Marines block social networks, concerned about security
ZDNet Blogs
A few years ago, the U.S. Department of Defense blocked troops in overseas combat areas from accessing sites like MySpace and YouTube, citing concerns about the increased use of the sites and the potential to overwhelm the military’s privat...
Verizon network will challenge Comcast, AT&T
Crain's Chicago Business
(Crain’s) — Verizon Wireless plans to roll out a lightning-fast data network next year in Chicago, part of a continued push to grab more money from customers who want the Internet anywhere, anytime. The company will test its long-term evolu...
Cisco, UnitedHealth Partner on e-Health Network
BusinessWeek
Framingham - Cisco Systems Inc. announced a joint effort with health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. today, aiming to create a nationwide network to enable video medical imaging, audio communication and health record information to be excha...
Verizon's breakneck 4G wireless network nears debut
Austin American-Statesman
Before the year is out, residents of Boston and Seattle will have a new way to get high-speed Internet service: with their cell phones. Verizon Wireless has selected those two cities as the first in the U.S. to test its new wireless data se...
Is your wireless network a public porn gateway?
Katu.com
SALEM, Ore. - Police are warning folks to secure their Internet connections after they say they found a registered sex offender sitting in a vehicle surfing pornography using an unsecured wireless network. David Thompson, 27, was charged wi...
Hire Velocity gives firms better focus in finding best workers
St. Petersburg Times
Business stories talk about concerns that Monster.com has become too big and about the social netwo rks as key sources of job recruiting. True? West: I share those concerns. Facebook, LinkedIn are examples of social network sites that will ...
Acing the Job Interview Process
Extra Bilingual Community Newspaper
... Could Hurt Your Job Search Have you done your homework and ensured that your online presence is professional? If the answer is “no”, then don’t submit your résumé for that ideal job just yet. Social and professional netwo....
MIT electric car may rival gas models on performance
Network World Fusion
Inside a plain-looking garage on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's campus, undergraduate Radu Gogoana and his team of fellow students are working on a project that could rival what major automobile manufacturers are doing. The tea...
How SMBs Can Optimize their Social Networking Time, Part 1
Search Engine Watch
We've covered some great topics in the last few installments of Little Biz , and this week is no exception. Many small business owners know that there's benefit to be had from social networking; the challenge is not spending all of your tim...
Network World Uncovers More Dirt On Zer01
Consumerist.com
NetworkWorld published its findings on the suspicious histories of the men behind new cellphone company Zer01 just two days ago, but they clearly sent someone behind the scenes scrambling. This afternoon they reported that Zer01's parent co...
Head of Bergen-based Russian Radio Network accused in $3 million ...
Newark Star-Ledger
A man who ran a small Russian broadcasting company in Bergen County was indicted today for allegedly operating a scheme to bilk $3 million from finance companies, authorities said. David Moro, 49, of Pomona, N.Y., was chief executive of Inc...
Networking Tips for IM Spring Break 2009 : SEO & Social Conference
Searchengine Journal
If Scary SEO 2008 taught us anything, it’s that great speakers, good food and plenty of drinks in a mini-con style make for an amazing learning and networking opportunity. IM Spring Break will have all of these elements ad infinitum with th...
Kentucky’s Security Is Now Out Of God’s Hands
Bloggernews.net
Read 659 times. In 2006, as a belated response to September 11, 2001, the State of Kentucky passed a statute that created a State Office of Homeland Security. Two ammendments to that statute were then added and worded by state Rep. Tom Rine...
SPLC Urges Congress to Investigate Extremism in the Military
Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center today urged Congress to investigate growing evidence that racial extremists are infiltrating the U.S. military and take steps to ensure that the armed forces are not inadvertently training future domestic ter...
Ask My Millennial: Measuring social networking's return on investment
Ann Arbor News Blog
Mark Sanchez: With so many social networking sites, how can a company juggle everything? And how can they measure the ROI? Pulsinelli Olivia Pulsinelli: Before launching into the social networking realm, organizations should always work out...