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Patient Data Breaches Continue to Plague Health Care

August 7, 2012
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Patient Data Breaches Continue to Plague Health Care

Commentary by Allan B. Colombo August 7, 2012 – Those who know me well know that I do not advocate placing critical data onto the Internet simply because it will be compromised over and over again. This is one of the reasons why government and corporations alike use to use leased lines for connectivity....
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Tags: Al Colombo, Computerworld, critical data, data, HIPPA, Internet, Internet security, privacy
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New Scientific Concept Suggests Time Travel in the Brain

July 28, 2012
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New Scientific Concept Suggests Time Travel in the Brain

This is an interesting story on new research on the brain. Evidently, from what I’m reading, the human mind, like a computer, has a portion within it that goes live when we’re at idle, like Microsoft does with their OS. Commentary by Allan B. Colombo July 28, 2012 – The issue of “time travel”...
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Artificial intelligence to sniff out bankers’ scams

July 19, 2012
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Artificial intelligence to sniff out bankers’ scams

July 18, 2012 – The United Kingdom (UK) has had it’s share of illegal banking activities. Last week, “another UK banking executive was made to squirm in front of the TV cameras as he was grilled by angry parliamentarians over alleged corruption in his organisation,” says Paul Marks, writer with New Scientist. As it...
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Google Again Pilfers User’s Private Information

March 17, 2012
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Google Again Pilfers User’s Private Information

March 17, 2012 – Google Charged With One Again Pilfering User’s Private Information From video surveillance cameras along streets to the precise location of any phone number you enter (in the past), Google is once again accused to pilfering user’s private information. Consumer Watchdog organization, a non-partisan public interest organization with offices in Santa...
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Tags: cyber security, data privacy, EU, European Union, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Google, Government, investigation, privacy
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FBI Looking at Social Media to Glean Info

March 4, 2012
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FBI Looking at Social Media to Glean Info

4 March 2012 – There are self proclaimed activists who refuse to jump onto the Facebook bandwagon. The reason for this is a general lack of privacy. If you think about it, but that’s why these individuals are activists. So what’s the problem here? What else would you expect? In a move that’s unlikely...
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Tags: Allan Colombo, cyber security, foreign intelligence, GKO Tech Blog, Intelligence, national security
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DARPA Seeks Advanced Access Control Technology

December 31, 2011
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DARPA Seeks Advanced Access Control Technology

12/31/11 – The use of biometric identifiers for security sake, be it physical or logical security, has some privacy advocates up in arms. But there is a program afoot, sponsored by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), that makes this concern appear as child’s play by comparison. Good access control hinges on one or...
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Your Email Safety in Question

December 5, 2011
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Your Email Safety in Question

While e-mail may be the new snail mail to the iPhone generation, the fact is that it is the most-used conduit for communication in our world today. E-mails routinely contain business deal discussions, social security numbers, bank account information, and personal information intended only for the recipient.
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Massachusetts Experiences Personal Data Compromise

May 22, 2011
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Massachusetts Experiences Personal Data Compromise

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Cambridge Computer Engineering Student Reveals Danger in Smart Cards

January 1, 2011
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Cambridge Computer Engineering Student Reveals Danger in Smart Cards

Omar Choudary, Cambridge University, smart card, smartcard, Smart Card Detective, The UK Cards Association, cashless, cashlessness, cash, soft currency, hard currency, global currency, danger of no currency
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Report Claims British Obsessed Internet Workaholics

December 25, 2010
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Report Claims British Obsessed Internet Workaholics

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Computer Technology and Allegations of Voting Fraud

November 28, 2010
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Computer Technology and Allegations of Voting Fraud

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Tags: computer, Congress, election fraud, Florida, software, software programmer, voting computer
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Science and Religion

November 27, 2010
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Science and Religion

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Public Education Teaches Reliance on Technology

October 9, 2010
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Public Education Teaches Reliance on Technology

Reliance on technology is not a good thing. When we depend on a word processing program to spell accurately for us, or when we depend on it to tell us when our grammar is wrong, we place ourselves in a precarious and vulnerable position.
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Tags: Carnegie Foundation, computer, education, Giant Killers Organization, GKO, GKO Tech Blog, Government, health, Norman Dodd, public education, teenager, The Agenda
Posted in Computers, Education, Government, Personal Development | 2 Comments »

Privacy and the Obsolescence of Cursive Writing

August 28, 2010
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Privacy and the Obsolescence of Cursive Writing

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One Source of Today’s Social Irresponsibility Easy to Spot

August 19, 2010
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One Source of Today’s Social Irresponsibility Easy to Spot

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Tags: computer, Cyber, GKO, GKO Tech Blog, Government, health
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Apple Manager Indicted for Accepting Kickbacks

August 15, 2010
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Tags: Apple, computer, corruption, federal indictment, kickbacks
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An Alleged “Time Traveler” From 2036

August 9, 2010
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An Alleged “Time Traveler” From 2036

Time travel is an interesting subject now that Quantum Physics has given mankind hope of its existence. It’s also an interesting read because deep down inside of ourselves, at least some of us it seems, we know that it’s true, there is a way to travel through time. Sunday morning, August 8, 2010, Nick...
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Tags: Adolph Hitler, Germany, GKO Tech Blog, Hitler, John Titor, Quantum, Quantum Mechanics, time travel
Posted in Computers, Quantum Mechanics, Science | 5 Comments »

Internet Victimization

August 4, 2010
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Internet Victimization

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SCADA Worm and Other Malicious Software Attacks Industrial Sector

July 25, 2010
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SCADA Worm and Other Malicious Software Attacks Industrial Sector

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Tags: Cyber, foreign intelligence, Industrial, Intelligence, Malware, Worm
Posted in Computers, Intelligence | 2 Comments »

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