Aug 16 Monday on the NewsHour: William Powers By Tom LeGro Williams Powers' book, "Hamlet's Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age," looks to what Powers calls the "best place to find sanity": the past. Continue reading
Aug 12 Online Fraudsters Increasingly Skilled at Hacking Bank Accounts By Joanne Jennings All this week, we’ve been looking at the complexities of cybersecurity, including the potential for attacks on government computers and the views of former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden on the scope of the “cyber conflict.” On… Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch Online Crime a Cat-and-Mouse Game for Hackers, Security Companies Spencer Michels wraps up his cybersecurity series with a look at online crimes and the technology being used to stop them. Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch Hayden: Hackers Force Internet Users to Learn Self-Defense Correspondent Spencer Michels continues his series on cybersecurity with a conversation with former CIA and National Security Agency Director Michael Hayden who says the openness of the Internet's design puts hackers at an advantage over people who want to defend… Continue watching
Aug 10 Black Hat and Defcon Founder Jeff Moss: What Is the ‘Hacker Mindset?’ By Spencer Michels More than 15,000 computer nerds - hackers, government officials, security company officials and who knows who else - spent a few days in Las Vegas recently for an unusual set of conventions. The subject on everyone's minds was cyber attacks… Continue reading
Aug 09 Google and Verizon: Yes to Net Neutrality, But… The CEOs of Google and Verizon announced a joint set of net neutrality principles Monday that would enshrine in federal law the FCC's ability to regulate the Internet and enforce open access. The document primarily lays out proposed rules… Continue reading
Aug 05 Would a Google-Verizon Deal Kill Net Neutrality? A report this morning says Google may be close to a deal with Verizon that would give the search giant preferred access on the service provider's networks. That news has open-Internet advocates worried and Web-watchers scratching their heads. The New… Continue reading
Aug 02 Privacy, Security Concerns Raised for BlackBerry, Phone, Web Users It's been a busy few days for online privacy and personal tech. Here's a breakdown of some of the latest major developments: Banned in Abu Dhabi If you were planning to update your friends and coworkers about your trip to… Continue reading
Jul 26 What New Library of Congress Rules Mean for Mashups, iPhone Jailbreaking People who own iPhones will now be able to crack electronic locks on them, allowing them to install applications that might not have Apple's blessing, according to new rules announced Monday by the U.S. government. The primary source for all… Continue reading
Jul 16 Concerned About iPhone 4 ‘Death Grip?’ Jobs: Have a Free Bumper Responding to weeks of complaints about reception issues with Apple's popular iPhone 4, CEO Steve Jobs mounted a defense at a Friday news conference, announcing that customers will be able to get a free rubber case to… Continue reading