Honeypots Lure Industrial Hackers Into the Open
Dummy water-plant control systems rapidly attracted attention from hackers who tinkered with their settings—suggesting it happens to real industrial systems, too.
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My journey to the West Coast started in a small English town called Wantage and took in the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, and five years writing and editing technology news coverage at New Scientist magazine.
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Google’s Private Cell Phone Network
A small cell network over the company's HQ could herald new competition for established carriers.
A Free Database of the Entire Web May Spawn the Next Google
Common Crawl supplies a database of over five billion Web pages in the hope that it will inspire new research or online services.
Apple Looks to Improve Siri’s Script
"Character-driven dialogue" will help the virtual assistant evolve, says an Apple job ad.
Touch Screens that Curve, Bend, and Even Touch Back
New technology could let the screens on future devices wrap around corners, act like paper, and sense touch on the rear as well as the front.
PC Makers Bet on Gaze, Gesture, Voice, and Touch
PC makers hope that new ways of interacting with computers will boost sales.
GM and Ford Open Up Their Vehicles to App Developers
Some car apps will mirror mobile ones, while others will add new functionality, the auto giants say.
A Smart Watch, Created by the Crowd, Debuts in Vegas
The Pebble, created thanks to $10 million raised on Kickstarter, is a notable crowdfunding success story.
Ubuntu Smartphone Aims for Success in Developing Economies
Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the company behind the Linux distribution, says the smartphone version will find a niche in countries where Ubuntu is already popular.
Will the Developing World’s Smartphones Have Intel Inside?
Intel announces a “value” smartphone chip designed to power millions of low-cost mobile devices.
