Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It
Richard A. Clarke warned America once before about the havoc terrorism would wreak on our national security — and he was right. Now he warns us of another threat, silent but equally dangerous. Cyber War is a powerful book about technology, government, and military strategy; about criminals, spies, soldiers, and hackers. This is the first [...]
Steve Jobs on video games as the future of learning [Video] (Matthew Panzarino/The Next Web)
Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:Steve Jobs on video games as the future of learning [Video] — This is a great, if short, video from 1990, where Steve Jobs discusses the future of the Library of Congress. In it, he talks about how video games could eventually be the future of learning, taking the form [...]
Carrier IQ: What Carriers, Device Makers Must Do Next – InformationWeek
Carrier IQ: What Carriers, Device Makers Must Do NextInformationWeekTake, for example, the case of Carrier IQ's tracking software, in which carriers' and handset manufacturers' secrecy about how they use the software has made it look like they have something to hide. Since news of the tracking practices broke several …Carrier IQ software raises mobile privacy [...]
Microsoft to deliver next Windows Intune release on October 17 (Mary Jo Foley/All about Microsoft Blog)
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:Microsoft to deliver next Windows Intune release on October 17 — Summary: A new version of Microsoft’s PC security and management service, Windows Intune, is due out on October 17. — Microsoft plans to roll out its Windows Intune 2. release starting October 17, according to a new [...]
Next strike: Apple apparently forced Samsung to remove Galaxy Tab 7.7″ from IFA (trade show) booth and German website (Florian Mueller/FOSS Patents)
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:Next strike: Apple apparently forced Samsung to remove Galaxy Tab 7.7″ from IFA (trade show) booth and German website — Yesterday (Friday, September 2, 2011) was the first day a trade show named IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) in the German capital of Berlin.
Anonymous hacks SF’s myBART website. Thousands of names, addresses & numbers released. (Zee/The Next Web)
Zee / The Next Web:Anonymous hacks SF’s myBART website. Thousands of names, addresses & numbers released. — Anonymous, the online hacktivist group, has released thousands of names, email addresses, home addresses and phone numbers believed to be from myBart.org, an independent site that uses BART’s …
‘Google+ next phishing scam target’ – Philippine Star Online
Google’s new social networking service, Google+, is a potential venue for cybercriminals to spread virus, an internet security firm said today. Kaspersky Lab’s Maria Namestnikova said that based on their June 2011 Kaspersky Lab spam report, there could …
Interview: HP’s Stephen DeWitt and Jon Rubinstein on webOS, the death of Palm, and partnering with Amazon (Joshua Topolsky/This is my next)
Joshua Topolsky / This is my next:Interview: HP’s Stephen DeWitt and Jon Rubinstein on webOS, the death of Palm, and partnering with Amazon — As you may have read over the past few days, there’s a new sheriff in town when it comes to webOS at HP. Stephen DeWitt, a man formerly responsible for the [...]
Sony VAIO Z Series (VPCZ216GX/L) review (Joanna Stern/This is my next)
Joanna Stern / This is my next:Sony VAIO Z Series (VPCZ216GX/L) review — Ever since Sony introduced its VAIO Z back in 2008 it’s made one thing very clear: its premium thin and light notebook wasn’t going to be subject to a performance cap like so many others on the market. Nope, the VAIO Z [...]
Ballmer mocks Mac sales while touting Microsoft’s products (Alex Wilhelm/The Next Web)
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:Ballmer mocks Mac sales while touting Microsoft’s products — Today at the Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft took the verbal gloves off: During his keynote, CEO Steve Ballmer mocked Apple’s Mac sales numbers. He compared the number of PCs sold in the last twelve months …
