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DVLA data powers likely to be abused by foreign officials • The RegisterPersonal data belonging to nearly 40 million UK motorists is likely to be abused by foreign officials under new automatic access powers, according to a restricted report. Drivers' details such as name, address, motoring convictions and some medical information will be available to more than two ...
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Exclusive: IRS hires hundreds for new wealth unit | ReutersA new Internal Revenue Service unit set up to catch rich tax cheats hiding their wealth in complex business entities is rapidly taking shape with the hiring of hundreds of employees. The IRS high wealth unit, part of a broader effort to combat international tax evasion, is focusing on "the ...
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VIDEO: Iran's Nuclear TriggerConfidential intelligence documents obtained by The Times show that Iran is working on testing a key final component of a nuclear bomb. The notes, from Iran’s most sensitive military nuclear project, describe a four-year plan to test a neutron initiator, the component of a nuclear bomb that ...
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Boing BoingAirmile hackers figured out that they could buy dollar coins (free shipping!) from the US Mint, using credit cards that gave them airmiles for purchases. Then they took the dollar coins straight to the bank and deposited them, paying off the credit card bills before any interest was incurred. ...
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UN scientists defend 'targeted' colleagues - Yahoo! NewsMembers of the Nobel-winning panel of climate scientists rose on Tuesday to defend colleagues that they said had been "targeted" for email hacking to sway the outcome of the UN global warming talks. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said he ...
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Workers Should Turn Off Visual Alerts, Study Finds - Yahoo! NewsMultitaskers beware: On-screen notification pop-ups and visual alerts designed to increase productivity can actually end up costing you time in the long run, according to a new study. "Email notifications and instant messages all cause a break in focus of the task in hand, even if they are ...
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Scientists call leaked emails part of “smear campaign” before Copenhagen | TopNews United StatesIn their Tuesday-released report about the stepped-up pace of climate change, three scientists - Richard Somerville of Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Michael Mann of Penn State; and Eric Steig of University of Washington – said that last week’s leaked emails controversy was apparently a ...
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Feeding Birds Could Create New Species | Wired Science | Wired.comSomething as simple as feeding birds can change their biological fate, and even seed the formation of a new species. Central European blackcap warblers that spend the winter in the birdfeeder-rich United Kingdom are on a different evolutionary trajectory than those that migrate to Spain. The ...
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Postal Service says they deliver 26 billion fewer pieces of mail | APP.com | Asbury Park PressTo stay afloat the postal service has borrowed $10.2 billion from the federal government in recent years, approaching its $15 billion borrowing limit. “We've been hit by a perfect storm,” said Greg Frey, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service. Communication habits have changed, what with the ...
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The smoking gun: Tony Blair accused of betrayal over law chief's memo saying war was illegal | Mail OnlineTony Blair was accused of a 'gross betrayal' of the Queen and Parliament last night after it emerged that the Government's chief law officer warned him eight months before the Iraq invasion that regime change would be illegal. In a previously undisclosed memo, described as 'the most vital piece ...
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