Microsoft issues patch to disable Spectre fix

Buggy microcode causes data loss and corruption. Microsoft has issued an update that disables mitigation against variant 2 of the Spectre hardware flaw in Intel processors. The company’s weekend advisory for the out-of-band KB4078130 update points to Intel’s earlier recommendation that customers stop deploying the current set of Spectre microcode firmware updates. Intel said the present set of firmware images […]

Complete design of a silicon quantum computer chip unveiled

A reimagining of today’s computer chips by UNSW engineers shows how a quantum computer can be manufactured – using mostly standard silicon technology. Artist’s impression of a silicon CMOS architecture for a spin-based quantum computer. (Illustration: Tony Melov) A reimagining of today’s computer chips by Australian and Dutch engineers shows how a quantum computer can […]

Node.js frameworks for end-to-end Web testing

Node.js is progressively picking up prevalence and appropriation in the undertaking segment since it enables you to manufacture huge scale, continuous, end-to-end adaptable web applications with JavaScript. The Node.js biological system contains different structures like MVC, full-stack, REST API and generators that help you to accelerate the general advancement work process. These structures not just […]

Chrome to force .dev domains to HTTPS via preloaded HSTS

  tl;dr: one of the next versions of Chrome is going to force all domains ending on .dev (and .foo) to be redirected to HTTPs via a preloaded HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) header. This very interesting commit just landed in Chromium: Preload HSTS for the .dev gTLD. This adds the following line to Chromium’s preload lists; { […]

Optimizing web servers for high throughput and low latency

In this post we’ll be discussing lots of ways to tune web servers and proxies. Please do not cargo-cult them. For the sake of the scientific method, apply them one-by-one, measure their effect, and decide whether they are indeed useful in your environment. This is not a Linux performance post, even though I will make […]

Google Begins Campain Warning Forms Not Using HTTPS Protocol

Google has started sending warnings if your site uses forms that are not using HTTPS protocol. The warnings signal that starting in October they will be flagging your site as “not secure” in the address bar. If you’re still thinking about how HTTPS fits into your website architecture, might be time to get on that… […]

Basics of vulnerability assessment and penetration testing

In these days of widespread Internet usage, security is of prime importance. The almost universal use of mobile and Web applications makes systems vulnerable to cyber attacks. Vulnerability assessment can help identify the loopholes in a system while penetration testing is a proof-of-concept approach to actually explore and exploit a vulnerability. Cyber attacks are increasing […]

Node.js 8.3.0 is now available

New nodejs current (8.3.0) packages are in the @NodeSource repositories now. Major V8 update so test everything! The V8 engine has been upgraded to version 6.0, which has a significantly changed performance profile. #14574 More detailed information on performance differences can be found at https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/get-ready-a-new-v8-is-coming-node-js-performance-is-changing-46a63d6da4de Other notable changes DNS Independent DNS resolver instances are supported now, with […]

Pingdom’s Live Map Shows You The State Of The Internet As It Happens

When we talk about website outages, we usually think of when something really big happens, like when Facebook goes down or when an error in code took AWS Eastern US servers offline for hours. In reality, website incidents and outages are happening all the time. In fact, Pingdom registered over 225 outages in the time it took to write […]

Avid Brings Pro Level Video Editing For Free

Avid is well known to those involved in video editing. It’s the preferred tool of many in Hollywood and has been used to edit many of the biggest movies made. While pro level tools aren’t very cheap, Avid is providing a new gateway to those looking to boost their video-editing power. Media Composer | First […]