Jordan Robertson
Jordan is a technology writer with Bloomberg News. He previously worked at The Associated Press.
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Facebook wants young children to use its service. Will they be a jackpot - or a data dud?
Facebook’s Push for Child Users a Data Jackpot? Not So Fast
Now that Facebook is exploring ways to allow children under 13 to officially use its service, the company faces two critical questions if it moves ahead with any plans. The first one is the most delicate: How does Facebook plan...
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Source: Cisco VNI Global Forecast, 2011-2016
Projected Internet traffic growth through 2016
Cisco Web-Traffic Forecast Points to Slowing Growth
Good data on Internet traffic is hard to come by. Service providers such as AT&T and Verizon guard their information, and third parties have limited visibility. That’s what makes the annual traffic forecasts by Cisco Systems Inc., the world’s biggest...
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Of the top 25 area codes where text-message spam originates from in the U.S., 15 are in California, Florida and New York.
Do You Live Near a Text-Message Spammer? Check Your Area Code
If you live in the 347, 201 or 510 area codes, or basically anywhere along the eastern edge of Florida, there’s a good chance you live near a mobile-phone spammer or a business that enables one. According to new research...
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The Methodist Hospital in 2010 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The state has one of the most technologically sophisticated exchanges in the country.
How to Build a Mountain of Patient Data: Don’t Ask for Permission
Indiana isn’t usually considered a hub of technological innovation. However, about 2,000 miles from Silicon Valley, it has solved a problem that has flummoxed even high-tech states like California. Indiana has built one of the most advanced “health information exchanges,”...
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Symantec says the largest attack on Mac computers didn't net the criminals anything in the end.
Biggest Attack on Apple Computers Didn’t Pay Off, Symantec Says
Symbolically, last month’s news of a hacking attack on more than 600,000 Mac computers sent a loud message: Apple products are now vulnerable to the same kind of mass infections that Microsoft Windows computers are. Financially, however, it was the...
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Omar Khan, a former executive at Samsung Mobile and Citigroup, was hired to help lead NQ Mobile’s international expansion.
Will China Connection Help or Hurt NQ Mobile’s Security Pitch in U.S.?
NQ Mobile, China’s biggest mobile-phone security company, wants to expand in the U.S. But its success will hinge on a delicate question: Will American businesses and consumers be comfortable using security software designed in one of the world’s hacking hot...
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Security researchers have discovered new malware targeting Android devices that doesn’t take the usual route of embedding itself in an app.
Hacking Android Devices: It’s Not Just Apps You Need to Worry About
It’s not just malicious apps you need to be wary of infecting your smartphone. Now, navigating to poisoned websites are a threat, too. Security researchers have discovered a new malware targeting Android devices that doesn’t take the usual route of...
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Hackers' favorite security hole last year was a Windows vulnerability from four years ago, according to Symantec.
Hackers’ Favorite Target Last Year Was a Blast From the Past
If you need more proof that users are a weak link in computer security, look no further than today’s report from Symantec, which showed that hackers’ favorite target in 2011 was a security hole fixed about four years ago. The...
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India has overtaken the U.S. as the top offender for sending junk e-mail, according to a report by Sophos.
India Claims Spamming Crown
The sleaziest thing about spam isn’t just that people are bombarded with crass penis-enlargement ads and identity-theft scams. Even more unseemly is that many of us are spammers, and don’t know it. Spammers typically steal our computing resources by renting...
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Bug-brokers are willing to pay potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars for the most destructive software flaws.
Where Did the Bugs Go? Check the Gray Market, HP Report Says
On its face, it seems like a good sign in the battle against hackers: The number of known software vulnerabilities fell by nearly 1,700 last year. Not so. A new report from Hewlett-Packard said the drop — to 6,843 last...
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