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EU Gets the Knives Out for Microsoft & Google
Bad news for Microsoft and Google – the two computer giants are bracing themselves for a hammering with the full force of EU regulations in the next few days, as privacy and anti-trust complaints against them finally come to a head. Reports indicate that Microsoft is set to be handed a formal antitrust complaint by ...
Could Cisco Have Manipulated The Findings On Huawei And ZTE?
The controversy over a US Congressional panel’s decision to label Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE a ‘security threat’ refuses to go away, with Chinese media sources reporting that the accusations could well be motivated by certain politicians’ financial interests, together with pressure from the big shots in Washington. Xinhua News claims that the Congressional report ...
Panetta Warns Of Cybersecurity Threat; Says US Is Ready To Hit Back
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has warned that the US could launch a “pre-emptive” strike in the face of an imminent cyber attack against it, whilst stressing the need for action to bolster the nation’s defenses against any such attack. In what is said to be the first speech by a US defense secretary addressing cybersecurity, ...
AMD Announces Third Quarter Slump, Blames Lower Demand
Chipmaker AMD has slashed its third quarter revenue outlook for a second time, warning that it faces weaker demand across all product lines than it had first expected. It put down the lack of demand to what it called a “challenging macroeconomic environment.” Not everyone is surprised by the news, as many analysts had already ...
Anonymous Outraged As Wikileaks Hides Behind ‘Paywall’
Anonymous, the faceless grouping of hacktivists that leapt the to the support of WikiLeaks in its battle against US government suppression, has turned the tables and launched a bitter attack on its ally, declaring war in retaliation for its use of a new ‘paywall’. The row first exploded on Wednesday, when Wikileaks and Anonymous clashed ...
Project Hestia Maps Carbon Emissions At Street Level
Carbon emissions have long been the ‘public enemy number one’ of environmental campaigners and ecologists. Those noxious greenhouse gases are the single biggest source of pollution in the world today, and one of the major reasons for Global Warming, hence reducing the amount we pump into the atmosphere has been the stated goal of dozens ...
Big Data Bins Hope To Revolutionize Waste Collection
The trash collection industry has always been a pretty ‘wasteful’ one, what with garbage collectors sticking to their regular, pre-defined routes whilst out and about collecting their smelly cargo. Waste disposal is a dirty job all right, but to quote an often-used phrase – someone has to do it. The only trouble is, it seems ...
RSA Proposes Splitting Passwords In Two To Foil Hackers
Following a spate of high profile password leaks over the last few months, including breaches at Sony and LinkedIn, consumers have grown concerned that their passwords might not be enough to deter cybercriminals from stealing their personal information. With these fears in mind, the security firm RSA thinks that it’s hit on a novel way ...
Lenovo Overtakes HP As #1 PC Maker; Unveils Three Hybrid Laptop/Tablets
Lenovo has apparently knocked HP off of its perch, surpassing the American firm to become the world’s number one PC manufacturer, according to new figures by research firm Gartner. Lenovo – makers of the iconic ThinkPad and IdeaPad – shipped out 13.8 million units over the third quarter, compared to just 13.55 million units from ...
Sex, Cigarettes or Facebook – Which Tempts You More?
It’s no secret that Facebook holds a lot of interest for a great many people, but could it really be more arousing than sex? Apparently so, according to a group of researchers at Chicago University’s Booth Business School, who claim that the social media site is also more tempting than the baddest of naughty vices ...