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• Amazon Adds Four New Locations for Connecting to the Cloud

  Amazon Web Services has just added four new locations that allow enterprises to use its Direct Connect network service in order to communicate with Amazon’s cloud, according to a statement released by the company on Tuesday. The all new Amazon Web Services Direct Connect locations that have been added include the CoreSite One Wilshire in … Continue reading »

• Drones Not Target of Recent Military Computer Virus Threat

  You’ve probably all heard by now about the computer virus that was affecting the Pentagon’s drone program last month. Well, in a recent development, the Pentagon has announced that the computer virus was not directed at the military systems but was, in fact, common malware used to steal login names and passwords used in online gaming.

• Amazon Debuts Government-Only Cloud Storage Service

  Amazon Web Services, also known as AWS, has just launched a government-only cloud storage service for US government departments as well as contractors. Up until now, US government agencies had been unable to process or store data in the cloud due to compliance regulations. Amazon has stated that its GovCloud service will address these regulations. In addition … Continue reading »

• Power Outage for Amazon Cloud Disrupts Several Services

  A lightning strike in Dublin recently took down service for some European users of Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud services. In addition to that, Amazon also suffered a stateside cloud outage that affected popular services including Foursquare, Reddit and Netflix. According to the service dashboard of Amazon, the company’s Elastic Computer Cloud, or EC2, and Relational Database … Continue reading »

• Ohio City’s Hard Drive Disposal Could Pose Risk of Data Theft

  Columbus, Ohio, may be placing a lot of sensitive data in danger of theft when it retires old computers, according to one security expert. Columbus’ Department of Technology receives guarantees from its computer disposal vendor that all of the hard drives and other parts that may contain sensitive data have been destroyed. However, city technicians have not kept any record of exactly what they have taken out of service and sent for destruction.

• Keep Your Computer Safe with a Windows Service Pack

  Windows 7 debuted back in 2009 and it is starting to show its age, if only just a little. One sign of this is the fact that Microsoft has released the first Service Pack for the operating system. If you don’t already know, a service pack is a collection of updates, bug fixes and enhancements … Continue reading »

• $125 Million Settlement for Satyam Computer Services

  If you have been following up on recent computer service news, then you have most likely heard about Satyam Computer Services and their fraud scandal. Well, we recently reported on Satyam setting a date for getting back on track and news has just come in about the company making a settlement to end the U.S. law suit filed against them.

• Bing Accused by Google of Stealing Search Results

  Apparently Google, the search engine giant, has accused Microsoft’s Bing of copying its search results, though Microsoft is refuting the claim. Amit Singhal, the man who oversees Google’s search ranking algorithm, talked about the similarities in search results in one of the company’s blog posts. Full fledged investigations began last year after Google noticed that … Continue reading »

• Colorado Students Hack School Computers and Change Grades

  This is every student’s dream, to have the ability and knowledge to hack into their school’s computer system and change that lackluster D- into a standard B+. While we have seen endless scenarios like this play out in movies for years, a group of students in Colorado actually managed to pull it off.

• Computer Problems Easily Avoided with a Few Simple Steps

  Back in March, SGA joined up with UDit for the Viruses Byte! Campaign, a campaign focused on raising the awareness of computer viruses within students. SGA passed out brochures for their campaign as well as a list of the Top 10 Ways to Prevent Computer Viruses. According to Casey Rindler, a student worker at UDit, … Continue reading »