Microsoft’s patch Tuesday plethora – ZDNet Australia

Microsoft issued three critical security bulletins on Tuesday, plugging 10 holes that could allow an attacker to remotely take control of a Windows computer via a malicious media file or streaming content, or malicious web content viewed through Internet Explorer. Overall, this Patch Tuesday release …


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Florida still among biggest tech exporters – Orlando Business Journal

For the second year in a row, Florida’s technology exports have grown by more than $1 billion, helping the state maintain its place behind California and Texas.


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Elmira school board rearranges meeting room – Star-Gazette

Elmira school board President Larry McGovern Jr. tried to head off one of the arguments for security at board meetings when he rearranged the tables Tuesday at the board’s meeting room so visitors will no longer sit behind members.


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Scientist appears in court in secrets case – KTUU

WASHINGTON (AP) – A scientist whoallegedly tried to sell classified secrets to Israel had worked on the U.S.


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Alleged Scientist Spy Held Without Bail – CBS News

A scientist who allegedly tried to sell classified secrets to Israel had worked on the U.S. government’s Star Wars missile shield program, and the Justice Department declared Tuesday that he had tried to share some of the nation’s most guarded …


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Security threats, patch Tuesday & compliance – IT headaches keeps growing – San Francisco Chronicle

New York Daily News Security threats, patch Tuesday & compliance – IT headaches keeps growing San Francisco Chronicle If you're an information technology (IT) or computer security professional, you know that the days of simply protecting your company with simple firewalls … Patch Tuesday brings a bumper crop of security fixes SearchWinIT.com Microsoft Patches New and Old Software Flaws Sci-Tech Today Microsoft issues record 34 fixes for Windows CBC.ca CNET News


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Prisons eye allowing e-mail – Sentinel-Record

LITTLE ROCK – The outside world may soon be only an e-mail away for some Arkansas prison inmates.


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Dallas County constable’s computer data seized – Dallas Morning News

Dallas County Judge Jim Foster said Tuesday that he ordered county staff to enter Constable Jaime Cortes’ Oak Cliff offices before dawn and copy his computer’s hard drive. Foster said he gave the order as part of a continuing civil investigation of …


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Report: Conn. tax office failed to guard tax info – CNBC

HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal accused the state tax department Tuesday of being “cavalier” two years ago in managing the confidential information of 106,000 taxpayers. Blumenthal, who reviewed the 2007 theft of a …


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Locker Room Thefts Continue – Harvard Crimson

Almost $4,500 worth of valuables was stolen from the women’s soccer and softball locker rooms last Tuesday—the most recent incident in an unusual string of burglaries that has hit four different Harvard athletic teams in the past month. The items …