Archives : October 2011

five ways NFC may change your life

published on 2011/10/31 by Stewart Baines

It has taken a while to mature, but now In-Stat estimates global annual shipments of NFC chips will reach 1.2 billion by 2015. The ambitious prediction is based on the giants of the mobile handset industry incorporate NFC in their smartphones. A wave of NFC-enabled Windows and Android handsets are expected in the coming months and Apple is expected to kick-start the business when it introduces an NFC iPhone next year. ...

So, you're on Krebs' RSA list?

published on 2011/10/27 by Jean-François Audenard

There's been a bit of panic since Brian Krebs published a list of businesses or their networks that had connections with servers believed to be involved in the RSA breach. So what does this mean for your organization?...

Is a new type of search coming?

published on 2011/10/24 by Anthony Plewes

The signs are that search engine technology is about to rapidly evolve. HP has just purchased Autonomy; New Scientist suggests that HP's Vertica analytics tool could be combined with Autonomy's Idol platform, which helps determine the relationships between elements in unstructured information, including audio and video....

Is a new type of search coming?

Data espionage: a new age of spying

published on 2011/10/17 by Stewart Baines

The recent revelations about cyber espionage - such as the spear phishing attack on Japanese defense contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the uncovering of Operation Shady RAT - show that spying isn't what it used to be....

Data espionage: a new age of spying

Analytics acquisitions: algorithms count in large amounts

published on 2011/10/10 by Stewart Baines

The amount of information that individuals create themselves, such as writing documents, taking pictures, and downloading music, is far less than the amount of information being created about them in the digital universe. ...

Analytics acquisitions: algorithms count in large amounts