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Simple, cheap apps keep your secrets online

Posted January 13, 2011 - 6:58 pm

There are too many hacks and too many nuclear cookies to risk wireless browsing unprotected; easy, cheap VPNs are one good answer.
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Forrester: Web 2.0 means paying more attention to security, not less

Posted January 13, 2011 - 6:42 pm

Holes are opening all over enterprise IT infrastructures, which rely on end-users' memories, not good systems, for good authentication plans.
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Iran responds to Stuxnet by expanding cyberwar militia

Posted January 12, 2011 - 5:56 pm

Iran is expanding its huge youth militia by recruiting geeks for a renewed cyberwar effort aimed at the West.
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Inside your walls, a fight for the right to link up your HDTV

Posted January 12, 2011 - 1:01 pm

Powerline is the simplest network option for situations WiFi can't cover; arguments over next-gen high-bandwidth spec might short its potential.
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Can the iPhone bring down Verizon the way it did AT&T?

Posted January 11, 2011 - 6:39 pm

Verizon got a lot of good press by adding the iPhone to its menu at CES. It gets lots for LTE, too. Can it afford to do both at the same time?
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Cloud cracks home wireless router; giant hammer squishes ant

Posted January 11, 2011 - 1:19 pm

Hackers using Amazon's EC2 to crack WLANs is no threat to corporate IT, but does highlight new options for ambitious, cash-strapped crackers.
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Time to kill Bluetooth

Posted January 10, 2011 - 3:33 pm

New WLAN protocol Wi-Fi Direct can link your phone to a headset, keyboard, disk drive or network, simpler, more securely and more easily than Bluetooth.
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What really mattered at CES: An OS, a tablet a network, a surrender

Posted January 7, 2011 - 5:07 pm

Microsoft and Intel surrender to the new generation; RIM and Sprint squeeze in behind the market leaders; no one cares much about 3D TV.
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CES mini-exhibit forgets to use technology to demonstrate technology

Posted January 6, 2011 - 6:46 pm

In the giant, crowded, geek-infested center of the technology universe, the air is just not thick enough to support everyone.
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'Anonymous' hactivists attack Zimbabwe

Posted January 3, 2011 - 4:28 pm

Anonymous has shown the far-reaching power of non-violent protest online; are censorship and secrecy the only injustices on which it can work?
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Holiday Party: Ogling the Oligarchs

Posted December 31, 2010 - 5:51 pm

I can always tell what politicians are going to fight over next year by who people pay me to watch, and who their special friends appear to be.
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FBI raids Texas hosting company for WikiLeaks DDOS attackers

Posted December 30, 2010 - 12:51 pm

FBI takes data from servers it says used IP addresses through which orders were relayed for DDOS attacks on PayPal, others in "Operation Payback."
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Home of Anonymous DDOS attackers comes under attack

Posted December 29, 2010 - 2:42 pm

4Chan, the widely derided home of the hactivist group Anonymous and WikiLeaks-defending DDOS attacks on Mastercard, Visa, partially down for 24 hours.
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Microsoft set to leap on tablet bandwagon before it rolls out of sight

Posted December 22, 2010 - 2:57 pm

There's no confirmation of the rumors, but if Microsoft does unveil an ARM version of Windows for tablets at CES, it will show Redmond is only slow, not completely asleep.
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What you lost in FCC's net neutrality ruling

Posted December 22, 2010 - 2:18 pm

Carriers and ISPs kept the right to filter traffic as they like; allowing owners of that traffic to pay extra to not slow it down would be discriminatory.
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Most disturbing WikiLeaks revelation: 'Worst sex ever'

Posted December 22, 2010 - 12:01 pm

State Dept. still PO'd about secret cables; Assange ego wrestles with poor review. Can the rest of us talk about secrecy now?
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FCC creates a monster, gives it control of the Internet

Posted December 21, 2010 - 4:01 pm

FCC "network management" guideline lets carriers throttle or block traffic, raise fees for service that already can't live up to its billing.
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iPad is cool, but wait until you can fly a jet with it

Posted December 16, 2010 - 6:23 pm

Citrix' CTO loves what bring-your-own-IT is doing for his business; can't wait to see what developers will do with more than just email and database access.
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Air Force points censorship weapon at its own head

Posted December 16, 2010 - 1:00 pm

You have to expect the military to censor secret content. Shutting staff access to content everyone else has, though? Not a useful tactic.
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Goldman flag on Intel stock means IT must adapt to iPads

Posted December 14, 2010 - 2:48 pm

Report predicts Wintel to be replaced to significant degree by some other platform for first time during 2011.
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How fast is LTE? Depends on if you stay put when you use it

Posted December 13, 2010 - 2:54 pm

Driver problems with USB modems cause handoff delays between 3G and 4G cells and leave Macs out of the picture completely.
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Media companies, carriers aim to pick your pocket

Posted December 13, 2010 - 1:35 pm

Content companies are joining carriers in pressuring Netflix in an effort to squeeze more money out of business plans that are already disrupted and obsolete.
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Apple searches for engineers good with Verizon networks

Posted December 10, 2010 - 5:26 pm

If you're a cell-phone systems engineer with CDMA experience and a jonez for iPhones, these jobs at Apple might be for you.
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Microsoft promises to save users from tracking, Java malware, Ballmer videos

Posted December 8, 2010 - 11:54 am

Microsoft is beating the FTC to the punch by announcing plans for a do-not-track function for IE9, and extending Security Essentials track record with a Java tool, but no release date.
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WikiLeaks signs its own death warrant with threat to businesses

Posted December 2, 2010 - 1:05 pm

Real data-loss prevention is a political as much as a technical problem; the WikiLeaks example and its threat to dish on corporations makes a good case to help IT address both.
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