Cal Newport, writing at the New Yorker: Technological transitions often stumble when we expect them to sprint. In 1989, the Stanford economist Paul David wanted to understand why so many companies were so slow to adopt computer technology; for historical perspective, he turned to the history of the electric dynamo, which had been invented around…

Review: The vibrant new competition celebrates creativity, self-acceptance and the power of community. And it might just fill the stiletto-size void left behind as RuPaul’s Drag Race season 12 ends. …read more Source:: CNet

With everything from APIs to Raspberry Pis making it even easier for us to create and share objects shaped by personal whim, it’s high time that Don Norman’s sage design advice falls on not just the design student, but the hardware hacker and DIY enthusiast too. Grab yourself a coffee and a free weekend, and…

SaaS is no replacement for disaster recovery as we’re about to find out next month Webcast While moving into cloud working environments often meets a fair degree of push-back, the other side of the coin is that businesses believe throwing everything into the cloud makes them suddenly immune to any of the previous, established occupational…

Attackers managed to compromise NTT Communication’s Active Directory server and a construction information management server. …read more Source:: Threatpost

The US National Security Agency (NSA) has published a security alert warning of a new wave of cyberattacks against email servers, attacks conducted by one of Russia’s most advanced cyber-espionage units. From a report: The NSA says that members of Unit 74455 of the GRU Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST), a division of the…

Space is the place for The Office’s Steve Carell and Greg Daniels. …read more Source:: CNet

The Russian spy group, a.k.a. BlackEnergy, is actively compromising Exim mail servers via a critical security vulnerability. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Bluetooth accessory maker Tile has written to the European Union accusing Apple of abuse of power and of illegally favoring its own products. From a report: According to a report by Financial Times, in a letter sent on Tuesday to the European Commissioner for Competition, the accessory maker said that Apple is making it harder…

Sony’s PlayStation division will unveil games for its new console coming this fall. …read more Source:: CNet