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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Scientist 'infected by computer virus' catches publicity fever

Steve Ballmer as emoticons | Lifelock worries after employee data leaked to Web

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Scientist 'infected by computer virus' catches publicity fever
McNamara: You'll be seeing variations of this headline all day today and I'll bet good money they spread to TV news faster than flu through a kindergarten: "Scientist 'infected with computer virus.' " The source of this contagion is a remarkably credulous BBC report about a British researcher who claims to be the first person "infected with a computer virus." Read More


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Steve Ballmer as emoticons
I was playing around with adding emoticons to my Windows Live Messenger account when a thought struck me: Who do they remind me of? Do you see the resemblance? Read More

Lifelock worries after employee data leaked to Web
It may be OK for identity theft protection vendor Lifelock to publish its CEO's Social Security number, but when it comes to other company employees, that's another story. Read More

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The Federal Aviation Administration today said it awarded three massive contracts totaling up to $4.4 billion over 10 years to build out the future, oft-times controversial air traffic control network known as NextGen or the Next Generation Air Transportation System. Read More



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