Cisco patches serious flaws in cable modems and home gateways

From PC World: Cisco Systems has patched high-impact vulnerabilities in several of its cable modem and residential gateway devices that are distributed by some ISPs to their customers.

The embedded Web server in the Cisco Cable Modem with Digital Voice models DPC2203 and EPC2203 contains a buffer...

Google launches its Android N developer preview

From InfoWorld: If you’re a diehard Android fan, the leaks and rumors making the rounds about what’s in the next version of Android can be serious torture.

Fortunately for you, you won’t have to endure any of that much longer. Today, Google announced that it’s seeding the Android N developer...

Facebook's open network gear hits the big time at Equinix

From PC World: Facebook's open networking technology is making inroads into the data center establishment, with global giant Equinix adopting the company's Wedge switch design and an open-source architecture in some of its facilities.

The collaboration is the latest sign that network and server...

These technologies will blow the lid off data storage

From InfoWorld: Hard disk drive (HDD) and solid-state drive (SSD) makers are about to wow the storage market again.

This year, Intel and Micron will introduce 3D XPoint memory, also known as Optane, which will increase performance and durability 1,000-fold over today's NAND flash.

Don't count NAND...

Amazon Video to get its own virtual-reality team

From CNET: If your tech company doesn't have a virtual-reality team in 2016 it's seriously behind the times -- at least that's what the social networks and phone makers of the world have led us to believe.

Amazon is the latest company to jump on the virtual-reality bandwagon, a fact we know thanks...

Nvidia's new Game Ready drivers are crashing systems, but there's a fix

From PC World: The latest big-budget gamestravaganza (Ubisoft’s The Division) released late last night, which normally means it’s time for everyone’s favorite PC gaming activity: Driver updates. But wait! Don’t touch GeForce Experience!

After the drivers went live, threads quickly started cropping...

DOJ appeals New York pro-Apple court order

From ComputerWorld: The U.S. Department of Justice has appealed an order by a court in New York that turned down its request that Apple should be compelled to extract data from the iPhone 5s of an alleged drug dealer.

The case in New York is seen as having a bearing on another high-profile case in...

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