Google publishes detailed maps of North Korea

Google has published detailed maps of North Korea, based on information entered by users via its online Map Maker tool. The maps now include details about the ultra-secretive nation including highways and smaller roads, country borders, parks, schools and features such as an amusement park in Pyongyang, the capital. Most of the areas were blank previously, and the information supplements Google's existing satellite imagery...

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Pentagon to add thousands of new cybersecurity jobs

The Pentagon is planning to expand its cyber security force nearly five fold over the next several years in a bid to bolster its defensive and offensive computer capabilities. The plan is to add about 4,000 more troops and civilians to the existing 900 personnel in the Defense Department's Cyber Command, the Washington Post reported today citing several unnamed sources. The planned expansion is in response to growing threats...

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Startup NetCitadel aims to orchestrate security management controls in virtualized nets

Startup NetCitadel today launched with a product called OneControl intended to automate what might otherwise be manual research and changes related to configuring firewalls, switches or other gear when virtual-machine (VM) workloads are spun up or down in enterprise data centers or cloud environments. "We're helping enterprises go from manual processing that's time-consuming to show automated responses to network events,"...

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Amazon rolls out iOS-optimized MP3 store

Watch your back, iTunes: Amazon's now in the game of selling digital music to iOS users. The retail giant has optimized its store to let owners of iPhones and iPod touches browse and purchase from its 22-million song catalog. To sidestep Apple's rules about taking 30 percent of purchases, though, Amazon's store isn't available via a native app, but rather in a Web interface that iOS users can access via Safari atwww.amazon.com/mp3....

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Intel sales, profits slide for 2012, but data center business growing

Intel saw its sales and profits drop in 2012 as the company was hit by slower demand for personal computers and its continued inability to make it big in the smartphone and tablet markets, although its data center business continued to grow. The world's biggest chip maker reported revenue of US$53.3 billion for the year, down 1.2 percent compared with 2011, and posted net income of $11 billion, down 15 percent. Full-year revenue...

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'Make me Asian' app yanked from Google Play amidst racism concerns

An app called "Make me Asian" that added details like narrowed eyes and conical hats to screenshots of users has been pulled from the Google Play store after inciting widespread public outrage, including a Change.org petition that was signed by more than 8,400 supporters. MORE MOBILE: Hottest Android news and rumors for week ending Jan. 18 "Make me Asian," along with the similarly offensive "Make me Indian," which featured...

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