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Reported Vulnerability in Skype for Android Exposes Personal Information
A vulnerability in Skype’s app for Android has been discovered that exposes names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, contacts, and chat logs. Justin Case over at Android Police published the exploit after downloading a leaked version of Skype Video. He discovered an easy exploit for information stored in the app and then applied the methodology to ...
Microsoft Gives Augmented Reality a Booster Shot with Windows Phone OS and Kinect Updates
Executives from Microsoft Corp. at MIX11, the 2011 Microsoft developers conference in Las Vegas, took their keynote and multiple panels to speak about augmented reality developments in their devices. Specifically, I’m interested in covering innovations built into the upcoming next-gen Windows Phone OS and the PC SDK for the Microsoft Kinect peripheral. Not really or ...
Facebook Finds Safety in Kerry-McCain Privacy Bill; Do-Not-Track Doesn’t Make Cut
Seeking to “establish a framework to protect the personal information of All Americans” Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and John McCain (R-AZ) have proposed privacy legislation that will affect corporate America. The bill will include opt-outs for all information and an opt-in for some sensitive information, requirements on data minimization, increased authority for the federal government, ...
Microsoft Sneaks Internet Explorer 10 Preview onto the Web Even Before IE9 Cools
Barely a month after striking the mint on Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft has prepared a demo of their next-generation browser IE10—and they’re inviting you to download and try it out. “Explore a more beautiful web,” says the teaser banner atop the site, beckoning visitors to the download button. The new browser from Microsoft appears to ...
US Government Big Data Democratization Programs Getting Their Budgets Axed
The latest version of the federal budget to materialize from Congressional negotiations in an attempt to prevent rescue the United States government from an impending shutdown may cut data transparency programs by 75%. In an increasingly desperate plea, the Sunlight Foundation, a government transparency watchdog organization, is reporting that the proposed $35 million for the ...
Joe Tucci: Petabyte Scale is Real and Here Today.
In every trade, companies, much like people, learn by doing and EMC Corporation is no exception. In today’s cloud, learning by doing means reaching into the fringes and pushing the envelope and it’s obvious to everyone that we’re looking at a petabyte scale world. EMC is perhaps most well known amongst consumers for running Mozy, ...
Nokia’s Ovi Store’s Success Shines for Symbian but can it Translate to WP7?
Today the newswires are all-a-flutter with the brilliant success of Nokia’s Ovi Store and the proliferation of apps that have flooded to the struggling mobile giant. With a jump to 5 million downloads a day from last years 1 million downloads a day, they’re seeing a huge leap in acceleration with user adoption. Much of ...
Creative Suite 5.5 Brings Adobe Mobile Apps and Subscription Services
Adobe’s most recent foray into the graphics world, Creative Suite 5.5, includes some very interesting changes to their business model—CS5.5, in addition to the traditionally-priced version, will also have a subscription-based model. While the software suite can end up reaching $1,299 to $2,599, extremely discouraging prices for individual freelancers; the subscription model is looking at ...
Google Rounds Out Future Music Services and Gobbles Up Music Sync Company PushLife
Google has acquired the Canadian music synchronization service, PushLife, as of this Monday. A move that should help round out the apps and services the search giant is preparing to wrap up as they move into the Internet music market. According to an article at PCWorld, this acquisition centers around Google’s Android mobile OS and ...
Cisco Looking at a Rough Ride, John Chambers Telegraphs “Targeted Moves” Further into the Cloud
If someone were wondering what Cisco wants the world to think of them, they’d only need to look at how they’re cultivating their identity with advertisements. “Switching, Routing, and Network Security,” reads the fader as it spells out everyone’s favorite mega-networking company’s corporate identity. They’ve been part of supplying routing for everything from the deepest ...
