News tagged with chief technical officer

Twitter joins Firefox effort to thwart online tracking

Twitter on Thursday took a stand for online privacy by backing a Firefox web browsing feature that lets people signal that they don't want their Internet activity tracked.

Technology / Internet

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Internet safe spot planned at ".secure" domain

Internet security specialists have applied for a ".secure" domain that they plan to turn into an online safe zone where bad guys aren't allowed.

Technology / Internet

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 9

Top FBI cyber-cop joins spy thwarting startup

Veteran FBI cyber security expert Shawn Henry said he is fighting the enemy on a new front by joining a startup out to protect firms from online spies.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Firm warns of hacker threat to mobile gadgets

Cyber security veterans behind startup CrowdStrike will demonstrate at the RSA conference on Wednesday that the types of attacks used against computers are heading for smartphones.

Technology / Software

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ford to open Silicon Valley lab

Ford Motor Co. is the latest automaker to open a research lab in Silicon Valley, where it hopes to scout out new technology and keep ahead of trends.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mobile-security services take off

The prospect of consumers and employees physically losing information-packed mobile devices, or getting them hacked, has become the driver for a red-hot sector of the tech industry: supplying mobile security.

Technology / Software

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New rocketplane 'could fly Paris-Tokyo in 2.5 hours'

European aerospace giant EADS on Sunday unveiled its "Zero Emission Hypersonic Transportation" (Zehst) rocket plane it hopes will be able to fly from Paris to Tokyo in 2.5 hours by around 2050.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 19, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (23) | comments 35

Lookout beefs up smartphone defenses

Lookout Mobile Security on Wednesday began protecting smartphones from tricksters and booby-trapped websites as people increasingly access the Internet on the go.

Technology / Software

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smooth-talking hackers test hi-tech titans' skills

Hackers at an infamous DefCon gathering are proving that old-fashioned smooth talk rivals slick software skills when it comes to pulling off attacks on computer networks.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 31, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 10