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Researchers: Phone metadata surveillance reveals VERY personal info about callers
Let's assume you know nothing about a person except for that during a 3-week period, the person called "a home improvement store, locksmiths, a hydroponics dealer, and a head shop." While you still don't know that person, you certainly have insight into their private life that might allow you to infer a certain scenario. All of that sensitive information came from phone metadata surveillance. Read... Read More


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Businesses understand the high value of getting users just the right content at precisely the right time and at the right place. But delivering on such promise and potential means knowing where these people and their devices are located. That's where location-based services are rising to the challenge, as this insightful webcast will demonstrate. Learn more!

Is this what iOS 8 will look like?
It's barely mid-March, and already the iOS 8 rumors are starting to fly in. Earlier today, 9to5Mac posted a purported screenshot of iOS 8 which showcases a number of interesting new apps. Read More

The New World of I.T. - Cloud, BYOD, Social Media's Impact on Corporate Networking
Over the past few years, the tech industry, that for the previous two to three decades was operated in organizations as the Management Information System (MIS) department or Information Technology (I.T.) department, has undergone a drastic change. And presentation after presentation, I've seen those in the industry talk about the impacts and effects of the change, but not a single person has gotten... Read More

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The one market in which Google Glass is universally expected to have a major impact is healthcare. At Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, it's already paying dividends. Read More


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I've written a lot lately about the cybersecurity skills shortage. For example, 25% of organizations claim that they have a problematic shortage of IT security skills. On an industry basis, 36% of government agencies say they have a problematic shortage of IT security skills, followed by 29% of manufacturing companies, and 28% of financial services firms. Read More

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Are you ready to unlock the power of Microsoft SQL Server 2014? In this blog entry I will examine my 3 favorite new features that show how SQL Server 2014 provides high-performance OLTP, optimization of business analytics and migration of data to the cloud. Read More

What does Android's wearable SDK mean for developers?
There has been a lot of buzz in the developer community since Sunday's preannouncement of an Android software development kit (SDK) for wearable devices at SXSW 2014. The wearable technology, designer, and developer communities will have to wait two weeks for details. Wearables are the definition of cognitive dissonance. This product category is both the next big thing and a solution looking for... Read More


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The OpenID Connect standard was recently ratified by members of the OpenID community, which lets develpers create more secure identity processes that can be used across websites, applications or any computing or mobile device. In this Google Hangout, I chat with Patrick Harding from Ping Identity to get a background on the protocol and how it will help both end users and developers with the issues... Read More

Everything you know about cyber war is wrong
The SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, is normally known for super-optimistic techno razzle-dazzle intended to inspire a new generation of technologists to create the next Twitter or Foursquare. But amidst the beer-soaked cheerleading, this year the event saw fit to invite noted security author Peter W. Read More

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1 in 10 Americans believe HTML is an STD, study finds
According to a recent study highlighted by the LA Times, 1 out of 10 Americans believe that HTML is a sexually transmitted disease. The study itself was carried out by Vouchercloud, which we should point out is a coupon oriented website based out of the UK that isn't typically associated with these types of surveys. Nonetheless, the results sure do make for some interesting talking points. Read More


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