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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Canadian Staples in customer privacy hot water]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rosszooozo</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Returning a laptop to Staples in Canada also means handing over personal data in some cases, according to a government audit.(Credit:CC Ian Muttoo/Flickr)Canadian Staples stores are failing to fully wipe customer data off returned laptops and storage devices before reselling them, thus violating Canada's privacy laws, the CBC News reports.More than a third of the 149 storage devices tested by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, including laptops and USB hard drives, still had customer data on them--despite undergoing a wipe and restore process to be readied for resale. Some of the lingering information was reportedly pretty sensitive, including things like tax and ID records and passport numbers.&quot;Our findings are particularly disappointing given we had already investigated two complaints against Staples involving returned data storage devices and the company had committed to taking corrective action,&quot; commissioner Jennifer Stoddart said in a press release. &quot;While Staples did improve procedures and control mechanisms after our investigations, the audit showed those procedures and controls were not consistently applied, nor were they always effective, leaving customers' personal information at serious risk.&quot; The commissioner's office is following up its initial slap on the wrist with another slap on the wrist. It recommended that the office supply chain &quot;implement enhanced controls to eliminate any risk of personal information being disclosed.&quot; The commissioner's office did not elaborate on those measures.  Responding to the audit findings, Staples said in the audit report that it is testing multiple methods of fully wiping data without damaging or destroying returned products. Staples has until June 30, 2012, to submit a report to the Canadian government from an independent third party confirming that it has taken care of the problem. In the meantime, it's probably an especially good idea to format and wipe your own system before returning it--or running for public office. The privacy commissioner's office says its stance is &quot;...that if Staples is unable to remove all customer data from a particular manufacturer's device, it is unacceptable to resell that device.&quot;  There are more than 300 Staples stores in Canada.<br/><br/>808 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tetris drops onto TVs, every other product around]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rosszooozo</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[In Soviet Russia, Tetris builds you!(Credit:The Tetris Company)Back in the day, obsessively playing Tetris on an original 8-bit Nintendo Gameboy helped make me the socially awkward young man I am today. Alas, gone are the days of gray-scale gaming machines--and any shot I had at being an alpha male.Now I come to find out one of the finest puzzlers from the former Soviet Union has become an app on Samsung's Smart TV platform. Who needs a gaming device for low-level games when most modern TV remotes have D-Pads anyways Gamers tired of playing on their cell phones can purchase Tetris on 2011 Samsung Smart TVs in the U.S. and South Korea, with a free-to-play trial and a $4.99 full version for falling-block addicts.Tetris mania doesn't stop there though' in fact, the madness has only just begun. According to the overenthusiastic press release regarding Tetris for TV, 12 new Tetris-tinged product categories will hit stores between now and the holidays. We're talking tabletop, board, dice, and single-player strategy games' T-shirts' mugs' wall graphics' furniture' novelty watches' silicone bracelets' and life-size bricks you can drop from tall buildings, just to name a few (OK, just kidding about the bricks). Perhaps the overexposure of the Tetris brand is justified, as Blue Planet Software (which manages the licensing rights) announced that the 27-year-old game has surpassed 132 million mobile paid downloads. Tetris is available for nearly every modern (and ancient) mobile platform, including iOS,Android, and others. Despite Rovio saying Angry Birds has been downloaded 250 million times, Blue Planet notes that &quot;no title has been able to sell more paid downloads on mobile than Tetris.&quot; Here's hoping to an Angry Birds-Tetris mashup game.Now, can someone at least develop a cure to get that blasted Tetris theme song out of my head<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pioneer demonstrates cool Floating Vision displays]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 07:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rosszooozo</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Imagine a floating 3D map on acar's dashboard that drivers can interact with by gesturing with their hands. It might sound like a scene lifted from &quot;Minority Report,&quot; but Pioneer has developed a new Floating Vision display to deliver a similar capability.  The system utilizes an LCD module to project sharp, 3D-like pictures through a special 3D lens. When combined with infrared sensors, Floating Vision allows users to touch and manipulate objects in real time, as illustrated in the above video clip from the Embedded Systems Expo in Tokyo. Some applications for this technology include in-car navigation, and Pioneer will be offering this version to companies interested in integrating Floating Vision displays in their products. Another variant, which interfaces with the PC through a USB link, is already available. (Source: Crave Asia via Akihabara News) <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Verizon's iPhone hot spot to cost $20 a month]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rosszooozo</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=verizons-iphone-hot-spot-to-cost-20-a-month</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Verizon Wireless&amp;39' new iPhone will have a hot spot feature that allows up to five devices to connect to the Internet via the iPhone&amp;39's 3G data connection. (Credit:Bonnie Cha/CNET)Using Verizon's forthcomingiPhone as a mobile hot spot is going to cost subscribers $20 a month--that's on top of the required data and voice plans subscribers will already be paying for.The fee, which is in line with what Verizon charges for mobile hot spot service on other smartphones, was confirmed today to Macworld by Brenda Raney, Verizon Wireless' executive director of corporate communications. The hot spot feature comes with a 2GB data allowance, but if users go over that limit, they will be charged $20 per gigabyte.The personal hot spot allows up to five Wi-Fi devices at a time to connect to the Internet using theVerizon iPhone's 3G data connection as a wireless router. The feature was highlighted during Verizon's January 11 event announcing iPhone's imminent availability on its network, but pricing for the service was not revealed at the time.Earlier today, Verizon announced it would keep its $30 unlimited data plan for the iPhone, but the plan will only be offered for a limited time before the company moves to a usage-based billing model.The new Verizon iPhone is expected to be a hot seller when it goes on sale February 10. Verizon executives have not provided exact projections for iPhone sales, but they say that analyst estimates of 11 million new subscribers for the iPhone are likely accurate.AT&amp;T, the only other carrier offering the iPhone, currently allows only a single device to be tethered to the device via USB or Bluetooth. However, the hot spot feature will reportedly be available to all iPhones capable of running iOS 4.3, the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, a beta of which was recently released to developers. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[McAfee aims to protect connected gadgets]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rosszooozo</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[As we connect lots of gadgets to the Internet, they become vulnerable to hacking. That&amp;'s why McAfee is teaming up with Wind River Systems to provide built-in security for embedded devices, or appliances with some computer smarts in them.This is one more sign that, as we head toward that digital nirvana called &amp;''the Internet of things,&amp;'' we are not going to get there unless we can protect users. The McAfee-Wind River combination will protect everything from car entertainment systems to airline cockpit computers. Wind River&amp;'s software is already in a billion devices.Many of these devices didn&amp;'t need the built-in protection before because they weren&amp;'t connected to the internet. But now, car makers are building Wi-Fi systems in cars so that you can get your messages or web videos in the car. And any connected device can be attacked, said Ken Klein, president of Wind River Systems.Dave DeWalt (pictured), chief executive of McAfee, said his company would integrate its software into Wind River&amp;'s operating system for embedded gadgets. That&amp;'s easy for the companies to do, since they are both owned by Intel.&amp;''This is all about moving beyond the PC,&amp;'' DeWalt said in a conference call this morning.But security in the embedded market is very different from PCs, where there&amp;'s lots of memory available to have beefy security software running all the time. The embedded software often has as little as 100,000 lines of code, compared to millions of lines of software code for complex applications. That means the embedded security software has to be small and efficient. Klein said that means that protection is limited to something like a &amp;''white list.&amp;'' That is, if the embedded system is only going to connect to a few web sites, you can give it the capability to visit sites that have been scanned and are clean.The companies made the announcement during the RSA security conference in San Francisco. They said that it&amp;'s clear that embedded security will become a big deal in the future. McAfee estimates that the number of connected devices will grow to 50 billion by 2020, as everything from alarm clocks to washing machines become web-connected.Hackers have already attacked embedded systems such as industrial controls, smart meters, parking meters and other connected devices. That&amp;'s creating a big headache for security programmers, since the security software is often more complicated than the main software running on the device itself.Both Santa Clara-based McAfee and Alameda, Calif.-based Wind River will work together on purpose-built solutions for particular markets. The security solutions will roll out starting this year.Next Story: Nvidia earnings focus on the transformation from PCs to mobile chips Previous Story: On the GreenBeat: Tessera sells Imperial Valley Solar project, Tesla posts fourth-quarter lossesPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: embedded systems, securityCompanies: Intel, McAfee, Wind River SystemsPeople: Dave DeWalt, Ken Klein          Tags: embedded systems, securityCompanies: Intel, McAfee, Wind River SystemsPeople: Dave DeWalt, Ken KleinDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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