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According to findings in a new Google survey, non-technical users are not prioritizing security as well as they should. One of the more striking differences between average end users and IT experts are on what they view as the most important security practice.

Most business large or small running a legitimate network infrastructure is all too familiar with Cisco routers and switches. In January of last year, Cisco introduced a new platform (IOXE) and approach to computing they have coined “fog computing”, the idea of bringing cloud computing capabilities—from applications and data analytics to processing, networking and storage—to the edge of the network, closer to the rapidly growing number of user devices that are consuming cloud services and generating the increasingly massive amount of data.

Microsoft has yet to offer an official release date of Windows 10 but by all indication we can expect its launch as early as the summer. In the meantime, Microsoft recently made the upgrade path known. Microsoft will upgrade PCs and tablets already installed with either Windows 7 service pack 1 or Windows 8.1 via Windows Update utility located in the Control Panel. Also eligible for upgrade through Windows Update is Windows Phone 8.1.

The much anticipated release of the iPhone 6 brought the usual long lines outside Apple stores. The reviews are mixed but mostly postive.

The FCC voted by a margin of 3-2 to adopt net neutrality. The vote will require broadband internet to be reclassified as a public utility in the similar manner telecommunications is regulated. In essence, the principle of net neutrality is internet service providers (ISPs) such as Comcast, Charter, Verizon, Century Link, ATT, etc., cannot dictate the flow of internet traffic.

Following Apple’s lead, makers of Android phones, Google and Microsoft announced they will introduce a “kill switch” to the next versions of phones. No specifics were provided on when new devices with kill-switch will be available.