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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Running SAP? Checked for patches lately? Now’s a good time
New round of fixes includes one for security bypass flaw
SAP has released its July pack of security fixes, including critical patches one researcher says demand your urgent attention.…
Facebook’s React Native is exciting devs. Or is it, really?
It’s said to be the dog’s danglies – but so were many other things before it
Facebook’s React Native framework is hot. The question is, for how long? After all, while Facebook-born React is smoking, it wasn’t very long ago that Google-spawned AngularJS had the web world all a’flutter.…
Everything I see is Windows 10, says Microsoft’s SatNad
Mobile strategy 101? ‘What I mean is…’
Satya Nadella has been hitting the road to undo the damage to perceptions of Microsoft’s mobile strategy caused last week by, um… Satya Nadella.…
Free software fans land crucial punch in Ubuntu row – but it’s not over
They’d like Canonical to make still more changes to licensing
Canonical has updated the intellectual property rights policy for Ubuntu Linux to address a brouhaha over how the software is licensed, but free software advocates still aren’t satisfied.…
Microsoft sprints to finish, emits possible Windows 10 RC build
Ready or not, here it comes
Microsoft has released yet another preview build of Windows 10, this time to both the Fast and Slow rings of the Windows Insider program, and it looks suspiciously like it could be a release candidate.…
Windows 10: you’ll get UPDATES LIKE IT or NOT – unless you have Enterprise Edition
‘You agree to receive automatic updates without notice’
Microsoft’s licensing on the upcoming Windows 10 OS means that most users will find their systems updating on command from Redmond without any option to stop this.…
Google joins Bluetooth snoop pals with iBeacon rival tech Eddystone
Apple isn’t the only one that wants to track your smartphone
Google has jumped on the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon bandwagon with a set of open standards and software interfaces to give Apple’s iBeacon a run for its money.…
Suse preps for ARM-ageddon: Piles up cans of 64-bit Linux code to feed server world
AArch64 build aimed at testing and development
Suse has made a version of its eponymous enterprise Linux distro available for hardware vendors who want to deliver products to market based on 64-bit ARM processors, in a new expansion of its partner program.…
Microsoft nixes A-V updates for XP, exposes 180 MEEELLION luddites
XP rump now carrion for hackers as malware removal tool pulled, A-V updates cease
Windows XP holdouts are even more danger than ever after Microsoft abandoned anti-malware support for the ancient platform.…