Category Archives: Security Reviews
Security review: Powered Exoskeletons
Exoskeletons look impressive in movies. They look impressive in real life also. Electronics reads brain signals sent to muscles and cause actuators to move, thus ‘amplifying’ human strength. Exoskeletons are close to get mass-produced and available to people around the … Continue reading
Security Review: New Technology Could Display Dreams on Screen
For years there have been research going on in neurobiological field with attempts to decode images from the brain activity. In 1999, University of California, Berkley, has been able to reconstruct the video images from cat’s observed brain activity. However, … Continue reading
Security Review: Online Advertisers
Online advertisement is the lifeblood of the internet. Without it, sites such as Facebook, Myspace, Google, etc. would go out of business. Approximately a year ago, Google alone reached over 1.1 billion unique users in a month(see 1)–and they had … Continue reading
More on Electronic Medical Records
As mentioned earlier in the blog in “Security Review: Electronic Medical Records,” Google has started an electronic medical record database called Google Health. Today, IBM and Google announced that they have made software to allow PDAs to upload information to … Continue reading
Security Review: .tel domain
According to New Scientist, a UK company called Telnic is introducing a new top-level domain, .tel, with the intention of creating a “phonebook for the internet.” Users will only be able to register contact information, and this information will be … Continue reading
Security Review: iPod Touch
The iPhone has already had a security review and is similar to the iPod Touch, but I’m going to focus more on the security when someone has physical access to the device. There are a number of security measures that are or can be used on the iPod Touch to limit access to certain features. The iPod Touch, probably similar to the iPhone, contains a lot of personal information as well as access to iTunes and the App Store. Continue reading
Security Review: Ford MyKey and similar systems
Ford Motor Company has stated that the 2010 Focus Coupe will be equipped with a technology called MyKey. Designed for parents wishing to ensure teenagers practice safe driving, the technology restricts certain actions such as driving too quickly. As currently … Continue reading
Security Review: Online Backup
A system can never be completely secure. A system can only be free of known exploits. Continue reading
Security Review: Amazon Kindle
With rumors of Amazon revealing their next Kindle on Monday (an honor Engadget, along with other blogs has already done for them), and as a user of the first Kindle, I figured that with its numerous features, communication methods, and … Continue reading
Security Review – Eve Online Alliance
According to an article from Massively, Eve Online experienced an upset in their internal politics this week. “Band of Brothers (aka “BoB”), the self-styled villain alliance in the game,” has been taken down from within their own ranks. Not having … Continue reading