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Business News NoSQL startup MongoDB names BladeLogic founder as new CEO Could an IPO be in the offing? Samsung sticks with CHILD labor shame fab: Zero-tolerance means 30% less trade Sub-contractor blames job agency for underage hires LinkedIn settles missed overtime pay case: Will pay $6m to staffers US Dept of Labor: It violated Fair Labor Standards Act Oracle cold bath shrinks Larry Ellison's pay package Size is a relative thing BlackBerry boss John Chen: We're FINISHED (with the job cuts) Now things are looking rosy, says chief exec – new leak Sony reads the future, quits e-reader market says German report No PCs. No tellies. No e-readers. And no future? Channel News SecureData buys into big data, grabs stake in software developer Security integrator splashes cash on Paterva EMC veteran Poole jumps into UK channel director's chair Public sector and service provider boss bags third role (and it's a sticky wicket) Data Centre News IBM furtles all-flash biz bruiser FlashSystem SVC and Storwize compression built-in Synology and the NAS-ty malware-flingers: What can be learned Sysadmin blog 'Security first' gets more NB for little guys HGST brings PCM to flash show, STUNS world+dog with 3 MILLION IOPS Wrong tech for Flash Memory Summit - but damn, it's good Yes, we know Active Directory cloud sync is a MESS, says Microsoft So have this four-click fix to paint your directories Azure Meet Solaris 11.2, where SDN means 'Software-Defined Net profit' Analysis This time, Larry's Oracle is going after the networking giants Hardware News New iGasm: Apple to reveal not one but TWO iPhone 6s on Sept 9th Poll What will you be doing that day? What should we be doing? What's the point of the Internet of Things? Sysadmin blog World peace, natch, what did you think it was? PEAK APPLE: One MILLION fewer iPads sold this quarter Macs to the rescue as iPad fever ends and Apple's lead at the top narrows Google pulls Gaza games from Play store Rockets and iron domes Cut price Android on steroids: OnePlus One – should we look gift horse in the gob? Review Caveat emptor Home-grown Xiaomi crushes Samsung in world's biggest market Android smartphone startup tops Chinese table Networks News Verizon to FCC: What ya looking at? Everyone throttles internet traffic 'Such practices are widely accepted' telco responds to watchdog's probing BT offers vanilla mobile deal to biz bods Apps, cloud, Wi-Fi – let's play tick-box bingo Architecting a Big Data platform for analytics Managing analytical workloads associated with some combination of data volume, velocity and variety. Download here > Policy News Cisco slings small change at CSIRO over WiFi dispute Judge orders $USD16 million royalty payment Australia's metadata debate is an utter shambles The goalposts are moving hourly and ministers are contradicting intelligence agencies and themselves Google on Gmail child abuse trawl: We're NOT looking for other crimes Burglars needn't worry, says search giant UK WhatsApp duo convicted of possessing extreme porn Pair pleaded guilty to 'unsolicited' shock images featuring animals Evidence during FOI disputes can be provided in SECRET Freedom of Info requester NOT allowed to be present - court Australia to retain telecommunications metadata Law coming later this year, source of cash for necessary kit TBD Security News Russian hackers swipe '1.2 BILLION passwords' from 420,000 websites Leaky servers sniffed out by botnet, raided using SQL injection – infosec bods US cyber-army's cyber-warriors 'cyber-humiliated by cyber-civvies in cyber-games' 'They were pretty much obliterated' – report White Hats splat Black Hat chats: Talks on home alarm flaws and Russian spy tools axed Three presentations now pulled from hacking shindig Israel snooped on John Kerry's phone calls during Middle East peace talks Well, if you will make basic security cockups... Why no one smells a RAT: Trojan uses YAHOO WEBMAIL to pick up instructions Badness uses innocent-looking mailer for c&c ops Multi Function p0wnage just getting worse, researcher finds Konica Minolta, Sharp, Dell, Canon and HP printers spew credentials when probed Leaked docs reveal power of malware-for-government product 'FinFisher' Win 8 Pro tip: Govt spyware can't tap Skype's Metro app Ransomware attack hits Synology's NAS boxen This is as bad as you think, says Trevor, and there's no patch in sight Software News Microsoft KILLS Windows 8.1 Update 2 and Patch Tuesday You'll never believe what it's called inst... actually, you probably can Tiny steps: HTTP 2.0 WG looks for consensus Comments due 1 September Shuffling Zombie Juror – aka Linux kernel 3.16 – wants to eat … ARMs? 'Iffy' release candidates turned out alright says Linus Torvalds Science News Six BEEELLION gigabytes-a-year space 'scope wins funding First light due to reach US$473m Large Synoptic Survey Telescope in 2019 Just a reminder: We're about to put a probe in orbit of a COMET Pic Rosetta craft screams 6 billion km through space to reach its cosmic prey BAD VIBES: High-speed video camera records your voice from trash Vid Next step: CCTV that eavesdrops on you Kickstarter hopefuls promise high-res aerial maps for the masses Maps Made Easy takes the pain out of stitching Bootnotes News Robot snaps on yellow RUBBER GLOVES, preps to invade Canada It looks friendly, but wait until you get it in the back of a car Architecting a Big Data platform for analytics Managing analytical workloads associated with some combination of data volume, velocity and variety. Download here >

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