Security

Romance scams pick on divorced, lovelorn

Study says Romance scams have hit 200,00 in UK, US no better

Data breach affects 4.9M active, retired military personnel

Backup disk containing unencrypted personal data is missing

10 excellent IT how-to videos

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Prototype “Rapid DNA” technology exhibited; could bolster forensic investigations

DoD, FBI, DHS all very interested in rapid DNA systems

Robotic cockroach crawls out of the lab into real world

Octoroach, flying bug-like robots take shape at UC Berkeley

NAC saves University of North Carolina money, keeps illegal file sharing in check

University uses NAC for selectively educating students using peer-to-peer file sharing software

IT pros say social media at work is good but risky: survey

Ponemon says business benefits bring along security concerns

Russian company adds BlackBerry password cracker

Elcomsoft says its software can extract a master device password from an encrypted BlackBerry memory card

Softbank announces 110 Mbps network, may handle iPhones

Japan's No. 3 carrier said the network will cover major cities in two years, and work with the growing TD-LTE Asian standard.

Are CIOs Too Cocky About Security?