Posts By Bob Gourley

Homeland Security’s Einstein Gets Smarter, FTC Files Charges Over Peeping Laptops, and More

By AlexOlesker Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Federal Trade Commission has charged several rent-to-own companies and a software maker over rental computers that illegally used spyware that took “pictures of children, individuals not fully clothed, and couples engaged in sexual activities.” More here. United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice stated thatRead… Read more »

A look at the Apple A6 Chipset, BB10 and more

By RyanKamauff Here’s yesterday’s top tech news and updates iFixit did their teardown of the A6 chipset and Surprise! (it’s made by Samsung) – the Apple A6 was found to have dual custom 1GHz cores running ARMv7 instructions. As well they found 1GB of DDR2 RAM (the same RAM is found in the Droid RAZRRead… Read more »

Domestic Drone Concerns, DISA Tasked with Preventing Next WikiLeaks, and More

By AlexOlesker Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Government Accountability Office warns congress that domestic drones raise privacy, security, and GPS jamming and spoofing issues. More here. In response to WikiLeaks, the Defense Information Systems Agency has been tasked with improving network security for all branches of the federal government exceptRead… Read more »

Digging into the Senate’s new DATA Act: Same name, different content, same goals

By HudsonHollister In July, when the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee examined the need for better transparency in federal spending, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) told the committee he would introduce a new version of the DATA Act. Last Friday, with Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) on board as a cosponsor, he kept his promise.Read… Read more »

A $35 Tablet, Iran Blocks Google Searches and more

By RyanKamauff The Ubislate 7Ci is here to fulfill your inexpensive tablet dreams. Here is yesterday’s top news and tech stories. Apple is using a chip to stop you from buying cheap cables – We’ve reported in the past that only Apple is selling their new lightning adapter for the next year, but now itRead… Read more »

DISA’s Technology Watchlist 2013-2018

By RyanKamauff DISA’s technology needs can drive adoption in the DoD as a whole We covered DISA’s recently released Strategic plan for years 2013-2018 in this post here. However, part of their report includes a technology watchlist. Below we have analyzed the technologies that DISA is watching over the next 5 years. As providers toRead… Read more »

DARPA Seeking Suicide Predicting Algorithms, NASA to Upgrade Rover Software, and More

By AlexOlesker Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking “mathematical and computational models that predict whether a person is likely to commit suicide” and to detect homicidal intent. More here. The National Institute of Standards and Technology will award $9 million to five pilot programsRead… Read more »

Please take the CTOvision Reader Survey

By BobGourley Dear readers, Thank you so much for spending time with us. Please honor us with another three minutes of your time. We would really appreciate your input on what we do. You may get us input via any path you desire, including our standard contact form, or use the easy to fill outRead… Read more »