IDG Contributor Network: Synching your teeth into rsync
Let’s face it. Backups are great, but backup systems are even better. And one great tool for cloning your critical…
IoT users could win with a new bill in the US Senate
Four U.S. senators have proposed a bill that would call on the Federal Communications Commission to study the need for…
Crypto dream team Diffie and Hellman wins $1M A.M. Turing Award
Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman, whose names have been linked since their seminal paper introduced the concepts of public key…
DisplayPort 1.4 to support 8K displays, work with USB-C
Big changes are coming to the popular DisplayPort display standard, with version 1.4 promising support for 8K displays. DisplayPort 1.4…
Microsoft, Raspberry Pi want you to launch Pi 3-based IoT, smart-home businesses
Microsoft and Raspberry Pi want people to build businesses and start Kickstarter campaigns around devices making use of the new…
New TLS decryption attack affects one in three servers due to legacy SSLv2 support
Security researchers have discovered a new weakness that could allow attackers to spy on encrypted communications between users and one…
DJI's new Phantom 4 drone avoids obstacles, tracks people
The latest drone in DJI’s popular Phantom series can track humans and dodge obstacles. The enhancements make the Phantom 4…
Data: What you want to know about Super Tuesday states
Want to make your own basic map with election results and some demographic layers? See my tutorial on How to…
A wish for Android 'N' notifications
The scent of spring is almost in the air, and here in AndroidLand, that can mean only one thing: It’s…
Here's the password you should never use for an RDP system
A year-long experiment that baited hackers to try and break into systems netted an interesting result: A single letter, x,…