"Silicon Valley Connection" Mozilla leaks 76,000 developer information

Source: Internet
Author: User
Keywords Cloud computing Big Data Microsoft Google Apple cloud security cloud security
Tags advertising advertising business apple applications big data browser business cloud

In the daily link to the Silicon Valley, the most fresh information! The "Silicon Valley" here refers to the typical and innovative business representatives abroad.

1. Google is "stealing" Microsoft's future corporate customers

<http://tech.qq.com/a/20140805/009918.htm>

With the support of the search advertising business, Google has become a powerful user in the corporate software market, with its popularity among the vast majority of users. For years, Google has been using cheap cloud services to encroach on the market, such as e-mail and calendars, productivity applications, video-chat services hangout and storage services. Google has been successful in particular corporate customers, according to Quartz, the US technology blogger.

2. The hacker said that through WiFi the black airliner satellite communication equipment

<http://tech.qq.com/a/20140805/007752.htm>

Ruben Saint-Martal Ruben Santamarta, a researcher at cyber security, IOActive, said he had found a way to launch an attack on a satellite communication device via a WiFi or entertainment system on a passenger plane, foreign media reported. If this statement is confirmed, aviation security will face enormous challenges.

Saint-Martal said he found loopholes in professional software (or firmware modularity) by means of "reverse engineering" (or decoding), which were Cobham, Harris, EchoStar ' Hughes receptacle Bae, Iridium Communications and Japan Radio are used to manage communications equipment.

In theory, Saint-Martal says, hackers can use airborne WiFi signals or entertainment systems to hack or change satellite communications by hacking into air control devices. This will endanger the aircraft's navigation and security facilities. But he admits his attacks were tested only under controlled conditions, such as the ioactive in Madrid laboratories, which are hard to replicate in the real world. He decided to disclose the findings to encourage manufacturers to address these high-risk security concerns in a timely manner.

3. Mozilla leaks 76,000 developer information suggest replacing password immediately

<http://tech.163.com/14/0805/03/A2RSKTE2000915BF.html>

August 5 News, according to foreign media reports, "Firefox" browser developers Mozilla recently encountered information security leakage accident. The company accidentally placed 76,000 developers ' e-mail addresses and 4,000 encrypted account passwords on a public server accessible to anyone in a failed data-processing process.

The Mozilla Developer Department, Stormy Peters, and corporate Security director Chow Stephenson (Joe Stevenson) confirmed the appeal message in an official blog, It also points out that the incident was related to the data processing failure of the Mozilla Developer Network (MDN).

4. Apple or mobile payment with Visa launched in the early autumn

<http://tech.163.com/14/0805/06/A2S770MK000915BD.html>

August 5, according to foreign media reports, investment banking analysts have pointed out that Apple or visa with credit card companies to work together to vigorously develop a mobile payment system.

The agency's Pacific Crown analyst says the visa system has made some adjustments, including enhanced security. This may be to facilitate technology companies to develop their own mobile payment system.

Analysts said in the report that Apple could gain tangible benefits from visa changes. "We think Apple's cooperation with visa is imminent," the report said.

5. Mobile payment company Square buys food delivery service caviar

<http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2014-08-05/07459535952.shtml>

In the early hours of August 5, Beijing time, the mobile payment service provider Square bought the food delivery service caviar in Monday, confirming earlier news that two companies were in the making of the takeover talks.

TechCrunch, the US technology blogger, reported last month that square was in talks with caviar about $100 million worth of deals. In addition, the U.S. Science and Technology blog Re/code and the New York Times reported that the deal will be announced this week, the transaction price of about 90 million U.S. dollars, the payment method is stock. Both square and caviar have said they will not disclose specific terms of the deal.

6. Impervious Spray: Invisible Protective Film allows you to take a bath with your cell phone

<http://tech.ifeng.com/startup/detail_2014_08/05/37822314_0.shtml>

Impervious is a waterproof spray designed by the Los Angeles team for the iphone, which uses nanotechnology to create a layer of invisible protective film on the phone's surface.

Users need to spray the iphone's entire body with impervious spray, and then use a special liquid with high-end nanotechnology to attach to the phone or the flat surface. Because the spray uses the nanometer material which is 1000 times times smaller than the human hair, therefore the formation thin film is extremely thin, cannot see with the naked eye.

The protective film formed by the spray will allow the iphone to soak for 30 minutes under 1 meters of water and continue to use, and the spray is valid for 3 years, which means it can be waterproof for 3 years.

7. July Chrome browser Share first broken 20%, the success of the industry's second

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According to foreign media reports, market research company NET applications local time August 1 released data shows that Google Chrome browser this July in the U.S. market share first breakthrough 20%.

The scramble for browser market share is a war without a draw, which means that when one side wins, the other side or the other side will suffer. The first to come is Mozilla's Firefox browser, which has faced bottlenecks in its development last year. In the data released this time in net applications, like the Chrome browser, Firefox also creates milestones in the company's history, but the Chrome browser is going up and Firefox is slipping.

8. Lotte: Viber Independent users up to 400 million completely change their electricity business

<http://tech.163.com/14/0805/00/A2RI7MOH000915BF.html>

Rakuten, Japan's electric giant, surprised the industry by smashing 900 million of dollars in February this year to buy Viber mobile communications services. The deal's announcement was five days earlier than Facebook's 19 billion-dollar WhatsApp for another chat app--WhatsApp, an undisputed industry leader with more than 500 million-month active users, but Viber's performance is not bad, beyond expectations.

Rakuten's latest earnings report showed that Viber currently has 400 million independent users, a significant increase from 280 million at the end of 2013-although Rakuten said Viber had 608 million registered users, an estimate that included duplicate downloads and users.

9. IBM is willing to sell chip manufacturing business for 1 billion USD

<http://www.cnbeta.com/articles/316213.htm>

IBM was willing to pay GlobalFoundries a fee to allow the latter to take over its chip manufacturing business, according to a person familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported. IBM had hoped to provide 1 billion dollars to persuade GlobalFoundries to take over the chip manufacturing business, according to people familiar with the matter. But GlobalFoundries is hoping to get 2 billion dollars to fully offset the loss of the chip manufacturing business.

(Responsible editor: Mengyishan)

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