AHN News Staff London, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Officials of the Thames Valley District School Board ordered a tightening of internet security over the weekend after the passwords of 27,000 high school students were exposed. The students’ passwords, grades and schedules were made available on a page on popular social networking site Facebook. After the [...]
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Bulgarian Cabinet Mulls ‘Clean Fuel’ Tax Deductions
October 18th, 2010
davidguide The Bulgarian cabinet of the center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party is planning to introduce tax deductions for owners of ecologically sound automobiles. The information was announced Monday by Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, who said his experts are still calculating the percentage of the deductions, but the latter would apply to all [...]
Toronto Transit Commission Ties Up With Google
October 13th, 2010
davidguide AHN News Staff Toronto, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – The Toronto Transit Commission and Google announced on Tuesday a partnership in which Google would include in its transit trip planner TTC schedules for all bus, streetcar and subway routes. Beginning 2011, Google will expand the services by providing free real-time data for the arrival information of [...]
Canada To Issue Electronic Passports In 2012
October 4th, 2010
davidguide AHN News Staff Gatineau, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Ottawa will issue electronic passports to Canadian citizens starting in 2012. To begin the process, Public Works and Government Services Canada sought potential suppliers to submit letters of interest this summer. The ePassport will have a proximity contactless chip which could only be read within 10 centimeters [...]
Iran Believes Attack By Computer Virus Is Cyber Terrorism
September 26th, 2010
davidguide Lawrence Mijares – AHN News Contributor Bushehr, Iran (AHN) – A sophisticated computer code dubbed the “Stuxnet worm” has hit computers in Iran, particularly those inside its first nuclear power plant in the southern port city of Bushehr that is expected to go operational in October. Iranian officials have called the worm an act of [...]
Bulgarian President’s Escort Blamed of Causing Collision
September 24th, 2010
davidguide Automobiles from the escort of Bulgarian President, Georgi Parvnov, have, allegedly, caused a traffic accident near the northern city of Lovech Friday. The information was reported by the Bulgarian National Radio, BNR, citing eyewitnesses, who say three cars from the presidential procession have entered into opposite traffic and collided with a van. Parvanov was on [...]


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