Monthly Archives: January 2015

Enterprises See Hybrid Cloud, SDN and IoT as the Future of IT: Survey

As cloud adoption continues to rise, enterprises with hybrid clouds rose to 20 percent (up from 15 percent last year), and a third of enterprises said the Internet of Things IoT is the single biggest phenomenon to drive future cloud adoption, followed by hyperscale and Software Defined Networking, according to an annual survey released by Canonical. Continue reading

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China’s Internet Crackdown Continues with VPN Blocks and New Regulations

Many Chinese citizens rely on virtual private networks (VPNs) to circumvent censorship in China by creating a tunnel to the outside world. That tenuous lifeline is being strangled by the Chinese government as several VPN companies such as StrongVPN, Astrill and Golden Frog reported service disruptions this week. According to… Continue reading

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FCC Redefines Broadband in Bid to Encourage Faster Internet Speeds

The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) defines broadband as 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload speed, as of a vote Thursday. The move to change the definition has several implications, including requiring ISPs to provide those speeds for services advertised as “broadband.” Continue reading

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Canada’s Electronic Spy Agency Targets File-Sharing Sites in Mass Surveillance Operation

America’s neighbors to the north are doing some mass surveillance of their own by analyzing information on up to 15 million uploads and downloads of files from free file-hosting websites every day, according to new documents released to CBC News by US whistleblower Edward Snowden. Continue reading

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Scammers Steal $11 Million in Bitcoins Over Four Years: Study

At least $11 million worth of bitcoins have been stolen via scams in the last four years, according to researchers from Southern Methodist University. Continue reading

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