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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. Read Entire Article

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Seattle-area IoT software startup Elev?t raises $9.5M for manufacturing machine monitoring tech

GeekWire

million to fuel growth of its IoT software used by industrial manufacturers to monitor and maintain machinery. Bill Hill and Adam Livesay launched the company in 2015 after spinning it out of Western Integrated Technologies, a longtime Seattle-area manufacturer and integrator of fluid power systems. Mukilteo, Wash.-based t raised $9.5

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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. Its Agentware internet search tools are used by enterprises including Barclays Bank and Unilever and sold as shrink-wrapped software through retail outlets.

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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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FAA’s go-ahead for 737 MAX’s return to flight kicks off a massive software upgrade

GeekWire

The first 737 MAX 8 plane undergoes final assembly at Boeing’s Renton plant in 2015. The key fixes involve software rather than hardware — and that part of the job is more like installing a Windows update than installing an actuator. Boeing Photo). Other fixes provide more cross-checking between flight control computers.

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Cisco closes AppDynamics deal, increases software weight

Network World

billion deal for application analytics specialist AppDynamics giving the networking giant a nice revenue stream and bolstering its software strategy. 24, days before it was to go IPO -- and its almost 1,250 employees become part of Cisco as the 17 th acquisition since Chuck Robbins took the CEO reins in 2015.

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10 highest-paying IT skills for 2024

CIO Business Intelligence

These roles include data scientist, machine learning engineer, software engineer, research scientist, full-stack developer, deep learning engineer, software architect, and field programmable gate array (FPGA) engineer.