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U.S. Declassifies Part of Secret Cybersecurity Plan
The Obama administration declassified part of the governments cybersecurity plan Tuesday, publishing parts of it that discuss intrusion detection systems for federal computer networks and the governments role in securing critical infrastructure. The declassification announcement was made by Howard A. Schmidt, a former Microsoft security executive who in December was appointed cybersecurity coordinator by President Barack ...
New Round in Apple and Amazon Music Fight
Billboard is reporting that Apple has started to push back against music labels that have worked out exclusive deals with Amazon in exchange for being featured on the online retailers MP3 Daily Deal. In some cases, the labels provide Amazon with new music a day before its sold elsewhere, and the labels push marketing around the ...
Are Fans Turned Away at Your Virtual Front Door?
As the internet browser wars continue, Firefox growth appears stalled, Internet Explorer usage is dropping and Google Chrome is on the rise. Does your web site work well on all these browsers, or are you satisfied with a percentage of your fans and customers being turned away at your virtual front door? chart via ars technica ...
Google Hackers Had Ability to Alter Source Codes
Hackers who breached Google and other companies in January targeted source code management systems, security firm McAfee asserted Wednesday, manipulating a little-known trove of security flaws that would allow easy unauthorized access to the intellectual property it is meant to protect. The software management systems, widely used at businesses unaware that the holes exist, were exploited ...
New Stats Show Music Tops YouTube Viewing
Watching music videos is the most popular activity on YouTube according to research company Sysomos accounting for 30.7% of all views. The study was based on measuring the tags on uploaded videos. The study also shows that 20-35 year olds are the primary drivers of YouTube traffic. Embedding and linking to videos on social network and ...
New Google Chrome Beta Instantly Translates Web Pages
Google on Tuesday introduced new language translation and privacy tools for its Chrome browser. Chrome now includes a beta feature that will instantly translate Web pages that are in a language different from your preferred language setting. “Chrome will display a prompt asking if you'd like the page to be translated for you using Google Translate," ...
Apple Fires at HTC but the Target is Google
Apple on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against HTC, alleging that the Taiwanese smartphone maker has violated several patents related to the iPhone hardware and interface. But the salvo is as much a shot across the bow of Google, Apples increasingly competitive rival. We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can ...
Google Secures Patent to Use Location Data in Ads
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Google a patent that will allow the company to use location information in advertisements. Google's patent could have far-reaching effects on both Web-based and mobile advertising efforts. “The usefulness, and consequently the performance, of advertisements are improved by allowing businesses to better target their ads to a responsive ...
Creditors Set to Gain Panavision
Ronald O. Perelman is handing over Panavision Inc., the debt-laden camera rental company that is suffering from a steep downturn in movie and TV production, to its creditors. Perelman's holding company, MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., has reached an agreement in principle with a group of creditors -- including Cerberus Capital Management, the former owner of ...
Microsoft CEO: Google Merits Regulatory Scrutiny
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer intends to keep the regulatory heat on Google as his company strives to lessen its rival's dominance of Internet search. In an appearance Tuesday at a search engine conference, Ballmer said Microsoft believes Google Inc. has done things to gain an unfair advantage in the Internet's lucrative search advertising market. He ...
