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Circuit City Gets Final Approval For FinancingOpen in New Window
"U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Huennekens also approved a motion that would let Circuit City void employment and severance contracts with 40 former workers." read more »
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Dopplr City Pages Offer Interesting View of Techie Travel PatternsOpen in New Window
Rick Turoczy writes, "And when it comes to keeping track of the techie crowd and their travels, Dopplr is one of the best resources around. Now, they're giving users a view into some of those trave read more »
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San Francisco Mayor Turns To YouTube For State Of The City SpeechOpen in New Window
"In the great tradition of the long-winded politician, Mayor Gavin Newsom's annual address exceeds seven hours of online video." read more »
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San Francisco Computer Tech Set Booby Trap In City NetworkOpen in New Window
"Prosecutors say Terry Childs set the network to delete numerous files during a scheduled maintenance of the system. The computer network stores 60% of the city's documents, including payroll recor read more »
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‘Rogue admin’ thought he was protecting network and cityOpen in New Window
Richard Koman relates Paul Venezia's exclusive insider account on Terry Childs. Childs had recently refused to turn over passwords needed to operate San Francisco's FiberWAN network. The report offers insight into Childs' potential motives. read more »
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CIA: Cyberattack caused multiple-city blackout.Open in New Window
Tom Espiner reports on a recent disclosure by the CIA that power grid hacking attempts outside of the United States have proved successful on multiple occasions, at least once resulting in a multi-ci read more »
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CompUSA continues closing up shop.Open in New Window
Reuters reports that CompUSA is continuing its course towards complete closer of its chain by selling off significant assets to Gordon Brothers, which has helped them sell and close unsuccessful stor read more »
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Video games do no harm to children, insists Sims creator Will Wright.Open in New Window
Will Wright, best known for his creation The Sims but also a long-time developer including of numerous other Sim games, has come out publicly arguing that video games are not a contributor to violenc read more »
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