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Security Loophole Found in Apple iPhone 4S’s Siri: Analyst
Apple’s iPhone 4S comes with a digital assistant named Siri, who responds to voice commands and can perform a variety of tasks ranging from scheduling appointments to sending texts. According to one security analyst, however, Siri also comes with a significant–but easy to fix–security loophole. “I borrowed a passcode-locked iPhone 4S from a colleague here…
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Cisco Launches Multi-Tenant Cloud Virtual Firewall Appliance
Cisco rolled out new network switches, including a new firewall product, to expand its data center portfolio with virtual security offerings. Cisco unveiled the ASA 1000V, a virtual version of the current Adaptive Security Appliance on Oct. 18. Deployed as a virtual machine on a server, the appliance would extend security protection to the edge…
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10 Things Steve Ballmer Doesn’t Get About Android
10 Things Steve Ballmer Doesn’t Get About Android It’s Not Just For Computer ScientistsBallmer’s comment that Android is only for computer scientists is a bit odd. As anyone who has used Android knows, it’s not difficult to use the platform in any way. In fact, some might say that it’s easier to use than Windows…
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Cisco, HP Reconcile for the Sake of the Data Center
Cisco Systems and HP have been fighting over the enterprise space for some time now with an official divorce happening in February 2010 when they dissolved their partnership. But the two companies put their differences aside recently for the sake of the data center to come together to jointly release a product that extends the…
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Microsoft’s Ballmer Bashes Android, Google Apps, iPhone
SAN FRANCISCO Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer pulled no punches in his appearance here at the Web 2.0 Summit Oct. 18. He livened up a relatively controversy-free show by poking fun at Google’s (NASDQ:GOOG) Apps cloud collaboration software, the Android mobile operating system and even Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone. Ballmer last spoke here at the Web 2.0…
