Technology/Science
Alabama University Launches Cyber Threat Detection Firm
In a private-public partnership, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has launched Malcovery, an intelligence company specializing in cyber threat detection, to help businesses protect ...
Government to Share Cyber Security Information with Private Companies
The U.S. government will use classified information about software vulnerabilities for the first time to protect companies outside of the military industrial complex, top officials told Reuters this ...
Bottom-Line Cost May Be Too Steep For ‘Talking’ Cars’ Acceptance: U.S. Transport Chief
Cars that "talk" to each other to avoid crashes or traffic jams, like those being tested here, will save lives but the cost of the systems will determine consumers' acceptance of such technology, the ...U.S. Cyber Attack Threat Is Constant, Getting Worse: Top General
The top U.S. general in charge of cyber security warned on Tuesday that the United States is increasingly vulnerable to attacks like those that destroyed data on tens of thousands of computers in ...
Nintendo Wins U.S. Appeals Court Decision Over Wii In Patent Case
Nintendo Co, one of the world's largest makers of video game players, won a U.S. appeals court decision in a patent case that will allow it to keep importing its popular Wii system into the United ...
Bloomberg’s Top Editor Calls Client Data Policy ‘Inexcusable’
Matthew Winkler, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, apologized on Monday for allowing journalists "limited" access to sensitive data about how clients used Bloomberg terminals, saying it was ...
FBI Says More Cooperation With Banks Key To Probe Of Cyber Attacks
The FBI last month gave temporary security clearances to scores of U.S. bank executives to brief them on the investigation into the cyber attacks that have repeatedly disrupted online banking ...
CO2 Milestone Reached; Experts Forecast Upward Trends Ahead
The old saying that "what goes up must come down" doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone. The chief greenhouse gas was measured last Thursday at ...