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Derry native Robert O’Brien, CEO of MetaCompliance, a global Information Security and Compliance software company, says a lack of regulation in the surge of the Internet of Things is posing a serious risk to the general public. “In the race to develop smart devices for mass consumption, it appears that there was little thought given
Intel’s Business Transformation: The 2017 Impact PART 7 OF 10 By Paige Tanner | Mar 8, 2017 3:23 pm EST Intel’s Programmable Solutions Group In the previous part of this series, we saw that Intel (INTC) is betting big in the memory market as it anticipates 3D XPoint to boost the demand for SSDs (solid
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The IoT (Internet of Things), is a network of devices connected to the Internet that gathers and transmits data. The ubiquitous adoption of smartphones, and the ability to connect to anyone, anywhere at any time, will have quite the impact on the data center industry in 2017. It is anticipated that more than 24 billion
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In light of the recent massive WikiLeaks posting about alleged CIA hacking techniques, one section deals with a secret way to convert voice-controlled smart TVs into spying tools. The technique, dubbed as “Weeping Angels” by WikiLeaks, is claimed to have been co-developed by the British MI5 and the CIA to install software on smart TVs,
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Image: iStock/BeeBright WikiLeaks just released thousands of pages of documents that bring to light a lot of information about the government’s capability to hack into almost anything with an internet connection. More about IT Security The CIA, which engineered the backdoors and software revealed in the report, has ways into smart TVs, smartphones, and the
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Yesterday’s Wikileaks dump reiterated something we already knew: Our devices are fundamentally unsafe. No matter what kind of encryption we use, no matter which secure messaging apps we take care to run, no matter how careful we are to sign up for two-factor authentication, the CIA—and, we have to assume, other hackers—can infiltrate our operating
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Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor: Kenyan communications hardware company BRCK unveiled its SupaBRCK this week―a waterproof, solar-powered Wi-Fi box that operates as a 3G hotspot and off-grid server. SupaBRCK is the sequel to BRCK’s
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Quick Take IT services company Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) has acquired Brilliant Service Co. Ltd. of Japan for an undisclosed amount. Brilliant will add mobility and Internet of Things [IoT] skills to Cognizant’s digital solutions consulting group. The acquisition is part of a larger and consistent strategy to add both capabilities and geographic reach through smaller, tuck-in
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Race Of The Semiconductor Giants In February, companies including Intel, Qualcomm and Altair Semiconductors made their mark on the Internet of Things market with new products, including modems, Wi-Fi chips and modules. Dell and Cisco’s Jasper unit also unveiled new IoT devices, including gateways targeted at small-scale IoT deployments and wearables that promote safety for
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