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James Sanders

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Covers:  Windows, Linux, Quantum computing, AI/ML, 5G, Security, Cloud, OSS, and mobile / wireless / satellite communications
Senior Analyst, Microprocessor Report at @TechInsightsInc. Elon took my blue check, and I took that personally. Opinions mine, not of my employer.
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Windows 10, three years later: Why this is as good as it gets

Windows 10, three years later: Why this is as good as it gets

TechRepublic — Based on Microsoft's own track record, there's a certain statistic "sweet spot" for Windows releases, and the May 2019 update appears to be it. For experienced IT veterans-and PC enthusiasts-there is a common wisdom about the latency between when a version of Windows is released, and when those releases become reliable.
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Spectre and Meltdown explained: A comprehensive guide for professionals

Spectre and Meltdown explained: A comprehensive guide for professionals

TechRepublic — Staying up to date on Spectre and Meltdown can be challenging. This guide includes in-depth explanations about these uniquely dangerous security vulnerabilities and the best mitigation solutions.
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Eight signs you could be automating more of your data center | ZDNet

Eight signs you could be automating more of your data center | ZDNet

ZDNet — As commodity server hardware becomes more powerful, infrastructure cost (in raw performance terms, such as IOPS per dollar) continues to plummet. As a result, it has become substantially cheaper to largely automate the software side of data center administration.
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Rampant spam, falling registrations show new gTLDs have limited business value

Rampant spam, falling registrations show new gTLDs have limited business value

TechRepublic — Since ICANN began the delegations of the first new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) in October 2013, the web has become somewhat more messy, as the number of TLDs has increased to more than 1,200.
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Android TV streaming boxes: An uneasy start and apparent death

Android TV streaming boxes: An uneasy start and apparent death

Android Police — Android TV is very much alive, as was made abundantly clear by the plethora of new Android TV powered televisions with Google Assistant capabilit... by James Sanders in Amazon, Android OS, Android TV, Editorials, Fire TV Stick, FireTV, Forge TV, Google, Mi Box, Nexus Player, Razer, SHIELD
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Massive Intel CPU flaw: Understanding the technical details of Meltdown and Spectre

Massive Intel CPU flaw: Understanding the technical details of Meltdown and Spectre

TechRepublic — Two critical architectural flaws in CPUs that allow applications to read kernel memory have been discovered. The first, named Meltdown, relates to the behavior of out-of-order execution on CPUs. The second, Spectre, is a flaw in branch prediction and speculation that allows applications to read kernel memory. It is important to note that Meltdown and Spectre generally represent hardware-level flaws. While software vulnerabilities are comparatively easy to patch, this class of vulnerability requires architectural changes for future products.
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Why 15% of US consumers can't use Netflix, Dropbox, and other cloud services

Why 15% of US consumers can't use Netflix, Dropbox, and other cloud services

TechRepublic — In the last year, initiatives have emerged for connecting users to the internet in developing countries - markets where connectivity is severely limited - using creative, untraditional, and rather expensive methods. Among these are balloons from Google Loon, satellites from O3b Networks, and mobile networks through Facebook's Internet.org initiative. These technologies by well-meaning American companies have created substantial barriers to access for cloud services in the US. According to the Akamai State of the Internet report for Q4 2014, the US was only 40th in broadband (greater than 4 Mbps) penetration, and only 22nd in average peak speeds.
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Windows 10 May 2019 Update: Everything you need to know

Windows 10 May 2019 Update: Everything you need to know

TechRepublic — Changes are coming to Windows 10 with the release of version 1903 that affect everyday users and IT decision makers. Here's what you need to know. Development of Windows 10 is a continuous process-while previous versions of Windows received service packs or point releases that served primarily as rollups of Windows Update security patches, Windows 10 receives feature updates on an approximately six month cadence.
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Cyberattackers can reprogram hard drive firmware, according to Kaspersky bulletin

Cyberattackers can reprogram hard drive firmware, according to Kaspersky bulletin

TechRepublic — A cyberattack group dubbed Equation group by Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab has a portfolio of intricate and highly sophisticated malware that dates back to at least 2001. The organization is considered by Kaspersky to be "the most advanced threat actor we have seen." The portfolio of Equation group's exploits extensively utilizes a variety of encryption algorithms and hashes, including using SHA-256 1,000 times on an NTFS object ID. Information about the afflicted parties and details regarding the use of code written by Equation group is covered in depth on CNET, as well as information regarding how these disclosures relate to the Stuxnet worm, which was discovered in 2010 and is still a subject of political intrigue.
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Hybrid cloud: What it is, why it matters

Hybrid cloud: What it is, why it matters

ZDNet — As organizations attempt to strike a balance between having all computational services on premises and offloading storage and computational time to the cloud, a logical middle ground has emerged: the hybrid cloud.
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Android's lack of DHCPv6 support frustrates enterprise network admins

Android's lack of DHCPv6 support frustrates enterprise network admins

TechRepublic — Practically all other platforms support DHCPv6, but one Google engineer's refusal to support published standards is causing headaches for network administrators.
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NemakiWare and CmisSync: A true open-source CMIS stack

NemakiWare and CmisSync: A true open-source CMIS stack

TechRepublic — Deploying a proper enterprise content management (ECM) solution is, quite often, a painful exercise -mutually incompatible standards, vendor lock-in, and security are all important facets of such a deployment. Finding an affordable software stack that meets the present and future needs of your business that has sufficient interoperability with deployed hardware and software can be a challenging task. Although public cloud operators can be used, the potential for customization is low to nonexistent. This is where NemakiWare from Aegif Corporation stands out. NemakiWare is a fully open-source (GNU GPL Version 3) ECM that is Content Management Interoperability Services ( CMIS) native - not a tacked-on protocol - as is CMIS support in Microsoft SharePoint 2013.
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