Tuesday, February 14, 2012

iPad 3 to debut March 7, feature LTE support, reports claim

  Microsoft quashes 21 bugs, blocks drive-by attacks | FBI says social media monitoring won't infringe privacy rights
 
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iPad 3 to debut March 7, feature LTE support, reports claim
Apple will unveil the next iPad on March 7, according to reports, and it will be the first Apple product to support the faster LTE data networks now available in the U.S. from Verizon and AT&T. Read More


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Microsoft quashes 21 bugs, blocks drive-by attacks
Microsoft today issued nine security updates that patched 21 vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, Office, .Net, Silverlight and SharePoint Server, including several critical bugs that can be exploited with drive-by attacks. Read More

FBI says social media monitoring won't infringe privacy rights
The FBI said its proposed plans to monitor social media sites to improve real-time situation awareness will be fully vetted by the agency's Privacy and Civil Liberties Unit. Read More

Skyrocket? Maybe the word for mobile data growth is exa-rocket
Mobile data globally is expected to grow 18-fold by 2016, Cisco said in the update to its Visual Networking Index. Read More

Google's Motorola deal could be boost in rivalry with Apple
With official OKs from the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission on Monday, Google moved closer to finalizing its deal to acquire Motorola Mobility. Read More

From CIO.com: 6 Ways to Defend Against Drive-by Downloads
Cybercriminals are increasingly using drive-by downloads to distribute malware without end users knowing something bad has just landed on their machine--until it's too late. Here are six ways IT departments can protect end users from the productivity sink and potential data loss that drive-by downloads create. Read More

SunPower lawsuit highlights insider threat
SunPower Corp., which makes solar panels, has sued five former employees for stealing proprietary information and using it to benefit a rival firm. Read More

HP puts new Z1 workstation in all-in-one chassis
Hewlett-Packard has released the industry's first all-in-one workstation, the Z1, which the company said Tuesday is the most compact workstation available yet. Read More


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Intel targets networking market with new chipset
Intel on Tuesday introduced the Crystal Forest chipset, which the company hopes will fill a networking gap as it tries to build an integrated technology stack for data centers. Read More

Whistleblowing site Cryptome.org infected
Cryptome.org, a website dedicated to disclosing confidential information, was compromised last week and then used to infect PCs running Internet Explorer. Read More

Mozilla to ask certificate authorities to revoke SSL-spying certificates
Mozilla plans to ask all certificate authorities to review their subordinate CA certificates and revoke those that could be used by companies to inspect SSL-encrypted traffic for domain names they don't control. Read More

The Byte - Google buy approved, robots play hockey, HDDs soar, Sony's Smart Socket
The European Commission and US Department of Justice approved Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility. Hard disk drive prices will remain unusually high until 2014 due to flooding in Thailand. And more. Read More

Sony shows outlets that can control power use
Sony is developing electric wall sockets and plugs that can control power consumption by appliance, user or original power source. Read More

Jonny Evans: Apple takes a stand on iPhone factory worker rights
Apple has taken another big step toward improving working conditions in factories across its supply chain. And now's the time to demand other firms in the consumer electronics industry also do the right thing, if you really want to change the way things are. Read More

Preston Gralla: Want to reform Apple's labor practices? Pay more for its products.
Apple's announcement that it's asking for an outside audit of how workers are treated at Chinese factories that produce its products is a potentialy good first step towards possibly reforming labor practices. The truth is, though, the only way those factories will treat their workers properly is if you're willing to pay more for products from Apple and many other electronics makers. Read More

Leigh Jasper: FTP is not collaboration and never will be
Many companies claim they are using FTP for collaboration. Yes, it's true. Some companies do claim this. But I say that whatever it is they are doing, it's not true collaboration. Here's why. Read More

 
 
 

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