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Cisco IoT wireless access points hit by severe command injection flaw

Network World

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to the web-based management interface of an affected system,” Cisco said in its advisory. “A A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system of the affected device.”

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What is SONiC and how can enterprises try the open-source NOS?

Network World

Interest in the open-source network operating system SONiC is rising as major networking vendors and start-ups look to offer resources to help enterprises give SONiC a try. SONiC is seen as a significant alternative to more traditional, less flexible network operating systems. What is SONiC?

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Salesforce IT injects generative AI to ease its massive datacenter migration

CIO Business Intelligence

When you’re tasked with migrating 200,000 servers to a new operating system, a helping hand is very welcome indeed. Upgrading the fleet Salesforce’s RHEL migration is part of “Hyperforce,” a rearchitecting of the company’s infrastructure that began in 2020, Lutz says. There are misconceptions about this,” he adds.

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Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide in 2020, cutting into Windows market share

GeekWire

New numbers show 2020 was the first year that Chromebooks outsold Macs, posting impressive market share gains at the expense of Windows. Computers powered by Google’s Chrome OS have outsold Apple’s computers in individual quarters before, but 2020 was the first full year that Chrome OS took second place. Google Photo).

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Microsoft rolls out Windows 10 October 2020 Update with Chromium Edge

Venture Beat

Microsoft today started rolling out the Windows 10 October 2020 Update, the tenth free update for its desktop operating system. Read More.

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The Oculus Go’s operating system is being unlocked, John Carmack announces

The Verge

The Go was officially discontinued in 2020. Root access will be achieved by sideloading a future software update, opening the door for anyone to modify and improve Oculus’ original standalone all-in-one VR headset. Facebook originally released the Oculus Go in 2018 before supplanting it with the Oculus Quest the following year.

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Ready…Set…Start Your Containers

CIO Business Intelligence

Incompatibility and unreliability caused by configuration differences such as versions of compilers, loaders, runtime libraries, middleware, and operating systems in new environments contributed to increased project effort, cost, and timelines. Containers provide an elegant solution to this problem. in an isolated and executable unit.