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Two security firms have released reports about the malware which was used in the December 2016 Ukraine power outage, warning that the partial power outage in Kiev may have been test run; the malware could be leveraged against other countries, including the US.

Stumbling and surveying

Here are 9 tools that provide important details on known and unknown aspects of your Wi-Fi network. Each of these tools gives you the basic wireless details: SSIDs, signal strength, channels, MAC addresses and security status. Some can even reveal “hidden” or non-broadcasted SSIDs, display the noise levels, or display statistics on successful and failed packets of your wireless connection. Two of the tools include Wi-Fi password cracking tools as well, useful for educational or penetration testing purposes. Читать дальше...

With simple touch control, the Etekcity living color lamp can be adjusted to provide the perfect lighting. The white LED lamp provides up to 3 adjustable brightness levels for your reading and studying convenience. The base can be illuminated in virtually any hue with simple color spectrum touch and drag control. Turn on only the base of the lamp to use it as a soft and soothing night light. Whether used for studying, reading, or relaxing, the living color lamp will provide high-quality LED illumination... Читать дальше...

Hitachi is an interesting organization. A huge conglomerate with total revenues of over $80 billion per annum, it employs over 300,000 people worldwide and has an incredibly broad range of contributing businesses in the power, industrial, urban development and healthcare spaces to name just a few.

If you keep up with technology news, you’ve been hearing a lot lately about how enterprises are moving more and more key workloads from their own on-premise data centers to the public cloud. In fact, it happens so much that even the biggest transitions are hardly news anymore. 

This is one of those stories that isn’t very sexy, but it is important. The PCI Express 3.0 data transfer standard has been around longer than it should have, and now it seems the PCI-SIG that develops the standard is making up for it with two new specs in two years.