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Virsec Workload Protection Platform Now Available on Carahsoft SEWP V, ITES-SW2 and NASPO ValuePoint Contracts Application-Aware Solutions That Focus on Memory and Runtime Protection Deliver Robust Threat Mitigation to Public Sector Organizations SAN JOSE, Calif. and RESTON, Va., April 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Virsec, the industry leader in application-aware workload protection, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider ®, today announced a partnership...

Apr 27, 2021 03:48 EDT with 0 comments Universal USB Installer is a Live Linux USB Creator that allows you to choose from a selection of Linux Distributions to put on your USB Flash Drive. The Universal USB Installer is easy to use. Simply choose a Live Linux Distribution, the ISO file, your Flash Drive and, Click Install. Upon completion, you should have a ready to run bootable USB Flash Drive with your select operating system installed. Other features include; Persistence (if av...

WatersTechnology.com New interface will standardize notifications, user interactions and content presentation. Print this page   OpenFin, a New York-based provider of desktop technology, is rolling out Workspace, a user interface comprising a browser, integrated notification center, app store, and digital assistant. The new release will function as a homepage for financial desktops, allowing trading and operations professionals at banks and buy-side firms to launch apps on the des...

Apr 27, 2021 17:00 EDT with 0 comments Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. With Ventoy, you dont need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)EFI files to the USB drive and boot them directly. You can copy many files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them. Both Legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported in the same way. Most type of OS supported (Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/V...

Apr 27, 2021 In November 2020, Air Force Gaming made its debut as the global gaming and esports hub for the Air Force. The intramural program for service members in the Air and Space Forces began with the Air Force Gaming League connecting players and teams from the eight U.S. bases under the Air Force Global Strike Command. The league features a Discord community and competitive "pop-up" opportunities for service members; the goal is to eventually cover every base in the Air Force.  More than...

In Search of Hot Coffee, These Geeks Created the Worlds First Webcam Webcams are now a six-billion-dollar industry, but it all started 30 years ago when some Cambridge University computer science researchers were sick of finding their coffee pot empty. Dr. Quentin Stafford-Fraser explains. By S.C. Stuart (Image: Getty) I used to travel a lot, but like so many others, I’ve been grounded since March 2020. I even miss airports. To combat the lack of visual stimulation while working fro...

By Scott Shackelford Apr 26, 2021 The FBI has the authority right now to access privately owned computers without their owners’ knowledge or consent, and to delete software. It’s part of a government effort to contain the continuing attacks on corporate networks running Microsoft Exchange software, and it’s an unprecedented intrusion that’s raising legal questions about just how far the government can go. On April 9, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas ap...

); //]]>//--> By Rob Enderle Apples strategy, which has worked well financially up until now, is called "vendor lock-in." This approach, pioneered by IBM until it almost put the company out of business in the 1990s, is incredibly profitable, but it treats customers like a resource to be mined. It restricts customer movement away from the platform to provide lower quality goods at higher prices because the customer cant easily switch to something else. In addition, with lock-in, the dominant ve...

Police had no dedicated team to scan Internet before mosque attacks Phil Pennington It took seven months for police to set up their first team for scanning the internet after the mosque attacks - but it was almost immediately in danger of being shut down. An internal report released under the Official Information Act (OIA) said this was despite the team already proving its worth "many times over" in countering violent extremists. The unit still does not have dedicated funding, d...

Courtesy of Praveen Arimbrathodiyil This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Open source developers in India are challenging its new Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code. These rules target social media apps like Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp with moderation regulations and more.  But developers say these new rules can also put "unreasonable" complian...