Month: August 2010

A majority of Americans believe their online personal actions can help make the online world a safer place for everyone, according to a national survey conducted by the National Cyber Security Alliance and the Anti-Phishing Workshop Group. – (AHN) Read the original post by NBC Washington

A 42-year-old mother charged with sexually abusing two teenage boys made her first court appearance Monday. – (AHN) Read the original post by NBC Washington

Twice over the past decade, Hewlett-Packard Co. turned to an outsider to lead the tech giant. Read the original post by MarketWatch

RIM, Saudis reportedly reach deal RIM-T has reportedly reached a deal with Saudi Arabia related to security issues with BlackBerry Messenger, a U.S. official said today. Read the original post by The Globe and Mail

Primaries are underway in Colorado, where voters are deciding the results of a divisive Democratic race for the Senate between Sen. Michael Bennet, who was appointed to his seat last year and is seeking a full term, and former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff. – (AHN) Read the original post by NBC Washington

Former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon is expected to win Connecticut’s Republican Senate primary on Tuesday, setting up for a boisterous brawl with state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal in the general election. Her closest rival in the GOP contest, former Rep. Rob Simmons, trails by double digits. – (AHN) Read the original post by…

Time Warner Inc has appointed magazine industry veteran Jack Griffin as the new CEO of Time once Ann Moore retires in September this year. – (AHN) Read the original post by NBC Washington

According to reports by the Alaska Air National Guard, there may be survivors of a small plane crash near Dillingham, Alaska – (AHN) Read the original post by NBC Washington

If states want to reduce the death rate among chronic drinkers, they should increase the tax on alcohol, University of Florida researchers said in a recent report. – (AHN) Read the original post by NBC Washington

Four men who were playing around on a boat on a southern Idaho reservoir have died after one of the men fell in the water and the other three tried to rescue him. – (AHN) Read the original post by NBC Washington

A University of Cincinnati study blames obesity for the early onset of puberty among Canadian and American girls. – (AHN) Read the original post by NBC Washington

One in four stroke victims stop taking their prescribed drugs within three months after hospitalization, according to a report from Wake Forest University. – (AHN) Read the original post by NBC Washington

The United Nations fears that Pakistan?s flood victims could outnumber those affected by other recent major natural disasters–the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, the South Asian earthquake in 2005 and the Haitian quake in January. – (AHN) Read the original post by NBC Washington

A former U.S. engineer, who was in custody for last five years was finally on Monday convicted of selling military secrets to China according to the department of justice sources in Washington D.C. – (AHN) Read the original post by NBC Washington

MTV named 23-year-old Gabi Gregg the network’s first ‘Twitter Jockey’ Sunday night. Read the original post by NY Daily News