All Things Digital:
By James T. Areddy, Reporter, The Wall Street JournalChina’s military is under attack. At least its Web site is…from hackers.In a sign that China’s Ministry of National Defense faces the same kind of Internet security challenges that militaries around the world have reported, its new Web site was attacked more than 2.3 mill (Read More)
CNET News.com:
PCs and the Internet provide only fragmented support for secure storage and communications. Technology and standards are available to provide security by default. What are we waiting for?. (Read More)
Engadget:
The concept here is far from new, but that doesn't mean that the latest iteration isn't way more frustrating. For kids just looking to "discover themselves" somewhere on the world wide web, the Kids Online Guard USB Stick is a nightmare of the worst kind. Designed to keep your offspring away from files, websites and folders (Read More)
DSLreports - front page:
A vulnerability in a Time Warner combination Wi-Fi router and cable modem could allow a hacker to remotely access the device's administrative menu over the internet, according to blogger David Chen. Time Warner Cable has confirmed the flaw, which impacts some 65,000 Time Warner Cable broadband users. According to Chen, he d (Read More)
Engadget:
Whoa, what have we here? It's Alex, the dual-screen e-book reader from Spring Design looking very much like the Barnes and Noble device rumored for a Tuesday launch. It features a 6-inch E-ink EPD (electronic paper display) and 3.5-inch LCD running Google's Android OS for browsing the web or viewing video, audio, photos, an (Read More)
CNET News.com | Tech news blog:
Defcon founder and Homeland Security adviser Jeff Moss reflects on how he got into hacking, says the Internet's "age of innocence" is over, and has a message for Google and other big Web sites. (Read More)
CNET News.com:
Eugene Kaspersky, who runs Russian's No. 1 security software maker, describes how cybercrime should be quashed and why he supports the idea of an Internet "passport.". (Read More)
Engadget:
Hear that Bluetooth? That's the sound of competition... finally. After years of waiting for some sort of serious rival in the short-range communication realm, the Wi-Fi Alliance is doing what it should've done eons ago. Starting sometime in mid-2010 (if all goes to plan, of course), a Wi-Fi Direct specification will be publ (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
Oh, dear. We’ve all been there: you’re playing your favorite game online, and then WHAM-O~! you lose your Internet connection. The usual course of action is to mutter “Gosh darn it” to your self, then go about your business. An unusual course of action is to grab a knife, then stab a random person walking in the street. App (Read More)
Engadget:
You know that sweeping feeling of guilt that comes over you every time you're pulled over as part of a "standard traffic stop?" Yeah, those natural emotions are about to make you look incredibly suspicious on the way to your next flight -- or it will if the FAST project is ever turned into reality. The Homeland Security-fun (Read More)
DSLreports - front page:
Comcast reached out to us today to note that they're employing a new strategy to help deal with customers they've identified as having trojan-infected PCs. According to Comcast, the company is going to start issuing alerts on subscriber PCs (see screenshot below) should the user be showing the telltale signs of botnet or sp (Read More)
Engadget:
Iomega's earlier StorCenter ix2 NAS device featured two drives in a (relatively) slim package that, with a quick stab from an Ethernet cable, served files to the entirety of your network. But, those two drives were not user-replaceable and, while it could pull data from the wilds of the internet via BitTorrent support, it p (Read More)
CNET News.com:
Phishing attacks have been around for a while and you might think that most people are savvy enough to avoid them. But, as CNET's Elinor Mills discovered, even FBI Director Robert Mueller finds it hard to distinguish a rogue phishing site from a legitimate bank website.
Symantec Internet safety .. (Read More)
Engadget:
For a robo hobbyist, the process of developing a creation's custom programming can be a chore. Make a change on a computer, connect the bot, download the change, then set the little guy free and wait for him to fall over. When he does, tweak that custom programming, rinse, and repeat. The Robovie-PC from Vstone turns that o (Read More)
Basic Thinking Blog:
Über die Pläne hatte ich, glaube ich, schon vor einem Jahr geschrieben. Immerhin: Redmonds Mühlen malen langsam, aber irgendwann gibt es auch Ergebnisse. Nachdem das neue Mac OS Snow Leopard nun serienmäßig mit einem rudimentären Virenscanner ausgeliefert wird, zieht wenige Wochen auch Microsoft offiziell nach. Die Software (Read More)