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Tag Archives: Information Age

23Jun/20

Accelerating Digital Transformation in Zambia : Digital Economy Diagnostic Report

June 23, 2020InnovationArticles, DC, Digital, Digital economy, Digital transformation, Economy, Humans, Information Age, Information society, information technology, New York, Social change, Social systems, Washington, Washington, DC, Zambiasmbale

NEW YORK, June 22, 2020 /World Bank/ — Zambia’s seventh national development plan (7NDP) sets ambitious targets for economic growth and poverty reduction. Technology can play an important role as Zambia advances this vision for economic transformation. The introduction of digital systems can also have a transformative effect on government.
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26Apr/17

The schoolchildren trained in cyber warfare

April 26, 2017SecurityAviation, CHRIS HARRISON, Company: Northrop Grumman, Computer security, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare, DIANE MILLER, Economy of the United States, Google, Government, Information Age, Information governance, Internet in the United Kingdom, London, Manufacturing, National security, Northrop Grumman, OpenTravel Alliance, Otto, OTTO HEESE, Proactive cyber defence, Rosanna Philpott, Security, Security engineering, Technology/Internet, United Kingdom, United Statessmbale

A new generation of school-aged cyber defenders have competed in a cyber security championship organised by defence giant Northrop Grumman, as the industry looks to youth to fill a worrying skills gap. Rosanna Philpott reports. Continue reading →

03Mar/17

Download NASA Software for Free!

March 3, 2017SpaceComputing, Free software, Human behavior, Information Age, Intellectual property law, NASA people, Patent law, Royalty payment, Software, Software licenses, Steve Jurczyk, Technology, Technology/Internet, Unmanned aerial vehicle, Washingtonsmbale

The agency has released its 2017-2018 software catalog, which includes code for everything from drones, to data and image processing, to health and medicine, to propulsion. All software is completely free and without any royalty or copyright fees. Continue reading →

30Aug/16

Russian hackers breached voter databases in Arizona and Illinois

August 30, 2016SecurityComputer network security, Computer security, Crime, Cryptography, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Hacker groups, Information Age, Information governance, Law enforcement in the United States, Politics, Putin, Russia, Security hacker, SQL injection, Voter database, Yahoo!smbale

The FBI has uncovered evidence that hackers breached two state voter databases in June and July.
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03Nov/15

Modern cars are increasingly vulnerable to hackers

November 3, 2015SecurityComputing, Hacker, Hacker culture, Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, Human activities, Information Age, Jeep Cherokee, NEXT MEDIA, Security hackersmbale

USA (Next Media) – As modern cars become increasingly reliant on technology it also leaves them highly susceptible to hacking. Last year, according to Cambridge News, Londoners experienced more than 6000 vehicle thefts city due to hacking.
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24Aug/15

Two suicides may be connected to Ashley Madison hack: police

August 24, 2015SecurityAshley Madison, Bryce Evans, Cheating, Chuo Bussan Corp, Computer security, Computing, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare, Hacker, Hacking, Information Age, Sexual fidelity, United Kingdom, United Statessmbale

(CBC) – At least two suicides may be connected to the hacking of the Ashley Madison cheating website that exposed the information of clients, and its parent company is offering a C$500,000 ($379,132) reward to catch the hackers, Toronto police said on Monday.
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14Aug/15

Supercomputer Tianhe-1A shut down due to Tianjin blasts

August 14, 2015WorldChina, China Central Television, China China Central Television, Computing, Concurrent computing, Economy of China, In science, Information Age, K computer, Liu Guangming, National Supercomputing Center, National Supercomputing Center of Tianjin, North China Plain, Science and technology in China, Supercomputers, Supercomputing, Supercomputing in China, Tianhe, Tianhe-1, Tianhe-I, Tianjin, Tianjin City, TOP500smbale

Tianjin, China China Central Television (CCTV) – China has shut down supercomputer Tianhe-1A due to the blasts in Tianjin Wednesday night.
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09Jul/15

Docomo and GE to team up on IoT solutions

July 9, 2015InternetACCESS, Business/Finance, Cloud computing, Communications modules, Computing, Disaster/Accident, Economy of Japan, GE Energy Japan, Information Age, Information appliances, Infrastructure, infrastructure management, Internet of things, Japan, NEXT MEDIA, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, NTT DoCoMo, NTT DOCOMO INC., real-time data, smartphone, Technology, Technology/Internetsmbale

Japan (Next Media) – Japan’s NTT DoCoMo and GE Energy Japan announced on Wednesday they plan to form a business alliance to provide an Internet of Things solution for infrastructure management.
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31Mar/15

China suspected of launching massive cyber attack against GitHub

March 31, 2015SecurityBaidu, Baidu Inc., China, Computing, Cyberwarfare, Denial-of-service attack, Denial-of-service attacks, Dot-com, GitHub, GITHUB INC., GreatFire, Human rights in China, Information Age, Internet, Internet activism, Internet censorship in China, Internet in China, NEXT MEDIA, Politics, Project management software, search engine, search traffic, Technology, Technology/Internet, The New York Times, THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, United States, Version control, Web traffic, web traffic capabilitiessmbale

China (Next Media) – US coding website GitHub says it is facing the largest cyber attack in its history. China is thought to be behind the attack, which began on Thursday and is ongoing.
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13Feb/15

Obama, Apple CEO Tim Cook, speak at cybersecurity summit

February 13, 2015SecurityAmerica, Apple Inc., Barack Obama, Computer security, Computing, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare, Edward Snowden, Ethics, FACEBOOK INC., Gay men, GOOGLE INC., Government, Illinois, Information Age, Internet privacy, Kim Jong, Kim Jong Un, Luo people, Mass surveillance, North Korea, PALO ALTO, Politics, Privacy, Sony, SONY CORPORATION, Tim Cook, United States, Yahoo! Incsmbale

U.S. President Barack Obama asks tech industry executives for closer cooperation in cybersecurity, as Apple CEO Tim Cook says abuses over digital privacy can be a matter of “life and death”.

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