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The security implications of 420,000 vulnerable hosts

March 26, 2013 5:00am PDT

Patrick Lambert presents a case of security findings that could get its researcher jail time. Is there such as thing as a "benevolent" botnet?

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Is uncovering digital vulnerabilities doing more harm than good?

March 25, 2013 8:48am PDT

A noted virtual-reality technologist and author views "security through obscurity" as the only true way security can exist. Michael P. Kassner looks at what this uniquely divergent viewpoint means.

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Focus on Applications, not on Operations - Why You Should Adopt Platform as a Service

March 22, 2013 12:00am PDT

The story of the technology industry is a brief but incredible history of disruptive innovation and transformative economics. Yet business leaders often neglect a key lesson: the value and...

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Dell Latitude Notebook responsiveness and battery life: Effects of Intel Rapid Start Technology and Intel Smart Connect Technology

March 20, 2013 12:00am PDT

Opening your notebook to find a drained battery and applications such as email in the same state you left them days ago can be a real hassle and a waste of vital time especially when you're on the...

Provided by: Principled Technologies

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Tablet browser-OS comparison

March 20, 2013 12:00am PDT

Not all tablets browsers perform equally quickly. In our tests of common Web browsing scenarios, Internet Explorer 10-Windows 8 performed everyday scenarios as much as 60.6 percent more quickly...

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Poseidon: Mitigating Interest Flooding DDoS Attacks in Named Data Networking

March 20, 2013 12:00am PDT

Content-Centric Networking (CCN) is an emerging networking paradigm being considered as a possible replacement for the current IP-based host-centric Internet infrastructure. In CCN, named content...

Provided by: University of Padova

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Towards Optimal Deployment of Cloud-Assisted Video Distribution Services

March 20, 2013 12:00am PDT

For Internet video services, the high fluctuation of user demands in geographically distributed regions results in low resource utilizations of traditional CDN systems. Due to the capability of...

Provided by: Nanyang Technological University

Discussion Threads

Quick Tip: Add useful apps directly to Word 2013

March 19, 2013 8:34am PDT

Quick Tip: Add useful apps directly to Word 2013 article root Office 2013? I have seen a lot of complaining about Office 2013 in the TechRepublic forums, but the more I use it the more I like it....

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Manage Gmail inbox space with Backupify FreeSpace

March 18, 2013 11:43am PDT

Will Kelly shows us how to use Backupify FreeSpace to better manage the Gmail inboxes in your Google Apps domain.

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Improving IP Geolocation by Crawling the Internet PoP Level Graph

March 18, 2013 12:00am PDT

The geographical location of Internet IP addresses is important for academic research, commercial and homeland security applications. While commercial databases claim to have a very high level of...

Provided by: Tel Aviv University

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Making online payments safe from fraud: Conversion rate vs. security

March 15, 2013 8:00am PDT

Patrick Lambert looks at the vulnerable area of online payment fraud. Is there a way to make payment forms both convenient and secure?