Seven features the iPhone 7 ‘borrows’ from Android

If you were watching the Apple live stream and shouting at your computer, “hey, Android already has that!” over and over, you weren’t alone.Apple certainly took some "inspiration" from many of the hardware innovations brought about by Android phone makers. Here’s a recap of the features that Apple ballyhooed on stage, but aren’t exactly news to those of us who have been using Android phones for the past few years.Dual rear cameras No, you don’t have to stop us. We have heard this one before. Phones like the LG G5, Huawei P9, and the HTC One M8 (from 2014!) feature dual rear cameras, which was the major feature of the iPhone 7 Plus. It’ll bring 2X optical zoom and, according to the on-stage demo, produce some pretty impressive portraits and low-light shots.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Here’s how Box has redesigned its entire offering

Wearing a bright red hat embroidered with "Make Software Great Again," Box CEO Aaron Levie took the stage at the BoxWorks customer conference on Wednesday to serve as emcee for the unveiling of massive redesigns and upgrades to the company's cloud storage and content services products. Box's web interface is getting a complete redesign, with new organization, search and preview capabilities. The company is launching a new desktop app to help Windows and Mac users access their files. It's also coming out with a desktop app for users of its Box Notes collaborative document editing service. It's all part of what Levie called the "all new Box," aimed at modernizing the company's services to meet the needs of customers.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

First Look: Apple’s new iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus

It’s that time againYes, it’s the harvest season again, which can mean only one thing – Apple has released the latest generation of the iPhone. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are an evolutionary step forward, rather than a revolutionary one, but there are still plenty of differentiators from the last generation. Have a look.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

‘Fastest smartphone chip ever,’ the A10 Fusion, powers Apple’s new iPhone 7

At the heart of every Apple iPhone is usually an upgraded chip, and this year’s iPhone 7 is no different: the A10 Fusion, which Apple executives claimed is the fastest smartphone chip ever. ‘If you’ve been paying attention, you know that Apple’s chip team has been killing it in performance,” said Apple has an existing license from ARM, the British smartphone chip designer that was recently acquired by Softbank. Rather than licensing a fixed design, Apple’s deal apparently permits tweaking for its own purposes, allowing the company to optimize it for new iPhone releases.  Apple’s new A10 Fusion chip is orders of magnitude faster than the original iPhone.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Star Trek turns 50!

Boldly going where no man has gone beforeImage by Reuters/ Kevin LamarqueWho knew that a TV series that debuted on Sept. 8, 1966 would have such a lasting impact on the world? Star Trek premiered on that date "to boldly go where no man has gone before." Indeed, the U.S.S. Enterprise and its crew over the years since have changed wildly (through five TV series and 13 movies) to alter our perception of what space and space exploration might be. Here we take a little look some of the interesting history and events around the show.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Worth Reading: An internet for identity

Every online identity you have was given to you by someone else. This simple fact makes every online identity completely different from identity in the physical world where you exist first, independently, as a sovereign human being. As a result, online relationships are skewed. There’s an imbalance of power between people and organizations online. Here’s why. —CircleID

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What should you do with your .NET apps?

As web and mobile development have become increasingly important, .NET has faced an increasing amount of competition from open source platforms, as well as some confusion over its direction.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)

iPhone 7 and 7 Plus ship on Sept. 16 sans headphone jack

The rumors were true: Apple’s next-generation iPhones, the 7 and 7 Plus, traded the headphone jack for Lightning EarPods. What this means for you: Now there’s one port instead of two. The company is including Lightning-connected earpods with the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. Apple is also including a Lightning to 3.5mm adapter in the box to avoid causing too much outrage over supporting non-Lightning headphones. iPhone 7 preorders start Sept. 9 and begin shipping Sept. 16.So why that lack of a jack?“It’s been with us for a really long time,” Apple marketing VP Phil Schiller said during Apple’s iPhone presentation on Wednesday. “It comes down to courage—courage to move on, do something new that betters all of us.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

iOS 10: Everything you need to know about the iPhone and iPad update

iOS 10 deserves attentionImage by AppleThe iPhone 7 may have been the star of Apple’s media event earlier today, but the impending release of iOS 10 is worthy of attention in its own right. Packed with a number of compelling new features, iOS 10 should help iPhone owners with even older devices feel like they have a brand new smartphone. Apple last covered iOS 10 indepth at WWDC, so we thought we’d highlight some of the upcoming OS’ most exciting new features to help you refresh your memory. And for those curious, iOS 10 can run on devices as old as the iPhone 5 and the iPad Mini 2.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

US must beef up its cyber muscle, Trump says

The U.S. Department of Defense must pump up its cyber capabilities, including its offense, as part of a huge planned expansion of the military, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Wednesday.Trump, repeatedly criticized in the IT community for a lack of a tech policy agenda, called for new investments in cybersecurity during a speech focused on military programs. The businessman didn't put a dollar figure on the new cybersecurity investments but mentioned them as part of a proposed multibillion-dollar expansion of the U.S. military.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

US must beef up its cyber muscle, Trump says

The U.S. Department of Defense must pump up its cyber capabilities, including its offense, as part of a huge planned expansion of the military, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Wednesday.Trump, repeatedly criticized in the IT community for a lack of a tech policy agenda, called for new investments in cybersecurity during a speech focused on military programs. The businessman didn't put a dollar figure on the new cybersecurity investments but mentioned them as part of a proposed multibillion-dollar expansion of the U.S. military.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

VMware Is Getting Serious About Telcos & NFV

Contributions to OSM could be on the horizon.

Google just blew up its all-in strategy for productivity software

For a very long time, Google has focused on building its own productivity software to serve everyone from consumers to massive enterprises, and then locking people into its core experience. That all changed on Wednesday. The company announced that it's partnering with Box to let users of the enterprise cloud storage and content services platform edit documents with Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, but keep them stored inside Box. It's a vast departure from the company's previous direction, which required people to store files edited with Docs inside Google Drive. Google said that the company is working on turning its Docs productivity suite into an open platform, and is open to working with other storage providers in a similar way.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

How to Eliminate Foundation Fatigue in Open Source Networking

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IDG Contributor Network: Building an insider threat program that works – Part I

The consequences of failure range from failed security audits and interruptions of service or product deliveries to more significant degradation of ongoing operations, monetary losses and lasting reputational damage. In extreme scenarios, there is even the potential for bodily injury and loss of life.In response, many corporate and government leaders have invested heavily over the past few years in controls designed to mitigate the likelihood and consequences of a damaging insider event. Policy and procedural controls naturally have played a big part in these nascent insider threat programs, but so have a number of emerging technologies grouped under the umbrella of Security Analytics.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

IDG Contributor Network: Building an insider threat program that works – Part I

The consequences of failure range from failed security audits and interruptions of service or product deliveries to more significant degradation of ongoing operations, monetary losses and lasting reputational damage. In extreme scenarios, there is even the potential for bodily injury and loss of life.In response, many corporate and government leaders have invested heavily over the past few years in controls designed to mitigate the likelihood and consequences of a damaging insider event. Policy and procedural controls naturally have played a big part in these nascent insider threat programs, but so have a number of emerging technologies grouped under the umbrella of Security Analytics.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Security firm faces lawsuit with stock tanking tactic

One security firm’s controversial approach to pointing out flaws in products is facing legal action. On Wednesday, the firm MedSec was hit with a lawsuit after trying to tank a company’s stock. The company, St. Jude Medical, has filed the legal action against MedSec for making false accusations about its products and for conspiring to manipulate its stock. Two weeks ago, MedSec ignited an ethical firestorm when it publicized allegations that pacemakers and other devices from St. Jude Medical were insecure and open to hacks. Pointing out flaws is nothing new in the security industry. But MedSec took the unusual step of trying to profit from the research by betting against St. Jude Medical. To do so, it partnered with investment firm Muddy Waters Capital to short the stock.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Security firm faces lawsuit with stock tanking tactic

One security firm’s controversial approach to pointing out flaws in products is facing legal action. On Wednesday, the firm MedSec was hit with a lawsuit after trying to tank a company’s stock.The company, St. Jude Medical, has filed the legal action against MedSec for making false accusations about its products and for conspiring to manipulate its stock.Two weeks ago, MedSec ignited an ethical firestorm when it publicized allegations that pacemakers and other devices from St. Jude Medical were insecure and open to hacks.Pointing out flaws is nothing new in the security industry. But MedSec took the unusual step of trying to profit from the research by betting against St. Jude Medical. To do so, it partnered with investment firm Muddy Waters Capital to short the stock.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Is Microsoft building a Slack killer?

A few months ago, rumors circulated that Microsoft considered buying the cloud-based team collaboration tool Slack for a generous $8 billion. Overpaying again, it seems, as Slack's last known valuation was $2.8 billion.Now it seems that Microsoft has decided to build rather than buy, using its own Skype messaging service as the basis for a new product. According to the site MSPoweruser, Microsoft is coming for the Slack market with a product called Skype Teams. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

DC Fabric Segment Routing Use Case (5)

In this, the last post on DC fabrics as a Segment Routing use case, I mostly want to tie up some final loose ends. I will probably return to SR in the future to discuss other ideas and technical details.

Anycast

Anyone who keeps up with LinkedIn knows anycast plays a major role in many parts of the infrastructure. This isn’t unique to LinkedIn, though; most DNS implementations and/or providers, as well as just about every large scale public facing web application, also uses anycast. Which leads to an obvious question—how would SR work with anycast? The answer turns out to be much simpler than it might appear. The small diagram below might be helpful—

Assume A and B have two copies of a single service running on them, and we want hosts behind F to use one service or the other, just depending on which the routing system happens to route towards first. This isn’t quite the classical case for anycast, as anycast normally involves choosing the closest service, and both of the services in this example are equal distance from the hosts—but this is going to be the case more often than not in a data center. In Continue reading