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News: Canonical Releases Ubuntu Kernel Updates for Meltdown / Spectre

No need to go into the back story on this.  If you are reading this, there is a chance you’ve already read other reports on what Meltdown / Spectre and the perceived risks. Cononical made a public statement last week to provide a patch for supported Ubuntu releases against Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities, and the first […]

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Wanna’ Learn Cloud Architecture: Say Hello to AWS Architecture Monthly

The team over at Amazon are very helpful, especially when it comes to learning how to do things in the world they have helped shape. The coolest part of this is that they are willing to do it for free. From building a simple website to crafting an AI-based chat bot.  Learn about the best […]

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Bitcoin – How to buy, where, and should you.

Bitcoin was eyeing $13,000 a coin Wednesday morning, less than 12 hours after soaring over $12,000. I purchased coin a few years ago using it to trade for things online (mostly in video games). Now bitcoin is all the rage and is worth more than the make pretend money online I once thought it was.  […]

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Dangerous 7-Zip flaws put many other software products at risk | PCWorld

The flaws could allow arbitrary code execution when the 7-Zip library processes specially crafted files Credit: IDGNS Two vulnerabilities recently patched in 7-Zip could put at risk of compromise many software products and devices that bundle the open-source file archiving library. The flaws, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability and a heap overflow, were discovered by researchers from […]

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Back to School – What is Alphabet?

And wow… Google made an arrangement with Alphabet, Inc. replacing Google as the publicly-traded company and thus changing its operating structure. Larry Page said in blog post he would become the chief executive of Alphabet Inc, while Senior Vice President Sundar Pichai will be CEO of Google. “This new structure will allow us to keep tremendous […]

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Spartan Falls to the Sword of Microsoft Edge

Agreed my post title is a bit dramatic; I am still rolling with it. Announced in Build 2015, Microsoft Edge will be the successor to the Project known as Spartan Microsoft Edge was made specifically for Windows 10. It will have features such as built in note taking and sharing and will also have Microsoft’s Cortana […]