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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is warning employees that their personal details might have been compromised after a laptop was stolen from a staffer’s locked car. The stolen device contains records of personally identifiable information for numerous employees, contractors and “others.” The laptop is password protected, but because there’s no disk encryption system set in place, the chances for the information stored on it to be misused are fairly high. “The Administrator is extremely concerned about this incident and has directed that all IT security issues be given the highest priority. NASA is taking immediate steps to prevent future occurrences of PII data loss,” reads the notice sent by Richard J. Keegan Jr., associate deputy administrator, to employees. More at softpedia by @EduardKovacs  

Anonymous says it will shortly release a sample of material it has obtained from Australian Internet Service Provider (ISP) AAPT. In a chat room this morning, the group linked to AAPT's Wikipedia page , making that ISP the likely target. The group has also insisted , on Twitter, that the leak is not fake and that the ISP concerned knows what is happening. Anonymous representatives have also said, in the same chat room, that the group's attack was not on AAPT itself but on a cold fusion server hosted at Melbourne IT. ZDnet reports that AAPT and Melbourne IT have both acknowledged the breach. Anonymous has also, on its internet radio channel, articulated a raison d'être for the release, with a person identifying themselves as "Lorax" stating the release will serve as an example of how unsafe personal data will be under Australian Government's proposed data retention laws. Chat has also suggested the group will release portions of data that in so...

After gaining unauthorized access to the official site of Hungary’s Constitutional Court, Anonymous hackers modified the constitution, adding some passages that would favor them and IT workers in general. According to Index.hu , those who wanted to read the constitution posted on the site of the Constitutional Court found amendments that allowed those in the IT sector to retire at age 32 with a pension representing 150% of their salary. One modification, that really characterizes Anonymous, read that “the people have the right to eliminate tyranny or rebel against it.” Other amusing passages refer to making November 5 the national Guy Fawkes Day and giving Anonymous the power to fight against the country’s internal and external enemies. The last addition to the country’s basic law reads, “We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect this from us.” Shortly after the incident, the page was reinstated to its original version, but the situation shows that hacktivists n...

Acum o luna de zile Megaupload a fost inchis si o mana de oameni, care au contribuit la functionarea, acestuia au fost arestati. Astazi Kim Dotcom, fondatorul afacerii, a fost eliberat pe cautiune de un tribunal din Noua Zeelanda. Totusi, acesta are cateva interdictii. Kim Dotcom a spus ca nu vrea decat sa-si vada familia si copii. Acesta n-are voie sa foloseasca internetul sau se indeparteze prea mult de resedinta unde a fost lasat sa locuiasca. Ceilalti trei oameni care au fost arestati impreuna cu acesta au fost eliberati si ei. Sursa: arenait.net

Companiile cu activitate pe piata locala vor creste numarul angajarilor anul viitor cu 5-6%, manifestandu-se insa prudent si punand accent in special pe calitate, in detrimentul calitatii. Citeste aici care sunt principalele domenii in care se vor efectua in 2012 recrutari, precum si pozitiile cautate. Locul 3. Domeniul financiar "Este un domeniu care va fi intotdeauna in top, iar motivele sunt foarte simple. In special pe timp de criza avem nevoie de oameni, specialisti, care sa faca diferenta, care sa stie sa gestioneze resursele", a declarat pentru Wall-Street.ro Floriana Enescu, Managing Director al Qualia. Locul 2. Vanzari si marketing "Undeva pana in septembrie 2010 s-a recrutat foarte putin pe vanzari, iar pe marketing mai deloc, companiile concentrandu-se pe retentia de clienti si nu pe cucerirea de clienti noi. Era destul de greu sa aduca clienti cand toata lumea tinea de punga. In acea perioada au fost disponibilizati destul de multi din marketing. In 2...

Nici n-a fost bine implementată noua platforma de procesoare Intel Sandy Bridge, că au şi apărut informaţii cu privire la viitoarea generaţie de procesoare – Intel Ivy Bridge. Conform zvonurilor,  Ivy Bridge  va oferi suport nativ pentru DirectX11, USB 3.0 şi performanţă crescută cu până la 20% comparativ cu generaţia actuală  Intel Sandy Bridge . Nucleul grafic Intel HD, integrat în procesoarele  Intel Ivy Bridge , va suporta ieşire HDMI 1.4, codare video îmbunătăţită, decodare şi transcodare. Şi acum să vă faceţi o idee despre competiţia dintre AMD şi Intel la procesoare. Actualele procesoare  Core i Sandy Bridge  sunt construite pe arhitectura de 32nm şi au integrate chipuri grafice cu suport DirectX10.1. Generaţia  Intel Ivy Bridge  va fi construită pe 22nm şi va avea chipul grafic cu suport pentru DirectX11. Procesoarele  AMD Fusion sunt construite pe 32nm şi au venit cu chipuri grafice cu suport pentru DirectX11, iar în prezen...