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Private sector largely ignorant of cyber threat

From managing supply chains to storing intellectual property, the internet has opened global markets and revolutionized modern business practices.  Yet, while providing new opportunities, reliance on the Web has also exposed new vulnerabilities.  McAfee estimates that in 2008 alone, “companies worldwide lost more than $1 trillion” from IP and data theft.  A recently r

Why Twitter? Why Twitter could subvert government censorship in Iran when other Web 2.0 services could not.

While the effect Twitter had on the scale of the protests following the disputed Iranian election remains uncertain (there are only 19,000 registered Twitter users in Iran, while estimates for the number of protestors range from a few hundred thousand to three million), there is no doubt that Twitter played an essential role in broadcasting the events on Tehran’s streets to the world.Jour

Waxman-Markey Bill to create new National Climate Service

In addition to initiating an extensive cap-and-trade regime to curb domestic greenhouse gas production, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 will also create a new National Climate Service to advance understanding of climate variability and change, and provide timely and authoritative information to the government, public-, and private-sectors on climate variations and trends, as

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