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Watch Chinese workers build an iPad

Posted April 12, 2012 - 9:59 am

Here's a video report on a Foxconn factory that makes iPads so wealthy Americans can make videos in which they destroy them.
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Former cybersecurity czar: Every major U.S. company has been hacked by China

Posted March 27, 2012 - 12:18 pm

Former White House cybersecurity advisor Richard Clarke tells Smithsonian magazine that state-sanctioned Chinese hackers are stealing R&D from U.S. companies.
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NATO launches disturbingly relaxed-sounding 'rapid reaction' cyberwar team

Posted March 13, 2012 - 4:39 pm

NATO announced a cyberwar rapid-response team whose mission is to counter sudden attacks and return systems to their original state. The idea sounds fine, but considering the speed and increasing aggression of cyberattackers, the new team sounds distinctly little league.
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For shareholder meeting, Apple bans laptops, cell phones

Posted February 23, 2012 - 3:20 pm

Apple's annual shareholder meeting won't be live-tweeted -- or live-anythinged, for that matter. The company confiscated unauthorized laptops and cell phones from attendees.
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Is Apple going 'thermonuclear war' in iPad China trademark battle?

Posted February 20, 2012 - 8:34 pm

Apple is threatening to sue Chinese manufacturer Proview for defamation in the ongoing battle over the iPad trademark in that country. But is that a strategic mistake?
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China’s data center expansion includes eye on efficiencies

Posted December 31, 2011 - 12:27 am

Chinese data centers and the environment
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China’s big data center build-out

Posted December 28, 2011 - 7:22 pm

Ramping up data centers in China
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More legal setbacks for Apple

Posted December 9, 2011 - 4:53 pm

Apple this week was on the short end of three out of four international court rulings involving patent disputes.
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Apple, you're not the iPad trademark boss of China

Posted December 7, 2011 - 9:17 pm

The Chinese company sued by Apple over rights to the iPad trademark files a counter-lawsuit to prevent Apple from selling its tablet under the iPad name.
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Are U.S. superspies at NSA getting into fight against ordinary hackers?

Posted October 27, 2011 - 2:45 pm

The National Security Agency -- a real-life Men in Black agency, if the MiB only eavesdropped on aliens instead of capturing them -- is lending its expertise to Wall Street as a way to stave off economic disasters that might follow widespread hacks and loss of confidence in banks.
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RSA refuses to name China as culprit behind SecureID attack

Posted October 12, 2011 - 11:40 am

After six months of investigation and what it says is plenty of evidence of who is to blame for the data breach that undermined 40 million SecureID token users, RSA announced only that it can say only that the culprit was a hacker and a "nation state." Why so coy, RSA?
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Yahoo shares rise on Alibaba CEO interest in potential acquisition

Posted October 3, 2011 - 2:17 pm

Jack Ma, chief executive of Alibaba, says he would be "very interested" in acquiring slumping Internet pioneer Yahoo, which is looking for a buyer.
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Japan is latest victim in global military cyber espionage attacks

Posted September 20, 2011 - 1:43 pm

Japan's largest defense manufacturer is in hot water with the government after failing to report a series of spear-phishing attacks that infected 80 machines but reportedly yielded no secrets.
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Software industry calls half its customers thieves

Posted September 7, 2011 - 12:29 pm

47% of PC users are willing to use illegal software, costing vendors billions, according to a study that weeps for the plight of highly profitable software makers but doesn't mention the billions customers waste on unnecessary maintenance, upgrades and rigidly obsolete licensing terms.
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Chinese officals urge change in tight controls of Internet: 'Quick, more censorship!!!'

Posted September 6, 2011 - 10:16 am

Number of online Chinese already outnumbers U.S. by 50%, and could triple; despite China-owned analogs for Facebook, Google, Twitter, control may break down and destabilize government, especially if political-protest attacks continue against its current policies.
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Tip of the 'fake Apple store' iceberg in China?

Posted August 12, 2011 - 4:09 pm

The number of unauthorized Apple dealers in just one Chinese city is up to nearly two dozen.
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Why is the West silent on 5-year cyberwar launched by China?

Posted August 4, 2011 - 12:16 pm

If every other international incident merits reprisals, sanctions or stern language from the bully pulpit, why have U.S. and U.K officials been silent about unprovoked cyberattacks from China.
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McAfee report shows 14 countries under attack in 5-year cyberwar

Posted August 3, 2011 - 1:38 pm

At Black Hat and in Vanity Fair, McAfee is releasing details of a report about a series of cyberattacks on 70 organizations in 14 countries, under the nickname Operation Shady Rat.
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Video

Dancing robot shakes its booty

Posted July 28, 2011 - 1:01 pm

Answering the question: Can a robot do The Robot? Yes, yes it can
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China has not built an effective iPhone-killing EMP weapon

Posted July 22, 2011 - 3:52 pm

Though it drains a lot of the excitement out of reading the screaming global security headlines, China has not, in fact, built an effective EMP weapon, just as the now-unsecret documents said.
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Reuters: China Telecom plans iPhone launch by end of year

Posted July 13, 2011 - 4:05 pm

China Telecom may become the second wireless carrier in that nation to offer customers Apple's smartphone.
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Breakfast links: Google making friends in Japan

Posted July 11, 2011 - 9:14 am

Also: Surprise! Groupon wants your personal data
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IMF gets flamed without help from Anonymous

Posted June 13, 2011 - 2:00 pm

No one knows yet where the IMF data breach came from, but Anonymous, the first source blamed and the one whose IMF's girded its defenses against, didn't have to do a thing.
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RSA offer to replace tokens is weak if defense-industry attackers can make their own

Posted June 7, 2011 - 11:19 am

Replacing 45,000 tokens from a population of 260 million, to lock out attackers who may already be able to reverse-engineer your security, is too shallow a "solution" to do much good.
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Hacks make Internet look lawless, but security just hasn't caught up to spear-phishers yet

Posted June 3, 2011 - 12:09 pm

Data breaches shake confidence in the cloud, blaming it for security gaps between new technology, old security policies and a human tendency toward trust. Fix that and you're golden.
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