windows RT tablets?
Windows RT tablets grabbed just 0.4% of the tablet market in the first quarter, a dismal result that led some tech experts to urge Microsoft to scrap the platform that's in its six-month infancy.
Categories: Microsoft Windows
Dish exec says Sprint network update project must be based in U.S.
Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen said Wednesday that his is an American company, and the modernization of the Sprint Nextel network will have to be done from the U.S. with operations control in the country, and English speaking staff.
Categories: Networking & Internet
D-Link publishes beta patches for IP camera flaws
D-Link has published beta patches for vulnerabilities in the firmware of many of its IP surveillance cameras, which could allow a hacker to intercept a video stream.
Categories: Information Technology Security
Printers, routers used as bots in DDoS attacks
Printers, routers, IP cameras, sensors and other Internet-connected devices are increasingly used to launch large distributed denial of service attacks, security firm Prolexic warned in a report this week.
Categories: Information Technology Security
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