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Tech-Savvy Cubans Build Their Own Private Internet

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Because Cuba’s government makes it difficult for all but a handful of Cubans to access the Internet, people in Havana and other parts of the country have linked thousands of PCs to create an informal network known as “StreetNet,” or “SNet” for short, the AP reported. The network was built with commercially available equipment. The…

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Big Data Analytics Fights Insider Threats

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Cyberdefenders for years have adopted Fort Apache strategies to protect their networks. Strong perimeters could prevent attackers from reaching precious data, they reasoned. As technology marched on, however, the idea of an impermeable wall became as quaint as the Maginot Line on the eve of World War II. Firewalls alone no longer were strong enough…

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HP vs. Apple: The Contrast Is in the Turnaround

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

I was at Dell’s analyst conference last week and HP Discover is this week. As I was considering the contrast between the two companies, I started to think the contrast between Apple and HP is greater. Given how many Apple employees used to work at HP before its massive layoffs, there is a lot of…

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Sony Meets Microsoft in Game Console Muscle Match

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Beefed up and slimmed down, the new 1TB PlayStation 4 Ultimate Player Edition (UPE) is scheduled to arrive in Japan before this month concludes and then launch in the UK in the middle of July, Sony announced on Sunday. The revised console, bearing twice the storage capacity of its predecessor, will arrive in the U.S.…

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Acer’s Revo Build Is a Puzzle of a PC

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Acer last week announced the latest in its family of Revo small-form-factor PCs at the IFA 2015 trade show in Berlin. The Revo Build M1-601 consists of a cuboid base unit with a footprint measuring about 5 inches square and a set of easily attachable modules. There are two versions — one with an Intel…

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GM Bug Program Gets Mixed Notices

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Two white-hat hackers, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, made headlines last year when they demonstrated how they couldhijack the control systems of a moving motor vehicle over the Internet. The move got the attention of the auto industry, and last weekGeneral Motors put in place a program to encourage more digital dabblers to alert the…

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Samsung Rolls Out Stylish Gear S2 Classic Smartwatches

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Samsung on Monday began a global rollout of the latest versions of its Gear S2 Classic smartwatch, hitting China first. There are two models in the Gear S2 Classic New Edition line — one with 18K rose gold plating and the other with a platinum finish. They have ivory and black genuine leather bands, respectively.…

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Mobile Ransomware Has Mushroomed: Report

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The number of mobile ransomware victims across the globe has increased fourfold compared to a year ago, suggests a Kaspersky Lab report released last week. Kaspersky software protected 136,532 users targeted by ransomware from April 2015 to March 2016 — up from 35,413 in the year-ago period, the company said. “The growth curve may be…

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Report Probes Social Media’s Threat to Democracy

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others may pose a threat to American democracy, suggests a new report from The Omidyar Group. The report follows recent disclosures about targeted dark post advertising, fake news and other abuses propagated by Russian troll farms during the 2016 presidential election. Among the questions the report raises…

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