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Aug. 22: The University of South Carolina began notifying 34,000 people associated with its College of Education that their personal information may have been compromised in a computer intrusion that occurred three months ago. Information exposed includes names, addresses and Social Security numbers of students, staff and researchers associated with college since 2005. In the last six years, six data breaches have been reported at the university compromising 81,000 records belonging to students and employees at the school...

Twitter's move aroused the ire of one engineer at the company, Alex Choi, who tweeted that "this @tumblr business just stinks." Responding later to a tweeted query from Ian Howard about whether he might regret his statement, Choi tweeted "Nope, not at all. Tweet is still up and I'm still on staff."

It is more than just management that has to push for success, however. Facebook's staff will need to be at their operational best if the company wants to deliver a 100 percent increase in earnings -- and right now there is probably a morale problem at the company, according to Scherer...

In a large organization that have multiple technical teams supporting different business areas, it's highly likely that there are going to be security-savvy folks outside of the security organization. This isn't normally cause for concern. But situations in which technology partners bring in new staff to perform functions that overlap with central security roles are a warning sign. ...

The future of the cloud-based OnLive gaming service is looking cloudyindeed. On Monday the company confirmed that a restructuring plan willkeep the streaming video game service operating. However, all staff memberswere let go in the process -- although some may eventually be rehired...

The ruling focused on prepaid phones, or "burners," but the court "hinged its analysis on the fact that Skinner was driving on public streets and transmitting his data by using a cellphone," Hanni Fakhoury, a staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), told TechNewsWorld...

"Hardware and software must work together in order to have an effective defense," Keanini said. "Vendors can supply the technology, but unless the agency's IT security staff understands the guidance, implements the technology appropriately, and strives to constantly refine and adapt their security processes to combat evolving threats, the security features in hardware and software don't mean very much."

"This likely includes a redundancy with Google's programming staff,"said Chris Silva, industry analyst for mobile at Altimeter Group This likely won't be the final round of cuts either, especiallyas Motorola is far from the top mobile phone maker these days.Google's acquisitio...

The makers of a video surveillance program developed by former United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) staffers attempted to sell their system to several big-name tech firms, according to leaked memos One of several internal emails written by executives at intelligenc...

Once a company focused solely on search, Google's business horizons have widened considerably lately. That credibility with big businesses could go a long way if the company hopes to obtain more content for its Google Play digital content store for its Android devices, said John Bergmayer, senior staff attorney at Public Knowledge...

"All interplanetary missions are welcome and scientifically refreshing -- and NASA conducts these magnificently -- but a manned mission to Mars and a permanently staffed lunar base are both long overdue," Milliron concluded. "It is obviously now up to the commercial space industry to perform these tasks."

That is how tech journalist Mat Honan, a former Gizmodo writer, came under attack. Someone called Apple's support staff and gained control of Honan's iCloud storage account, which compromised his associated Apple devices, and even his Gmail and Twitter accounts Honan could o...

Law enforcement isn't staffed to counter something like this. In fact, many police, who themselves have seen their salaries, benefits, and retirement plans cut, would likely identify with the effort and support it, given an adequate trigger. The people rioting wouldn't be wat...

"Just because someone is a brilliant thinker doesn't automatically mean the person will be a brilliant blogger," said Hoffman. "Companies should provide training to their staff contributing to a corporate blog." Companies must avoid merely rewording press releases, aiming ins...

Mayer already seems to have employed some methods of breathing fresh air into the company. She instated free lunches, better swag and put an emphasis on hands-on staff meetings on Fridays -- all similar to characteristics found at Google. Morale-boosters are important for a company that has undergone executive CEO and layoffs recently, but they will ultimately be useless if Mayer can't also energize the company's bottom line, said Wieser.

We have technology deployed in some cities that can not only identify gun shots, but also triangulateand locate where they came from. In addition, we increasingly have cameras that can capture crimesin process and, were you to connect them, the increasingly understaffed police departments couldrespond more quickly and be better equipped to deal with potential problems...

For the upcoming London Olympic Games, organizers are doing their best to prepare for this challenge. State of the art systems have been implemented to monitor hardened networks and systems. Security Operation Centers (SOC) have been staffed to monitor threats 24 x 7. Ethical hackers have been employed to test the security and capability of systems and staff. The question is, will it be enough?...

Put a different way, had Steve Jobs performed as most U.S. presidents have in recent years,he would have ignored selling Apple products and instead worked to pay security, ops and executive staffmore, and increase employee benefits. The end result would have been a dead compa...

Hopefully, you won't get to that point -- or if you do, the discussion serves as acatalyst to update and modernize your CRM application. We can talk until we'reblue in the face about the users as the causes of CRM failure -- in fact, I've written in the past about ways to sell skeptical sales staffers on the value of CRM. But they're only part of the problem -- and if you as a manager make bad decisions early in the CRM selection process, even the most enthusiastic salesperson may join the ranks of the skeptical CRM non-users...

Such programs manage the configuration and security of mobile devices and provide secure access to an organization's computer network. They are typically used to manage the smartphones that many agencies issue to staff. The NIST document offers recommendations for selecting, implementing, and using centralized management technologies for securing mobile devices...