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Barrels of diesel fuel to be carried up 17 stories for data center generator. (Fog Creek) Hurricane Sandy was much larger and more destructive than anyone could have predicted. Besides the tragic loss of life and families displaced, much of lower Manhattan and large parts of the surrounding areas on Long Island and New Jersey [...]

Barnes and Noble reports that 63 of its stores were hacked and credit card and bank card pin numbers were stolen. Online purchases and campus stores are not affected. Three stores in MA are on the list: Chestnut Hill, Hingham, and East Walpole. Barnes and Noble advises customers of the hacked stores to change their [...]

Two reports detail unfortunately what many already know, iPhones are magnets for crime. In New York City 40 percent of robberies, and almost half of all robberies in San Francisco involve the iPhone. From one police report: the suspects demanded the victims hand over their iPhones, police said. The first victim complied, but the second [...]

This week the medical device industry received more disturbing news about the state of their technology. We tweeted that medical devices such as imaging and neonatal monitors in hospitals are infected on a large scale with computer viruses and malware. Now, a researcher has demonstrated vulnerabilities in pacemakers that allow for wireless remote attacks that [...]