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Students’ subway security talk canceled by court order
By Michael McGraw-Herdeg and Marissa Vogt STAFF REPORTER Three MIT students will not be presenting their security research at the annual DEF CON hacker convention this weekend because of a temporary restraining order filed by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on Friday afternoon. The students — legally represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit advocacy group — ...
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Model Lotus is off the scale
The Lotus Evora has already been cut down to size – with this 1:64-scale model. Bosses at the Norfolk firm worked with toy giant Matchbox for nine months to make the 2+2 as accurate as possible. The miniature Evora even used the same computer modelling data.
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eBay store benefits in weak economy
A West Knoxville store that sales items on ebay for customers is staying busy. They are seeing Christmas numbers in August.
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Phishing scam hits Paris area
One of the most aggressive telephone “phishing scams” in recent years targeted Paris area residents last week, and Paris Police Department moved quickly to shut it down.
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Online classes fit Valley students' schedules
Dodie Gildea sat behind a laptop in a Scottsdale resort conference room Wednesday waiting for potential students to check out the virtual classroom she had to offer.
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Computers na gagamitin para sa ARMM elections bukas, handang-handa na
Kasado na ang computer machines na gagamitin ng Comelec bukas para sa halalan sa autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Para sa Maguindanao gagamitin ang makinang direct recording electronic o DRE...
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Abacus case cost taxpayers $285,000
It cost Hall County taxpayers $285,000 in legal and accounting fees for the Abacus computer billing case that supervisors settled this week for $30,000.
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Striped hard drives and quiet laptops: New technology products
Striped designs: External hard drives from ToshibaNeuss, Germany - Toshiba has announced plans to introduce three new external hard drives in late August. The 2.5 inch devices offer up to 160, 250, and 320 gigabytes of storage space respectively, con...
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Pick the computer monitor that's right for you
Munich - Monitors frame our relationship with our computers and a great computer is only as good as its monitor. That's why it's important to ask yourself: What do I want to do with this computer before purchasing, says Jaroslav Smycek of the Hanno...
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Most senior citizens have neither a mobile phone nor computer
Berlin - Most German senior citizens -or 58 per cent of those over 65 - have neither a mobile phone nor computer while the figure plunges to 5 per cent in the 14- to 29-year age group, a study by the researcher Aris for BITKOM, a technology industry ...
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Computer and internet briefs
Washington - If you have made the move to Windows Vista but find the performance of the new operating system lacking, make sure you have enough memory. Although 512 MB of RAM is the official minimum requirement for Vista, 1 gigabyte (GB) is the realist...
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Rice wins individual medley Olympic gold
Australia's Stephanie Rice has won the gold medal and broken the world record in the women's 400m medley at the Beijing Olympics. AAP Ads from Yahoo! Search Marketing:
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Simple steps to protect yourself from ID theft / Be vigilant in checking statements, and monitor your credit report
It is the largest case of identity theft in the country. More than 41 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen by an international ring that hacked into the computer networks of nine national retail chains, including Barnes & Noble, BJ's Wholesale...
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NEC introduces two new notebook models
KUCHING: NEC Computers Asia Pacific, Japan’s No.1 PC brand, recently rolled out two new models – the S5600 and S3500 – from its NEC Versa range of notebooks.
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How To: Buy Her Jewelry
Like this list? Buzz Up on Yahoo! How to buy jewelry for your girl For many guys, buying jewelry for a woman is intimidating and discouraging.
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Medeco High Security M3 Locks Hacked With Easy Credit Card Trick [Hacks]
With all the hacks going on this weekend at DefCon, the world's largest annual hacker convention, perhaps the most embarrassingly easy to crack was Medeco's high-security locks. According to a group...
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Sound Artist Janet Cardiff's First Solo Exhibition in the Northwest
Janet Cardiff, The Forty Part Motet (A Re-working of Spem in Alium Nunquam Habui 1573, by Thomas Tallis), 2001. Installation view at Tacoma Art Museum, 2008. 40 loudspeakers mounted on stands, placed in an oval, amplifiers, and playback computer, 14-minute loop with 11 minutes of music and 3 minutes of intermission.
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Mediacom internet expected to be back up by midnight
A device that sends information out to Mediacom internet customers failed Saturday afternoon at the master control center in Moline causing thousands of customers in Rock Island, Scott and Clinton counties to lose internet service for several hours.
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Area arrests for Aug. 10
• Kenneth Mitchell Bartley Jr., 23, 74 Love Drive, Chatsworth, was charged Friday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with simple battery and criminal attempt at kidnapping.
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Phelps wins gold in world record time
Michael Phelps of the United States has won the Olympic Games men's 400m individual medley gold medal in a new world record time. (MORE to come ...) Ads from Yahoo!
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Bobby Burns: A comment on online comments heralds changes to come
The comments readers leave at the bottom of stories on reflector.com can be a source of aggravation.
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iPhones-Macintosh computers become apples of hackers' eyes
A 3G iPhone is displayed in this file photo. Security specialists said Saturday that hackers are taking increasing aim at iPhones and Macintosh computers as the hot-selling Apple devices gain popularity worldwide.
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iPhones-Macintosh computers become apples of hackers' eyes
LAS VEGAS, Nevada: Security specialists said Saturday that hackers are taking increasing aim at iPhones and Macintosh computers as the hot-selling Apple devices gain popularity worldwide.
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iPhones-Macintosh computers become apples of hackers' eyes
Security specialists said Saturday that hackers are taking increasing aim at iPhones and Macintosh computers as the hot-selling Apple devices gain popularity worldwide.
AFP via Yahoo! News |
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Olympic sailing to be online
Annapolis resident Gary Jobson has spearheaded the sailing coverage on NBC for the last four Summer Olympic Games. He is about to enter uncharted territory.
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