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Big Data gone wrong: Facebook is doomed! And so is Princeton! And air!
Here’s a stark warning to anyone who thinks they can outwit one of Facebook’s very own data scientists… Earlier this week, a pair of researchers at Princeton University made the news with the rather stunning claim that Facebook was on its last legs, and would lose almost 80 percent of its users within just three ...
Samsung’s profits slide on slower smartphone sales
Things are no longer looking quite so rosy and beautiful over at Samsung, although it remains the world’s number one smartphone maker by some distance. Even so, its business has taken a knock in recent months, with Bloomberg reporting that the Korean company has posted its slowest growth since 2011. Samsung’s operating profits for Q4 ...
Securing the Internet of Things: Top 10 things to consider
The following is a guest post by Mark O’Neill, VP Innovation at Axway, a leading provider for data governance and API management. Welcome to the future, where smart meters monitor your home appliance usage, where fitness devices on your wrist track your heart-rate, and where electric vehicles can take commands from your wristwatch. What does ...
The Internet of Things is riddled with vulnerabilities
The security of the Internet of Things is sure to be one of the hottest topics in cyberspace this year, and with good reason: the potential for disaster is great, with millions becoming dependent on connected devices that are riddled with vulnerabilities. A parallel could be drawn between this and personal computing back in the ...
Apple plans update to fix iOS 7’s ‘white/black screen of death’ issues
When Apple came out with its revamped iOS 7 last year, it was making a big bet on the re-imagination of its flagship product. The changes were slightly controversial – there were a few bugs in features like iCloud and iMessage, not too mention reports of ‘motion sickness‘ among some users, though on the whole ...
Microsoft wants to see an international treaty on digital surveillance
The NSA reforms announced by President Barack Obama last week fell somewhat short of what many people were hoping for. And that includes Microsoft, which as we know only too well, was one of the major tech companies targeted under the NSA’ PRISM program. In a response to Obama’s reforms posted this week, Microsoft’s General ...
Sorry Seagate, but your hard drives suck
The online backup provider Backblaze came up with some interesting statistics about the mortality rates of its hard drives last November, based on the 25,000 units it has in service. It’s study at the time found that hard drive failures were most common in the first 18 months, and after three years of use, but ...
The ‘connected home’ is streets ahead of wearable tech
Few trends are hotter than wearable technology at the moment, which takes the form of all manner of weird and wonderful gizmos, the most common being sleek-looking smart watches and groovy-but-geeky Google Glass. With wearable tech seemingly on every blogger’s lips these days, you’d be mistaken for thinking that 2014 is the year it all ...
South Korea’s 2nd biggest data theft sees half the population’s credit card details stolen
South Korea has just witnessed one of its largest ever cybersecurity breaches, after the credit card details of a whopping 20 million people – almost half of the its population – were stolen from one of its leading credit agencies. Data breaches in South Korea are nothing new – indeed, hacking is rife in the ...
Say ‘hi’ to the Blackphone, a smartphone designed to keep the NSA OUT
Wouldn’t it be great if someone designed a smartphone capable of protecting your email, masking your phone calls and stopping anyone from tracing your movements? Well, if the makers of a new smartphone called “Blackphone” are to be believed, that device now exists. The last year has seen dozens of shocking revelations which shows the ...
