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Can Software Kill You?

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Software can kill you. Don’t think so? Talk to the family members of 21 deceased patients treated at the National Cancer Institute in Panama in November 2000. The cancer patients died after being overdosed by a Cobalt-60 radiotherapy machine. The technicians who entered patient and medication data into the software that guided that machine will…

Researchers Develop Context-Specific Software Language

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

A new software language promises to allow computers to consider the consequences of their commands. Analysts said this artificial intelligence technology looks promising for both manufacturers and business management processes. ISO 18629 becomes part of what Business Communication Company (BCC) predicts will be at least a US$21 billion market by 2007. While computers today merely…

Second Copy Takes the Hassle Out of Backups

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Here’s the scenario. Something ugly has happened to your computer. Irreplaceable files have been clobbered. You seek assistance from a PC pundit, but you know your files are fly food as soon as you hear, “You’re supposed to back up your files, you know.” Let’s face it. We all have good excuses for failing to…

Silicon Prairie May Be Fertile Ground for Emerging Homeland Security Biz

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Silicon Valley — the sprawling suburbs of San Francisco and San Jose — first emerged during the 1960s as a prime location for the Pentagon to conduct research and development work during the Cold War. Will the Silicon Prairie — the stretch of land between Chicago and downstate Champaign-Urbana — serve the same function for…

Is AES Encryption Crackable?

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

In the field of computer technology, some topics are so frequently and fiercely disputed that they almost resemble religious feuds — Mac vs. PC, for instance, or open source vs. proprietary software. Other topics, though, don’t see nearly the same level of high-profile debate. Take the invulnerability of AES (the Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption, for…

Rethinking the Fortifications: Q&A With Heartland CIO Steven Elefant

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Following a breach of its computer systems a year ago, Heartland Payment Systems, one of the five largest payment card processors in the United States, came under considerable pressure to strengthen its IT security, and it’s been embroiled in several lawsuits because of the breach. In January 2009, hundreds of thousands of business owners were…

A Brief History of Encryption

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Threats to computer and network security increase with each passing day and come from a growing number of sources. No computer or network is immune from attack. A recent concern is the susceptibility of the power grid and other national infrastructure to a systematic, organized attack on the United States from other nations or terrorist…

Google Gears Up for Government Work

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Google on Tuesday unveiled Google Apps for Government. It also announced that Google Apps has received federal information security (FISMA) certification. “With Google Apps for Government, we’ve gone beyond FISMA certification,” Google spokesperson Andrew Kovacs told TechNewsWorld. Meanwhile, Google will next week face a review of a major government project — moving the City of…

White House Gets Its Cybersecurity Research Ducks in a Row

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

It looks as if the United States federal government is getting even more serious about cybersecurity these days. First off, the White House released a road map that sets R&D priorities for cybersecurity in order to speed up efforts to secure the U.S. network infrastructure and change the government’s approach to online security. The plan…

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