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Other Shoe Drops in White House Security Breach

Last year's breach of unclassified White House computer systems was far more intrusive than initially thought and included the theft of some presidential correspondence, The New York Times reported Friday ...

House Passes Cybersecurity Bills Despite Privacy Fears

Two cybersecurity bills approved this week by the U.S. House of Representatives pose a threat to citizens' privacy, according to opponents of the measures ...

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Breach Outbreaks Fuel Encryption Adoption

As data breaches make headlines around the world, more companies are turning to encryption to protect their information jewels. That is one of the findings in a study released Monday, conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Thales E-Security ...

Google Dresses Up Android Wear

Google on Monday released an update to Android Wear -- just the second significant feature refresh for its wearable device software since its introduction more than a year ago ...

Mayer Wins Concessions in Rejiggered Microsoft-Yahoo Deal

Microsoft and Yahoo on Thursday announced they were altering a search partnership that has been in place since 2009 ...

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Opening Windows Source Code Could Improve Security

Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich raised a few eyebrows at ChefCon earlier this month, when he aired the possibility of Windows becoming an open source program ...

Industry Groups Lead Net Neutrality Lawsuit Parade

Several wireless and cable industry groups on Tuesday filed lawsuits challenging the Federal Communications Commission's new open Internet rules ...

New Smart Drone Breaks $1K Barrier

A new aerial drone from 3D Robotics packs two computers and an array of powerful features for US$999 ...

Flir Debuts Triple-Threat Video Cam

Flir Systems, known primarily for its commercial sensor products, on Tuesday made a foray into the consumer market with a new video camera that can be used for home monitoring, sports, and even as a dash cam ...

Emojis Get Real in New iOS

Apple on Thursday released a new version of iOS that adds racial diversity to its emoji library ...

SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY

Heartbleed Threat Won’t Fade Away

This week marks the first anniversary of the Heartbleed vulnerability that caused a panic across the Internet last year. While the flaw appears to have faded from the recollections of Net denizens, it still poses danger at many sites in cyberspace ...

IBM, Apple Deepen Their Mobile Enterprise Incursion

IBM and Apple last week released an octet of iOS apps for the enterprise aimed at improving productivity in the healthcare, airline and insurance industries, as well as on the factory floor ...

Microsoft Could Throw Windows Wide Open

Open sourcing the code for Microsoft Windows is "definitely possible," Microsoft engineer Mark Russinovich reportedly said last week during a panel discussion at ChefConf ...

Surface 3 Targets Windows-Loving Prosumers

Microsoft on Tuesday raised the curtain on its new Surface 3 tablet, targeting users who want a robust Windows tablet at an iPad price ...

GitHub Defenses Hold in 4-Days-and-Counting Battle

After battling a distributed denial of service attack for four days, GitHub on Monday was able to restore normal service levels ...

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Compliance Mindset Can Lead to Epic Security Fail

The recent data breach at Premera Blue Cross -- in which the personal information of some 11 million customers was compromised -- raises questions about how effective government regulators are at ensuring that healthcare providers adequately protect their patients' data ...

Facebook Invites App Devs to Join in Messenger Family Planning

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week told an audience at the F8 conference for Facebook developers that the company's future lies in its family of apps and in giving the network's members the ability to share what they want, where they want ...

The Internet’s Split Personality

The Internet has been good for education but bad for morality, according to a study recently released by the Pew Research Center ...

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CAPTCHAs May Do More Harm Than Good

If an annoyance contest were held between passwords and CAPTCHAs, passwords would probably win, but not by much ...

Lawyers Pull Out Stops in Pao Trial Closing Arguments

Attorneys on Wednesday advanced their closing arguments in the US$16 million gender discrimination suit brought by Ellen Pao against her former employer, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers ...

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