Researchers to Develop Long-Lasting Solid-State Batteries

Whenever you go to Buy any Electronic Gadget — Phone, Tablet, Laptop, Watch — the most important specification isn’t its processor speed or its camera quality. It’s how long the device’s battery backup is. Imagine easy access to such batteries that provide more battery power after charging it onc...

Unspecified Vulnerability in IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10

IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 is a caching platform from IBM in the United States. The platform allows distributed caching of data with little or no change to existing applications. A security vulnerability exists in IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 versions 2.1 and 2.5 due to a program writing...

Privilege Elevation Issue Affecting Some Intel® Solid-State Drive Data Center Family for PCIe Products

Summary: A customer feature was added to the Intel® Solid-State Drive Data Center Family for PCIe, improving device management in the field. The initial implementation allowed for a potential privilege elevation. Description: A customer feature was added to the Intel® Solid-State Drive Data Cente...

Plextor Site Hacked by ViciOuS Hacker After Product Launch !

Plextor has been hacked. Just days after announcing a new series of solid state drives, the digital storage company has found its U.S. site defaced by a digital vandal calling himself "ViciOuS". The altered page declares "Hacked by ViciOuS", and includes a shout-out to fellow hackers, a link to...

[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: gromacs-4.5.2-2.fc14

GROMACS is a versatile and extremely well optimized package to perform molecular dynamics computer simulations and subsequent trajectory analysis. It is developed for biomolecules like proteins, but the extremely high performance means it is used also in several other field like polymer chemi str...

AV Scans Slowing Down Your Machine? Think Again

By Roel Schouwenberg As a technology enthusiast — or geek — I always enjoy looking into new technologies. Although it’s no longer directly cutting edge, I recently started exploring the wonderful world of Solid State Disks SSDs. SSDs may, to some extent, influence how anti-virus AV programs use...