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White Hat Events Raise Over £500K For Childline/NSPCC
White Hat Events Raise Over £500K For Childline/NSPCC
White Hat events are pleased to announce that they have now exceeded £500k in their fundraising activities in support of ChildLine/NSPCC.
Nov. 17, 2011
For small and medium-sized firms, ignorance is not bliss
For small and medium-sized firms, ignorance is not bliss
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) do not consider themselves targets of cyberattacks, and thus are not implementing safeguards to protect their information, a Symantec survey concludes.
Nov. 17, 2011
Lieberman Software warns of more cyber-espionage cases in wake of EDF/Greenpeace saga
Lieberman Software warns of more cyber-espionage cases in wake of EDF/Greenpeace saga
Lieberman Software says it expects to see more case of cyber espionage after French energy giant EDF was fined €1.5m for hacking into Greenpeace computers to download the environmental group's plans to block four planned nuclear power plants in the UK.
Nov. 17, 2011
ISACA guide offers advice on secure mobile payments
ISACA guide offers advice on secure mobile payments
With MastercCard having just reported a surge in mobile payments (31% of Russians have used this technology), ISACA has issued a white paper looking at the security risks involved and offering guidance for IT security professionals.
Nov. 17, 2011
Say hello to PittPatt: it will search the web and identify your image in 60 seconds
Say hello to PittPatt: it will search the web and identify your image in 60 seconds
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon university – in partnership with Google - have developed a Windows application that can scour the internet, comparing images found online with a submitted picture, and identify you within 60 seconds.
Nov. 17, 2011
Stolen laptop exposes data on four million Sutter Health patients
Stolen laptop exposes data on four million Sutter Health patients
Sutter Health, a healthcare system in northern California, reported that an unencrypted laptop containing personal information on more than four million patients was stolen from its Sacramento offices.
Nov. 17, 2011
Supreme Court Video Game Defender Honored With Free Speech Award
Supreme Court Video Game Defender Honored With Free Speech Award
Paul M. Smith, the lead counsel for the video game industry in this year's U.S. Supreme Court victory over California's violent game law, will be honored at an anti-censorship benefit.
Nov. 16, 2011
Opinion: $10,000 Is The Magic Number
Opinion: $10,000 Is The Magic Number
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, Microsoft senior software engineer Simon Cooke examines how much publishers expect to pay contracted studios, and why a lower-than expected proposed budget can be a
Nov. 16, 2011
Top-Grossing Android Games: Defender Takes On Tap Fish
Top-Grossing Android Games: Defender Takes On Tap Fish
Google's latest North American Android Market game charts by revenue see Tap Fish and Defender leading today's rankings, as Life is Crime and My Country also report fast sales.
Nov. 16, 2011
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Mafia Wars: Shakedown Emerges As Top Earner
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Mafia Wars: Shakedown Emerges As Top Earner
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Flick Home Run and Mafia Wars: Shakedown earning top iPhone sales, while DragonVale and Gangstar Rio remain big sellers on the iPad.
Nov. 16, 2011
Critical Reception: Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Critical Reception: Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to Bethesda's open-world RPG Skyrim, which one reviewer describes as one of the "most content rich games I've had the pleasure of playing."
Nov. 16, 2011
ActionScript Tips For Programmers Of C#/C++
ActionScript Tips For Programmers Of C#/C++
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, Portalarium's senior programmer Paul Evans offers some tips for getting a handle on ActionScript 3 from a C#/C++ programmer's perspective.
Nov. 16, 2011