HPE blames solid state disk failure for outages at Australian Tax Office

'Rare issue under a set of circumstances that have never previously been encountered' HPE has blamed a problem with solid state disks for its dual and very disruptive outages at the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).…

Enterprise IT storage – where being fat and very dense is, um, a good thing. Right, Cloudian?

Cali upstart peddles 4U HyperStore 4000 box Cloudian is now touting a fat HyperStore 4000 alongside its HyperStore 1500 appliance. Both boxes are compatible with Amazon's AWS S3 APIs.…

HPE blames solid state disk failure for outages at Australian Tax Office

'Rare issue under a set of circumstances that have never previously been encountered' HPE has blamed a problem with solid state disks for its dual and very disruptive outages at the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).…

Enterprise IT storage – where being fat and very dense is, um, a good thing. Right, Cloudian?

Cali upstart peddles 4U HyperStore 4000 box Cloudian is now touting a fat HyperStore 4000 alongside its HyperStore 1500 appliance. Both boxes are compatible with Amazon's AWS S3 APIs.…

Don’t panic over cyber-terrorism: Daesh-bags still at script kiddie level

Medieval terror bastards not great at hacking says ex-top NSA lawyer RSA USA  There’s no need to panic about the threat of a major online terrorist attack, since ISIS and their allies are all talk and no trousers. That's according to the former head…

Voorzitter VS-telecomwaakhond: activeer fm-radio-ontvangers in smartphones

De voorzitter van de Amerikaanse telecomwaakhond, Ajit Pai, wil dat in de VS de fm-radio-ontvangers die in vrijwel alle smartphones zitten, worden geactiveerd. Het gros van de Amerikaanse telefoons waarop de fm-chip niet is geactiveerd bestaat uit i…

Google yanks workers from ISP outfit, it's THE FIBER COUNTDOWN

Will things ever be the same again? Google is once again pulling resources out of its Fiber network venture – this time it's employees.…

Corpse of US anti-spying law unearthed, reanimated, pushed blinking into the sunlight

Bill reintroduced to crack down on location snooping US Congressional lawmakers on Wednesday reintroduced legislation to establish rules limiting how American government agencies can obtain a person's whereabouts.…

Google yanks workers from ISP outfit, it's THE FIBER COUNTDOWN

Will things ever be the same again? Google is once again pulling resources out of its Fiber network venture – this time it's employees.…

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'Prijzen dram voor pc's blijven nog maanden flink stijgen'

De prijzen die afnemers van grote hoeveelheden pc-dram moeten betalen voor het geheugen, zijn in het laatste kwartaal van 2016 met 30 procent gestegen. De verwachting is dat die zogenoemde contractprijzen in het huidige kwartaal nog verder stijgen.

THE SCHMIDT HITS THE BAN: Keep your gloves off AI, military top brass

Plus: Alphabet boss tells us not to worry about the Singularity RSA USA  Alphabet exec chairman Eric Schmidt is worried that the future of the internet is going to be under threat once the world’s militaries get good at artificial intelligence.…

Uber’s public Q&A with drivers was a disaster

Microsoft Office hits the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar

 The new MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar arrived with some pretty strong first-party support, but it was clear that it would take some key partners to really make the secondary Retina Display sing. Photoshop compatibility arrived late-last year, and now Mic…

Eric Schmidt: ai-onderzoek mag niet plaatsvinden in militaire onderzoekscentra

Eric Schmidt, de huidige bestuursvoorzitter van Alphabet en de voormalige Google-ceo, heeft in een conferentie over internetbeveiliging gezegd dat onderzoek naar kunstmatige intelligentie moet plaatsvinden in het openbaar en niet in militaire onderz…

Filmindustrie is bezorgd over illegaal gebruik Kodi

De voorzitter van de MPAA, de belangenbehartiger van de filmindustrie, spreekt zijn zorgen uit over het illegale gebruik van Kodi. Hij schaart het gebruik van add-ons waarmee illegaal films te vinden zijn voor het mediacenterplatform onder de 'nieuw…

Why I had to sue the FCC – VoIP granddaddy Dan Berninger

It's life or death, says guru unhappy with net neutrality regulations Interview  One of the grandaddies of VoIP is taking America's comms watchdog, the FCC, to the US Supreme Court over net neutrality – and he's told us why.…

The first look at the Switch’s software comes from a early preorder accident

Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong has been arrested on bribery charges

Valve-ceo: het is niet erg als virtual reality totaal mislukt

De directeur van Valve, Gabe Newell, heeft in een van zijn weinige interviews gezegd dat Valve virtual reality ziet als iets geweldigs en dat de technologie zich ontwikkelt volgens de verwachtingen, maar dat het bedrijf het ook niet erg vindt als vi…

MEPs in 'urgent' call for new laws on artificial intelligence and robotics

Liability issues with self-driving cars is key concern The European Parliament today called for EU-wide liability laws to cover robotics and artificial intelligence. MEPs also want researchers to adopt ethical standards that "respect human dignity".…