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Northport marina gets wirless acces boost
Wireless Internet access will be improved for boaters in G. Marsten Dame Marina in Northport following action taken last week by the Northport Village Council.
Leelanau Enterprise |
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Citibank ATM breach by hackers reveals PIN code security problems
Jordan Robertson, The Associated Press July 1, 2008 - 11:25 p.m. SAN JOSE, Calif.
Canadian Business |
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Liverpool man faces charges for child pornography
A Liverpool man faces charges after police say they found images of child pornography on a computer.
News 10 Now Syracuse |
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Somerset County to participate in broadband survey
SOMERSET — A Harrisburg-based consultant is surveying Somerset County residents and businesses interested in pooling together for broadband Internet access.
The Tribune-Democrat |
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Microsoft Buys Online Concern
Microsoft said on Tuesday that it would buy Powerset Inc., an Internet search company, the latest in a string of acquisitions aimed at bolstering its position online.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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The new child porn whistleblowers
It is a new law aiming to cut down on child pornography, by forcing anyone working on a computer to report any child pornography they may find on it. Proponents say they hope the new law, which went into effect on July 1, will cut down on the number of online predators.
KTVA Anchorage |
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Freedom Online Announces Successful Deployment of 1.25Gbps Carrier Grade Wireless Link to Provide High Capacity ...
Freedom Online announced today, the successful implementation of BridgeWave's AR60X, license-free 60 GHz radio link. The BridgeWave 1.25 Gbps links were used to connect a wireless aggregation point on Freedom Online's network backbone to a collocation facility in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for access to a data storage facility and Internet portal.
Centre Daily Times |
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Justice Department to review Google-Yahoo deal
The Justice Department has opened a formal investigation of the advertising deal struck between the Internet giants, according to a report in The Washington Post.
CNET |
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OSNews > Thread > "RE[5]: linux file ownerships" by hobgoblin
and how fast can a untrained user fully undermine this security as he is having a hard time understanding how it works? RWX works because its simple to understand. Read, Write, eXecute.
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MSI's Wind gets received by someone, unboxed on video
Filed under: Laptops Even though the world at large is waiting on pins and needles for these Wind delays to subside, at least one lucky individual in Italy has received one. Not that you haven't already seen this netbook from every angle imaginable, but things just look entirely more fluid on video. Three minutes (2:55, to be precise) in heaven await you after the break. ...
Engadget |
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Lynchburg Police look for burglary suspect
Lynchburg police are looking for whoever broke into a downtown business. Investigators say someone knocked out a window at Estate Specialists on Commerce Street on June 8. Once they got inside, the suspect stole a delivery van, along with a computer and other equipment.
WDBJ 7 Roanoke |
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Federal DEA worker arrested in Internet sex sting
A man who worked for the Drug Enforcement Administration was arrested during an Internet sex sting for trying to set up a tryst with a 14-year-old girl, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Newsday |
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School district embarks on plan to improve buildings
The Kansas City, Kan., School District has closed the door on an academic year marked with milestone changes — high school students received laptops, and board members tightened academic standards for student athletes.
The Kansas City Star |
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Citibank ATM breach by hackers reveals PIN code security problems
SAN JOSE, Calif. - 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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Man arrested for possessing child porn
A Liverpool man is under arrest after state police say they found child pornography on his computer.
WSYR 9 Syracuse |
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Microsoft acquires semantic search firm Powerset
SAN FRANCISCO - MICROSOFT on Tuesday announced it is buying Powerset, a firm which specialises in interpreting the intent of people's Internet searches instead of matching specific words they use.
Straits Times |
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'Bubbly' star takes stage
Colbie Caillat, who's opening for John Mayer at Summerfest's Marcus Amphitheater Wednesday night, has a gig many aspiring performers would envy, and it's all thanks to an Internet profile.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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ATM breach highlights security problems
SAN JOSE (California) - 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.
Straits Times |
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Neal E. Boyd on the Web
A roundup of Neal E. Boyd's presence on the Internet now that he's made a national impression on "America's Got Talent."
Southeast Missourian |
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Sweden revolts against Big Brother spy laws
STOCKHOLM - More than two million Swedes are saying "No" to a new law that gives the government the right to snoop on all emails and phone calls crossing the country's borders.
The New Zealand Herald |
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New iPhone freed from contract
For all its cool, new features, Apple's iPhone has always rankled some of its most diehard fans because it's been tethered to a two-year service contract with AT&T. Until now.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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U.S. Navy Runs From Reality by James Dunnigan July 1, 2008
One of the many little feuds going on in the upper ranks of the U.S. Navy has to do with training officers how to fight, or not, as many believe. It comes down to how many training exercises and wargames (simulated, on a computer, exercises) should be scripted (few decisions), or "free wargaming."
Strategy Page |
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Justice Department to review Google-Yahoo deal
The Justice Department has opened a formal investigation of the advertising deal struck last month between Google and Yahoo, The Washington Post reported on its Web site Tuesday evening, citing sources close to the inquiry.
CNET via Yahoo! News |
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Physicist: Use nukes against asteroids
A Russian physicist says specially designed nuclear weapons likely would be effective in preventing collisions between the Earth and asteroids.In an interview Tuesday with RIA Novosti, Vadim Simonenko, deputy head of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center, said the nuclear devices could be tested via computer models. He said they would be more energy efficient than using lasers or other means to ...
Moldova.org |
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Online job vacancy ads continue to decline
This past month, there were roughly 3.8 million online advertised job vacancies, down 480,000 from the same time in 2007.
Anderson Independent-Mail |
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