DHS identifies six R&D topics in latest SBIR solicitation

Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector:  federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption:  Contaminatedcattle A DHS solicitation has been released for the latest round of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards available to small businesses capable of performing ground-breaking R&D in six specific research areas, including non-freezing portable vehicles that could decontaminate diseased animals and standoff detection systems that could [...]


The Latest Crazy Instagram Stats: 150 Million Photos, 15 Per Second, 80% Filtered (MG Siegler/TechCrunch)

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:The Latest Crazy Instagram Stats: 150 Million Photos, 15 Per Second, 80% Filtered  —  This past June, we noted that Instagram hit a big milestone: 5 million users.  At the time, the total number of photos shared on the service was at 95 million, and given the rate of growth, they expected [...]


How to Protect Your Computer From the Latest Viruses – TechNewsDaily

Understanding the anatomy of a malware attack can go a long way toward … If you have noticed anything unusual on your computer recently, including suspicious security alerts, manually update your genuine anti-virus software and then run a security …


Computer-Hacking Group Targets Apple in Latest Attack – FOX News

San Francisco – A group of computer hackers on Sunday posted a document it claimed … both the online vigilante group Anonymous and hackers from the now-defunct Lulz Security, posted a document containing a link to a supposed Apple server along with …


Ballmer’s latest acquisition (Jean-Louis Gassée/Monday Note)

Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note:Ballmer’s latest acquisition  —  In a bold move, Microsoft acquires Nokia and catapults itself to the top of the smartphone world.  The full integration of Windows Phone 7 software into Nokia hardware will result in a better user experience for customers, a zero-fragmentation platform for developers …


Latest Trenton Single Board Computer Enhances System Performance, Platform Security and Video Capabi – PR-USA.net

The Trenton TSB7053 incorporates the new Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 family and the latest Intel® Platform Controller Hub (PCH) technology into a PICMG® 1.3 single board computer (SBC) design. This long-life SBC enables industrial automation …


Latest email breach worries computer security experts – Daily Breeze

SAN FRANCISCO – Think twice next time you get an email from Chase or Citi asking you to log in to your credit card account. The bank may not have sent it. A security breach that exposed the email addresses of potentially millions of customers of major U.S …


Sophos Achieves Top Certifications in Latest 2010 Anti-Virus Comparative Tests – msnbc.com

BOSTON, MA — Global IT security and data protection company Sophos announced today that AV-Comparatives, a non-profit independent organization that performs comparative detection capability tests of various popular anti-virus products, awarded Sophos …


Digital Defense Announces Latest Security Education Upgrade – YAHOO!

TEAM is a web-based education service that empowers DDI client organizations with the ability to provide their customers with a variety of security education modules focused on computer use at home or work and associated cyber-threats on the Internet.


What do you think of the latest Comodo internet security?

I’ve been using Comodo Firewall for over 2 years now and has performed exceptionally well. Lately, i’ve discovered that my firewall version is outdated (since late 2007). I barely checked for updates, and recently i’ve found out that they have a new version. A firewall coupled with an antivirus. I’d like to know whether Comodo [...]