Texas Employs Web Users To Protect Borders

September 28th, 2007 Just copy-n-paste the following word list to Comment Blacklist section in Options->Discussion (in WordPress administration) for protection against the most common types of medical / drug related comment spams. The list was derived by analyzing hundreds of thousands of spams.

July 14th, 2005 Sun has started showcasing Java Applications in Java.com. It provides opportunity for developers to showcase their products.

June 13th, 2009 Company alleges Chinese software has stolen code SAN FRANCISCO — A California company claims that the Internet-filtering software China has mandated for all new personal computers sold there contains stolen programming code. Solid Oak Software of Santa Barbara said Friday that parts of its filtering software, which is designed for parents, are being used in the "Green Dam-Youth Escort" filtering software that must be packaged with all computers sold in China from July 1.

October 7th, 2009 Dell to close Winston-Salem, NC plant, lay off 905ROUND ROCK, Texas — Dell Inc. says it will close a desktop computer manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina by the end of January.

June 9th, 2009 Texas Instruments, Ceradyne are big movers NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Texas Instruments Inc., up $1.25 at $21.02 The chip maker hiked its profit and sales guidance for the quarter ending in June, signalling a rebound for the semiconductor sector. Quiksilver Inc., down 71 cents at $2.91 The outdoor apparel company swung to a second-quarter profit, but a weak outlook and expensive new loan facilities worried analysts.

November 30th, 2007 In MySpace on average (based on sample size of 2071208 images) 15 photos are uploaded per user. Considering only users who have at least one or more photos uploaded, they have on average uploaded a staggering 32 photos.

August 16th, 2005 The odds are against Merck & Co. prevailing in a wrongful-death civil Vioxx lawsuit being tried in Texas, an analyst at Prudential Equity Group says.

June 30th, 2009 Texas man accused of hacking into clinic computersDALLAS — A security guard is accused of hacking into computers at a Dallas medical clinic where he worked in hopes of launching a massive computer attack before or on July 4. Jesse William McGraw is being detained following his arrest Friday on a charge of downloading malicious code into a computer without authorization.

July 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Two engineers have proposed an alternative set of laws to Isaac Asimov's famous "Three Laws of Responsible Robotics", in order to rewrite mankind's future with robots. "We wanted to write three new laws to get people thinking about the human-robot relationship in more realistic, grounded ways," said d David Woods, professor of integrated systems engineering at Ohio State University.

April 3rd, 2006 We surely do live in interesting times. World famous ecologist Dr.

September 5th, 2009 LONDON - Facebook's free online game Farmville, which allows users to run their own virtual farm, is set to become the most popular application on the social networking site. Farmville, which allows Facebook members to plant, grow, and harvest virtual crops, trees, raise livestock, invest in farm equipment and sell their produce for profit, has become very popular ever since it was launched on June 19.

November 3rd, 2004 Jakob Nielsen in his article on security points out that user education is not the solution to the increasing Internet security problems nor is the problem similar to locking your door. Normally we lock the door for an average intruder, definitely not for KGB or FBI.

August 2nd, 2006 Eight different ways Google Checkout prevents and protects you from fraudulent credit card transactions, reimburses you for eligible chargebacks and even fights on your behalf: Update: See the comments at the end for some negative experiences with Google checkout. Consider them before commiting to Google checkout.

April 12th, 2005 In a surprising turn of events eight US newspapers and Associated Press Agency filed a court brief which says they should be allowed to protect their sources. In March, Apple won the right to see the bloggers' e-mail records to find out who leaked information on upcoming products to them, which they published.

September 8th, 2009 Analysts expect upbeat news from Texas InstrumentsNEW YORK — Analysts expect good news from chip maker Texas Instruments Inc. Wednesday, when the company is scheduled to give a mid-quarter financial update.