European Union legislators have approved a draft law that would make cyber attacks on IT systems a criminal offense. The proposed law is an update to an existing one, and would also prohibit anyone from producing or selling the kinds of programs that can be used for these attacks. The proposal would establish harmonised penal sanctions against perpetrators of cyber...
The visits on the initial request that Apple has made to the Fair Labor Association (FLA) will conduct special voluntary audits of Apple’s final assembly suppliers, including Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China – after on which the Fair Labor Association group tasked with auditing a Foxconn Technology Group plant in Shenzhen, China had found a ‘ton...
Just over a week ago President Obama updated his Pinterest profile, the White House now moving towards being social in the same extent. White House on Facebook updated their Timeline and the interesting is that the Timeline now reaches back to 1789 – the time at which George Washington becomes the First President of the United States. The new page includes a history...
Nikkei reports that the Cupertino-based Apple which already taken an honor of being the top mobile vendor in Japan, gain another important position in the Japanese market, the company for the first time is rated as at the top position. Scoring 90.5 points for total brand power, Apple catapulted from 11th last year. Its iPad tablet computer and two other key products...
The UK is reportedly proposing a legislation that would require service providers to share web browsing, email and phone calling data with the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in real-time pace. The legislation could be introduced as “soon as parliamentary time allows,” according to the British Government’s Home Office. These new...
A prominent lawmaker and gay rights activist, Sunilbabu Pant, in Nepal, has asked Facebook to include a third gender option for people who identify themselves as neither male nor female. He is looking to protect the rights of individuals who consider themselves lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI). He has written to Facebook co-founder and CEO...
Aiming to make the most of the fast-growing volume of digital data, the Obama Administration announced a “Big Data Research and Development Initiative.” By improving our ability to extract knowledge and insights from large and complex collections of digital data, the initiative promises to help solve some the Nation’s most pressing challenges. To launch the...
Just a few days ago Auret van Heerden, FLA head, had made an initial visit to the factories and stated, “The working conditions to be far better than most other facilities in the countries” – the visits on the initial request that Apple has made to the Fair Labor Association (FLA) will conduct special voluntary audits of Apple’s final assembly suppliers,...
With the plans to scale business offering in Iran, Chinese mobile maker ZTE faces accusation that the company was providing the country with the means to monitors its citizens, leading to the company’s decision to pull back on its Iran business. Reuters last week reported that ZTE sold Iran and Internet and telephone surveillance system back in 2010 as a part of...
Clearing it last November itself the Pentagon saw hacking and cyber attacks as acts of aggression over on which the head of Cyber Command this Tuesday provided huge insights on new rules of engagement that are being “potentially” considered for such threats. Shawn Henry said in an interview that the current public and private approach to fending off hackers is “unsustainable.” Computer criminals are simply too talented and defensive measures too weak to stop them, he said. Mr. Henry, who is leaving government to take a...
