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Alan Johnson ’stops the clock’ on Gary McKinnon’s extradition - Times Online
Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, threw a final lifeline to the alleged computer hacker Gary McKinnon today with a promise to examine new medical evidence in the case very carefully before approving his extradition to the United States. In an

Missouri ahead on computer merger, audit finds - News-Leader.com
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) A state auditor s report says Missouri is at the forefront nationally in consolidating its computer services. But it says the merger of Missouri s various information technology divisions has drawn mixed reaction from

Happy Valley teacher accused of stealing computer parts - OregonLive.com
Clackamas County deputies today arrested a Happy Valley teacher accused of stealing school computer parts and selling them on eBay. Douglas Adam-McKenna Wade, age 43, of Portland is scheduled to appear Tuesday in Clackamas County Circuit Court on

Man Paid $500K By Company He Never Worked For - KDKA
An Illinois man has admitted banking more than $470,000 in paychecks from a New Jersey company he never worked for. Anthony Armatys, 35, of Palatine, Ill., pleaded guilty Monday in New Jersey Superior Court to one count of theft as part of a plea

Saint Louis center a ‘dream come true’ - Honolulu Advertiser
The $10.4 million facility will house a host of programs currently crammed into classrooms from Hawaiian studies to visual arts and will also feature state-of-the-art technology and computer labs. Work on the building will wrap up in January

Obama putting $3.4B toward a ’smart’ power grid - Daily Business Review
he Obama administration is giving a jolt to the futuristic “smart” electric grid, hoping to more quickly bring America’s power transmission system into the digital age. President Barack Obama, during a visit to a solar energy facility in Arcadia, Fla

Symantec Announces October 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report - PR Inside
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — (Marketwire) — 10/27/09 — Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the publication of its October 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report. Analysis reveals an increase in seasonally-themed spam including Halloween

Bell Mobility to launch Novatel Turbo Stick and MiFi Intelligent - Stockhouse
Bell today announced it will offer both the U998 HSPA+ Turbo Stick and the MiFi 2372 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot from Novatel Wireless (Nasdaq: NVTL) when Bell Mobility’s new state-of-the-art HSPA wireless network launches in November. “These two new

Northwest Pilots’ Use of Laptops in Flight Was Unacceptable, According - ABC News
Northwest pilots lost radio contact for more than an hour while on computers. Capt. Timothy B. Cheney and First Officer Richard I. Cole, who missed the airport by 150 miles last week, were apparently using their personal laptops to review scheduling

China Building Cyberwarfare Capabilities - Product Design & Development
WASHINGTON (AP) China is building its cyberwarfare capabilities and appears to be using the growing technical abilities to collect U.S. intelligence through a sophisticated and long-term computer attack campaign, according to an independent

Former Santa charged with child porn possession - Delaware Online
The suspect, Steven Hughes, 52, of the first block of Dempsey Drive east of Newark, was charged Thursday with 10 counts of using a computer to unlawfully depict children in a prohibited sexual act. The investigation is continuing and additional

Update: Stevens pleads innocent to 18 counts - Des Moines Register
Phyllis Stevens, accused embezzler of $5.9 million from Aviva USA, pleaded innocent Friday to charges of wire fraud, money laundering, embezzlement, computer fraud and aggravated identity theft. Stevens, dressed in khaki jail dungarees and handcuffed

Nielsen Invests More In Council for Research Excellence - Broadcasting Cable
Nielsen has invested another $2.5 million in the Council for Research Excellence, which the company formed in 2005 as a methodological research think tank for clients (and others), including broadcast and cable networks, stations, operators

Mo. Man Accused of Feeding Girls Drug-Laced Ice Cream, Filming Them - FOX News
KANSAS CITY, Mo. A 60-year-old man plied young girls with ice cream and soda spiked with sedatives and made seminude videos of them that he stored in a computer file named “Consuming the Date Rape Drug,” authorities said. James Phillip Edwards of

Broadcom Down on Q4 Concerns - Orange County Business Journal
Shares of Irvine-based chipmaker Broadcom Corp. were down nearly 7% in afternoon New York trading Friday a day after the company warned there s a little bit of concern about whether Santa s coming this year or not. Broadcom, which had a

Embattled Gettysburg battlefield superintendent reassigned - York Daily Record
Gettysburg battlefield Superintendent John Latschar has been reassigned to a different position within the National Park Service, the organization said in a news release that comes only days after it was revealed Latschar had viewed thousands of

Newsweek ’s Meacham Pleads For Bahari’s Release From Iranian - Mediabistro.com
Throughout Meacham’s detailed article, it becomes obvious that Bahari is close friend and important member of the Newsweek team. There is also a sense of fear and urgency. It is scary to have one of your own behind bars in a foreign land, especially

Affiliated Computer posts 18 pct drop in 1Q profit - Kansas City Star
Affiliated Computer Services Inc., which provides technology help to other companies, said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit fell 18 percent due to $9 million in deferred compensation costs. Net income dropped to $68.8 million, or 70 cents per

High-tech key to the kingdom - Variety
Hollywood’s homevideo divisions have their heads in the clouds. With DVD sales declining and Blu-rays still trying to find a mass audience, studios are constantly searching for The Next Big Thing. The Mouse House thinks it may be Keychest, a system

Spells are serious business at ‘Magic’ tourney - Austin American-Statesman
Ed Roman attacks his opponent with a Sky Ruin Drake, parries with a Grazing Gladeheart and inflicts some more damage with a Merfolk Seastalker. Roman, the 33-year-old CEO of Ghostfire Games, an Austin game development company, takes his Magic

Capitalist with a conscience | - San Francisco Chronicle
Later, as a security specialist in the Bay Area, he gained national renown for beating hackers to flaws in computer systems and financial networks. Now, as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and SFGate.com blogger, Benjamin is taking on global warming and

FCBU host first Conservation Fair in Baytown - Houston Community Newspapers
The Friends of Cedar Bayou United could not have asked for a more beautiful day to kick off their inaugural Conservation Fair, which took place on between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Saturday at Baytown s Roseland Park. We are here primarily to

Arizona sweat lodge death toll rises to 3 - Coloradoan
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) The attorney for the family of a Minnesota woman who died more than a week after being overcome in an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony said Sunday that he plans to sue over her death. Liz Neuman, 49, of Prior Lake suffered

Next Stop: Ultracapacitor Buses - MIT Technology Review
Municipal transit agencies have tried to reduce the carbon footprint of their bus fleets using a range of options over the years, from biofuels and hydrogen to batteries and hybrid-electric diesel. Now a Chinese company and its U.S. partner say that

Lafayette blogger tackles “Guadalupe Project” - Lafayette Journal and Courier
About the blogger: At 50, Anderson has decided to learn Spanish from “ground zero.” To help her, the West Lafayette freelance writer invested in the Rosetta Stone computer program. “It’s been fun and mind-bending,” Anderson stated. “I hope to

Two others questioned in NYC terror plot - Times West Virginian
NEW YORK Federal investigators have questioned two men whose photographs were shown to a Muslim religious leader along with a picture of an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a bomb attack in New York City. Adis Medunjanin, a 24-year-old

Dell to close Winston-Salem, NC plant, lay off 905 - WTOP Radio
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) - Dell Inc. says it will close a desktop computer manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina by the end of January. The computer maker said Wednesday that 905 people will be laid off, with around 600 to be let go next

Owner says she thought license was not needed - Decatur Daily
MONTGOMERY (AP) The owner of a company that has a $13 million no-bid computer contract with the state Finance Department says the firm has paid all state and federal income taxes and will purchase a city of Montgomery business license if needed

Scots hacker Gary McKinnon refused appeal over US extradition - Daily Record
SCOTS computer hacker Gary McKinnon has been refused permission to appeal to the Supreme Court against extradition to the US on charges of breaking into the Pentagon’s military networks. The High Court, which has turned down his extradition

Perdue says Dell will pay back every ‘red cent’ - Asheville Citizen-Times
DURHAM Gov. Beverly Perdue says North Carolina has no choice but to keep offering incentives packages to attract out-of-state companies even with the closing of the Dell computer plant. But Perdue told reporters Thursday she’s made plain to Dell

Seeing the Future in 3-D Television - New York Times
TOKYO Flat-panel television screens can t get much flatter and consumers don t want the screens to get much wider, so Japanese television makers are banking on a whole new dimension to buttress their lineups. A Toshiba prototype of a 3-D

Paragon owner: Didn’t know business license was needed - Montgomery Advertiser
A company with no phone listing or Web site that was awarded a $13 million no-bid state computer contract doesn’t have a business li cense with the city of Mont gomery, but the firm’s own er said Friday it would get one if needed. Janet Lauderdale

Inventories at U.S. Wholesalers Fall for 12th Month in August - Bloomberg
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) — Inventories at U.S. wholesalers dropped in August for a 12th consecutive month, clearing the way for a pickup in orders as sales improve. The 1.3 percent decrease in stockpiles was larger than anticipated and followed a revised

4 NSF grants awarded to Stevens’ Department of Electrical and Computer - Genetic Engineering News
HOBOKEN, N.J. - For their research efforts in Cognitive Radio (CR), Wireless Communications and Network Security, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Stevens Institute of Technology has been awarded four recent National

NBA AM: Pre-Season Action! - Hoops World
Pre-Season Rolls On: NBA pre-season is in full swing with full slates of games from here on out. Here are some notables from last night, because the NBA in its infinite wisdom is not televising much of the pre-season Chris Paul was in mid-season

Compuware and Gomez come together in $259 million acquisition - Itwire.com
Compuware president and COO, Bob Paul, said today that the company had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Gomez, the leader in Web application experience management. According to Paul, together, Compuware and Gomez provide the industry

Dell to close Winston-Salem, NC plant, lay off 905 - Asheville Citizen-Times
WINSTON-SALEM ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) Dell Inc. said Wednesday it will close a desktop computer manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem, N.C., by the end of January. The computer maker said 905 people will be laid off, with around 600 to be let

Create a central media library - Computerworld
Macworld - Apple may not offer a dedicated media center, but the features its hardware and software provide can come pretty close. You can watch movies on a large-screen Mac such as a 24-inch iMac, connect a laptop to your HDTV, or use an Apple TV

Justice Dept. Probing IBM Computer Market Conduct - WWJ Newsradio 950
The Justice Department is looking into allegations that IBM has abused its monopoly in the mainframe computer business to keep competitors out of the market. The Justice Department would not comment on a potential antitrust investigation. But the

‘System worked’ at Meadows - Pittsburgh Tribune Review
The Meadows Racetrack and Casino is out $429,000, but officials there would prefer to focus on a different number: Three, the number of people arrested on charges they exploited a software glitch in a slot machine to create and collect more than 60

NYPD Building Massive Cell Phone Database - Gothamist.com
Days after the NYPD announced plans to expand their anti-terror surveillance network to a huge swath of midtown, it’s been revealed that the department is also quickly amassing a vast database of cell phone users. Officers have been instructed to

Air traffic computer issues - Idaho State Journal
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new computer system key to modernization of the nation’s air traffic control system has run into problems, raising doubts about whether it can be operational 15 months from now when current computers must be replaced, union

Personal Finance: Navigating fiscal storm - Burlington Free Press
SOUTH BURLINGTON Proctor Avenue is no stranger to joblessness. On my street, alone, there are five unemployed people, said David Duell, 45, who was laid off from his job as a safety supervisor for a contractor at IBM s Essex Junction

Researchers devise DoS attack filter - Securecomputing.net.au
Developing traffic authentication smarts. Researchers at Auburn University in Alabama claim to have worked out a way to filter denial of service (DoS) attacks on computer networks, including cloud computing systems. While there are methods of

Glitch leaves TD Bank customers fuming - Delaware Online
TD Bank calls itself America’s “most convenient bank” and points proudly to four consecutive top J.D. Power and Associates rankings for customer satisfaction in the mid-Atlantic region. But hundreds of customers in northern Delaware weren’t admiring

Toy Story , other fave films get new life in 3-D format - Texarkana Gazette
LOS ANGELES Toy Story has always been a 3-D film, even if moviegoers never saw it that way. Computer-generated animation made the 1995 Pixar smash 3-D by design, with virtual cameras moving through a digital space, capturing the mass and

Cisco to buy European videoconferencing-maker for $3 billion - Chicago Tribune
Cisco Systems Inc. tapped its cash hoard and announced a deal to buy Norway’s Tandberg ASA for $3 billion in a bid to dominate the global market for videoconferencing equipment. Cisco, the world’s largest maker of computer networking equipment, had a

UPDATE: Hurco exec getting $500,000 exit package - Ibj.com
The president and chief operating officer of Hurco Cos. Inc. has resigned effective Oct. 31 to pursue other interests, the Indianapolis-based machine tool maker announced today. James D. Fabris will be replaced for the foreseeable future by CEO

Early knockout: Chicago fails to land 2016 Summer Olympics - USA Today
CHICAGO — This morning, Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL) released the following statement on the decision by the International Olympic Committee to eliminate Chicago from the running for 2016 Summer Games: “Chicago was a world-class city before today

Woman celebrates 50 years at LMH - Newark Advocate
NEWARK When Elnora Welsh first began at Licking Memorial Hospital at age 18 as a nurse’s aide, she spent much of her time rushing back and forth from the one service room in each wing to the patient rooms, grabbing bedpans and other supplies

TD Bank says glitch better, not fixed - Charleston Daily Mail
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) - TD Bank officials say they have not completely solved a computer glitch that has been confounding online banking customers all week. Customers who log into their accounts are not seeing up-to-the-minute details on

Research and Markets: How & Why to Get Published as an Accountant - PR Inside
view this webinar (on your computer, mobile phone, iPod or printed out) to discover new ways to increase your exposure and use this as a way to land more clients. Upon ordering, we will email you a link to download the webinar for viewing on your

Many LG&E customers get credit for old errors, but others are charged - Louisville Courier-Journal
About 16,000 current and former LG&E customers will receive bill credits or refund checks for underpayments from the company for taking part in an energy conservation program. Most refunds will be between $2 and $60, though some will be as high as

Iowa Football: Fans can text-alert about jerks - Des Moines Register
Maybe you’ve spotted someone who needs medical attention, or a child who looks lost. The solution is at your finger tips: Just punch 97178, then type the word ALERT, before sending a text message (including your seat location) that will be received

St. Paul burglary suspect fingered by a fingernail - Minneapolis Star Tribune
It was the artificial fingernail that Drew M. Reynolds allegedly left behind at the scene of a residential burglary on Luella Street in St. Paul in August 2008 that helped authorities nab him for that burglary, another on Beech Street and two other

Riverside County Bar Association’s new president wants expansion - Riverside Press Enterprise
The new president of the Riverside County Bar Association literally made a U-turn 37 years ago to become a lawyer. Harry J. Histen III was in the then-cutting edge field of computer programming in 1972, working for North American Rockwell, the prime

Robots Teach Kids How To Walk - Denver Channel
BACKGROUND: Cerebral palsy is a condition that causes physical disability in early development. It is caused by damage to the white matter in the motor centers of the developing brain and abnormalities that disrupt the brain’s abilities. Brain damage

Budget toys tops - Riverside Press Enterprise
Santa’s on a budget this year. Toy retailers and makers plan to make the best of it by offering more deals and cut-price versions of more expensive toys that they hope will spur parents to spend even if they’re scrimping elsewhere. Two influential

ISU Football: Cyclone QB looks to reading to find focus - Des Moines Register
Ames, Ia. Austen Arnaud is reading more than the Iowa State football playbook while prepping for Saturday’s 2 p.m. Big 12 Conference game against Kansas State at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. “We’re reading a book together,” said offensive

How wave warnings work - MSNBC Cosmiclog
Islands earthquake. The color key is calibrated in centimeters above sea level. Five years after a catastrophic Indian Ocean quake pointed up serious shortcomings in the world’s tsunami warning network, a beefed-up monitoring system worked quickly to

Michigan Lawmakers Eyeing the Clock - WXYZ
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — With a midnight deadline bearing down, Michigan lawmakers struggled to craft a spending plan Wednesday, leaving many of those with a stake in how the budget turns out as uncertain as they were the day before. The House and

Librarian teaches students to love reading - Statesman Journal
When Sumpter Elementary students came back to school earlier this month, one of the new faces there to greet them was librarian Mandy Breitenstein. With each class’s twice-weekly sessions in the school’s media center and a calendar full of events, it

First Annual Dark Horse Final Four Candidate - CBS Sports
People are comin’ up to me an’ goin’ Hans, who do ya like for your dark horse Final Four candidate? I’ll tell ya who, right here. It’s the Binghamton Bearcats. Look, lotsa people say, Hans do you even own a TV or a computer? Yeah, sure, I say, but

Internship and job fair to bring top employers to Danforth Campus - University of Washington
More than 100 local and national employers will be on the Danforth Campus Friday, Oct. 2, for the Fall 2009 Internship & Job Career Fair. “The Career Fair is a great opportunity to show our students that while the economy is currently in a difficult

New life for the Green Derby - Cincinnati.com
NEWPORT - The closed sign has come off the door of the Green Derby restaurant and been replaced with a fresh coat of paint and new life. The Green Derby will re-open at 5 p.m. Thursday under new management. The landmark restaurant operated on the

ISU official: IDOC playing games on inmate education - Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE Indiana State University on Wednesday made its pitch to continue providing post-secondary education including associate degrees to Indiana s state prison inmates. I don t feel very good about it, ISU Provost Jack

At 60 M.P.H., Office Work Is a High-Risk Job - New York Times
JOPLIN, Mo. Looking back, Paul Dekok wonders what he was thinking that May morning when the urgent call came in. Mr. Dekok, a manager at the Potash Corporation, learned that a 25-ton truckload of the company s additive for livestock feed had