TrueCrypt remains the only option for securely importing and exporting data to and from the Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) two weeks after the popular encryption software was abruptly discontinued by its creators, supposedly for security reasons. According to Amazon Web Services (AWS) online documentation, “TrueCrypt is the only device encryption supported by AWS Import/Export.”…
Qualcomm is bringing 4G coverage to offices and homes with a low-cost chip that will power wireless routers with both Wi-Fi and LTE. The introduction of the FSM90xx SoC (system-on-a-chip) is a change of pace for Qualcomm. When the company entered the small cell sector it did so with high-performing products, but has now started…
Facebook’s becoming almost as notable for its adventures with open source projects as it is for its social network of more than 1 billion users. The company’s latest experiment: revising one of Hadoop’s key components to make it more reliable in data centers. Apache HBase, a project spun off from Google’s Bigtable, is used in…
Google just unveiled tablet prototype equipped with 3D-sensors and a motion-tracking camera. The tablet is the latest venture of Google’s Project Tango initiative aimed at bringing 3D motion and depth sensors to mobile devices. The gadget is in connection with Google’s Project Tango, an initiative to push the bounds of virtual experiences and realistic mapping…
Google will begin publishing details of the proportion of encrypted emails transmitted to and from its Gmail service, including naming the domains that it communicates with, as part of its ‘Transparency Report’ privacy initiative. Called Safer Email, the project aims to encourage email providers to encrypt messages by default, instead of sending them in clear…
