“The most important thing to remember when you’re storing or processing sensitive data in the cloud is that you are still fully responsible for the security of the data, and you are fully accountable if that data is lost or stolen,” Shaul concluded. “Even if your cloud provider offers some security services or indemnifies you for losses resulting from a breach, if your data is stolen, it’s still your problem.”
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Chinese Company Sues Apple Over Siri Patents
According to a report in China Daily, the Shanghai-based company, Shanghai Zhizhen Network Technology, is suing Apple and asserting the company infringes on a voice technology patent owned by Zhizhen. The company sent Apple a legal notice in May but Apple’s lawyers did not respond, according to the report.
Making calls has become fifth most frequent use for a Smartphone for newly-networked generation of users
How long we spend using our smartphones (by activity) each day
Activity Time/day Browsing the internet 24.81 Checking social networks 17.49 Playing games 14.44 Listening to music 15.64 Making calls 12.13 Checking/writing emails 11.1 Text messaging 10.2 Watching TV/films 9.39 Reading books 9.3 Taking photographs 3.42 Total 128
via O2 News Centre.
How Steve Jobs Fooled the Leader of the Free World and His Opponents
In 2001 Creative met with Jobs to discuss a user interface for a new MP3 player Apple was releasing. They showed him what they had, Steve said, “no thanks”, and proceeded to use it anyway. Creative sued and got $100mil over it. So much for the revolutionary iPod.
via The World Warrior.
Like every company that Apple steals from (or the majority of them, since Creative is the only exception), no legal action was taken. However, after doing some more research it seems as if LG opted not to file a lawsuit because they could (and did) technically fire back by using similar Apple hardware designs – meaning if they were to sue LG for looking too much like an iPhone, LG could throw them under the bus for working too much like a Prada.
Thinstuff: Products
Thinstuff develops a range of server based computing software for the small business as well as for the enterprise market which allows you to securely publish windows applications to any device on any network by utilizing the de-facto standard RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)!
via Thinstuff: Products.
I’m not a big fan of RDP or VNC — especially for day to day activities.
TIME dotCom, Facebook And Others Invest In Massive Undersea Internet Cable Project
TIME is leading up the process, but Facebook as well as a few others are joining in by combining $450 million to the cause. APG is geographically well spread to bridge international capacity hubs such as Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Korea as well as connecting emerging markets such as Vietnam and China where demand for capacity is multiplying yearly.
via TIME dotCom, Facebook And Others Invest In Massive Undersea Internet Cable Project – HotHardware.
AOL Gets Small With Outdoor Micro Data Centers
What might the outer limit for modular data centers look like? It could resemble the micro data center prototype unveiled this week by AOL. The rack-sized enclosure, which will live outdoors, is the first step in AOL’s ambitious plan to reshape its infrastructure using small, unmanned IT facilities that can be managed remotely.
via AOL Gets Small With Outdoor Micro Data Centers » Data Center Knowledge.
OVH Deploys “Container Cube” Data Center
The French firm OVH is one of the world’s largest hosting companies, with more than 120,000 servers. It has also earned a reputation for its innovative data center designs. DCK readers may be familiar with OVH for the innovative Cube-shaped data center it opened last year in Roubaix, France, which houses servers in an exterior corridor built around an open center, allowing for easy airflow through the facility.
via OVH Deploys “Container Cube” Data Center » Data Center Knowledge.
Raspberry Pi Model A makes first appearance on camera
The board looks very similar to the Model B, but is obviously missing a few components. The good news is the board looks to have the same layout otherwise, so the same cases should work. They will just have a few unfilled holes in them.
Cyberlocker Offered To Help Prosecute Users To Settle $34.8m Copyright Suit
A cyberlocker being sued for $34.8 million by an adult studio agreed in principle to a remarkable set of demands to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit. TorrentFreak has learned that file-hosting service Oron said it would turn over the IP addresses, banking details and email addresses of users alleged to have infringed copyright. The troubled cyberlocker then offered to assist plaintiff Liberty Media in civil prosecutions against its own customers.
via Cyberlocker Offered To Help Prosecute Users To Settle $34.8m Copyright Suit | TorrentFreak.