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Surveillance of Skype Messages Found in China
SAN FRANCISCO — A group of Canadian human-rights activists and computer security researchers has discovered a huge surveillance system in China that monitors and archives certain Internet text conversations that include politically charged words.
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Computer gaming cafe opens downtown
Clyde Rood and Doug Young both had the idea of opening an Internet gamers cafe for several years, but it wasn't until Rood's wife, Xunaln, owner of Rock the Caffe in downtown Lebanon, introduced them two months ago that the dream jelled into reality.
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South Korean actress Choi found deadSEOUL, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Popular South Korean actress Choi Jin-sil was found dead in her home in southern Seoul of an apparent suicide, police said Thursday.The 40-year-old TV and movie star was discovered by her mother with an elastic band around her neck, tied to a shower stall in her home, The Seoul Times quoted officers at the Seocho Police Station as ...
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Police Chief: Clemson University safe but not crime free
CLEMSON -- Clemson University is safe but not crime free, the university police chief told The Greenville News/GreenvilleOnline.com Thursday while discussing increases in crimes including sexual assault over the prior year.
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Electronic Recyclers International's John Shegerian Describes "Recycling Lives" at Methamphetamine Summit
John S. Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), stressed the importance of giving the formerly incarcerated a "second chance for success" today at the 2008 Methamphetamine Summit "Me Not Meth: Become the Solution" at the Koinonia Christian Fellowship Center in Hanford, California.
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Reproducing early and often is the key to rapid evolution in plants
Yale researchers have harnessed the power of 21st century computing to confirm an idea first proposed in 1916 -- that plants with rapid reproductive cycles evolve faster. Their findings appear in the Oct. 3 edition of Science.
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Intellicheck Mobilisa's Floating Area Network is a Success
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.----Intelli-Check - Mobilisa, Inc. has successfully demonstrated their Floating Area Network technology to the U.S. Navy.
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Skype admits China privacy breach
South Korean models test-run Internet-based telephones for Skype Technologies in 2006. Skype, the online text messaging and voice service, said Thursday it was "extremely concerned" by monitoring of Internet chat by its Chinese partner reported by Canadian researchers.
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Introducing the Apple MacBook Mini, Courtesy of MSI
We're still waiting on Steve Jobs to introduce us to a new generation of MacBooks, but we may have just caught a sneak peek at the upcoming MacBook Mini. Could it be? Could Apple be finally entering the netbook and subnotebook market? Sadly, the answer is no.
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Court: Wisconsin Rapids man caught in online sex sting not guilty
MADISON An appeals court on Thursday overturned the conviction of a Wisconsin man who had a sexually explicit online chat with an investigator posing as an eighth grade girl.
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A hand-held computer containing secret information about fighting terrorism has been stolen from a house used by MI5.
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Bill Proposes Privacy for Americans' Laptops at Border
Proposed legislation introduced in the Senate on Monday would enhance the privacy of American travelers. Among other things, the measure requires border agents to have reasonable suspicion someone is engaged in criminal activity before searching their laptop at a U.S. border stop. The legislation is to counter recently published Homeland Security rules allowing inspections of electronics without ...
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Noble intent a big glitch in many rural towns
GEORGE KRIMSKY REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN At first blush, one wonders what all the fuss is about. Connecticut's municipalities have been told that if they have an official Web site, they soon will have to post all their meeting agendas and minutes electronically at the same time they file them with the town clerk.
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Cops find stolen computers, booze
A 23-year-old man was arrested in Etwatwa for being in possession of stolen computer and electronic equipment after a tip-off by the public, North Rand police said.
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Endeca Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2008 Magic Quadrant for Information Access Technology
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.----Endeca Technologies, Inc., a search and information access software company, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the 2008 Information Access Technology Magic Quadrant report1.
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Marc Loupe Appointed CFO of Sage Software, Greg Hammermaster Appointed President of Payment Solutions Division
Sage Software, the North American business of the Sage Group, plc, announced today that Marc Loupe has been appointed CFO of the company, and Greg Hammermaster has been appointed president of the company's Payment Solutions Division.
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Arden Elementary students write to Tucker Center Patients
From 1:30- 2 p.m. on September 26, all 350 Arden Elementary students put aside their books and computers.
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KTAR Story Archives
Scottsdale has fired one of its employees after he admitted to police that he sold city-owned surveying equipment on the Internet.
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Rockin' in the Cradle of the Blues
Linda and I raced along the Mississippi roads from Oxford to Clarksdale to make a reservation at the Shack Up Inn. It is listed as one of the 1000 Places To See Before YouDie, so we had to stay there. Since it has no phone, no email, no fax, and no Internet reservations, we had to personally confront the shackmeister.
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Electronic Recyclers International's John Shegerian Describes "Recycling Lives" at Methamphetamine Summit
HANFORD, Calif.----John S. Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International , stressed the importance of giving the formerly incarcerated a "second chance for success" today at the 2008 Methamphetamine Summit "Me Not Meth: Become the Solution" at the Koinonia Christian Fellowship Center in Hanford, California.
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McCain's Long, Brutal History of Opposing Sensible Broadband Rules
Yesterday, I published an article arguing that John McCain's policies had contributed significantly to the sorry state of broadband in this country. A smart commentator pointed out that there were tons of reasons for opposing the 1996 Telecom Act. Most of the debate, in fact, centered around censorship and the Communications Decency Act. Was blocking competition and helping the Bell's really ...
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Gale Launches New Online Content Marketplace
Gale announces the launch of AcquireContent.com , a new online content marketplace that highlights Gale's high-quality and unique content assets and provides robust content licensing, syndication and content creation services to Web site owners, media outlets, publishers, research database providers, Internet start-ups and other businesses.
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Local Matters cancels merger with Danish company
Internet search company Local Matters scrapped its planned merger with a Danish high-tech company, citing turmoil in the stock markets.
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Dedicated Hosting Provider LeaseWeb appoints Security Officer
Security Officer will combat cybercrime and extensively monitor the company's Web hosting network.
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