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Enterprise Advances Brought Linux Success in 2014
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•For Linux, 2014 could easily be labeled the year enterprise really and truly embraced Linux. It could just as easily be labeled the year that nearly forgot Linux on the desktop. If you weren’t Docker, containers, OpenStack, or big data ─ chances are the spotlight didn’t brighten your day much. If, however, you (or your…
Google Accelerates End of SHA-1 Support; Certificate Authorities Nervous
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•Google is consciously using their influence to push certificate authorities to advance security standards soon. Would you believe the problem is Windows XP SP2? Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux
Windows 8.x Usage Declines
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•Net Applications has found that Windows 8.x actually lost user share in June 2014, while Windows 7 has really been the operating system to gain from XP’s end of support. Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux
Win XP Usage Down But Not Out as Support Cutoff Deadline Looms
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•Flee! Flee from XP, or from WAN sectors at least! – so say industry advisors Windows XP usage on the web is decreasing as the venerable operating system edges ever closer towards its “end of life” from Microsoft support next week.… Read more at The Register Source: Linux
How to Move On After Windows XP Without Giving Up Your PC
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•On April 8th, Microsoft will officially cut off support, service, and security updates for Windows XP. Source: Tech
Adobe Flash Remote Code Execution Flaw Exploited In the Wild
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•An anonymous reader writes “Adobe has released an emergency patch for a critical vulnerability affecting Flash Player for Windows, Linux, and OS X, the exploitation of which can result in an attacker gaining remote control of the victims’ systems . Source: Tech
If Microsoft Thinks Old Tor Clients are Risky, Why Not Windows XP?
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•Microsoft has been removing outdated Tor clients, stating that they pose a security threat, but if that’s the case, what about other outdated software? Aren’t they a threat too? Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux
Software thin clients perfect cure for Windows XP headaches
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•Time is running out for Windows XP and switching to software thin clients is a simple and cost effective solution, says IGELReading, UK, 2 January 2014 – With support for Windows XP set to end in April 2014; IGEL Technology says 2014 is the perfect time to consider software thin clients to ease the XP…
New Global Survey: Windows Developers Report Exploding Demand for Mobile Apps, but Current Tools Can’t Deliver
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•85 percent have a strategic imperative to deliver apps on mobile devicesAn overwhelming 95 percent of respondents believe common source code for desktop and mobile is highly desirable85 percent believe that native apps provide the best mobile user experienceMaidenhead, UK – September 11, 2013 – A global survey sponsored by Embarcadero Technologies, a leading provider…