A cottage industry is growing up around virtual padlocks that consumers can place on cloud services so that the vendors themselves can`t get to the information -- even if the government requests access.And in recent years there have been a lot of those government requests for access from storage-as-a-service providers.
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How to keep the feds from snooping on your cloud data
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Android tooling Yes New Android OS No
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At Google`s annual Google I/O conference on Wednesday, the company advanced its software development tooling, revealing an Android developer tool and multiple other enhancements for developers, including PHP cloud capabilities.
Square Stand Turns iPad into Digital Cash Register
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Mobile-payments start-up Square has designs on reinventing the cash register. On Tuesday, it unfurled Square Stand, a special piece of hardware that transforms an iPad tablet into a digital point-of-sale system that would replace traditional cash registers.
"Hardware makes software better," Square co-founder Jack Dorsey said at a press conference at a Blue Bottle Coffee near Square`s original hea
Under the Big Tent with Dells High Wire Act
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The circus has come to town in Round Rock, Texas, and it`s not Cirque du Soleil. Dell CEO Michael Dell`s attempt to take the company he co-founded private has become a sideshow as the CEO is embroiled in a battle with activist investor Carl Icahn over control of the world`s third-largest computer maker. Dell ranks behind China`s Lenovo at No. 1 and Silicon Valley`s Hewlett-Packard.
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Hackers New Tool of Choice Smartphones
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Smartphones are increasingly popular not only with consumers, but also with thieves who see the devices as another way to tap into bank accounts and other sensitive information, experts say.
Many consumers simply don`t realize how vulnerable their Androids, iPhones and other devices can be. An April study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said threats are proliferating, ranging from "phishin
At Google IO New Spotify Rival Maps Revision More
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The Googlepalooza for developers, Google I/O, opened Wednesday in San Francisco, and the expected stream of announcements has begun. The current lineup includes a new music service and a redesigned version of the company`s popular Maps application.
The new streaming music service, with the mouthful name of Google Play Music All Access, is priced at $9.99 monthly after a one-month free trial, matc
A Tale of Two New HP Hybrid Tablets 1 Android 1 Win 8
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Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday unveiled two hybrid tablet-notebooks: the Android-powered HP SlateBook x2 and the Windows 8-based HP Split x2. Both are detachable PCs that offer the full functionality of a notebook with a removable screen that also is a tablet.
The HP SlateBook x2 and Split x2 are follow-ups to the Envy x2. The HP SlateBook x2 is the first Android detachable device with the Nvidia T
Google Bets Its Empty Wallet on Gmail TieIn
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Google first demoed Google Wallet two years ago in its New York City offices. But nothing much has come of the app that promised to make your phone a wallet.
Google has hardly abandoned the idea of letting customers tap, pay and save using their Android devices and near field communication. Google Wallet is still a key part of the company`s ongoing effort to improve shopping on both sides of the
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