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Bush Administration to set up national cyber security center; taps Silicon Valley entrepreneur to lead the group

2008-03-20 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...Silicon Valley will head a new interagency group that will coordinate cyber defenses across the federal government. As reported today by Brian Krebs of the Washington Post, "...Sources in the government contracting community said that the White House is expected to announce as early as today the selection of Rod A. Beckstrom as a top level...
 
Tags: bush administration, cyber security initiative, silicon valley, top level adviser, government, federal government, homeland security, entire article, washington post
 
 
 
 
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Silicon Valley's Wi-Fi Situation

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2008-07-09 10:11:40 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Silicon Valley's state of public Wi-Fi: The paper looks at the failures of various networks around the valley, the current state of Wi-Fi plans, and how a non-profit, WiFi101, is building (with a grant) a new effort that could be a model for how to offer free service for those without Internet access The Weekly also mentions Palo Alto...
 
Tags: valley, silicon valley, palo alto, mentions palo alto, city, city incorrectly calls, offer free service, fiber, wi-fi plans
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Wi-Fi Robot Attack; Silicon Valley Plan Proceeds

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2008-09-24 21:13:28 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Silicon Valley project finally gets underway: It's a still a pilot, small, with no promised outcome. And after all this time, a switch of partners, and new parameters, they've still mounted just 20 of 28 access points
 
Tags: control software, spykee, spykee overlords, suddenly starts, wi-fi skype robot, silicon valley project, star wars music, play sound effects, starts
 
 
 
 
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DC Young IT Scene Growing

2008-09-02 18:45:14 by Rajiv Patnam in ScienceLogic
 
...Silicon Valley This chance to get rich quick prompted many talented young entrepreneurs and IT specialists to move to the Valley, and in turn helped establish the area as a hip young center for the most talented people in the field The Beltway, (a.k.a. Washington, DC area) has always been known as a home for those wanting to enter into public...
 
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Facebook Privacy Issues

2008-01-07 02:05:44 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...Silicon Insider talking about the newest integration between Facebook and Blockbuster, Fandago and others. Had I not already heard all the details and fallout I probably would have said, Sounds like a complicated threat model. I hope someone did their homework. Alas, they did not Whats fallen out from this is a privacy issue thats complex and...
 
Tags: facebook, privacy, friends facebook profile, peoples privacy, friends, people, privacy issue, silicon insider article, article
 
 
 
 
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Can Azulstar Make WiMax Work without Buying Spectrum?

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2008-05-09 10:58:59 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Silicon Valley--a set of dozens of cities along with county government and private enterprise all wanting some kind of tiered Wi-Fi across 1,500 sq mi While EarthLink, MetroFi, and even Kite Networks (with their extensive Arizona buildout in Tempe launched a bit before any other large competiting network) seized the headlines, and later made...
 
Tags: azulstar, city-wide wi-fi, wi-fi, rio rancho voted, metro-scale wi-fi networks, rio rancho, forward, weeks ago, firm
 
 
 
 
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Cotton Traders confirms that their website was compromised

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2008-06-11 10:45:54 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Silicon.com The Register Report Credit BBC News and an informed reader of The Breach Blog Response From the online sources cited above The credit card details of up to 38,000 customers of clothing firm Cotton Traders were stolen following a hack of its website It was initially reported that 38,000 card details were stolen. Cotton Traders...
 
Tags: cotton traders, credit card details, website, card details, information security standpoint, information, card, firm cotton traders, front-end server
 
 
 
 
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A New Generation of Tech in DC

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2008-07-18 21:24:20 by Rajiv Patnam in ScienceLogic
...Silicon Valley. But I soon start thinking about the atmosphere that fostered that spirit and energy, a fun and easy-going vibe that allowed individuals to act like, well individuals! The fun laid-back atmosphere had many stories and tales of crazy parties to celebrate the success that was happening. Indeed those mavericks lived a Play Hard,...
 
Tags: technology, technology company names, bar, atmosphere, overflow bar, ideas people, ideas, fun laid-back atmosphere, fun
 
 
 
 
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Relay attacks on card payment: vulnerabilities and defences

2008-01-09 00:01:52 by Steven J. Murdoch in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...Silicon-Based Security is still that hard: Deconstructing Xbox 360 Security Michael Steil and Felix Domke demonstrate the clever techniques they developed to install Linux on the XBox360
 
Tags: dns, security, cellphone jammer dns, security michael steil, talks, henryk pltz describe, chaos communication congress, annie machon describes, arbitrary tcp streams
 
 
 
 
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Oracle to Buy BEA Systems for $8.5 Billion

2008-01-16 14:00:30 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...Silicon Valley as the technology industry consolidates. Oracle has for years eyed BEA as an acquisition target BEA has been battling Oracle, International Business Machines Corp. and others in the market for middleware. BEA, with a product called WebLogic, pioneered one category of middleware called application servers that are used to build...
 
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