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Playfuls.comGovernment reveals 63000 SS numbers
Monsters and Critics.com - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- US government officials warn of possible identity theft after the Social Security numbers of 63000 people were posted on a public Web site.
US Agriculture Dept. acknowledges data breach Computerworld
Federal Web site exposed private data Houston Chronicle
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Former hacker says not to give away personal data
Omaha World-Herald (subscription), NE - 20 minutes ago
The stunts are all practically historic in the annals of ID theft and hacking. Some are what Mitnick pulled himself, in the last century, that sent him to ...

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BBC NewsThe earliest trees, preserved from trunk to tip
Ars Technica - 20 hours ago
By John Timmer | Published: April 18, 2007 - 02:18PM CT. The tree as a we now view it—primary trunk, large height, crown of leaves or fronds—didn't clearly exist until the late Devonian.
Wassat? It's a Wattieza Independent Online
Fossil from a forest that gave Earth its breath of fresh air Times Online
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24dash.comTwo arrested over wifi theft
Telegraph.co.uk - 6 hours ago
By Natalie Paris and agencies. Police have cautioned a man and a woman for using wireless broadband connections without permission, in two of the country's first cases of "wifi theft".
Police target the hacker next door Guardian Unlimited
Two in UK arrested for wifi 'piggy-backing' RTE.ie
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Broadband Britain risks life in slow lane - report
A year long study into Britain\'s broadband has warned that the country risks falling behind the rest of the world.
Next-gen broadband "must be deployed" Digital Spy
Broadband challenge faces Britain BBC News
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BBC NewsWindows XP to be retired in 2008
BBC News - 13 Apr 2007
Microsoft is keeping to a plan to stop selling the operating system even though surveys show a lukewarm response to Windows Vista among consumers.
Wanna copy of Windows XP next year? Forget it Register
Microsoft to kill off Windows XP in 2008 Absolute Gadget
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