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January 31, 2012 07:43:36
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"Facebook revealed earlier this month that every post and
comment by a U.S. user containing information about presidential
candidates will now be fed through a sentiment analysis tool.
According to the announcement, Facebook shares that information
exclusively with Politico."
preview.tinyurl.com/7cn3ru6
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January 31, 2012 05:25:44
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"The Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday to
bring its subsidy programs for low income families into the 21st
century by offering funds for basic broadband service for
financially disadvantaged Americans."
preview.tinyurl.com/7ca6xy8
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January 31, 2012 05:25:44
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"Behavioral economist Sendhil Mullainathan discusses how
data from your online searches can help not just advertisers, but
also economists in researching the state of the economy."
preview.tinyurl.com/86mgrja
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January 31, 2012 09:19:17
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"Google claims its new single privacy policy covering 60
services simplifies privacy for users, but the underlying data
sharing the new terms authorise has rattled government, regulators
and privacy advocates. "
preview.tinyurl.com/7cuab7v
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January 30, 2012 05:30:43
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"As businesses have come to rely more upon electronic
equipment such as servers and telecom switches, the problem of
keeping heat-sensitive IT equipment cool in heated buildings during
the winter months has become critical. Standard central air
conditioners may provide adequate cooling during warm months, but as
the buildings HVAC system switches to heating rather than cooling,
equipment can suffer from overheating. This can lead to costly
damage and system downtime."
preview.tinyurl.com/7t27r4x
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January 30, 2012 05:30:43
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"Only half of IT professionals believe that their
organization made its best effort to protect customer and consumer
information, according to a survey by credit reporting firm Experian
and research from the Ponemon Institute."
preview.tinyurl.com/74hl3bd
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January 30, 2012 05:30:43
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"The service will run continuous competitions until the Navy
installs CANES on all 286 ships and 60-plus submarines in the
fleet."
preview.tinyurl.com/7x68mcl
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January 30, 2012 05:30:43
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"Facebook has invested $210 million to build the first phase
of its new data center in Prineville, Oregon, which has a capacity
of 28 megawatts of power, the company and local economic development
officials revealed this week."
preview.tinyurl.com/73x7y3n
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January 30, 2012 05:30:43
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"Six former employees filed suit with the U.S. District
Court for the District of Columbia against the Food and Drug
Administration alleging the agency monitored their personal emails
warning Congress that risky medical devices had been approved, The
Washington Post has reported."
preview.tinyurl.com/7auebt7
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January 30, 2012 05:30:43
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"Cybersecurity has become a rapidly expanding priority for
the government as federal agencies, private companies and everyday
people come under persistent and increasingly sophisticated computer
attacks. As the government partners with private industry to monitor
and protect networks, sensitive personal data may be exposed."
preview.tinyurl.com/7awsjqz
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Categories:
ISP,
Internet,
Politics,
Security,
Cibercrime,
Military,
Privacy,
Law,
Ethics,
Utilities,
Infrastructure
January 30, 2012 05:30:43
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"CertiVox unveiled its PrivateSky Secure Information
Exchange (SIX) platform. The service provides protection for email,
files and other information sent via the cloud, through a two-factor
authentication process and a certificateless encryption
platform."
preview.tinyurl.com/7gsk8r2
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January 30, 2012 05:30:43
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"Yubico, the leading provider of simple, open online
identity protection, today announced that Goldsworth Primary School
has successfully deployed its authentication security suite. Easy to
use and cost-effective, the YubiKey-based solution is ideal for
schools with tight budgets."
preview.tinyurl.com/7l8gsee
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January 30, 2012 05:30:43
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"A new longitudinal study at the University of Massachusetts
at Dartmouth focusing on the online activities of the Inc. 500 has
found a huge drop in the number of companies maintaining corporate
blogs over the past year"
preview.tinyurl.com/7tgxx7h
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January 30, 2012 05:30:43
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"Children today reach puberty earlier and adulthood later.
The result: A lot of teenage weirdness. Alison Gopnik on how we
might readjust adolescence."
preview.tinyurl.com/7uc8q9g
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January 30, 2012 05:22:11
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"Most government employees do not consider their
usernames
and passwords to be hot commodities, but that attitude began to
change with a network attack on security contractor HBGary
Federal."
preview.tinyurl.com/73tkltv
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Categories:
Internet,
Politics,
Security,
Cibercrime,
Military,
Malware,
Privacy,
Business,
Finance,
Programing,
Ethics,
Infrastructure
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