When I reviewed CockroachDB early in 2018, I found that the distributed SQL database, built on top of a transactional and consistent key-value store, was designed to survive disk, machine, rack, and even data center failures with minimal latency disruption and no manual intervention. That is all still true. At the time, CockroachDB had three large deficits, in my opinion: Limited optimization of SQL JOIN queries, no fully managed service, and no support for JSON or Protobuf data types. I’m happy to report that all of these lacks have since been remedied. JOINs now use a cost-based optimizer ..read more

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While we thought we’d get just the Pixel 4a in 2020 (with no XL variant), Google may be looking to drown us in a sea of mid-range Pixel phones instead. That’s just as well, given the company’s penchant for using fish names to describe its phones internally. And also because those fishy code names are behind these latest musings about Google’s plans for Pixel this year by XDA Developers. Buried within the open-source code for Android — called AOSP — XDA‘s Mishaal Rahman found codenames for possibly three new Pixel devices: sunfish, redfin, and bramble. Sunfish is the candidate most likely to ..read more

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Following the success of its flagship HUAWEI MateBook X Pro and the HUAWEI MateBook D notebooks in 2018, Huawei today announces a new addition to its ultra-slim notebook line-up with the HUAWEI MateBook 13. Delivering powerful functions without compromising portability, the HUAWEI MateBook 13 comes equipped with the latest Intel® Whiskey Lake processor, an NVIDIA® GeForce® MX150 (25 Watt TDP) option and an industry-leading FullView Touch Screen with 88 percent screen-to-body ratio.     Available in an i5 variant with integrated graphics for $999 and an ..read more

It’s 5:00 a.m. sometime in 2018. The phone rings. It’s the cloudops team reporting a potential breach where gigabytes of customer data may have been compromised. You spend the next year toughening up cloud security, allocating four times what you spent in the previous year. The board of directors is happy to fund the additional tools and people. As we say: “You can’t have too much security.” [ Keep up with the latest developments in software development, cloud computing, data analytics, and machine learning with the InfoWorld Daily newsletter ] But what if you can have too much security? When ..read more

TikTok, the 3rd most downloaded app in 2019, is under intense scrutiny over users’ privacy, censoring politically controversial content and on national-security grounds—but it’s not over yet, as the security of billions of TikTok users would be now under question. The famous Chinese viral video-sharing app contained potentially dangerous vulnerabilities that could have allowed remote attackers to hijack any user account just by knowing the mobile number of targeted victims. In a report privately shared with The Hacker News, cybersecurity researchers at Check Point revealed that chaining multi ..read more

Dropshipping Reading Time: 8 minutes [UPDATED] Is dropshipping dead?! One of the biggest ecommerce business models that made people millions by just sitting in their homes and arbitraging products can’t die so soon… Is it the case? Let’s find out, is dropshipping still profitable! Table of Content Digital entrepreneurs are often haunted by the uncertainty of the profitability of their business model. With the pace at which technology is evolving, we now have both a ray of hope and a grim understanding that new digital business models are short lived. The Reason? Technology is a double-edg ..read more

First publication date: June 2005. Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is an evolution of distributed computing based on the request/reply design paradigm for synchronous and asynchronous applications. An application’s business logic or individual functions are modularized and presented as services for consumer/client applications. What’s key to these services is their loosely coupled nature; i.e., the service interface is independent of the implementation. Application developers or system integrators can build applications by composing one or more services without knowing the services’ underl ..read more

The Delhi High Court Monday sought response of the police and Delhi government as also WhatsApp, Google and Apple on a plea of three JNU professors for preserving data, CCTV footage and other evidence relating to the January 5 violence on the varsity campus. Delhi Police informed the court that it has asked the JNU administration to preserve and hand over CCTV footage of the violence. Justice Brijesh Sethi listed the matter for further hearing on Tuesday. The court was informed by Delhi government Standing Counsel (criminal) Rahul Mehra that the police has not yet received any response from t ..read more

At CES 2020, LG Display showed TechRepublic several use cases for its latest OLED displays in the retail, automotive, and airline industries. More from CES 2020 TechRepublic’s Editor in Chief Bill Detwiler sampled some of the offerings at LG Display‘s booth at CES 2020. In this video, he shows us some of the exciting new technology the company has to offer. The following is an edited transcript of the video. Bill Detwiler: Here at CES 2020, one of my favorite booths to visit is LG Display. Now, they’re not the LG that makes dishwashers and consumer appliances–they make the screens that go ..read more