After a forensic analysis, Health Net has determined that personal information of some former and current Health Net members, employees and health care providers is on the drives, and may include names, addresses, health information, Social Security numbers and/or financial information
http://healthnet.tekgroup.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5529
The convergence of cloud computing and connectivity is fundamentally changing how IT is delivered and how information is consumed. Powerful trends like consumerization, cloud computing and connectivity are redefining the way people live, businesses operate and the world works. Traditional on-premise, proprietary computing resources are gradually being complemented and even replaced by the massive, agile and open computing resources of the cloud. Meanwhile, the cloud is combining with mobility to create ubiquitous connectivity
The chief of police of the greater Rotterdam area has called for the creation of a DNA-database for all 16.6 million Dutch citizens. There is already a DNA-database in existence, but it only contains the DNA of 11,000 people since the policy is to only take DNA from people sentenced to prison for at least four years.
It’s 3am, you can’t sleep so you switch on the television. Amid the inevitable reruns and chatline ads, an advert comes on for the latest videogame. Inspired to try it out, you switch over, grab a control pad and immediately start to play. No download, no trips to Blockbuster, no waiting for the postman to arrive with a game from LoveFilm. You didn’t even need to fire up your console
More: http://www.reghardware.com/2011/03/15/wtf_is_cloud_gaming/
Stallman firmly believes that only free software can save us from our technology, whether it be in cell phones, PCs, tablets or any other device. And when he talks about “free,” he’s not talking about the price of the software — he’s talking about the ability to use, modify and distribute software however you wish
More: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/031411-richard-stallman.html?page=1
The experts concluded, by comparing the shape of the transistor gates and dielectric layers in the A5 to last year’s A4 CPU, that the A5 is currently being manufactured by Samsung. That’s the same conclusion reached by an analysis at UBM TechInsights, revealed by AppleInsider on Sunday
