In a new report issued on the first of the month, Forrester Research has asserted the importance of enterprise platforms for governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC). Pointing to big name corporate failures in the last decade, they argue that the value proposition for GRC software is clear, and they identified leaders in this growing market.
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The flagship defense system for U.S. government computer networks is stalled - Einstein, as its called, began rollout seven years ago. A Wall Street Journal report says Homeland Security officials are saying Einstein won't be fully installed for at least another eighteen months.
iPhone "jailbreak" excites nerds, confuses normals - Business Insider explains that in theory, a jailbroken iPhone - that ...Read More
Foursquare just released a new version of its mobile application for sharing your location with friends - including a new feature that should make the app a much bigger presence in users' lives. Taking advantage of new options in the iPhone's operating system, Foursquare 1.3 includes push notification, delivering a message whenever your friends check in at a new location ...Read More
Normally we'd just send out a tweet about this (that's usually what we do with free app deals, so if you're not one of the almost 40,000 people following us yet, you definitely should be), but this is a good one, and it's a holiday, so we wanted to make sure you knew. Sega is feeling particularly generous this weekend, ...Read More
Augmented reality startups, which superimpose graphics and information on live camera feeds, say they are having difficulty releasing applications on the iPhone and may turn to Google's Android platform instead. More than a dozen companies and research institutes have signed a petition asking Apple to offer an iPhone application programming interface (API) for manipulating live video.
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Augmented reality (AR) technology, which overlays 3-D graphics or information over a live camera feed, isn't a brand-new idea. But now that smartphones are penetrating the mass market, AR may be on the cusp of wide adoption.
Imagine traveling to a foreign country, pointing your camera at a building and having it up pull up a trove of historical information, video ...Read More
Okay, it's not exactly the Camp David Summit that took place in 2000 between the Israelis and the Palestinians, but sometimes the littlest gestures can go a long way.
A couple of days ago, upon hearing that Microsoft had officially joined Twitter, the official Linux account sent out a tweet welcoming them. "Welcome to Twitter, @Microsoft!," they said. The tweet sat ...Read More
Who says newspapers aren't embracing the Internet? Stockton, a city in California's San Joaquin Valley, had to cancel its July 4 fireworks celebration due to a tight budget. Don't worry, though - the town's paper is using the web to bring a a little light to bummed-out patriots.
True, people can always watch a fireworks ceremony on TV, but that just ...Read More
I don't recall how the YouTube user Pruane2Forever, aka "Sexman", came on my radar, but I definitely remember a few of his videos from a couple years ago. (Here's a old favorite — Not Safe For Work.) Basically, it's this kid who does movie and new media reviews that are (or at least used to be) unintentionally hilarious. These days, ...Read More