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The White House establishes a new agency to collect cyber security intelligence

Feb26
by on February 26, 2015 at 4:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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It’s becoming clearer with every new hack or DDoS that governments need to pay more attention to cyber security, so the White House has now signed for the creation of a new agency to help do just that: the Cyber Thread Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC). The FBI, CIA and NSA all deal with cyber security, but as organizations they often operate independently; the FBI doesn’t necessarily know what the NSA is up to and vice-versa. The CTIIC will assauge that problem by providing “a cross-agency view of foreign cyber threats, their severity, and potential attribution.” The CTIIC won’t deal with attacks directly, but…

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29 of the most beautiful typefaces from January 2015

Feb26
by on February 26, 2015 at 4:47 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

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Sean Mitchell is an interactive designer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the editor of TypeRelease. 2015 started off with yet another set of gorgeous typefaces for all your design needs. Let’s check them out below. Fontfabric: Panton Panton is inspired by the classic grotesque typefaces. Lettermin: Ingra Ingra is a large family for big tasks. Fort Foundry: Colt Colt aims to balance unbridled power and finesse. Typotheque: Echo Clear and direct, with subtle influences from the broad nib pen. Rene Bieder: Galano Classic Galano Classic – the display companion of the Galano Grotesque family. DSType: Firme Firme is a geometric, robust typeface. Phospho:…

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7 SEO strategies to implement in 2015

Feb26
by on February 26, 2015 at 3:28 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Social Media

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) sounds a bit like rocket science. With the right combo of this widget and that module, add in time, subtract theory and maybe the equation will produce a solution better than the last. Like most technology, what was applied last year in online marketing efforts may already be outdated. Those tactics are dying a slow half-life while the competition is jumping to the top of search. With every new year, you must reevaluate your strategies without having to dedicate a good chunk of the marketing department’s change. When much of the bottom-line depends on the ability to…

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San Bullshit Sans font converts tech buzzwords into…well, you can probably work it out

Feb26
by on February 26, 2015 at 3:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, bullshit, Droid Sans, fonts, Insider, Product Launches, Sans Bullshit Sans, Shareables

The world of technology is bedevilled with awful buzzwords but Dutch developer Pixel Ambacht has a solution – Sans Bullshit Sans, a font that automatically shows the worst tech terms for the bullshit they are, almost literally. Build on the open-source Droid Sans font, Sans Bullshit Sans uses support for ligatures to cover the words on its banned list with “bullshit” signs written in the most feared typeface of all, Comic Sans. You can get a live demo of the font at the Sans Bullshit Sans site, download it here and read an extensive breakdown of  how it was created. If there are terms you want translated…

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Box introduces specialized file retention and watermarking for financial services organizations

Feb26
by on February 26, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Just two weeks after introducing new technology to bring the cloud to high-security organizations, Box is now making a greater push towards financial services customers.The company says it’s needed three specific enhancements to properly move into the space. Firstly, the Enterprise Key Management feature Box introduced recently allows financial service customers to have greater control over their files on the cloud and meet industry security regulations. By allowing companies to have complete control over a file’s encryption keys, it ensures they can’t be accessed by the wrong people, including Box itself. Customers under the Financial Services program will also receive special file retention…

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