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Did Harvard Researchers Breach Students' Privacy?

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Did Harvard Researchers Breach Students' Privacy?
When Harvard researchers aggregated Facebook data and supposedly anonymized it, then no one should have been able to identify those users. That was not the case, however, and the "privacy meltdown" caught Harvard researchers in a net of ethical turmoil. The right or wrong of data mining social networks for social-science studies is a bone of contention between privacy watchdogs and researchers. Read... Read More


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Development benefits, and security risks, of HTML5 'hybrid' mobile apps
So-called hybrid mobile apps are a way to finesse the debate over whether native apps, written in a given language for a specific OS, or web apps, written in HTML5, CSS and Javascript, are best. A pair of well-written blogposts, neither of which are intended as a programmers' tutorial, highlight the emerging opportunities, and risks, of hybrid mobile apps. Read More

7 free Windows tune-up tools and tips
You don't need to spend money to keep a Windows computer running in top form. Here's how to fix, clean and maintain Windows using programs you can download now for free. Read More


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Microsoft yanks security site search after scammers poison results with porn
Microsoft on Saturday disabled the search tool on its Safety & Security Center after attackers poisoned results with links to pornographic URLs. Read More

Does your security policy reflect mobility and cloud security?
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