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• On Internet's 35th birthday, pioneer remains excited about its potential.

  - 2004-10-29

  By Dan Lee, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 29--The Internet's first baby steps began in Leonard Kleinrock's UCLA lab 35 years ago today. The young computer science professor's team had networked its computer with...

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• Online Obstacles Discourage Blind Computer Users.

  - 2004-06-21

  By K. Oanh Ha, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 21--It was mid-morning, but Barbara Rhodes sat in front of her computer in complete darkness, with the lights dimmed, shades drawn and computer screen turned off. Blind, her...

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• Michigan Voters Use Online Option.

  - 2004-02-07

  By Elise Ackerman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 7--Mary Jane DuLyn, 71, is one of tens of thousands of Michigan voters who won't be turning up at the polls today. Thanks to a computer she keeps in...

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• Menlo Park, Calif., Think Tank Develops Robotic Team for Military Projects.

  - 2003-12-20

  By Elise Ackerman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--When Randy Gobbel joined SRI International a year ago, one of the coolest things about his new job in the Engineering Building was the little red robots wandering the...

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• Report Alleges Culture of Coverup at Los Alamos National Library.

  - 2003-01-31

  By Dan Stober, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 31--By firing whistle-blowers, advising employees not to "spill their guts" about computer security problems and requiring auditors to sign loyalty oaths, managers at Los Alamos National Laboratory took...

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• U.S. Technology Budget to Rise to Fight Terrorism, Link Computer Systems.

  - 2003-01-21

  By Aaron Davis, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 21--President Bush will ask Congress to boost federal spending on information technology by $5 billion next year to continue fighting terrorism and to begin combining the computer systems of...

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• Advance in Virtual Touch Technology Could Help in Telemedicine, Education.

  - 2002-10-30

  By Chris O'Brien, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 30--The world got a little smaller Tuesday after scientists reached around the globe via the Internet and touched. Or rather, the scientists -- in London, Boston and Los...

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• President's Computer 'Culture of Security' Relies on Users.

  - 2002-09-19

  By Mary Anne Ostrom, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 19--Declaring that government alone cannot protect the nation's computer networks, top White House officials Wednesday presented a sober assessment of the nation's preparedness for cyberattacks and called...

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• Voluntary Approach to Nation's Computer Security Revealed.

  - 2002-09-18

  By Mary Anne Ostrom, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 18--The White House released its strategy for strengthening security of the nation's computer networks Tuesday, hoping to quell criticism of the blueprint in advance of its formal presentation...

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• White House to Unveil New Plan for U.S. Computer Security.

  - 2002-09-16

  San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 16--Using Silicon Valley as the backdrop, the White House this week will unveil its most comprehensive plan yet to protect the nation's computer users from cyberattacks. Industry officials who have...

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