Can you handle big data?
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Big Data is the latest industry buzzword.
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Study finds major weaknesses in single sign-on systems
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The single sign-on protocols that allow users to sign in to a range of websites with their Google or Facebook accounts suffer from security flaws that could allow scammers to log in as somebody else, security researchers have reported. The researchers, from Indiana University Bloomington and Microsoft Research, say they have found a number of serious flaws in OpenID and the single-sign on system used by Facebook, as well...
Graphics Properties sues Apple, Samsung, among others
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Top mobile device makers including Apple and Samsung were sued on Tuesday by GPH (Graphics Properties Holdings), which is alleging that the smartphone vendors infringed on a single graphics-related patent in their smartphones and other consumer electronics.
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Gartner: SaaS market to grow 17.9 percent to $14.5 billion
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Global spending on SaaS (software as a service) will rise 17.9 percent this year to $14.5 billion, according to figures released Tuesday by analyst firm Gartner.
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Open source code libraries suffer from vulnerabilities
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A study of how 31 popular open source code libraries were downloaded over the past 12 months found that more than a third of the 1,261 versions of these libraries had a known vulnerability and about a quarter of the downloads were tainted. The study was undertaken by Aspect Security, which evaluates software for vulnerabilities, with Sonatype, a firm that provides a central repository housing more than 300,000 libraries...
Eclipse readies browser-based IDE
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The Eclipse Foundation for open source development tools is eyeing July as the release date for the 1.0 version of its Orion browser-based IDE for building Web applications, which will be discussed at this week’s EclipseCon 2012 conference in Reston, Va.
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Microsoft adds Git support to CodePlex repository
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Responding to user demand, Microsoft now allows projects using its CodePlex open source code repository to use the increasingly popular Git version control system built by Linux creator Linus Torvalds.
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