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US Utilities Under Constant Cyberattack
A Congressional report authored by California Representative Michael Waxman and Massachusetts Representative Ed Markey publicizes that some United States utility companies are under constant cyberattack. Based upon a survey of 160 utilities, the publication notes that a dozen of the respondents report that they experience “daily, constant or frequent attempted cyber attacks.” Congress and the
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Dell to Ship Ultra Compact Computer in July
Dell, on the tail-end of a dismal earnings report that failed to meet Wall Street’s expectations, has been busily diversifying its product offerings in the face of flagging PC computer sales. The fruit of one of those diversifications is coming from Dell’s recently purchased WYSE division, a manufacturer known most prominently for their thin-client platforms,
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Facebook Phone Flops
If you were someone who worried that Facebook was taking over the world, one market segment at a time, it would seem that the smartphone front is safe, for now. As part of the launch of its new pseudo smartphone OS “Facebook Home” back in April, the social media giant had also announced a partnership
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3D Printing Making Prosthetics Affordable
The media has been aflutter with the progress on the highly controversial 3D-printed pistol, the Liberator, but has paid relatively little attention to the other side of 3D-printing which is intent on helping others. On the other side of the world in South Africa, Richard Van As, a master carpenter has collaborated with Ivan Owen,
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Google Glass coming whether you like it or not
If you’ve spent any time on the internet lately, you likely know that Google’s latest innovation, “Glass” is already in the hands of the media and developers, and will soon be available to the general public. While the concept of wearable computers is not new – the earliest prototypes appeared over 30 years ago –
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DOE Employees targeted in IE8 Zero-day security flaw
Hackers have compromised a Department of Energy website, leveraging a previously undiscovered security flaw in version 8 of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. IE 8, which is now 2 versions back from Microsoft’s most recent release (v10), is used by almost a quarter of all Internet Explorer users, and is most commonly found on Windows XP computers.
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