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Destiny 2 review: Guardians rise up—and so does Bungie—to fix the first game

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A massive pre-review wasnrsquo;t enough to judge this epic gamemdash;so, now we have a verdict.

Coffee vs. climate change: The news is not good

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Warming will push coffee uphill and could limit pollinators.

Trump’s self-driving car strategy: Don’t regulate self-driving cars

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The new document provides non-binding guidance to industry and state regulators.

Applersquo;s facial recognition: Well, it is more secure for the, er, sleeping user

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iPhoneX feature receives stony-faced reaction from security buffs Security watchers have given Applersquo;s introduction of facial recognition technology a cautious welcome.…

Can a tattoo on human flesh be copyrighted? We’ll soon find out

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Is the human body a protectable medium of expression for purposes of copyright?

Drug company hands patents off to Native American tribe to avoid challenge

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If tribes can avoid patent challenges, will "patent trolls" flock to them next?

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update shaking up privacy settings some more

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And Enterprise users will get even more control over analytics data.

Some iPad Pros cost $50 more today as Apple quietly ups prices

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Reportedly due to the current high cost of NAND flash storage.

Giant frikkin’ British laser turret to start zapping stuff next year

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That's part one sorted. Now, who's supplying the sharks? The Dragonfire laser cannon consortium has unveiled a fullsize mockup of its shipborne blaster at the Defence and Security Exhibition International arms fair in London.…

What you should know about privacy and Apple’s FaceID on iOS 11

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Your rights may differ if phone is locked via biometrics compared to a passcode.

Kaspersky software banned from US government agencies

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Kaspersky: We have “never helped, nor will help, any government with cyberespionage.”

Homeland Security drops the hammer on Kaspersky Lab with preemptive ban

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Government departments have 90 days to rip and replace Despite pending legislation to ban US federal government offices from using Kaspersky Lab security software, Homeland Security has issued a Binding Operational Directive demanding that the products be removed within 90 days.…

Credit reference agencies faulted for poor patching

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Hold our beers, Equifax Experian and Annual Credit Report.com – an organization set up by Equifax, Experian and Transunion to meet US consumer finance regulations – left themselves exposed to a serious vulnerability in Apache Struts earlier this year.…

Missed patch caused Equifax data breach

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Apache Struts was popped, but company had at least TWO MONTHS to fix it Equifax has revealed that the cause of its massive data breach was flaw it should have patched weeks before it was attacked.…

Shoddily-set-up Elastisearch hosting point-of-sale malware

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Sigh.

Admins of free AWS instances just didn't tick the right boxes. Lazily-configured software has again created a security incident, this time resulting in 4,000 instances of open source analytics and search tool Elasticsearch inadvertently running PoS-stealing malware.…

Protect your business from ransomware robbers

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The inevitable kick in the arse Promo  Two much-publicised ransomware attacks earlier this year, including one on the NHS, have raised the profile of the ransomware menace that hangs over businesses of all sizes.…

Why Redis beats Memcached for caching

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Memcached or Redis? Itrsquo;s a question that nearly always arises in any discussion about squeezing more performance out of a modern, database-driven web application. When performance needs to be improved, caching is often the first step taken, and Memcached or Redis are typically the first places to turn.These renowned cache engines share a number of similarities, but they also have important differences. Redis, the newer and more versatile of the two, is almost always the superior choice.[ Which NoSQL database should you use? Let InfoWorld be your guide. NoSQL standouts: The best key-value databases. | NoSQL standouts: The best document databases. | Keep up with the hottest topics in programming with InfoWorldrsquo;s App Dev Report newsletter. ]Redis vs. Memcached for caching Letrsquo;s start with the similarities.

Both Memcached and Redis serve as in-memory, key-value data stores, although Redis is more accurately described as a data structure store.

Both Memcached and Redis belong to the NoSQL family of data management solutions, and both are based on a key-value data model.

They both keep all data in RAM, which of course makes them supremely useful as a caching layer.
In terms of performance, the two data stores are also remarkably similar, exhibiting almost identical characteristics (and metrics) with respect to throughput and latency.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

What is PaaS? Software development in the cloud

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Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) is a type of cloud computing offering in which a service provider delivers a platform to clients, enabling them to develop, run, and manage business applications without the need to build and maintain the infrastructure such software development processes typically require.As with other cloud services such as infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and software-as-a-service (SaaS), PaaS is offered via a cloud service providerrsquo;s hosted infrastructure. Users typically access PaaS offerings via a web browser.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Trump blocks Chinese purchase of US chipmaker over national security

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Sale of Lattice Semiconductors is seen as a threat to national security.

BIXOLON Explores the Future of Retail Printing at Paris Retail Week 2017

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Showcasing the latest innovations in POS, Label and Mobile Printing TechnologyParis Retail Week (19-21 September 2017, Paris, France) – BIXOLON (stand M 063), a leading global manufacturer of advanced Mobile Label and POS printers, will be showcasing the latest in retail printing technology for a range of trend sensitive applications from multi-platform POS ecosystems to digital payment applications at Paris Retail Week 2017.Inspiring retailers with the future of POS receipt printing, BIXOLON will be exhibiting... Source: RealWire
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