Tag: Google
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...