SSD controllers may run your applications someday

Marcelo Claure, Softbank's choice to lead Sprint, fits the mold by breaking it Five unanswered questions about massive Russian hacker database IT News Daily August 07, 2014 Share this email SSD controllers may run your applications someday It's time for enterprise applications and storage to work more closely together, even to the point where SSDs become a pool of computing power, according to Samsung Semiconductor. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Marcelo Claure, Softbank's choice to lead Sprint, fits the mold by breaking it 2. Five unanswered questions about massive Russian hacker database 3. Massive Russian hack has researchers scratching their heads 4. Google's YouTube buys Directr video app and makes it free 5. Black Hat USA 2014: Talking botnets and ad campaigns 6. IE plays security catch-up, will block outdated Java plug-ins Marcelo Claure, Softbank's choice to lead Sprint, fits the mold by breaking it Marcelo Claure, Sprint's incoming CEO, knows how to corner a market and make billions doing behind-the-scenes tasks that are pretty unglamorous -- except when he's on stage with J. Lo. READ MORE Five unanswered questions about massive Russian hacker database There's still much that's unclear about Tuesday's revelation that a small group of hackers in Russia have amassed a database of 1.2 billion stolen user IDs and passwords. The company that disclosed the incident, Hold Security, didn't offer any fresh information Wednesday, but here are five questions we'd like to see answered (and a bonus one that we already know the answer to). READ MORE WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Conquering Information Overload with Data Modeling Businesses are collecting geometrically more data of different kinds from more sources in more places than ever before. As a result, organizing, controlling, and validating all that information has become an increasingly important key to successful, profitable decision-making. Learn more! Massive Russian hack has researchers scratching their heads Don't worry, you're not the only one with more questions than answers about the 1.2 billion user credentials amassed by Russian hackers. READ MORE Google's YouTube buys Directr video app and makes it free Google's YouTube division has bought the Directr movie-making app for smartphones and will offer it free. READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IDG TV IDG.tv is now live! Watch all the latest videos from IDG's global network of technology experts, all teed up in searchable channels with a fun, fresh look. Click to continue Black Hat USA 2014: Talking botnets and ad campaigns "The situation we're in with advertising is a lot like where the banks are, where everyone has struggled with the fact that you can't trust the other end of the connection," says White Ops CEO Michael Tiffany. "It's the same cookies, user information, etc. But one is real, and the other is fake." READ MORE IE plays security catch-up, will block outdated Java plug-ins Microsoft's Internet Explorer will begin blocking out-of-date ActiveX controls when the company updates the versions that run on Windows 7 and Windows 8 next week. READ MORE Follow IT News Share this email You are currently subscribed to itnews_daily as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com To contact IT News, please send an e-mail to online@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2014 IT News, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **