New Docker Engine

Docker has released a new version, Docker Engine 1.3, and has signed a partnership with Microsoft to add the open container technology to the next Windows Server and Azure. Docker is an open platform that you can use to build, ship, and run distributed applications. It provides a way of using containers, essentially lightweight virtual environments that sit on top of an operating system instance, and let you run an isolated app. The advantage Docker offers is that you can run the same app on different hardware and operating systems. It consists...

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Coming soon: Tamper-proof e-passports to speed up travel

PUNE: The passport division of the ministry of external affairs has initiated the process for the public roll-out of new-age e-passports. The technology will make the document more secure and also substantially reduce the time required by the holder for immigration. While the look and feel of the passport will remain largely as it is now, an electronic chip, containing identidfication data, will be embedded in its back cover. The necessary procurements...

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SignEasy App Review: Signing Documents Made Easy

If you've ever had to sign a stack of documents, you know it's a tedious process that will make anyone shudder. The only thing that's worse than having to sign 20 sheets of a single document, is having to first print out the document, then sign every page, and then scan it back in to send on email. With more and more services now accepting digital signatures, this is getting even more pointless. SignEasy is a universal iOS app (the same version...

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PM should cancel proposed meeting with Mark Zuckerberg, says Govindacharya

Ahead of the Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to India this week, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh member K. N. Govindacharya has written a letter addressed to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to cancel his proposed meeting with the Facebook CEO. Govindacharya is fighting a case in the Delhi High Court asking companies like Facebook, Google to establish their servers India, and on business practices of these companies in the...

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HP to remove digital signature that code-signed malware

HP will take a digital certificate out of commission as of Oct. 21 after Symantec discovered it had been used to cryptographically sign (code-sign) malware in May 2010, according to a report by Brian Krebs. The certificate was used to code-sign software shipped with HP products back then. Meant to instill confidence in the security of a component, the code-signing certificates are coveted by attackers who use them to make malware appear to be legitimate software. Symantec found what appeared to be an HP signature on a four-year-old trojan...

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