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• WordPress, PHP Apps, Subject to Ghost glibc Attacks - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  

   Threatpost: Less than 48 hours after the disclosure of the Ghost vulnerability in the GNU C library (glibc), researchers have uncovered that PHP applications, including the WordPress content management system, could be another weak spot and eventually in the crosshairs of attackers.

  
  
• Startup Applications: automatic execution of the most used programs during every user login - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  

   HowToForge: During every login or bootup, the OS performs a number of tasks in the background to get the OS up and running and ready to be used.

  
  
• BT attacked on rural broadband costs - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  At least £90m will be reinvested in rural broadband services after an underspend by BT, the BBC learns.
  
• Official Google Drive Linux Client Screenshots Leaked - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  

   webupd8: It has been almost three years since Google Drive launched and we have yet to see an official client for Linux.

  
  
• SCALE Prep Continues; Will Dell Get It Right? - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  

   FOSSforce: A call to Dell Customer Service resulted in four customer service reps, including a manager, who couldn't answer why there was a discrepancy in availability, let alone understanding why I didn't just want the Windows laptop in the first place.

  
  
• Apache HTTP Server 2.4.12 Patches 4 Vulnerabilities - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  

  InternetNews.com: While some in the security community are chasing GHOSTs this week, there is another update that needs attention.

  
  
• Explaining the Big Data Productivity Gap - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  

   The VAR Guy: The slow adoption and lack of productivity associated with Hadoop and other big data technologies likely stems from poor planning and lack of big data training and expertise, among other factors.

  
  
• How to Upgrade Linux Kernel to Stable 3.18.4 on CentOS 7.x - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  

  Linoxide: How to upgrade your current version of linux kernel to the latest stable version 3.18.4 on CentOS 7.0.

  
  
• Nokia name row with London start-up - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  Nokia has threatened legal action against a UK start-up over the use of the word "HERE".
  
• Google agrees privacy policy changes - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  The firm will roll out a single, rewritten privacy policy across Europe after coming under fire across the continent.
  
• Jay Z bids for music streaming service - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  The Hip hop star could challenge Beats and Spotify with his offer for the HD music service Tidal
  
• CIOs: It's time to reinvent yourself and your teams, says Weather Company CIO - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  

   EnterprisersProject: The CIO of the Weather Company explains why open source software is an 'uncomfortable' conversation that CIOs need to be having because it could be the key to innovation.

  
  
• VIDEO: Talking kids' doll 'Cayla' is hacked - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  Rory Cellan-Jones sees how Cayla, a talking child's doll, can be hacked to say any number of offensive things.
  
• An introduction into Ceph storage for OpenStack - LinuxToday News
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  

   opensource.com: Learn more about the Ceph open source project

  
  
• New species of long-necked ‘dragon’ dinosaur discovered in China - FOX News
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  A new species of long-necked dinosaur was discovered by Canadian paleontologists from bones discovered in central China.
  
• Daredevils scale frozen Niagara Falls - FOX News
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  Any fool can go over Niagara Falls in a barrel—and some of them have even survived to tell the tale—but two Canadian ice climbers needed a lot of skill to become the first to go up the falls.
  
• Astronaut sees huge winter storm from space (Photos) - FOX News
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  The monster winter storm that dumped loads of snow on the northeastern United States on Monday and Tuesday (Jan. 26 and 27) looked pretty beastly from 250 miles above the planet.
  
• Rare red fox reappears in Yosemite Park - FOX News
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  The elusive and rare Sierra Nevada red fox has been spotted in Yosemite National Park for the first time in nearly a century, park officials said Jan 28.
  
• Monk's 200-year-old corpse found in lotus position - FOX News
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  The amazingly intact remains of a meditating monk have been discovered in the Songinokhairkhan province of Mongolia, according to a report in Mongolia’s Morning News
  
• A sneaky snake: Teams hunt for elusive rock pythons in Miami suburbs, at edge of Everglades - FOX News
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  For all the danger posed to Florida's Everglades by invasive Burmese pythons, there's one thing researchers don't want to know: how they would interact with another python species that threatens to move into the same territory.
  
• 150 years after sinking, Confederate submarine slowly reveals its secrets - FOX News
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015
  Scientists may finally solve the mystery behind the sinking of Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship.
  
• Uber sued over India rape allegation - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  An Indian woman who says she was raped by a Delhi driver of web-based taxi firm Uber files a lawsuit against the service in a US court.
  
• VIDEO: How toys are going hi-tech in 2015 - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  Toys are getting ever more hi-tech - from robots that can research the internet to toy drones and plastic pets.
  
• First-class fliers get virtual reality - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  Qantas becomes first airline to offer passengers in-flight entertainment via a virtual reality headset.
  
• Finnish start-ups rise from Nokia's ashes - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  Nokia's demise hit Finland hard - but its legacy is a vibrant start-up scene
  
• Bill Gates insists AI is a threat - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  Microsoft's founder says we should worry that AI escape our control, despite claims to the contrary by a Microsoft Research chief.
  
• Dinosaurs thriving in Europe before asteroid hit, new study shows - FOX News
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  Dinosaurs were flourishing in Europe right before their rapid demise, according to a new study. This would help confirm that dinosaurs the world over were wiped out by an asteroid’s impact 66 million years ago - a theory sometimes questioned due to lack of non-North American fossil evidence.
  
• VIDEO: Sharp displays become round - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  Richard Taylor looks at the new screen innovations being worked on by display-maker Sharp.
  
• VIDEO: Tech to make your car self-driving - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  The tech which could allow any car with an automatic gearbox to become self-driving
  
• Snapchat launches US superhero series - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  A big US phone company is commissioning YouTubers to create 12 episodes of a show called SnapperHero on Snapchat.
  
• Samsung profits hit by mobile sales - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics reports its first drop in full-year profits for three years, in part due to a sharp drop in mobile phone sales.
  
• Sky to launch mobile phone service - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  Pay-TV firm Sky is launching a mobile phone service next year as the battle for a slice of the UK's telecoms market intensifies.
  
• Sound tech for blind film-lovers - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  Researchers use sound technology as an alternative to audio descriptions to try to improve film-watching for blind people.
  
• VIDEO: Firing six times faster than sound - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  BBC Click looks at some of the week's technology highlights
  
• Ancient partial skull from Israeli cave linked to migration of humans from Africa to Europe - FOX News
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  Long ago, humans left their evolutionary cradle in Africa and passed through the Middle East on their way to Europe. Now scientists have found the first fossil remains that appear to document that journey, a partial skull from an Israeli cave.
  
• Office puts chips under staff's skin - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  Rory Cellan-Jones visits a building where microchipped workers gain entry and use photocopiers by holding up their hands - and trials the tech himself.
  
• Bits Blog: With a Few Bits of Data, Researchers Identify ‘Anonymous’ People - NYT > Personal Tech
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  Knowing just four random pieces of information was enough to reidentify 90 percent of the shoppers as unique individuals and to uncover their records, researchers calculated.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Bits Blog: Microsoft Brings Outlook to iPhone, Other Mobile Devices - NYT > Personal Tech
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  Outlook, Microsoft’s workhorse email application, has finally arrived on mobile devices, including iPhones and iPads.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Rare white dolphin glimpsed in Monterey Bay - FOX News
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  A rare white dolphin has been spotted in the waters of Monterey Bay, Calif. Experts from Monterey Bay Whale Watch saw the young Risso’s dolphin on Jan. 25 and confirmed that it is the same white dolphin that was first seen off Monterey on Aug. 28 201
  
• Amazon posts modest holiday profits - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  The online retail giant Amazon reports weaker profits for the busy Christmas period, but a 15% rise in sales cheers investors.
  
• Google profits up nearly 30% - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  Internet giant Google reports fourth-quarter profits of $4.76bn, up nearly 30% from the same period a year before, but revenue misses Wall Street expectations.
  
• US firms object to source code rules - BBC News - Technology
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015
  Business groups have written to the Chinese government, asking it to rethink rules that would force them to hand over source code and create backdoors for officials in Beijing.
  
• Sony Teams Spotify With PlayStation for Music Streaming Plans - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 28 Jan 2015
  Sony announced that Spotify will effectively replace Music Unlimited this spring in 41 countries.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Q&A: Avoiding Botnets With a Mac - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 28 Jan 2015
  Windows PCs are often the main targets of malicious software that loops infected computers into remote-controlled networks called botnets, but Macs are not immune.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• App Smart: English Grammar Aids for Both Native Speakers and Students - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 28 Jan 2015
  Everyone can struggle with English grammar’s complexities; these apps can improve your knowledge whatever your level of proficiency.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Bits Blog: Amazon’s Got Mail - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 28 Jan 2015
  Amazon’s latest foray: back-end email systems.
  
  
• Coder creates smallest chess game - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 28 Jan 2015
  A computer programmer creates a computer chess program that takes up only 487 bytes of data, breaking a 33-year-old record.
  
• Machine Learning: Video Feature: Signs That Virtual Reality Is on the Verge of Taking Off - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 28 Jan 2015
  Major technology and media companies are investing heavily in virtual reality, a signal that the experience may soon be ready for mass consumption.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Noted: ‘This.’ Has People Clamoring for an Invite - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 28 Jan 2015
  An invitation-only social network whose exclusivity has media insiders jockeying to be invited to participate has generated hunger for its streamlined platform.
  
  
• Bits Blog: F.T.C. Says Internet-Connected Devices Pose Big Risks - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 28 Jan 2015
  The agency said the devices, which make up the so-called Internet of Things, also raise serious security and privacy risks that could undermine consumers’ confidence.
  
  
• State of the Art: Uber’s Business Model Could Change Your Work - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 28 Jan 2015
  New technologies have the potential to divide a variety of traditional jobs into tasks that can be assigned to people just when they’re needed.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• VIDEO: How Apple made 'biggest profit ever' - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 28 Jan 2015
  US technology giant Apple has reported the biggest quarterly profit ever made by a public company.
  
• Gadgetwise: The New Pleasures of Photo Printing - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 28 Jan 2015
  The Canon Pixma Pro-100 sells for around half the price of a top-of-the-line model and still delivers luscious color photos.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• VIDEO: Smart goggles for hi-tech bobbies - BBC News - Technology
  Wed, 28 Jan 2015
  A range of new tech ideas for the UK's police forces, including facial recognition, has been demonstrated.
  
• VIDEO: Future of News - BBC Editors look at Technology, People and Stories - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 27 Jan 2015
  Future of News - BBC Editors look at Technology, People and Stories
  
• VIDEO: How will technology change news? - BBC News - Technology
  Tue, 27 Jan 2015
  Broadcasters and academics discuss how changes in technology will alter the way news is created in the future
  
• Bits Blog: A Data-Science Lender Takes on Student Debt - NYT > Personal Tech
  Tue, 27 Jan 2015
  Earnest, a start-up lender, is moving into the student debt market. Using data-science tools, Earnest says it can offer lower, tailored rates and flexible repayment schedules.
  
  
• Bits Blog: Twitter Adds Group Messaging and Video Recording - NYT > Personal Tech
  Tue, 27 Jan 2015
  In an effort to catch up to rival services like Facebook, Twitter will now allow people to shoot, edit and post video directly from its mobile apps. Also, private messages on the service can now be sent to as many as 20 people.
  
  
• VIDEO: Tech helps lifts scale new heights - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 26 Jan 2015
  How technology will allow lifts to go higher than ever before and even move sideways
  
• Q&A: Sharing iTunes With the Whole Family - NYT > Personal Tech
  Fri, 23 Jan 2015
  How to keep a passing interest from following you around on Google Now.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• VIDEO: Park your car with a smartwatch - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 23 Jan 2015
  From the cars that steer themselves to smartphone apps that monitor your driving
  
• Wheels: If a Car Is Going to Self-Drive, It Might as Well Self-Park, Too - NYT > Personal Tech
  Thu, 22 Jan 2015
  BMW has created a system that actually obeys when a driver says to the car, “Go park yourself.” Other companies are also working on the technology.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Disruptions: The Sorry State of In-Flight Wi-Fi - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 21 Jan 2015
  Wi-Fi on commercial flights is slow, unreliable and expensive.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• State of the Art: Marissa Mayer’s Plan for Yahoo Takes Hold. The Question Now Is Time. - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 21 Jan 2015
  Marissa Mayer has made sharp acquisitions and rebuilt crucial products, but her future may depend on reaction to her plans for the Alibaba investment.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Gadgetwise: Take-Along Chargers That Pack Power - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 21 Jan 2015
  The right external accessory can double the battery life of your mobile device and offer an option when an electrical outlet isn’t available.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• App Smart: Video Feature: For Musicians, Apps for Tuning, Keeping Time and Organizing Charts - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 21 Jan 2015
  Getting to the music faster is easy with apps for the mundane tasks, like getting in tune and planning your set list.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Machine Learning: Video Feature: Conjuring the Most From Google Android - NYT > Personal Tech
  Wed, 21 Jan 2015
  All of these tips work on the latest version of Android, known as Lollipop, but many of them work on the previous version, too.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• VIDEO: CES 2015: Testing the latest drones - BBC News - Technology
  Fri, 09 Jan 2015
  The BBC Click team put three of the latest drones through their paces
  
• VIDEO: The robot that paints your nails - BBC News - Technology
  Mon, 22 Dec 2014
  A Japanese robot has been programmed to take on a range of tasks - from painting nails to cooking.