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Security Fix Live
February 13, 2009 at 11:00 am

Security Fix blogger Brian Krebs answers your questions about the latest computer security threats and offers ways to protect your personal information.


FCC Targets TV Stations Shutting Analog
February 13, 2009 at 12:00 am

The Federal Communications Commission has told the owners of 123 TV stations that had planned to go ahead with the switch to digital broadcasts next week that they cannot do so unless they can show that consumers in their viewing areas will not be left in the dark.


Economic Free Fall Accelerates, Data Show
February 13, 2009 at 12:00 am

With Congress preparing to vote as early as tomorrow on a $789 billion stimulus package, government data yesterday showed that the number of people relying on unemployment benefits has surged to a record 4.81 million.


For First Time, Study Tracks Paths of Migratory Songbirds
February 12, 2009 at 2:39 pm

Migratory songbirds wearing tiny "backpacks" consisting of a data chip encased in clear plastic have stripped away the mystery of their epic seasonal voyages between North and South America, revealing not only their routes and resting places but the remarkable speed at which they can travel.


Broadband Program Oversight Questioned
February 12, 2009 at 12:00 am

Congress has targeted more than $6 billion to wire rural America with Internet service as part of the nearly $790 billion stimulus plan. But the bill would place much of those funds in an Agriculture Department program that has been criticized for its past management of grants, raising concerns...


A Little Economic Stimulus: Free Antivirus
February 12, 2009 at 12:00 am

Using Windows has traditionally required paying a tax of sorts. Not to Microsoft but to the vendor of the antivirus program you install to protect your PC.


Debris From Satellites' Collision Said to Pose Small Risk to Space Station
February 12, 2009 at 12:00 am

The Pentagon and NASA are scrambling to assess the risk to spacecraft and the international space station from hundreds of pieces of debris created in the collision Tuesday of two satellites 491 miles above Siberia. NASA's initial estimate is that the space station faces a "very small" but...

 

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