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Twitter’s Periscope Allows Live Stream Replays   Twitter on Thursday unveiled Periscope, the live-streaming app developed by a company it acquired earlier this year, reportedly for just under US$100 million. It’s a big bet for an app that’s in a genre that already has matured, but Twitter is counting on the mobile world’s appetite for

BlackBerry, IBM, Samsung Come Together on High-Price, High-Security Tablet   BlackBerry subsidiary Secusmart on Monday introduced the SecuTablet, a high-security tablet based on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5, at the CeBIT 2015 trade show in Dusseldorf, Germany. Developed in collaboration with IBM, the tablet targets national and international public sector markets and enterprises. IBM

Windows Hello Waves Off Passwords   A new feature in Windows 10 addresses a common frustration among gadget lovers: the inconvenience and insecurity of passwords. A biometric system like Windows Hello has security and usability advantages over conventional passwords, noted the FIDO Alliance’s Brett McDowell. “Just imagine logging into your device by looking at it

Compliance Mindset Can Lead to Epic Security Fail   Although compliance rules are supposed to set minimum standards for protecting data, many companies treat them as maximum benchmarks. “Cases like Premera and thousands of others are proof that if you follow compliance — the checkbox approach to security — it doesn’t mean you’re more secure,”

Proposed Amendments to US Cybersecurity Laws Under Scrutiny   “We may not know if a system is safe, even if it’s tested; hackers can always find an unexpected flaw. But we sure will know that our systems aren’t safe if they’re not tested, or if testing is prevented,” noted Richard Blech, CEO of Secure Channels.