Tag: Google

Tech Time Warp: Santy worm brings unwelcome gifts

Tech Time Warp: Santy worm brings unwelcome gifts

Network administrators had to deal with an unfriendly visitor during the 2004 holiday season: the Santy worm. Written in Perl, this malware targeted servers that hosted online bulletin boards running on the free phpBB software.

/ December 23, 2021
Tech Time Warp: The high and lows of the AltaVista search engine

Tech Time Warp: The high and lows of the AltaVista search engine

Since “google” is now legitimately considered a verb (per Merriam-Webster), it’s hard to remember a world in which another search engine was considered innovative. However, there was life before Google — and it was called AltaVista.

/ December 13, 2019
Google continues fighting search engine manipulation

Google continues fighting search engine manipulation

When you have a system like Google Search, the most popular search engine out there, it’s going to lead to manipulation. People want to be at the top of the search results because not being there is akin to not...

/ April 2, 2019
Google launches new authentication service for drop-in identity management

Google launches new authentication service for drop-in identity management

When it comes to identity management, you want to make it as simple as possible. Most small businesses don’t have the development resources to build a solution with solid identity capabilities built-in from scratch. If you can’t afford to build...

/ October 12, 2018
Tech Time Warp: Happy fake birthday, Google

Tech Time Warp: Happy fake birthday, Google

Sept. 27, 2018, marked Google’s 20th birthday — or did it? Since 2006, the omnipresent search giant has celebrated its founding on Sept. 27, but the occasion was celebrated as early as Sept. 7 in years prior. Google acknowledges the...

/ September 28, 2018
Cloud 5: A cloud history and what’s coming next

Cloud 5: A cloud history and what’s coming next

Welcome to the final Cloud 5, our weekly feature where we scour the web searching for the five most intriguing and poignant cloud links we can find. Before we jump into this week’s links, please have a look at one...

/ July 27, 2018
How Google neutralized phishing attacks and what you can learn from them

How Google neutralized phishing attacks and what you can learn from them

Google announced a remarkable achievement this week — not one of its 85,000 employees has been the victim of a phishing attack since the beginning of 2017. Phishing refers to when a hacker sends an email that looks authentic for...

/ July 24, 2018
Cloud 5: Dell’s latest VMware plan, Google’s Bryant makes quick exit

Cloud 5: Dell’s latest VMware plan, Google’s Bryant makes quick exit

Welcome to The Cloud 5, our weekly feature where we scour the web searching for the five most intriguing and poignant cloud links we can find. And without further delay, here we go with this week’s links: Sources: Dell to...

/ July 6, 2018
Cloud 5: Cloud goes to Hollywood, Google wanted GitHub

Cloud 5: Cloud goes to Hollywood, Google wanted GitHub

Welcome to The Cloud 5, our weekly feature where we scour the web searching for the five most intriguing and poignant cloud links we can find. Before we jump into this week’s links, please have a look at one of...

/ June 29, 2018
Salesforce Marketing Cloud enhancements are all about improving customer experience

Salesforce Marketing Cloud enhancements are all about improving customer experience

Salesforce Connections might not be as big as Dreamforce, but it’s meant to give the Salesforce Marketing Cloud its own special time in the sun. The conference took place in Chicago this week and in many ways felt like Adobe...

/ June 14, 2018