innovation

The ecological buildings with positive energy

Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark, but it is also the capital of green building. A United Nations building in the city has 1400 solar panels and an air conditioning system that uses seawater. Energy performance of this type of building, have nothing to do with what was there just 20 years.
In the European Union, the building sector is among the most energy intensive sectors. It represents 40% of total energy consumption, while exceeding two transport sectors and industry. Therefore, the needs to achieve energy savings in the building are a major economic and environmental issue. Houses based consumption, called passive, are already thousands in northern Europe, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden… and have already proven that technical solutions exist.This achieves a very low consumption in these buildings, approximately 50 KWh/m2 a year, or eight times less (450 KWh/m2) than a classic average building dating of 1970s. A positive energy building is still better, it is a building that produces more energy than it consumes for its operation.This is possible thanks to a local energy production with means of abstraction or productions like photo voltaic collectors, solar heat, wind turbines, heat popes buried in the ground …
The positive energy buildings are becoming more innovative and more numerous, though still too rare. It is mainly offices, a third of individual houses and the rest of the collective housing. (suite…)

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07/07/2014
Cloud Computing / Cybercriminalité / Cyberdéfense / Données personnelles / Général / Union européenne / vie privée

Un arrêt de la Cour fédérale de New-York faciliterait l'accessibilité par les autorités américaines des données hébergées en Europe

Les entreprises françaises qui ont des projets impliquant  une externalisation de leurs données ont intérêt à se montrer prudentes avec leurs différents prestataires de Cloud Computing américains. En effet, la protection des données hébergées en Europe semble avoir été remise en cause par la potentielle accessibilité de ces dernières par le juge américain.
Microsoft
Par un arrêt de la Cour fédérale de New-York en date du 25 avril 2014, un juge fédéral  a notifié à Microsoft une injonction de lui fournir des données alors même que ces dernières étaient physiquement hébergées en Irlande. En l’espèce, dans le cadre d’une réquisition judiciaire relative à une enquête criminelle, un juge demande à Microsoft de lui fournir le contenu de courriels d’un suspect, informations pourtant stockées sur un serveur basé à Dublin  et donc soumises en principe à la protection de la réglementation européenne. (suite…)

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02/07/2014
innovation

Contactless technology, a true technological revolution

To pay with a credit card or a smartphone, will be possible in a few months in Europe with contactless technology. What are the consequences for our daily lives? What security problems will appear with these new cards? What are the benefits for consumers?
Launched in 2010 in France, a new means of payment is conquering consumers, contactless payment with a credit card or a smartphone. In 2013, approximately eight million contactless transactions were recorded in France, and this number is constantly growing.
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So, what are the advantages and shortcomings of contactless payment? How does this technology work?   Is this method successful beyond our borders?
Today in some stores in Paris, it is possible to pay without contact. For a payment of less than 20 Euros, no need to type the code,transactions can be up to two times faster and it avoids having to go to the ATM because even very small amounts are accepted.
There is no minimum amount in this type of payment.A trader need not necessarily have the money or have a credit card, because everything is in his phone. (suite…)

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29/06/2014
Cybercriminalité / Général

The top 5 DoS attacks

Denial of Service (DoS) attacks are among the most feared threats in today’s cybersecurity landscape.
The most hated man of internet
Hunter Moore, also known as the most hated man of internet, was arrested by the American authorities in January, facing 10 years in prison. A man with many enemies, as his website specialized at revenge porn, he has been collecting photos and videos of intimate moments from recently separated couples. Needless to mention that the majority of the people figuring in this website had never given their permission. (suite…)

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23/06/2014
E-commerce / Général / innovation / Technologie

Amazon: finally a smartphone?

For years, rumours have circulated about Amazon, the most famous pure player, working on a 3D smartphone. Last week, the rumour became a reality. At a press conference in Seattle, the headquarters of Amazon, Jeff Bezos has set June 18, 2014 as the date for the presentation of a new tool. Is it for the 3D Smartphone that Amazon has been talking about for years?
A video on YouTube encourages users to think it could be the presentation of the new 3D Smartphone. In this video, users move the head from one side to the other and throw comments like: « It’s amazing, it’s something I’ve never seen…”. This clip must surely refer to the smartphone’s user interface.

People often associate the 3D with glasses. But on this video people use the device without glasses and they realize turning their head that it is a device in three dimensions. This operates using several cameras placed on the front of the device, following the movements of the eye to display 3D elements. (suite…)

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18/06/2014
Général / innovation / Internet des Objets / Internet of Things

Apple’s next target: The Smart Home

During the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which will take place between June 2nd and June 6th 2014, the famous brand Apple intends to make a big splash in the world of the “connected home”. Checking our fridge, our heating or our alarm from an iPhone or an iPad is a dream that can become real at the conference.
Apple mobile devices are well known in the world of technology and will potentially integrate our everyday lives. According to the Financial Times, the brand intends to present a software platform that enables mobile users to control their homes. . The iPhone and iPad owners will be able to use their devices as a sort of remote control. This will control heating, shutters and lighting in and around the house.
During conferences like the IFA, CES or CeBIT, people had the opportunity to see scenarios of actions being automated like the adaptation of the light or heating once the person has entered the house. For example, the iBeacon application can play a big role in this process. It allows, via a Bluetooth connection, to control the temperature of the water or change the music’s volume. (suite…)

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02/06/2014
Cybercriminalité / Cyberdéfense / Général

La cybercriminalité et l’hacktivisme continueront d'augmenter en 2014

Selon le dernier rapport de prévisions de menaces de McAfee, la cybercriminalité et l’hacktivisme vont continuer d’augmenter en 2014.  Dans ce rapport les chercheurs de McAfee Lab présentent les nouvelles menaces qui nous attendent dans l’année à venir.
Le rapport de McAfee donne quelques tendances pour 2014 :

  1. Les logiciels malveillants pour mobiles vont stimuler la croissance du « marché » mondial du malware

Au cours des deux derniers trimestres, la croissance des nouveaux logiciels malveillants sur PC est demeurée quasiment stationnaire, tandis que les apparitions de nouveaux échantillons visant Android ont augmenté de 33 %. (suite…)

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26/04/2014