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• Infants with whooping cough were most likely infected by the people they live with, according to a multicountry study led by researchers from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  - 2007-10-01

  Infants with whooping cough pertussis were most likely infected by the people they live with, according to a multicountry study led by researchers from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Parents were the source in 55% of affected infants. In all, household members were responsible 75% of the time....

  Tags: researcher, SECURITY, University of North Carolina

• Wake Forest obtains United States patent.(Wake Forest University School of Medicine and University of North Carolina)(Brief article)

  - 2006-04-01

  Wake Forest University School of Medicine (Winston-Salem, NC) and University of North Carolina at Chapel (Chapel Hill, NC) has patented compositions and methods useful for treatment of a virus infection in a mammal by double-targeting the virus (i.e. targeting the virus at more than one stage...

  Tags: agent, compound, patent, SECURITY, University of North Carolina, virus, Wake Forest University

• College Columnist Fired Over Call for Profiling

  - 2005-09-23

  Weiss, Steven I. Forward 09-23-2005 A Jewish undergraduate at the University of North Carolina has been booted from the student newspaper after writing a column in defense of racial profiling. "I want all Arabs to be stripped naked and cavity-searched if they get within 100 yards of an airport,"...

  Tags: Arab, CAREER, Government, SECURITY, University of North Carolina

• College Columnist Fired Over Call for Profiling

  - 2005-09-23

  Weiss, Steven I. Forward 09-23-2005 A Jewish undergraduate at the University of North Carolina has been booted from the student newspaper after writing a column in defense of racial profiling. "I want all Arabs to be stripped naked and cavity-searched...

  Tags: Arab, CAREER, Government, SECURITY, University of North Carolina

• StealthWatch by Lancope Deployed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Behavior-based Network Intelligence Improves Network Health and Security Posture

  - 2005-05-03

  ATLANTA -- Lancope, Inc., the leading provider of Network Behavior Anomaly Detection NBAD solutions, today announced that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Information Technology Services ITS has deployed StealthWatch as part of an overall network security strategy. By combining behavior-based network intelligence with rich contextual awareness of...

  Tags: health care, network, security, University of North Carolina

• Remembering Floyd.(books,stories from flood victims)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-04-06

  REMEMBERING FLOYD. Available from University of North Carolina Press: Faces from the Flood: Hurricane Floyd Remembered, by Richard Moore and Jay Barnes, who were serving as emergency response planners in North Carolina when Hurricane Floyd struck in 1999. The authors have gathered stories from flood victims...

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• Roaring Penguin Software's CanIt-PRO Stops Spam on Campuses.

  - 2003-10-29

  SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, Oct 27, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX (LISA'03 Conference) University of North Carolina, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute join the list of universities deploying CanIt-PRO to stop spam on large campuses, give ultimate control to end users. The University...

  Tags: anti-spam, E-mail, Institute, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Roaring Penguin Software, SECURITY, Spam, UNC, University of North Carolina

• Hacker taps into server to steal data from eBay

  - 2003-02-07

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A hacker used a University of North Carolina computer system to steal personal financial information from eBay users, federal officials say. Users of the Internet auction site complained to the FBI they received fraudulent e-mails during the past week that appeared to come from eBay,...

  Tags: Charlotte, E-mail, eBay Inc., Government, hacker, Hacking, SECURITY, server, University of North Carolina

• VilCom Interactive Media Selects InterLan Technologies as Managed Service Provider; Popular Sports Web Sites Gear Up with Reliable Access and Scalability

  - 2000-08-18

  Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. & CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 18, 2000--VilCom Interactive Media, the leading producer of premier, independent collegiate sports Web sites, today announced it has selected managed service provider InterLan Technologies to host its popular, content-rich Web sites including Goheels.com and ACCToday.com. This move...

  Tags: INTERNET, MARKETING, scalability, security, team, University of North Carolina, Web

• Wide-Range 6D Optical Tracker from 3rdTech Opens New Possibilities for Augmented Reality, Training, VR

  - 2000-08-02

  Business Editors, High Tech Writers CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 2, 2000 3rdTech Inc., developing products and businesses from university research, today announced the HiBall-3000 Wide Area Tracker, a new optical tracker that achieves unmatched levels of accuracy, performance and scalability. Based on technology first developed by the...

  Tags: Engineering, entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurship, Ethernet, NETWORKING, performance, SECURITY, sensor, training, University of North Carolina