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5 killed in massacre in Quezon province - report
MANILA, Philippines - At least five people, four of them children, were hacked dead while on their home from a fair in Atimonan town in Quezon province Thursday night, a radio report said.
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Child porn filters to cut Aussie broadband speeds
The Federal Government is distancing itself from some results in this week’s ISP-level content filtering study, as industry criticism mounts over the test methodology.
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Olympic Internet Confusion
Today the International Olympic Committee Press Chairman says a deal about uncensored Internet access in Beijing was done without him. “I’m concerned that the international media, who we rely on for reporting the games, has been caught by surprise that for me is unacceptable."
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Clearwater Middle School Teacher Faces Child Porn Charges
Investigators have arrested a Clearwater middle school teacher on charges that he had child pornography on his home computer. Aaron J. Stewart, who teaches at Clearwater Intermediate Middle School, was arrested by law enforcement agents with the CyberCrime Task Force today.
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Black Hat Talk on Apple Encryption Flaw Pulled
A security researcher who was set to speak at the Black Hat hacker convention in Las Vegas next week on a previously undiscovered flaw in Apple's FileVault encryption system has canceled his talk, citing confidentiality agreements with the Cupertino computer maker. Charles Edge, a researcher from Georgia, had been slated to discuss his research on a weakness that could be used to defeat ...
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Al-Qaeda Commander Says Bagram Escapee Killed in Air Strike
Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- One of four al-Qaeda militants who escaped from a U.S. prison in Afghanistan three years ago was killed in an air strike, the terrorist network said in a statement, according to a U.S.-based intelligence group.
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NEC Shares Drop Most in 20 Years After Quarterly Profit Falls
Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- NEC Corp. , Japan's largest personal- computer maker, dropped the most in 20 years after first-quarter profit fell 50 percent on lower orders for network equipment, and UBS AG and Deutsche Bank AG cut their ratings on the stock.
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China criticises US over censorship demands
Chinese Olympics officials have knocked the US over human rights and censorship issues, insisting Internet censorship will remain.
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After facing shareholders, Yang must fulfill promises
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang will face a tough crowd at Friday's shareholders meeting, but the expected tongue-lashing is likely the least of his worries as he stares at the towering list of promises he has made and must fulfill.
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Intel plots a Web 2.0 play with Facebook
Intel on Thursday said it would supply chips and programming tools to power Facebook servers, which Intel hopes will bring it a larger presence in the burgeoning Web 2.0 market.
IT World |
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A photo that can steal your Facebook account
At the Black Hat computer security conference in Las Vegas next week, researchers will demonstrate software they've developed that could steal online credentials from users of popular Web sites such as Facebook, eBay and Google.
IT World |
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Recent Original Stories
Indonesia's Ministry of Research and Technology Thurday said it will implement a Java Desktop System on Linux as a national-standard desktop, customed-designed for its own culture.
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Senators write to IOC on China's spying
WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) -- Two U.S. senators called on the International Olympic Committee Thursday to abandon an Internet censorship agreement it reportedly reached with China.
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Scrabble-like game gets new name, look
KOLKATA, India, July 31 (UPI) -- The Kolkata, India, creators of an Internet game pulled due to similarities to Hasbro's Scrabble have replaced it with a similar program, players say.
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Donated laptops connects Immokalee students with success
More than just radiating excitement about graduating from a pilot program, 38 Immokalee soon-to-be fourth and fifth-graders were thrilled about having their own laptop computers.
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Comstock Park Man Pleads Guilty To Insurance Scam
KENT COUNTY — A man from Comstock Park made up fake auto insurance certificates and sold them at bargain prices. He's now pled guilty to a six count felony: Producing fake insurance certificates and using a computer to commit a crime.
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In a recent podcast Steve Gibson of grc.com has drawn attention to a detailed report
[.pdf] by engineers at Symantec who demonstrate that Windows Vista contains a completely virgin network stack that has been programmed from the ground up.
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Software offers dissection by mouse
A startup Scottsdale company hopes to revolutionize medical education by developing a software program that might eliminate the need for cadavers in training physicians and surgeons.
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Recent Original Stories
"Until yesterday, there were 4 different variations of the Aqua theme used by Apple for OS X: the standard Aqua theme, the new Platinum theme, the much distained Brushed Metal theme, and the funky Woody theme.
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DA asks TBI to see if blog info was a crime
As Memphis sues to get the name of an Internet blogger critical of police, a prosecutor has asked the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to determine whether a crime has been committed.
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Rogersville man charged with providing porn to minor
A 33-year-old Rogersville man has been charged with providing pornography to a minor after he sent material over the Internet to a Stone County Deputy who was posing as an underage girl, the Stone County Sheriff's office said in a news release.
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Small shareholders get a chance to question Yahoo's Yang
After successfully fending off takeover attempts by Microsoft and billionaire Carl Icahn, Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang could face a new group of critics Friday: Mom and pop shareholders.
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10:50 a.m. -- Cable companies will ensure no sites on their servers host child porn
10:50 a.m. — The National Cable & Telecommunications Association, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the National Association of Attorneys General signed an agreement regarding distribution of child pornography on the Internet, according to the Office of the Attorney General.
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Roaming Revisited: The Challenge of Wireless Broadband
When we’re talking on our cell phones and either walking or driving (using a hands-free device, of course!) around town or long-distance, most of us never think about the complexity behind the scenes that allows us to continue our call regardless of which cell tower is handling the call.
BillingWorld |
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Steve Carell and Seth Rogen as the new Ghostbusters?
According to an Internet rumor, funnymen Steve Carell and Seth Rogen may join a new version of the comedy classic Ghostbusters.
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