This security problem has been known for quite some time and hackers are getting better at creating programs that allow even the most inexperienced users the ability to hack into someone else’s computer,” said Schumer, noting that since trying to get …
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Schumer said simple programs such as Firesheep had made accessing someone else’s computer and private information through the unsecured HTTP extension relatively easy. Schumer said many major Web site operators have been slow to address the HTTP security …
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Ryan Flinn / Bloomberg:
IBM Expects to See Holographic Phone Calls, Air-Powered Batteries by 2015 — By 2015, your mobile phone will project a 3-D image of anyone who calls and your laptop will be powered by kinetic energy. At least that’s what International Business Machines Corp. sees in its crystal ball.
Cecilia Kang / Post Tech:
Microsoft calls for regulations over cloud computing — Microsoft plans to call Wednesday for greater government involvement in the largely unregulated and fast-growing cloud computing industry. The move, expected to come in a Washington speech by a top company executive …