Day: July 11, 2006

2006 National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* July 10, 2006 Media Contact: DJ Latham Office: 817/509-8991 Mobile: 817/715-2868 dlatham@cowgirl.net FORT WORTH, Texas – The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is proud to announce the 2006 National Cowgirl Hall of Fame Inductees. These five astounding women will be honored during the 31^st Annual Induction Luncheon Ceremony on Thursday, October 26, 2006 at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The 2006 Inductees are as follows: *Minnie Lou Bradley* She was the first women to receive a degree in animal husbandry from Oklahoma State University, formerly known as Oklahoma

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HALL OF FAME JOCKEY GARY STEVENS TO BE ON “TALKIN’ HORSES”

*NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *Monday, July 10, 2006 Contact: Robert Bolson, Director of Corporate Marketing Blood-Horse Publications (859) 276-6809; rbolson@bloodhorse.com Lexington, KY — Join legendary Hall of Fame jockey and current national television racing analyst Gary Stevens as he shares his interesting and entertaining insights on his celebrated career as one of Thoroughbred racing’s biggest icons, on the next edition of bloodhorse.com “Talkin’ Horses.” Stevens will be the special guest live online on *Wednesday, July 12 beginning at Noon ET* (9:00 a.m. PT); online at http://www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses. Stevens, who twice led all jockeys in earnings in 1990

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VA gets stolen laptop back | CNET News.com

VA gets stolen laptop back | CNET News.com For more info click on above link A stolen laptop computer containing sensitive information on more than 26 million U.S. military veterans has been recovered and a preliminary review indicated no data was taken, the FBI and Veterans Affairs Department said on Thursday. Both the laptop and the external hard drive that were stolen in early May from the home of a VA employee were recovered, federal authorities said in an announcement along with the Montgomery County, Md., Police Department. “A preliminary review of the equipment by computer forensic

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Spim, splog on the rise | CNET News.com

Spim, splog on the rise | CNET News.com For more info click on above link Spammers are increasingly turning to mobile text-messaging, Web-based instant messaging, blogs and social-networking communities such as MySpace.com, according to mail services company MessageLabs. The company, which sells a Web-filtering and instant messaging service, said in a report Thursday that spammers are increasingly targeting new means of communication to “bypass e-mail-based antispam measures and more effectively target recipients based on their age, location and other characteristics.” Social-networking sites offer spammers a “new level of convergence and capability to profile people,” said Mark Sunner,

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Navy probes data leak on 100,000 sailors, Marines | CNET News.com

Navy probes data leak on 100,000 sailors, Marines | CNET News.com For more info click on above link The Navy said on Friday that it was trying to determine how personal information on more than 100,000 Navy and Marine Corp aviators and air crew wound up on a publicly available Web site for more than six months. In a fresh case of private information on military personnel being compromised, the full names and social security numbers of both active and reserve members appeared on the Naval Safety Center Web site (not working at press time) last December.

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FBI plans new Net-tapping push | CNET News.com

FBI plans new Net-tapping push | CNET News.com For more info click on above link The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping, CNET News.com has learned. FBI Agent Barry Smith distributed the proposal at a private meeting last Friday with industry representatives and indicated it would be introduced by Sen. Mike DeWine, an Ohio Republican, according to two sources familiar with the meeting.

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Spitzer says AOL customer woes remain an issue | CNET News.com

Spitzer says AOL customer woes remain an issue | CNET News.com For more info click on above link New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who last year struck a settlement with AOL regarding its customer service policies, will meet with the Internet services giant to discuss if it still blocks customers from canceling their accounts. Last year, Spitzer investigated AOL’s customer services policies and how it paid service representatives after about 300 New Yorkers complained about how difficult it was to cancel. AOL, a unit of Time Warner, in August agreed to reform its procedures, provide fee

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Phishers come calling on VoIP | CNET News.com

Phishers come calling on VoIP | CNET News.com For more info click on above link Cheaply available voice over Internet Protocol numbers and Net calling are helping crooks launch new data-thieving scams, a security company has warned. In a twist on phishing, fraudsters are now calling their intended victims instead of e-mailing them. The caller hears an automated message that warns of a problem with a bank account, Secure Computing, a maker of security appliances, said in a statement on Monday. The message includes instructions to call a phone number to resolve the issues. That number connects

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