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State files suit against furniture maker
A state consumer-protection lawsuit against an Internet-based furniture company came as a surprise, the Petersburg company's owner said. "What really hurts is people thinking I'm underhanded," said Mark McCracken, owner of HomeSpun Home Fashions, which did business as Cratefurniture.com. McCracken was reached at his home. A call to HomeSpun's business phone gets a message advising callers that ...
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North Little Rock CrimeWatch
Summary: In a residential burglary, $2,840 worth of electronics equipment, including two portable computers, were stolen.
Sherwood Voice |
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Novel ways to steal data
Want to break into the computer network in an ultra-secure building? Ship a hacked iPhone there to a nonexistent employee and hope the device sits in the mailroom, scanning for wireless connections. How about stealing someone's computer passwords? Forget trying to fool the person into downloading a malicious program that logs keystrokes. A tiny microphone hidden near the keyboard could do the ...
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Posted: 03-08-2008 , 06:16 GMT
MobileAccess Networks, a leading global provider of multi-service indoor wireless solutions for operators and hospitality establishments, has announced today (August 03, 2008) the opening of its new regional office in Dubai Internet City (DIC), the world's largest managed ICT cluster.
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Consumers fed up with twinkle of gadgets
NEW YORK Twinkle, twinkle, little Internet router. And cell phone. And digital video recorder. And cable modem. And game console. And power strip. And TV -- even though it's turned off. Turn off the lamps in a living room or bedroom today, and chances are good the room will still be aglow with the tiny diode lights of a half-dozen gadgets.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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China's strong march
Marius Kloppers made a family gamble on China seven years ago, well before its industrial machine began to shake the world. "I took a view that China was going to be a world power," said the BHP Billiton chief executive. "My kids started learning Mandarin when they were four years old."
Thursday Magnet |
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World rushes Internet for news of Beijing Olympics
One site, Big News Network.com hosted a record number of visitors to its site Friday, when it recorded visits by 188,166 unique users.
Calcutta News |
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Alzheimer's Breakthroughs? Don't Believe Everything You Read
We often joke that if we had a penny for every claim of a "breakthrough" for Alzheimer's, maybe there'd be a breakthrough for Alzheimer's. Newspapers, magazines, and the Internet are replete stories making such promises, and it's common to come across articles hailing experimental treatments , miracle foods, new screening tools, powerful brain scans, or challenging cognitive activities that ...
ThirdAge |
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IT spending in the GCC to exceed AED 33 billion in 2008
IT spending in the GCC is expected to exceed AED 33 billion in 2008, representing a 15 per cent growth in comparison to 2007, according to a report by research firm IDC. The rising IT spending in the region has been mainly driven by the burgeoning hardware market, which comprised 62.1 per cent of the entire industry, bumping off the services sector at 24.3 per cent and the packaged software ...
Mena Report |
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Cable&Wireless expands its global presence with new MPLS network in Middle East
Cable&Wireless today announced the deployment of an extensive telecommunications network (MPLS) across the Middle East to better serve the needs of its enterprise customers currently based in or planning to move to the region.
Mena Report |
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North Little Rock CrimeWatch
Summary: In a residential burglary, $2,840 worth of electronics equipment, including two portable computers, were stolen.
Jacksonville Patriot |
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Pravda, Sutor, and IBM Linux
I've just read a Linuxworldpresentation, by IBM's Bob Sutor, that left me frothing - it's slyly anti-Sun and, I think, just as fundamentally counter-productive and wrong-headed as their collective response to SCO. by Paul Murphy
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Yahoo to let users opt out of ad tracking
Yahoo to implement ad-tracker opt out Facing privacy pressure from Congress, Yahoo Inc. said Friday that it will institute a system to let consumers opt out of ads on its site that target their Web browsing behavior. Behavioral targeting is a technology that...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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The AOL flub has analysts revisiting Google
Following an announcement by Google that its $1 billion stake in AOL has lost significant value, analysts on Friday debated whether Google's larger strategy beyond its core search business is faltering. Google invested $1 billion in AOL in 2005 to secure its...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Vegas hacker conference attracts pranksters
For the second year in a row, reporters at the BlackHat and DefCon security conferences in Las Vegas have been kicked out for, well, hacking. This year, three French reporters from Global Security Magazine, one of BlackHat's sponsors, had their badges seized...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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'Cloud computing' trend heightens privacy risks
A US military computer science professor has warned that a trend to push software into the "clouds" exacerbates privacy risks as people trust information to the Internet.
PhysOrg |
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US intelligence alerts travelers to cyber spies
A US intelligence office Friday warned Americans traveling to the Beijing Olympics or elsewhere to expect cyber spies to surreptitiously compromise their laptops, cellphones, and other electronic devices.
PhysOrg |
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Yahoo to let visitors decline more targeted ads
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. will let its Web visitors decline ads targeted to their browsing habits, becoming the latest Internet company to break from a common industry practice as Congress steps up scrutiny of customized advertising and consumer privacy.
PhysOrg |
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Hackers mull physical attacks on a networked world
(AP) -- Want to break into the computer network in an ultra-secure building? Ship a hacked iPhone there to a nonexistent employee and hope the device sits in the mailroom, scanning for nearby wireless connections.
PhysOrg |
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Yahoo to let users opt out of ad tracking
Yahoo to implement ad-tracker opt out Facing privacy pressure from Congress, Yahoo Inc. said Friday that it will institute a system to let consumers opt out of ads on its site that target their Web browsing behavior. Behavioral targeting is a technology that...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Vegas hacker conference attracts pranksters
For the second year in a row, reporters at the BlackHat and DefCon security conferences in Las Vegas have been kicked out for, well, hacking. This year, three French reporters from Global Security Magazine, one of BlackHat's sponsors, had their badges seized...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Hi-tech thieves target Olympics
Security firms warn people to be on their guard as cyber thieves prepare attacks that centre around the Beijing games.
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Google 'gadgets' called gateways for hackers
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. Hackers turned computer security specialists accuse Google of setting users up for online disasters by letting them personalise home pages with applications that could be tainted.
Mail and Guardian |
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Website blocking for your own good, Games chiefs tell Chinese
Olympic Games organisers say their controversial decision to block internet sites was taken to protect Chinese youngsters.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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Tech geeks' creations turn up on the runway instead of information highway
The clothing industry presents challenges they've never faced. Still, 'It's the perfect marriage of my love of interactive design and my love of fashion and design,' one entrepreneur says. Tech geeks and fashion usually clash. Think pocket protectors, hiked-up pants and T-shirts festooned with inside jokes for software coders.
Los Angeles Times |
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