FCC settlement with Wi-Fi router maker a win for open source advocates

The FCC and TP-Link have agreed to a creative settlement that slaps the home and SMB Wi-Fi router maker with a $200K fine for violating wireless emission rules, but also requires the vendor to work with the open source community and chipset makers to allow modification of TP-Link devices.“The Commission’s equipment rules strike a careful balance of spurring innovation while protecting against harmful interference,” said Travis LeBlanc, Chief of the Enforcement Bureau, in a statement.  “While manufacturers of Wi-Fi routers must ensure reasonable safeguards to protect radio parameters, users are otherwise free to customize their routers and we support TP-Link’s commitment to work with the open-source community and Wi-Fi chipset manufacturers to enable third-party firmware on TP-Link routers.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

MyScript hopes to get more people writing on tablets

For ages, human beings have been using their hands to write - whether on stone tablets, papyrus, parchment or paper. With the invention of computers, writing shifted to electronic screens, whether people use a keyboard to type or an electronic pen to capture thoughts on a modern tablet.But for many, the process of writing on a computer tablet has stalled - sure, digital pens and ink technologies can capture a person’s hand strokes, but those notes, diagrams or other drawings stay locked into whatever software (OneNote, Evernote) is being used. With pen and paper (and word processing applications), things can be edited, searched, stored and shared with others. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Four US firms rule the world’s cloud infrastructure

There are plenty of companies vying for a piece of the worldwide cloud infrastructure market, but the top four -- all in the U.S. -- currently dominate by such a wide margin as to effectively leave their competitors in the dust.That's the overriding conclusion of a study released Monday by Synergy Research Group, which provides quarterly market tracking and segmentation data, including vendor revenues by segment and region.Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, IBM, and Google collectively control more than half of the worldwide cloud infrastructure service market, Synergy found, with an overwhelming lead by AWS, which held a 31 percent share in the second quarter. Microsoft came next with 11 percent, while IBM weighed in at 8 percent, and Google came in with 5 percent.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

38% off Philips Automatic Pasta Maker – Deal Alert

This powerful, fully automated pasta maker from Philips is currently discounted $134, officially making it less expensive to buy new on Amazon than refurbished. Add ingredients, choose a program, and the unit goes to work mixing, kneading and extruding while you sit back and enjoy a beverage. Up to 1600 pounds of force extrudes all types of pasta in as little as 15 minutes. Various shaping discs are attached to make Spaghetti, Penne, Fettuccini, Lasagna and more. Egg, herbs, spinach, carrot juice and many other ingredients can be added for all types of creative flavors, textures and colors. Cleaning aims to be easy and automated as well, with the push of a button. A recipe book comes with the unit and contains 20 recipes to get you started. The Philips pasta maker currently averages 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon from over 225 customers (read reviews). Its typical list price of $349.99 has been reduced dramatically to $215.99.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

If Apple’s Irish tax loophole is a fraud, the whole tech industry is guilty

Apple’s profits in Ireland are “a fraud,” said Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Tom Keene. True it is, but almost every tech company uses the same loophole for which Stiglitz blamed the U.S. tax system.Stiglitz said: “Our current tax system encourages companies to keep their money abroad, opens up a vast loophole through what is called the transfer-pricing system that allows them not only to keep their money abroad but, effectively, to escape taxation.”How it works In international markets, companies manipulate higher costs, reducing taxes by using easily understood transfer-pricing. In this simplified example below, a product sells for $1,000 and costs $500 to produce. The taxes in the U.S. would be $175. But if the cost to produce it can be inflated to $600 and recognition of the sale and the cost transferred to a lower-tax country such as Ireland, $175 in taxes are saved.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Top VCE exec: We’re staying tight with Cisco

There was an interesting exchange between IDG Chief Content Officer John Gallant and VCE President Chad Sakac in an interview Network World published today. In it, Gallant asked Sakac about the company’s converged infrastructure partnership with Cisco in light of VCE presumably soon becoming part of the merged Dell/EMC. After all, Cisco (the “C” in VCE) sold off its stake in the venture some time ago and will likely find itself competing more directly with EMC once it combines with Dell.+More on Network World: Cisco: Potent ransomware is targeting the enterprise at a scary rate+To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Top VCE exec: We’re staying tight with Cisco

There was an interesting exchange between IDG Chief Content Officer John Gallant and VCE President Chad Sakac in an interview Network World published today. In it, Gallant asked Sakac about the company’s converged infrastructure partnership with Cisco in light of VCE presumably soon becoming part of the merged Dell/EMC. After all, Cisco (the “C” in VCE) sold off its stake in the venture some time ago and will likely find itself competing more directly with EMC once it combines with Dell.+More on Network World: Cisco: Potent ransomware is targeting the enterprise at a scary rate+To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Top VCE exec: We’re staying tight with Cisco

There was an interesting exchange between IDG Chief Content Officer John Gallant and VCE President Chad Sakac in an interview Network World published today. In it, Gallant asked Sakac about the company’s converged infrastructure partnership with Cisco in light of VCE presumably soon becoming part of the merged Dell/EMC. After all, Cisco (the “C” in VCE) sold off its stake in the venture some time ago and will likely find itself competing more directly with EMC once it combines with Dell.+More on Network World: Cisco: Potent ransomware is targeting the enterprise at a scary rate+To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Interpol arrests Nigerian email scammer who swindled $60 million

Interpol has arrested a top Nigerian email scammer who stole more than US$60 million by tricking businesses into handing over funds by posing as trusted suppliers.The 40-year-old Nigerian, known as “Mike,” is allegedly the leader of a criminal ring that targeted hundreds of victims across the world, Interpol said on Monday.He and at least 40 other individuals pulled off their scheme by allegedly pretending to be CEOs or suppliers using hacked email accounts of legitimate companies.The criminals then sent fake emails, asking the victims to wire funds or send payment to bank accounts under the scammers’ control.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Interpol arrests Nigerian email scammer who swindled $60 million

Interpol has arrested a top Nigerian email scammer who stole more than US$60 million by tricking businesses into handing over funds by posing as trusted suppliers.The 40-year-old Nigerian, known as “Mike,” is allegedly the leader of a criminal ring that targeted hundreds of victims across the world, Interpol said on Monday.He and at least 40 other individuals pulled off their scheme by allegedly pretending to be CEOs or suppliers using hacked email accounts of legitimate companies.The criminals then sent fake emails, asking the victims to wire funds or send payment to bank accounts under the scammers’ control.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

IDG Contributor Network: New laser vortex patterns to increase chip data rates

A bottleneck in data rates is coming, some scientists say. The ever-increasing demand for faster devices, networked information and collected data threatens to ultimately disappoint society—data throughputs and speeds aren’t going to be able to keep up with our digital thirst if we don’t figure out more efficient methods to do it.The problem is particularly prevalent within systems. The semiconductor itself is pretty fast, but an issue arises when one tries to get the data in and out of the semiconductor and over to the surrounding electronics. The conventional interconnects, like wires, slow it all down.Lasers as a solution Some are betting on lasers as a solution. And indeed growing lasers on silicon substrate is one proposed way. Transistors meshed with photonics is another—silicon-germanium has inherent light-absorbing capabilities.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

IDG Contributor Network: New laser vortex patterns to increase chip data rates

A bottleneck in data rates is coming, some scientists say. The ever-increasing demand for faster devices, networked information and collected data threatens to ultimately disappoint society—data throughputs and speeds aren’t going to be able to keep up with our digital thirst if we don’t figure out more efficient methods to do it.The problem is particularly prevalent within systems. The semiconductor itself is pretty fast, but an issue arises when one tries to get the data in and out of the semiconductor and over to the surrounding electronics. The conventional interconnects, like wires, slow it all down.Lasers as a solution Some are betting on lasers as a solution. And indeed growing lasers on silicon substrate is one proposed way. Transistors meshed with photonics is another—silicon-germanium has inherent light-absorbing capabilities.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Accenture, Endgame team up to become the Van Helsing of cybersecurity

In 2004, there was science fiction movie about a character named Van Helsing. He was a vigilante monster hunter who went around searching for and vanquishing evil monsters such as Mr. Hyde, Dracula and werewolves. If you were evil, there was nowhere to hide. Van Helsing would find you and put an end to you.Accenture and Endgame plan to do the same kind of thing against security threats.Accenture, one of the leading IT, management and consultancy firms, and Endgame, an NSA-centric security solution vendor, are teaming up to offer threat hunting as a service. The new offering will be an Accenture-based managed service that leverages the leading-edge technology and expertise from Endgame.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

What your cyber risk profile tells insurers

A cyber risk profile is a complex measure of an organization's security posture. It paints a picture of your risk related to technical aspects such as network and system security liability and network interruption, as well as more organizational aspects such as cyber defense maturity.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)

3 ways you can still get Windows 10 for free

Well, here we are. The free upgrade period for Windows 10 ended on July 29. You had a year to upgrade to Windows 10 for free, but you put it off, and put it off, and now it’s too late.Or is it? There is no longer an official way to upgrade to Windows 10 without paying a cent. But there are a few loopholes making the rounds on the Internet that apparently allow you to still get a free upgrade.INSIDER Review: Enterprise guide to Windows 10 We haven’t tested all of these methods to see if they’ll work. But we can tell you that all of these methods require you to check your morals at the door.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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