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FBI identifies one million PCs as part of botnet
Spammers and spreaders of malware hijack other people’s computers for their nefarious deeds; FBI arrests three bot herders
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Broadcom acquires GPS specialist Global Locate
Broadcom pays $146 million for GPS specialist with a technology that reduces location identification from minutes to seconds
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Small Illinois town rocked by fake weather reports
A prankster paralyzes town with phony weather reports, and officials worry terrorists may use scheme to wreak havoc
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New chemical facility safety rules kick in
An important new step toward greater chemical plant safety: DHS releases list of 300 chemicals, threshold levels, and reporting mechanism
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South Carolina man charged with threatening city water supply
A man threatened to poison the water supply of SC capital city; police take threat seriously after quantities of hydrochloric acid are found illegally buried in his back yard
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Congress wants to know whether private insurers overcharged NFIP
As the debate over extending TRIA continues, Congress continues investigation into whether private insurers overcharged flood insurance program
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U.K. grants DP World approval to proceed with major port gateway
Dubai-based DPW, the world’s third largest container-port opreator, to build London Gateway — a major addition to U.K. critical infrastructure
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Canada's embarks on ambitious critical infrastructure protection plan
Canadian authorities highlight oil, gas sector as critical infrastructure under threat of attack
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Surveillance software market estimated at $139 million
Frost and Sullivan provide a lengthy overview of the surveillance market
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Underground parking planned for WTC site
FTA estimates as many as 207 truck deliveries an hour; subsurface structure will hold eighty tour buses
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S&T Directorate announces new opportunities
Biometrics, interoperable communications, document validatiion, and blast mitigation top the agency’s wish list
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GSA slams contracting for Navy boat protection barriers
$100 million project was larded up with contractors of dubious value; leaks and other technical problems mar this critical program
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Chertoff announces seventeen sector-specific plans
Prompted by HSPD-17, DHS lays out its plans to improve efficiency and communicatiosn across the public and private sectors
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World's First Surge-Suppressing HTS Cable System to Improve Power Grid Security
Georgia cable specialst takes part in a DHS-funded effort to bolster the resilience of the U.S. power grid
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ECSI, SecurWave partner to OEM remote water quality monitoring system
Monitoring water quality and integrity is a growing business, and a water contamination detection specialist teams up with a surveillance company
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The long view
Scientists Map Loss of Groundwater Storage Around the World
Global water resources are stretched by climate change and human population growth, and farms and cities are increasingly turning to groundwater to fill their needs. Unfortunately, the pumping of groundwater can cause the ground surface above to sink. A new study maps, for the first time, the permanent loss of aquifer storage capacity occurring globally.