On the Move in New York’s Thriving Tech Sector (Alan Feuer/New York Times)
Alan Feuer / New York Times:On the Move in New York’s Thriving Tech Sector — WHEN the tech firm Yipit moved last month from General Assembly, a communal office campus on 20th Street and Broadway, to its own loft space on 18th Street and Fifth Avenue, its 14 employees simply grabbed their coffee cups and [...]
In Censorship Move, Iran Plans Its Own, Private Internet (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:In Censorship Move, Iran Plans Its Own, Private Internet — An Iranian engineer who helped design and run the country’s Internet filters says he subtly undermined some censorship until fleeing into exile — Iran is taking steps toward an aggressive new form of censorship …
Exclusive: Snafus forced Twitter data center move: sources (Alexei Oreskovic/Reuters)
Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:Exclusive: Snafus forced Twitter data center move: sources — (Reuters) – An ambitious plan to prevent “Fail Whales,” the cartoon icon that greets frustrated Twitter users during network outages, has turned into a fail whale of its own. — A new, custom-built facility in Utah meant …
How can I move from software testing to computer security?
I’d like to move from quality assurance to information assurance, leveraging my current experience into a new position. Any advice?
Regulations and Security Concerns Hinder Asia’s Move to Cloud Computing – New York Times
SINGAPORE — The Youth Olympic Games here in August presented organizers with a formidable, but temporary, computing hurdle: Manage 3,600 athletes, 20,000 volunteers and 370,000 spectators for two weeks. Rather than buy or lease the equipment necessary to …
Tired of Malware Attacks? Move to Africa, the Safest Web Region – Gizmodo
Despite the masses of negative publicity heaped on the continent by the famed Nigerian spam industry, Africa is actually one of the world’s safest places to go online in—featuring seven of the ten nations least …
Sony to sell Move motion-sensing wand for $49.99 (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:Sony to sell Move motion-sensing wand for $49.99 — said it will sell its motion-sensing Move controller for $49.99, a low mass market price that could kickstart the company’s attempt to take games to the next level. — The company will also sell its Playstation Eye camera, which is used with the [...]
