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Sex chat gets area man 10 years
SCRANTON -- A 54-year-old Danville man was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in federal prison for using the Internet to "persuade, induce and entice a minor" to engage in illegal sex.
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iTunes App Store offers a wealth of clever software for your iPhone
Since the opening of the iTunes App Store, I’ve been downloading a wide variety of applications, and it’s been a blast. Sure, there are some duds being offered, but there are also diamonds in the rough and some full-fledged gems. This week, I thought I’d share some of the apps I like as a sampling of what’s being offered.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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Japan to begin inspection at US beef processing plants: reports
Japan is to begin inspection at US meatpacking plants this weekend after Washington concluded that human and computer error caused recent shipments of banned beef to Japan, news reports said on Saturday.
TurkishPress.com |
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Facebook ad program spurs privacy lawsuit
Facebook, the world's largest social-networking site, is facing a class-action lawsuit charging that its controversial advertising program violated online privacy and computer fraud laws.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Business Briefing
Ford adds Microsoft to its preferred vendor network ... N.Y. attorney general to file suit against Merrill Lynch ... Auto industry rebound helps boost July industrial output ... Netflix service back to normal after 3-day delay ... also, new top officers and shipping news.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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S.C. furniture salesman convicted of online scam
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- A South Carolina furniture salesman has been convicted in North Carolina of scamming hundreds of online customers out of millions of dollars.
Winston-Salem Journal |
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Smart phones are vulnerable, too
More small companies are allowing employees to use their personal smart phones for work. But that move could lead to big trouble, thanks to a new breed of hackers who are starting to target mobile phones.
The Charlotte Observer |
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Outages Force Cloud Computing Users To Rethink Tactics
IT departments scramble to devise backup plans following service disruptions at Amazon, Citrix, and Google.
InformationWeek |
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Child Porn Addict Gets 6-Year Term
Werner Bloch says he led a double life. The former teacher, dormitory supervisor and tennis coach at Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg had a secret habit: viewing and trading child pornography on the Internet.
The Tampa Tribune |
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Fire at Holiday Inn Express out
According to the hotel manager, a guest was charging a battery of a laptop computer and left the computer on the bed when the guest left the room. The battery overheated starting the fire.
Ludington Daily News |
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Rolling Review: Web 2.0 Tools Demand A Cautious Approach
Map out security and answer data ownership questions before you deploy.
InformationWeek |
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Friendster refocuses marketing efforts in Asia
Social networking pioneer Friendster is refocusing its marketing efforts to Asia after seeing its revolutionary concept being retooled to more outstanding results by rival upstarts Facebook and MySpace.
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Former Cabell school official denied parole
HUNTINGTON -- A circuit judge denied parole Friday in the case of a former Cabell County school superintendent convicted of trying to sexually solicit a teenager on the Internet.
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S.C. man convicted of wire fraud in N.C.
CHARLESTON — A South Carolina furniture salesman has been convicted in North Carolina of scamming hundreds of online customers out of millions of dollars. Henry Rayford Privette Jr., 49, of Johns Island, was convicted in federal court of 10 counts of wire fraud. The verdict was returned Wednesday in Elizabeth City, N.C. Prosecutors said Privette ran an Internet business in Calabash between ...
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‘To Catch a Predator’ free educational event set
The Women’s Board of Aultman Hospital invites the public to learn from NBC Correspondent Chris Hansen in person on Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. as he discusses his Dateline NBC segment “To Catch a Predator” and Internet safety around the country.
The Times-Reporter |
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IT to serve agriculture and rural development
VietNamNet Bridge - How to accelerate the application and development of information and telecoms technologies to serve the country’s socio-economic development, particularly agriculture and rural development and farmers, is the main topic of the 12th conference on IT opened in southern Can Tho city on August 15.
Vietnam Net |
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State Worker Accused Of Releasing Employee Info
A former state worker busted for releasing thousands of co-workers personal information. Authorities say it all started more than two months ago when she sent an email with more than five thousand names and social security numbers.
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Back To School And Back In The Network
Brook Custer giggles as she scours the rows of shiny new cellular phones at an Alltel wireless store in Brandon.
The Tampa Tribune |
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Man gets 10 months for importuning a minor
ELYRIA -- A Garfield man who thought he made contact on the Internet with a 15-year-old girl for the purpose of sex will be spending 10 months in prison.
The Morning Journal |
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Fire forces temporary evacuation at Holiday Inn
PERE MARQUETTE Twp. — Fire officials and hotel management say a laptop appears to be the source of a fire Friday afternoon at the Holiday Inn Express at 5323 W. U.S. 10.
Ludington Daily News |
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Edmond attorney Melinda L. Alizadeh-Fard will participate in the Oklahoma Bar Association’s inaugural Leadership Academy class selected from applicants throughout the state.
The Edmond Sun |
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Japan to begin inspection at US beef processing plants
TOKYO : Japan is to begin inspection at US meatpacking plants this weekend after Washington concluded that human and computer error caused recent shipments of banned beef to Japan, news reports said on Saturday.
Channel NewsAsia |
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Georgia Organization Helps Refugee Families Adjust to New Culture
ATLANTA (MyFOX Atlanta) – Getting back into the swing of school is always an adjustment, but for a child who has come to America has a refugee it can be difficult. The student may not even speak English, but is still expected to show up with a supply of notebooks, folders and dry-erase markers. Fortunately one group is there to make it a little easier.
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