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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 299 days ago
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/feb/07/olpc.securityBy Pete WarrenThe GuardianFebruary 7 2008What if the plans to spread low-cost One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) and Intel Classmate computers to the developing world work? What if in a few years there are hundreds of millions of them out there? Many might applaud. But among computer security experts, there's growing concern that those scheme could inadvertently lead to a huge increase in computer crime.Initiatives such as the OLPC and the Classmate ar read more »
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:32:08 -0500 (CDT)http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/082508-cybersecurity-lacking-in-africa-official.htmlBy Brenda Zulu IDG News Service 08/25/2008 Africa will not realize the benefits of IT without improvements in cybersecurity, the secretary general of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) said today.Speaking at the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU's) regional Cybersecurity Forum being held here this read more »
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