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  • How secure are your USB ports?

    It is widely known that the infamous Stuxnet malware was transported into a protected Iranian network using a USB flash drive. And now, it appears that whistle-blower Edward Snowden also used the humble USB flash drive to single-handedly exfiltrate top-secret information past the various security measures of the secretive National Security Agency.

Snowden used USB flash drive to breach NSA's security

Whistle-blower Edward Snowden used a portable USB flash drive to get information from the National Security Agency when he worked there.

AMD announces first ARM server chip, slated to arrive in 2014

Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday announced its new "Seattle" processor, which is a new server-based chip based on the ARM architecture.

IDC: Increased storage efficiency resulting in slower growth

Enterprises are on track to buy 138 exabytes of storage capacity in 2017, according to IDC, which predicted a growth of more than 30 percent every year from 2013 to 2017.

Why ultra high-definition displays are 'just better'

Super high-definition displays are changing everything, says Mike Elgan of Computerworld. He cited the arrival of such screens in all new iPhones and high-end Android smartphones, as well as laptops such as the Google Chromebook Pixel and Apple MacBook Pro with Retina display.

Oracle to release massive Java SE update

Oracle is scheduled to release fixes for 40 security vulnerabilities in a Critical Patch Update for Java SE today.

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