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Summary: The city with the highest-profile Linux desktop projects is turning back to Windows, but the fate of Linux isn't tied to the PC anymore. After a nearly decade-long project to move away from Windows onto Linux, Munich has all but decided on a dramatic u-turn. It's likely that, by 2021, the city council will start to replace PCs running LiMux (its custom version of Ubuntu)  with Windows 10 . Going back maybe 15 or 20 years, it was seriously debated as to when Linux would overtake Windows on the desktop. When Ubuntu was created in 2004, for example, it was with the   specific intention of replacing Windows   as the standard desktop operating system. Linux on the desktop has about a two percent market share today and is viewed by many as complicated and obscure. Meanwhile, Windows sails on serenely, currently running on 90 percent of PCs in use. There will likely always be a few Linux desktops around in business -- particularly for developers or data sc...

Summary: DXC Technology will be the name of the new $26 billion IT services company formed by the proposed merger of CSC and HPE's Enterprise Services business. Upon the closing of the proposed merger between Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) and the Enterprise Services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), the new organisation will be renamed to DXC Technology before it begins its journey as a  $26 billion IT services giant. The completion of the merger is slated for April 3, 2017, which will see DXC Technology list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol DXC, subject to final approvals. "With a mission of leading clients on their digital transformation journeys, DXC Technology will be recognised globally as a force multiplier, enabling clients to seize the opportunities presented by today's rapidly changing technologies," Lawrie said in a statement on Wednesday.Current CSC chairman, president, and CEO Mike Lawrie will serve as DXC Tech...

Summary: The successful Series C finance round brings the bug bounty platform's funding to $74 million. HackerOne  has announced $40 million in Series C financing and plans to use the cash to expand the platform's hacking community. HackerOne, a bug bounty platform utilized by thousands of companies worldwide to find researchers able to responsibly disclose security flaws for cash rewards and credit, has over 100,000 hackers on its books. Due to rising popularity with businesses interested in hosting up a bug bounty program without starting from scratch, the vulnerability discovery 'outsourcing' system has proven to be a successful model for tackling today's constant cyberattacks and vulnerability exploitation by cyberattackers. The Series C funding round, led by Dragoneer Investment Group, also indicates the rising interest of investors. HackerOne says the company enjoyed " unprecedented business growth" in 2016, and as the average cost of a b...

Summary: The security release fixes three flaws in the content management system. WordPress has patched three security flaws including a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability and SQL injection problem which could lead to the creation of new vulnerabilities. The first bug, reported by David Herrera of Alley Interactive, is an information disclosure vulnerability which reveals the user interface for assigning taxonomy terms in the "Press This" function -- used to publish posts through browsers -- to users that do not have permission to see it.Last week, the content management system's (CMS) developers said  in a security advisory  that the new fixes resolve three important security issues, all of which impact WordPress versions 4.7.1 and earlier. The second issue was discovered in the WP_Query process, used to access variables and functions in the WordPress core, by researcher Mo Jangda. When passing data seemed "unsafe," the system became vulnerable ...