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Facebook Has Been Accused of Intercepting Private Messages of Its Users to Provide Data
Jan 5, 2014Facebook has been accused of intercepting private messages of its users to provide data to marketers, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in a federal court in California. The social networking company scanned plaintiffs' private ...
Tags: Computer Products, Facebook
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The World Wide Web Consortium Has Finalized Its Specification for Web Storage
Aug 5, 2013The World Wide Web Consortium has finalized its specification for Web Storage, a technology that would give Web applications more flexibility in storing data on user machines. Now that Web Storage is an official specification, browser ...
Tags: Web Storage
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Microsoft's Azure Cloud Platform Faced a Worldwide Outage in Its Storage Services
Feb 26, 2013Microsoft's Azure cloud platform faced a worldwide outage in its storage services from Friday afternoon because of an expired SSL (secure sockets layer) certificate. The company also reported problems with its Xbox Music and Video Store ...
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Many SSL Libraries Are Releasing Patches for a Vulnerability
Feb 18, 2013The developers of many SSL libraries are releasing patches for a vulnerability that could potentially be exploited to recover plaintext information, such as browser authentication cookies, from encrypted communications. The patching ...
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Hydraulic Institute Has Introduced CD Version 3.1
Jan 31, 2013Hydraulic Institute (HI) has introduced CD Version 3.1, its latest offering of ANSI/HI Standards presented in CD format. An update of an earlier CD offering, the new release is “state of the art” and contains a full set of all ...
Tags: Volume Metering Pumps, Rotodynamic Pumps, Submersible Pumps
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The Internet Engineering Task Force Has Started Work on The Next Generation of HTTP
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service - With an eye toward updating the World Wide Web to better accommodate complex and bandwidth-hungry applications, the Internet Engineering Task Force has started work on the next generation of HTTP (Hypertext Transfer ...
Tags: IETF, HTTP standard, Internet Engineering, Web, Google
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PHP Is a Well-Established Server-Side Dynamic Language Platform for Web Development
Dec 27, 2012PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is a well-established server-side dynamic language platform for Web development. Among its many users have been important Web properties such as SugarCRM and the Drupal content management system. Perhaps the top ...
Tags: PHP, Zend, CEO, enterprises
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ICO to Investigate Claims Tesco's Website Does Not Offer Sufficient Privacy Protections
Dec 27, 2012The Information Commissioner's Office is to investigate claims that Tesco's website does not offer sufficient privacy protections to customers. The UK privacy watchdog's probe comes after security experts raised a number of privacy ...
Tags: watchdog, Tesco Website, privacy protections, security problems
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The Internet Engineering Task Force Has Started Work on The Next Generation of HTTP
Dec 20, 2012With an eye towards updating the World Wide Web to better accommodate complex and bandwidth-hungry applications, the Internet Engineering Task Force has started work on the next generation of HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), the ...
Tags: HTTP, hypertext, internet, Web development, Internet Engineering
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Facebook Started Encrypting The Connections of Its North American Users
Nov 20, 2012Facebook started encrypting the connections of its North American users by default last week as part of a plan to roll out always-on HTTPS(Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)to its entire global user base. For the past several ...
Tags: Facebook, HTTPS, security benefits, account hijacking attacks
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Two Security Researchers Claim to Have Developed a New Attack
Sep 6, 2012Two security researchers claim to have developed a new attack that can decrypt session cookies from HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) connections. Websites use session cookies to remember authenticated users. If an attacker gains ...
Tags: Data Center, HTTPS, computer security, security research