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Why did file sharing drive so much startup innovation?

TechCrunch

To wit, one common theme that came from our recent profiles of Expensify and NS1 is the centrality of file sharing (or, illegal file sharing if you are on that side of the fence) and internet infrastructure in the origin stories of the two companies. By 2007, Beevers had completed his Ph.D. By 2007, Beevers had completed his Ph.D.

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LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge

CIO

Since its origins in the early 1970s, LexisNexis and its portfolio of legal and business data and analytics services have faced competitive threats heralded by the rise of the Internet, Google Search, and open source software — and now perhaps its most formidable adversary yet: generative AI, Reihl notes.

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Al-Qaeda Innovations Correlated To Unauthorized Disclosures By Snowden: Independent Verification Through Open Source Intelligence

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As a reminder, Recorded Future brings insights from the global grid of the Internet into the hands of analysts and researchers. Analysts can use Recorded Future to visualize information in multiple intuitive ways that can help draw out insights from an incredible array of sources.

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History of MySQL Database

The Crazy Programmer

MySQL is a widely used relational open-source database management solution across the world. After one month, source and Linux binary got released. MySQL then went open source and can easily be accessed & used by everyone. . Series B pitch is available on the internet. Mårten Mickos got elected as CEO.

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

However, there are lots of companies that are making money from open source and freemium models. A friend of mine has a company that builds open source applications in spaces that are a bit less innovative than Elgg, but they do very well financially through the packaging and support models.

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CVE-2020-0688: Microsoft Exchange Server Static Key Flaw Could Lead to Remote Code Execution

Tenable

There are open source tools which take the input of a company page on LinkedIn, dump all the employee names then hammer Outlook Web App with authentication attempts via credential stuffing. That was quick, since 2 hours ago seeing likely mass scanning for CVE-2020-0688 (Microsoft Exchange 2007+ RCE vulnerability). 4536987.

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8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. Good stuff. Posted byTony Karrer at 6:58 AM 1 comments: Jon Miller said.