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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Recommending movies and TV shows you've watched on Netflix to individual Facebook friends just got easier. The company on Tuesday launched a new social recommendation feature that lets users pick and choose the contacts they'd like to interact with after viewing a video. Netflix previously allowed its members to recommend what they'd watched to their Facebook friends, but only by broadcasting their viewing choices to all of them at the same time. Now your recommendations can be tailored to individual friends.

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Now Netflix Members Can Pick Which Friends Can See Their Picks

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Recommending movies and TV shows you've watched on Netflix to individual Facebook friends just got easier. The company on Tuesday laun...

The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration next month will reformat the flash memory of the Mars exploration rover Opportunity. Opportunity's been undergoing computer resets with increasing frequency -- it had 12 in August alone. Recovery from each of the resets takes one to two days, which means the rover was out of action for most of the month. Reformatting clears the flash memory. It also helps identify bad cells and flag them to be avoided.

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NASA's Opportunity to Lose Total Recall, Gain Spotless Mind

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The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration next month will reformat the flash memory of the Mars exploration rover Op...

Following security breaches that have shook confidence in many online services, Twitter today announced the launch of its bug bounty program that will pay security researchers for responsibly reporting threats through HackerOne, a bug bounty program provider. Twitter will pay a minimum of $140 per threat reported on Twitter.com, ads.twitter, mobile Twitter, Tweetdeck, apps.twitter, and its iOS… Read More

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Twitter Taps HackerOne To Launch Its Bug Bounty Program

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Following security breaches that have shook confidence in many online services, Twitter today announced the launch of its bug bounty program...

Sony’s following Samsung today with a slew of announcements that will become so much gray background noise as the onslaught of IFA reveals continues. There are two new smartphones, a new fitness and life logging wearable, and a new smartwatch (which ditches Sony’s homegrown OS for Android Wear) in the mix. Sony Z3 Sony’s new smartphone is coming hot on the heels of the… Read More

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Sony Introduces The Z3, Z3 Compact, SmartBand Talk And SmartWatch 3

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Sony’s following Samsung today with a slew of announcements that will become so much gray background noise as the onslaught of IFA reveals c...

If you want to see an IT pro twitch, bring up Shadow IT in a conversation. "Shadow IT" is a term applied to technology deployed by an organization's users outside the purview of the IT department. It's bothersome to system shepherds because it can open up an organization to data leakages. It's also growing. "A few years ago, we were looking at hundreds of applications in a business environment," said Frank Cabri, vice president of marketing for Skyfence. "Today, we're looking at thousands."

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Admins Grapple With Shadow Tech

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If you want to see an IT pro twitch, bring up Shadow IT in a conversation. "Shadow IT" is a term applied to technology deployed ...

BackupAgent a Netherlands-based provider of cloud backup to SMEs and telcos, has been acquired by Acronis, the data protection company, another Runa investment. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Last year BackupAgent secured $2 million in an investment round led by Runa Capital. Acronis will merge existing BackupAgent technology with Acronis AnyData Engine. BackupAgent datacenters… Read More

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Runa Capital Achieves An Exit As BackupAgent Is Acquired By Acronis

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BackupAgent a Netherlands-based provider of cloud backup to SMEs and telcos, has been acquired by Acronis, the data protection company, anot...

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

They say art imitates life, but it's surprising how often the same can be said of the Linux blogs. Case in point: Just as the world at large is filled today with fiery strife -- Gaza, Ukraine, Syria, Ferguson -- so, too, is the Linux blogosphere. Of course, it's not political, social or racial struggles tearing the FOSS community apart. Rather, the dividing issue here is none other than Systemd. Systemd is a topic that's been discussed in heated terms many times before, of course -- including a lively debate back in May.

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