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...citizens. For the first time in Egypt's history, the President faced not a yes-no referendum on his presidency, in which he'd be assured of 99% or so of the tally, but a contest in which he had to defend his record before the citizenry against rival candidates. Mubarak has been hop-scotching around the country, telling crowds, "I stand before you asking for your endorsement." Close on his heels, nine challengers have been giving raucous speeches, sometimes accusing him of tyranny and corruption, strictly taboo accusations less than a year ago. "The genie...
...iPod, a disgruntled employee - or even an outgoing staff member keen to retain contacts - could nab an entire client database, according to computer-security firm Centennial Software. Late last year, one London recruitment agency worker poached the firm's client base with his iPod, before launching a rival company. So what's the company IT boss to do? Squeezing superglue into USB ports (as some have done) is no long-term fix. The devices should be "prohibited where confidential information could leak out," says David Friedlander, senior analyst at tech consultants Forrester Research EMEA in Amsterdam. Some security-minded organizations...
Rather than target the crops, however, the new campaign aims to crush trafficking kingpins and their patrons in government who have formed power centers to rival those of noncorrupt officials. The problem so far has been gathering evidence against the crooked players, but now the DEA has given special-ops training to a cadre of 128 Afghan officers vetted for corruption. They will be joined by five Foreign-deployed Advisory and Support Teams (FAST) of DEA agent-advisers at a secure base with modern electronics outside Kabul. The goal is to have the units gather data from documents, computer discs...
...connected directly to the Internet. But even unclassified systems store sensitive information and provide logistics support throughout the armed forces. Government analysts say the attacks are ongoing, and increasing in frequency. But whether the Titan Rain hackers are gathering industrial information or simply testing their ability to infiltrate a rival nation's military systems, the U.S. government is taking the threat very seriously...
...cambia de ciudad, sali? al aire en Showtime en el 2003. A este punto, la actriz hubiera podido sentarse al borde de su piscina a elegir guiones, invitaciones y regalos. Pero Hayek, de 38 a?os, sigue trabajando como el primer d?a. Se hizo cargo de Pen?lope Cruz, una potencial rival, cuando la actriz espa?ola lleg? a Hollywood. Ha tratado de enviar m?s producciones f?lmicas a M?xico como una forma de reconstruir la industria f?lmica de su pa?s. Y est? trabajando en dos nuevas cintas norteamericanas y dos programas de televisi?n, adem?s de escribir un gui?n para Jamie Foxx. Puede...