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Have a Cigar

BY Michael Valkevich
Relevancy Score: 55

A parallel has been drawn between travel distribution and music distribution. Specifically, as to how the music distribution business has undergone changes that have decimated many of the industry leaders. This change seemed bad at first--that is, until Apple stamped it with a brand new spin and gee-whizzed some not terribly creative ways to make a buck at it.READ»

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The Criminal Face of Facebook, Twitter: Stock Fraud and Spam Tools

BY Kit Eaton
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"Crime expands to fill the space available" should be a well-known epithet: Evidence it's true is revealed in news that social networking phenomenas Facebook and Twitter were used in a classic stock fraud trick.READ»

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iFive: Micron Sued, Zuckerberg's Comic Book, iPad Mini Rumors, Hawaiian Asteroid, British Spy Satellites

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 31

Tuesday's child is full of grace. You'll be full of satisfaction, once you've read the early news, digested: READ»

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How Wireless Technology Will Change Global Health

BY Leslie A. Saxon, M.D.
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There is a slick new television commercial advertising Apple's iPad. It includes a cool medical application that can be used for medical imaging. The advertisement shows a trend in medicine: in the last two years there has been an ...READ»

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Accidental Inventors: A Search for Solutions to Everyday Problems Transforms Two Women.

BY Susan Solovic
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Personal experiences led two women in search of answers to everyday problems. The result: Each became a successful inventor and are now encouraging others to follow their lead. READ»

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Crime Rates Fell Despite Recession - But Why?

BY David Zax
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A criminological puzzle.READ»

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70% of Singapore Citizens Preyed Upon by Cyber Criminals, Few Seek Help

BY Jenara Nerenberg
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Many small businesses say they don't have time to report crime.READ»

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Spammers Make 57,000 Fake Web Sites a Week

BY Austin Carr
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Visa, eBay, and Amazon are some of the big brands that have fallen victim to an onslaught of counterfeit websites by hackers.READ»

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Swedish Prosecutor Reopens Rape Investigation Against Julian Assange

BY Addy Dugdale
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A Swedish prosecutor has today reopened the rape investigation on Wikileaks frontman Julian Assange. The enigmatic Australian had been accused of rape by a Swedish woman, who reported him to police, sparking a mammoth flurry of ...READ»

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Apple Manager Fired, Indicted for Million-Dollar Kickback Scheme

BY Dan Nosowitz
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An Apple employee has been both indicted by a federal grand jury and hit with a civil suit from Apple itself for a scheme in which he accepted more than $1 million for passing confidential information to other companies.READ»

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Hackers Hijack Gmail in China [Updated]

BY Austin Carr
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In the U.S., we've been complaining about Gmail. In China, they're complaining too, but for a very different reason.READ»

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Recipient of First Ever Full Face Transplant Appears in Public for the First Time

BY Addy Dugdale
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A 31-year-old Spaniard who was given the world's first full face transplant four months ago, has this morning appeared at a press conference alongside the doctors who performed the procedure, at Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron University ...READ»

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San Mateo Judge Orders Gizmodo's Stolen iPhone Search Warrant Be Withdrawn

BY Dan Nosowitz
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San Mateo County Judge Clifford Cretan today granted an application for the search warrant used to seize Gizmodo blogger Jason Chen's belongings to be withdrawn, and all his belongings returned.READ»

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Infographic of the Day: America's Growing Heroin Problem

BY Cliff Kuang
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As smugglers grow more sophisticated, the drug is flooding into America.READ»

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Giz Your Own Adventure: How to Make 1st Amendment Gumbo

BY Dan Nosowitz
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The story thickens, as if a viscous cornstarch slurry or perhaps a roux was added to the stew. If Jason Chen, Gizmodo, and/or Gawker Media is under investigation for criminal activity themselves, then the journalist protection ...READ»

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New Benjamin Note Revealed: High Tech...but Where's the High-Value Pizazz?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 54

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has just revealed its "advanced technology" $100 bill for a new digital millennium. And it's ... well, kinda similar to the old one. A bit flashier maybe, more uncopyable for sure. Just a bit ...READ»

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Financial Institutions Take Note of Consumers’ Growing Fraud Fear

BY David Nussenbaum
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In a recent article on Bank Systems and Technology, Matt Gunn reported that in a recent update from Unisys Security Index 64 percent of American citizens were seriously concerned about identity theft. The report also indicated that about two-thirds of Americans are seriously concerned about credit and debit card fraud, while concerns about the safety of online transactions reached their highest recorded levels.READ»

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Infographic: The Catholic Church's International Sex-Abuse Cover-up

BY Cliff Kuang
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A single, jaw-dropping graphic that illustrates the scope of the scandal--and the organization-wide attempt to sweep it under the rug.READ»

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Is Online Banking Safe? Pros and Cons of Internet Banking

BY John Collins
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One of the biggest advantages of Internet is that it considerably simplifies many routine operations, making it possible to access a variety of banking services online.READ»

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Google: Vietnam Pulling Similar Anti-Free Speech Cyberattacks to China

BY Kit Eaton
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Google, probably still sore after its fight with the spiky Chinese authorities, has nevertheless opened a new front in its battle against Net censorship: It's discovered a huge cyberattack against people who contradict the Vietnamese ...READ»

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Digital Due Process Coalition (Including Microsoft, Google, and More) Call for Tougher Online Privacy Laws

BY Dan Nosowitz
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A coalition of both tech companies and human rights organizations called Digital Due Process are pushing Congress for a huge update of the 25-year-old privacy laws governing us now.READ»

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eBay Trys to Snag Online Designer Clothes Market With Fashion Vault

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 35

Ebay is launching its Fashion Vault service today, officially, after running the system as a trial for several months. The store, as its name suggests, sells clothing at cheap prices, but not just any clothes, as FV offers real ...READ»

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Student App "Light Alert" Warns Users of Rape Zones

BY Stephanie Schomer
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Imagine if your phone buzzed and lighted up with an text message whenever you were walking down a street or through a neighborhood with a history of sexual assault. That's the idea behind Light Alert, an app created by two student ...READ»

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Google is Just to Reroute China Web Traffic

BY David Capece
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After months of will-they-or-won’t-they speculation over Google’s threats to end its censorship in China, the search giant has finally pulled the plug. Now, visitors to Google.cn are...READ»

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10 Riskiest American Cities for Cybercrime, 5 Reasons Norton's Study Is Flawed

BY Dan Nosowitz
Relevancy Score: 69

Norton, one of the leading makers of anti-virus software, used their access to cybercrime data to rank the riskiest cities in the country--and they're not always what you'd think.READ»

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