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Pentagon to publish strategy for cyberspace wars

(AP) -- Facing escalating risks of cyberattacks by hackers, criminals and other nations, the Pentagon is developing more resilient computer networks so the military can continue to operate if critical systems are breached ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UK's Cameron calls for new regulation of press

(AP) -- Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday promised a full investigation into the phone hacking and the police bribery that lead to the collapse of the News of the World tabloid, saying that British politicians ...

Technology / Other

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Twitter user claims to name UK stars who gag press

A Twitter account had more than 35,000 followers by Monday after claiming to have revealed the names of British celebrities who have taken out gagging orders to prevent reporting about their private lives.

Technology / Internet

created May 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Montreal newspaper to go digital

A major French-language Canadian daily aims to shed its print edition over the coming years in favor of a digital newspaper for the iPad and other tablets, a report said Friday.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ecologists find new clues on climate change in 150-year-old pressed plants

Plants picked up to 150 years ago by Victorian collectors and held by the million in herbarium collections across the world could become a powerful - and much needed - new source of data for studying climate ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Baseball front offices slow to trust independent bloggers, research shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- Independent bloggers represent the least trusted media type and are the most likely to be turned down for press pass requests, according to the first academic study to assess the sentiments of media-credentialing ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A research study analyzes the disclosure of corporate press releases

The decision to emit a press release to inform about the annual financial report of a company does not depend on its economic performance, contrary to what one would think, according to research being carried ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 08, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Thailand censors more websites as protests persist

(AP) -- George Orwell's "1984" had its Big Brother, and Thailand has Ranongrak Suwanchawee. The country's information minister stares down from billboards along Bangkok's expressways, warning that "Bad websites ...

Technology / Internet

created May 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As US papers struggle, AP net profit falls 65%

The Associated Press on Thursday reported a 65-percent drop in net profit last year as the struggles of the US newspaper industry also took a bite out of the bottom line of the US news agency.

Technology / Business

created Apr 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Israel discovers large Byzantine-era wine press

(AP) -- Israeli archaeologists said Monday that they've discovered an unusually shaped 1,400-year-old wine press that was exceptionally large and advanced for its time.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Berlusconi moves to impose Internet regulation

(AP) -- Silvio Berlusconi is moving to extend his grip on Italy's media to the freewheeling Internet world of Google and YouTube.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Singer death column sparks Twitter rage

(AP) -- Britain's press watchdog said Monday it had received a record 21,000 complaints about a newspaper column on the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately after critics used Twitter to brand the article ...

Technology / Internet

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Web-only newspapers? Don't junk the presses yet

More than a half-a-dozen newspapers in the United States and Europe have gone "Web only" in the past year in a bid to stave off bankruptcy. But the first cold-eyed analysis of this approach is not encouraging.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1