Cyber warfare policy included in final version of annual defense policy bill
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Whether you are of a criminal mind or merely a teenage mischief maker out to prank your school as graduation day nears, there needs to be a greater recognition of this simple fact of modern life: Surveillance cameras more ubiquitous than public restrooms, park benches and water fountains combined (caution: that’s a totally made-up fact but you get the idea.)
Sometimes this is good thing, sometimes it’s a bad thing, and sometimes it’s just a thing.
From a story on PennLive:
A prank that included smearing petroleum jelly about a Snyder County high school will not prevent those responsible from attending Friday’s commencement.
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Mobile security – the final frontier
SC Magazine UK Research released by Appthority found that of 50 Apple and Android applications assessed, 100 per cent sent and received unencrypted data on iOS, compared to 92 percent on Android. It also found … Ben-Itzhak said that the lifetime of applications can … |
Anyone buying a Windows RT tablet—including Microsoft’s own Surface tablet—won’t have to wait long to get their hands on the final version of Office 2013. Microsoft has already started delivering the update via Windows Update, meaning that it’ll be available on October 26th, at least to English-speaking users.
The update, weighing in at around 580 MB, removes the “Preview” branding from the Office splash screens, as well as the gold bar found in each app advising users that they are running a preview release.
This update comes out ahead of schedule; Microsoft previously announced that Windows RT devices would first receive their updates in November.
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