Bossie Awards 2014: The best open source applications

What the WinHEC? Microsoft revives Windows engineering event Two scenarios that would make OS X vulnerable to the Shellshock bug ITworld Today September 29, 2014 Bossie Awards 2014: The best open source applications Top picks of the year in open source business applications and middleware. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. What the WinHEC? Microsoft revives Windows engineering event 2. Two scenarios that would make OS X vulnerable to the Shellshock bug 3. Software stack from Eclipse could unleash Java developer army on IoT 4. How Intel, Microsoft and the wireless carriers will finally realize the promise of an 'always connected' PC 5. Bogus bug apps offer no relief in Japan's dengue outbreak 6. Credit card breach that hit Jimmy John's is larger than originally thought 7. Oracle's Larry Ellison throws down the cloud gauntlet 8. China blocks Instagram, mentions of 'tear gas' amid Hong Kong protests 9. Linux/Unix administration: Flexible log rotation 10. GIVEAWAY: Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours (Learning Lab) White Paper: NetApp Private Cloud: It's More than Just Virtualization This white paper from Forrester Consulting reviews the core functionality required to maximize private cloud benefits and provides some best practices for enterprise cloud deployments. View Now What the WinHEC? Microsoft revives Windows engineering event Microsoft, which recently announced the consolidation of several of its conferences, is now going in the opposite direction and resurrecting WinHEC, which was last held in 2008. READ MORE Two scenarios that would make OS X vulnerable to the Shellshock bug Apple's OS X is vulnerable to the Shellshock bug, but it's not that easy for attackers to take advantage of it. READ MORE Software stack from Eclipse could unleash Java developer army on IoT There's no single standard to link all devices in the "Internet of things" and there may never be one, but the Eclipse Foundation wants to at least make it easier for developers to code for the standards that are out there. READ MORE How Intel, Microsoft and the wireless carriers will finally realize the promise of an 'always connected' PC Thanks to developments like Intel's Skylake platform, we'll soon use PCs like we do our phones: always on and always connected. READ MORE Bogus bug apps offer no relief in Japan's dengue outbreak Tokyo, futuristic metropolis of the 21st century, is grappling with a public health problem it hasn't seen since World War II -- dengue fever. READ MORE White Paper: Skyhigh Networks Checklist for Selecting Enterprise-Ready Cloud Applications To minimize risk, organizations must employ a methodology to identify and select enterprise-ready cloud services. This 21 step checklist includes the five categories of attribute to evaluate and an audit framework from the Cloud Security Alliance View Now>> Credit card breach that hit Jimmy John's is larger than originally thought Signature Systems says the breach of its point-of-sales system that hit 216 Jimmy John's sandwich shops is actually 50 percent larger than originally thought. READ MORE Oracle's Larry Ellison throws down the cloud gauntlet Oracle CTO and executive chairman Larry Ellison, who just a few years ago famously mocked the notion of cloud computing, has positioned the company as one set up to become the industry's largest cloud player, with something to offer customers at all levels of the stack. READ MORE China blocks Instagram, mentions of 'tear gas' amid Hong Kong protests China started blocking the popular photo-sharing app Instagram on Sunday, as part of its moves to squelch any mention of the use of tear gas on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. 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