Day: October 3, 2018

Industry groups sue to stop California net neutrality law – CNET

The broadband and wireless industries are joining the US Justice Department in trying to stop California’s net neutrality law from taking effect. …read more Source:: CNet


Leon Lederman, 96, Explorer and Explainer of the Subatomic World, Dies

Leon Lederman, whose ingenious experiments with particle accelerators deepened science’s understanding of the subatomic world, died early Wednesday in Rexburg, Idaho. He was 96. From a report: His wife, Ellen Carr Lederman, confirmed the death, at a care facility. She and Dr. Lederman, who had long directed the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory outside Chicago, had…


Linux, HCI and more, all from the new release of Windows Server 2019

Customers in it for the long term get parity with the flighty Semi-Annual Channel crowd After a lengthy gestation period, Windows Server 2019 has arrived loaded with goodies to ease the journey to a cloudier world.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Amazon Is Eliminating Bonuses, Stock Awards to Help Pay for Raises

Amazon is eliminating monthly bonuses and stock awards for warehouse workers and other hourly employees after the company pledged this week to raise pay to at least $15 an hour, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. From a report: Warehouse workers for the e-commerce giant in the U.S. were eligible in the past for monthly bonuses that could…


Virus Bulletin 2018: Microsoft’s Lambert on How Cloud is Changing Security

Supply-chain attacks are on the rise, but machine learning provides the edge that the security industry needs to keep up. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Remote Access System Hacking Is No. 1 Patient Safety Risk

Hackers attacking healthcare through remote access systems and disrupting operations is the number one patient safety risk, according to the ECRI Institute’s annual Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2019. From a report: ECRI Institute said it published 50 cybersecurity-related alerts and problem reports in the last 18 months, a major increase over the prior…


Trump sends out text testing FEMA’s new Presidential Alert system – CNET

There’s no emergency. It was just a test of the president’s ability to text as many Americans as possible. …read more Source:: CNet


Cities Will Sue FCC To Stop $2 Billion Giveaway To Wireless Carriers

Cities are planning to sue the Federal Communications Commission over its decision to preempt local rules on deployment of 5G wireless equipment. From a report: Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and City Attorney Pete Holmes yesterday said their city intends to appeal the FCC order in federal court. Seattle will be coordinating with other cities on…


You dirty DRAC: IT bods uncover Dell server firmware security slip

Weakness not easy to leverage, but iDRAC exploit would mean game over for admins A pair of IT professionals have uncovered a potentially serious flaw in the hardware management tools for older Dell servers.… …read more Source:: Register


After Facebook’s hack, there’s a lot of useless post-breach advice – CNET

Thank you, Captain Hindsight. …read more Source:: CNet