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  • Indoor positioning market heats up with Apple acquisition of WifiSLAM

    The news this week that Apple has acquired indoor positioning company WifiSLAM is a sign that the war over indoor mobile location services is hotting up.

  • 12 personal security resolutions for 2013

    Among your typical New Year's resolutions - lose weight, stop smoking, be happier - you should consider making some pledges to better secure your digital life. You might even be healthier if you can prevent the stress of a digital disaster, like malware wiping out your PC, having your online accounts hacked, or becoming a victim of identify theft because of a phishing scam or data theft. With that in mind, here are some security resolutions you should consider for the new year.

  • Five ways the iPad beats the Surface RT

    This isn't the first year that tablets are a hot gift item, but it is the first holiday season that enough serious contenders make the buying decision tougher. Following my reasons you should consider the Microsoft Surface with Windows RT over the Apple iPad, here are features and benefits that give the iPad an advantage over the Surface with Windows RT.

  • New security threat at work: Bring-your-own-network

    Employees who access corporate networks and download data onto their mobile devices may not be as much of a security risk as those who bring consumer hotspots into the corporate environment.

  • 28 pieces of sensible computing advice everyone should read

    Technology never stops moving foward. Hardware gets faster, and operating systems gain new features and (we hope) finesse. This is natural computing law.

  • Oracle Team USA America's Cup boat looks for high tech advantage

    Forget the fastest sail boat; next year's America's Cup could come down to who has the fastest computer.

  • Defcon Wi-Fi hack called no threat to enterprise WLANs

    Enterprise Wi-Fi networks can keep using WPA2 security safely, despite a recent Defcon exploit that has been widely, but wrongly, interpreted as rendering it useless.

  • Blackhat SEOs and managing the Google threat

    Search engines in general and Google in particular know a lot about everyone. Moreover, Google can learn about you without you ever having used their services. They know what they know because people choose to trust them. But in fact, Google is quite draconian in their policies and approaches to identification, profiling and tracking of individuals and organisation along with associated interests, behaviours, and relationships.

  • Dealing with key trends during an IT disaster recovery

    Cloud services, virtualisation, BYOD and social CRM are key factors influencing disaster recovery. Because earthquakes, hurricanes, snow storms or other events can put data centers and other corporate facilities out of commission for a while, it's vital that companies have in place a comprehensive disaster recovery plan.

  • Will RIM survive the patent minefield?

    BlackBerry maker Research in Motion ? once the biggest force in enterprise mobility ? is hanging on by the skin of its teeth. Not only are profits down and BlackBerry 10 smartphones delayed, but the company has been found guilty of patent infringement and ordered to pay $147.2 million in damages.





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