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A Closer Look at Net Neutrality: What do you mean when you say it?

CTOvision

The principle is easy enough to understand; this blog recently defined net neutrality as the idea that no law-abiding company should face discrimination and all Internet users should have the same access to any online, legal content. Network neutrality is the sweetspot between overregulation and zero regulation. Has the FCC killed it?

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A hack nearly gained access to millions of computers. Here’s what we should learn from this.

Vox

Getty Images The internet is far less secure than it ought to be. Linux is an open source operating system — as opposed to closed systems from companies like Apple — that runs on tens of millions of devices.) Collin’s tool became one part of the vast open source ecosystem that powers much of the modern internet.

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Mozilla is laying off 250 people and planning a ‘new focus’ on making money

The Verge

The company will have roughly 750 employees going forward, a spokesperson confirmed. The company didn’t otherwise say which teams will be impacted. As part of the layoffs, Baker laid out a series of new focuses for Mozilla to set a stronger course for the company. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Millions of websites affected by unpatched flaw in Microsoft IIS 6 web server

Network World

A proof-of-concept exploit has been published for an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0, Extended support for this version of IIS ended in July 2015 along with support for its parent product, Windows Server 2003. a version of the web server that's no longer supported but still widely used.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

However, Companies House, the UK register of commerce, has no record of such a company, and it’s not until 1997 that Lynch creates another company, called simply Neurodynamics. July 1998: Autonomy’s IPO on EASDAQ values the company at $165 million. billion, valuing the company at $10.3 billion or $11.7

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Late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Vulcan spins off VC group with new name, broader investor base

GeekWire

Vulcan Capital, the venture capital group founded in 2003 as an internal division of Paul Allen’s Seattle-based Vulcan Inc. holding company, has been spun off into a standalone firm as part of a broader reassessment of the late Microsoft co-founder’s far-flung interests and investments following his October 2018 death.

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The convergence of the Internet and TV: how will it happen? - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

and virtual worlds | Main | Strategy in a networked world for professional service firms » The convergence of the Internet and TV: how will it happen? Ross Dawson, December 11, 2007 2:04 PM US PT Several media executives have asked me about the convergence of the Internet and TV over the last couple of months.