News Briefs

Author

Garber, Lee

Volume

47

Issue

3

fYear

2014

fDate

Mar. 2014

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

21

Abstract

Topics include a huge personal-data theft in South Korea; Microsoft choosing a new CEO; the first Internet of Things attack; large amounts of Chinese Internet traffic being accidentally redirected to two small US companies; a court overturning the US´s controversial Net neutrality policy; concerns about connected cars; Google´s smart contact lenses; a new product that adds physical buttons to touchscreens; researchers developing durable, high-density storage; and a high-tech headset that measures user alertness.

Keywords

Biomedical monitoring; Companies; Computers; Diabetes; Headphones; Internet; Security; Bill Gates; CEO; China Internet Network Information Center; Compuware; Dynamic Internet Technology; FCC; Google X; Internet of Things; KB Financial Group; Korea Credit Bureau; Lotte Card; Microsoft; Net neutrality; NongHyup Financial Group; Proofpoint; Satya Nadella; Sophidea; South Korea; Steve Ballmer; Tactus Technology; US Court of Appeals; US Federal Communications Commission; US General Accountability Office; University of Southampton; Verizon Wireless; Vigo; alertness; connected cars; data theft; diabetes; headset; high density storage; keyboard; privacy; quartz glass; security; sensors; smart contact lens; storage; tactile user interface; touchscreen;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MC.2014.68

Filename

6766139