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Dubais du warns of broadband slowness
Dubai's second telecommunications company, Du, has warned its internet customers they may experience slower connections on Sunday and Monday as it carries out maintenance on the ...
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Bitcoin boosters rally to assure Congress of currencys worth
Washington's biggest problem when it comes to Bitcoin may just be that policymakers on the Hill don't know enough about it, yet. That was the general consensus of a panel of legal experts speaking Saturday ...
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Bitcoiners rally to enlighten Washington
IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau) - Washington's biggest problem when it comes to Bitcoin may just be that policymakers on the Hill don't know enough about it, yet. That was the general consensus of a panel of legal experts speaking Saturday at a Silicon Valley conference devoted to the nascent digital currency. "Congress is the wild card here," said Jerry Brito , ...
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Bitcoins Rollercoaster Ride is Not Slowing Down
IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau) - More bumps in the road are probably in store for Bitcoin. The virtual currency has seen some massive swings in value over the last several weeks, but that volatility is not likely to end soon, its lead developer suggested on Saturday. "We've been on a rollercoaster ride," said Gavin Andresen , chief scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation, ...
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FBI urges banks to share data tactics to fight cyberattacks
The FBI has reportedly briefed bank executives on a wave of cyberattacks that have lashed the industry since last summer as part of a new policy designed to foster cooperation between the state and private sectors. According ...
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The Wicker Man
Another week, another remake of a '70s cult horror favorite, except this time the new spin is coming not from another music video veteran trying to break into feature films, but from playwright / indie auteur / bitter misanthrope Neil LaBute, who has taken Robin Hardy's The Wicker Ma ... ...
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Smartphone security in the workplace a tough issue with BYOD
The "Bring Your Own Devices" trend has a dual-personality problem on its hands. How can corporate data and personal data exist on a single smartphone? Companies don't want their deep secrets to get out, while employees don't want to be told how to use their precious mobile gadgets that they bought with their own money. It's a problem that has stumped the BYOD ...
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Cloud getting crowded and that means bottlenecks
As data-transfer shifts increasingly to the cloud, the servers stacked in datacenters handling the data become increasingly crowded. Virtualization means multiple users can share a single server. This has positive aspects: servers don't sit idle, scalability is less of a concern, and datacenter efficiency improves. But there's a problem with too many users on a single server. And ...
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Bitcoin making Silicon Valley splash one virtual dollar at a time
event is small by Silicon Valley standards, with about 1,000 attendees expected and 19 exhibitors, but it's bustling with startups launching new exchanges, software developers looking to strengthen the Bitcoin network, and venture capitalists seeking places to invest. There's now $45 million a day being traded on the Bitcoin network, or $16 billion a year, according to Peter ...
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Cybersecurity chat focuses on industry-government collaboration
Edwards explained in written testimony submitted to the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies. However, companies hooked their control systems into the public Internet with little regard for security. "[Security] for ICS was inherently weak because it allowed remote control of processes and exposed ICS to cyber security risks that could ...
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Syria left without Internet and cellular communication
A number of regions of Syria on Wednesday night was cut off from the Internet and international communications, Egyptian MENA agency reported. According to sources, inbound and outbound traffic from Syria fell sharply. Representatives of Renesys company, which monitors global network traffic, confirmed the fact. According to the portal, all sites registered in the local domain zone ...
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Stamford Grand, Glenelg, Adelaide, Australia
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