Computerworld - John Brennan, who was nominated by President Barack Obama today to be the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, has been a vocal advocate for federal cybersecurity legislation in recent months. As the ...
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Improving safety conditions for technical staff members has always been a primary goal at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. When timing and budgets came together after the annual production of A Christmas Carol opened in November 2012, they ...
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Illinois has become the third state in the country to pass a law prohibiting companies from asking employees and job candidates for usernames and passwords to their social media accounts. Illinois Gov.Patrick Quinn signed the bill ...
Windows Azure customers will be able to use Linux-based operating systems, open source tools and languages for the first time now that Microsoft Azure officially supports those offerings. The move to support Linux and open source ...
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As we've seen in recent years, natural disasters can lead to long-term downtime for organizations. Because earthquakes, hurricanes, snow storms or other events can put data centers and other corporate facilities out of commission for a ...
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In the wake of the tragic school shooting in Newtown, Conn, police warned that they will prosecute anyone purposefully posting false information related to the incident on social networks. "Misinformation is being posted on social media ...
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The National Rifle Association is dealing with the double-edge sword of social media by taking down its Facebook page and going silent on Twitter in the wake of the tragic elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. The NRA, a lobbying ...
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In the latest James Bond film, Skyfall, smart gun technology prevents a bad guy from using Bond's own Walther PPK to shoot him. Far fetched? Not at all. And, in the wake of the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, ...
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A long list of Web sites went dark for one minute at 9:30 a.m.ET today to mark a moment of silence for the 26 women and children who were murdered a week ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,Conn. Earlier this week,Connecticut ...
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Conn's has opened two Conn's HomePlus stores in Texas, in El Paso and Fort Worth, and one in Tucson, Ariz. The Conn's HomePlus store format showcases furniture and mattresses in addition to consumer electronics and home appliances. "We ...
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Amid reports that the suspect in Friday's Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting entered the school by shooting through a glass window near the school's entrance, industry experts have offered their insights into what type of glass may ...
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Microsoft's temporary, or "pop-up," stores will open Oct. 26 and will sell the Surface tablet, according to the company's website. And in all but a few cases, Microsoft will go toe-to-toe with Apple: 29 of the 32 stores are located in the ...
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Christie's today said it will auction off an Apple-1 computer from the firm's first batch, and predicted the machine will sell for as much as $126,000 when it hits the block in October. The Apple-1 -- which consisted of a circuit board ...
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Xylem Inc. announced the appointment of Nicholas R. Colisto as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO), effective December 19, 2012. He will report directly to Gretchen McClain, President and Chief Executive Officer of ...
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Citrix has extended the XenApp product lifecycle to align it with the lifecycles of corresponding Microsoft server platforms. But IT pros are advised to upgrade quickly to avoid extended support costs that could add up to about euro 200,000 ...
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