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<title><![CDATA[PayPal security chief on Epsilon breach and more (Q&A)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Michael Barrett, chief information security officer at PayPal(Credit:PayPal)CNET got a few minutes on the phone today with Michael Barrett, chief information security officer at online payment processor PayPal, and asked him his opinion on some current events in the world of security. Here are edited excerpts of the interview with the man responsible for making sure the personal and financial data of millions of PayPal customers and thousands of employees is secure. Q: Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) targeted at a specific organization and typically seeking to steal data have been in the news a lot lately. Has PayPal been hit by any such attacks:: Barrett: I do not believe we have been targeted by APT attacks. We've certainly found malware on our network though.Is PayPal impacted by the breach at RSA that affected its SecureID authentication tokensBarrett: We don't use them for our customers, but we do use them internally and at this point, because we have a multilayer defense, we are not in fact reissuing those, at least not precipitously. We may do a targeted reissuance for select employees. RSA themselves have been very forthcoming about the nature of the attack but because of the law enforcement investigation, their hands are tied as to what they can divulge. What are your thoughts on the fake digital certificates that were issued in the Comodo-related breachBarrett: In many ways we think it is symptomatic of weak practices on behalf of the Certificate Authority business. It wasn't Comodo themselves breached. It was an RA (registration authority) who resold (Comodo's) certificates. But there are a number of poor practices in the CA business model and what you're seeing is one of them. There is considerable evidence that the CA business has focused on revenue at the expense, in some situations, of security. The CA business has some cleaning up to do and this kind of incident is a very good example of that.The Epsilon data breach has dominated the headlines this week. Does that indicate a problem with the outsourcing of e-mail servicesBarrett: There have been some other breaches in that industry in recent months. I don't take that as any kind of collective indictment of the industry. Rather it seems to me that all businesses have to be aware that their data has value to potential attackers. People say &quot;it can't happen to me.&quot; But criminals are going after pretty much everybody these days. All companies that process data need to treat controls around that data with the appropriate level of seriousness. We're seeing a shift in the consciousness in companies.  We do use external vendors, but I'm not sure if I can name them. We don't use Epsilon, by the way. I will say that. One of things we do is we do due diligence on those vendors to the best extent we can to assure ourselves that those vendors are safe. Before giving any e-mail vendor the first name, last name, and e-mail address you have to make sure they are following industry best practices. And some companies are better than others. &amp;149' Who is Epsilon and why does it have my data&amp;149' Attack on RSA used zero-day Flash exploit in Excel&amp;149' Hackers exploit chink in Web's armorThe mobile space is pretty hot right now. What trends to you see thereBarrett: From a security perspective, mobile platforms are charming because they have fewer attacks going on. On the other hand there are all sorts of possibilities for attacks that haven't yet materialized. So it's a very interesting space. For example, there aren't many attacks on un-jailbroken iPhones so they tend to be fairly secure. Android is probably a slightly less secure platform and there have been more attacks against it. It's simply more open and Google doesn't control the apps that are available in the same kind of manner that Apple does. That particular sword has two edges. Google has taken a more open approach and I think that's a philosophical question. I'm not criticizing Google and praising Apple. One approach leads to a more open ecosystem but potentially one where there is more risk. You can't look at just the security characteristics' you have to look at the overall health of the ecosystem, like what apps are available and other things. Personally, I like the BlackBerry because I can punch-type with my thumbs. If people are doing e-commerce on their smartphones they actually need to put a PIN in to lock it and you would be amazed at how many people don't do that. You need to lock it and back it up. Whenever new updates to apps come out we always strongly recommend to consumers that they download and install those new versions. How does PayPal deal with subpoenas and government requests for access to dataBarrett: Our position with law enforcement has been very straightforward. We're a company that respects the law and we work pretty vigorously with law enforcement. When they come to us with appropriate requests we cooperate. If we believed they were fishing and just wanted customer data we wouldn't (cooperate). Is phishing still the bane of PayPal and its customersBarrett: I joined PayPal almost exactly five years ago and it's fair to say the company had not realized at that point the true significance of phishing. But since that time we've put in place a number of defenses against it. It probably will never go away completely as a problem, but it can be substantially minimized. We're at No. 8 on a list of most phished sites, which is better than being No. 1. I'm not satisfied with being No. 8 and I'd really like to obliterate the crime completely, but I realize that will take another five years to get to that state. A few years ago we started digitally signing all our outbound e-mail and we worked with Yahoo and Google so if they saw e-mail that purported to come from us but wasn't signed they would block it. That has been stunningly successful. Now we're trying to get the whole industry to take up that type of approach. But it will take several more years of pushing to get the rest of the industry to do that.Any other topics you would like to discussBarrett: Yes. Regulation. We believe we're now entering a period where more regulation of the Internet is likely inevitable and the question is what should that safety framework look like to make the Internet a safer place than it is today It's likely the U.S. government will do something this year. I would like to see an increase in funding for cyber law enforcement which is surprisingly inadequate. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bookmarks resurrected in new RockMelt beta]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sealazenby</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Less than a month after RockMelt threw open its doors to anybody from the public interested in its Chromium-based browser beta, RockMelt is set to break ground on its second beta today as it hopes to continue attracting new users and developing features.RockMelt beta 2 (download for Windows | Mac) comes with four noteworthy improvements: a new method for integrated bookmarking that will be strikingly familiar to Instapaper and Read It Later fans' a revamped Twitter interface' a new chat notification bar and better support for multiple, simultaneous instant messages' and upgrading the browser's core to Chromium 10.RockMelt&amp;39's new View Later feature.(Credit:RockMelt)The new bookmarking feature, called View Later, lives in your location bar as an analog clock icon, next to the traditional bookmark star icon. Click it to save the URL to read later, and then click on the View Later icon in your App Edge (the sidebar on the right) to access your View Later list.Now, that's a nifty feature to have baked into the browser, but it's not unique. What's great about View Later is that RockMelt has extended it to all interactions with the browser. The View Later icon appears next to Facebook updates, tweets, and RSS items, too. All View Later items are synchronized along with your other RockMelt data, so you can easily mark something to read later at work and then check it at home.RockMelt's Twitter integration now includes Twitter search, makes &quot;@&quot; mentions more accessible and allows you to click on them to see a tweeter's full stream, and makes Twitter lists more discoverable. In a phone conversation yesterday, RockMelt CEO Eric Vishra explained that the redesigned Twitter app in RockMelt coincidentally lined up with Twitter's own push to rein in some third-party apps. &quot;We're just coincidentally moving in the same direction [as Twitter]. Users wanted these changes.&quot;Vishra also said that RockMelt users are frequent Facebook instant-messagers, with most people using RockMelt for around six hours per day and running at least three chats at the same time during some point of their day. To that end, RockMelt has improved its chat integration so that instant messages now appear at the bottom of the browser window. The look of this is similar to how instant messages appear in Facebook itself, reinforcing the familiar interface.RockMelt now has its Facebook Edge on the left, its App Edge on the right, and chats appearing at the bottom of the browser like a function-specific status bar. At a time when browsers are heavily pushing a minimalist interface, it's interesting to see a company build out the interface again.RockMelt&amp;39's new instant message design.(Credit:RockMelt)Another point of comparison with the competition is user base. RockMelt got a lot of attention when it made its debut in November, but the company has not sought a rapid expansion of its user base. Vishra refused to elaborate on how many users the browser had, simple reiterating the &quot;hundreds of thousands&quot; number he stated at the beginning of March 2011. He said that instead of attracting installs, he wants to build a dedicated base. &quot;Anybody can build a vacuous bubble pretty easily. We're looking to build something that people really use,&quot; he said.Going forward, Vishra said that RockMelt aims to focus on more full-featured app integration. How this affects Chromium's ability to run smoothly has yet to be seen. In CNET's recent benchmark analysis of Chrome 10, it fared poorly in memory usage when compared againstFirefox 4 and Internet Explorer 9.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hidden 99-cent gem: Hit the Deck Baseball for iPad and iPhone]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sealazenby</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Hit the Deck Baseball costs 99 cents for the iPad or iPhone/iPod Touch version (alas, it&amp;39's not a universal app). (Credit:Smashedfly)We're always on the hunt for good under-the-radar games, but it's not always easy to discover new titles that aren't already on the top games list in the App Store. Well, in honor of the start of the baseball season, we'll point you toward one that's worth taking a shot on: Hit the Deck Baseball from developer Smashedfly (Mike Miller).As you can see, this isn't a &quot;real&quot; simulation baseball game but actually a throwback to a great old mechanical baseball pinball game of the '80s--and the first one to use solid-state electronics. The game is a faithful rendering of that pinball machine, and the physics are solid, with smooth gameplay.  You get a choice of three pitches (fastball, curve, change-up) when you're pitching, and swinging is pure timing. The home-run ramp randomly goes up and down and you can play against the computer AI, a friend, or just go for a high score in arcade mode.Alas, our only complaint is that this isn't a universal app, so you have to buy theiPhone andiPad versions separately. But in all it's a polished game that should only get better with updates. It's also simple yet challenging enough that both adults and kids can enjoy it. Editors' note: Look for CNET's full roundup of best baseball apps tomorrow.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Isle Of Tune Lets You Compose Music By Um, City&nbsp'Planning]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Need something to do while waiting for your copy of Farmville for Dummies to arrive Isle of Tune is the latest in viral web distraction, built on the side by London-based interactive director Jim Hall.Isle of Tune lets you create whole songs by building a little town using objects like streetlamps, houses and trees to make sounds. There is even a collection of pre-built loops for those of us less musically inclined.Hall also offers a way to customize individual sounds, share your island on Facebook and Twitter as well as vote other people&amp;'s islands up or down. iPhone and iPad versions are in the works.While a pretty amazing digitally landscaped version of Michael Jackson&amp;'s &amp;''Beat It&amp;'' currently rounds out the Isle of Tune top 50, I dare you to show me something more hipster than MGMT&amp;'s &amp;''Kids,&amp;'' built entirely with animated cars, flowerpots and bumps in the road.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[European mobile carriers hope Nokia avoids Android]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[After  struggling to bring its aging Symbian platform into the modern  smartphone era, Nokia may very well consider moving to a third-party OS  like Android or Windows Phone 7. But if it comes to that, European  mobile carriers are hoping that the Finnish phone company stays away  from Android, according to a report by the Financial Times.Carriers  like Vodafone, Telefonica and France Telecom are afraid of the growing  iPhone and Android duopoly, the site reports. If Nokia decided to jump  on Googlea4a4s mobile OS, it would significantly benefit Android in Europe  and other international markets where Nokia is a big player.The  European carriers are instead hoping that Nokia finally begins the shift  towards its MeeGo OS, which has been in the works for some time but has  so far failed to make it to any phones. Failing that, a source from one  major carrier believes, Nokia adopting Windows Phone 7 would be  better for competition in Europe.Europe has generally been far more sensitive than America about concentrated market power, especially when it comes to American technology companies. Last year, Microsoft was forced to implement a browser choice screen for European users after the Norwegian browser maker Opera complained that Internet Explorer was anti-competitive. It&amp;'s not a huge surprise then to learn that European carriers are worried about the iPhone and Android ruling the market. If Nokia went with Windows Phone 7 instead, the Euro smartphone market will be more balanced in terms of platforms.Nokia  CEO Stephen Elop, who came to the company from Microsoft, will announce  his grand new strategy for the company in London on Friday. Hea4a4s  expected to boot several executives and find new blood with expertise in software.The company saw profits and market share dip last quarter,  at which point Elop also said that Nokia needed to a4Abuild or join a  competitive ecosystem.a4 That comment certainly made it seem like Elop  would be open to adopting another platform &amp;8212' at least until MeeGo is  ready for prime time.Wea4a4ve been reporting for months now that Nokia may be considering a move to Windows Phone 7.  When we first brought up the possibility, it seemed crazy that Nokia  would ever shift from its reliance on homegrown software. But further reports seemed to indicate that the company was indeed looking towards  Microsofta4a4s platform. Now with the European carriers afraid of Android,  therea4a4s even more reason to believe that Windows Phone 7 will be Nokiaa4a4s  next major platform.Next Story: Microsoft&amp;'s Bing wrests search share from Google Previous Story: Kyoceraa4a4s Echo phone brings dual-screens and a4ASimul-Taskinga4 to SprintPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, iOS, smartphones, Symbian, Windows Phone 7Companies: Google, Microsoft, nokiaPeople: Stephen Elop          Tags: Android, iOS, smartphones, Symbian, Windows Phone 7Companies: Google, Microsoft, nokiaPeople: Stephen ElopDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra. 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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<title><![CDATA[Augmented reality helps you fix your printer]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Augmented reality (AR) company Metaio will show a demo at next week&amp;'s Mobile World Congress in which AR on your mobile phone shows you how to change a printer toner cartridge.Augmented reality overlays digital information over your view of the physical world in a mobile devicea4a4s camera viewThe printer demo is significant for a couple of reasons: the application of mobile AR to a service and maintenance scenario, and the sophisticated technology used.Metaio has a division which works with industrial clients like the car company Volkswagen. For example, a 3D model of a new vehicle can be superimposed overa digital photo of the actual factory environment to help with plan theassembly room layout. This kind of application requires very precise 3D modeling and overlay of the AR image over the real-world image.For the printer demo, Metaio&amp;'s software creates a virtual 3D point cloud (see the video) from the image of the printer in the mobile phone&amp;'s camera view. This point clouddefines the structure of the printer. The cloud is then compared to a markerless tracking reference (a sort of a4Asignaturea4 created from 3D CAD models of the printer) sothe software can recognize the correct printer model. The software then renders AR objects over the camera view of the printer in real time and with the correct scale in order to instruct the user on how to change the cartridge.Most mobile AR applications so far have been simple, sometimes gimmicky and according to some commentators not even real AR. Now that the initial novelty has worn off, Metaio is convinced that AR users are looking for more useful applications and, in areas like games and media, higher production values. Replacing the service manual certainly falls into the category of useful.Improving AR graphics for applications like games is made difficult by the already high processing and battery power required by AR.Metaio worked with ST-Ericsson&amp;'s latest dual-core smartphone platform, the U8500,to optimize its AR software to run on that chip set (the printer demo can be seen in the in the ST-Ericsson partner zone at Mobile World Congress).This increased the frames per second of the AR image rendering from about 18 frames/second on an off-the-shelf smartphone to 30 frames/second on ST Ericsson&amp;'s platform, resulting in a much smoother and more accurate AR experience.The company thinks that such partnerships between hardware and AR software vendors are essential to push mobile AR technology forward.Although the functionality shown in the printer demo is not yet available in Metaio&amp;'s mobile AR browserJunaio, the company has been busy adding other interesting features like image recognition and visual search (similar to Google Goggles) including face recognition.Metaio is based in Munich, Germany, was founded in 2003 and has around 65 employees. It is privately funded.Next Story: Could we see an iPad 3 this year Previous Story: Rate-your-company startup Glassdoor raises $12MPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: AR, augmented reality, mobile, printerCompanies: Metaio, St Ericsson, Volkswagon          Tags: AR, augmented reality, mobile, printerCompanies: Metaio, St Ericsson, VolkswagonCiara Byrne is a full time techie and part-time writer. She has worked as a software developer, team lead, engineering manager and mobile standards expert. Ciara is based in Amsterdam and her interests include creative companies, useful technology, torture by piano and cycling in high heels. Follow her on Twitter at @deciara.  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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