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Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts

12 December 2016

Inside Russia’s Hacker Underworld (video)

Inside Russia’s Hacker Underworld:

Published Dec 7, 2016 by Bloomberg.com: Hello World’s host Ashlee Vance traveled to Moscow and got a rare glimpse into the heart of Russia’s hacker underworld and the latest techniques in investigating cybercrime.

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17 December 2014

Does Sony Have a Case to Stop Hack Reporting? (videos)

Does Sony Have a Case to Stop Hack Reporting?: Video - Bloomberg:
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Sony Pictures Entertainment requested news outlets stop disclosing material from a devastating computer hack as its studio chief made plans to meet a civil-rights leader after the exposure of a racially tinged e-mail exchange. Rasch Technology And Cyberlaw Principal Mark Rasch weighs in on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg 12/15)

Sony Asks Media to Destroy Hacked Data: Do They Have a Case?: Video - Bloomberg:
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Trend Micro's Tom Kellermann and Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw discuss the ethical issues raised by the hack attack on Sony Pictures. They speak with Bloomberg's Trish Regan on "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg 12/15)


New York Times

Apple Wins Decade-Old iTunes Suit
New York Times
Several other Apple executives were called to the witness stand. ... in the process of fixing hacks, “it might screw up the Real technology anyway, ... accusation: that Appleand the online retailer Amazon had colluded to make their ...
Apple Wins iPod Antitrust Trial - Wall Street Journal
Jury finds Apple not liable of harming consumers in iTunes DRM case - The Verge
Apple Wins Class-Action Lawsuit Over iPod Prices - ABC News


RT

Apple halts online sales to Russia as the ruble plunges in value
The Verge
According to reporters at Bloomberg, Apple is shutting down its online sales to Russia because of the "extreme fluctuations" in its currency, the ruble.
Apple Stops Online Sales in Russia Over Ruble Fluctuations - Bloomberg


Newsweek

What People Are Searching For, According to Google
Newsweek
Every December, as one year is about to give way to the next, Google ... pumpkin pie, anapple and an egg; Paleo, Atkins and Gluten-free were the ...
Robin Williams Tops 2014 List of Google Searches - ABC News


CNET

Dozens of vendors jump on Apple Pay bandwagon
CNET
Log In to CNET; Sign In with Facebook Google Yahoo; Join CNET; Member Benefits ... With the expanded list, Apple says its mobile-payments system now ... Other services such as Google Wallet and Softcard have tried to find ... CNET, Computer Shopper,Microsoft TechNet, and other technology sites.
Apple Pay Recruits Dozens of New Banks and Stores - Wired

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27 September 2014

Shell Shock, Bash, Linux, Mac OS X

A software bug discovered in the practically ubiquitous computer program known as “Bash” makes hundreds of millions of computers susceptible to hijacking--

This is how the “Shell Shock” bug imperils the whole internet - Quartz: "The bug, which has been labeled “Shell Shock” by security experts, affects computers running Unix-based operating systems like Mac OS X and Linux. That means most of the internet: according to a September survey conducted by Netcraft, a British internet services company, just 13% of the busiest one million websites use Microsoft web servers. Almost everyone else likely serves their website via a Unix operating system that probably uses Bash."


CNET

'Vast majority' of Mac users safe from Shellshock Bash bug, Apple says
CNET
Apple says users of its OS X operating system are "safe by default" from the new security vulnerability, which has been described as bigger than ...


NDTV

Apple's HealthKit Finally Arrives, After Bugs, Botches, And Boatloads Of Apple Hype
Forbes
HealthKit is Apple's new software platform for collecting data from various health and fitness apps, and then making that data easily available to Apple ...


Fox Business

Apple Joins Rush To Fix Shellshock Bug Infecting The Internet
Huffington Post
Apple and other tech companies are hustling to address the Shellshock bug. ... Googlesaid it has fixed its code to avoid the bug, while Amazon told ...


iPhone 6 lesson: The next big thing in hardware will have to wait | ZDNet" Samsung vs. Apple vs. Nokia, HTC and Motorola. Who cares? All the hardware looks alike. The smartphone battle is won with ecosystems, cloud and sheer marketing."

AWS' reboot highlights how cloud needs patching best practices | ZDNet: "It's likely that large cloud computing players will have to adopt a security patching cadence similar to the one used by the software industry. In the future, the cloud will have its version of Patch Tuesday."

Slack Buys a Collaboration Tool in First Acquisition - Digits - WSJ"Workplace collaboration startup Slack has made its first acquisition as it prepares to compete more directly with software giants like Google and Microsoft. The company has acquired Spaces, a two-person, bootstrapped team led by serial entrepreneur Simon Vallee, Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield said in an interview. Terms of the deal, which was done all in stock, were not disclosed."

Russia Asks Facebook, Google, Twitter to Comply With Law on Data Storage | News | The Moscow Times"If Google, Facebook or Twitter "do not obey with the demands of the Russian law, they will be subjected to administrative sanctions," Ksenzov told Izvestia. "Those three resources must make a decision about placing their data centers in Russia, and about the law on bloggers." The so-called bloggers' law, part of the same legislative package, requires bloggers whose pages receive more than 3,000 visitors per day to register as mass media and comply with a strict set of requirements — similarly to Russia's newspapers or television stations, but without any of the professional media's rights."

Samsung has more employees than Google, Apple, and Microsoft combined | Ars Technica: "At 275,000 employees, Samsung (just Samsung Electronics) is the size of five Googles! This explains Samsung's machine-gun-style device output; the company has released around 46 smartphones and 27 tablets just in 2014...."

Patent trolls are starting to get trampled | ZDNet"The Open Invention Network now has over a thousand licensees and the court cases are starting to go against the patent trolls."

Google, Microsoft Expose Brazil's Favelas - WSJ: "... frustrated residents began mapping the communities themselves, hoping to pressure authorities into providing more public services. Now those efforts are getting a boost from two of the world's biggest technology companies. Google and Microsoft have started mapping efforts in recent months in several Rio favelas. Relying largely on community groups, the companies plan to map everything from twisting, narrow alleyways to hole-in-the-wall laundromats. "The power of putting [favelas] on a map and giving them an online presence is really important to opening them up and getting them integrated into the city," says Esteban Walther, Google's director of marketing for Latin America. It's also potentially lucrative. And some local groups complain that the technology companies are piggybacking on their efforts, tapping their databases of local businesses in the hope of turning a profit. What's clear is that Brazil's favelas, once known mainly for crime and disorder, have come to represent economic opportunity...."

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08 August 2014

Russia grants Edward Snowden 3-year residence permit (video)

Russia grants Snowden 3-year residence permit -
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Microsoft's Xbox One Is Failing - Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) | Seeking Alpha"Microsoft introduced a version of its Xbox One video game console in June without the Kinect peripheral. This removed the price advantage that the PlayStation 4 had, but it has done little to close the sales gap. The Xbox One is still selling far worse than the competition, and it may be time for Microsoft to consider spinning off or selling the division...."

MORE TECH NEWS:

Wall Street Journal

Google to Boost Encrypted Websites in Rankings
Wall Street Journal
Google hopes the move will prod website developers to adopt technology that protects against hackers breaking into their websites and stealing ...


Forbes

Can Apple Halt Its Eroding Market Share?
Forbes
Apple is rapidly losing market share — and that might be fine if it had not also lost its ability to innovate. By innovate I mean gaining share in a ...


New York Times

Google and Barnes & Noble Unite to Take On Amazon
New York Times
Google Shopping Express in New York. By adding Barnes & Noble to its list of 19 retail partners, Google is making a more explicit grab for Amazon's ...


CNNMoney

Facebook Buys Secure Server Technology Provider PrivateCore
TechCrunch
Facebook announced this morning it has acquired PrivateCore, a Palo Alto-based secure server technology company. The deal does not appear to be ...

Microsoft's First Website From 1994 Looks Delightfully Ancient Today
Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan
It was the year that Microsoft launched its own website--and today, to celebrate its ... Here's How to Explore the Moon and Mars in Google Maps ... Report: Apple's Next iPhone Coming September 9 ... the years and go down to 1994 technology – where your browser doesn't support images, for example.

Apple MacBook Pro Retina Display (13-Inch, 2014) Review
Apple's refreshed 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display offers a boost in performance and endurance over last year's model.

China said to ban Apple products from state list over espionage fears
Xeni Jardin
China's government has removed Apple iPads and MacBooks from an official list of products that can be bought with public money because of security ...

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04 November 2011

US Report Warns of Russia, China Cyber Spying

US Report Warns of Russia, China Cyber Spying
PCWorld
By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News The US can expect more aggressive efforts from countries such as Russia and China to collect information through cyber espionage in areas such as pharmaceuticals, defense and manufacturing, according to a new government report ...
What needs fixing with Google Reader redesign
CNET
by Stephen Shankland November 3, 2011 8:02 AM PDT Follow @stshank You know something went wrong with your Web site's redesign when two people who used to work on it publish detailed, scathing assessments. Google Reader, revamped this week, ...
Huge Crack Discovered in Antarctic Glacier
Fox News
By OurAmazingPlanet In October, 2011, NASA's Operation IceBridge discovered a major rift in the Pine Island Glacier in western Antarctica. A huge, emerging crack has been discovered in one of Antarctica's glaciers, with a NASA plane mission providing ...
HP Slate 2 Tablet PC Offers Windows at a Touch
eWeek
HP's Slate 2 Tablet PC, aimed at a more business market, runs Windows 7. HP's tablet strategy now fully embraces Windows, including the upcoming Windows 8. Hewlett-Packard may have abandoned its webOS-powered TouchPad, but it remains committed to ...
Anonymous collects, publishes IP addresses of alleged pedophiles
Ars Technica
By Sean Gallagher | Published November 3, 2011 10:10 AM Following up on its takedown of a Tor-based child pornography host, a group within the Anonymous “hacktivist” group has published the Internet addresses of 190 alleged pedophiles. ...
The sods must be crazy: OLPC to drop tablets from helicopters to isolated villages
Ars Technica
By Ryan Paul | Published November 3, 2011 8:04 AM The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has devised a bizarre plan for deploying its new XO-3 tablet. The organization plans to drop the touchscreen computers from helicopters near remote villages in ...
Hands On With the Redesigned Gmail
PC Magazine
By Michael Muchmore Gmail has long looked like little more than a spreadsheet showing your email in a grid of names, subjects, dates, and so on. I'm amazed how it's maintained its cachet, while competitors like Hotmail have made great strides in ...
Euclid pulls in $5.8M to deliver Google Analytics-style metrics to physical stores
VentureBeat
Many online retailers use Google Analytics to track traffic to their site, but what if real-world retailers could access the same data about traffic to their stores? The technology exists in Euclid Elements, which announced a $5.8 million first round ...
Regulators may approve AT&T merger with T-Mobile after all
BetaNews
By Tim Conneally On Wednesday, the District Court of Washington DC issued its ruling on antitrust complaints from Sprint and Cellular South about the proposed merger of wireless carriers AT&T and T-Mobile. Most of the complaints were thrown out. ...
NY man suing Facebook told to return to US
Wall Street Journal
AP BUFFALO, NY — A New York man who's been staying in Ireland while his lawsuit claiming half ownership of Facebook is argued has been told to come home. The Buffalo News (http://bit.ly/w0Wkeo ) reports that a federal judge ordered Paul Ceglia ...
The future of digital payments: Square Card Case, Google Wallet, and more
Digitaltrends.com
Square's Card Case promises to let businesses regular customers pay just by having their smartphone in their pocket, then giving their name as they walk out the door. The idea of a mobile wallet has been touted as the next big thing for years now, ...
Report: If you're under 45, you probably own a smartphone
msnbc.com
By Athima Chansanchai If you're under the age of 45, you might have noticed that your peers seem to be gravitating toward more smartphones, a trend that Nielsen says is most prominent for mobile subscribers ages 25 to 34. Nielsen's findings for the ...
Jawbone's new Up health wristband is equal parts cool and creepy
VentureBeat
Bluetooth headset maker Jawbone will soon release its new Up life monitoring wristband that's designed to help you live a move healthy life by tracking every move you make, what you're eating, how long you're sleeping and how many calories you burn. ...
Yahoo Livestand: All dressed up and no place to go
GigaOm
By Darrell Etherington Nov. 3, 2011, 8:41am PT No Comments On Wednesday, Yahoo released its Livestand app, a personalized news service available for the iPad that was first announced in February. It combines aspects of apps like Flipboard and Zite with ...
Kinect Sports Season Two: Safe, Family Fun
Cinema Blend
The notion of a basic sports package for a console with motion based technology is nothing new. Wii Sports revolutionized casual gaming and Kinect Sports Season One, noted mostly as simply Microsoft's response to Wii Sports, was fun enough, ...
Amazon's Flow Isn't What Everyone Thought It Was
AppAdvice
Flow Powered by Amazon (Free) by A9 Innovations, LLC is not in competition with Apple's iCloud service like most purported. It's an augmented reality shopping experience that allows you to discover the world around you, one product at a time. ...
NASA says we've been looking for Martian life in all the wrong places
io9
Don't worry—if we do find evidence of Martians, it will still be on Mars, we'll probably just have to dig a little deeper to find it. A new NASA study has concluded that if life ever thrived on the Red Planet, it probably did so underground, ...
Study: Climate change may be cause of Ice Age
The State Column
A new study released Thursday finds that the latest Ice Age may be linked with global climate change. A study published Thursday finds that humans may not have been the driving force behind the mass extinctions experienced during the Ice Age, ...
55 Percent of HDTV Shoppers Don't Want 3D
Electronic House
By Room By Location By Architecture By Style By Theme By Cost By Size There are more 3D TV options than ever. Does it really matter though? Consumers are still on the fence about the technology, according to a new study from Retrevo. ...
Will The Verizon Galaxy Nexus Be Available Beginning November 17th?
Android Police
The rumor mill is going nuts with release dates for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, and now we can add one more to the list. We already know that the European version of the device will be available on November 17th, and, according to an uncompleted internal ...
Telefonica Will Slash Range of Handsets in Pursuit of Vodafone's Strategy
Bloomberg
The company's decision to narrow its range of handsets contrasts with the proliferation of devices in the fast-expanding smartphone and tablet market. The company's decision to narrow its range of handsets contrasts with the proliferation of devices in ...
Devon cave holds clues to 'earliest Europeans'
BBC News
A piece of jawbone excavated from a prehistoric cave in England is the earliest evidence for modern humans in north-west Europe, according to an international science team. New dating of the bone, which shows that it is between 44000 and 41000 years ...
Ubisoft acquires 'Trials HD' studio RedLynx
USA Today (blog)
By Brett Molina, USA TODAY Publisher Ubisoft announced it has acquired the studio behind Xbox Live Arcade hit Trials HD. RedLynx was founded in 2000 and focuses primarily on digital titles. Along with the Trials franchise -- which has sold 2 million ...
Microsoft envisions the near future in technology and interaction
By Nathan Yau
In a follow-up to last year's visions of the future, Microsoft imagines interacting with data and information in 2020. It is the land of big displays, linked devices, and projections in the real world. It's mostly from a productivity standpoint, but there's ...
FlowingData
China Technology Surges Forward with Spectacular First Docking in ...
By Ken Kremer
Caption: Video of Shenzhou-8 and Tiangong-1 docking in Earth orbit. Photos below. Credit: CMSE China's technological capabilities took a major surge forward with the successful docking in space today for the first time ever of two Chinese ...
Universe Today
John Nack on Adobe : Amazing 3D map technology
By John Nack
November 02, 2011. Amazing 3D map technology. These are the days of miracles & wonder: The technology is said to have been purchased by Apple. Check out 9to5 Mac for more details. [Via]. Posted by John Nack at 3:20 PM on November ...
Adobe Blogs
7 early videos of now-everyday technology | MNN - Mother Nature ...
By Shea Gunther
It's easy to forget that just a handful of years ago most people didn't have a cellphone, never mind one that's better termed a handheld computer. No one had laptops when I was in college (graduated high school in '96) and few people had ...
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NewsDaily: U.S. official defends science-technology exchanges with ...
President Barack Obama's top science official said U.S.-China science cooperation benefits the United States, rejecting moves to curb the exchanges by lawmakers who say it strengthens China's military.
NewsDaily: Science Headlines
GTA 5 trailer: Rockstar unveils its Hollywood dream | Technology ...
By Keith Stuart
Keith Stuart: GTA V looks to be set in and around the Hollywood-style Vinewood area, with a reformed crook as its anti-hero.
Technology: Games blog | guardian.co.uk
Cequel Data Centers Acquires Web Host Perimeter Technology ...
Cequel Data Centers Acquires Web Host Perimeter Technology | The Web Host Industry Review - Web Hosting News.
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Technology Adds Spark to Science Education | MindShift
By Tina Barseghian
In this video, produced by KQED Education in conjunction with Northwestern University's iLab, which helped organize the Conference on Cyberlearning Tools for STEM Education, we see how technologyadds the fuel and fire to science and ...
MindShift
Enzyme and Microbial Technology - Elsevier
Enzyme and Microbial Technology is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing original research and reviews, of biotechnological...
www.journals.elsevier.com/enzyme-and-microbial-technology/
iPhone 4S battery life problems: bug in location services suspected ...
Charles Arthur: User tests suggest that bug in iOS 5 may be polling mobile mast data too frequently and running down battery.
www.guardian.co.uk/.../iphone-4s-battery-location-services-bu...

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