Monthly Archives: February 2012
Google Bouncer Gives Android Market Some Security Muscle
As peculiar as the after-the-fact announcement of Google Bouncer may have been, it was still good news. Perhaps Google was ramping up, trying to...
Google, Facebook Fierce Tech Rivalry Looms: 10 Reasons Why
When Facebook first launched, it was looked at as a niche social network. The site catered to college kids and seemed to be destined...
VeriSign Breach Not A Surprise, Attackers Target Everyone
Companies get breached. That's the lesson of 2011. Large or small, no organization is immune to attacks. The VeriSign breach was just another day...
Researchers Need to Focus on Defenses, Not Bug Hunting: Adobe
CANCUN, Mexico Security researchers need to shift their attention away from hunting for vulnerabilities and start thinking about ways to make it difficult...
Kindle Fire Tablet Rides Holiday Momentum Into 2012
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) may have missed its analyst estimates for the fourth quarter, but the company's Kindle Fire tablet remains a hot ticket item.Some 6...
Google Privacy Policy Changes Concern Congress, Europe
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) plans to move forward with its planned privacy policy changes despite resistance from a handful of U.S. congressmen and a European data-protection...
IBM: Eli Manning Upsets Tom Brady in Social Super Bowl
If Eli Manning doesn't beat Tom Brady on the field on Super Bowl Sunday, he has at least thus far won the battle of...
Riverbed Granite Speeds Up WAN Storage
Well-known for its application acceleration products, Riverbed Technology delves into the next logical phase of speeding up traffic across WANs with its new accelerator...
Verizon, Comcast Spectrum Deal Receives FCC Scrutiny
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has once again been asked to protect the rights of smartphone-toting consumers from big-business spectrum deals. Following AT&T's nine-month...
Google Bouncer Finds, Blocks Malicious Apps From Android Market
Malicious hackers trying to circulate malware-tainted applications on Android Market are going to find Google's Bouncer at the door, preventing undesirable apps from getting...