Google Apps Moving Onto Microsoft’s Business Turf

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One big reason is price. Google charges $50 a year for each person using its product, a price that has not changed since it made its commercial debut, even though Google has added features. In 2012, for example, Google added the ability to work on a computer not connected to the Internet, as well as security and data management that comply with more stringent European standards. That made it much easier to sell the product to multinationals and companies in Europe.

via Google Apps Moving Onto Microsoft’s Business Turf – NYTimes.com.

Germanys first Spam protection database

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Here are 4 things that we recommend in order to stay off the UCEPROTECT-Blacklists and the Backscatterer List:

1. Do not use abusive techniques on your systems, and also tell your customers with their own servers not to do so.

The following techniques are considered abusive, even though some seem to have become very popular.
Sender callouts (also known as Sender Verify or SAV) or any other kind of Backscatter.

via UCEPROTECT®-Network – Germanys first Spam protection database.

2. Ensure that large amounts of garbage cannot be sent through your mailservers / smarthosts.

3. Ensure that your dynamic / dialups / homeusers cannot be abused as spam zombies.

4. Get clue about new customers, secure your servers and prevent open relays and open proxies at your dedicated line customers and at customers with static IP addresses.

A Microsoft Research Project Offloads GPS Data and Calculations to the Cloud to Save Battery Life.

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The biggest power hog inside a smartphone is the GPS chip. This component can take 30 seconds just to acquire the satellite data necessary to get the information it needs for an initial location fix; it then has to churn through the downloaded codes to calculate its location precisely.

Microsoft researchers reduced that power consumption dramatically by offloading some of the work to the cloud.

via A Microsoft Research Project Offloads GPS Data and Calculations to the Cloud to Save Battery Life. | MIT Technology Review.

Acer Plans to Launch $99 Tablet

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At seven inches with a 1024 x 600 resolution screen and 1.2GHz dual-core processor, the so-called Iconia B1 tablet will have somewhat similar specs to Amazon.com Inc. AMZN +0.66%’s Kindle Fire and the Barnes & Noble Inc. BKS -0.66%’s Nook Color. But Acer plans to undercut those best-selling tablets’ $139 price tag by offering the Iconia B1 for around $99, the person said. The final shelf price will be determined country-by-country.

via Acer Plans to Launch $99 Tablet – Digits – WSJ.

NASA plans to `lasso’ asteroid and turn it into space station

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The craft would then turn on its thrusters, using an estimated 300kg of propellant, to stop the asteroid in its tracks and tow it into a gravitationally neutral spot.

From here space explorers would have a stationary base from which to launch trips deeper into space.

via NASA plans to `lasso’ asteroid and turn it into space station – The Times of India.

George Bailey lassos the moon.

Apache plugin turns legit sites into bank-attack platforms

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Bureau didn’t say how the site running the plugin was hacked. Many legitimate websites used in malware attacks are commandeered after administrator credentials are compromised. He said the malicious Apache plugin is separate from a Linux rootkit discovered last month that also injects malicious content into otherwise legitimate webpages.

via Apache plugin turns legit sites into bank-attack platforms | Ars Technica.

It’s A Facebook And Google World On Apple’s App Store, Poke Hits #1 A Day After Its Release

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Note that Snapchat is holding the No. 9 spot, and is clearly slipping in popularity, and Google is sitting pretty at both No. 2 (Maps) and No. 5 (YouTube). Even Pinger’s free texting and calling app is right up there at No. 6.

via It’s A Facebook And Google World On Apple’s App Store, Poke Hits #1 A Day After Its Release | TechCrunch.

agedu: Unix / Linux Command For Tracking Down Wasted Disk Space

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Say hello to agedu tool (pronounced as ‘age dee you’) – it scans a directory tree and produces reports about how much disk space is used in each directory and subdirectory, and also how that usage of disk space corresponds to files with last-access times a long time ago. In other words, this command might help you to free up disk space.

via agedu: Unix / Linux Command For Tracking Down Wasted Disk Space.

Can I access agedu reports using terminal mode?
Type the following command (replace /home/wwwroot with actual path):
$ agedu -t /home/wwwroot

APAC’s Telcos Take SDN for a Spin

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NTT Com says its infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering, called Enterprise Cloud, launched in June, utilized the OpenFlow SDN protocol that enables remote controllers to modify the behaviour of network devices and was the world’s first to use network virtualization technology.

Developed using OpenFlow-enabled devices from NEC Corp., it enables users to add and control virtual appliances such as firewalls and load balancers to their networks as and when they need them, according to the operator.

via APAC’s Telcos Take SDN for a Spin – 4G/LTE – Telecom News Analysis – Light Reading Service Provider IT.