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Did Google Just Expose Semantic Data in Search Results?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 day 2 hours 49 minutes ago (http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: internet | Tags did, google, expose, semantic, data, search, results,
In what appears to us to be a new addition to many Google search results pages, queries about birth dates, family connections and other information are now being responded to with explicitly semantic read more »
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Did a single security engineer avert a DNS disaster?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 150 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
Category: software | Tags Kaminsky, dns vulnerability, dns, hackers, security, , ,
By holding off on announcing the patch for the DNS vulnerability, Dan Kaminsky avoided allowing hackers to do something they love to do - wait until someone fixes a problem and then figure out what was done to fix the problem and use that knowledge to attack unprotected platforms. By keeping the fix a secret and coordinating the implementation of the patch, he may have helped divert a major internet disaster. As Kaminsky wrote on his Web site, "After an enormous and secret effort, we've got fixes for all major platforms, all out on the same day. This has not happened before. Everything is genuinely under control." read more »
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