Day: September 17, 2019

VMware on AWS: Low-risk option or security blanket for those who don’t like change?

John Enoch gives us the hard sell – just ignore the price AWS Transformation Day It’s London’s turn with AWS Transformation Day, where attendees endure a cacophony of buzzwords intended to hammer home the message that Amazon’s cloud is where you wanna be.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Arduino Bot Rocks A PS2 Controller

As far as controlling robots goes, makers today are spoilt for choice. WiFi and Bluetooth enabled microcontrollers are a dime a dozen, and integration with smartphone apps is a cinch. Despite this, the old methods still hold sway, as [Igor Fonseca] demonstrates with a simple Arduino bot. It’s a classic build, using a tracked chassis…


Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft Workers Have Pledged To Strike on September 20

In a historic first, more than 1,200 Amazon employees announced last week that they will walk out of their offices on September 20 over the company’s carbon footprint. In the following days, tech workers at Microsoft, Facebook, and Google have announced they will also go on strike. From a report: Of the big five tech…


HP printer small print says kit phones home data on whatever you print – and then some

Security engineer actually reads privacy policy to his horror Hewlett-Packard Inc’s printers don’t just slurp the contents of your wallet at a frightening rate. They also guzzle a surprising amount of data on you and whatever you’re printing.… …read more Source:: Register


Cisco Extends Patch for IPv6 DoS Vulnerability

The bug was first found in 2016. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Oracle updates SaaS tools with more AI, more industry-specific features

Oracle extends the capabilities and reach of its Digital Assistant across its cloud applications, while also adding features across its applications for specific verticals. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Oracle rolls out Analytics for Fusion ERP

The first Oracle Analytics for Applications service is here. The ERP analytics offering will eventually be joined by counterparts for human capital management, customer experience and supply chain management. …read more Source:: ZDNet


HP Printers Try To Send Data Back To HP About Your Devices and What You Print

Robert Heaton: Last week my in-laws politely but firmly asked me to set up their new HP printer. I protested that I’m completely clueless about that sort of thing, despite my tax-return-job-title of “software engineer.” Still remonstrating, I was gently bundled into their study with an instruction pamphlet, a cup of tea, a promise to…


.NET Core 3.0 thought it was all ready for release. And it would have been too, if it weren’t for those pesky Visual Studio kids

Hi, remember us? We share a toolset. And have another preview to do? Having promised there wouldn’t be any more previews, Microsoft has dropped a release candidate for the upcoming .NET Core 3.0 framework.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


US Companies Unprepared for Privacy Regulations

US companies are poorly prepared for even the most rudimentary privacy regulations, a new report says. …read more Source:: DarkReading