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Former EMC Employee Steals $220,000

By Harmony Tapper Jul 15, 2012

EMC, which has been flying high since the wild success of their annual conference in Las Vegas experienced some misfortunes this week when a former employee was charged with theft totaling $220,000. Madeline Vinton…

This Week in Big Data: VCs, Cloud All Over the Place

By Maria Deutscher Jul 15, 2012

This past week featured a big push into the cloud by Kognitio, new from Fujitsu and Datameer and a couple of funding rounds. We can start with those. Clustrix offers database appliances that run…

Cyberthreat Weekly: A $75 Million Cyber Bank Job, Anonymous Mars Japanese Websites, and Spammers Aim for London Olympics 2012

By Kristina Farrah Jul 14, 2012

Looking at the cybersecurity goings-on last week, it’s safe to assume that hacking is taken to new heights. Cybersecurity is not just an issue of stealing personal information and defacing websites, it can cause…

Cisco Releases Patches for Multiple Vulnerabilities in TelePresence Endpoint Devices

By Saroj Kar Jul 14, 2012

Cisco has acknowledged bugs in multiple versions of their TelePresence devices software, which would allow a remote attacker to take control of videophones by injecting arbitrary code and malicious commands. The company has released…

Zuckerberg Expects Facebook Mobile Roll Out to be a Breeze

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 14, 2012

In a recent interview, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed how penetrating the mobile scene proved to be a challenge but it wasn’t that different in setting up Facebook in the first place. Zuckerberg stated that…

Google+ for iPad Tops This Week’s Business Tablet App Roundup

By Maria Deutscher Jul 14, 2012

A couple days ago Google debuted a G+ app for the iPad that is not merely a tablet-optimized social networking client, but also a very viable tool for business users thanks to one powerful…

Google: The World’s Chauffer

By Kathryn Buford Jul 14, 2012

If Google has its way, there’s no telling what will become of Driver’s Ed teachers and their classic advice: “You drive the car, don’t let the car drive you.” At this year’s Sun Valley conference,…

Instagram Patches Privacy Vulnerability, Hammers a Quick Fix

By Isha Suri Jul 14, 2012

Instagram, the mobile photo-sharing network recently suffered a flaw in its image application, recently discovered by Spanish researcher Sebastián Guerrero. As described in the advisory published by Guerrero, there was a logical flaw in…