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One suggestion: 'Don't armor the sheep, hunt the wolves' Ethernet Summit  Internet and network security is bad, and it's going to get worse before it gets better. To make it better, CIOs and IT admins need to rethink the way that they approach protecting their networks from hackers and other mis ...

Simply no teddies left in this pram Wikileaks has released a transcript of a documentary about its history so it can add notes to each section saying "Wrong!", a day before the film debuts.…

Shared accounts? #FacebookIsBetter Security-watchers don't appear overly impressed with Twitter's introduction of two-factor authentication (2FA) to its service.…

Kit easily violated by miscreants with 'minimal skill' Security researchers have uncovered hard-coded user accounts that could act as backdoors into food, car, and agricultural production systems across the world.…

Web design 101 guys, this is basic stuff Microsoft has plugged a flaw in its Greener IT Challenge website that leaked the names and email addresses of users who took a quiz on the site.…

Former FIFA World Cup™-winning player and coach Franz Beckenbauer thinks Germany could go on to win Brazil 2014 on the back of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund reaching the UEFA Champions League final.

With any huge event, such as the FIFA World Cup™, the subject of brand protection, sponsors rights and ambush marketing are key commercial issues. FIFA's Marketing Director Thierry Weil discusses some of the issues at hand.

Former Brazil centre-half Ricardo Rocha, part of the 1994 FIFA World Cup-winning squad, tells FIFA.com about the welcoming atmosphere teams and supporters can expect in Recife.

The Arena Pernambuco was unveiled on 20 May with a kickabout between workers involved in its construction, with President Dilma Rousseff looking on.

Captain of Central African Republic, Eloge Enza-Yamissi speaks to FIFA.com about their quest to salvage their Brazil 2014 qualifying campaign

Despite his disappointment, Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp remained composed after his side's 2-1 defeat to Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League final and congratulated his German rival's victory.

Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal were semi-final winners in the CAF Beach Soccer Championship Saturday and both finalists have booked their place in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Tahiti 2013.

An 89th minute goal from Arjen Robben lifted Bayern Munich to a 2-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund in an electrifying UEFA Champions League final featuring fantastic goalkeeping, stout defending and late drama.

Milivoje Novakovic scored twice as Omiya Ardija maintained their five-point lead at the top of the J.League after a 3-0 win over Vantforet Kofu. Elsewhere, Kashima Antlers came from two goals down to win 3-2.

Former FIFA World Cup™-winning player and coach Franz Beckenbauer thinks Germany could go on to win Brazil 2014 on the back of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund reaching the UEFA Champions League final.

For only US$0.99, the OS X Farensius app is just adorable. It adds a current weather indicator to your menu bar, and offers an optional 5-day forecast in its drop-down. It's exactly what I've been missing on my desktop. I have it set to update every five minutes, and with a tiny glance up and ...

The popularity of Apple's MacBook Pro and Air laptops is one of the reasons that Mac sales have increased while PC sales are waning. But if there's one thing that the laptop experience is lacking, it's a plethora of USB 3.0 and video ports. Kensington's USB 3.0 Docking Station with DVI/HDMI/VGA ...

We don't have a name for this week's Caturday model, but owner Baz Francis of Adelaide, South Australia says that "he's a two month old ginger kitten who loves watching my partner play World of Warcraft on my 15" MacBook Pro. When he's not intently staring at the screen with his head tilted or ...

I've been attending a lot of meetings with various London-based startups in the last few months to learn their stories on what it takes to launch a successful new product. I'm particularly interested in ones that have a heavy slant towards mobile -- and iOS. This interest is magnified when I fi ...

PureShot, a US$1.99 universal app, takes a very shooting-oriented approach to photography on iOS. You don't process your images here, or add filters. Instead, you just use the tools provided to take the very best picture you can, then process it on your iOS device, or get it onto your Mac or PC ...

There has been a large increase in anti-Muslim incidents since the murder of a British soldier in Woolwich, an inter-faith charity says.

At least 17 people, including a senior leader of India's governing Congress party, are killed after their convoy was attacked by Maoist rebels, officials say.

French authorities are investigating whether the stabbing of a soldier in a Paris suburb was a copycat attack in the wake of the murder of Dummer Lee Rigby, killed in London this week.

Joe Root hits a maiden Test century as England reach 337-7 against New Zealand on day two of the second Test.

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group promises victory in Syria where his supporters are backing President al-Assad, amid an upsurge in fighting there.

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When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled ...

Bob Muldoon (Casey Affleck) and Ruth Guthrie (Rooney Mara), an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Although Ruth wounds a local officer, Bob takes the blame. But four years later, Bob escapes from pris ...

For the first time in movie history, audiences will truly see and feel what it was like when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: THE MOVIE is the ultimate immersive, big-screen, 3-D experience. Recent discoveries and a breakthrough in technology will introduce new and unique dino ...

A gay Brit living in New York is deprived of his immigration status, and risks losing his family and life in the U.S. He marries his lesbian best friend to remain in the country and stay with his family, but things get complicated when he meets the love of his life and is forced to make an impos ...

The sublime Barbara Sukowa reteams with director Margarethe von Trotta (Vision, Rosa Luxemburg) for her brilliant new biopic of influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt. Arendtâs reporting on the 1961 trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann in The New Yorkerâcontrover ...

Our 60 Second Security videos are back! We're aiming for a weekly roundup that's quick, fun and useful. But there is a serious side: security anecdotes to use in your own "elevator advocacy."

Thieves drained $800,000 from a fuel distribution company in the US state of North Carolina earlier this month - a loss that the company attributes to its bank's having recently upgraded security systems. Unfortunately, its insurance policy won't come close to covering its losses.

Thieves drained $800,000 from a fuel distribution company in the US state of North Carolina earlier this month - a loss that the company attributes to its bank's having recently upgraded security systems. Unfortunately, its insurance policy won't come close to covering its losses.

Vermont's State Governor has signed the United States' first-ever anti-patent trolling law. Which could be bad news for the patent troll who sent thousands of letters demanding payment from small businesses who - get this - used scanners.

Vermont's State Governor has signed the United States' first-ever anti-patent trolling law. Which could be bad news for the patent troll who sent thousands of letters demanding payment from small businesses who - get this - used scanners.

Last week, we hosted over 100 guests at a summit meeting for VP9, the WebM Project’s next-generation open video codec. We were particularly happy to welcome our friends from YouTube, who spoke about their plans to support VP9 once support lands in Chrome. As discussed at the summit, we’re putti ...

Giddy up! Exciting things are happening with codec development here at the WebM Project. Of particular note is our recent announcement of an agreement with MPEG LA and eleven patent holders for a royalty-free license in support of VP8. Now that the distractions of the MPEG LA licensing initia ...

It's great to read supportive statements like this one from Jeff Jaffe stemming from our recent announcement of an agreement with MPEG LA and eleven patent holders for a royalty-free license in support of the VP8 video codec.

Today Google Inc. and MPEG LA, LLC announced agreements that will result in MPEG LA ending its efforts to form a VP8 patent pool. The arrangement with MPEG LA and 11 patent owners grants a license to Google and allows Google to sublicense any techniques that may be essential to VP8 and are owne ...

The Wikimedia Foundation — the awesome folks behind Wikipedia — has deployed an advanced HTML5 media player across its network of award-winning websites. The player accepts audio and video in the royalty-free formats associated with WebM and Ogg. Developed in collaboration with Kaltura and bu ...

Our 60 Second Security videos are back! We're aiming for a weekly roundup that's quick, fun and useful. But there is a serious side: security anecdotes to use in your own "elevator advocacy."

Thieves drained $800,000 from a fuel distribution company in the US state of North Carolina earlier this month - a loss that the company attributes to its bank's having recently upgraded security systems. Unfortunately, its insurance policy won't come close to covering its losses.

Vermont's State Governor has signed the United States' first-ever anti-patent trolling law. Which could be bad news for the patent troll who sent thousands of letters demanding payment from small businesses who - get this - used scanners.

Vermont's State Governor has signed the United States' first-ever anti-patent trolling law. Which could be bad news for the patent troll who sent thousands of letters demanding payment from small businesses who - get this - used scanners.

Small businesses are under constant attack from malware, scams and online fraud. They are simply woefully under-prepared to keep their assets safe. Despite reorganisation and redirected priorities, the police can still do little to help. Here are some general tips from the FSB to help firms bett ...

For those who couldn’t attend the live webcast, today we’re publishing the May 2013 Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page.  We fielded 13 questions on various topics during the webcast, with specific bulletin questions focusing primarily on Internet Explorer (MS ...

Today, we are releasing 10 bulletins, addressing 33 vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. Before we get into the details, we wanted to first let our enterprise customers know about a change in how we’re communicating technical details within our security advisories. Starting today, custom ...

Today we’re providing Advance Notification of 10 bulletins for release on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. This release brings two Critical and eight Important-class bulletins, which address 34 unique vulnerabilities. The Critical-rated bulletins address issues in Microsoft Windows and Internet Expl ...

We have updated Security Advisory 2847140 to include an easy, one-click Fix it to address the known attack vectors. The Fix it is available to all customers and helps prevent known attacks that leverage the vulnerability to execute code and should not affect your ability to browse the Web. Addit ...

Today, we released Security Advisory 2847140 regarding an issue that impacts Internet Explorer 8. Internet Explorer 6, 7, 9 and 10 are not affected by the vulnerability. This issue allows remote code execution if users browse to a malicious website with an affected browser. This would typically ...