Tag: Amazon

How Secure Is Cloud Computing?

By David Talbot | 11/16/2009 | 2 Comments

Cryptography solutions are far-off, but much can be done in the near term, says Whitfield Diffie.

Can Amazon's PayPhrase Combine Convenience with Security?

By Robert Lemos | 11/03/2009 | 0 Comments

Amazon hopes its latest payment technology will steal its competitors' thunder.

Vulnerability Seen in Amazon's Cloud-Computing

By David Talbot | 10/23/2009 | 2 Comments

New research reveals how to find would-be victims within cloud hardware.

Can You Trust Crowd Wisdom?

By Kristina Grifantini | 09/16/2009 | 28 Comments

Researchers say online recommendation systems can be distorted by a minority of users.

A Faster Way to the Cloud

By Duncan Graham-Rowe | 09/11/2009 | 5 Comments

Amazon's new protocol should make accessing the cloud faster and more reliable.

Amazon Unwraps Kindle 2.0

By Erica Naone | 02/09/2009 | 6 Comments

The device betrays a plan to dominate the transition from printed books to electronic ones.

Amazon Aims at Content Delivery

By Erica Naone | 12/02/2008 | 1 Comment

Startups may be drawn to the company's content-delivery network.

Online Medical Advice Goes Social

By Lissa Harris | 06/16/2008 | 4 Comments

A new website seeks to bring the power of social networking to health support groups.

Recommendation Nation

By Michael Schrage | 04/22/2008 | 4 Comments

Learning to love customers like you.

Saving Memories

By Katherine Bourzac | 07/23/2007 | 1 Comment

A compound that's known to extend life span in fish could also stop cognitive decline.