The ‘relatively late and relatively general’ explanation from the US for why it forced Yahoo to scan all user emails under a secret court order has been deemed unsatisfactory by …read more Source:: Legal
Month: January 2017
Apache Beam unifies batch and streaming for big data
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Apache Beam, a unified programming model for both batch and streaming data, has graduated from the Apache Incubator to become a top-level Apache project. Aside from becoming another full-fledged …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Why a MacOS user switched to Ubuntu Linux
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•By Jim Lynch Why a MacOS user switched to Ubuntu Linux Apple’s MacOS has long been the de facto alternative to Windows. But what happens when a MacOS user tires of doing things Apple’s …read more Source:: OpenSource
Microsoft’s R tools bring data science to the masses
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•By Simon Bisson One of Microsoft’s more interesting recent acquisitions was Revolution Analytics, a company that built tools for working with big data problems using the open source statistical programming language …read more Source:: OpenSource
Samsung boss called for questioning over Korean presidential scandal
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•Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong has been called in for questioning for Thursday by special prosecutors over bribing allegations involving the South Korean president. …read more Source:: Legal
D-Link fights back against ‘baseless’ data security lawsuit
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•Suing companies for the potential of a data security breach would stifle IoT innovation, the firm representing D-Link against the FTC’s lawsuit has argued. …read more Source:: Legal
US will cede leadership in APAC by abandoning TPP: US trade chief
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•The US would ‘abdicate’ its leadership in the Asia-Pacific region and deliver it ‘into China’s arms’ if it abandons the TPP, a speech by current Trade Representative Michael Froman has …read more Source:: Legal
IDG Contributor Network: Why do you use Linux?
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•By Jim Lynch Why do you use Linux? Linux has much to offer any user, and people run it on their computers for lots of different reasons. One redditor recently asked why his fellow …read more Source:: OpenSource
Rust rocks, but wide-scale use remains years away
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•By Serdar Yegulalp The Rust language has earned fans because it helps developers create software that runs with the speed and efficiency of C, but with fewer security and stability pitfalls. As the …read more Source:: OpenSource
Git Hound, Truffle Hog root out GitHub leaks
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•By Fahmida Y. Rashid It’s App Dev 101: Don’t hard-code API tokens, encryption keys, and user credentials. But if you do, make sure to get them out of your code before committing to GitHub …read more Source:: OpenSource