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Researcher: 'No permission' Android apps can read data

...Android apps with no permissions pose a new threat by gaining access to sensitive personal information without... Read more

12 April, 2012 by Steven Musil

Firms sign up for clearer privacy rules on mobile apps

...some mobile apps were using address book data without user notification or permission."This will give more information to the consumers so they understand how... Read more

23 February, 2012 by Elinor Mills

Firefox Aurora 8 tightens add-on security

...of a third-party program to forcibly install add-ons without user permission. Firefox Aurora 8 automatically disables those add-ons; then, when the browser... Read more

22 August, 2011 by Seth Rosenblatt

Facebook tweak exposes users' contact details

...Facebook has made a change to a permissions dialogue box that potentially makes users' addresses and phone numbers available to... Read more

18 January, 2011 by Edward Moyer

Windows Phone 7 gets updated developer permissions

...when the screen was locked had to get the user's explicit permission. Under new rules announced on Friday, programs can do so without permission... Read more

1 November, 2010 by Ina Fried and Josh Lowensohn

Google fixes Android Market bug

...this year, it was possible to remotely install arbitrary applications with arbitrary permissions onto a victim's phone simply by tricking them into clicking a... Read more

8 March, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions

...Web Apps work properly was, it turned out, down to a dodgy permission. The account under which I'd installed OWA didn't have full... Read more

17 May, 2012 by Robert Schifreen

China: Google yet to ask for permission over Moto deal

...38m), and global annual revenues above 10 billion yuan, have to get permission from the Chinese government in order to make acquisitions. ZDNet UK has... Read more

24 August, 2011

Location tracking needs permission, says EU group

...of European privacy authorities, said that geolocation data is personal and that permission for collecting it cannot be given through people accepting terms and conditions... Read more

19 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner
XP Home <endeca_term>Permissions</endeca_term> Manager 2.5

XP Home Permissions Manager 2.5

Permissions Manager is a Windows shell extension for extended control over files and... Read more

6 October, 2010

Facebook rolls out third-party app permission pop-ups

...a third-party application that connects to Facebook asks a user for permission to do so, it has to stipulate exactly what parts of a... Read more

1 July, 2010 by Caroline McCarthy
Model-Based Design and Analysis of <endeca_term>Permission</endeca_term>-Based Security

Model-Based Design and Analysis of Permission-Based Security

...guarantee the security of computer systems, it is necessary to define security permissions to restrict the access to the systems' resources. These permissions rely on... Read more

1 January, 2012
Fractional <endeca_term>Permissions</endeca_term> Without the Fractions

Fractional Permissions Without the Fractions

Fractional Permissions are a popular approach to reasoning about programs that use shared-memory... Read more

26 July, 2011
Curbing Android <endeca_term>Permission</endeca_term> Creep

Curbing Android Permission Creep

The Android platform has about 130 application level permissions that govern access to resources. The determination of which permissions to request... Read more

12 May, 2011
Control File Access and <endeca_term>Permissions</endeca_term> Quickly and Easily

Control File Access and Permissions Quickly and Easily

...you satisfied that enterprise resources are protected? Do files have the correct permissions? What about your Exchange Server mailboxes—are the right users able to... Read more

1 May, 2011

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

7 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

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Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

11 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

12 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

12 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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