Posts Tagged ‘information’

Internet Security Beefed Up After Hacking Of 27,000 Student Passwords

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 [...]

Another Canada Privacy Commission Probe Looms Over Facebook

AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Barely a month after the Privacy Commissioner of Canada completed a review of social networking site Facebook and concluded the latter met expectations under Canada’s privacy law, the commission said on Monday it was considering holding another investigation on Facebook. The warning was triggered by reports in [...]

Bulgarian Cabinet Mulls ‘Clean Fuel’ Tax Deductions

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 [...]

Finding Used Cars And Their History

So, what’s basically the difference between old cars and new cars? In other words, why should we be buying new cars, if we can get old cars with the same functionality for a fraction of that price? Don’t target classic cars – these cars will cost you more than the new cars? And that’s because [...]

Toronto Transit Commission Ties Up With Google

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

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 [...]

Helpful Tips on Buying Cars: New And Used

You can be a fussy costumer or a simple easy believer when you make purchases. It doesn’t matter too much as long as you remain happy with your purchases. But there are always two sides to the story. If we discuss cars there can only be two types of shoppers. There first type will go [...]

Iran Believes Attack By Computer Virus Is Cyber Terrorism

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

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 [...]

Facebook Security Changes Satisfy Canada’s Privacy Commissioner

AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart said Wednesday her office is satisfied with the privacy changes popular social networking site Facebook has made. The changes were made in response to complaints raised by Stoddard that certain Facebook practices, such as retention by Facebook of member files even if [...]

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