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Cloud computing: a new horizon

Cloud computing: a new horizon

Technology / Hi Tech

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

The outlook is bleak for laptops, hard drives and desktops - clouds are on the horizon and could change the way we use computers forever. For some, the ‘cloud’ is just the latest technological craze, but for ...


'Credit Crunch' Will Hit Retirees in Unequal Ways

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 09, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- How severely retirees will be affected by the continuing financial crisis and subsequent "credit crunch" depends to a considerable extent on the kinds of retirement plans they rely on for retirement income, ...


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Twitter hacked by old technique -- again

Technology / Internet

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(AP) -- Breaking into someone's e-mail can be child's play for a determined hacker, as Twitter Inc. employees have learned the hard way - again.


Investigators in the United States and Egypt have smashed a computer "phishing" identity theft scam

FBI smashes US-Egypt cyber 'phishing' ring

Technology / Internet

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Investigators in the United States and Egypt have smashed a computer "phishing" identity theft scam described as the biggest cyber-crime investigation in US history, officials said Wednesday.


Sorting diamonds from toothbrushes: New guide to protecting personal information

Technology / Other

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Thefts of personally identifiable information (PII), such as social security and credit card account numbers, are increasing dramatically. Adding to the difficulty of fighting this problem, organizations often disagree on ...


Marching to the beat of the same drum improves teamwork

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Armies train by marching in step. Religions around the world incorporate many forms of singing and chanting into their rituals. Citizens sing the National Anthem before sporting events. Why do we participate in these various ...


Identifying ID theft and fraud

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If the wife of FBI boss Robert Mueller has warned him not to use internet banking because of the threat of online fraud, then what hope is there for the average Jo? The results of research published in a forthcoming issue ...


Swedish service performs your last online wishes (AP)

Swedish service performs your last online wishes

Technology / Internet

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Sunniva Geertinger was devastated when her boyfriend took his life early this year.


Sports franchises have been quick to embrace Twitter

Technology / Internet

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sports fans are always looking for more news, insider information and opportunities for trash talking about their favorite teams. Those with accounts on social messaging system Twitter.com are getting that kind of satisfaction ...


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Concerns raised as LA looks to Google Web services

Technology / Internet

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- Security and privacy concerns have been raised over a multimillion-dollar proposal by Los Angeles to tap Google Inc.'s Internet-based services for government e-mail, police records and other confidential ...


Judge rules in Palin e-mail case

Technology / Internet

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- A judge ruled Wednesday that the Alaska governor's office can use private e-mail accounts to conduct state business, as former Gov. Sarah Palin sometimes did.


Businesses vulnerable to cyber attacks

Technology / Internet

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most of us think cyber crooks cast their phishing lines mostly to try to hook everyday consumers. But some businesses across the country have seen hundreds of thousands of dollars vanish from their bank accounts after cyber ...


Twitter co-founder Biz Stone says Twitter is still looking for ways to make money despite taking the world by storm

Twitter still seeking ways to cash in

Technology / Internet

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Micro-blogging pioneer Twitter is still looking for ways to make money despite taking much of the world by storm, co-founder Biz Stone said.


Not all is lost on the Sidekick: contacts recouped

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- T-Mobile Sidekick phones that lost the information stored on them now can at least get the contact lists back.


Web-based e-mail features come to desktop software

Technology / Internet

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- E-mail has taken a full circle. Over the years, Web-based e-mail services have gotten much better, sporting many features once available only with the e-mail programs that reside on the computer desktop.



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