Instagram Direct tool challenges Twitter and Snapchat, lets Instagram users message each other with photos and videos.By Kristin Burnham Senior Editor, InformationWeek.com, 12/12/2013
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I wonder if airlines will make us pay extra for the quiet zone or the phone call zone.
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A document forging racket is definitely a racket. The statute can be abused, and sometimes has been to punish what amounts to seditious extremism or non-profit mischief; but for-profit criminal businesses were what...
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Next year let's upgrade to a retina scanner.
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A retina scan would have no problem with those cookie crumbs..
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One of the ways in which we learn from past wars (and many other things) is by examining their records. If the records of the Gulf War were lost through mere carelessness, then blame rests at the desk of then-Secretary...
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"Before you get on his lap, let's see what the NSA has on him."
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Human bodies with a network of implanted medical devices? No thank you. I prefer to remain my own network administrator.
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Getting the answer to the question of what happened to Mars' atmosphere is key to narrowing the search for more earth-like planets in the galaxy. Mars probably falls into what is considered the inhabitable zone in relation...
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Very informative article and well written. Several of these tips can be easily missed while planning for and deploying wireless networks. Certainly shows the importance of site surveys! Even...
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Bryan Cantrill, the author of DTrace while at Sun, comes into his own as Joyent spokesman after the recent departure of Jason Hoffman. He is senior VP of engineering there. DTrace is a tool for gaining visibility into...
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Have you tried 3M Post-it Flags? Variable width, re-usable, cheap, and no adhesive on the opaque section.http://bit.ly/IRB2y1
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Incidents like that also punctured the inflated claims about cloud systems being inherently resilient. With careful design, they might live up to that vision, but nothing is automatic.
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Perhaps Exec. VP Myerson Terry Myerson was reading InformationWeek in early 2009 when it predicted Microsoft would be pressed to invoke this option in a cover story, "Why Windows Must Go Open Source." The http://www.informationweek.com/software/operating-systems/why-windows-must-go-open-source/d/d-id/1076104? It...
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I'm only seeing 7 "signs" listed in the article... Was it hacked? ;)
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I'm no legal expert, but it really seems like something needs to be done about current patent law, as it's just creating these legal quagmires where companies can use anti-competitive practices without getting caught out. The...
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These methods do sound a bit outlandish like you say, but I'd have thought as long as you make it so you're not the lowest hanging fruit, you'll be able to skate most of the time. Offering bounties for security breach...
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Thanks, Doug, got it. I would say it's confusing to refer to a 2013 survey as last year's survey. The planned usage may be for 2014. Also, it would be helpful if you list the margin of error to know which movements...
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Great article Dave. We've been keeping at close eye on the healthcare.gov project at Onvia as it has lasting implications for government contractors in IT. I think your view has a lot of merit, applying time...
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Read carefully. Actuate, was up five points from 2012 in the 2013 survey but then slid 8 points from the 2013 result to the 2014 survey. As stated, we don't view a 2-point swing as significant, but an 6-point+ swing is,...
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For better or worse, pioneering retailing activities have already triggered that that sausage-making process otherwise known as legislation. According to The Center for Media Justice, which recently published a report...
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The cybersecurity researchers are trying to raise enough of an alarm to change things, without being alarmist. Yet I have to wonder how long it will be before a real hack of someone's pacemaker comes to light, or some other...
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Respondents are on a roll: 53% brought their private clouds from concept to production in less than one year, and 60% extend their clouds across multiple datacenters. But expertise is scarce, with 51% saying acquiring skilled employees is a roadblock.
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