President Obama and Mr. Romney, during the 2012 US Presidential election campaign the world is listening, and the children, women and men exploited in modern-forms of slavery await your leadership. On this Anti-Slavery Day, the Cotton ...
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The U.S. Republican Party has approved a policy statement that focuses on removing regulations and protects personal data on the Internet. Delegates to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, approved on Tuesday a platform ...
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The U.S. Air Force is openly soliciting technologies that would improve its capability of launching cyberattacks and gathering intelligence during cyberwarfare operations. "The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center invites concept papers ...
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President Obama is exploring the option of using his executive authority to get government agencies and critical infrastructure owners to implement better controls for protecting their computer networks. According to a report by Reuters, ...
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The U.S. on Thursday said it ordered sanctions against Iran's Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Reza Taghipour, and other entities and persons responsible for engaging in censorship in their country. Taghipour is ...
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As presidential election day unfolded on Tuesday, people spent time posting photos of long lines at polling places, tweeting about casting a vote and commenting on a viral video of a malfunctioning voting machine. This year marked the ...
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The looming launch of a new iPhone may give the appearance of old times in tech. There's nothing like an upgrade frenzy with long lines at Apple stores. But nothing could be further from the truth. JPMorgan, Forrester and IDC this week ...
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Sunshine Heart has obtained a conditional approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its investigational device exemption (IDE)) implantable heart assist device. The non-blood contacting C-Pulse Heart Assist device, ...
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New visualization tool will search, analyze, and display tweets in the context of location and time LIDV Solutions today announced that a new Twitter visualization feature will be available for the forthcoming releases of its Visual ...
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The sharemarket fell slightly in quiet trading yesterday as global equity markets awaited the outcome of negotiations to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff that threatens to slow the US economy next year unless politicians reach agreement on ...
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MEDFIELD, MA, June 28, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- SmartStuff, a new e-book, introduces the public and executives to the "The Internet of Things," (IoT) which promises to change every aspect of our lives in this decade, yet is unknown to ...
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The Democratic Party embraced its version of Internet freedom and called for new cybersecurity legislation in its platform released as the party begins its convention in Charlotte. The Democratic platform, released late Monday, calls for ...
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The Internet, long viewed as a tool to expand freedom, is an equally effective tool for repression. That is just as true in the United States as anywhere else. Security guru Bruce Schneier noted in a recent blog post, citing Evgeny ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) called on President Barack Obama to immediately seek resolution to contract negotiations between the International Longshoremen Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). ...
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About a year ago,Xerox told some 600 employees,many of them engineers,that their jobs were being transferred to an India-based IT services firm. How has that worked out?Neither company is disclosing detail about what's been going on,but ...
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