Monthly Archives: September 2014
Needle-Free Delivery Devices to Shape the Future of Vaccines
Drug delivery technologies that improve access and overall efficacy are becoming an essential part of the entire drug development process, with pharmaceutical companies investing...
Verizon to Pay FCC $7.4 Million to Settle Privacy Probe
Verizon will pay a $7.4 million fine for violating the privacy rights of about 2 million new customers by using their personal information to...
Healthcare.gov Security Breach: Lawmakers Say ‘I Told You So’
The Healthcare.gov Website was breached in an attack, but government officials claim no personal information was stolen. The attack, disclosed in The Wall Street...
Google Interns Log Valuable On-the-Job Experience
It's apparently not just a 9-to-5 job being a Google intern. Instead of a mundane workplace with routine tasks, low energy and a "can't...
Google Must Refund $19M for Unauthorized In-App Purchases
If a Web service makes it too easy for unauthorized persons to purchase items online, there's eventually going to be hell to pay for...
Overloading Cloud Services With Security Fixes Defeats Their Purpose
After I wrote about the problem with Apple's iCloud in which photos of some celebrities were compromised and stolen from their accounts, I received...
Watering-Hole Campaign Spies, Then Seeks Out Cyber-Attack Targets
Visitors to a Website dedicated to industrial simulation software and system engineering were secretly monitored by malware that had infected the site in the...
Office for iPad Supports In-App Plan Purchases
Microsoft is making it easier for iPad users to subscribe to its Office 365 productivity suite.The company has enabled in-app subscription purchasing on its...
Google Honors Famed Finnish Architect Alvar Aalto
The Finnish architect Alvar Aalto died in May 1976 at age 78, but the spectacular designs he left behind in architecture, furniture, glassware and...
WordPress 4.0 Designed for Improved Security, Usability, Stability
The open-source WordPress blogging and content management system received a major update Sept. 4. WordPress 4.0 provides improved stability and bug fixes as well...