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Posted in Network World on December 16th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
Documents filed in response to a U.S. lawmaker's request show that Sprint is by far the biggest user of Carrier IQ's software, with more than 26 million handsets featuring the controversial mobile tracking tool.
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Posted in Network World on December 16th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
Sprint, the biggest user of Carrier IQ's software, said it has disabled use of the tool in response to customer concerns.
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Posted in Network World on December 16th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
Whether you were looking for ways to be better at your job, seeking advice for making mobile devices safe and efficient within the enterprise or brushing up on Facebook privacy, CIO.com helped you stay a step ahead of your colleagues in 2011.
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Posted in Network World on December 14th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
Google yesterday patched 15 vulnerabilities in Chrome, paying $6,000 in bounties to bug hunters who reported some of them, and updated the browser to version 16.
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Posted in Network World on December 13th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
As another year draws to a close, we look back on the IT-related comments that stuck with us.
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Posted in Network World on December 12th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
For the past 25 years, a war has waged between malicious programmers and the researchers trying to make computing safe for the enterprise. The battle has shown no signs of subsiding — once a new countermeasure is deployed, the hackers find new ways to make IT worried.
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Posted in Network World on December 12th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
Remember the film "Maximum Overdrive," where machines took over and went on a murderous rampage? With cars and appliances ever more computerized, such a security threat seems a little less farfetched as we head into 2012.
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Posted in Network World on December 12th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun to mail refund checks to computer owners who purchased so-called scareware from vendors who allegedly used deceptive advertising to trick customers into buying the software to fix their supposedly infected computers.
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Posted in Network World on December 12th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
Google has removed nearly two dozen malware-infected apps from its official Android Market in the last several days, according to San Francisco-based Lookout Security.
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Posted in Network World on December 12th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
Smart devices, social media and increased online activity through app stores and other transaction-based websites are coming together in what one researcher says is a scary combination of factors that have dire implications for national security.
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