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Entry blanks due
PRINCETON — Entry blanks for the upcoming Bureau County Fair are due by Monday. Entry blanks are due a week before the fair so the entries can be entered in the computer and the exhibit tags can be printed.
Bureau County Republican |
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Police Auction Bargains Online
Money Alert: Departments turning to internet
Local 12 Cincinnati |
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Faster Attacks Break DNS Patches in Under 10 Hours
The Internet remains vulnerable to exploits of a critical security flaw in the Domain Name System, a Russian programmer demonstrated last week. Writing on his blog on Friday, Evgeniy Polyakov posted that he had succeeded in getting patched DNS software to return an incorrect location in less than 10 hours. His work shows that DNS patches, which had appeared to solve the immediate problem, are ...
Enterprise Security Today |
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How the feds are locking down their networks
The federal government is locking down its networks through an ambitious and fast-paced effort to eliminate connections to the Internet that are vulnerable to attack. In the past nine months, the feds have reduced the number of external network connections they operate from more than 8,000 to about 2,700. By next year, the feds plan to have fewer than 100, many of them shared by ...
InfoWorld |
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Sheriff: Clear program laptop at SFO was stolen
A laptop containing the personal information of 33,000 applicants to a program that allows air travelers to bypass airport security lines was likely stolen then returned, not just misplaced for more than a week, investigators said Monday. Read comments
The Fresno Bee |
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A Ruling May Pave the Way for Broader Use of DVR
A new court ruling in New York said that the so-called network DVR, which records programs on a faraway computer rather than on the device itself, does not violate copyright law.
The Gadsden Times |
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No news is good news
PRINCETON — So far, so good. On Monday, Christopher Gabrys, environmental health assistant with the Bureau/Putnam County Health Department, announced no mosquito samples collected so far this year in the two-county area have tested positive for West Nile virus.
Bureau County Republican |
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Online Olympics offerings leave iPhones, some Macs out in the cold
The technologies used by NBC and AT&T to offer streaming coverage of the Summer Olympics aren’t compatible with the iPhone and PowerPC-based Macs.
Macworld |
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EFF Steps in to Defend MIT Subway Hackers
A San Francisco-based watchdog group has pledged to fight on behalf of three Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students whose presentation about vulnerabilities within the Boston transit system was canceled Saturday after Massachusetts authorities secured a temporary restraining order against the trio.
PC Magazine |
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Olympics Online, With a Hook
Microsoft is broadcasting the entire Olympics online in an effort to persuade people to download the software makers Silverlight browser plug-in.
The Gadsden Times |
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ASU, Raytheon receive $2 million grant from Science Foundation Arizona
Researchers at Arizona State University's Computer Science and Engineering Department along with those from Raytheon Missile Systems are expanding their computer capacity courtesy of a $2 million Science Foundation Arizona grant.
BizJournals |
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Tape Delay by NBC Faces End Run by Online Fans
NBCs decision about the opening ceremonies sent people to their computers to poke holes in a technological wall.
The Gadsden Times |
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Death threat to Bal Thackeray: search on for Kerala student
ALAPPUZHA: A Mumbai police team has arrived in Cherthala, near here, in search of a teenager who allegedly posted a death threat to Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Orkut, the popular Google-operated social networking site. Ajith (19), a ...
The Hindu |
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Patch for Web Security Hole Has Leaks of Its Own
A software patch intended to fix a serious flaw in the Internets workings now appears to have some gaping holes.
The Gadsden Times |
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Related Stories
Firewall vendors are scrambling to release a bug in their products that undoes part of a recent critical DNS patch. By Robert McMillan 02 Aug 2008 SAN FRANCISCO, 1 August 2008 - Nearly a month after a critical flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System was first reported, vendors of some of the most widely used firewall software are scrambling to fix a problem that can essentially undo part of ...
Computerworld Singapore |
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TSA Reinstates Verified Identity Pass, Inc. Clear(R) Registered Traveler Enrollment
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today that Verified Identity Pass -- operator of Clear® -- has met program encryption standards for enrollment computers and may resume Registered Traveler enrollment immediately.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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11 Charged in Theft of 41 Million Card Numbers
Authorities said the scheme was spearheaded by a Miami man who hacked into several retailers computer systems.
The Gadsden Times |
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HP delivers laptops and monitors for creative professionals
Computing giant HP today launched a range of new notebook PCs and monitors designed to provide creative professionals with improved picture quality for mobile working.
Infomatics |
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Only On 8: Brockport Plane Crash Survivor
Back to School... at what price? A few new shirts, a pair of shoes, and the basics like pens-pencils-notebooks. $100 or less is all it takes to send them back with what they need.
WROC Rochester |
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Massive ID theft targets consumers
RALEIGH – The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday that computer hackers may have stolen and sold more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers.
News 14 Carolina |
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New iPod Touch and MacBooks right around the corner
Apple is likely to announce a redesigned iPod Touch and slimmer MacBooks at an event in September, analysts said on Monday. The announcements -- scheduled ahead of the U.S. holiday shopping season -- could include price drops for the iPod Touch and MacBook laptops. Starting prices for the iPod Touch could fall to US$199 from $299 and for MacBooks starting prices could drop to $999 from ...
InfoWorld |
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New iPod Touch and MacBooks coming soon, analysts say
Apple is likely to announce a redesigned iPod Touch and slimmer MacBooks at an event in September, analysts said on Monday. The announcements -- scheduled ahead of the U.S. holiday shopping season -- could include price drops for the iPod Touch and MacBook laptops.
IT World |
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Credit Suisse Initiates Apple Coverage
On Friday, Credit Suisse announced that they are initiating coverage of Apple with an Outperform rating and a target price in 12 months of US$200.00. Apple's changing iPhone business model is seen as a positive move for profitability
The Mac Observer |
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Patched DNS servers still vulnerable to cache poisoning
But the sky won't fall just yet Large swaths of the internet remain at risk from a potentially crippling vulnerability in the net's address lookup system even after installing emergency patches, a researcher has warned.…
The Register |
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Wizzard Announces Revenue Growth in the Second Quarter of 2008
Wizzard Software (AMEX: WZE) announced today that it posted revenues for the second quarter of 2008 of $1,465,874, a 3% increase over revenues of $1,428,097 in the second quarter of 2007. During the six month period ended June 30, 2008, Wizzard recorded revenues of $3,134,352, a 46% increase over revenues of $2,154,023 for the same period in 2007.
Centre Daily Times |
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