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Telegraph.co.uk 3 Indicted in Theft of 130 Million Card Numbers New York Times The man who prosecutors said had masterminded some of the most brazen thefts of credit and debit card numbers in history was charged on Monday with an even larger set of digital break-ins, The New York Times's Brad Stone reported. … Learning From the Heartland Credit Card Breach PC World Three men indicted in largest US data breach CNET News Details of Heartland, Hannaford Data Breaches Emerge eWeek ITProPortal

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PC World Twitter Down on Saturday, External Apps to Be Affected PC World Twitter experienced “unexpected” downtime on Saturday, and in order to recover from the problem the company will have to implement measures that affect third-party applications that use the Twitter API. Twitter acknowledged the problems on its official … Hackers Use Twitter To Create Cyber Mayhem RedOrbit Hackers Use Twitter to Control Botnet Wired News Twitter transformed into botnet command channel Register PC Magazine

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BBC News Use your Palm Pre and iPhone in the shower CNET News Those who become excessively intimate, or even fall in love, with their favorite gadgets, need help. You know who you are. You clutch your iPhone as you sit at a bar. You turn your Palm Pre over in your palm as if it were a stress … Palm Pre 'Spying' Much Ado About Nothing PC World Palm Addresses Pre Privacy Concerns InformationWeek Getting Started with Palm Pre Homebrew Apps Palm Infocenter BusinessWeek

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Los Angeles Times Twitter hack spawns spam and scareware scams Register Spam and scams have continued to flow from the fallout of last week's DDoS against Twitter. The attack, which took the micro-blogging service offline for around two hours on Thursday, and reduced service … Idiot's guide to why Twitter went down San Francisco Chronicle Cyber attack is meant to bury blogger; instead, it makes him a star Los Angeles Times Twitter troubles show fragility of social networks USA Today Techtree.com

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KLEW Pentagon reviews social networking on computers The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is reviewing the use of Facebook and other social networking sites on its computers with an eye toward setting rules on how to protect against possible security risks. The Marine Corps on Monday issued an administrative … Marines ban Twitter, Facebook, other sites CNN Marines Ban Social Networking Sites InformationWeek Malware, oversharing lead Marines to ban social networks Ars Technica Triangle Business Journal

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Ars Technica How Apple can mess with your life CNET News I had just been poured a drink at a bar Saturday night, when the man to my left tapped me on the shoulder. Unsure as to what he was evaluating–my beauty out of 100, perhaps?–I turned toward him very slowly. “Er, excuse me? … Week in Apple: Google drama, security, jailbreaking, and more Ars Technica The Meaning of the FCC's Investigation of Apple Gamasutra Why The FCC Wants To Smash Open The iphone Washington Post PC World

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CarInsurance.com News: Tri-Citians Rethinking Auto Insurance .

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by hilzoy Kate Michelman tells a horrible story in The Nation. In 2001, a horse fell backwards onto her daughter, paralyzing her for life

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But getting life insurance simply because you think you might need it, without really understanding how much to get or the options you have is a mistake – one that could cost you now in overbearing and unnecessary premiums, …

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Two weeks from now, General Electric will return to the scene of its disaster from one year ago, and investors in the options market are already getting ready.

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