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The Impact of Disk Fragmentation on Servers
Discover the surprising difference defragmentation makes in key areas of server operation such as time to copy a file, open a document, backup and AV scan. Absolutely vital data for all IT staff.
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FBI renews push for ready-made Web wiretaps
The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a proposal that would require them to to build in backdoors for government surveillance.
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Billion-dollar IT failure at Census Bureau
The US Census Bureau faces cost overruns up to $2 billion on an IT initiative replacing paper-based data collection methods with specialized handheld devices for the upcoming 2010 census. The...
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Reckoning day for ChoicePoint?
You may remember when Choicepoint, the data aggregator and vendor of personally identifiable information fell prey to a very simple ploy. Some Nigerian data thieves became customers and proceeded...
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Chartered to protect the henhouse, has the FTC turned into a fox?
I rarely get e-mail from the USA Today's Byron Acohido (who from time to time interviews me for my opinions on tech). But today, Acohido drew my attention to a story that he has co-authored with...
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Malware found on new hard drives
The Taipei Times is reporting that around 1,800 new 300GB and 500GB external hard drives manufactured by Maxtor shipped with malware on them. What makes this story even more interesting is that...
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Census employees inadvertantly post citizen data
Testing new software, employees mixed real and fictional data.
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Census Bureau PDAs with citizen info were stolen
ustin-area residents were recently informed via letter that hand-held information collection devices that were used to store personal information had been stolen.
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Photos: NYC celebrates 'Final Fantasy XII'
Oct. 11 was officially sanctioned by NYC & Company, the city's tourist bureau, as Final Fantasy XII Day.
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Chinese hackers hit State computers
n a "concerted effort," Chinese hackers broke into State Department computers in Washington and overseas and stole sensitive U.S. government information and passwords - and implanted secret...
Additional Results
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Anonymous hacks Bureau of Justice, leaks 1.7GB of data
Anonymous has apparently hacked the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics and posted 1.7GB of data belonging to the agency on The Pirate Bay. This is a Monday Mail Mayhem release.
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FBI renews push for ready-made Web wiretaps
The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a proposal that would require them to to build in backdoors for government surveillance.
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U.S. Census - are you going to participate?
The U.S. government sent out the 2010 Census this past week. The Census is an important tool which helps determine several issues such as electoral lines, population patterns and other significant...
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IAB to FTC: Rescind blogger rules
The Interactive Advertising Bureau's President and CEO has called on the Federal Trade Commission to rescind its new "blogger rules" because they create an unfair distinction between traditional...
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Better Business Bureau weighs in on green claims of Dell vs. Apple
Is the EPEAT rating system on its way to become a national standard? The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Better Business Bureau, which was compelled to comment on a greenwashing...
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Hottest Ad Medium in a Down Economy? Cable, Not The Net.
The trumpets are out, from the Interactive Advertising Bureau. For the fifth year in a row, Internet advertising hit record highs. The growth rate for 2008 was 10.6%. This was the sole ad medium...
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Computer glitch caused plane's altitude drop
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has confirmed the sudden drop in altitude of a Qantas Flight 72 over Western Australia last year was due to a computer error.
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Online advertising growth stalls from second quarter to third quarter
The Interactive Advertising Bureau and PriceWaterhouseCoopers said that third quarter online ad revenue was nearly $5.9 billion, up 11 percent from a year ago. Compared to the second quarter,...
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UPDATE: $3 billion Census Bureau IT failure
The Census Bureau's $600 million custom-handheld initiative has finally been scrapped. The upshot: the 2010 census will now cost $3 billion more than planned. Guess those pesky handheld computers...
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Billion-dollar IT failure at Census Bureau
The US Census Bureau faces cost overruns up to $2 billion on an IT initiative replacing paper-based data collection methods with specialized handheld devices for the upcoming 2010 census. The...
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Reckoning day for ChoicePoint?
You may remember when Choicepoint, the data aggregator and vendor of personally identifiable information fell prey to a very simple ploy. Some Nigerian data thieves became customers and proceeded...
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