Bank of America said yesterday that it had lost computer backup tapes containing personal information about 1.2 million federal employees, including some senators, with Visa charge cards issued by the bank.

The tapes were lost in shipment. I am not so sure how the spokeswoman for Bank of America, Alexandra Trower, feels so confident that the information was not stolen. There may not be any fraud instances yet as they say but that is no guarantee. I had better hopes from Bank Of America. Why aren't they acccepting the consequence and changing all the accounts?
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Another feather in their search engine cap!
Microsoft always claimed that it loves competition, looks like finally it got one. I wonder when Microsoft will go for purchasing Google…

To find reviews and showtimes for movies playing near you, type "movies", "showtimes" or the name of a current film into the Google search box. If you've already saved your location by using Google Local, the top search result will display showtimes for nearby theaters for the movie you've chosen.

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They walk with canes, their bodies victim to degenerative diseases with no known cure.

For 50-year-old John Kellermann, it's Parkinson's, a ruthless disease that seizes his body and sometimes his speech, leaving him so vulnerable that he has to crawl to the bathroom at night.

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I recently faced the problem where my Windows machine would randomly shutdown. No warning, no messages!
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Sen. Matt Bartle, a Lee's Summit Republican has sponsored a bill in the Mossouri legislature banning stem cell growth procedure.
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I am so happy! Now we have an expression language to create an expression language! Next we need an expl (my shortened form of expression language) to create an expl to create an expl … ad-infinitum.

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It can now be announced that AIIMS has marked a global first in pioneering stem cell medicine by the "injection method", placing the institute right at the top of the world's medicine map.

This is very exciting news for diabetics and heart transplant patients.

As part of a path breaking study. conducted from February 2003 to January 2005, 35 cardiac patients have been given stem cell treatment and have been monitored at 6, 12 and 18 month intervals.

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If this works out then no more forgotten passwords for me!
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Doug Pardee has given me an excellent introduction to B2Evolution and Expression Engine. If you are like me looking for a better blogging system you should check out his his comments on this post on privacy policy.

I saw this strange Blog entry from someone mentioning an US company which is *not hiring* US citizens. The post sounded like it was keeping a list of such companies! Anyway that sounded bad.
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