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EU data protection agencies have said that Google’s new privacy policy is not in full compliance with European law, following its decision earlier this year to consolidate sixty separate policies into a single item. Google made the move so that it could …
Tableau Software Brings Out The Data Analyst In Us All
Recently named as one of the top workplaces in its home state of Washington, it turns out that Tableau Software is capable of a whole lot more than just creating a thriving company culture. SiliconANGLE has previously reported on how Tableau has …
FCC Gives Cable Operators Go-Ahead To Encrypt Basic Services
Cable operators have been granted permission to use a powerful tool in their battle to prevent illegal access to their content, after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to allow them to encrypt their basic services. According to a report by Bloomberg, …
EU Gets the Knives Out for Microsoft & Google
Bad news for Microsoft and Google – the two computer giants are bracing themselves for a hammering with the full force of EU regulations in the next few days, as privacy and anti-trust complaints against them finally come to a head. Reports …
Could Cisco Have Manipulated The Findings On Huawei And ZTE?
The controversy over a US Congressional panel’s decision to label Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE a ‘security threat’ refuses to go away, with Chinese media sources reporting that the accusations could well be motivated by certain politicians’ financial interests, together with pressure …
Panetta Warns Of Cybersecurity Threat; Says US Is Ready To Hit Back
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has warned that the US could launch a “pre-emptive” strike in the face of an imminent cyber attack against it, whilst stressing the need for action to bolster the nation’s defenses against any such attack. In what is …
AMD Announces Third Quarter Slump, Blames Lower Demand
Chipmaker AMD has slashed its third quarter revenue outlook for a second time, warning that it faces weaker demand across all product lines than it had first expected. It put down the lack of demand to what it called a “challenging macroeconomic …
Anonymous Outraged As Wikileaks Hides Behind ‘Paywall’
Anonymous, the faceless grouping of hacktivists that leapt the to the support of WikiLeaks in its battle against US government suppression, has turned the tables and launched a bitter attack on its ally, declaring war in retaliation for its use of a …
Project Hestia Maps Carbon Emissions At Street Level
Carbon emissions have long been the ‘public enemy number one’ of environmental campaigners and ecologists. Those noxious greenhouse gases are the single biggest source of pollution in the world today, and one of the major reasons for Global Warming, hence reducing the …
Big Data Bins Hope To Revolutionize Waste Collection
The trash collection industry has always been a pretty ‘wasteful’ one, what with garbage collectors sticking to their regular, pre-defined routes whilst out and about collecting their smelly cargo. Waste disposal is a dirty job all right, but to quote an often-used …