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Submission + - U.S. Senator Robert Byrd dies at age 92

Submitted by fl!ptop on Monday June 28, 2010 @11:31AM

fl!ptop writes: West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd died early Monday morning after being hospitalized last week with what was thought to be heat exhaustion. Byrd was the longest serving senator in U.S. history, having been first elected to office in 1958 and serving continuously since then. Byrd's life and political career weren't without controversy; he was a member of the KKK in his 20's, and was labeled "The Prince of Pork" by taxpayer groups, a label he wore as a badge of honor. Early speculation is that WV Governor Joe Manchin will appoint a "placeholder" to the seat, effectively keeping it warm until he can run for it himself in November. WV law prohibits the governor from appointing himself to the seat, but there is nothing stopping Manchin from resigning and having Lt. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin appoint him.

Submission + - Sensitive data missing from National Archives

Submitted by fl!ptop on Wednesday May 20, 2009 @05:29PM

fl!ptop writes: AP reported today that the National Archives has lost a computer hard drive that contained 'massive amounts of sensitive data from the Clinton administration, including Social Security numbers, addresses, and Secret Service and White House operating procedures.' The drive contained 1TB of info and went missing from the Archives facility in College Park, MD. Sensitive data about one of former VP Al Gore's daughters was reportedly on the drive. From TFA:
The FBI is conducting a criminal investigation of the matter, according to Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Towns and the committee's senior Republican, Rep. Darrell Issa of California, said they would continue to seek more information.

The lawmakers said they learned of the loss from committee aides after the staff was briefed by the inspector general of the National Archives and Records Administration. There was no indication that anyone has been victimized, aides said.

Submission + - Best Western downplays data breach

Submitted by fl!ptop on Thursday September 04, 2008 @06:46AM

fl!ptop writes: Only 4 days after reports that it lost details on millions of customers, Best Western downplayed the breach, insisting that no more than a dozen records were compromised:
According to Best Western spokeswoman Marie Yarroll, the number of compromised customer records, according to the current analysis and investigation, appears to be only 10 and not more than a dozen. "We are currently contacting those customers and offering assistance as needed."

Glasgow Sunday Herald writer Iain Bruce, who broke the story, claims to have screen shots of the Best Western data breach and stands by his story, saying, "It's a shame that BW [Best Western] [isn't] more worried about the breach than attacking me."

Submission + - Asus and Intel challenge OLPC with Eee PC (zdnet.com)

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on Thursday June 07, 2007 @05:56PM

fl!ptop writes: "George Ou at ZDNet says, "The user interface of the OLPC doesn't even feel worth of a cheap fisher price toy" but raves about a new Asus/Intel super cheap UMPC. "The ASUS Eee computer will cost a mere $199 for the 7" LCD model whereas the so-called $100 OLPC costs $175. Given the fact that Eee can run Linux or Windows XP and it can boot off NAND flash memory in a mere 15 seconds, the Eee slaughters the OLPC with ease." C|Net has some more information on the Eee PC when it was introduced at Computex last month in Taiwan."

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