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FBI Director says IP addresses gave North Korean Sony hackers away, but he could be wrong

Jan08
by on January 8, 2015 at 10:48 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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There’s been a lot of back-and-forth in the curious case of the Sony Pictures cyber-attack last November, as to who is to blame — but now, FBI director James Comey is more certain than ever that North Korea was involved. Speaking at a cybersecurity conference yesterday, Comey reiterated findings that showed the hackers failed to hide their IP addresses, which point to computer systems in North Korea, reports WIRED. The FBI claims that the hackers occasionally failed to mask their IP addresses, which gave away the origin of their attack. However, as Professor Alan Woodward at the University of Surrey…

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Jobspotting wants to make job search as easy as Netflix movie recommendations

Jan08
by on January 8, 2015 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

Jobspotting
Looking for a job online is often a pain, with search sites that haven’t seen a major update in approach for years. Jobspotting is a new Berlin-based startup that wants to make finding relevant vacancies as easy as it is to use recommendation engines from the likes of Netflix and Pandora. I took it for a spin and found it super-quick to get to a list of relevant vacancies. I just connected up my LinkedIn account, picked the relevant tags from there that I wanted to use for my search, set my seniority level and the cities in which I…

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Google Maps API integration gets simpler with Java and Python libraries

Jan08
by on January 8, 2015 at 8:53 am
Posted In: API, Apps, Around the Web, developers, Google, Google Maps, Insider, java, Product Updates, Python

Google’s announced that it’s making it easier for developers to integrate Google Maps services into their apps. It’s been making them available through a JavaScript Maps API for some time but has now added Java and Python libraries. The new Java and Python Google Maps libraries support the Directions API, Distance Matrix API, Elevation API, Geocoding API and Time Zone API. Google says developers can rely on the code in the client libraries to interface with those services and spend more time developing unique features for their apps. Java developers can find the code at Google’s GitHub repository. Python developers can get the specific code and…

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TalkTalk acquires Blinkbox and Tesco Broadband

Jan08
by on January 8, 2015 at 8:19 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Blinkbox, Insider, TalkTalk, Tesco, UK

We knew it was coming but Tesco has finally managed to offload Blinkbox, its loss-making streaming service. Though Vodafone was a potential buyer, it’s TalkTalk that has ended up making the deal. TalkTalk says integrating Blinkbox into its existing TV business will “begin immediately”. As part of the agreement, it’s also acquired Tesco’s broadband and voice services. Tesco Broadband’s estimated 75,000 internet and 20,000 voice customers will be transferred to TalkTalk’s service over the next few months. The move will strengthen the company’s position at an important time for the market with BT in negotiations to complete a £12.5 billion buyout…

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