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How Wi-Fi router security has deteriorated since 2003

The Parallax

What might be alarming about CITL’s latest research is that despite the alarm bells, CITL finds that vendors are generally building Wi-Fi routers with fewer protections than they had in 2003. The long reach of Mirai, the Internet of Things botnet. READ MORE ON WI-FI SECURITY.

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John Carmack Biography

The Crazy Programmer

His company developed various shareware and Internet Distribution Channels that brought a revolution in the field of computer games and how they were sold. Quake offered multiplayer gaming on the internet. Online gaming has encouraged the growth of the 3D rendering sector of the computer hardware market.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. Its Agentware internet search tools are used by enterprises including Barclays Bank and Unilever and sold as shrink-wrapped software through retail outlets.

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Does IT Infrastructure really matter? YES!

Infinidat

In May 2003 Nicholas Carr published a piece titled “ IT Doesn’t Matter ”. But I find myself disagreeing with his interpretations of his own credible evidence, and more importantly his conclusions, just as strongly now as I did then when I first read his piece in 2003, if not more so. Does IT Infrastructure really matter? Evan Doherty.

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Teraco and VMware are Taking a New Approach to Support the Efforts of South Africa’s Cloud Innovators in Their Quest to Achieve Zero Carbon Emissions

CIO

With four ultra high-performance data centers in South Africa – including facilities in Cape Town, Durban, and Johannesburg – the company forms the core of the nation’s internet backbone, and serves as the interconnection for both local and global cloud services.

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10G-EPON vs. XGS-PON: Are They Really All That Different?

CableLabs

The specification for Gigabit PON (GPON) was published in 2003 and defines a PON that operates 2.5 The native frame format used by 10G-EPON is Ethernet, which is used to carry the Internet Protocol in the vast majority of networks. A Little PON Technology History The history of PON reaches back to British Telecom research in the 1980s.

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History of Flight Booking: CRSs, GDS Distribution, Travel Agencies, and Online Reservations

Altexsoft

By 1974, ATPCO managed to modernize its hardware, connecting to the CRS distribution. Nevertheless, new conditions were unprofitable: travel agencies had to pay for the hardware maintenance, reducing fees by making more bookings. 1994-2006: Emergence of the Internet and formation of Travelport GDS. Source: Sabre History.

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