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New "Downfall" vulnerability that can steal passwords and encryption keys discovered in Intel processors from 2015 to 2019

TechSpot

He writes that it is caused by memory optimization features in Intel processors that unintentionally reveal internal hardware registers to software, allowing untrusted software to access data stored by other programs, which should not normally be accessible. Google researcherer Daniel Moghimi discovered the new vulnerability, dubbed Downfall.

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Everything must boldly go! Defunct asteroid mining company’s hardware put up for auction

GeekWire

If you have a sudden yen to replicate outer-space conditions, it behooves you to check out today’s online-only auction of the hardware left over from Planetary Resources , the Redmond venture that aimed to create a trillion-dollar asteroid mining industry. . — Wanna buy a used thermal vacuum chamber?

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Napatech to showcase Pandion at RSA 2015

CTOvision

Hardware based PTP (precision time protocol) timing ensures nanosecond-precision time stamping for every captured packet to allow for high fidelity analysis and replay of captured data. However, Pandion represents a dramatic, customer driven, leap forward in time-to-market acceleration.

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Cloud, Mobile, Social and Cyber: 2015 Predictions That Will Rock The World (AGAIN!)

Cloud Musings

2015 PREDICTION TIME!! Customers will act on market shifts that makes the purchase and resale of hardware and software no longer viable opting instead for the integration of cloud-based services. 2015 will also be a time of turmoil and retrospection as nefarious and evil forces leverage the power of technology against civil society.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. March 2010: Apotheker says he wants to transform HP from a hardware producer to a software and services provider. June 2015: Hewlett-Packard Co. 19, 2011, and Nov.

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The US Leads In Public Cloud Services, But Other Regions Are Catching Up

Forrester IT

Rymer published their latest public cloud services outlook, The Public Cloud Services Market Will Grow Rapidly To $236 Billion In 2020 ,projecting 22% annual growth in public cloud services over the 2015-to-2020 period. Read more.

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South Asia’s Biggest Tech Event - “Digital World 2015”

Cloud Musings

I am proud and honored to announce that I have been added as a speaker at SouthAsia’s biggest tech event “Digital World 2015” , 9th - 12th February, 2015 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center Dhaka, Bangladesh. ICT is also a combination of physical backbone and intellect.