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Google Chrome to discontinue Java support, prevents access of USPTO resources

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This change to the Chrome browser system is one of which U.S. patent applicants will want to be aware because of its impacts to some of the digital resources made available by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Both EFS-Web, the USPTO’s online patent application and document submission tool, and Private PAIR, a secure portal for learning the status of a patent application, utilize Java programming script for authenticating users when they sign in to those services.

How OPM Could Have Avoided the Data Breach

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Recently, a data breach at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) demonstrated once again the vulnerability of data and how even when an organization has seemingly deployed the right tools, security holes can be exploited to gain access to highly sensitive information. OPM is the federal organization responsible for maintaining and protecting the federal records […]
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Google's Plan to Incorporate Truthfulness in its Search Rankings

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Google ranking always triggers controversy and debate. Every time there’s a new Google algorithm up for release, rumors fly thick and fast as to which type of sites may be penalized and which are likely to be rewarded. Website owners sweat and seethe in anticipation of an update that may push their site into oblivion. Such reactions are not surprising because, as we all know, if you don’t show up as the first few results on a given search, then you’re practically nobody in the online space.

Software applications have on average 24 vulnerabilities inherited from buggy components

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Many commercial software companies and enterprise in-house developers are churning out applications that are insecure by design due to the rapid and often uncontrolled use of open-source components.Even worse, these software makers wouldn’t be able to tell which of their applications are affected by a known component flaw even if they wanted to because of poor inventory practices.Last year, large software and financial services companies downloaded 240,757 components on average from one of the largest public repositories of open-source Java components.

Quanta to strengthen software R&D for enterprise server business

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Quanta Computer reportedly is planning to expand its server business software team and will double the existing personnel to 100 by the end of 2015 and double the number again to 200 in 2016 to prepare for entering the enterprise server industry, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.

New Security Findings--Apple Isn't Immune And Fixing Takes Too Long

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Sobering reading today with the release of a new risk assessment report being released by security vendor NopSec. The report, entitled the "“2015 State of Vulnerability Risk Management”, focuses on security vulnerability issues historically and by industry and analyzes cross-industry remediation developments. The report, conducted by NopSec's own research team, analyzed [...]

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