| Remarks of Cybersecurity and Communications Assistant Secretary Greg ...
Washington, D.C. Thank you Ron for that warm introduction. On behalf of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, I would like to welcome you all to this important summit. It is wonderful to see such a tremendous turnout for this event. And thank you Chairman Majoras for your inspiring remarks. Not only do I admire the FTC�s efforts to educate all Americans on the important issue of identity theft, I appreciate the proactive measures your agency has taken to enhance the security of its own networks. DHS and FTC are working together to address this formidable cyber security challenge. As the lead Federal Government agencies for consumer protection and infrastructure protection, we have learned that individual and enterprise cyber security are really two sides of the same coin.
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To Maple Park resident "Suzanne," it was business as usual at the firm where she worked for 14 years. The only difference this day was that the new employee, a 36-year-old man who had done this type of work before and been hired three weeks earlier, said he needed to take a longer-than-usual lunch hour to resolve a financial situation at his bank.
When he returned hours later, he brought Suzanne lunch as thanks for covering for him.
That night Suzanne received a phone call that changed her life dramatically.
"I got a call from a VISA representative saying that she needed to verify my credit card number and password and that I should go get my card. I didn't believer her. I thought 'This is a scam' and that it was a weird call. I went to get my card anyway. When I opened up my wallet and my card was not there, I knew then that this had happened.," she said.
Extra! UIdaho Student Found Shot to Death
A 21-year-old University of Idaho senior was found shot to death early today in his Moscow apartment.
David Robert Boss, a history major and Boise native, was found dead by a roommate about 2 a.m., Moscow police officials said. Boss� roommate apparently arrived at the apartment at 1218 S. Main St. about 2 a.m. and found the victim on the floor in the kitchen area of the apartment, according to a press release. The roommate called police. The death is being investigated as suspicious, said Moscow Police Department Assistant Chief David Duke. The apparent cause of death is a single gunshot wound to the head. No gun was found in the apartment, Duke said. .
Abhijeet Gupta becomes 17th GM
NEW DELHI: India found its 17th Grandmaster in Abhijeet Gupta as it rained norms in the ninth and penultimate round of the Parvsnath Commonwealth chess championship at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here on Sunday. Before keen battles on the leading boards left four leaders — K. Ratnakaran, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Vikramaditya Kamble and R. B. Ramesh — 18-year-old Abhijeet met the technical requirements to become a GM. Having already made three GM norms, Abhijeet needed to touch the stipulated rating of 2500 for the title. Rated at 2470 on October 1 this year, Abhijeet collected 25 points from the National junior championship at Aurangabad, World juniors in Armenia and the Aurangabad Open in his recent outings. That left him needing another five points to touch 2500 here.
Thermage swings to Q3 profit
Thermage Inc. Tuesday reported a net income of $400,000 or 2 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $1.5 million, or 26 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. Hayward-based Thermage (NASDAQ: THRM) had third-quarter revenue of $13.9 million, over $12.5 million a year ago. "Our third quarter net income was driven by a very strong gross profit margin of 78 percent, reflecting the strength of our treatment tip sales during the period," Stephen Fanning, Thermage's president and CEO, said in a statement. "Treatment tip revenue grew 16% from the third quarter of 2006." .
INQ Guide to Free Anti-Spyware
SPYWARE IS NASTY. As insidious as a virus, it sneaks onto your PC, slows it to a crawl then sits in the background watching what you do and ensuring that you get even more spam - as well as other dubious pleasures such as pop-up adverts. Most gets unknowingly installed in the guise of something useful. For instance, you get a free program which includes adware. Often, they do tell you, but it's buried deep in the licence agreement that nobody reads anyway, for instance. Before installing a freebie, look it up on Google. See if anyone's reported problems. Sites like download.com or Tucows often have user reviews - badly written and unreliable, but they'll give you a hint. Another common vector is browser toolbars for Internet Explorer. These are usually more trouble than they're worth; avoid them.
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