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DigitalOcean vs. AWS
DigitalOcean vs. AWS is a David vs. Goliath story with a twist. The plucky upstart, DigitalOcean, faces an established behemoth. Like David, DigitalOcean has a strategy that plays to its strengths while avoiding a direct confrontation with Amazon. But this isn’t a...
10 reasons to use a new domain extension for your business
It’s time to stop flooding the internet with skipped vowels and incorrect spellings just to get a short domain name that kind-of fits your company name. Even better, startup founders no longer have to name their companies after the best domain name they can find (it...
Why Clinton’s Private Email Server Was Such a Security Fail
FOR A SECRETARY of state, running your own email server might be a clever—if controversial—way to keep your conversations hidden from journalists and their pesky Freedom of Information Act requests. But ask a few security experts, and the consensus is that it’s not a...
Hackers Are Using Gmail Drafts to Update Their Malware and Steal Data
Researchers at the security startup Shape Security say they’ve found a strain of malware on a client’s network that uses that new, furtive form of “command and control”—the communications channel that connects hackers to their malicious software—allowing...
Security News This Week: Your VPN Probably Isn’t Private
SO MANY HACKS, so few days in the week to write alarming stories about every one. Here’s our roundup of what you have may missed this week. First, some news: a shocking revelation that the GCHQ, England’s spy organization, has been spying on Amnesty International....
Cloud Storage & Your Small Business
Cloud storage and computing is one of the most game-changing computing models of the last 10 years, and small businesses can take advantage of this innovation in a variety of ways. Many businesses have already adopted cloud technology, and more do every day – Syntax...