Google develops search engine Dataset Search for academics and journalists
Google released a new search engine today. It focuses on academics and journalists and is designed to help them find the data they need more easily. Dataset Search provides an easy way to access millions of datasets from thousands of sources on the Internet.
At the moment Dataset Search is still in...
Facebook builds its first Asian data center for 1 billion dollars
Facebook is investing no less than 1 billion dollars in the construction of its first data center in Asia. This should be in Singapore and the opening is planned for 2022. The facility opens in the west of the island, where Google has just invested $850 million in expanding its data centers.
This wi...
Significant fall in value of cryptographic currency due to failure of the Goldman Sachs crypto trading platform
Goldman Sachs worked on a trading platform for cryptographic currency. But now it has been decided not to do so. The result is a dive for the value of the most important virtual coins. The decline in value is very variable: the bitcoin lost 12 percent, while ethereum lost almost 20 percent.
Goldman ...
New Fortinet solution FortiNAC provides overview and grip on IoT devices
Fortinet has made the new FortniNAC solution available. It is a network access controller that combines network segmentation with automated countermeasures to secure IoT environments. The company believes that this is a desirable solution, as the growth of insecure IoT devices without a user interfa...
Originally Dutch business search engine Elasticsearch wants to make an IPO.
Recently there was a rumour that Elasticsearch BV had decided in the utmost secrecy to go on the stock exchange. Today this rumour is confirmed by the originally Dutch company. The IPO follows six years after the start of the company in Amsterdam.
Elasticsearch develops business search and analysis ...
Google wants to get rid of the URL completely
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), the online addresses that are a bit like one of the most important ways of surfing the Internet, have an important problem. Because they have a complex structure, malicious people can easily exploit them. Google wants to do something about that.
Now it is easy for a...
Man remains the weakest link in any security system
People remain the weak link in any security system. A new investigation has shown that the vast majority of security incidents can be traced back to the personnel. In the case of a self-reported data breach, the chance is seven times greater that the leak is due to human error than that a hacker was...
Outlook and Skype unusable after incorrect Microsoft Azure update
Outlook and Skype users worldwide were greeted with an error message last night when they tried to use the services. The problem was caused by a recent update in the Azure cloud. Microsoft has taken measures in the meantime.
Several users received an error message in Skype or Outlook last night and ...
Ericsson introduces Spectrum Sharing for faster 5G coverage
Ericsson introduces new Spectrum Sharing-software that makes it possible to support both 4G and 5G within the same frequency band. The functionality is compatible with all Ericsson radio systems since 2015, allowing telecom operators to accelerate their 5G network coverage.
Thanks to Spectrum Sharin...
Intel props 32TB of NVMe storage in innovative data center form factor
Intel embraces the new ruler storage form with a 32TB variant. It wants to send a signal to the outside world that this new form factor works more efficiently and better in data centres. The ruler shape already has enough advantages to convince others.
Technology giant Intel has announced a DC P4500...
“Nearly 400,000 websites are at risk of hacking through open .git folders.
According to Czech security researcher VladimÃr Smitka, almost 400,000 websites are at risk of being hacked. The reason is that the pages have an open .git folder. It concerns /.git/HEAD, which should not be publicly accessible.
This is dangerous because it allows malicious parties to access cur...
Juniper Networks works with Ericsson on an integrated solution for 5G
Juniper Networks and Ericsson have extended their collaboration. The two companies want to deliver an integrated and centrally managed solution for 5G transport together. The solution must be based on the complementary technology of the companies.
With this integrated solution, the two companies sho...