Can cell phones prevent distracted driving?
The NTSB, which wants states to ban all use of electronic devices by motorists, is asking cell phone-makers to help by installing blocking features.
Hacks of municipal water, power services prompts DHS warning
Hackers can use free search tools to find Internet-facing utility systems that operators might not even know are accessible online, ICS-CERT says. The FBI says power and water systems in three cities have been hit.
Virginia Tech alert system helps lock down campus after shootings
VT Alerts, installed after the 2007 rampage that left 33 dead, alerted people on campus via Web postings, e-mail, electronic messages, loudspeakers, phone calls and a desktop app.
SETI's search for alien life is back in business
With new funding and newly discovered planets to study, scientists resume their search for intelligent life in space.
Gov Web apps expose themselves to common attacks, study finds
Flaws that allow cross-site scripting and SQL injection are more common in government Web applications than in those of other sectors, Veracode reports.
System would monitor feds for signs they're 'breaking bad'
DARPA is supporting development of a system to monitor e-mail, texts and other activities on a massive scale to identify insider threats.
Banning e-mail in the office: Is this a good idea?
A large IT services company plans to ban e-mail altogether. Could this work in your office?
Guess who: The 25 worst passwords of 2011
Use of bad, easily guessed passwords has been a complaint of security experts since the dawn of the Web, and little seems to have changed.
Cyber Monday sting takes out 150 websites selling counterfeit goods
The Justice Department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement seize the domain names of websites dealing in bogus products, including NFL jerseys, DVDs, and Louis Vuitton handbags.
Tech turkeys: 8 epic product misfires
From devices that did less than what you already had to an operating system people hid from, these products define failure.
4 ways to avoid the exploit in Facebook spam attack
Cross-site scripting is a very common, and often successful, type of attack, but there are ways to prevent being hit.
Could do-not-track option become a reality?
A new W3C draft standard defines mechanisms for users to opt out, for websites to honor that request, and for users to grant exceptions for tracking.
US supercomputers trail machines in Japan, China
Japan's K Computer raises the bar, with a Linpack speed faster than U.S. machines being developed.
Geospatial Platform puts data, maps and apps all in one place
A multiagency effort is developing a one-stop shop for accurate, interoperable geospatial data, maps and tools from across government.
FBI busts clickjacking ring, but could the crime have been prevented?
Thieves infected 4 million computers in 100 countries and raked in $14 million running the kind of operation DNS Security Extensions aim to prevent.
Feds confirm prisons vulnerable to Stuxnet-like attack
DHS examines researchers' exploits of programmable logic controllers used for prison doors and other systems, and validates their results.
Adobe abandoning Flash for mobile, vindicating Steve Jobs
The company says it will end development of Flash for mobile browsers, concentrating on Adobe AIR and HTML5; Jobs had objected to Flash and predicted HTML5 would win.
Don't panic: Nationwide test of emergency alert system set for Nov. 9
The first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, set for Nov. 9, will see how the country handles sensory deprivation, even if for a little while.
Intell report says China, Russia stealing US secrets
After years of saying, "We can't prove who's behind the attacks, (cough) China," the U.S. clears its throat.
Want a paperless office? Let people work remotely.
The push toward mobile technologies and teleworking won't eliminate office printing, but it could help reduce it at last.
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