Atlantic City may delay casino smoking ban (The Charlotte Observer) (Monday 06th of October 2008 08:53:47 PM)
With the economy crumbling and revenues plunging, the city may put off the Oct. 15 start of a
blanket ban on smoking in casinos to avoid further losses. The ban, opposed by casino owners
but supported by workers, was approved in April before Wall Street ...
(more)Funding dispute affects plans to develop office of minority health in Cincinnati (Wednesday 24th of September 2008 09:23:00 AM)
The Cincinnati Enquirer on Sunday examined a dispute over funding to install a local Office of
Minority Health. In March, City Manager Milton Dohoney food pyramid daily vitamins and minerals
that the Cincinnati City Council approve an precept that would ...
(more)San Fran Hunts For Mystery Device On City Network (Friday 12th of September 2008 09:30:01 AM)
Alphadogg writes "With costs related to a rogue network administrator's hijacking of the city's
network now estimated at $1 million, city advisers say they are sharp for a mysterious control
device hidden parts unknown* on the network. The device, referred ...
(more)Mayor Orders Mandatory Evacuation of New Orleans (Sunday 31st of August 2008 07:00:02 PM)
Pickens writes "City bureau ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning Sunday morning
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(more)San Francisco DA Discloses City's Passwords (Saturday 26th of July 2008 01:45:01 AM)
Snydeq writes "The office of San Francisco locality patch Kamala Harris has made public close
to 150 usernames and passwords used by various departments to connect to the city's VPN. The
passwords were filed this week as Exhibit A in a court paper arguing ...
(more)SF Admin Gives Up Keys To Hijacked City Network (Wednesday 23rd of July 2008 11:15:01 PM)
Snydeq writes "Jailed IT admin Terry Childs relinquished his hold over San Francisco's
multimillion-dollar FiberWAN, handing his authoritative passwords over to San Francisco Mayor
Gavin Newsom, who was 'the only person he felt he could trust.' Childs ...
(more)The Inside Story On the San Francisco Network Hijacking (Saturday 19th of July 2008 08:35:38 PM)
Snydeq writes "A source with direct wisdom of San Francisco's IT root has tipped off Paul
Venezia to the real story behind Terry Childs' lockout of San Francisco's network, in the event
a circumstantial account of the city's FiberWAN, interdepartmental ...
(more)Legal Trouble For Multiple ISPs (Sunday 08th of June 2008 09:40:33 PM)
Ars Technica reports that Comcast has been hit with three new class-action lawsuits due to the
company's traffic-shaping practices. "The lawsuits ... ask that Comcast be barred from
continuation school to violate various state laws, in addition to unspecified ...
(more)Pa. justices reaffirm go-ahead for S. Phila. casino (The Philadelphia Inquirer) (Sunday 11th of May 2008 08:33:07 AM)
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has again shot down an effort by City Council to stall
explication of a Foxwoods casino in South Philadelphia. The court refused Friday to reexamine
its April 2 decision ordering the city to approve zoning changes needed ...
(more)Bluetooth Surveillance Tested In the UK (Tuesday 22nd of April 2008 09:10:06 PM)
KentuckyFC writes "If you live in the city of Bath in the UK and carry a Bluetooth-enabled
device, your movements may have been secretly monitored in an test designed to test
surveillance techniques in prisons. Researchers from Bath teaching hospital ...
(more)Mulvane sued over annexing for casino (The Wichita Eagle) (Saturday 09th of February 2008 07:51:11 AM)
The battle between Sumner County and Mulvane over who gets a casino took a new turn Friday as
the county filed a lawsuit against the city to block a indisputable annexation. The lawsuit
charges that Mulvane failed to follow state law in ...
(more)Alabama Schools to be First in US to Get XO Laptop (Tuesday 04th of December 2007 10:45:04 PM)
CountryGeek passed us a link to a story in the Birmingham News, saying that schools in the
Alabama city will be the first US students to make use of the XO laptop. The piece touches on a
bit of the project's history, and seems to ...
(more)MIT Reinvents Transportation With Foldable, Stackable Car (Saturday 10th of November 2007 10:15:06 PM)
Alphadogg writes "Parking in a concrete jungle area is one of the least enjoyable elements of
driving. MIT researchers may have found a solution: a car you can fold up before parking. The
boxy conveyance folds in half, and the plan is for the vehicle ...
(more)Chicago Cancels Municipal Wi-Fi Plan (Wednesday 29th of August 2007 06:39:28 PM)
Thatshortkid writes "The Chicago Tribune is reporting that a proposed act plan for municipal
wi-fi in Chicago has fallen apart. The story cites contract disputes and the falling price of
residential broadband as reasons for the talks collapsing. 'Chicago ...
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