Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Apple bans researcher for app exposing iOS security flaw

  "Mudge" Zatko shaking up DARPA's security software routine | Accel buys into Big Data hype with $100M venture fund
 
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Apple bans researcher for app exposing iOS security flaw
Apple has banned well-known security researcher Charlie Miller from its developer program, for creating an apparently benign iOS app that was actually designed to exploit a security flaw he had uncovered in the firmware. Read More


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"Mudge" Zatko shaking up DARPA's security software routine
WASHGINTON, DC -- Getting non-traditional security technology quickly into military networks was at best a trying experience. Not only that, if you or your company had a novel security tools the last place you may have wanted to show it off would have been to the government. Read More

Accel buys into Big Data hype with $100M venture fund
Accel Partners launched a $100 million Big Data Fund at the sold-out Hadoop World conference in New York Tuesday in an effort to help start-ups exploit new data types expected to dominate computing and networks for years to come. Read More

The Future of Human Computer Interfaces
Researchers at the MIT Media Lab's Fluid Interfaces Group are prototyping new, novel and more natural ways for people to interact with computers and access and store information. Their innovations have been designed to improve and enrich our personal and professional lives, making it easier to create, communicate, collaborate and even cook. Here are 10 inventions that enhance human-computer interactions, improve the in-store shopping experience, and even help us kick bad habits. Read More


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Motorola accused of trying to 'destroy' Lemko through 'Chinese spy ring' insinuations
The 4G cellular technology manufacturer Lemko Corp. yesterday sued Motorola Solutions and its lawyers, saying Motorola's claims that Lemko is allegedly part of a Chinese spy ring tied to the Chinese government and Chinese companies have unfairly damaged its business. Read More

Open source vs. proprietary software
The "scrufffy guy coding away in his basement" archetype stopped applying to open-source software a while ago. Read More

Brocade takes on Cisco in the campus
Brocade Networks this week has unveiled switches for the enterprise campus designed to help users to affordably scale their networks. Read More


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iPhone 4S fixes Apple antenna issues, says Consumer Reports
The iPhone 4S may have battery issues, but its antenna works just fine. Read More

More mobile apps downloaded, but users rely on just a few: Pew study
Despite all the hype and all the app downloads, lots of mobile users, on phones and tablets, use only a small number of apps, according a new survey by Pew Research Center. Read More

NetApp's new entry-level array offers up to 432TB of capacity
NetApp today announced an addition to its Fabric-Attached Storage 2000 family of arrays: the FAS2240, which scales to 432TB of capacity and has a starting price of $7,500 Read More

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's remarks at MIT
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited Harvard and MIT and breifly answered questions from reporters Monday. Read More

Tap the Social Media Stream for Competitors' Secrets
Savvy companies are monitoring Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to pick up valuable competitive intelligence about their rivals' product specs, pricing, finances and dissatisfied customers. Read More

 
 
 

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