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Security flaw turns Gmail into open-relay server (Joel Hruska/Ars Technica)
http://www.technologyupdatenews.com/ 2008/ 05/ 10/ security-flaw-turns-gmail-int…Joel Hruska / Ars Technica: Security flaw turns Gmail into open-relay server — A recently-discovered flaw in Gmail is capable of turning Google's e-mail service into a highly effective spam machine.
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“Reality” Mining and Just-in-time Marketing!
http://theinfosearcher.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 04/ reality-mining-and-just-in-t…What is it and how it is used? A fascinating article in the May 2008 Business week recently caught my eye. The gist of the article points to the potential of harvesting data from wireless devices that are equipped with GPS chips, as in the case of our cellular phones.
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Will Youth Vote Turnout Rate Top 1972?
http://www.dailykos.com/ storyonly/ 2008/ 2/ 12/ 03628/ 6091The first year 18-year-olds could cast a ballot in a presidential election was 1972, and 52% of 18-to-24-year-olds showed up at the polls, compared with nearly 68% of voters 25 and older. It's been downhill ever since, with two spikes: one in 1992, when 48.6% of the youth vote showed up at the polls; and one in 2004, when 49% did.