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Kickstarter suspends Anonabox Tor router project

After days of critical scrutiny on social media networks, the wireless router that was supposedly a custom-built Tor privacy engine has been suspended by Kickstarter after raising nearly $600,000 in only a few days.

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Tiny Anonabox to offer online anonymity through Tor

A Kickstarter project for a wireless router that automatically encrypts data and sends it through the Tor network is approaching 10 times its fundraising goal after just one day.

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10 Best Practices for Cloud Business Intelligence: Enabling the Business

Business driven Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics represent a shift in the enterprise that is perfectly aligned with the value proposition of cloud-based analytic solutions.

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Cisco bulks up branch routers for cloud

ISRs support hybrid WAN access and new Cisco ONE software licensing.

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China's 3D printing market to quadruple

By 2018, the Chinese 3D printer market (excluding imported 3D printers) will grow to 37,800 units, at a compound annual growth rate of 34%, with printer revenue growing to $109 million in 2018.

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Intel makes the world’s smallest IoT modem

Intel is now producing a 3G modem that's about the size of a penny.

Cisco patches traffic snooping flaw in its networking gear OSes

Cisco Systems said attackers could disrupt or intercept traffic in many of its networking products unless a new security update is applied to the software they run.

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10 Best Practices for Integrating Data

Data integration is often underestimated and poorly implemented, taking time and resources. Yet it continues to grow in strategic importance as customer data and touch points grow with the emergence of cloud, social and mobile

Home router security to be tested in Defcon contest

Researchers are gearing up to hack an array of different home routers during a contest next month at the Defcon 22 security conference.

Flaw exposes some Cisco home wireless devices to hacking

Nine of Cisco's home and small office cable modems with router and wireless access point functionality need software updates to fix a critical vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to completely compromise them.

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Which part of @#$%! didn't you understand?

Manager at a remote factory is on the phone with this pilot fish, who's trying to get the password for the plant's new modem. "I ask her to find the 10-digit code on the back and read it off to me," says fish. "The first few...

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Waiting for the electrician (or someone like him)

It's a few years back, and this pilot fish is working at a manufacturing plant as an entry-level programmer, with a little PC-tech work on the side. "We got a lightning strike very close to an overhead LAN cable run between two...

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10 Common Problems APM Helps You Solve

Practical advice for you to take full advantage of the benefits of APM and keep your IT environment performing at its peak at all times.

Level 3 to buy TW Telecom for $5.7B to upgrade metro coverage

Level 3 Communication is buying TW Telecom for approximately $5.7 billion in an effort to boost its metropolitan footprint of fixed networks.

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And you thought YOUR IT director was a problem

It's a couple decades ago, and this network admin pilot fish works at a remote site for a big company with a new corporate IT director. "He had no experience whatsoever in the industry -- his previous position was as a truck...

USB SuperSpeed will relegate Thunderbolt to a niche

With new specs increasing USB's throughput to 10Gbps, its power up to 100 watts and its cable to a reversible design, Thunderbolt's future could be dim.

IT BlogwatchBy Richi Jennings

Don't buy American hardware, warns Glen Greenwald

"But do buy my book." More "revelations" from the Edward Snowden trove of NSA secrets. We're told that the U.S. spy agency "routinely" adds backdoors to routers and other hardware, before they're exported. Cue: Obvious...

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10 Considerations in Moving to a Cloud-Based Contact Center

This ebook offers ten key considerations when moving to a cloud-based contact center. What are your organization's business goals and requirements?

Defensive ComputingBy Michael Horowitz

The Woops of WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) raises its ugly head again

WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is an alternate on-ramp to a Wi-Fi network. Thinking that clicking on the name of a network and entering its password is too hard, the Wi-Fi Alliance came up with the WPS protocol back in 2007. WPS...

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Details, details

Tech calls this network pilot fish to tell him that he has now rebooted a particular device on the network. "I was connected to the device, and could plainly see that uptime was 121 days," says fish. "I told him, I don't think...

Cisco fixes denial-of-service flaws in IOS software for networking devices

Cisco Systems released security updates for its IOS software used on routers, switches and other networking gear in order to fix seven vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers to impact the performance of affected devices...

Apple HolicBy Jonny Evans

Quick guide: Troubleshooting AirPlay playback

AirPlay is Apple's wireless media streaming system for Mac and iOS devices. It works well most of the time, but sometimes users experience lag and stuttered playback. What can you do about this? Read this guide: The symptom When...

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