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Why San Francisco's network admin went rogue
Last Sunday, Terry Childs, a network administrator employed by the City of San Francisco, was arrested and taken into custody, charged with four counts of computer tampering. He remains in jail, held on $5 million bail. News reports have depicted a rogue admin taking a network hostage for reasons unknown, but new information from a source close to the situation presents a different picture.
InfoWorld via Yahoo! News |
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Google Shares Smacked After Disappointing Earnings
Shares of Google sunk almost 10 percent on Friday, a day after the Internet search leader posted quarterly earnings that fell short of Wall Street's expectation.
CBS 5 Bay Area |
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TechSpin:Google, Microsoft and IBM Prove There's No Sure Thing
The disparate results of three of the biggest tech players are a reminder that the Wall Street consensus is not always right.
Red Herring |
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Pregnant Prostitutes Sell Sex Online, Say Police
Four women are under arrest for prostitution in Camden County. But, this was no ordinary sting operation. Three of the women were pregnant.
FOX 4 News Kansas City |
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Apple is not the real enemy of open source
Apple embraces DRMs, and any other restrictions the copyright industries want. This is at the heart of its power. Its alliance with the copyright industries has brought Apple from the brink of irrelevance to dominance of the handheld Internet and gadget markets in this decade. by Dana Blankenhorn
ZDNet |
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Blackberry is Not Microsoft (Sorry Apple)
I did it! I resisted the cravings all week. I did NOT buy an iPhone . It took a lot of deep Buddhist meditation to deal with my cravings. The iPhone is just gorgeous - this is user interface design at the highest level of art. Plus, the developer platform makes developers who dream in design patterns go all weak at the knees. The last time a UI and API induced equal cravings was in NeXt . No ...
ReadWriteWeb |
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Housing Commission youth and adult education programs win national awards
Bilingual Computer Literacy Skills Training: A program designed to bridge the “digital divide” for minority women. This series of four, 12-hour classes was created specifically for Latina adults at an SDHC-owned affordable housing site (Alaquinas Apartments in San Ysdiro).
La Prensa San Diego |
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Wall St slips after Google, Microsoft disappoint
NEW YORK — US stocks fell on Friday, after disappointing results from Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. overshadowed a smaller-than-expected loss from Citigroup.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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ComScore: Big Three Gained In June Searches
Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft all saw month over month increases in their share of the US search market in June 2008. read more
WebProNews |
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Younger Candidates Try a Hand at Politics
(SPRINGFIELD) -- Campaigns spend a lot of time researching and strategizing ways to reach young voters. Through rallies, concerts and the internet, young people are getting the message and doing more than just heading to the polls.
KOLR - KSFX Ozarks |
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Mobile Edge TSA Complaint Laptop Bags For Speedy Trips Through Security [Laptops]
We have known for quite some time that the TSA would allow companies to develop "checkpoint friendly" laptop cases—and now the first products are beginning to roll out to the masses. The ScanFast...
Gizmodo |
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Two Springs Men Arrested In Child Porn Case
Detectives found sexually exploitative images and videos of children on one man's laptop. The other man is a sexually violent predator, wanted in the state of Virginia.
KKTV 11 Colorado Springs |
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Federal prison sentence
Friday, July 18, 2008 at 4:50 p.m. ST. LOUIS, MO. -- A Nebraska man arrested thru the efforts of the Kirksville Police computer crime lab, was sentenced Friday in federal court in Saint Louis.
KTVO TV 3 Kirksville |
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IAC Raises $2 Billion in Debt to Finance Spinoff Plan (Update2)
July 18 (Bloomberg) -- IAC/InterActiveCorp , the Internet company controlled by Barry Diller , signed agreements to raise almost $2 billion to finance the spinoffs of three divisions, part of a plan to break up the company.
Bloomberg.com |
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iPhones hot even in places Apple has yet to reach
MOSCOW -- In the Soviet days, Russians asked their American friends to bring blue jeans, rock records and other Western goods into the country. Today Russians can buy almost anything they want here - but they are still begging for one item: Apple Inc.'s slick iPhone.
The Pantagraph |
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Big Yahoo investor backs current board
Legg Mason's decision to support the incumbent directors hinders activist investor Carl Icahn's efforts to overthrow the board.
CNN Money |
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At Last HOPE conference, everyone can hack it
Gathering in New York brings together the hacker community for sessions on hacking the usual (computer systems) and not so usual (the media, food, and sex).
CNET |
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Family Keeps Daughter's Killer In Spotlight
The parents of a woman killed 16 years ago said they won't stop keeping their daughter's killer in the spotlight via a Web site.
KSAT San Antonio |
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JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む
I’ve been a professional translator for over 10 years, and I have to admit that online dictionaries have saved me more than a few times. But as dictionaries and, more importantly, translating programs become ever more sophisticated, does that mean I will become obsolete?
Japan Today |
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A Market Overview of the Liberian Telecoms Industry: Including the Latest Key Statistics &
Adobe After Effects 7.0 Professional Edition for Windows (Rated by 11 users) Animate your ideas and create compelling motion graphics with enhanced visual effects with Adobe After Effects 7.0 Professional Edition for Windows.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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At Last HOPE conference, everyone can hack it
Gathering in New York brings together the hacker community for sessions on hacking the usual (computer systems) and not so usual (the media, food, and sex).
CNET |
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'Buffy' Creator Proves Doogie Howser Can Sing
All Things Considered , July 18, 2008 · This week, in an unusual first, television writer and producer Joss Whedon unveiled Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog , a musical comedy written for — and released exclusively on — the Internet.
NPR |
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Coming To A Computer Near You: A Virtual Law Firm
Craig Johnson, the Silicon Valley lawyer-entrepreneur who brought you the Venture Law Group, is onto his next big thing: a virtual law firm. Check out the LawFuel Jobs Network at http://www.lawfuel.com/law-jobs.asp
Law Fuel |
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Brad Cooper's attorney: 'He did not kill his wife'
Attorney Seth Blum says Nancy Cooper's husband couldn't sit by quietly and let "wild speculation" and "bizarre and unsupported theories" being reported on TV and the Internet.
WRAL.com Raleigh |
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Grant County Teen Missing For Three Weeks
The Grant County Sheriff's Department needs your help in locating a teenage girl missing for three weeks. Alise Westbrook, 17, disappeared on June 29 from her home in northern Grant County. Deputies say her mother last saw her at the computer, where she had been contacting strangers.
KTHV Little Rock |
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