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November 29, 2012 10:10:04
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"The study exposed that greater than 10% of merchants
store magnetic stripe track data, essential for the illegal
reproduction of credit and debit cards. Financial, hospitality,
and retail industries accounted for 55% of the total unencrypted
payment card data storage among businesses tested."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/c2ggvnp
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November 29, 2012 10:10:04
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"The review, published in the December issue of
Nutrition Reviews, encompassed 24 controlled clinical trials,
spanning the 1920s to the 1980s, on approximately 3,000 children
in several countries. These trials showed that vitamin D was
associated with an approximately 50 percent reduction in the
incidence of tooth decay."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/bqt8685
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November 29, 2012 10:10:04
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"The Dutch government says it is planning to make it a
crime for a suspect in a child sex abuse or terrorism case to
refuse to help decrypt a computer when ordered to do so by
prosecutors."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/cexg9km
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November 29, 2012 10:10:04
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"Facebook's active-user count is rapidly approaching one
billion. The world's largest social network, which has long been
a popular target for cybercriminals, will only become a more
relevant outlet for scams and other fraud as it continues to
grow. While the target grows, so too does the need to secure our
accounts.quot;
http://preview.tinyurl.com/cmedbot
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November 29, 2012 10:10:04
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"With 30.5 miles of mountain bike routes, the Itusi
Trail is the most extensive public or private mountain bike
trail system in the Charlotte region"
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ctk4qq8
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November 27, 2012 01:17:25
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"It’s an interesting battle to watch, and not only
because of the different companies vying for control. Technology
is developing so fast that NFC may already be yesterday’s news.
We’re clearly still in the learning phase, with each solution
providing valuable lessons for the next. Offerings are also
moving from payment only to payment + additional value.And I
think that “additional value” is the key to making mobile
payments work."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/c5yepx4
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November 27, 2012 07:22:44
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"The one-penny increase, to 56.5 cents, will bring a
smidgen of relief to businesses and independent contractors who
are coping with generally higher gasoline and diesel prices. It
will be the first increase since mid-2011, when the agency upped
the rate to 55.5 cents from 51 cents."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/cy4mt7z
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November 27, 2012 07:06:50
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"Microsoft has two kinds of client access licenses, or
CALs. One is a "device CAL" and it covers each device, no matter
how many employees use that device. This is good for companies
where one PC is shared by many employees, such as a PC in a
nurse's station or a warehouse. The other is a "user CAL" and it
covers each employee, no matter how many devices that employee
uses. This is good for companies who want to let their employees
access work files and emails from home computers, tablets, and
smartphones."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/br7hwyu
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November 27, 2012 06:51:03
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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This article brought me back to my cycling senses...I was in
bad need of this advice!
"The problem is that more often than not these bikes are
being ridden on trails that don't require that level of
forgiveness, and the riders aboard them have somehow convinced
themselves that the opposite is true. The reality is that while
some of you may go slightly slower on a shorter travel bike, I
can almost guarantee that you'll have more fun."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/bvtdf9h
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November 26, 2012 09:46:13
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"SCADA software, which is used to run systems at
utilities, manufacturing plants and other critical points, has
become a key target recently for security researchers as well as
attackers and politicians. There have been relatively few
documented attacks against SCADA installations, compared to the
general population of Web apps or enterprise software, but they
have happened. One well-known example would be the Stuxnet worm,
which targeted Siemens software installed at the Natanz
enrichment facility in Iran."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/d4te7rv
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November 26, 2012 07:06:13
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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Things of healthcare to come?
"A new system of “virtual clinics” is being planned
in
which GPs connect with patients via iPads and Skype, an idea
that NHS bosses are importing from India."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/bvoko87
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November 26, 2012 07:06:13
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"Narilam spreads via USB flash drives and network
shares. Once inside the system, the worm searches for SQL
databases that are accessible via the Object Linking and
Embedding Database (OLEDB) API. Rather than steal found target
data for intelligence purposes, the worm proceeds to modify or
delete the data and can, says Symantec, cause considerable
damage. Stuxnet similarly served no intelligence purpose and was
designed to sabotage its target – an uranium enrichment facility
in Natanz, Iran."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/d99tknm
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November 26, 2012 07:06:13
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"Networking giant Cisco has announced plans to purchase
a company called Meraki for $1.2 billion in cash and retention
incentives. Meraki makes Wi-Fi networking technology that
appeals to many small to mid-size enterprises."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/cl4g3jz
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November 26, 2012 07:06:13
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will
likely be the next government agency to abandon RIM's BlackBerry
platform. The agency wants to replace its aging BlackBerry
smartphones with iPhones."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/czmcxch
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November 26, 2012 07:06:13
Posted By Carl Engelbrecht
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"The Volt is, in many ways, a natural fit for hacker car
enthusiasts. GM already heavily "gamifies" the Volt with its
Driver Information Center, a dashboard display providing
immediate visual feedback on how efficiently the car is being
driven. The car is also heavily instrumented for OnStar, which
gives drivers access to performance information and other data
through its RemoteLink mobile app for iOS and Android."
http://preview.tinyurl.com/cvqgm2g
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