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Google researcher finds 14 Linux USB subsystem security vulnerabilities Google researcher Andrey Konovalov recently discovered 14 Linux USB subsystem security vulnerabilities, all of which can be triggered by a “crafted malicious USB device in case an attacker has physical access to the machine.” Konovalov found the...

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! WiMAX woes for...

Salesforce and Google partnership focuses on G Suite and Google Cloud Salesforce and Google announced Monday they are bolstering their partnership to enable a more collaborate experience for its customers across Google Cloud and Analytics. The announcement confirmed speculations from earlier this year that the...

You would think Google is a giant success in everything they touch, but in reality, they win and lose just like every other company. Troubles and problems reported on their newest Pixel 2 smartphone are an example of a great company who can’t seem...

Google unveils Andromeda 2.0 Google announced it has made some updates to software-defined networking (SDN) platform Andromeda, which the company said should reduce network latency between Compute Engine virtual machines (VMs) by 40% and almost a factor of eight since launched in 2014. Andromeda is a...

Area outside of Toronto targeted for a holistic smart city build Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google-parent company Alphabet, is planning to build a smart city from the ground up in an area of Toronto southeast of downtown called Quayside. In many smart city projects,...

Alphabet soup Tech jargon is like alphabet soup with acronyms such as NFV, CPU and GUI floating around. With respect to the cloud services industry, their are three acronyms that typically come to mind: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). When a business is...

Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Intel beat earning expectations Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Intel posted quarterly earnings last Thursday, which reflected a shift away from company-owned data centers and toward the cloud. All of the companies surpassed expected earnings, resulting in a surge in share prices...

Google and Cisco team up on hybrid cloud solution offering Google and Cisco recently announced they are teaming up to provide a hybrid cloud solution that allows applications and services to be launched, managed and secured over on-premise environments and Google Cloud Platform. The collaboration indicates...

HPE ceases to offer low-end server offerings to tier 1 service providers Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) is bowing out of the cloud server game after announcing it is no longer providing low-end commodity servers to tech giants like Amazon, Google and Microsoft. Last Wednesday, HPE President Antonio...

Docker ends two year Kubernetes rivalry by integrating container orchestration platform Following a two year rivalry in the container orchestration market, Docker announced Tuesday at its EU conference it is expanding its platform to incorporate Kubernetes. The company said the Kubernetes integration is in beta...

Google wants to be a leader in wireless, however they are struggling in two of three categories. While Google Android is a success, their handset business with Pixel and their service business called Project Fi, have not been hitting the ball out of the...

I have to get something off my chest. While I love what today's smartphones like Apple iPhone, Google Android and Samsung Galaxy do for us, I absolutely hate the hell they put us through with the annual updates to the operating systems (OS). Updates...

Mobile network operators will assist Alphabet Project Loon, the ambitious project launched by Google parent Alphabet to use balloons to deliver internet service, will get a real-life test in Puerto Rico. The Federal Communications Commission has given Alphabet the green light to use the balloons...

Mirantis Cloud Platform update focuses on making hybrid cloud management easier Kubernetes continues to serve as the main container orchestration and management platform with updates to Mirantis Cloud Platform (MCP). The latest MCP comes with a new capability to allow multi-cloud self-service Kubernetes clusters...

Oracle releases additional cloud services to compete with AWS, Google and Microsoft Oracle chief technology officer Larry Ellison debuted a new 18c version of its marquee database software at the company’s OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, Califo., which leverages machine learning to automate the database...

Google takes virtual machines to a different level with nested virtualizations Google recently announced it has brought nested virtualization on Compute Engine virtual machine instances. The feature takes virtual machines to a meta level, enabling users to run virtual machine instances within a virtual machine...

McAfee representative highlights cyber security issues facing modern-day networks AUSTIN--Conventional architecture is not sufficient to deal with the onslaught of cyber security issues in the digital realm. That is the insight of Brett Kelsey, vice president and chief technology strategist for the Americas with McAfee....

Technology innovation by chip, device and equipment vendors plus intense competition among national oligopolies of mobile network operators has improved cellular performance and reduced costs to the enormous benefit of consumers. Meanwhile, recent financial gains in the mobile ecosystem are largely accruing to Silicon...

Los Angeles, Calif. -- Actor turned internet entrepreneur Joseph Gordon-Levitt participated at this year’s Open Source Summit North America, delivering a keynote presentation titled “The Difference Between a Crowd and a Community.” Gordon-Levitt is director of production company HitRecord and more widely known for his...

When considering Apple iOS, which runs the iPhone, or Google Android, there is more than just a different operating system to consider. Apple iOS is much more secure compared with Google Android. These different operating systems account for the vast majority of phones and...

After selling Motorola's smartphone business for less than a quarter of what it paid to buy it, Google is reportedly planning another acquisition in the mobile device space. This time Taiwan's HTC is said to be the target. The company has been an Android...

Another week, another potentially catastrophic hurricane -- is this what the rest of the 2017 hurricane season is going to look like? Let's hope not (stay away, Jose!). Irma has reportedly taken out all of the cellular towers on some Caribbean islands, on its path...

Myriad X deemed first visual processing unit capable of providing deep learning at the edge Movidius, an Intel subsidiary that specializes in low-power processor chips for computer vision and deep-learning, recently unveiled a new processing unit that brings artificial intelligence to the edge. Movidius was acquired...