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opinion

Adobe Issues Patch as Hackers Attack Flash Yet Again

Users of PCs and Macs are told to download Flash patch ASAP to avoid hacker attack. Firefox is the major target.

27 Feb 2013 3 mins
Consumer Electronics Malware
opinion

Is Yammer More Appealing Under Microsoft Ownership?

Revenues for social networking site Yammer have been surging since Microsoft bought the company last summer and is sure to increase as Yammer gets woven into Sharepoint Online and Office 365.

27 Feb 2013 3 mins
Collaboration Software Internet Small and Medium Business
opinion

Firefox Wants to Eat Obnoxious Third-Party Cookies

An upcoming version of Mozilla’s Firefox browser will block third-party Internet cookies served by online advertisers. That's great for people who don't want to be tracked, but online advertisers are up in arms over the change.

26 Feb 2013 4 mins
Consumer Electronics Privacy
opinion

Why You Shouldn’t Believe the Cyber-War Hype

The chair of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee seems to think stealing state secrets is an act of war. But Espionage is what governments do so they don’t have to go to real war, according to CIO.com blogger Constantine von Hoffman.

26 Feb 2013 4 mins
Security
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Samsung Galaxy SIII Gets BlackBerry-Balance-Like BYOD Software

Failure to properly protect a u201cpersonal data breachu201d can result in hefty fines.rn

14 Dec 2017
Security
opinion

Samsung Galaxy SIII Gets BlackBerry-Balance-Like BYOD Software

The Android-powered Samsung Galaxy SIII smartphone is about to get a bit more enterprise-friendly thanks to a new offering from Red Bend Software that appears to be modeled on BlackBerry's Balance technology for BYOD.

25 Feb 2013 3 mins
Mobile Device Management Mobile Security Smartphones
feature

NBA Team Rebounds From IT Disaster

After Katrina, the New Orleans Hornets built a stronger disaster-recovery operation: a hot site with a diesel engine big enough to 'power a locomotive.'

25 Feb 2013 3 mins
Disaster Recovery Risk Management
news analysis

Why Samsung Won’t Beat Blackberry in the Mobile Enterprise

Samsung Safe aims to make Android phones better for the enterprise, but using the least secure mobile OS out there and ignoring the IT-ready BlackBerry might not be a good move.

22 Feb 2013 5 mins
Android Mobile Security Smartphones
opinion

Cyberwar Fearmongering Pays Off for Defense Contractors

A survey paid for by a company that works for the Department of Defense says 92 percent of Americans believe the nation's infrastructure is vulnerable to malware attacks. Once the public has been buffaloed into stampeding the money is sure to fo

21 Feb 2013 3 mins
Security
feature

Chinese Government’s Link to Cyber Espionage Clearer Than Ever

It's a common belief in the information security world that the Chinese government is behind many of the advanced persistent threats that target companies around the world in an effort to steal their IP and trade secrets. Now one security firm h

20 Feb 2013 8 mins
Data Breach Intellectual Property Intrusion Detection Software
opinion

Researchers Find Way to Pinpoint Location Where Online Video was Shot

Researchers are currently working on a software program that can analyze online video and pinpoint the location where it was captured. The idea is a novel one, but CIO.com blogger Bill Snyder wonders if it represents another blow to Internet-user pri

20 Feb 2013 3 mins
Consumer Electronics Privacy