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Advanced Persistent Threats Get More Respect
When it comes to combating APTs, the odds are against your organization's security team, say security experts such as Bruce Schneier. This type of...
Want IT Flexibility? Demand Jailbreaking Be Legal
Why should CIOs care about the DMCA's jailbreaking rules? Despite Pollyanna assurances that locking down a box will make everybody more secure,...
Google Study: Social Media Enhances Privacy
Sharing can shape your reputation, thereby building trust and privacy, Google research says. "Clean coal," meet "privacy-aware sharing." Let the...
9 Ways To Minimize Data Breach Fallout
Symantec just revealed that attackers stole source code to its flagship Norton software in 2006, highlighting today's array of sharply different...
SOPA: Stop Grandstanding, Start Crafting An Alternative
If Congress is so clueless about Internet dynamics, it's up to SOPA opponents to create a workable alternative for stopping online content piracy.
Wireless Spectrum Doomsday Looms
For now, tiered plans are keeping carrier networks from melting down. But demand for mobile broadband means the current system is unsustainable.
Will Biometrics Go Mainstream In 2012?
IBM thinks so, and the US-VISIT program may give a glimpse into the future. But what about data theft?
Microsoft's Droidrage WP7 Giveaway Heats Up
Malware-infected Android owners offered chance to win a free Windows Phone 7; more than 3,200 entered.
Carrier IQ: What Carriers, Device Makers Must Do Next
Let smartphone users opt into how their devices and related data get tracked, preferably from handsets. Otherwise, carriers and manufacturers will...
RIM's PlayBook Security Patch Doesn't Last Long
Research In Motion hoped to close a security breach with a software update to its PlayBook tablet, but coders cracked the patch in only a few hours.
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Google Fights Facebook's 'Data Dead End'
November 05, 2010By changing the terms of service for its Contacts API, Google aims to assure reciprocal data flows.
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3D Holograms Coming To A Screen Near You
November 04, 2010University of Arizona develops three-dimensional motion hologram that is viewable on all sides without special glasses.
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Cyber Threats Forecast For 2011
October 12, 2010Botnets and attacks on pervasive devices and social networks rank among the biggest information security threats expected next year, according to...
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Windows Phone 7 Hardware First Impressions
October 11, 2010Microsoft and its hardware partners announced five new handsets intended to distribution by U.S. carriers. InformationWeek takes a look at each of...
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Google Cars Drive Themselves
October 11, 2010Sit back, relax, and leave the driving to Google.
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Vidyo, Adobe To Demo Telepresence Plug-In
October 07, 2010The plug-in will allow users to launch telepresence-quality Vidyo conferencing within an Adobe Connect session.
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Windows Phone 7 Will Flounder, Gartner Predicts
October 06, 2010Microsoft's new mobile OS will only provide a slight, temporary boost to the company's meager mobile OS market share, according to research firm.
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T-Mobile Extends Wi-Fi Calling To Android Smartphones
October 06, 2010Motorola Defy and T-Mobile myTouch users will be able to make voice calls and send texts from accessible 802.11 b/g/n access points.
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Apple TV Teardown Reveals $64 Manufacturing Cost
October 06, 2010The redesigned media-streaming device has the same internal design and components as the iPad, iPhone 4, and iPod Touch.
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Black Hat Warning: ATMs At Risk
July 29, 2010Barnaby Jack of IOActive demonstrated attacks that would allow a criminal to compromise ATMs.
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- How To Regain IT Control In An Increasingly Mobile World - by BlackBerry
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