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Obama To Boost U.S. Broadband Access

Washington, DC — President Obama plans to award $2 billion in grants and loans over the next 75 days in an effort to expand America’s broadband Internet access, as well as, create tens of thousands of jobs. “Broadband touches nearly every aspect of the U.S. economy, providing Americans with unprecedented opportunities in employment, education, health care, [...]
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Secret Treaties Gag Free Speech

Operating in secrecy, the USA and other countries conspire to remove free speech protections. Orwell was right. How long before we see “Newspeak” and “Thoughtcrime” ? Global DMCA
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2009: Year In Review

Click here for the 2009 Year In Review Computers And Internet Security, Entertainment, Music, Environmental Issues, Games, News, Songs and Sustainability.
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Report On Web Security: Danger!

The IBM X-Force 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk report finds growing security concerns related to surfing the web. “The trends highlighted by the report seem to indicate that the Internet has finally taken on the characteristics of the Wild West where no one is to be trusted,” said X-Force Director Kris Lamb. “There is no such [...]
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How To Choose An ISP

National Cyber Alert System Understanding ISPs ISPs offer services like email and internet access. Compare factors like security, services, and cost so that you find an ISP that supports all of your needs. What is an ISP? An ISP, or internet service provider, is a company that provides its customers access to the internet and other web services. In [...]
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Fraudulent Web Sites

We are aware of public reports indicating that attackers are using legitimate web pages to run malicious code on victims’ machines. Reports, including a posting by Sophos, indicate that these messages * Include keywords and names related to a current event (such as, the 9/11/2001 terrorist attack) * Prompt users [...]
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Apple Safari And Firefox

Apple has released Safari 4.0.3 for Windows and Mac OS X to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, obtain sensitive information, or spoof a website. The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 3.0.13 and Firefox 3.5.2 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an [...]
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GFIRST National Security Conference

Announcing the 5th Annual GFIRST National Conference at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia – August 23-28, 2009 GFIRST5: The Five Pillars of Cyber Security: Threat, Vulnerability, Attack & Detection, Mitigation and Reflection. These foundations support the cyber security and incident response community by identifying the core components of incident management. [...]
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Digital Britain: High Speed Access For All

10 Downing Street, England — The launch of the Digital Britain report today will give the country the tools necessary to succeed in the future economy, the Prime Minister has said. This morning the Prime Minister toured the Arqiva power transmitter site in south-east London to mark the release of the report. He was joined by Business [...]
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The Cyclical Economy

Events that are cyclical happen on a periodic basis. Many economist subscribe to the theory that business is cyclical — a period of growth is followed by a period of recession. Because the last period of economic growth lasted so long, many business owners had never experienced a period of decline. In [...]
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