Abstract :
Topics include Apple being named the world´s most valuable brand, hackers hitting major data aggregators, a new technology that improves cellular reception inside buildings, researchers building the first carbon-nanotube computer, a survey finding that computer-related college majors lead to higher salaries, and a system that uses patients´ heartbeats to keep hackers from successfully attacking their implanted medical devices.
Keywords :
Apple; Brian Krebs; Dun & Bradstreet; Ericsson; Interbrand; Kroll Background America; LexisNexis; PayScale; RSA Laboratories; Radio Dot System; Rice University; SSNDOB; Stanford University; brand value; carbon nanotubes; cellular technology; college majors; data aggregators; hackers; implanted medical devices; salaries; security; survey;