In 2011, hype about hacktivism and the threat du jour overshadowed more common security risks. Our experts explain the threat trends you need to watch, in the Security Threat Report 2012.
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-news-trends/reports/security-threat-report.aspx
Coverage of science and technology having high potential for disruption
http://nextbigfuture.com/p/timeslide-view.html
Portable Pointing Proell
http://www.reghardware.com/2011/03/02/review_peripherals_swiftpoint_futuremouse/
Bacteriophages were only discovered in 1912, and the Red Army and the Wehrmacht both carried phage water as a bacterial treatment
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/18/phages_fight_superbugs/
Later in the week the Public Accounts Committee is expected to be critical of the ambitious scheme, which comes at a high (£11bn+) cost to consumers, and which critics say is based on shaky maths.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/16/smart_meters_no/
epidemiologists [...] claim to have discovered that, across developed countries, the greater the income inequality in any country, the worse the health and social outcomes for everyone: rich and poor.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16545898
Knowing that a lot of folks earn more than them can be an incentive, but if people, especially the yoof, think that they can't get anywhere no matter how hard they work, they get pretty hacked off.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/12/world_economic_forum_risks/
The source of the magic is considered to be Sinofsky's re-org of the Windows team grouping softies into programming units called the "triads". These cells comprise developer, tester and program manager and are aimed at speeding up and tightening up cod
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/12/microsoft_cmg_reorg/
Nothing much to do with manned or deep space exploring
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/30/chinese_space_white_paper/
Cybercrooks and patriotic state-backed hackers in China are collaborating to create an even more potent security threat, according to researchers.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/24/china_cybercrime_underground_analysis/
It claims that an agreement was signed with all major vendors, including domestic supplier Micromax, and that a CYCADA data intercept team are in operation on the networks using backdoors supplied by RIM, Nokia, and Apple (RINOA).
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/09/apple_rim_indian_government_backdoor/
This creates a power/consumption signature for a film that might be determined from the readings obtained by Discovergy's technology.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/09/smart_meter_privacy_oops/
