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Internet Society launches info hub for DNSSEC, IPv6
The Deploy360 site is an online resource for information on two transformative technologies being implemented globally on the Internet.
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It's time to shelve SOPA, PIPA
Pending bills to address online piracy and counterfeiting are technically irresponsible and err by making third-party service providers responsible for enforcement.
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Georgia Tech team builds snakebots that slither -- and rescue
Scientists at Georgia Tech are looking closely at how snakes move in order to make robots capable of slithering into nooks and crannies.
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Windows Phone 8 secrets leaked
If the latest details are true, the Windows Phone 8, code-named "Apollo," will integrate the phone with the core Windows 8 operating and restore enterprise-focused features to Microsoft's smart-phone platform.
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New, stealthy threats change best responses to cyberattack
With advanced persistent threats, trying to ID the source can be 'futile,' so focus on minimizing the damage, a revision of NIST's guidelines for incident response says.
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Google's Bouncer shows Android malware the door
It may have arrived too late for the 5 million phones recently infected, but Google has introduced Bouncer, a service designed to muscle out apps carrying malicious code.
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Anonymous takes down Boston PD site, releases FBI/Scotland Yard call
The hacktivist group's attacks the latest in a string of malicious activity targeting government sites.
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Feds bust Super Bowl streaming sites (but Brady didn't tip them off)
The New England Patriots' quarterback's comments aren't why agents shut down the illegal sites; the Super Bowl is always a good platform for calling attention to piracy.
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New rules of cyber-crime engagement needed to protect US now
Targeted cyber crime threats are on the rise and cause real concern for U.S. national security secrets, intell chiefs testified at a recent Senate hearing.
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Be the mouse: Kinect for Windows has arrived
Microsoft's motion-sensor peripheral, originally created for the Xbox 360, is now available for Windows-based PCs, and it could change how we interact with computers forever.
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$10M offered for ideas on creating trusted online identities
NIST is making grants available for research that addresses technical and operational challenges to implementing the administration's National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace.
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State taps BI software to share criminal info, link other agencies
Oracle's platform helps Maryland create a single view of criminal justice data for federal, state and local crime fighters and extend business intelligence to other agencies, including the Education Department.
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Study: Most tweets not worthwhile, but you can change that
A new study found that people on Twitter said only 36 percent of the tweets that fill their feeds each day are useful. But there are ways users can improve their tweets.
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6 NASA technologies in play at the Super Bowl
Inventions and innovations created for the space program have filtered down to the playing field and have contributed to making the big game what it is.
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NASA's 'Blast Off' a new frontier for Facebook games
Games on the social media site to date haven't taught users much. But the multiplayer "Space Race Blast Off" is different.
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DARPA developing contact lenses with 'Terminator'-like abilities
The Defense Department wants to give warfighters science-fiction grade contact lenses that would allow them to magnify distant objects and overlay their vision with battlefield data.
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Agile platform gives Army division a fast track to the cloud
The Army's Architecture Services Division within the Software Engineering Center has deployed a platform designed for the rapid development and migration of applications to a private cloud.
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Are the days of hands-off Internet policies numbered?
International regulations on telecommunications, drafted in 1988, will be revised later this year, and several countries could look to exert control.
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Do candles hold the cure for touch-screen smudges?
The product of an old-world technology, simple candle soot, just might be the answer to a 21st-century scourge, according to German researchers.
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BlackBerry 7 OS gets FIPS 140-2 certification
Smart phones running the OS now meet the cryptographic standard required by government.
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