Software Archive
Computer security: With Boxmate malicious programs have no place left to hide
By preventing unexpected behavior changes, the “Boxmate” approach defends existing embedded systems, mobile devices, and even servers against known and as-yet unknown forms of attack. Computer scientists from the Center for IT Security, Privacy and Accountability (CISPA) at Saarland University will present their method for the first
MEGA evolutionary software re-engineered to handle today’s big data demands
A Temple University-led research team has released a new version of their popular MEGA (Molecular Evolutionary Genomics Analysis) software, one of the most highly downloaded and widely used tools used by scientists worldwide to harness large-scale DNA sets for comparative studies. At its core, MEGA is a
New open source software for high resolution microscopy
The images show a liver cell before and after processing the data with the software developed at Bielefeld University. Credit: Photo: Bielefeld University With their special microscopes, experimental physicists can already observe single molecules. However, unlike conventional light microscopes, the raw image data from some ultra-high resolution
Windows 10 means business with impressive growth spurt
As ever, as a new month begins, new figures emerge on the market share of the various versions of Windows, and another dollop of stats has been revealed which shows how Microsoft’s latest OS is progressing. These figures are drawn from visitors to US government websites –
Microsoft boasts that Edge is the browser to use if you want security
Web browser security is a major concern – with plenty of infections occurring due to careless surfing or vulnerabilities in add-ons – so it’s not surprising to hear that Microsoft has been boasting because it believes the new Edge browser is doing particularly well on this front.
Sing to the Opera: Spiritual son of alternative browser breaks cover
Today saw the arrival of yet another browser on a very crowded scene. Hailed as one for the power users, Vivaldi hit the all-important v1.0 milestone as it tries to position itself as a challenger, the same way Google Chrome did seven years ago. Techradar interviewed Jon
Intel’s Broadwell Xeon E5-2600 v4 chips: So what’s in it for you, smartie-pants coders
Intel today officially pulls the wraps off its mildly delayed Xeon E5 v4 server processors. These chips follow up 2014’s Xeon E5 v3 parts, which used a 22nm process size and the Haswellmicro-architecture. Intel shrunk Haswell to 14nm, and after some tinkering, codenamed the resulting design Broadwell.
Save it, devs. Red Hat doesn’t want your $99 for RHEL
Red Hat has cut the $99 price of its Linux developer subscription to zero, for penguins building cloud microservices using containers. The company today is expected to start giving away its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) subscription for free as part of the existing Red
Which keys should I press to enable the CockUp feature?
Something for the Weekend, Sir? The person sitting next to me has confessed that sometimes he likes to do it sideways. Apparently this way he can make use of the full length without straining his neck. He’s lucky: not everyone has the facility to rotate their
Is Microsoft’s chatty bot platform just Clippy Mark 2?
Analysis At last, Microsoft’s visionary CEO has found a “vision thing” that doesn’t need a Hegelian philosopher to decode. And it looks like a very old thing. CEO Satya Nadella calls it “Conversations as a Platform”, and it’s all about chatty bots. “Bots are the new