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Hounded to Death: Did Prosecutors Abuse Cybercrime Laws in Swartz Case?
It would have been impossible not to witness the outpouring of grief, anger and suspicion that consumed the internet since last weekend. The untimely death of Reddit co-founder, internet activist and all-round computer genius Aaron Swartz on Friday in a suspected suicide has given birth to intense debate over what many have termed as ‘legal ...
Kaspersky Unearths “Red October” Cyber Espionage Campaign
Security chiefs at Kaspersky Labs have uncovered evidence of yet more cyber espionage, targeting dozens of governments, businesses, political groups, and other organizations. Kaspersky said that the discovery was made following an exhaustive five-year investigation carried out alongside numerous Cyber Emergency Response Teams (CERTS). Details about the exact origin of the cyber espionage campaign remain ...
Greedy iPhone Users Europe’s Biggest Data Hogs
Commentators like to talk about the popularity of different mobile devices around the world, and keeping that in mind there are probably few better gauges of this than the amount of data that each type of device uses. Which is why it comes as a mild surprise to learn that the iPhone continues to gobble ...
Flow Adds Semantic Search from Hakia to Revolutionize E-Commerce
Flow, a Canadian start-up offering an innovative, peer-to-peer ‘social commerce’ solution, has just teamed up with Hakia to provide semantic search functionality within its closed platform. While the news is unlikely to draw too much attention now, it could well have massive implications on the way people do their shopping online in the future. Internet commerce as ...
Samsung Snubs Windows RT, Says it’s “Too Confusing”
Samsung has just given Microsoft the big thumbs down, announcing that it’s cancelled plans to release a Windows RT version of its upcoming Ativ Tab in the US, saying that the operating system is “confusing” for consumers. Mike Abary, head of Samsung’s PC and Tablet operations in the US, said that the company had originally ...
The Big ‘Big Data’ Sale is Coming Soon!
No one said that storing big data would be cheap, but soon the costs of doing so will become so excessive that more than a third of businesses doing so will be forced to look at ways they can monetize that data, according to a new report from Gartner. Doug Laney, an analyst with Gartner, ...
EU Gets Tough On Google, Will Force It To Change Search Results
Google may be forced to change the way it presents its services and search results in the EU, after the European Union’s anti-trust commissioner said that he believed the search engine was abusing its position as the market leader in search. In an interview with the Financial Times, EU anti-trust commissioner Joaquin Almunia said that ...
Big Data Making Waves In The Fight Against Somali Pirates
Law enforcement agencies around the world are learning to anticipate criminal behavior by studying millions of invisible clues hiding in the big data spectrum. We’ve already seen how local police forces have done this, using big data to analyze so-called ‘crime hotspots’ in certain cities, but as the knowledge begins to spread, we’re seeing even ...
Streetline Paves The Way Forward To Easier Parking
Car parking is an industry that’s about as dull and uninteresting as it’s possible to be, but there’s no denying that it’s also a critical one. Moreover, it’s one that’s badly in need a helping hand through the use of mobile tech – so it’s good to know that assistance is on hand. A new ...
Big Brother’s Big Data: Why We Must Fear The Internet Of Things
When the visionary George Orwell first wrote about Big Brother using ‘telescreens’ as a means of spying on the general population, little did he know that this was but the tip of the iceberg. With the emergence of the “Internet of Things” and all of the benefits that this will bring, the very notion of ...