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Donora author gets house arrest for child rape stories
A federal judge today sentenced a Washington County woman to probation and house arrest for posting sexually explicit stories about children being kidnapped, raped and murdered on the Internet.
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Five games you love that should go MMO
Forget the tedious grinding and throw out the goblins. These would be the coolest online games ever made
Games Radar |
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Middle Village Resident Charged With Murder
A Middle Village man allegedly shot and killed two drug dealers last month, then hacked up their bodies and dumped the parts near his parents’ Coram, L.I. home, according to police.
Queens Chronicle |
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Hackers Target Google Gadgets
LAS VEGAS -- One of the biggest problems with the so-called Web 2.0 movement has been its encouragement of oversharing -- which often means underestimating security risks. Adding doodads of varying quality to a home page can add a lot of pizazz, but can also be fraught with danger, since they can open a door for hackers. ...
CommunicationsDirect |
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Apple Issues iPhone 2.0.1 Firmware Update
Apple Inc. this week rolled out a firmware upgrade for its iPhone family to fix apparent bugs within the smartphone's software. Version 2.0.1 is available by connecting the device to its host computer, launching iTunes, and clicking the "Update" button. The iPhone 3G update can also be manually downloaded here, and...
CommunicationsDirect |
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Coral8 and Actuate Sign Marketing and Technology Agreement
From the Actuate International Users Conference, Coral8 Inc., a provider of Complex Event Processing (CEP) software, today announced a technology alliance with Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTU), the leader in delivering Rich Internet Applications ...
ebizQ.net |
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Conn. regs reject CL&P request after billing error
(AP:BERLIN, Conn.) State regulators have rejected Connecticut Light & Power's request to recoup losses it incurred from a computer-related billing mistake.
INO News |
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GO launch new quad-play retail outlet in Valletta
GO, Malta’s only quad-play telecoms provider, official inaugurated its latest quad-play retail outlet in Valletta from which customers can now get their mobile, telephone, Internet and television services under one roof.
di-ve |
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Spammers leverage interest in Olympics
Public interest in the Olympic Games is helping spammers, who are using text related to the games in e-mails to get users to click through to their malware and phishing Web sites, or to go to product sites, according to an executive at Symantec.
Network World |
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MLB Trust money gets computers for kids
The Major League Baseball Trust presented ALL of Us Care in Sharpsburg with a $10,000 grant to upgrade its computer lab. read more »
The Herald |
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News Asia-Pacific
A video purportedly from an armed group based in western China has released a video threatening an attack on the Olympic games in Beijing, according to a US internet-monitoring group.
Aljazeera |
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Government Computer News
iRobot Corp. has introduced the iRobot Negotiator, a robot designed to perform reconnaissance functions for police and fire departments and domestic security professionals.
Government Computer News |
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Government Computer News
Communication is critical for first responders. Unfortunately, disaster sites often are riddled with radio dead spots.
Government Computer News |
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Senate has to turn over copy of Shepherd's computer calendar
The Louisiana Senate has until August 18 to turn over copies of calendars stored on the computer of a lawmaker awaiting trial in a money laundering case.
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Card-playing bots could doom online poker
The premise underlying online poker is that all players are humans. But with the growing availability of free poker "bot" downloads, it is becoming difficult to detect whether a player is real or a possibly unbeatable bot.
EETimes |
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Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 To Manufacturing
Microsoft announced Wednesday that the 2008 version of SQL Server, its data-management and business-intelligence platform, has been released to manufacturing.
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News |
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Connecticut regulators reject power company's bid to recoup losses from billing mistake
BERLIN, Conn. (AP) - State regulators have rejected Connecticut Light & Power's request to recoup losses it incurred from a computer-related billing mistake.
Canadian Business |
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Looking inside the Storm worm botnet
On Wednesday, Joe Stewart, Director of Malware Research for SecureWorks, presented his work on protocols and encryption used by the Storm worm botnet at Black Hat 2008.
CNET via Yahoo! News |
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Memo to Next President: How to Get Cyber Security Right
Obama has a cyber security plan. It's basically what you would expect : Appoint a national cyber security advisor, invest in math and science education, establish standards for critical infrastructure, spend money on enforcement, establish national standards for securing personal data and data-breach disclosure, and work with industry and academia to develop a bunch of needed ...
Wired News |
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Over £2m spent on festival tickets
More than £2 million has already been spent on tickets for events at the prestigious Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), it has been revealed. Organisers of the 2008 festival, which opens on Friday, have also seen record-breaking internet sales.
Paisley Daily Express |
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Cleartrip.com, India's Favorite Online Travel Agency, Launches ITA Software's QPX Airfare Pricing and Shopping System
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.----ITA Software, Inc., the leading provider of innovative Software as a Service solutions to the travel industry, today announced that Cleartrip.com, India’s favorite online travel agency, has launched QPX, the industry’s premier management system for airfare pricing and shopping.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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GamersGate Signs Exclusive Deal on Selected 1C Titles
The companies announce their Q4 2008 to Q1 2009 lineup. August 7, 2008 - Leading digital download portal GamersGate today announced the addition of yet another publisher giant to the the digital download network, effective immediately.
IGN PC |
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Verio Donates Free Websites
August 7, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Verio agreed to host 18 Ann Arbor, Michigan charity web sites until January 2010, giving them the opportunity to understand how online presence can help them gain wider support and connect with their members.
Web Host Industry Review |
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WDR Chooses Fairlight
German broadcaster istalls five Xynergi systems. DMN Newswire--2008-8-7--The speed and flexibility of Fairlight's Xynergi desktop Media Creation System has inspired German public broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) to install five of the systems in its facilities in Cologne.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Laptop accelerometers used to detect earthquakes
A number of laptops now have sensors inside them that can detect when they are being dropped. They can then quickly secure the hard drive read/write head so as not to damage the disc. But scientists have found another use for these accelerometers, and they are now being utilized in a system known as the [...]
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