Articles by Nick Kolakowski

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  Snapchat Finally Responds to User-Data Breach

  [caption id="attachment_15751" align="aligncenter" width="500"] "Wait, *who* has my phone number?"[/caption] Two days after hackers stole 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers from messaging se…
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  Yes, There’s Kanye West-Themed Crypto-Currency

  In the future, every major celebrity will have a crypto-currency named after him or her. Bitcoin, the world’s most popular crypto-currency, is based on an open-source protocol; and because it’s p…
• Snowden: The Year’s Most Influential Tech Figure

  [caption id="attachment_15654" align="aligncenter" width="457"] A screencap from The Guardian's initial video interview with Snowden.[/caption] Lots of CEOs, entrepreneurs, and developers made he…
• Christmas App Downloads Up, But Devices Reaching Saturation Point

  A lot of people received mobile devices for Christmas, at least according to new app-download data issued by analytics firm Flurry. Flurry’s analysts examined 400,000 apps for any spikes in activ…
• BlackBerry CEO: We Can Save This Company

  [caption id="attachment_15592" align="aligncenter" width="496"] John Chen.[/caption] BlackBerry CEO John Chen has outlined his plan for turning around the beleaguered company. BlackBerry just exp…
• Federal Judge Rules NSA Metadata Collection Legal

  A federal judge in New York has ruled that the National Security Agency (NSA) has the legal right to collect metadata on phone calls made within the United States. In so doing, Judge William H. P…
• Snapchat Exploits Could Reveal Private User Details

  [caption id="attachment_15542" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Part of the code that could represent trouble for Snapchat.[/caption] Snapchat might not be so private after all. Cyber-security co…
• RSA Allegations Boost Paranoia Over Encryption

  The NSA paid RSA, the security subsidiary of tech giant EMC, roughly $10 million to include an agency-generated formula in its software that created a backdoor into RSA encryption products, accor…
• Snapchat's Future Revenue Conundrum

  [caption id="attachment_15484" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Snapchat's distinctive ghost logo.[/caption] Snapchat managed to attract a lot of buzz in 2013—perhaps more than any other app on t…
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  Target Hack Suggests Era of Big Data Breaches is Upon Us

  [caption id="attachment_15358" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Hackers scored a bull's eye on Target.[/caption] Target admitted in a Dec. 19 statement that cyber-criminals had access to credit-…