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Spotlight: Facebook rejects claim that facial recognition violates German privacy law

The Data Protection Authority in Hamburg, Germany has threatened to fine Facebook over its facial recognition technology. Facebook responded by telling The Register that it rejects "any claim that we

Samsung unveils teaser of Galaxy Tab tablet

Samsung earlier this week released a short teaser video of its upcoming "Galaxy Tab" tablet. You can view the 19-second video here , which shows some very brief snapshots of the device interlaced a

Google's mistake raises the privacy stakes

Google confessed last week--after being caught red-handed by German privacy officials--that since 2007 it has been unintentionally collecting private data from WiFi networks as its employees drove

Gartner: More employees bringing PCs to work

As shipments of laptops surpass that of desktop computers, a new trend is starting to take shape. Employees are increasingly bringing their laptops into the office, and using them as their primary

Details of 21 million German bank accounts up for sale

In an undercover investigation, two reporters from the Wirtschaftswoche magazine met up with two individuals who offered to sell the bank account details and identifying information on 21 million

Majority of employees think that IT security policies are unfair

A survey of more than 2,000 employees and IT professionals spanning 10 countries revealed some pretty interesting results. The majority of employees think that IT security-related policies in their

Survey: Find a better way to manage risk

A new survey from Quocirca finds that executives say software development is critical to their businesses, but most are not doing enough to build security into their applications. The survey of 250

AMD demos 45nm CPUs

It's been a long time coming but AMD finally got real with its 45nm lineup this week, more than a full year

Dell Inspiron 1525 gets Ubuntu

If you run the sort of IT department that likes to deploy Ubuntu machines to end users, you'll likely be happy to hear that Dell is expanding their pre-loaded Ubuntu program this week with a new

Are you a workaholic?

Do you think you are a workaholic? While many CIOs and other IT executives think that work is the center of their lives, more and more Americans are saying that work is not their life, according to a