Hungry ants knock out his FiOS service … again

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Hungry ants knock out his FiOS service … again

Issue highlights

1. VMware: We're aiming to be a top 3 cloud provider

2. Microsoft's Smith calls for new privacy push in Congress

3. Apple planning to release 12-inch MacBook Air later this year

4. Intel updates age-old webcam technology

5. End users must be part of cybersecurity solutions

6. Police test smartphones over cellular for undercover use during Boston Marathon

7. Hungry ants knock out FiOS service … again

8. INSIDER CIOs Will Find That the Most Valuable Data Comes From Outside (free reg)

9. Why you should still worry about Heartbleed

10. A Wakeup Call for the Cloud

11. OpenStack chair: Linux at the cutting edge of the cloud

12. New Havex malware variants target industrial control system and SCADA users

13. Apple planning to release 12-inch MacBook Air later this year

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Police test smartphones over cellular for undercover use during Boston Marathon

During April's Boston Marathon, police in Brookline, Mass., piloted a wireless system that let undercover police and supervisors to use ordinary iPhones and Android devices to communicate with rugged Land Mobile Radios over LTE and other commercial cellular networks.Brookline is adjacent to Boston and includes a portion of the marathon along Beacon Street near the end of the 26.2 mile course.After the 2013 bombings near the marathon finish line, security for 2014 was "incredibly high, like I've never seen before," said Officer Scott Wilder, director of technology and communications for the 145-member Brookline Police Department.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE

Hungry ants knock out FiOS service … again

Everyone keeps asking if the ants actually ate their way through the fiber optic cable and I do not know the answer. What is certain is that they chewed through the outer casing and caused enough damage to knock out TV, phone and Internet service to my house: the Verizon triple no-play.I also know that it takes about five years for ants to accomplish such a task, because the same thing happened in June 2009.The box housing the cable splice that brings FiOS into my home is located across the street about five feet up on a utility pole. When the Verizon technician opened the box it was filled with hundreds of ants (I had actually forgotten about the earlier ant episode, but he clearly expected them to be there). And when he shooed away enough of the critters to get a look inside, the red glow of a stripped fiber optic cable was clearly visible.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE

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New Havex malware variants target industrial control system and SCADA users

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