News tagged with security device

Silkmoth inspires novel explosive detector

Imitating the antennas of the silkmoth, Bombyx mori, to design a system for detecting explosives with unparalleled performance is the feat achieved by a French research team. Made up of a silicon microcantilever ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

How to protect personal data on devices you plan to sell

Thinking of selling or giving away your smartphone or laptop computer? If you have a BlackBerry or an iPhone, go right ahead. But if you have an Android phone or a computer running Windows XP, you may want to hold off.

Technology / Software

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Using cell phones to detect harmful airborne substances

The lab of a University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering professor was named on Tuesday, April 3 after Innovation Economy Corporation, a Riverside company that plans to commercialize ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Twitter buys Android gadget security startup

A San Francisco startup specializing in security for smartphones and tablets powered by Android software said it had been bought by Twitter.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IBM unveils mobile security service to protect sensitive corporate data

Today IBM is unveiling a new service to help businesses secure the exploding number of mobile devices with access to corporate data. The new IBM Hosted Mobile Device Security Management service extends the company's existing ...

Technology / Software

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The future of airport passport control

Digital security specialists, major European electronics makers, and experts in biometrics worked together to make passport control at airports faster. The technology also could have broader applications on the way our identity ...

Technology / Other

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

McAfee adds protection for mobile gadgets

Computer security firm McAfee on Tuesday will launch a service that unifies defenses for computers, smartphones and tablets.

Technology / Software

created Sep 27, 2011 | 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 tool allows first responders to visualize post-event disaster environments

Using iPad mobile devices, emergency preparedness officials and first responders participating last month in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Level Exercise 2011 (NLE-11)were able, for the first time, to ...

Technology / Software

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zillow sets IPO at $20 per share in Weds.

(AP) -- Real estate listing and information service Zillow Inc. will sell shares for $20 apiece in its initial public offering Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zillow raises IPO expected price range

(AP) -- Real estate listing and information service Zillow Inc. said Friday it now hopes to raise up to $71.6 million through an initial public offering, up from its original expectation of as much as $51.8 million.

Technology / Business

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

Apple girding gadgets against hackers

Apple on Friday said it was working to patch a vulnerability that hackers could use to break into the company's popular iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch gadgets.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Zynga buys Toronto mobile software studio

Online social games sensation Zynga on Friday announced it has bought a Canadian firm specializing in software applications for mobile devices.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Germany warns of Apple software security hole

Germany's IT security agency says the software running Apple's iPhones, iPads and the iPod Touch has "critical weaknesses."

Technology / Software

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

iOS still safer than Android, according to Symantec report

(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the Android OS came out people have been comparing it to the iOS. One of the most important debates has been about the relative security of the two operating systems. The iOS is rather ...

Technology / Software

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog