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What's next after Google Fiber? Google Wireless Is data on your new Lollipop Android device encrypted? Maybe not

Technology: Google March 05, 2015 Android tune-up: How to boost performance while you wait for Lollipop We put several of the most popular third-party battery and performance management apps to the test to see whether they’re worth a download as you wait for Lollipop to land and to find out how they stack up against Android 5.0’s improvements. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. What's next after Google Fiber? Google Wireless 2. Is data on your new Lollipop Android device encrypted? Maybe not 3. Google debunks reports of change to search rankings 4. Google will stop patching Chrome on Android 4.0 next month White Paper: Damballa ESG Lab Spotlight: Damballa Failsafe with HP TippingPoint The Need for Certainty and Automation in Network Security – Damballa Failsafe with HP TippingPoint: ESG believes this may be the most effective means for reducing risk and combatting advanced malware attacks. Damballa and HP have partnered to bring a joint solution to the market to help automate responses to infections.LEARN MORE What's next after Google Fiber? Google Wireless Google is preparing to offer its own wireless service, but the exact plans remain a mystery. It currently sounds as if the company is planning a service that augments existing wireless connectivity. READ MORE Is data on your new Lollipop Android device encrypted? Maybe not Google has relaxed a requirement for manufacturers to turn on encryption by default in Lollipop, leaving it up to manufacturers to turn encryption on or off. This is a surprising change, considering the company's previous pledge to strengthen defenses around personal data. READ MORE White Paper: Proofpoint, Inc. Analysis of Cybercrime Infrastructure Proofpoint security researchers have published an analysis that provides a detailed and rarely seen inside view of the infrastructure, tools and techniques that enabled a cybercrime operation to target online banking credentials for banks in the United States and Europe, infecting over 500,000 PCs. VIEW NOW>> Google debunks reports of change to search rankings After Google researchers posted a paper last month on the site arXiv.org, an online archive of scientific research, rumors began spreading that Google was working on changing the way it ranks its search results. READ MORE Google will stop patching Chrome on Android 4.0 next month By the time Google halts updates to Chrome on Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), the three-year-old mobile operating system's share of all Android editions should have shrunk to just above 5 percent. READ MORE White Paper: Proofpoint, Inc. Advanced Threat Detection, Necessary but not Sufficient The only thing worse than not detecting an advanced threat is detecting one, and still ending up in the headlines. The headlines continually include stories reporting that an organization detected a threat weeks or months earlier, but due to a poor incident response process, allowed the threat to grow, move laterally, and cause even more damage. LEARN MORE