07-09-2012 11:33 An old shipwreck, unearthed and then covered up every few years by the frequent storms that lash this remote spit of Alabama beach, is providing a treat for locals and tourists alike. The schooner Rachel is now uncovered again, thanks to Isaac. (Sept. 7)
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We circulated a 21-question poll earlier this summer and received more than 800 responses from readers. Virtually all engineers are aware of social networking sites and platforms and fully 70 percent use them.
But, significantly, nearly a third don't use social networks at all, largely because they feel such use is a "waste of time" or not relevant to their life and work.
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Of those engineers who do engage with social networking, 85 percent use LinkedIn and 60 percent use Facebook. Site preference falls off dramatically after that:
More than a third of respondents (35 percent) view social networking sites at least once day, but hardcore users (more than two hours a day) make up only 3 percent of overall usage.
We found that only one in four users are not allowed to access social networking tools at work.
Use for engineering? Hardly
Perhaps the most eye-opening results concerned how engineers use social networking tools and platforms. Seventy-one percent of respondents never use social networking to request or share business information, and 81 percent never use the technology to collaboratively solve technical problems or find new products and suppliers.
More than half (56 percent) use social networking to network with colleagues but the rest never use it for that purpose.
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06-09-2012 10:24 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says her husband, former President Bill Clinton, read portions of his speech for the Democratic National Convention, to her before Wednesday night's delivery, but she's anxious to see it in action. (Sept. 6)
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MOBILE phones and social networking sites have become the new frontier for cyber criminals who are stealing passwords and personal information by taking advantage of people's cluelessness.
Australians are very good at protecting themselves from email fraud and spam but that is ''so five to seven years ago'', said a cyber security expert who warns that criminals have shifted their gaze to mobile and social networking fraud.
About 5.4 million people were victims of cyber crime in Australia in the past year, costing the country $1.65 billion in direct financial loss, says the cyber crime report for the internet security company Norton, released yesterday.
While 93 per cent of the 13,000 global survey respondents said they delete unsolicited emails and 89 per cent said they do not open suspicious attachments from people they do not know, the majority had no idea about new threats, Norton's vice-president of Asia-Pacific operations, David Freer, said.
''The good news is that people are more aware of email threats but that's five to seven years ago,'' he said. ''The bad news is that's the old way of being attacked.''
He said cyber criminals have ''moved to where the people are'' and are increasingly targeting mobile phone and social networking sites where users are less aware of the risks.
One in five Australian mobile users has received a text message from someone they don't know requesting that they click on a link or dial an unknown number to retrieve a ''voicemail'' and one third of social network users have been targeted by a cyber criminal.
Yet 51 per cent of social network users and 81 per cent of mobile phone users had no security settings. And most people had no idea what a virus or cyber attack would look like.
''Malware and viruses used to wreak obvious havoc on your computer,'' a safety advocate for Norton, Marian Merritt, said.
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FirstClassAthletes.com, a new social networking app and website dedicated to fantasy sports fans, has been beta released today, just in time for the upcoming 2012 NFL football season.
Designed by FHC Global, a South Florida firm specializing in emerging technologies, FirstClassAthletes.com (www.firstclassathletes.com) will initially be available for American football only, with other major sports to be added soon.
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According to Daniel, a recognized leader in technology whose GPS sneakers gained worldwide attention when they were launched in 2007, the FirstClassAthletes.com app and website will have several features of interest to sports fans. Among them are:
FirstClassAthletes.com provides an excellent forum for fans to dish with or about their favorite athletes on all levels; high school, college or professional, said Daniel. This takes fantasy sports to a whole new level.
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