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There were three things that weren't leaked ahead of Google's event yesterday. One was the Chromecast content discovery app for Android and iOS that accompanied the introduction of the already-leaked new Chromecast streaming TV device. The same goes for Chromecast Audio, a Wi-Fi hub that converts wired stereo speakers to wireless, also debuted yesterday. And Google Voice leaped ahead of Siri with the announcement that the Google API will be opened to independent developers, letting them create voice-enabled apps. Читать дальше...

Cisco this week said it intends to purchase Portcullis, a privately held cybersecurity consultancy based in the United Kingdom.

Rules to live by

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It's not just knowing how to set up and maintain your servers and understanding how system commands work that makes you a good system administrator -- or even knowing how to fix things when something breaks down, how to monitor performance, how to manage backups, or how to craft superbly clever scripts. It's knowing these things and holding yourself to a set of cardinal rules that help to keep your systems running smoothly and your users happy. Читать дальше...

Things to leave off of your resume

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Your resume is the story of your life at work, but it shouldn't be a blow-by-blow description of your entire history -- save that for your autobiography. Making sure the most relevant details and experience aren't drowned out by extraneous details is key to grabbing and holding a recruiter or hiring manager's attention.

"Don't give [hiring managers and recruiters] a reason -- any reason -- not to hire you. They will automatically make assumptions about you based on your name... Читать дальше...

The other day, I was in a room full of CIOs, CTOs and CISOs who -- as an ice-breaking activity -- were asked to share a bad security habit. One after the other admitted to bad password hygiene, such as reusing passwords.

While half of consumers polled in a recent survey think that they are "adequately" protected from online threats on their computers, tablets, and smartphones, only 37% think the same protection is in place for their connected-home devices, such as IoT, gaming consoles, smart TVs, and thermostats.

Next time you go for an MRI scan, remember that the doctor might not be the only one who sees your results.

When you're developing Web content and you're trying to figure out what and how a site gets something done you can start looking at page sources and try to identify what they're using or you can do it the quick way: Use builtwith.com.

 Yesterday's Facebook outage was the third in a month and while many people were pretty upset (particularly those companies that relied on Facebook services to support their apps), other users were more humorous about the pause ... I've seen many funny tweets about the outage but this was my favorite:

Carlos Matos has been following Software Defined Networking from the get-go as one of the earliest members of the Open Networking Users Group (ONUG). We recently caught up with Matos, the Director of Global Network Architecture at Fidelity Investments, to get his view on how and where companies are likely to benefit from SDN.