Ex-Nokia Siemens engineer admits eBaying nicked routers

Source: The Register

A hard-up ex-engineer at Nokia Siemens swiped wireless routers worth thousands of pounds from his employer to refurbish and flog on eBay. Dewaldt Hermann, 33, appeared at Swindon Crown Court to admit he was behind a spate of thefts in ...
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Another barrier to technological access: Computer illiteracy

Source: St. Cloud Times

While many in government are concerning themselves with building infrastructure to make high-speed...- 11:32 pm They drop from the canopy. They creep up from the ground.- 11:15 pm Tenzin Paljor, a 17-year- ...
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Source: Belmont Club

“Sooner or later,” my wife said, “people will have to face up to the fact that the Internet will allow perversions and twisted ideas which are statistically rare to find each other and gather force. It will be ...
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Huntsville school officials claim 630 percent return on consultants' $2 million price tag

Source: Everything Alabama

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Huntsville Superintendent Casey Wardynski has spent about $2 million on consultants this fiscal year to help right the school district, but he and his staff claim a 630 percent return on ...
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Tracing the political dividing lines over Gov. Scott Walker

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Journal Sentinel's Craig Gilbert explores political trends in a purple state and beyond. Visit our election section for complete coverage of the 2012 spring and fall elections as well as updates on the ongoing recall efforts. Or follow the mon ...
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Multi-Tech Systems Bridges Communication for Solar Beacon Project

Source: Beaumont Enterprise

Multi-Tech Systems is enabling an M2M (machine-to-machine) communications solution for the Solar Beacon project as part of the 75th anniversary celebration of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. On Sunday, May 27, ...
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Why is it Easy to Turn Your Windows 7 Laptop into a Wireless Hotspot?

Source: Tech Wacky

Very few people are aware of it, but Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system has a built in feature that can utilize any internet connection to convert your laptop into a Wi-Fi hotspot. You can then use it to give acc ...
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Plug-in solar panels: Worth the cost?

Source: Christian Science Monitor

An article over on CNET titled "Got a deck? Solar panels now a plug-in appliance," suggests that you can buy from Amazon.com a 1,000 watt solar panel system that plugs into your wall outlet for only $1,099. I thought they were really on to something ...
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Govt of India proposes to ban SSH (Or wants you to use 40 bit keys)

Source: Hacker News

On behalf of the President of India, proposals are invited from Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for setting up of International Gateway for Internet. The ISP Policy of Government of India permits the ISPs to set up Internat ...
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