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The Internet Archive is now preserving Flash games and animations

The Verge

The Internet Archive — the non-profit digital library known for the Wayback Machine — announced that it will now preserve Flash animations and games , ahead of Adobe’s planned demise for the defunct web software at the end of 2020. Image: Puffballs United. In the years following, Adobe decided to end support for Flash on mobile.

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VMware patches critical virtual machine escape flaws

Network World

Two of the vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2017-4902 and CVE-2017-4903 in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database, were exploited by a team from Chinese internet security firm Qihoo 360 as part of an attack demonstrated two weeks ago at Pwn2Own. The researchers were awarded $105,000 for their feat.

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A Decade of Dynamo: Powering the next wave of high-performance, internet-scale applications

All Things Distributed

The success of our early results with the Dynamo database encouraged us to write Amazon's Dynamo whitepaper and share it at the 2007 ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP conference), so that others in the industry could benefit. This was the genesis of the Amazon Dynamo database. million requests per second.

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Top 5 Tips to Improve Your Linux Desktop Security 2017

Galido

Having Linux as your operating system is one of the better decisions you can make concerning your computer’s security. Having this OS on your desktop allows you to relax a little bit when it comes to many forms of security breaches, which would probably inflict serious damage to less security-oriented systems. Thomas Milva.

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Apple opens up its network of iPhones to help you find Tile-like lost gadget trackers

The Verge

Soon, Apple says compatible devices — including those without internet connectivity — will be able to sync to the network and become locatable when you open the Find My app. It’s been baked into the iPhone since 2017 and it’s now a native app across all of Apple’s operating systems, including macOS and watchOS.

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10 Point Guide to Selecting the Best Digital Publishing Platform

Kitaboo

Software Compatibility: Make a note of the publishing platform’s compatibility with software or operating systems. Offline Accessibility: You should also factor internet connectivity on a reader’s devices. Digital Publishing / June 15, 2017. An oversight on this might impact the overall process. You May Also Like.

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Stop Thinking Small: 100% of Your Customers Can Go Passwordless

CIO Business Intelligence

Google did this in 2017 for more than 85,000 employees and hasn’t suffered a successful phishing attack since then. Their accounts face greater risk since your organization has little control over their devices, operating systems, browsers, and apps. Plus, consumers tend to be careless with passwords.