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Citibank ATM breach reveals PIN security problems
SAN JOSE (AP) - Hackers broke into Citibank's network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores and stole customers' PIN codes, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing security hole in the most sensitive part of a banking record.
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Charging on car batteries
Kurt Jensen, principal scientist at Nilar Inc., unhooks a nickel-metal hydride battery from a Toyota Prius outside the company's battery-manufacturing plant in Centennial on June 25. The company is working to improve car batteries to take part in a projected $10 billion market over the next five years.
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The Office Without a Coffeemaker
The best office to work in is the Microsoft Office. About a decade ago, everyone was producing “suites.” These were collections of programs designed for general business.
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Most viewers sticking to their TV sets despite online video popularity
Watching online videos is all the rage these days, but most people would rather watch their favorite TV shows on traditional TV sets. A recent survey by Nielsen for the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) found that a whopping 94 percent of respondents who subscribe to cable or satellite television prefer to watch their shows on the old tube rather than YouTube. ...
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 25th Feb 2006 07:36 UTC
"With the release of Mac OS X for x86 processors, Apple has chosen to not release source to key components of the OS, such as the kernel and all drivers. This means Darwin/x86 is dead in the water; Darwin/ppc has many closed source components and is a deprecated architecture.
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NY Times hails CFW 2008
As the international reviews of CFW 2008 hit the press, websites and silver screens around the world, the New York Times is among the early reports posted on the internet.
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WaMu Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Release and Conference Call
Washington Mutual, Inc. (NYSE: WM) will release its second quarter 2008 earnings on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, following the close of the New York Stock Exchange. WaMu CEO Kerry Killinger and CFO Tom Casey will review WaMu's second quarter results by telephone and live audio webcast beginning at 5 p.m. ET. The earnings release and additional materials will be available on the Internet at wamu.com/ir.
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HTC signs mobile deal with SK Telecom
Top smartphone maker High Tech Computer (HTC) signed a deal SK Telecom for its "Touch Dual" phone, marking its first entry into the highly competitive market, a Reuters report said.
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Phony Law Enforcement School Uncovered On S.I.
A former NYPD detective has been busted for allegedly handing out police-style badges at a phony law enforcement training school. As CBS 2 HD found out, it wasn't just the teacher who was suspected of acting above the law. They sound like real cops on Internet training videos, but according to a federal complaint, a law enforcement training program on Staten Island is a sham, giving out phony ...
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40% of surfers don't bother with browser security updates
A new collaborative study between Google, IBM, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology suggests that users are slower to move between product updates than they should be—especially those using Internet Explorer. The researchers believe that browsers could learn from the food industry, of all things. Read More...
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The Net is cast wider
The Internet has again made a virtue of necessity.
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Jack Henry divests insurance outsourcing group
Jack Henry & Associates Inc., which sells computer systems to financial institutions, said Tuesday it is divesting its insurance agency outsourcing business to the division's management team and a private equity group.
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Rentrak Hires Kristie Fortner as Vice President of Syndication and Gordon Jones as Director of Business Development to ...
PORTLAND, Ore. , July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT) announced today that it has hired Kristie Fortner as vice president, Syndication and Gordon Jones as director, Business Development of Rentrak's Essentials(R) suite of business intelligence products.
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In search of the real deal
With eBay fined £30m for sales of fake luxuries, is it possible to bag a true bargain any more?
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Fayetteville Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting Child Pornography
Jordan E. Minette, age 45 of Fayetteville, AR entered a guilty plea to interstate transportation of child pornography by computer and mail, a violation of Title 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(1) and (b)(1). The guilty plea that occurred yesterday in U.S. District Court in Fayetteville was announced by U.S. Attorney Robert C. Balfe.
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Fort Smith Man Sentenced To Ten Years
Patrick William Brown, age 29, of Fort Smith, AR was sentenced today to serve 10 years in federal prison by United States District Court Judge Robert Dawson, for possessing child pornography which had been transported in interstate and foreign commerce by computer.
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Features and Case Studies
The current buzz around virtualisation may sound familiar to anyone with experience of high-end computing's origins — so what makes today's scenario so different?
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N Brown's online sales up by 45pc
N Brown Group, the home shopping company, says turnover has increased by more than 12pc, another sign that online and catalogue retailers are dealing with the difficult economic conditions better than the high street.
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Study: FireFox Most Secure Browser
One way to evaluate the security of a Web browser is to determine what percentage of its users are using the latest version. In a study released on Tuesday by S. Frei et all, it was found that Firefox users are most likely to be up to date.
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Orbitz Travel Sites Replace Expedia At MSN
The change, which Orbitz said could bring about 3.5 million visitors per month to Orbitz via MSN Travel, represents a blow to Expedia, which began life in 1995.
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Google's new foray into image search
R.J. Pittman, Google's director of product management for Consumer Search Properties, shares some details of future versions of image search with Beet.tv.
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McCain pulls Web ads from anti-Obama sites
Republican U.S. presidential hopeful John McCain will stop advertising on Web sites that have vilified his Democratic rival, the McCain campaign said.Some of the Web sites have called Democrat Barack Obama unpatriotic and, in one case, compared the Illinois senator to Adolf Hitler, CNN reported Tuesday.The McCain campaign also said it was previously unaware that its Internet ads were also ...
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Virtualization stack adds Vista support
— Jun. 24, 2008 — VirtualLogix has announced that the Intel Architecture (IA) versions of its embedded virtualization stack now support Windows Vista.
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