Wired magazine’s Kim Zetter comments on and analyzes a recent report from security software maker Symantec that says spear phishing is dramatically on the rise. Spear phishing is used to plant bots and other malware on victims’ computers. “The number of …
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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 …
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:
Surface computing + augmented reality = Microsoft LightSpace — Microsoft is looking to extend its surface-computing work into the spatial-computing arena with a new research project known as LightSpace. — Andy Wilson, a Microsoft research who was key in bringing the Microsoft Surface tabletop to market …
Kevin J. O’Brien / New York Times:
Cloud Computing Hits Snag in Europe — BERLIN — In the world of ideas, cloud computing has the potential to revolutionize the way people work. — By bundling the processing power of thousands of computer servers, a company, for example, could allow two employees from different countries …