Majority of Web users share personal data online
LONDON - Although 84% of Internet users claim they never give
out personal details online, the reality is very different, said AOL
LLC. According to research conducted by the Web portal, 89% of Internet
users have at some point willingly given away personal details online,
highlighting that although surfers may understand the dangers of data
[...]
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Foreclosed Houses For Sale - Investment Real Estate
Foreclosed houses for sale present a valuable opportunity for
investors to purchase this real estate. Fix it, sell it for a profit,
rent it or live in it. There are many reasons why investors are
presently looking to this market for their housing needs and the most
important is price. Because the bottom has fallen [...]
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Heartland data breach sparks security concerns in payment industry
The lack of details surrounding the potentially massive data
breach that Heartland Payment Systems Inc. disclosed this week is
fueling questions and concerns within the payment processing industry
about the exact nature of the security compromise. The concerns also are
being driven by the fact that Princeton, N.J.-based Heartland is one of
the largest processors of [...]
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Food poisoning outbreaks could prove a boon to RFID
Recent national outbreaks of E.coli and salmonella poisoning are
likely to prompt government mandates requiring that food products be
tracked throughout their life cycles - and that could prove to be a boon
for radio frequency identification technologies. The new mandates would
come just as other first-generation track-and-trace tools start to
spread through the [...]
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BlackBerry's Storm is awkward and disappointing
BlackBerry fans who've been yearning for a touch-based handset à
la the iPhone now have one. But the BlackBerry Storm, which Verizon
Wireless plans to start selling on Friday for $250 with a two-year
contract, might not be the smart phone of their dreams. The decision by
Research In Motion to differentiate the Storm by giving [...]
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What's it really about?
Science fiction isn't (as a rule) about predicting the future,
and science fiction writers aren't trying to predict it. "No sensible
science fiction writer tries to predict anything," says Frederick Pohl,
whose work includes the classic The Space Merchants (written with Cyril
M. Kornbluth), Man Plus and most recently The Last Theorem, co-authored
with the late [...]
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1. The Security Imperative
Leslie Lambert, vice president and chief information security
officer at Sun Microsystems Inc., returned from a three-week business
trip to India with a few souvenirs and a whole new set of IT security
priorities for 2009. India is home to 29 of Sun's 250 managed services
providers. Economic troubles there have made it harder for [...]
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Seagate releases new firmware for broken hard drives
Seagate Technology LLC has now released new firmware for all
models of hard drives affected by a software flaw, the company said
today. Seagate has published detailed instructions for how
administrators can identify the model of hard drive in service and
whether it needs a firmware upgrade. Models affected are the Barracuda
7200.11, ES.2 SATA and [...]
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Good deal or risky business?
It was five years coming, but the battery of my ThinkPad R50
finally met its maker. On a recent trip, it conked out after powering
the notebook for only half an hour - three hours short of what I'm used
to getting out it. Now it refuses to be recharged at all. Clearly, it's
time [...]
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