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Russian Gang's Credentials Theft Exposes Web's Wild, Wild West Side
2014-08-12 19:52:48| TechNewsWorld
News that a Russian gang has stockpiled more than a billion purloined user name and password combinations has revved up the Internet's reputation as a post industrial Wild, Wild West. Just how much havoc will be raised by the gang remains to be seen. The data thieves so far appear content to use their ill-gotten trove for spamming, according to Hold Security, which discovered the credential cache.
An end to India's 'Wild West'? Meghalaya bans coal mining... for now
2014-07-08 17:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Meghalaya, a state in Indias northeast, has thick forests above ground and valuable minerals below. Coal occurs in a narrow belt from the lower western end of the state across to the eastern end. Uncontrolled mining in the area has cleared forests, degraded rivers, and led to many accidents and deaths as few health and safety standards exist for mine workers. A ban effected earlier this year halted all mining in the state, but is set to be reconsidered at a hearing scheduled for August. The All...
United Kingdom: Offshore windfarms 'wild west' of renewable energy, union warns
2014-02-14 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government's push into offshore wind power has created a boom in renegade ship operators that are exploiting workers and putting lives in danger, according to the UK's largest marine workers' union. Nautilus has dubbed the sector that operates boats for the UK's offshore windfarms the "wild west" of renewable energy. The union says basic safety rules are not being enforced, bullying and harassment are commonplace, crews lack training and are often forced to work in sea conditions beyond recommended...
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RTX moves to tame 'Wild West' SMS exchange market
2014-01-31 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Voice trading facilitator launches SMS Exchange, potentially helping operators identify profitable routes for SMS traffic.
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Sting exposes 'wild west' of open-access publishing
2013-10-03 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: An investigation by the journal Science reports today the first global snapshot of the poor quality of peer review in open access journals, many of them based in developing countries, most notably India, calling it an "emerging Wild West in academic publishing". Science reporter John Bohannon submitted versions of the same flawed paper by made up scientists to 304 journals around the world between January and August. He found that "more than half of the journals accepted the paper, failing to notice...
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