# photography STMicroelectronics hopes to make the wimpy LED flash on your smartphone as bright as the xenon flash in your camera with a new chip that packs a supercapacitor for quick bursts of power. More » View full post on cellphone security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post…
Could Cyber-Gardening Be the New Urban Gardening?
Algae is increasingly seen as a source of tremendous potential , as scientists and entrepreneurs hurry to turn the organism into biofuel on a scale that's commercially viable . But for most people, their only interaction with the slimy stuff happens when scraping it from a fish tank—the plant is…
Cyber Culture: How Zuckerberg’s plans for a sharing society could help us (and make him richer)
You may find this hard to believe if you feel inundated by web links to unamusing videos and spittle-flecked blog posts, but apparently we're not sharing enough stuff online. View full post on cyber pirate – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Megaupload content could be deleted this week
US prosecutors say that two companies hosting Megaupload’s servers could begin deleting all user content on them as early as Thursday. One of the companies denied it had access to any data on Megaupload’s servers however, and said it has no mechanism for returning data to Megaupload’s users. The operators…
Feds say Megaupload user content could be deleted this week
Computerworld – Federal prosecutors say that two companies hosting Megaupload’s servers in the U.S. could begin deleting all user content on them as early as Thursday. But one of the companies today denied it had access to any data on Megaupload’s servers and said it has no mechanism for returning…
Could cyber security help fill region’s defense gap?
— In 2009, Virginia and the city of Hampton lobbied hard to bring a new cyber command to Langley Air Force Base. View full post on could security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
McAfee software bug could turn customers’ PCs into spam servers (Reuters)
Reuters – Anti-virus software maker McAfee warned that a flaw in one of its products could make customers’ PCs vulnerable to attacks in which hackers used their computers to distribute spam. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
Zappos hacking could cause consumer problems later
If you've ever bought shoes or an item of clothing from the popular website, Zappos.com, it's possible some of your personal information is now in the hands of thieves. Sometime over the weekend, hackers broke into the Zappos servers in Kentucky and made off with data from more than 24…
Futuristic security schemes could kill passwords
Today's world requires countless passwords to do everything from accessing personal gadgets to paying off credit cards online, but security can be compromised if someone forgets to log out or turn off the "remember password" function. Now the U.S. military wants to eliminate clunky passwords by creating a security system…
Improved Policies, Tools Could Help Increase Competition on U.S. DOD’s National Security Exception Procurements
Competition is a critical tool for achieving the best return on the government’s investment. Federal agencies are generally required to award contracts competitively, but they are permitted to use… View full post on could security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security