Pre-Convention Poll Finds That GOP Voters Value Advanced Energy

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Survey Finds Small Business Owners Work Remotely During Summer Vacations

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Nationwide Study Finds Smartphones, Tablets are now Mainstream Devices

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New Study Finds the Brain Organizes Objects by Size, Helping Robots to Do It Too

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Report Finds Production Access a Challenge for Service Providers and Clients during ADM Operations Transitions

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Movero Finds a Place in Gartner's Niche Players Quadrant

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Nokia Lumia 900 Launch Finds a Wasteland of Stores Closed for Easter

It’s always an entertaining thing to watch a new device launch, especially one the carrier themselves claim will top anything they’ve done before -- including the iPhone. So why in the world did AT&T choose to launch their new flagship Windows Phone, the Nokia Lumia 900, on a date when most of their stores were closed?

The New York Times is reporting that the new Nokia Lumia 900 launched as scheduled on Easter Sunday, April 8 -- but the debut became something of an Easter egg hunt itself, given that almost all of AT&T’s retail stores were closed, as were Microsoft and Best Buy outlets. Ma Bell started accepting preorders for the new Windows Phone handset more than a week ago, and those orders were delivered last Friday, April 6.



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iDirect Finds Satellite Communications to be a Growing Trend

By Nick Ruble, TMCnet Contributing Writer

Recent studies conducted by iDirect (News - Alert) show 60 percent of utilities to be taking advantage of satellite communications in one way or another. Through the Strategic Assessment of Satellite Usage in the Utility Industry study, came a wider understanding of exactly how satellite communication technologies are being used.

Aside from the 60 percent of utilities currently implementing some kind of satellite communications, the study also found that over 20 percent of industry leaders are planning on integrating similar technologies in the near future. Since a study of this sort hasn’t been conducted any time in the immediate past, a decent amount of misconceptions based on outdated technologies were cleared up as well.

iDirect is among the most prestigious of satellite-based IP communications providers. These surveys will benefit not only the company in a large way, but also the overall quality of like products on the market.

The studies also showed the top benefit of satellite technology to be extensive provision of coverage along with its unrivaled security. Common claims that this type of service comes with high cost and latency were found to have been based on previous experiences with legacy technology. However, surveys showed that nearly 80 percent of utilities were interested in exploring more up to date VSAT systems.

Toni Rudnicki, chief marketing officer at iDirect, stated, “With the majority of utilities already invested in some form of satellite technology, and a significant percentage planning to add satellite in the next two years, this study reveals a huge opportunity for VSAT solutions to help shape the future of the utility industry.”

Findings undoubtedly show an increase in VSAT awareness within the utility industry. That said, the distribution of reliable next-generation satellite technology is in high demand – it will likely be the next step in wireless communications for the vast majority of utilities.

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ACLU Study Finds Many Law Enforcement Agencies Use Cell Phones to Track

By Ashok Bindra , TechZone360 Contributor
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According to a recent survey conducted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), many US police departments use cell phones, often without court orders, to find suspects and investigate criminal cases. The ACLU survey indicates that "the overwhelming majority of law enforcement agencies that responded engage in at least some cell phone tracking." The results of this survey were posted on Yahoo! News site.

The survey shows that "most law enforcement agencies that responded engage in cell phone tracking for investigative purposes. Even those that have not tracked cell phones in the course of a criminal investigation have tracked cell phones in emergencies, for example to locate a missing person."

As per the study, the use of phone tracking, using GPS or other technology to locate people through their cell phones, is a murky legal area. According to the study, the US Supreme Court has held that the use of GPS devices placed by police on a suspect's car constitutes an "unreasonable search" under the constitution. Despite the law, cell phone tracking is still making its way through the courts, per ACLU study reported on Yahoo! News site.

In fact, according to the report, several members of Congress have introduced bills calling for "location privacy" to be respected by police, except in cases of emergency.

For this study, ACLU surveyed more than 200 law enforcement agencies. The survey shows disturbing results, with few police departments seeking warrants and unclear or inconsistent legal standards, depending on the jurisdiction, wrote Yahoo! News.

The Yahoo! News report quoted ACLU attorney Catherine Crump as saying, "What we have learned is disturbing. The government should have to get a warrant before tracking cell phones. That is what is necessary to protect Americans' privacy, and it is also what is required under the constitution." "The fact that some law enforcement agencies do get warrants shows that a probable cause requirement is a completely reasonable and workable policy, allowing police to protect both public safety and privacy."

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Report Finds Increase of Almost 100 Percent in Medical Data Breaches

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It’s hard to believe, but a recent report by Redspin, Inc. found an astounding 97-percent increase in protected health information (PHI) data breaches in 2011, across a sample of healthcare organizations in the US, according to a story at healthitnewsdirect.com.

Another report recently revealed that over the last two years, “health care organizations have reported 364 incidents involving the loss or theft of information ranging from names and addresses to Social Security numbers and medical diagnoses on nearly 18 million patients – equivalent to the population of Florida.”

And what’s it costing us? At last count, $6 billion. After surveying 72 healthcare organizations, the Ponemon Institute and ID experts found that, on average, the cost of data breaches to organizations surveyed rose $183,526 to $2,243,700 from 2010, and extrapolating the study to the entire healthcare industry, Ponemon estimates that data breaches could cost the U.S. healthcare industry between $4.2 billion and $8.1 billion a year, or an average of $6.5 billion, according to a story by George V. Hulme at csoonline.com.

Redspin Inc., a provider of penetration testing and IT security audit services, said analyzing 385 breaches (affecting 500 individuals or more) turned up an estimated 19 million people on various health databases, and at least 46 U.S. states had their medical files breached since August 2009 when the interim final breach notification of the HITECH Act was passed.

Redspin found in its survey a 525-percent increase in records breached due to unencrypted device loss, and “an increase of 76 percent of breaches involving a business associate between 2010 and 2011, which made up 59 percent of the total number of breaches.”

The improper security processes, followed by the organizations which had the breaches, contributed to the two largest and three of the top five breaches, according to the story.

When you look at the value of PHI, when sold on the black market (estimated to be around $50) and “its use to commit Medicare fraud, the rate of breaches has increased to 60 percent, occurring with a malicious intent like theft and hacking,” according to Redspin.

But it’s not all about careless employees and files that were not properly encoded. The report also found a surge in the amounts of PHI on unprotected storage devices, and a “lack of security on portable devices (39%), like laptops, mobile phones and tablets, and desktop computers or servers (25%) contributing to breaches,” according to the story.

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