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

Vox

Linux is an open source operating system — as opposed to closed systems from companies like Apple — that runs on tens of millions of devices.) Andres Freund, a software engineer at Microsoft, was off work and doing some testing on a computer that had the “unstable” new release.

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Enterprise IT in 2014 – Under-the-Radar Challenges with WAN Bandwidth, BYOD, and XP Security

CTOvision

According to the latest statistics on worldwide operating system use, 29 percent are still using the expiring operating system. This would expose a large number of companies to serious security threats and software compatibility issues. Deepak Kumar founded Adaptiva in 2004.

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Why I Might Leave OS X

Scott Lowe

I’ve been a Mac OS X user for a long time; I switched from Windows to OS X in 2003 when the OS X flavor of the day was 10.2 “Jaguar.” Both the hardware as well as the software have served me well. I adopted OS X as my operating system of choice in 2003 because I wanted a stable, powerful, UNIX-based operating system.

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The Back-to-Basics Readings of 2012 - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

Jul - 13 Hints for Computer Systems Design Proceedings of the Ninth ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, pp. Harris, Alex Ho, Rolf Neugebauer, Ian Pratt, Andrew Warfield, in the Proceedings of the 19th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, October 19-22, 2003, Bolton Landing, NY USA.

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Tech Blogs – Best Must Read Tech Resources 2019

Galido

These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. ReadWrite (originally ReadWriteWeb or RWW) is a Web technology blog launched in 2003. CIO Dashboard. ReadWrite Blog.

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Best Tech Blogs – Must Read Tech Resources 2019

Galido

These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. ReadWrite (originally ReadWriteWeb or RWW) is a Web technology blog launched in 2003. CIO Dashboard. ReadWrite Blog.

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Top Tech Websites 2019

Galido

These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. ReadWrite (originally ReadWriteWeb or RWW) is a Web technology blog launched in 2003. CIO Dashboard. ReadWrite Blog.

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