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IBM Getting Smart on Big Data Security, Appoints Christina Peters as Chief Privacy Officer
IBM announced the new appointment of the top management of the company–Christina Peters was promoted to Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) and will lead a team of lawyers, experts in data security and technical staff who are engaged in policies and practices of protection of personal data of more than 400 thousand employees and hundreds of thousands ...
Telerik Unveils the Cloudy Side of Mobile Development with Icenium Tools
The folks over at Telerik have been busy, today the end-to-end mobile software application developers have announced the industry first Integrated Cloud Environment (ICE). Known as Icenium, this platform will introduce a new way for developers to produce applications that fully use the cloud in all its glory to produce, update, and maintain software across ...
Ubuntu Has the Juju in the Open Source, ARM DevOps Revolution for Cloud and Big Data
The open source community seems like a very likely place for a great deal of DevOps breakthroughs to rise out of, after all many of the products that live in that community address individuals who wear many hats: developers, system administrators, technology officers. Canonical, the company behind the popular Linux flavor Ubuntu, has been working ...
Malware Problem on the Rise, Hospitals Suffer “Rampant” Infections
With the proliferation of highly computerized and networked systems for healthcare, it’s not unexpected that they’re opening themselves up to new vectors for invasion of privacy—including the automated type presented by malware. Worse, medical information is confidential and valuable to bad people, not to mention that malware on sensitive medical equipment could lead to serious ...
CODEBREAKER: Compelling Movie About Alan Turing Premieres in the United States
TODpix, in conjunction with Story Center Productions and Furnace, has announced the U.S. Premiere of CODEBREAKER, a unique new film about British mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing—focusing not just on his role in World War II and his accomplishments that led to the computer revolution; but how his own country turned against him due ...
AT&T Considers Six-Strikes Anti-Piracy Policy in the United States
November 28 will mark the date that AT&T will start sending out anti-piracy warning notices to its subscribers who get flagged for copyright violations. In the wake of these notices repeated offenders will be sanctioned by having “the access to frequently visited websites blocked,” until such time that they complete a copyright education course. All ...
Microsoft Prototypes Bulky But Cool Hand Gesture Sensor Bracelet
One of the challenges with augmented reality and human computer interaction is having a wearable computer connect with the human—for most mobile phones this is a tiny keyboard, a bunch of buttons, or a touch screen. However, with innovations such as Google Glass bringing the display from the hands and directly into the eyes, this ...
Trend Micro Identifies “lol profile” Malware Spreading via Skype as DORKBOT
If you use Skype, you’ve likely been privy to an odd message coming from some of your contacts that says, “lol is this your new profile pic?” The explosion of this Trojan through various gaming communities was covered by SiliconANGLE earlier; but now Trend Micro’s malware labs have identified the malware as a variant of ...
Windows 8 App Marketplace Rings Death Knell for Microsoft Points
It’s been a long rumor in coming but it’s finally been confirmed that Microsoft Points are being phased out in favor of cash transactions and it’s going to start with Windows 8. Microsoft has already started to remove MS Points as the default purchase method for buying software, and renting music, and movies, according to ...
Skype “lol profile” Trojan Spreads Like Wildfire Through Gaming Community
In what looks like a new veneer on an old trick, a clickjacking Trojan that takes advantage of Skype users has been spreading like a pandemic through Skype affecting largely gamers. The malware hijacks a Skype session to send the message “lol is this your new profile pic?” and a shortened URL for the target ...