Security 썸네일형 리스트형 South Koreans use Internet Explorer: It's the law Summary: A law passed in the late 90's to facilitate ecommerce security requires using an ActiveX control, and therefore IE, to shop on Korean sites. Some users hack around the restriction. A story in the Washington Post describes how South Korea is a stronghold of Internet Explorer use, ironically because of a law passed in the late 1990s to facilitate ecommerce security. The government was ear.. 더보기 Google offers up to US$2 million to break Chrome Summary: Google has upped the ante on its competition to break Google Chrome, increasing the total prize pool to US$2 million. On the back of increasing the bounties for its vulnerabilities rewards program, Google has announced that it will double the kitty for its Google Chrome hacking competition.Google previously placed Chrome in the firing line at Pwn2Own last year, when it offered US$20,000.. 더보기 The guide to password security (and why you should care) Find out how your password security can be compromised, and how to create and manage secure passwords. In a better world, vulnerable accounts like banks, medical records, e-mail, and cloud drives would be protected with biometric systems. A swipe of a finger or a retina scan would allow access your most important data.Alas, eight-or-more-character passwords still dominate Web service log-ins. An.. 더보기 Samsung announces Galaxy S III with a focus on natural interaction Summary: Companies need to differentiate with experiences and initial reactions are that Samsung did just that with the Galaxy S III and a focus on enhancing human-smartphone interactions.Samsung introduced the world to theSamsung Galaxy S III this morning in London and it looks like the device will be taking on the fantastic HTC One X head-to-head this summer on U.S. wireless carriers. The Gala.. 더보기 Why e-book DRM will die, and why this will make no difference to Amazon and Apple Summary: DRM on e-books will die. Frightened publishers will see to it that it happens.The U.S. Department of Justice’s decision to investigate Apple and five publishers over alleged collusion in e-book prices and sales models has sparked off an interesting side-debate on the subject of DRM and hardware lock-in.Regular readers will know that I’m no fan of DRM. That’s not because I want to enthus.. 더보기 Facebook for Android version 1.9 is out Summary: Facebook for Android has been updated to version 1.9. In addition to the usual improved performance and bug fixes, this version adds more messaging features and shortcuts to the app’s features.Facebook today updated its native Android mobile app. You can grab version 1.9 now from theGoogle Play store.Here is the official changelog for Facebook for Android version 1.9:Improved performanc.. 더보기 The mobile watch revolution is here, thanks to Pebble Summary: A new E-Paper watch, with its own app eco-system, that connects to your iPhone and Android deviceCompanies have been promising the “watch phone” and things like it for years. There have been many starts and stops, but something was always missing. Either it was a bad user interface, connectivity issues (SPOT watch), price or just lack of practicality, for whatever reason, they never too.. 더보기 Should the DoJ investigate e-book DRM and hardware lock-in? Summary: The problem is that when you start to examine lock-in to specific hardware, you’re opening a can of worms.U.S. antitrust regulators have decided that it is now time to go after various publishers, and Apple, alleging collusion in e-book prices and sales models. But there is one subject that is absent from the lawsuit: DRM.Should the Justice Dept. extend the lawsuit to cover the DRM lock.. 더보기 The Google 7-inch Android tablet will cost more, be delayed until July Summary: Due to cost pressures, it looks like Google’s own slate will cost the same as the Kindle Fire, and be launched in July.I posted recently about Google preparing its own branded 7-inch Android tablet, with a hardware assist by Asus. The most notable detail from those rumors was the price: $149, or $50 less than the similarly sized (and very popular) Kindle Fire.But according to The Verge,.. 더보기 Android and Linux re-merge into one operating system Summary: For years, Android has been a Linux variant, but now, with the release of Linux 3.3, the two operating systems are united again. Linux is back inside Android and Android is back inside Linux. Android has always been Linux, but for years the Android project went its own way and its code wasn’t merged back into the main Linux tree. Now, much sooner than Linus Torvalds, Linux’s founder and.. 더보기 Will Android tablets overtake the iPad by 2015? Summary: Android tablet makers, being a disparate bunch of OEMs, aren’t in a position to plan and organize a proper campaign against Apple. According to the prognosticators over at IDC, worldwide shipments of Android tablets will overtake the iPad by 2015. All the other players will see their sales shipments crushed, and Windows 8-powered ARM tablets don’t even figure into IDC’s results at all. .. 더보기 The iPhone security model is broken ... can it be fixed? Summary: User data is the new gold rush, and it’s so easy to find and mine. I like my iPhone. A lot. But I’ve not gotten to the point where I feel that the security model that Apple chose to implement in iOS is broken, and it’s hard to see how it can be fixed in any useful or meaningful way. How is the security model broken? Well, it’s broken because the apps you install onto your iDevices are c.. 더보기 Apple iOS developers: We'll adjust to privacy change Developers say Apple's new mandate won't be too much of a burden, but many will need to modify apps that use address book data. iPhone apps that access address book data will need to be updated but not overhauled to comply with a new policy from Apple that mandates prior user permission, developers say. In response to complaints that some iPhone apps were downloading the entire contents of users.. 더보기 Motorola wins iCloud injunction; iPhone, iPad temporarily pulled from online store Update: see below. Another patent headache this morning closed, as Motorola wins a permanent injunction against Apple’s iCloud service in Germany. Motorola Mobility, which is currently undergoing an acquisition bid by Google for $12.5 billion, took Apple’s European sales branch, based in Ireland, to court in April 2011. The issue focuses on the email-push service that iCloud provides, which as a.. 더보기 이전 1 다음