Category Archives: Security
Bob Metcalfe, Bob Sproull, and Alan Kay Celebrating Butler Lampson (Video)
http://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/default.aspx?id=209384 From MITnews: As one of the founders of Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Lampson helped create the Alto, the first computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface (GUI) — the progenitor of both the Apple … Continue reading
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First Time A Computer Virus Recognized as Virus
Today in 1983, Fred Chen writes, “the first virus was conceived of as an experiment to be presented at a weekly seminar on computer security. The concept was first introduced in this seminar by the author, and the name ‘virus’ … Continue reading
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The Future of the Password (Infographic)
Is your password obsolete?
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First Computer Virus
Today in 1983, “the first virus was conceived of as an experiment to be presented at a weekly seminar on computer security. The concept was first introduced in this seminar by the author, and the name ‘virus’ was thought of … Continue reading
The InfoStory Quant: Cyber Protection
New Unisys Security Index report tells us that 80% of Americans regularly limit access to personal information that can be accessed on social media sites; only 6% never do this 73% of Americans who access the internet regularly update antivirus … Continue reading
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The Story of Information 