The Windows 10 beta pace is about to speed up

Email security hits the gold standard -- but not via Google or Yahoo Oracle lays out Lego-like future of Java

TechBrief March 13, 2015 Microsoft warns: The Windows 10 beta pace is about to speed up Windows 10 beta testers woke up this morning to a new notice on Insider Hub. As Windows 10 spokesman Gabe Aul warned yesterday, this announcement suggests that those who aren't up for an old-fashioned beta roller coaster ride would be better off in the slow lane. Fast is about to get faster. Check out the slideshows: Windows 10: The best tips, tricks, and tweaks And: Hands on with Windows 10 preview: What works, what doesn't READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Email security hits the gold standard -- but not via Google or Yahoo 2. Oracle lays out Lego-like future of Java 3. Google error leaks website owners' personal information 4. Microsoft's Bing will predict the entire NCAA tournament bracket for you White Paper: Damballa State of Infections Report - Q4 2014 After a year of mind-boggling breach headlines, it’s clear the approach to network security has to change. Attackers continually get away with epic heists while defenders get tripped up by their own security weapons. LEARN MORE Email security hits the gold standard -- but not via Google or Yahoo Have German Web mail providers beaten Google and Yahoo to the punch when it comes to protecting emails with end-to-end encryption based on the PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) system? Google and Yahoo have long been working on an encryption tool coded using OpenPGP, but it's reportedly still in alpha. Meanwhile, this week Deutsche Telekom and United Internet, with the backing of the German government, announced that next month they will roll out browser plug-ins for Chrome and Firefox that supposedly make PGP easy to use. Also read: Obama administration's encryption concerns meant to start a debateREAD MORE Oracle lays out Lego-like future of Java Developers have plenty to look forward to in Java, given efforts afoot to add modularization and improvements data access and performance. Java "evolves by taking on the next big pain point," said Mark Reinhold, chief architect for the Java platform group at Oracle, in a presentation on Java 9 and beyond at the EclipseCon conference in Burlingame, Calif. Also read: Java focuses on modularity, real-time apps in 2015 READ MORE White Paper: Damballa Bot Detection is Integral to Security Threat detection methods must evolve to keep up with cunning malicious actors. Popular technologies like sandboxing can miss advanced threats altogether. Learn how Damballa’s Failsafe can detect bot intention and nature to identify infections that bypass prevention controls. LEARN MORE Google error leaks website owners' personal information A Google software problem inadvertently exposed the names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers used to register websites after people had chosen to keep the information private.The privacy breach involves whois, a database that contains contact information for people who've bought domain names. Also read: 10 security mistakes that will get you fired READ MORE Microsoft's Bing will predict the entire NCAA tournament bracket for you Every year, millions of fans watch the NCAA basketball tournament, filling out their brackets in the hopes of winning cash money. This year, Microsoft's Bing search engine will be adding its own predictions to March Madness, giving you an edge. Also read: Why IT managers shouldn't worry about March Madness productivity losses READ MORE White Paper: Damballa ESG Lab Spotlight: Damballa Failsafe with HP TippingPoint The Need for Certainty and Automation in Network Security – Damballa Failsafe with HP TippingPoint: ESG believes this may be the most effective means for reducing risk and combatting advanced malware attacks. Damballa and HP have partnered to bring a joint solution to the market to help automate responses to infections.LEARN MORE