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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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How doing everything wrong turned Automattic into a multibillion dollar media powerhouse

TechCrunch

WordPress, the open source software behind the company, is now estimated to power roughly 42% of all websites on the internet. Automattic focused on media at a time when that industry was being demolished by the internet. Back in 2003, that was the context for the so-called weblog, which would shortly be elided to blog.

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Why so many SaaS companies are launching their own media operations

TechCrunch

Around 2003, as blogs began to take hold in the internet psyche , it became clear that these writing tools could be more than an outlet for an individual’s ruminations — they also had vast potential for business and marketing. It turns out that writing a corporate blog was just the first step in a longer, broader media journey.

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Taking advantage of Latin America’s market downturn

TechCrunch

Morgan was simple: writing portfolio reviews and helping unwind a large portfolio of internet companies that had had their share of glory, but were mostly failures by then. By 2003, that was gone and the company quickly introduced fees accross its markets. Foreign capital will only cover a portion of these funding needs.

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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. John Carmack is an American programmer and a video game developer. John Carmack is credited for making 51 games.

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Zero trust security: What it is, why it matters

TechBeacon

In 2003, a group of leaders from government agencies and technology companies—later dubbed the Jericho Forum—searched for ways to better secure their networks at a time when companies were using more Internet infrastructure and laptops were becoming more common.

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A Closer Look at Net Neutrality: What do you mean when you say it?

CTOvision

The principle is easy enough to understand; this blog recently defined net neutrality as the idea that no law-abiding company should face discrimination and all Internet users should have the same access to any online, legal content. Network neutrality is the sweetspot between overregulation and zero regulation. Has the FCC killed it?

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