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Virtual reality draws the crowds at Korea's G-Star game show

Nov 28, 2014 04:20 pm |

The 11th paragraph of the story "Virtual reality draws the crowds at Korea's G-Star game show," posted Friday, was unclear in its description of the relationship between the Oculus Development Kit 2 (DK2) and the Oculus Rift. DK2 is a version of the Oculus Rift.

Virtual reality draws the crowds at Korea's G-Star game show

Nov 28, 2014 12:15 pm |

The 11th paragraph of the story "Virtual reality draws the crowds at Korea's G-Star game show," posted Friday, was unclear in its description of the relationship between the Oculus Development Kit 2 (DK2) and the Oculus Rift. DK2 is a version of the Oculus Rift.

Startup SQLdep aims to help DBAs stay sane

Nov 28, 2014 11:24 am | IDG News Service

Czech startup SQLdep is hoping to simplify database changes and troubleshooting with its code analytics tool.

BlackBerry's deal to buy voice crypto company Secusmart blessed by German government

Nov 28, 2014 11:14 am | IDG News Service

BlackBerry is now free to integrate German security vendor Secusmart's voice encryption technology on its smartphones and software, after the German government approved its acquisition of the company.

Virtual reality draws the crowds at Korea's G-Star game show

Nov 28, 2014 07:35 am |

The 11th paragraph of the story "Virtual reality draws the crowds at Korea's G-Star game show," posted Friday, was unclear in its description of the relationship between the Oculus Development Kit 2 (DK2) and the Oculus Rift. DK2 is a version of the Oculus Rift.

YubiKeys by Yubico provide two-factor authentication by USB

Nov 28, 2014 07:07 am | 

I've written a few times about two-factor authentication (2FA), where a password (something you know) is paired with a second item, like a device-generated token or one-time code sent via SMS (something you have). A password can be stolen or sometimes extracted, so a second factor makes it substantially more difficult for someone who lacks physical access to you or your stuff to break into one of your accounts. This restricts attackers from accomplishing wholesale attacks across thousands or millions of accounts, unless 2FA is badly implemented or attackers find an exploit.