North Yorkshire County Council are working with Arqiva to improve mobile phone coverage in #notspots. A #notspot is an area of no mobile coverage. These are prevalent in rugged environments, which increases the amount of radio shadow that masts create. Arqiva won an open tender to supply additional mobile phone network masts to improve the…
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Raspberry Foundation updates Pi Compute Module with 3+
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched an updated version of their Compute Module, moving the CM3 to the CM3+ standard. Their blog announced the new upgraded versions (Compute Module 3+ on sale now from $25) The SO-DIMM sized Compute Module provides a processor, storage and memory on the card. The Compute Module gets I/O via…
Raspberry Pi Foundation release updated Model A+
The Raspberry Pi foundation yesterday released a new iteration of the popular maker board. Previously updates have focused on the more capable networked Model B which has provided wired connectivity. This time around, they have updated the Model A+, previously a first generation Raspberry Pi product. However, with the Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+, the…
SiLK repository updates
The SiLK tool from the CERT team has been updated a while ago. Some work this weekend has seen the CentOS 7 repository that we maintain updated to support the latest updates. libfixbuf upgraded to 2.1.0 from 1.7.1 SiLK upgraded to 3.17.2 from 3.16.0 yaf 2.10.0 added There is a significant change in thelibfixbuf library,…
Marvell completes acquisition of Cavium
In a post last year, we covered how Marvell has designs on Cavium. The deal has now been completed, with Marvell announcing yesterday (6 July 2018) the deal’s completion. “The next wave of semiconductor growth will be fueled by advancements in the data economy. Applications such as AI, 5G, Cloud, automotive, and edge computing all…
Silver Peak gains $90mn funding from TCV
Silver Peak announced yesterday that is receiving an extra $90mn in funding. This comes from new investor TCV, which is now the largest investor in the company. TCV in the past has backed investments in Airbnb, Netflix, Splunk and Spotify. Tim McAdam from TCV will also join as a Silver Peak board member to manage…
Approvals delay Qualcomm acquisition of NXP
Qualcomm has announced an extension of its deal to purchase NXP . The agreement is subject to regulatory approval in multiple jurisdictions. Similar to Broadcom’s recent purchase of Brocade this can be held up. Bloomberg is reporting that the EU is close to approving the Qualcomm/NXP deal. But Qualcomm has another challenge. Activist investor Elliott…
Palau connects using submarine cable, better performance than satellite
NEC has announced that they have completed the Palau Spur cable which connects to the main SEA-US cable. (BSCC and NEC announce the completion of a new submarine cable linking the Republic of Palau.) BSCC is the Palau Government’s corporation formed to own and manage the submarine cable link. NEC installed a branching unit and…