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Vandalism Shows Net Vulnerability

2015-03-03 10:21:30| Telecom - Topix.net

Computers, cellphones and landlines in Arizona were knocked out of service for hours, ATMs stopped working, 911 systems were disrupted and businesses were unable to process credit card transactions -- all because vandals sliced through a fiber-optic Internet cable buried in the rocky desert. The Internet outage did more than underscore just how dependent modern society has become on high technology.

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Extreme weather exposes the vulnerability of our cities to climate change

2015-02-12 09:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Conversation: Despite the Patriots winning the Super Bowl, January and February were not kind months for the people of Boston and New England. By February 10th, more than 60 inches of snow in 30 days fell on the city and parts of the wider region, closing schools, shuttering businesses and offices, interrupting road, rail and air travel, paralyzing the region. Across the Northeast and down highway I-95 as far as Philadelphia, the massive snowfalls caused disruption and damage totaling millions of dollars. Factor...

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Winter storm expose vulnerability nuclear power plants

2015-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

InsideClimate: Two days after a major New England blizzard contributed to the shutdown of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Mass., the facility remains closed. Due to climate change, more of the most extreme precipitation events, such as this recent snowfall, are expected to slam the area in the coming decades. Nuclear power critics cite the Pilgrim shutdown as proof the industry isn't ready now--and won't be any time soon. Federal regulators counter that several initiatives to improve nuclear...

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Google throws nearly a billion Android users under the bus, refuses to patch OS vulnerability

2015-01-12 23:30:33| Extremetech

Google is refusing to patch a known security flaw in all versions of Android prior to KitKat, despite the fact that it impacts nearly a billion users, including devices less than 15 months old.

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