PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Wednesday March 1, 2007
PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Wednesday March 1, 2007
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NCAA March Madness Strains Employee Productivity, Network Bandwidth and Security
On the eve of this year's "March Madness," where many hoops fans will stream video of the NCAA Tournament games and engage in sports gambling on their office computers trying to cash in on this year's Cinderella story, Websense, has reported a trend among hackers to target major sporting events. This coupled with a thirty-one percent increase in the number of sports- related Web sites and a fifty-six percent increase in the number of gambling- related Web sites compared to a year ago, leads to a decrease in employee productivity, network bandwidth and computer security.
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Americans at Risk of Financial Crime - Even in Their Own Households
Financial crime is a widespread concern among Americans, with four in ten saying in a new Treasury Department-commissioned survey that they have been victims of identity theft or know someone who has. But the survey also reveals that people often leave themselves open to financial crimes -- even in their own households -- by using paper checks, rather than direct deposit. The survey was sponsored by U-S Department of the Treasury's Financial Management Service.
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Plans for First-Ever National Law Enforcement Museum Formally Unveiled
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has formally unveiled plans for the first-ever National Law Enforcement Museum. With groundbreaking scheduled for next summer, the National Law Enforcement Museum will be the largest and most comprehensive museum of its kind, providing visitors with a truly experiential voyage through the reality of yesterday's and today's law enforcement. The Museum will be located in downtown Washington, D-C, adjacent to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in historic Judiciary Square.
Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3412028
NASA Spacecraft Gets Boost From Jupiter for Pluto Encounter
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft successfully completed a flyby of Jupiter, using the massive planet's gravity to pick up speed for its three billion mile voyage to Pluto and the unexplored Kuiper Belt region beyond. New Horizons came within one-point-four million miles of Jupiter, placing the spacecraft on target to reach the Pluto system in July 2015. During its closest approach, the spacecraft could not communicate with Earth, but gathered science data on the giant planet, its moons and atmosphere.
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PRNewswire -- March 1
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