Cyrus - Slashdot User

Submission + - Craigslist removes its controversial adult section (wireupdate.com)

Submitted by Cyrus on Saturday September 04, 2010 @02:06AM

Cyrus writes: The online classified website Craigslist has removed its controversial Adult Services portion of its website. Technology blog TechCrunch was the first to report the section had been blacked out with the word "Censored."

Submission + - Facebook owned? (bloomberg.com)

Submitted by

Cyrus

on Tuesday July 13, 2010 @10:01AM

Cyrus writes: "According to a Bloomberg scoop, a New York man claiming to own a majority of Facebook has gotten a signed court order to block Facebook from transferring assets."

Submission + - DHS to hire 1,000 cybersecurity experts (computerworld.com)

Submitted by

Cyrus

on Sunday October 04, 2009 @12:33PM

Cyrus writes: "DHS Sectretary Janet Napolitano plans to hire 1,000 security experts over the next three years. "This new hiring authority will enable DHS to recruit the best cyber analysts, developers and engineers in the world to serve their country by leading the nationâ(TM)s defenses against cyber threats," Napolitano stated. The National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) "works collaboratively with public, private and international entities to protect and secure the nationâ(TM)s cyber assets. This broad mission gives the NCSD a pivotal role in providing cyber analysis, intrusion detection and warning, intrusion prevention, information sharing, vulnerability reduction, and incident response." Current job openings include two specialities: Program Analyst and IT Specialist. Time to punch up those resumes?"

Slashdot Top Deals