Data Center

Phone-as-token: availability/security

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Amazon reboot routine, experts say

Some Amazon Web Services users are concerned about a server reboot that AWS is executing

Feds jump on Apple-ebook price-fixing probe bandwagon

Department of Justice confirms that it, like the EU, is investigating possible antitrust violations

Mobilizing Multifactor

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Brawny/brainy MIT students star in 2012 Bad Boys wall calendar

12 months of hunky MIT men posing at beach, with motorcycle, etc.

The Velocity Solo offers an easy upgrade to SATA 3.0

Mythbusters’ cannonball misfire still reverberating

Stars apologize; deleted pictures tweeted after mishap are still around

UK cracks down on claims industry SMS spam

The Information Commissioner's Office has conducted one raid so far in connection with unsolicited messages

Java apps have most flaws, Cobol apps the least, study finds

Analysis of 745 apps determines costs of flawed software as IT interest in 'technical debt' takes off

Usenix: Dartmouth expanding diff, grep Unix tools

Dartmouth researchers are working on variants of diff and grep that can parse more complex data structures