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- UK makes Google change privacy policy
- Big data has serious risks
- IBM opens UK services centre
- DLink routers vulnerable to Bulgarian exploit
- Microsoft fires up Android kicker
- Google sunk by the US dollar and Facebook
- US redefines broadband
- Smartphone shipments boom
- Cloud becomes less nebulous
- Intel hears Bell and changes its approach
| UK makes Google change privacy policy Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:51 AM PST  The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has made Google sign an undertaking to improve information about how it collects personal data in the UK. The ICO said that following an investigation it found that Google's search engine was "too vague" in describing how it used personal data it had collected. more» |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:40 AM PST  Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said just four pieces of vague information can open the door to crackers and hackers. The researchers said the dates and locations of just four transactions can identify 90 percent of people in a data set recording three months of credit card transactions by 1.1 million users. more» |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:32 AM PST  Big Blue said it will open a services centre for its clients that will generate 300 IT jobs. The centre will be based in Leicester and will supply application development and maintenance, and test and system management services. IBM is pushing services for the cloud, for big data analytics, and for mobile, social and security technologies. more» |
| DLink routers vulnerable to Bulgarian exploit Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:01 AM PST
Todor Donev, a member of the Ethical Hacker research team, says that the vulnerability is found in the ZynOS firmware of the device, D-Link’s DSL-2740R ADSL modem/wireless router. more» |
| Microsoft fires up Android kicker Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:01 AM PST
Microsoft has written a cheque to power up Cyanogen, which is building a version of the Android mobile operating system outside of Google's auspices. more» |
| Google sunk by the US dollar and Facebook Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:52 AM PST
Google's revenue grew 15 percent in the fourth quarter but fell short of Wall Street’s target thanks to declining online ad prices and unfavorable foreign exchange rates. more» |
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| Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:42 AM PST  Over 375.2 million smartphones shipped during the fourth quarter of 2014 – that's up by 28.2 percent compared to the same period the year before. Apple had been the number two vendor in 11 previous quarters before Q4 2014, but, according to IDC, it was close to a tie with Samsung, the market leader. more» |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:30 AM PST  A survey of 125 UK based IT managers and chief information officers (CIOs) has revealed that cloud apps are more widely used than often thought. Centrix Software hired market research firm Vanson Bourne to undertake the survey. Even though 90 percent of the organisations surveyed have cloud based apps, the IT folk are concerned about managing cloud apps and about duplication of app features. more» |
| Intel hears Bell and changes its approach Posted: 30 Jan 2015 12:42 AM PST
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A Bulgarian ethical hacker has found a hole in the firmware of DLink routers which make them vulnerable to remote changing of DNS settings and, effectively, traffic hijacking.
Software supremo Microsoft is investing in a start-up that wants to give Google Android a good kicking.
The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street clutched the spaces where their hearts should be after the search engine Google announced that its revenue growth had been stalled by the strong US dollar.
The US FCC has redefined the minimum spec required to define a service as broadband. As part of its 2015 Broadband Progress Report, the raised the minimum download speeds needed from 4Mbps to 25Mbps, and the minimum upload speed from 1Mbps to 3Mbps. 
For years Intel has been an engineer's company, pushed the technology of its chips, and followed a religion based on shrinking and tick following tock. However, it seems that its mindset is changing – and it appears to be something to do with the influence of its vice president anthropologist Genevieve Bell. | You are subscribed to email updates from Channel EYE To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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