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Target Fiasco Shines Light on Supply Chain Attacks
The holiday data breach at Target was opened up with stolen credentials from a vendor in the company's supply chain, according to repo...
Encrypt All Your Shared Data With nCrypted Cloud
Enterprise users who want to use common file-sharing services like Dropbox and Google Drive have a big problem: their IT guys will always b...
Strong Man Snowden Rings the Bell in Geekland
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Skryf, The Robot That Writes Poetry In Sand, Reminds Us Of The Ephemerality Of Art Or Whatever
Let us go then, you and I, to meet Skryf , a robot created by Dutch artist Gijs Van Bon. The robot uses a repurposed CNC machine to spray ou...
As Windows 8.1 Overtakes Vista’s Market Share, Update 1 Leaks Online
In January, Windows 8.1 scooted past Vista’s market share , taking the fourth-place slot behind 7, XP, and 8. In the month, Windows 8.1 pick...
Microsoft, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google And Yahoo Join Apple In Revealing More On NSA Requests
All the big tech companies are opening up a bit more about requests made by the U.S. National Security Agency, with Google , Microsoft , Fac...