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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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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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 March 2015
Prepare for Confidence-Shaking Cyber Attack says FBI's Taddeo (video)
Prepare for Confidence-Shaking Cyber Attack: FBI's Taddeo -
NY FBI Special Agent for Cyber, Special Operations Leo Taddeo discusses the increase in cyber security threats, how companies are combating cybercrime and the level of sophistication of data hacks. (March 11, 2015)
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NY FBI Special Agent for Cyber, Special Operations Leo Taddeo discusses the increase in cyber security threats, how companies are combating cybercrime and the level of sophistication of data hacks. (March 11, 2015)
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12 December 2014
How to Protect Against Rising Corporate Insider Cybercrime (video)
How to Protect Against `Corporate Snowdens': Video - Bloomberg:
techNEWS:
Blue Coat Exposes “The Inception Framework”; Very Sophisticated, Layered Malware Attack Targeted at Military, Diplomats, and Business Execs | Blue Coat: "One of the most sophisticated malware attacks Blue Coat Labs has ever seen · Initially targeted at Russia, but expanding globally · Masterful identity cloaking and diversionary tactics · Clean and elegant code suggesting strong backing and top-tier talent · Includes malware targeting mobile devices: Android, Blackberry and iOS · Using a free cloud hosting service based in Sweden for command and control..."
Iranian Hackers Hit Sheldon Adelson's Sands Casino in Las Vegas - Businessweek: "... early on the chilly morning of Feb. 10, just above the casino floor, the offices of the world’s largest gaming company were gripped by chaos. Computers were flatlining, e-mail was down, most phones didn’t work, and several of the technology systems that help run the $14 billion operation had sputtered to a halt. Computer engineers at Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) raced to figure out what was happening. Within an hour, they had a diagnosis: Sands was under a withering cyber attack. PCs and servers were shutting down in a cascading IT catastrophe, with many of their hard drives wiped clean. The company’s technical staff had never seen anything like it...."
Google Lat Long: Map this way—Google My Maps now in Drive: "Whether you’re planning an epic road trip with friends or mapping out your favorite runs for a ski vacation, it’s easy with Google My Maps, our custom map creation tool. Starting today, you can access My Maps right from Google Drive, so it’s even easier to create, access and share your custom maps. Creating a custom map is just as easy as opening up a new Google Doc. Just select “New,” then “More,” then “Google My Maps” to tap into your inner cartographer...."
BBC News
Google to shut Spanish news service
BBC News
Online search giant Google is shutting down its Google News service in Spain before a new intellectual property law is introduced. Google will shut ...
Spanish Practices Close Google News In Spain - Forbes
Google News to close up shop in Spain in response to new law - CNET
Google News to Shut Down in Spain - New York Times (blog)
TechCrunch
Facebook Combines Atlas, Audience Network, And LiveRail Into An AdTech Voltron
TechCrunch
So in February 2013, Facebook acquired Microsoft's Atlas, a suite of tools for online ...Facebook will have to battle Google and YouTube, Yahoo, AOL ...
Quartz
The future of TV is here: Netflix and Amazon will face off for a Golden Globe
Quartz
While Academy Awards handicappers are preoccupied with the movie categories at The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, the most intriguing ...
The Atlantic
Facebook No Longer Likes the Word 'Users'
The Atlantic
Margaret Gould Stewart, director of product design at Facebook, talks to writer Thomas Goetz at the Navigate technology conference on Tuesday.
Rumor: Apple Watch set to begin mass production in January
AppleInsider
A questionable rumor out of Taiwan claims that Apple and manufacturing partner Quanta Computer are gearing up to begin mass production of the ...
Apple Pushes Deeper Into Mobile Payments
Wall Street Journal
Apple is laying the groundwork for an expanded mobile-payments service, leveraging its ...
Chromecast update: screen casting for 4.4.2 devices, Material design, guest mode
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Vectra Networks CEO Hitesh Sheth discusses the rising rate of insider cybercrime. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox on “Taking Stock.” (Source: Bloomberg 10Dec2014)
techNEWS:
Blue Coat Exposes “The Inception Framework”; Very Sophisticated, Layered Malware Attack Targeted at Military, Diplomats, and Business Execs | Blue Coat: "One of the most sophisticated malware attacks Blue Coat Labs has ever seen · Initially targeted at Russia, but expanding globally · Masterful identity cloaking and diversionary tactics · Clean and elegant code suggesting strong backing and top-tier talent · Includes malware targeting mobile devices: Android, Blackberry and iOS · Using a free cloud hosting service based in Sweden for command and control..."
Iranian Hackers Hit Sheldon Adelson's Sands Casino in Las Vegas - Businessweek: "... early on the chilly morning of Feb. 10, just above the casino floor, the offices of the world’s largest gaming company were gripped by chaos. Computers were flatlining, e-mail was down, most phones didn’t work, and several of the technology systems that help run the $14 billion operation had sputtered to a halt. Computer engineers at Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) raced to figure out what was happening. Within an hour, they had a diagnosis: Sands was under a withering cyber attack. PCs and servers were shutting down in a cascading IT catastrophe, with many of their hard drives wiped clean. The company’s technical staff had never seen anything like it...."
BBC News
Google to shut Spanish news service
BBC News
Online search giant Google is shutting down its Google News service in Spain before a new intellectual property law is introduced. Google will shut ...
Spanish Practices Close Google News In Spain - Forbes
Google News to close up shop in Spain in response to new law - CNET
Google News to Shut Down in Spain - New York Times (blog)
TechCrunch
Facebook Combines Atlas, Audience Network, And LiveRail Into An AdTech Voltron
TechCrunch
So in February 2013, Facebook acquired Microsoft's Atlas, a suite of tools for online ...Facebook will have to battle Google and YouTube, Yahoo, AOL ...
Quartz
The future of TV is here: Netflix and Amazon will face off for a Golden Globe
Quartz
While Academy Awards handicappers are preoccupied with the movie categories at The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, the most intriguing ...
The Atlantic
Facebook No Longer Likes the Word 'Users'
The Atlantic
Margaret Gould Stewart, director of product design at Facebook, talks to writer Thomas Goetz at the Navigate technology conference on Tuesday.
Rumor: Apple Watch set to begin mass production in January
AppleInsider
A questionable rumor out of Taiwan claims that Apple and manufacturing partner Quanta Computer are gearing up to begin mass production of the ...
Apple Pushes Deeper Into Mobile Payments
Wall Street Journal
Apple is laying the groundwork for an expanded mobile-payments service, leveraging its ...
Chromecast update: screen casting for 4.4.2 devices, Material design, guest mode
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11 June 2014
China's Crackdown on Google Hurts Chinese Businesses (video)
Google Crackdown Hurts Chinese Businesses: Rein: Video
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Shaun Rein, managing director at China Market Research, discusses China cracking down on Google ahead of the Tiananmen Square anniversary. He speaks with Cory Johnson on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg, June 3rd)
Cybercrime Remains Growth Industry With $445 Billion Lost - Businessweek: "...The outlook “is increased losses and slower growth,” with no “credible scenario in which cybercrime losses diminish,” according to the report published by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. Some of the damage will be hard to trace, such as economic downturns caused by foreign competitors selling products based on stolen designs and financial markets undermined by hackers...."
Search Apps Stealing Mobile Search Ad Revenues from Google [Report] - SEW: "Google's dominance in paid search is taking a hit from the number of mobile apps that users are using on a daily basis, apps that often use alternative sources of revenue generation outside of Google ads. according to a new eMarketer report...."
Facebook mistakenly releases second Snapchat clone, quickly removes it
Los Angeles Times
In recent years, Facebook has seen its younger users turn to other apps to get their social networking fix, and Snapchat has proven particularly ...
Apple Beefs Up iOS 8 Security In Preparation For Launch Of Secure Smartphone Competition
Forbes
The iPhone 6 could be Apple Apple's most secure smartphone to date ... asking users to share its app on Facebook to receive in-game bonuses.
Facebook, Twitter brace for World Cup fever
Salt Lake Tribune
New York • This year's World Cup will play out on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and messaging apps like WhatsApp just as it progresses in stadiums ...
Google Open Sources Its Secret Weapon in Cloud Computing
Wired
When Google engineers John Sirois, Travis Crawford, and Bill Farner left the internet ... With Borg, Google engineers could instantly grab enormous amounts of ... It also lets you oversee machines running on competing cloud services–from Amazon, say, ...
Microsoft withholds monster IE update from Windows 8.1 dawdlers
Computerworld
Computerworld - Microsoft refused to give Windows 8.1 customers a ... Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and ...
Microsoft firmware improves Surface 2 family's Cover performance
PCWorld
If you own a Microsoft Surface Pro 2 or Surface 2, good news: A number of Microsoftupdates should improve how your tablet interacts with its Surface ...
Microsoft's 3D-Sensing Smartphone: Evidence Mounts
InformationWeek
Microsoft may be prepping a 3D-sensing smartphone that lets users interact with it ...Microsoft places a distant third in the smartphone race but has still managed to ... ReadApple WWDC 2014 Highlights: A New Era?] ... Later this month, Amazon is expected to debut a smartphone with a 3D, perhaps ...
Three Questions with Beats Designer Robert Brunner | MIT Technology Review: "....Do people really want to wear another device, though? It means one more gadget to keep track of and charge. An iPad is a more limited interface, but for a certain number of things it’s perfectly adequate. So for a lot of people who bought computers for e-mail and Web browsing and games, “Oh, I’ll just get this because it’s more mobile, it’s easier,” and so forth. Well, you could see the same kind of thing happening between a phone and a watch. Let’s say with my watch I could easily make phone calls, I could easily get my messages, there’s a certain subset of things that are easier, simpler, and much more mobile, you could make that transition as well. There may be a subset of functionality on the smartphone that a bunch of people buy it for, all of a sudden it moves to the watch, and, great, I don’t have to drag this thing out of my pocket; it’s always on my wrist."
Sun Unleashes Two X-Class Flares, Back to Back
NBCNews.com
The sun unleashed two major solar flares early Tuesday in amazing back-to-back storms. The first outburst, an X2.2-class solar flare, hit its maximum at about 7:42 a.m. ET. An X1.5-class flare followed at 8:36 a.m. EDT (1236 GMT). Both flares were capable of ...
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Shaun Rein, managing director at China Market Research, discusses China cracking down on Google ahead of the Tiananmen Square anniversary. He speaks with Cory Johnson on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg, June 3rd)
Cybercrime Remains Growth Industry With $445 Billion Lost - Businessweek: "...The outlook “is increased losses and slower growth,” with no “credible scenario in which cybercrime losses diminish,” according to the report published by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. Some of the damage will be hard to trace, such as economic downturns caused by foreign competitors selling products based on stolen designs and financial markets undermined by hackers...."
Search Apps Stealing Mobile Search Ad Revenues from Google [Report] - SEW: "Google's dominance in paid search is taking a hit from the number of mobile apps that users are using on a daily basis, apps that often use alternative sources of revenue generation outside of Google ads. according to a new eMarketer report...."
Facebook mistakenly releases second Snapchat clone, quickly removes it
Los Angeles Times
In recent years, Facebook has seen its younger users turn to other apps to get their social networking fix, and Snapchat has proven particularly ...
Apple Beefs Up iOS 8 Security In Preparation For Launch Of Secure Smartphone Competition
Forbes
The iPhone 6 could be Apple Apple's most secure smartphone to date ... asking users to share its app on Facebook to receive in-game bonuses.
Facebook, Twitter brace for World Cup fever
Salt Lake Tribune
New York • This year's World Cup will play out on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and messaging apps like WhatsApp just as it progresses in stadiums ...
Google Open Sources Its Secret Weapon in Cloud Computing
Wired
When Google engineers John Sirois, Travis Crawford, and Bill Farner left the internet ... With Borg, Google engineers could instantly grab enormous amounts of ... It also lets you oversee machines running on competing cloud services–from Amazon, say, ...
Microsoft withholds monster IE update from Windows 8.1 dawdlers
Computerworld
Computerworld - Microsoft refused to give Windows 8.1 customers a ... Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and ...
Microsoft firmware improves Surface 2 family's Cover performance
PCWorld
If you own a Microsoft Surface Pro 2 or Surface 2, good news: A number of Microsoftupdates should improve how your tablet interacts with its Surface ...
Microsoft's 3D-Sensing Smartphone: Evidence Mounts
InformationWeek
Microsoft may be prepping a 3D-sensing smartphone that lets users interact with it ...Microsoft places a distant third in the smartphone race but has still managed to ... ReadApple WWDC 2014 Highlights: A New Era?] ... Later this month, Amazon is expected to debut a smartphone with a 3D, perhaps ...
Three Questions with Beats Designer Robert Brunner | MIT Technology Review: "....Do people really want to wear another device, though? It means one more gadget to keep track of and charge. An iPad is a more limited interface, but for a certain number of things it’s perfectly adequate. So for a lot of people who bought computers for e-mail and Web browsing and games, “Oh, I’ll just get this because it’s more mobile, it’s easier,” and so forth. Well, you could see the same kind of thing happening between a phone and a watch. Let’s say with my watch I could easily make phone calls, I could easily get my messages, there’s a certain subset of things that are easier, simpler, and much more mobile, you could make that transition as well. There may be a subset of functionality on the smartphone that a bunch of people buy it for, all of a sudden it moves to the watch, and, great, I don’t have to drag this thing out of my pocket; it’s always on my wrist."
Sun Unleashes Two X-Class Flares, Back to Back
NBCNews.com
The sun unleashed two major solar flares early Tuesday in amazing back-to-back storms. The first outburst, an X2.2-class solar flare, hit its maximum at about 7:42 a.m. ET. An X1.5-class flare followed at 8:36 a.m. EDT (1236 GMT). Both flares were capable of ...
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10 June 2014
Amazon Smartphone To Disappoint? (video); Cable Companies Fake Support
Can an Amazon Smartphone Compete With the iPhone?: Video - Bloomberg:
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Amazon.com is planning to introduce a smartphone later this month, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, plunging the world’s largest online retailer deeper into the competitive mobile-device market. Zeb Eckert reports on Bloomberg Television's "First Up." (Source: Bloomberg-June5th)
Amazon's Smartphone Likely To Disappoint Consumers And Shareholders - Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) | Seeking Alpha: "... an Amazon (AMZN) smartphone appears to be ready for release into a very crowded market. While a low-cost, high-end smartphone could certainly increase Amazon's revenue, it seems likely to do little for the company's profitability. Poor value for customers Amazon's heavily customized variant of Android does not adhere to Google's requirements, and as such, is denied access to Google apps and services. This has resulted in Amazon's Android tablets not being able to access the Google Play Store, nor are they allowed to access many essential Google services such as Google Maps. Even worse, key Google APIs, the interfaces programmers use to make apps compatible with Google's services, are not accessible on Amazon Android devices, meaning developers cannot easily port their devices to Amazon's version of Android if they utilize Google's services...."
Cable Companies Are Astroturfing Fake Consumer Support to End Net Neutrality | VICE United States: "....To the surprise of probably no one, ISPs are enraged at the prospect of being classified as a utility and are fighting back. But the attacks are not fully transparent. Many of the organizations protesting a move toward classifying ISPs as a utility, which is the only likely option for enacting net neutrality, are funded by the ISP lobby.... A disclosure obtained by VICE from the National Cable and Telecom Association (NCTA), a trade group for ISPs, shows that the bulk of Broadband for America's recent $3.5 million budget is funded through a $2 million donation from NCTA. Last month, Broadband for America wrote a letter to the FCC bluntly demanding that the agency “categorically reject” any effort toward designating broadband as a public utility. It wasn't signed by any internet consumer advocates, as the Sununu-Ford letter suggests. The signatures on the letter reads like a who's who of ISP industry presidents and CEOs, including AT&T's Randall Stephenson, Cox Communications' Patrick Esser, NCTA president (and former FCC commissioner) Michael Powell, Verizon's Lowell McAdam, and Comcast's Brian Roberts...." (read more at link above)
Amazon expands middleman role in latest online payments push
Reuters
The new service broadens Amazon's profitable role as a middleman for ... Some analysts have said Amazon has been held back in payments because ...
As Apple, Google and Amazon Roll In, Who Will Be The Last Music Streaming Service Standing?
Forbes
Reports last week that Google Google is in talks to acquire Songza, a six year old music curation and streaming service, show that an industry-wide ...
Yahoo says mobile isn't an internal 'hobby' anymore (Q&A)
CNET
Adam Cahan, Yahoo's SVP of mobile and emerging products, thinks Yahoo's mobile efforts are on the right track. ...
Apple Chicken Fat Ad Suggests That iWatch Will Be Companion Screen to Fitness Devices
Forbes
So here's the question: would Apple really be putting a spotlight on a bunch of devices that it intends to put out of business with its forthcoming iWatch?...
Google's interns have it way better than you do
New York Post
Also on the list: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, eBay, Google and Apple, all of which pay more than $5,000 a month, or $60,000 annually if these were ...
Facebook, Twitter and other social networks are the new matchmakers. And they're free.
Washington Post
Teresa Dowell-Vest, 42, left, and Michelle Alexander, 40, met on Facebook and will have a marriage ceremony June 14. (Sarah L. Voisin/The ...
Google could flag adjusted search results, report says
CNET
Under new European rules Google has to remove links to offending material online, but you will at least know when your search results have been ...
Operator Says Thai Government Ordered Facebook Shutdown - The Next Web
By Mia Vals
Telenor says Thailand's recent Facebook outage was ordered by the ... plans to meet with representatives from Google, Facebook and chat app Line.
The Next Web
Search Apps Stealing Mobile Search Ad Revenues from Google [Report] - SEW
By Jennifer Slegg
Google's dominance in paid search is taking a hit and is forecast to fall to ... FacebookPhoto Sizes Cheat Sheet for Marketers: Apps, Ads, Albums & More ... Model BattlesGoogle, Yahoo in Court Over Images Linking Her to Porn ...
Search Engine Watch
Amazon Losing PR Battle With Hachette | Media | Minyanville's Wall Street
By Carol Kopp
Is Walmart's formula the right strategy for Amazon? ...
Minyanville - Technology
Cybercrime Remains Growth Industry With $445 Billion Lost
Businessweek
That's the main message from former U.S. intelligence officials, who in a report today outlined scenarios for how $445 billion a year in trade theft due to computer hackers will worsen. They warned that financial companies, retailers and energy companies are ...
(Allow video to load after clicking play)
Amazon.com is planning to introduce a smartphone later this month, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, plunging the world’s largest online retailer deeper into the competitive mobile-device market. Zeb Eckert reports on Bloomberg Television's "First Up." (Source: Bloomberg-June5th)
Amazon's Smartphone Likely To Disappoint Consumers And Shareholders - Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) | Seeking Alpha: "... an Amazon (AMZN) smartphone appears to be ready for release into a very crowded market. While a low-cost, high-end smartphone could certainly increase Amazon's revenue, it seems likely to do little for the company's profitability. Poor value for customers Amazon's heavily customized variant of Android does not adhere to Google's requirements, and as such, is denied access to Google apps and services. This has resulted in Amazon's Android tablets not being able to access the Google Play Store, nor are they allowed to access many essential Google services such as Google Maps. Even worse, key Google APIs, the interfaces programmers use to make apps compatible with Google's services, are not accessible on Amazon Android devices, meaning developers cannot easily port their devices to Amazon's version of Android if they utilize Google's services...."
Cable Companies Are Astroturfing Fake Consumer Support to End Net Neutrality | VICE United States: "....To the surprise of probably no one, ISPs are enraged at the prospect of being classified as a utility and are fighting back. But the attacks are not fully transparent. Many of the organizations protesting a move toward classifying ISPs as a utility, which is the only likely option for enacting net neutrality, are funded by the ISP lobby.... A disclosure obtained by VICE from the National Cable and Telecom Association (NCTA), a trade group for ISPs, shows that the bulk of Broadband for America's recent $3.5 million budget is funded through a $2 million donation from NCTA. Last month, Broadband for America wrote a letter to the FCC bluntly demanding that the agency “categorically reject” any effort toward designating broadband as a public utility. It wasn't signed by any internet consumer advocates, as the Sununu-Ford letter suggests. The signatures on the letter reads like a who's who of ISP industry presidents and CEOs, including AT&T's Randall Stephenson, Cox Communications' Patrick Esser, NCTA president (and former FCC commissioner) Michael Powell, Verizon's Lowell McAdam, and Comcast's Brian Roberts...." (read more at link above)
Amazon expands middleman role in latest online payments push
Reuters
The new service broadens Amazon's profitable role as a middleman for ... Some analysts have said Amazon has been held back in payments because ...
As Apple, Google and Amazon Roll In, Who Will Be The Last Music Streaming Service Standing?
Forbes
Reports last week that Google Google is in talks to acquire Songza, a six year old music curation and streaming service, show that an industry-wide ...
Yahoo says mobile isn't an internal 'hobby' anymore (Q&A)
CNET
Adam Cahan, Yahoo's SVP of mobile and emerging products, thinks Yahoo's mobile efforts are on the right track. ...
Apple Chicken Fat Ad Suggests That iWatch Will Be Companion Screen to Fitness Devices
Forbes
So here's the question: would Apple really be putting a spotlight on a bunch of devices that it intends to put out of business with its forthcoming iWatch?...
Google's interns have it way better than you do
New York Post
Also on the list: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, eBay, Google and Apple, all of which pay more than $5,000 a month, or $60,000 annually if these were ...
Facebook, Twitter and other social networks are the new matchmakers. And they're free.
Washington Post
Teresa Dowell-Vest, 42, left, and Michelle Alexander, 40, met on Facebook and will have a marriage ceremony June 14. (Sarah L. Voisin/The ...
Google could flag adjusted search results, report says
CNET
Under new European rules Google has to remove links to offending material online, but you will at least know when your search results have been ...
Operator Says Thai Government Ordered Facebook Shutdown - The Next Web
By Mia Vals
Telenor says Thailand's recent Facebook outage was ordered by the ... plans to meet with representatives from Google, Facebook and chat app Line.
The Next Web
Search Apps Stealing Mobile Search Ad Revenues from Google [Report] - SEW
By Jennifer Slegg
Google's dominance in paid search is taking a hit and is forecast to fall to ... FacebookPhoto Sizes Cheat Sheet for Marketers: Apps, Ads, Albums & More ... Model BattlesGoogle, Yahoo in Court Over Images Linking Her to Porn ...
Search Engine Watch
Amazon Losing PR Battle With Hachette | Media | Minyanville's Wall Street
By Carol Kopp
Is Walmart's formula the right strategy for Amazon? ...
Minyanville - Technology
Cybercrime Remains Growth Industry With $445 Billion Lost
Businessweek
That's the main message from former U.S. intelligence officials, who in a report today outlined scenarios for how $445 billion a year in trade theft due to computer hackers will worsen. They warned that financial companies, retailers and energy companies are ...
14 February 2013
National Policies to Combat Cyber-Spies
Companies Want National Policies to Combat Cyber-Spies
eWeek
In the wake of an intelligence report blaming China for most of the espionage attacks on U.S. businesses and government agencies, security experts says the private sector needs national support. Following a classified National Intelligence Estimate that ...
eWeek
eWeek
In the wake of an intelligence report blaming China for most of the espionage attacks on U.S. businesses and government agencies, security experts says the private sector needs national support. Following a classified National Intelligence Estimate that ...
eWeek
Dropbox is changing its cloud storage service to reassure IT administrators that they can control their users and not have sensitive information taking wing out of their corporate servers. Last November the company claimed it had 100 million users, and that 95 ...
PayPal, Lenovo spearhead effort to kill passwords
ZDNet
Summary: FIDO Alliance aligns smart devices, authentication but will its scope be broad enough and its appeal wide enough. John Fontana. By John Fontana for Identity Matters | February 12, 2013 -- An alliance ...
ZDNet
Summary: FIDO Alliance aligns smart devices, authentication but will its scope be broad enough and its appeal wide enough. John Fontana. By John Fontana for Identity Matters | February 12, 2013 -- An alliance ...
Exploratorium Releases Audio-Centric iPad App
PC Magazine
Audiophiles, rejoice: The Exploratorium museum today released a free iPad app that lets users explore auditory illusions and acoustic phenomena. The free application, Sound Uncovered, uses science and technology to inform through activities, articles, and ...
PC Magazine
Audiophiles, rejoice: The Exploratorium museum today released a free iPad app that lets users explore auditory illusions and acoustic phenomena. The free application, Sound Uncovered, uses science and technology to inform through activities, articles, and ...
InformationWeek
Yahoo-owned Flickr's fix -- resetting permissions on all potentially affected images -- also broke some connections with third-party websites. Start The Discussion · Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Mathew J. Schwartz | February 12, 2013 03:06 PM. The online ...
Yahoo-owned Flickr's fix -- resetting permissions on all potentially affected images -- also broke some connections with third-party websites. Start The Discussion · Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Mathew J. Schwartz | February 12, 2013 03:06 PM. The online ...
Intel Working on Internet TV Device for Debut in 2013
Businessweek
Intel Corp. (INTC), the world's biggest chipmaker, is building an Internet television set-top box that it will sell directly to consumers, aiming to create a new market for its processors. Erik Huggers, vice president of Intel's digital home group, said the device and ...
Apple Defends Position on Cash
Wall Street Journal
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook fired back against hedge-fund mogul David Einhorn, defending the company's distribution of cash to its shareholders and calling a recent lawsuit filed by Mr. Einhorn's firm "a silly sideshow." Mr. Cook's remarks, made at a ...
Wall Street Journal
Businessweek
Intel Corp. (INTC), the world's biggest chipmaker, is building an Internet television set-top box that it will sell directly to consumers, aiming to create a new market for its processors. Erik Huggers, vice president of Intel's digital home group, said the device and ...
Apple Defends Position on Cash
Wall Street Journal
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook fired back against hedge-fund mogul David Einhorn, defending the company's distribution of cash to its shareholders and calling a recent lawsuit filed by Mr. Einhorn's firm "a silly sideshow." Mr. Cook's remarks, made at a ...
Wall Street Journal
Microsoft delivers Connected Standby, Wi-Fi and other fixes for Windows 8 ...
ZDNet
Summary: Microsoft has delivered several non-security-specific updates for Windows RT, the operating system for ARM-based tablets and PCS including the Surface RT, as part of this month's Patch Tuesday. Mary Jo Foley. By Mary Jo Foley for All About ...
Alfa Romeo to return to US (finally) with all-new sports car
Los Angeles Times
After years of failed promises and delayed introductions, Alfa Romeo will officially return to the U.S. later this year with an all-new mid-engine sports car, the company announced Tuesday. The Alfa Romeo 4C will be the first of several Alfas to hit the U.S. ...
Los Angeles Times
After years of failed promises and delayed introductions, Alfa Romeo will officially return to the U.S. later this year with an all-new mid-engine sports car, the company announced Tuesday. The Alfa Romeo 4C will be the first of several Alfas to hit the U.S. ...
HBO Go app update allows users to stream content to Apple TV over AirPlay
Apple Insider
At the D: Dive Into Media conference on Tuesday, HBO CEO Eric Kessler announced that subscribers using the company's "HBO Go" iOS app will be able to stream content from the iPhone or iPad to their TVs via Apple's AirPlay protocol. HBO Go. The HBO ...
Apple Insider
At the D: Dive Into Media conference on Tuesday, HBO CEO Eric Kessler announced that subscribers using the company's "HBO Go" iOS app will be able to stream content from the iPhone or iPad to their TVs via Apple's AirPlay protocol. HBO Go. The HBO ...
Video: High-Tech Gadgets Invade Toy Fair 2013
PC Magazine
Like something pulled from the imagination of a 5-year-old, New York's Jacob K. Javits Center was filled this week with hundreds of toy companies showing off their latest tech-savvy playthings. Toy Fair 2013 played host to fan favorites like LEGO, Activision, ...
PC Magazine
Like something pulled from the imagination of a 5-year-old, New York's Jacob K. Javits Center was filled this week with hundreds of toy companies showing off their latest tech-savvy playthings. Toy Fair 2013 played host to fan favorites like LEGO, Activision, ...
Microsoft Fixes 57 Bugs In Windows, Office, IE
InformationWeek
Microsoft package of security fixes is one of the biggest updates ever; security professionals advise installing it immediately. Start The Discussion · Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Michael Endler | February 12, 2013 03:18 PM. 8 Cool Windows 8 Tablets For ...
InformationWeek
Microsoft package of security fixes is one of the biggest updates ever; security professionals advise installing it immediately. Start The Discussion · Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Michael Endler | February 12, 2013 03:18 PM. 8 Cool Windows 8 Tablets For ...
NASA: Alarming water loss in Middle East
Fox News
DOHA, Qatar – A NASA study found that an amount of freshwater almost the size of the Dead Sea has been lost in parts of the Middle East due to poor management, increased demands for groundwater and the effects of a 2007 drought. The study, to be ...
Fox News
DOHA, Qatar – A NASA study found that an amount of freshwater almost the size of the Dead Sea has been lost in parts of the Middle East due to poor management, increased demands for groundwater and the effects of a 2007 drought. The study, to be ...
Get started with Mailbox for iOS
CNET (blog)
After watching the reservation system slowly work its way to allowing you Mailbox access, you're now left wondering where to begin with the latest e-mail app on your iPhone. Don't worry, we can help. Jason Cipriani. by Jason Cipriani. February 12, 2013 ...
Coal emissions may be history with Carbon Sponge
SlashGear
This week a group of scientists hailing from Monash University and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) have claimed so-called Carbon Sponges may be able to soak up coal emissions. The possibility of this solution ...
SlashGear
CNET (blog)
After watching the reservation system slowly work its way to allowing you Mailbox access, you're now left wondering where to begin with the latest e-mail app on your iPhone. Don't worry, we can help. Jason Cipriani. by Jason Cipriani. February 12, 2013 ...
Coal emissions may be history with Carbon Sponge
SlashGear
This week a group of scientists hailing from Monash University and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) have claimed so-called Carbon Sponges may be able to soak up coal emissions. The possibility of this solution ...
SlashGear
Broadcom Scoffs at Qualcom's On-Die LTE, Announces Cheaper 28 nm Chip
DailyTech
Qualcomm, Inc.'s (QCOM) Snapdragon S4 was viewed as a major evolutionary leap in smartphone chipmaking as it incorporated an on-die 4G LTE modem into the central system-on-a-chip. Not so fast, says Broadcom Corp. (BRCM). The veteran ...
Facebook exec offers a 2013 forecast, and it is full of partnership deals
Digital Trends
facebook multi media What's on Facebook's plate in 2013? Facebook's VP of Partnerships Dan Rose spoke today at the D:Dive into Media conference, offering clues about what we're to expect from Facebook moving forward. Facebook is just starting to figure ...
Digital Trends
Western Digital targets Roku with $70 WD TV Play streaming box
TechSpot
Western Digital has added a new model to its WD TV media streaming series to include a set-top that's priced to compete with Roku's affordable options. While the WD TV Live and WD TV Live Hub typically go for $100 or more, Western Digital is selling the ...
TechSpot
What Is the FCC's Lifeline Phone-Subsidy Program?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The Wall Street Journal reported that a large share of low-income Americans who received phone service through a special government program called Lifeline aren't actually eligible for the service. Here's a deeper look at how the program works: What is the ...
Fitbit's Updated Android App Packs Wireless Sync Support For Samsung's ...
TechCrunch
Nike may not be planning to release an Android companion app for its activity-tracking FuelBand, but rival Fitbit is eager to make sure that health-conscious Droid owners are well taken care of. To that end, the company pushed out a new version of its Fitbit ...
TechCrunch
Tesla CEO accuses New York Times of printing 'fake' car review
Fox News
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is taking The New York Times to task over a largely negative review of his company's battery-powered luxury car, the Model S, calling the article “fake.” In the piece, Times reporter John Broder attempts to drive the $101,000 ...
Raytheon Riot Software Predicts Behavior Based on Social Media
PC Magazine
Is Big Brother watching from the Raytheon headquarters? The security firm has reportedly developed software that can track people's online habits and predict future behavior based on data from social-networking websites. The "extreme-scale analytics" ...
CNN Anchor to Bill Nye: Did Global Warming Cause the Asteroid That Will Soon ...
Slate Magazine (blog)
On Friday, an asteroid will come within 17,000 miles of the Earth—“a very close shave” by space standards, as my colleague Phil Plait puts it on Bad Astronomy. Recently, Bill Nye the Science Guy went on CNN to discuss the phenomenon—and anchor Deb...
Slate Magazine (blog)
Move Over, BabelFish: Computer Program Reconstructs Lost Tongues
TIME
Move Over, BabelFish: Computer Program Reconstructs Lost Tongues. By Matt PeckhamFeb. 12, 20130. Share. 'Treasures of the World's Cultures' Exhibition in Madrid. Juan Naharro Gimenez / Getty Images. A replica of the Rosetta Stone is displayed as part ...
TIME
Video Find: Ferrari Enzo Does its Best Rally-Car Impersonation
MotorTrend Magazine
Rally cars: they're typically hatchbacks with turbocharged four-cylinder engines and all-wheel drive. While the video below does feature a car blasting down dirt roads like a rally car, the car in question is a coupe with a naturally aspirated twelve-cylinder ...
MotorTrend Magazine
PC Magazine
Is Big Brother watching from the Raytheon headquarters? The security firm has reportedly developed software that can track people's online habits and predict future behavior based on data from social-networking websites. The "extreme-scale analytics" ...
CNN Anchor to Bill Nye: Did Global Warming Cause the Asteroid That Will Soon ...
Slate Magazine (blog)
On Friday, an asteroid will come within 17,000 miles of the Earth—“a very close shave” by space standards, as my colleague Phil Plait puts it on Bad Astronomy. Recently, Bill Nye the Science Guy went on CNN to discuss the phenomenon—and anchor Deb...
Slate Magazine (blog)
Move Over, BabelFish: Computer Program Reconstructs Lost Tongues
TIME
Move Over, BabelFish: Computer Program Reconstructs Lost Tongues. By Matt PeckhamFeb. 12, 20130. Share. 'Treasures of the World's Cultures' Exhibition in Madrid. Juan Naharro Gimenez / Getty Images. A replica of the Rosetta Stone is displayed as part ...
TIME
Video Find: Ferrari Enzo Does its Best Rally-Car Impersonation
MotorTrend Magazine
Rally cars: they're typically hatchbacks with turbocharged four-cylinder engines and all-wheel drive. While the video below does feature a car blasting down dirt roads like a rally car, the car in question is a coupe with a naturally aspirated twelve-cylinder ...
MotorTrend Magazine
Inkling takes aim at Amazon
Reuters Blogs (blog)
Inkling, the three-year-old start-up that transforms bulky textbooks into an interactive experience for the iPad and other tablet devices, launched on Tuesday an ambitious new publishing and search platform aimed for non-fiction content such as books on wine ...
WB Announces New Batman Game This Year
Gamespy.com
It's a good couple of weeks for sneaky guys with hoods. Last week, we found out that there would be a new Assassin's Creed game, and today we've learned that WB will be bringing a new Batman in the vein of the Arkham games, as CVG reports. Wait, does...
Gamespy.com
Yahoo Acquires Yelp-like Hyper-Local Mobile App
eWeek
Alike enables users to recommend nearby businesses as their favorites, similar to Yelp and Facebook's tagging feature. Yahoo revealed a hint about upgrading its mobile app strategy Feb. 12 when Yelp-like consumer application Alike announced in a blog ...
eWeek
Asteroid Set For a Close Encounter With Earth
History
Ever since astronomers in southern Spain spotted asteroid 2012 DA14 around this time last year, researchers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have been monitoring its course to see just how close it will come to Earth on its ...
Wireless charging orb for Nexus 4 now available!
The Droid Guy
nexus-4-charger Like all the Nexus devices made by Google in collaboration with various hardware manufacturers, even the Nexus 4 made by LG is an interesting device. Apart from being an interesting device, it is also an extremely popular phone, and the ...
The Droid Guy
nexus-4-charger Like all the Nexus devices made by Google in collaboration with various hardware manufacturers, even the Nexus 4 made by LG is an interesting device. Apart from being an interesting device, it is also an extremely popular phone, and the ...
Hackers hit Web security firm Bit9
Boston Herald
Waltham-based online security firm Bit9 suffered a security breach last week because of an “operational oversight” within the company's network. The company said it failed to install its own software product on a handful of computers within its network.
Verizon pushing out much-needed Droid DNA software fix
TechRadar UK
HTC's Droid DNA is an impressive smartphone, but it is also host to more than a few issues in need of fixing. Verizon announced that it will soon release software update version 2.04.605.2 710RD to address a bevy of bug fixes for the handset. Chief among ...
Bungie's Set To Begin The 'Destiny' Promotional Offensive
MTV.com (blog)
Bungie's been pretty quiet since the release of "Halo: Reach" amid their ongoing development of the sci-fi shooter, "Destiny." Well, starting next week, we can probably expect to start seeing/hearing more details in earnest as the studio behind "Halo" begins ...
MTV.com (blog)
Future iPhones Might Be Made From A Single Block Of Aluminum
AppAdvice
A new U.S. patent granted to Apple may give us a glimpse of future iPhone design. First spotted by AppleInsider, the so-called “microslot antenna” technology allows an antenna to be embedded directly into the case of a portable device, making it impossible ...
AppAdvice
TechRadar UK
HTC's Droid DNA is an impressive smartphone, but it is also host to more than a few issues in need of fixing. Verizon announced that it will soon release software update version 2.04.605.2 710RD to address a bevy of bug fixes for the handset. Chief among ...
Bungie's Set To Begin The 'Destiny' Promotional Offensive
MTV.com (blog)
Bungie's been pretty quiet since the release of "Halo: Reach" amid their ongoing development of the sci-fi shooter, "Destiny." Well, starting next week, we can probably expect to start seeing/hearing more details in earnest as the studio behind "Halo" begins ...
MTV.com (blog)
Future iPhones Might Be Made From A Single Block Of Aluminum
AppAdvice
A new U.S. patent granted to Apple may give us a glimpse of future iPhone design. First spotted by AppleInsider, the so-called “microslot antenna” technology allows an antenna to be embedded directly into the case of a portable device, making it impossible ...
AppAdvice
Darwin Day Brings out Evolution's Friends and Foes
Newsworks.org (blog)
As we celebrate another Charles Darwin birthday on February 12, friends of Darwinian evolution will pick up on things he got right, and enemies on what he didn't. Darwin was a prolific, wide-ranging thinker and writer, so it's no surprise that a few things he ...
Video game violence research has 'not been very well done'
Shacknews
Following the tragic shooting in Newtown, CT and a subsequent NRA conference that implicated video games as a major part of the problem, the national conversation has turned toward just how much media violence impacts young minds. According to some...
Shacknews
Newsworks.org (blog)
As we celebrate another Charles Darwin birthday on February 12, friends of Darwinian evolution will pick up on things he got right, and enemies on what he didn't. Darwin was a prolific, wide-ranging thinker and writer, so it's no surprise that a few things he ...
Video game violence research has 'not been very well done'
Shacknews
Following the tragic shooting in Newtown, CT and a subsequent NRA conference that implicated video games as a major part of the problem, the national conversation has turned toward just how much media violence impacts young minds. According to some...
Shacknews
Pink planet in the sky: Mercury makes rare appearance
UPI.com (blog)
You are here: Home / Blog / Pink planet in the sky: Mercury makes rare appearance · Blog. Pink planet in the sky: Mercury makes rare appearance. The closest planet to the Sun will be visible for part of February, giving stargazers a rare look at the zippy little ...
UPI.com (blog)
Apple iWatch: 7 Reasons It Won't Fly
InformationWeek
Squeezing a processor into an iPod Nano form factor mostly means a less-capable computing device, and adding a wristband doesn't change that. Start The Discussion · | February 12, 2013 . Apple is ...
VMware buys Virsto for software-defined datacentre future
ZDNet
Summary: The company is to acquire Virsto, a storage hypervisor and optimisation vendor, in an effort to further its software-defined datacentre strategy. Liam Tung. ...
ZDNet
Summary: The company is to acquire Virsto, a storage hypervisor and optimisation vendor, in an effort to further its software-defined datacentre strategy. Liam Tung. ...
Landsat 8 Pushes the Earth-Monitoring Envelope
TechNewsWorld
Planet Earth is finally ready for its close-up thanks to the state-of-the-art cameras on board Landsat 8, the newest satellite in a series of Earth-monitoring spacecraft that blasted off Monday with two primary missions: to keep track of Earth's land masses and ...
TechNewsWorld
Planet Earth is finally ready for its close-up thanks to the state-of-the-art cameras on board Landsat 8, the newest satellite in a series of Earth-monitoring spacecraft that blasted off Monday with two primary missions: to keep track of Earth's land masses and ...
5 reasons to stick with BlackBerry, and 5 reasons to bail
PCWorld
BlackBerry customers are at a crossroads: Either stick with BlackBerry or switch to some other smartphone platform. If you're still using a BlackBerry, then you've probably grown tired of watching the smartphone world pass you by. However, the new ...
PCWorld
BlackBerry customers are at a crossroads: Either stick with BlackBerry or switch to some other smartphone platform. If you're still using a BlackBerry, then you've probably grown tired of watching the smartphone world pass you by. However, the new ...
Nokia Lumia 720 & 520 Specs Leak, Announcement Expected At MWC
Mobile & Apps
Nokia shows no signs of slowing down when it comes to releasing new Lumia smartphones. According to a new report, Nokia will be unveiling two new handsets, the Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 at Mobile World Congress later this month. Follow us ...
Arctic Soil Releases Dangerous Levels of CO2, Speeding Global Warming
Science World Report
(Photo : Reuters) Global warming has caused scientists to worry as permafrost melts, releasing a vast amount of CO2 into the atmosphere and further perpetuating the problem. For most of the year, the Arctic is frozen: its hard-packed tundra and ice forming ...
Science World Report
Mobile & Apps
Nokia shows no signs of slowing down when it comes to releasing new Lumia smartphones. According to a new report, Nokia will be unveiling two new handsets, the Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 at Mobile World Congress later this month. Follow us ...
Arctic Soil Releases Dangerous Levels of CO2, Speeding Global Warming
Science World Report
(Photo : Reuters) Global warming has caused scientists to worry as permafrost melts, releasing a vast amount of CO2 into the atmosphere and further perpetuating the problem. For most of the year, the Arctic is frozen: its hard-packed tundra and ice forming ...
Science World Report
Sonos Playbar: a home theater soundbar that wirelessly streams music for $699 ...
Engadget
We've long been enamored of Sonos' musical streaming technology and its wireless speakers, whether it's the S5 Play:5, the Play:3 or the Sub. But, what if you're looking for some Sonos gear that can stream your favorite MOG or Spotify playlist and deliver ...
Your Help Wanted to Name Pluto's Newest Moons
Fox17
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — If you have ever wanted a chance to make a name for yourself in astronomy, you now have an opportunity. Astronomers who were part of NASA's New Horizons mission have discovered two new moons of Pluto, and now they need ...
Fox17
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