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December 31, 2009

Huntington Beach, CA Police arrested on man in a break-in @ a local Chuck E. Cheese pizza joint.

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Security Cameras Catch Pizza Burglars Breaking Into Chuck E. Cheese



Wireless nets may draw unwelcome users

Author: Darrell D. Betzold
December 28, 2009

Imagine your surprise if the provider of your Internet service — or, worse, a police detective — told you that you were in trouble for downloading child pornography. It could be happening without your knowledge, courtesy of a hacker who’s using your wireless network for nefarious purposes.

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Wireless nets may draw unwelcome users



Editorial: Enough of border cams

Author: Darrell D. Betzold
December 28, 2009

Call Gov.

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Editorial: Enough of border cams



SureWest launches new video service

Author: Darrell D. Betzold
December 28, 2009

SureWest Communications will reach 25,000 additional Sacramento-area homes with video service by second-quarter 2010 with a software platform that delivers television service over its existing networks. Known as Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol TV, the service is expected to be available to new customers by the end of the year.

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SureWest launches new video service



December 28, 2009

IP Newscaster designed to provide live, full screen video over the Web By Marshall Electronics



Flipping the Switch on Mobile Security

Author: Darrell D. Betzold
December 28, 2009

East Grand Rapids Public Schools in Michigan has taken a novel approach to mobile computing, one that has required a novel approach to wireless security . The district encourages students to bring their own devices to school and use them in their classes. “We felt that if a student could learn better working in front of a computer,” said Jeff Crawford, manager of networking and security for East Grand Rapids Public Schools, “that he or she should be able to maximize that learning tool.” Of course, any time you allow students to use their own devices, you introduce “all sorts of variables” (such as computer viruses, for example) into the classroom setting, said Crawford

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December 28, 2009

by Victoria St. Martin, The Times-Picayune Tuesday August 18, 2009, 6:29 PM St. John the Baptist Parish housing authority officials are watching over residents and trying to make their complexes safe havens by installing surveillance cameras .

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St. John public housing gets security cameras



TV ratings giant Nielsen has decided not to adjust its national TV ratings sample to ensure that it properly represents households equipped with personal computers or Internet access. The decision follows an annual review of the process Nielsen uses to determine what types of households and individuals to mathematically “weight” to ensure that they represent the population at large

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Weighty Decision: Nielsen Decides Not To Control For PCs, Internet Access In National TV Ratings Sample



A cyber-security research center called the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) officially opened on Thursday in the UK. Based at the Queen’s University in Belfast, the center will develop new pieces of hardware that will allow better, real-time Internet content monitoring and automated CCTV analyses, as well as a new anti-malware engine

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New Cyber-Security Research Center Inaugurated in UKWill develop cutting-edge crime-prevention technology



MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FrontPoint Security, the leader in next-generation, wireless security systems, today announced that it has completed the first phase of a mass installation project with The Homes at Chimney Ridge at Clemson, Clemson University’s only traditional neighborhood student living community. Over the course of a weekend, members of the FrontPoint Security team traveled to Chimney Ridge and personally installed over 100 home security systems in the community’s individual detached homes and rental office. Chimney Ridge at Clemson is located approximately two miles away from Clemson University in Central, South Carolina

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The Homes at Chimney Ridge at Clemson Selects FrontPoint Security to Provide Next-Generation Home Security to Hundreds of Off-Campus Students