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FBI Warns OF Android Threats As Google Readies Malware Scanner
It was reported yesterday that Google is currently developing a new malware scanner for its Google Play store. Turns out this was excellent timing, for the FBI, via its Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has just issued the latest warning about the rising number of malicious programs affecting Android devices. According to the warning, the latest ...
CNIL Findings “Recommend” Google Alter EU Privacy Policy
EU data protection agencies have said that Google’s new privacy policy is not in full compliance with European law, following its decision earlier this year to consolidate sixty separate policies into a single item. Google made the move so that it could improve its targeted advertising strategy, by pooling available data from its full range ...
Tableau Software Brings Out The Data Analyst In Us All
Recently named as one of the top workplaces in its home state of Washington, it turns out that Tableau Software is capable of a whole lot more than just creating a thriving company culture. SiliconANGLE has previously reported on how Tableau has gained a lot of traction in the business intelligence segment over the last ...
FCC Gives Cable Operators Go-Ahead To Encrypt Basic Services
Cable operators have been granted permission to use a powerful tool in their battle to prevent illegal access to their content, after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to allow them to encrypt their basic services. According to a report by Bloomberg, the FCC voted unanimously (5-0) to allow cable operators to encrypt broadcasts of ...
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 ...