Thursday, February 16, 2012

Why and How iOS Apps Are Grabbing Your Data

Why and How iOS Apps Are Grabbing Your Data

Early last week the personal diary app Path became the fulcrum of a massive discussion about how cavalier mobile apps are getting with harvesting your, presumably, personal information.

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Before current birth-control fight, Republicans backed mandates - latimes.com

Before current birth-control fight, Republicans backed mandates - latimes.com

"In six states, including Arkansas, those contraceptive mandates were signed by GOP governors.

In Massachusetts in 2006, then-Gov. Mitt Romney signed a healthcare overhaul that kept in place a contraceptive mandate signed by his Republican predecessor. Now the GOP presidential candidate is calling the Obama rule an "assault on religion.""

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Army Awards $250 Million Cloud Contract - Government - Cloud/SaaS - Informationweek

Army Awards $250 Million Cloud Contract - Government - Cloud/SaaS - Informationweek

The U.S. Army has awarded nearly $250 million to a group of contractors to consolidate data centers and provision on-demand IT services and storage via a private cloud.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

8 Arrested in Inquiry Into Murdoch’s Tabloids - NYTimes.com

8 Arrested in Inquiry Into Murdoch’s Tabloids - NYTimes.com

The arrests on Saturday bring to nine the number of current and former Sun employees arrested in the case. Late last month, four other current and former employees of The Sun, as well as a police officer, were arrested on suspicion of corruption. They were the paper’s crime editor and the head of news, as well as a former managing editor and a former deputy editor.

Monday, February 13, 2012

A VC: Protecting The Safe Harbors Of The DMCA And Protecting Jobs

A VC: Protecting The Safe Harbors Of The DMCA And Protecting Jobs

An executive from Viacom testified recently in Congress that the vast majority of piracy is limited to "about twenty websites." So the technology industry has done a lot to help the content industry get a handle on online piracy in the past decade.

"If another negotiation is in order to amend the DMCA, then let's have it. The last negotiation produced an excellent compromise that has stood the test of time and allowed important new services like Google, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter to be created and become large companies and massive job creators." -- Fred Wilson

Are You An Internet Entrepreneur In Colorado? Oppose PIPA!

Are You An Internet Entrepreneur In Colorado? Oppose PIPA!

If you are a entrepreneur in Colorado who is working on something related to the Internet, please consider signing the following letter to Senator Udall and Senator Bennet opposing the Protect IP (PIPA) Act. I’ve written why I believe PIPA is effectively censorship and an incredibly dangerous and destructive bill to our economy, entrepreneurship, the Internet, and free speech.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Cell Phone List – USA Mobile Number List, Online Telephone Number Directory – Data Depot

Cell Phone List – USA Mobile Number List, Online Telephone Number Directory

"Whether you run a small or medium size business, an online marketing store, a shop, hotel or restaurant; or looking to spread awareness about your brand; cell phone marketing can dramatically change your business with abundance of opportunities. "

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Antenna 18dBi WiFi / wireless Directional Yagi 2.4GHz

Antenna 18dBi WiFi / wireless Directional Yagi 2.4GHz

Directional antenna concentrates signal strength in a narrow beam for maximum signal strength and performance over long distances. The narrow concentration enables excellent distance: A point-to-point link using two of these antennas with direct line-of-sight could transmit/receive signal over a distance of 14 miles."

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1GB, 240-pin DIMM, DDR2 PC2-5300 upgrades for Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p (type 9196) Desktop/PC, CT2053418 from Crucial.com

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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Mega Aftermath: Upheaval In Pirate Warez Land | TorrentFreak

Mega Aftermath: Upheaval In Pirate Warez Land | TorrentFreak

When various sites shut their rewards programs this week, those uploading purely for the money were hit hard. In fact, many who had cash mounting up in their accounts lost it all – some cyberlockers simply kept the accrued money. While the ‘victims’ were livid, those who hate financially motivated ‘sharing’ commented that justice had been served.

White House shares the ACTA Internet text with 42 Washington insiders, under non disclosure agreements

White House shares the ACTA Internet text with 42 Washington insiders, under non disclosure agreements

KEI was surprised to learn in early September that the United States Trade Representative was using nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) to selectively share copies of the ACTA Internet text outside of the USTR formal advisory board system.

Watch Out: Widespread Protests Against ACTA Spreading Across Europe | Techdirt

Watch Out: Widespread Protests Against ACTA Spreading Across Europe | Techdirt

We've pointed out that lots of attention has turned towards ACTA -- and while it's late in the process, don't underestimate the power of an awful lot of pissed off people who recognize that their internet is being messed with in a way that may harm their ability to communicate.

stop online piracy act | Tumblr

stop online piracy act | Tumblr

SOPA’s supporters are pushing two agreements: ACTA and TPP1. ACTA would criminalize users, encourage internet providers to spy on you, and make it easier for media companies to sue sites out of existence and jail their founders.

Google Public Policy Blog: Video from Monday's Google D.C. Talk on ACTA

Google Public Policy Blog: Video from Monday's Google D.C. Talk on ACTA

Panelists included Jonathan Band, Ryan Clough, James Love, and Steve Metalitz, and the talk was moderated by Washington Post Consumer Technology Columnist Rob Pegoraro.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Think like a cracker to hack an Apple « Kevin Townsend

Think like a cracker to hack an Apple « Kevin Townsend

“Multiple researches,” says Elcomsoft, “confirm it’s a given fact that most people, if not enforced by a security policy, will choose simple, easy to remember passwords such as ‘abc’, ‘password1’ or their dog’s name"

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Cyber-Legislation Bill Approved by House, Senate Prepares Its Own - Security - News & Reviews - eWeek.com

Cyber-Legislation Bill Approved by House, Senate Prepares Its Own

As federal officials and the White House increasingly call on Congress to pass the comprehensive cyber-security bill to protect critical infrastructure, the House moves forward with its version.

Union Square Boutique Hotel ~ Luxurious SF Accommodations ~ Hotel Nikko

Union Square Boutique Hotel ~ Luxurious SF Accommodations ~ Hotel Nikko

Each room and suite at the Hotel Nikko has at least one large flat panel television, large desks, 10 Mb/sec high-speed wireless Internet access, stereo and CD players and spacious bathrooms, most with both a bathtub and stall shower.

BBC News - Coventry University Ethical Hacking lab combats cyber crime

BBC News - Coventry University Ethical Hacking lab combats cyber crime

Tuesday marks the 2012 Safer Internet Day, an annual event designed to encourage people to use internet technology, including mobile devices, more responsibly.

This year it coincides with the week-long BBC Share Take Care campaign, in partnership with the UK Safer Internet Centre, which is being featured across BBC television, radio and websites to raise awareness of issues surrounding safeguarding reputation online."

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What is BlogThis! ? - Blogger Help

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Safer Internet Day

Safer Internet Day (SID) will take place next year on Tuesday 7 February 2012 with a theme of ‘Connecting generations and educating each other’, and the slogan "Discover the digital World together…safely!"

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Canadian Internet speeds among world’s fastest: report | FP Tech Desk | Financial Post

Canadian Internet speeds among world’s fastest: report | FP Tech Desk | Financial Post

Rogers in particular has been facing criticism over the controversial practice, with the CRTC ruling last month the Toronto-based company was deliberately slowing down certain online traffic.

All Across North America: Usage Meters Still Don't Work - U.S., Canadian Regulators Fall Asleep at the Switch | DSLReports.com, ISP Information

All Across North America: Usage Meters Still Don't Work - U.S., Canadian Regulators Fall Asleep at the Switch | DSLReports.com, ISP Information

With ISPs so relentlessly eager to move from flat rate to usage-based billing, you would think that they would have made sure they had the technical skills to do so first. Again and again however we've noted how U.S. and Canadian ISPs that implement usage meters simply aren't tracking and billing for usage accurately.

Las Vegas Data Transfer Test and More

Las Vegas Data Transfer Java Speed Test

This service is provided without guarantee for accuracy or availablilty. Measured speed may vary depending on client computer used, client internal and external network traffic conditions, and demands placed on the speed test server.

Another Java speed test. And DSLReports of course.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

ThinkCentre M57p - 4 GB of RAM and only 3.6 GB of ... - Lenovo Community

ThinkCentre M57p - 4 GB of RAM and only 3.6 GB of ... - Lenovo Community:

ThinkCentre M57p - 4 GB of RAM and only 3.6 GB of RAM recognized by 64-bit OS

Re: Lenovo Desktop and Linux/ Suse?? - Page 2 - Lenovo Community

Re: Lenovo Desktop and Linux/ Suse?? - Page 2 - Lenovo Community

At the BIOS password prompt are you just hitting enter? If so someone has set a Supervisor BIOS password but not a user password. This allows you to look but not change anything. You need to enter the Supervisor password at the BIOS password prompt, then you will be able to change settings

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

1 Raindrop: Firewalls and SSL: More Profitable than Facebook

1 Raindrop: Firewalls and SSL: More Profitable than Facebook

However, not to be outdone, infosec's 1995 innovation outperforms even the latest buzzworthy names like Facebook. Checkpoint sports 56% Operating Margins