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Irish Times Eircom computer theft exposes customer and employee data Consumer Tech Paul Bradley, head of Communications, Eircom Group, confirmed that the stolen computers were not encrypted, despite a stated policy for such computers to be encrypted. A statement from the group has said that "the incident was immediately reported to ... Potential data breach as eircom laptops stolenIrish Examiner Financial data fears as Eircom laptops stolenInsideireland.ie all 40 news articles »

Epic: 'There are too many platforms... some will lose' Computerandvideogames.com There are too many competing computer platforms currently on the market, says Epic Games technical director, Tim Sweeney. Speaking at the DICE summit in Las Vegas last night, the Unreal programming genius pointed to the abundance of choice consumers ... Epic's Tim Sweeney predicts the next 20 years in gaming technologyVentureBeat “Too many platforms,” says Epic bossVG247 Sweeney: There are too many platforms on the marketGamesIndustry.biz (registration) all 5 news articles »

Kids kept 53 laptops, Des Moines' charter school tells police DesMoinesRegister.com Some students at Des Moines' Public Charter School last summer failed to return 53 laptop computers valued at $27000, and now a police report has been filed indicating the devices were stolen. Nina Rasmusson, director of the charter school, ... Des Moines school reports 53 laptops as stolen because students didn't turn ...The Republic SCHOOL THEFT: 53 laptops were stolen from the Des Moines Charter SchoolWHO-TV Des Moines School Laptop TheftWOI all 16 news articles »

Why Bank of America is the new Citigroup Houston Chronicle There are fewer and fewer traders on the NYSE floor because of the dominance of computer trading of securities - including the high-frequency trading that can take advantage of price changes in a millisecond. Bank of America is the stock of the moment ... and more »

Computer Repair From Your Smart Phone With Live Gooroo(TM) MarketWatch (press release) It's the first mobile app that can remove viruses and spyware and run basic utilities on personal computers from the mobile device. It will be available on the Android OS platform Monday, and available for IOS in April. WILSON, NC, Feb. and more »

Let's make computers cheaper and expand ICT training Jamaica Observer SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Calls for Government to remove General Consumption tax (GCT) and import taxes on computers in order to widen and deepen Internet access for Jamaicans are very familiar. But information and communications technology (ICT ... and more »