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24/7 Wall St.: “Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million Twitter users. It raises the question of whether there is wisdom in crowds. 24/7 Wall St. will look …
Smartphone Security – Survey of U.S. consumers, Ponemon Institute© Research Report, Sponsored by AVG Technologies, Independently conducted by Ponemon Institute LLC, Publication Date: March 2011 News release: “AVG Technologies, one of the leading providers of consumer security software, today revealed details of a sobering study uncovering new statistics about the data security risks involved in …
Americans under age 40 are as likely to donate to Japan disaster relief through electronic means as traditional means like the phone or postal mail. Kristen Purcell, Michael Dimock, Pew Center for The People & The Press. March 23, 2011 “In a striking shift in charitable donations methods, Americans under age 40 are now just …
“In 1987, the actress Elizabeth Taylor, who was serving as the national chairman of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), wrote the following letter to President Reagan, asking him to deliver a speech at a fundraising dinner amfAR was holding in Washington D.C. The president agreed, and he delivered the speech on May 31, …
News release: “State government tax collections decreased $14.3 billion to $704.6 billion in fiscal year 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. There was a $65.8 billion decrease in 2009. These new data come from the 2010 Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections, which contains annual statistics on the fiscal year tax collections of …
Alternative Approaches to Funding Highways, March 23, 2011 “About 25 percent of the nation’s highways, which carry about 85 percent of all road traffic, are paid for in part by the federal government. Federal spending on highways comes primarily from taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel, but those and other taxes paid by highway users …
DOD and VA Health Care: Federal Recovery Coordination Program Continues to Expand but Faces Significant Challenges, GAO-11-250, March 23, 2011 End-Stage Renal Disease: CMS Should Assess Adequacy of Payment When Certain Oral Drugs Are Included and Ensure Availability of Quality Monitoring Data, GAO-11-365, March 23, 2011
“The Japanese government said Wednesday that the economic cost of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami could be as much as $308 billion, more than double the cost of the 1995 Kobe earthquake. The government said construction and related costs will total 16 trillion to 25 trillion yen ($198 billion to $308 billion), according to …
Inside iPad: “Hand a two-year-old child a shoe and he will probably end up throwing it. Hand him an iPad, however, and he’ll navigate through it to find his favorite app in no time. According to a new survey from security software maker AVG, kids can grasp new tech skills long before they even learn …
