George Orwell
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Juno's supercomputer provokes privacy guards
News Juno Online Service's jump into the supercomputing business has alarmed consumer and privacy advocates, who fear the move could open subscribers' computers to vulnerabilities--including snooping by third parties such as the government.
Securing social engineering threats
Insight The term social engineering (SE) smacks of George Orwell’s "1984", and it can be just as perfidious as it sounds, especially as it relates to IT security. However, hackers also use social engineering to get valuable information that allows them to penetrate IT systems.
UK public targeted by 1,500 monitoring bids per day
News Liberal Democrats claim the United Kingdom has "sleepwalked into a surveillance state" after public authorities make more than half-a-million interception requests in one year.
Tags: Network security, Authentication and encryption, Security, Home Secretary, Democrat, monitoring, technique, service provider, Network security, team
Amazon apologizes for deleting Kindle e-books and offers replacement
News Kindle owners whose lawfully purchased copies of two George Orwell novels were deleted from their devices will be entitled to a replacement copy or US$30.
Tags: Data Management, E-commerce, Copy, E-mail, gift certificate, George Orwell, E-commerce, Amazon.com Inc., CBS Interactive Inc., Data Management
Not all employees are created equal
Blogs "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." I read that famous line in George Orwell's Anim...
Few tech companies gear up for Super Bowl
News Pets.com's loud-mouthed sock puppet may have been permanently benched from the Super Bowl advertising lineup, but that doesn't mean all dot-coms will be standing on the sidelines this Sunday.
