Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World
Bestselling author Bruce Schneier offers his expert guidance on achieving security on a networkInternationally recognized computer security expert Bruce Schneier offers a practical, straightforward guide to achieving security throughout computer networks. Schneier uses his extensive field experience with his own clients to dispel the myths that often mislead IT managers as they try to build [...]
How Scary Was the Internet in 2011? – All Things Digital
How Scary Was the Internet in 2011?All Things DigitalWith 2011 in the books, I thought it would be interesting to revisit some predictions I made last year on the subject of computer security. In “2010 Was the Year the Internet Got Scary. Get Used to It.” I looked at a string of events on the [...]
In Planning Digital Defenses, the Biggest Obstacle Is Human Ingenuity
But the evolution of is not merely some dark mirror, passively reflecting advances in technology. While technology provides new opportunities for threats, these become true dangers only when there is a motivation to exploit …
Carrier IQ: How to Hack Back Your Phone – All Things Digital
TIME Carrier IQ: How to Hack Back Your PhoneAll Things DigitalThe technology, made by Carrier IQ, is currently deployed on more than 150 million devices worldwide. Research in Motion and HTC — the maker of the phone targeted in the security demo — have issued statements denying that Carrier IQ is pre-installed …AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile [...]
Zinio Raises $20 Million For Digital Newsstand (Robin Wauters/TechCrunch)
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:Zinio Raises $20 Million For Digital Newsstand — Zinio, which bills itself as the world’s largest digital newsstand and bookstore, has raised $20 million in new funding according to an SEC filing. — Zinio provides global access to thousands of magazine titles from most major publishers in a variety of languages.
Grading the Digital School: Apple Woos Educators With Trips to Silicon Valley (Matt Richtel/New York Times)
Matt Richtel / New York Times:Grading the Digital School: Apple Woos Educators With Trips to Silicon Valley — SAN FRANCISCO — Three times over the last two years, school officials from Little Falls, Minn., have escaped the winter cold for two-day trips to Silicon Valley. Their destination: the headquarters of Apple.
Hackers: Crime and the Digital Sublime
Product DescriptionThe practice of computer hacking is increasingly being viewed as a major security dilemma in Western societies, by governments and security experts alike.Using a wealth of material taken from interviews with a wide range of interested parties such as computer scientists, security experts and hackers themselves, Paul Taylor provides a uniquely revealing and richly [...]
Rdio Launches Unique Family Plan for Digital Music (Eliot Van Buskirk/Wired)
Eliot Van Buskirk / Wired:Rdio Launches Unique Family Plan for Digital Music — Other companies can now sell music to Apple’s devices, thanks to the invention of the app, so Rdio’s family plans make sense. Parents already buy digital music for their kids, so it stands to reason that they might pay for it in [...]
Cybersins and Digital Good Deeds: A Book About Technology and Ethics
Product DescriptionThe A-to-Z source on cyberethicsthe responsible use of technology! What is safe and responsible behavior for using the Internet? Cybersins and Digital Good Deeds: A Book About Technology and Ethics provides a comprehensive look at the innovativeand sometimes unscrupulousworld of rapidly evolving technology and the people who use it. This encyclopedic source helps even [...]
World’s First BitTorrent Certified Digital TV Launches (Ernesto/TorrentFreak)
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:World’s First BitTorrent Certified Digital TV Launches — Early 2011 BitTorrent Inc., the company behind the popular file-sharing client uTorrent, launched a new all-in-one ecosystem for BitTorrent-certified products codenamed Chrysalis. — By using a certified application users can search …
