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Companies beware: The next big leak could be yours

(AP) -- WikiLeaks' release of secret government communications should serve as a warning to the world's biggest companies: You're next.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

WikiLeaks claims next target is 'big US bank'

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has claimed a fresh "megaleak" will target a major US bank "early next year," according to an interview published Monday.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Computer meltdown leaves millions of Aussies without cash

A freak computer glitch at Australia's biggest bank froze cash machines and left millions of people struggling to access their money on Saturday.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 27, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Cyberthieves still rely on human foot soldiers

(AP) -- Sitting at a computer somewhere overseas in January 2009, computer hackers went phishing.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New England economic outlook precarious; government fiscal woes threaten region's recovery

The New England economic outlook remains precarious, with the regional economy struggling to continue its recovery if the U.S. economy remains weak. The looming federal and state fiscal crises will make a difficult road to ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spanish scientists publish the world's largest video data bank of proteins

After four years of conducting intensive calculations in the supercomputer MareNostrum at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, scientists headed by Modesto Orozco at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hopes for Obama's wave of green jobs fades to gray

President Barack Obama has put the government's weight and dollars behind a push for green jobs, but in the US heartland there are doubts his drive can revive manufacturing's glory days.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 10, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 39

Many male cancer patients are missing out on sperm banking

whose fertility may be at risk from cancer treatment – are not being offered the chance to store their sperm according to new research published today in the Annals of Oncology.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Population report: More Jews live in the US than in Israel

Researchers from the University of Miami (UM) and the University of Connecticut (UConn) have published a 2010 report on the American Jewish population, as part of a new North American Jewish Data Bank Report series.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 21, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 9

Reducing blood transfusions improves patient safety and cuts costs

A Loyola University Hospital study has demonstrated how the hospital has improved patient safety and cut costs by reducing the number of blood transfusions.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mobile payments catch on with banks, phone makers

Smart phones already enable you to snap photos and bank online. Now banks and credit card companies think it might make sense for your phone to take over the functions of credit and debit cards.

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

New league table of Spanish savings banks created

Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV, Spain) have produced a new league table of Spanish savings banks based on economic, financial and social criteria. This is the first study of these ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dozens charged in NY in global computer virus scam

(AP) -- Hackers in eastern Europe who used computer viruses to steal usernames and passwords teamed up with foreign students who opened bank accounts in the U.S. to snatch at least $3 million from American bank accounts, ...

Technology / Internet

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sub-zero seed freezes aim to save orchids from extinction

Scientists from around the world gathered in Costa Rica this month to exchange ideas on ways to make sure orchids, among the world's most popular flowers, will still be around for the next generation to enjoy.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cybercrime is world's most dangerous criminal threat

A crime epidemic is silently sweeping the globe as criminals turn our ever-increasing dependence on computers against us, and even the head of Interpol is not immune.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2