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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- August 9, 2011

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Half-Pint Hackers and Rats in the Walls
The Future of Android, Part 2: Security Snafus
The New Must-Have App for Parents: FBI Child ID
Is Social Networking's Honeymoon Nearly Over?
Yes, You Really CAN Compete With the Public Cloud Provider

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Podcast
Trusting the Chain (30:36 minutes)
Security is in many ways a shared, communal effort. When you're a
company that's dependent on a variety of other technology suppliers and
providers, how can you be assured that the other participants are
adhering to best practices and taking the proper precautions? An
accreditation approach may be the way to go.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/shared/audio/ect-gardner-2011-08-08.mp3

Today's Story Highlights

Half-Pint Hackers and Rats in the Walls
It's been a mighty interesting week in security. Kids learned about
cryptography and received a special visit from federal authorities at a
session at DefCon, McAfee is duking it out with other security vendors
over Operation Shady Rat, facial recognition is stripping away what
little is left of our privacy, and Microsoft is offering big bucks for
anyone who comes up with a new security technology.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73033.html

The Future of Android, Part 2: Security Snafus
The number of attacks on Android devices has been rising over the past
few months. The malware has exotic names such as "Zitmo,"
"DroidDreamLight," "Hong Tou Tou," "DroidKungFu," "YZHCSMS," "Geinimi"
and "Plankton." In January 2010, Google removed more than 50 fake
banking apps from the Android market, and in March of this year, it
removed another 50 infected apps.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73036.html

The New Must-Have App for Parents: FBI Child ID
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has released a fabulous new app
to help locate missing children, but it has one glaring omission:
password protection. Still, there's a lot to like in this new free iOS-
based app called "FBI Child ID." The premise for the app is this: When a
child goes missing, precious time is wasted while caregivers gather
relevant information for the authorities to aid their search.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73031.html

Is Social Networking's Honeymoon Nearly Over?
The recent launch of Google+, which offers users a convenient way of
managing who gets to see what, addresses the social networking privacy
issue to an extent. However, the vast majority of Facebook's multitudes
are still not terribly concerned -- they're having too much fun. There's
a need to pay more attention to privacy, though, and technology analyst
Scott Steinberg is confident that social networkers are awakening to
that fact.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73037.html

Yes, You Really CAN Compete With the Public Cloud Provider
The prudent CIO sees the need for a quantum level improvement in the way
IT delivers services and resources. To survive, IT must rapidly regain
competitive strength by emulating the key strengths of external cloud
suppliers. The internal IT delivery model has to change from a
bureaucratic process that can take days or weeks, to one that supports
self-service and makes resources immediately available.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/73021.html

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