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Submission + - Hackers Breach 160k Med Records at UC Berkeley

Submitted by nandemoari on Tuesday May 12, 2009 @10:49AM

nandemoari writes: Hackers have reportedly infiltrated restricted computer databases at the University of California Berkeley, putting the private data of 160,000 students, alumni, and others at risk. According to UC Berkeley, computer administrators determined that electronic databases in University Health Services had been breached by overseas criminals on April 21, 2009. Information contained on the breached databases included Social Security numbers, health insurance information and non-treatment medical information such as records of immunization and names of treating physicians.

Comment Re:Um (Score 1) 211

by techiemikey on Tuesday May 12, 2009 @10:08AM (#27921439) Attached to: UK "Creative Industries" Call For File-Sharers Ban

Wouldn't it require the court to allow them to ban the person for that reason? Or does "Without a prior ruling by the judicial authorities" mean until convicted?

Comment Re:Why? (Score 1, Insightful) 154

by techiemikey on Friday August 15, 2008 @02:36PM (#24619223) Attached to: British Government Considers Tenfold Increase To Copyright Penalty

because someone doesn't know that and tagged it "patent". People have flaws, get used to it.

Submission + - Caffeine helps improve Memory

Submitted by techiemikey on Wednesday August 08, 2007 @09:14AM

techiemikey writes: Recent findings have found that caffeine can help improve memory but only in women, and more prominantly in women over the age of 65. It seems the caffeine helps prevent the loss of brain cells, but it apparently does nothing in regards to preventing dementia. On why only women are affected, one person reported that women may be "more sensitive to the effects of caffeine.... Their bodies may react differently to the stimulant, or they may metabolize caffeine differently."

Submission + - Swiming Pool Stolen (cnn.com) 1

Submitted by techiemikey on Thursday July 26, 2007 @01:42PM

techiemikey writes: So here's one i'd like to see slash dotters out there explain. CNN reports that a pool was stolen out from behind a woman's house in New Jersey without spilling a drop. It was a 10 foot diamater above ground pool that holds approximately 1000 gallon's of water. Police say the obvious, "Someone took a little time and effort thinking about this". I now need to know...how can one silently steal a pool of that size?

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