Piracy sites draw huge traffic: Paper
Forty-three websites identified by brand-protection firm MarkMonitor as digital piracy sites generate 53 billion visits per year, according to a new paper sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
View ArticleNetflix deals with cloud security concerns
As Netflix commits its future to streaming movies to customers, it relies almost exclusively on cloud services for its infrastructure, raising security concerns that require a new way of thinking, the...
View ArticleHacker Creates New Way to Communicate Road Rage
A gadget has been created to help motorists communicate their angst toward other drivers without using the ubiquitous hand gesture. But you might want to watch what you say because you never know who...
View ArticleMac Gems: Holiday-bundle bargains
With Thanksgiving upon us, it’s time for the annual avalanche of Black Friday sales—and Pre-Black Friday sales, and Cyber Monday sales, and Weekend-Before-Cyber Monday sales, and…you know the drill....
View ArticleGroups raise questions about privacy on Skype
Skype owner Microsoft should release information about how much user data it gives to third parties, including government agencies, several organisations and individuals said in a letter to company...
View ArticleRussian dashboard cameras, YouTube beam meteor explosion worldwide
As jumbled news reports of what appeared to be a meteor shower over Russia trickled out of the country, some of the best views of what happened were from the dashboards of Russian cars.
View ArticleThe 'Minority Report' shopping experience
Everywhere you go these days -- every store, every urban street, every car park, every ATM -- there are video cameras watching where you go and what you do. Just what are "they" (whoever "they" are)...
View ArticleVudu video service resets customer passwords after hard drives theft
Walmart's video service Vudu has reset its customers' passwords after it found that hard drives were among items stolen from its office.
View ArticleS. Korea beefs up national emergency response capability
South Korea's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said it has recently deployed video collaboration solutions that can help it respond promptly to emergency situations.
View ArticleTech Titans Talk: The IDG Enterprise Interview Series
In the IDG Enterprise Interview Series, you'll hear from technology CIOs and CEOs on today's burgeoning trends, ongoing headaches and upcoming product plans. Check out this informative series from IDG...
View ArticleReport: Microsoft helped NSA circumvent its own encryption
Microsoft helped the U.S. National Security Agency circumvent the company's own encryption in order to conduct surveillance on email accounts through Outlook.com, according to a new report in the...
View ArticleInternet of Everything is the biggest thing on our horizon: Cisco (Part I)
In the first part of an interview, Geoff Lawrie, NZ country manager at Cisco Systems, talks to Reseller News NZ on how the Internet of Things is the next big thing for the company in New Zealand.
View ArticleICYMI: Steve Jobs gets stamp of approval
In case you missed it, we've collected a few of the popular stories making the rounds this Friday morning for a little segment we like to call ICYMI. Which stands for ... something.
View ArticleYahoo turns on encryption between data centers
Yahoo said Wednesday it was encrypting traffic flowing between its data centers, several months after leaked documents revealed the government had been sniffing those links.
View ArticleHackers use YouTube to sell stolen credit card numbers, group says
YouTube has thousands of videos promoting compromised credit card numbers, with the site sometimes running advertisements for legitimate credit cards or retail outlets alongside the hacker videos,...
View ArticleSony looking for ways to distribute 'The Interview' online
Sony Pictures says it hasn't bowed to threats to pull "The Interview" and audiences will get a chance to see it -- it's just not sure how at present.
View ArticleTwitch hit by possible data breach, resets user passwords
Account information for users of Twitch, the popular live-streaming service for gamers, may have been accessed through unauthorised means, the service warned on Monday.
View ArticleComplaint alleges YouTube Kids pushes advertising content
The six-week-old YouTube Kids service is a "hyper-commercialized" environment that intermixes advertising and other programming in a way that deceives its target audience, a coalition of privacy and...
View ArticleRussian hackers accessed White House email, report says
Hackers working for the Russian government were able to access President Obama's email system inside the White House, CNN reported Tuesday, indicating that an earlier breach may have been more serious...
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