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Report: Terrorism stats are skewed by Iraq attacks

AP — Thu, 22 May 2008 02:16:14 +0000

Reports of an increase in terrorist violence around the world have been distorted by the high number of civilian casualties in Iraq, and omitting those deaths reveals a decline in terrorism, a research group argued in a new report Wednesday.

Belfast assassination probe loses sensitive data

AP — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:28:00 +0000

A judicial probe into the assassination of a Roman Catholic lawyer in Northern Ireland reported Friday that it has lost sensitive computer data about the investigation.

Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked

AP — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:25:05 +0000

Cox Communications appears to be interfering with file-sharing by its Internet subscribers in the same manner that has landed Comcast Corp. in hot water with regulators, according to research obtained by The Associated Press.

Chile probes data theft and posting by hacker

AP — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:26:49 +0000

A prosecutor was appointed Monday to investigate how a computer hacker accessed government data for 6 million Chileans and posted it to the Internet.

Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident

AP — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:36:45 +0000

Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes.

MySpace to allow users to share data with Yahoo, others

AP — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:07:13 +0000

The popular online hangout MySpace will soon enable users to quickly share profile data with other sites, including Yahoo and eBay.

The broadband crunch

Suresh Kumar — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:26:55 +0000

An exabyte is a lot of data. It is 1.074 billion gigabytes of data, to be exact. It would take 14 million laptops like mine to store an exabyte. Two exabytes equals the total volume of information generated back in 1999. Today, the internet is handling...

EMC 1Q profit dips 14 percent, revenue up 17 percent

AP — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:21:19 +0000

Data storage vendor EMC Corp. says its first-quarter profit dipped 14 percent on acquisition-related charges. But it posted a double-digit revenue gain that beat Wall Street forecasts.

EMC to Acquire Iomega for $213 Million

AP — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:30:25 +0000

Data storage provider EMC Corp. said Tuesday it would acquire Iomega Corp. for $213 million, expanding EMC’s offerings targeting small businesses and consumers.

Computer Breach Hits Antioch University

AP — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:50:16 +0000

A computer system at Antioch University that contained personal information on about 70,000 people was breached by an unauthorized intruder three times last year, the school said Friday.