Daily Archives: July 3, 2014

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Study: Wastewater Drilling Likely Earthquake Culprit | Arkansas Business News | ArkansasBusiness.com

by Associated Press  on Thursday, Jul. 3, 2014 1:48 pm

WASHINGTON — A new study explains how just four wells forcing massive amounts of drilling wastewater into the ground are probably shaking up Oklahoma and surrounding states including Arkansas.Those wells seem to have triggered more than 100 small-to-medium earthquakes in the past five years, according to a study published Thursday by the journal Science. Many of the quakes were much farther away from the wells than expected.Combined, those wells daily pour more than 5 million gallons of water a mile or two underground into rock formations, the study found. That buildup of fluid creates more pressure that “has to go somewhere,” said study lead author Cornell University seismologist Katie Keranen.

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Ending Hunger Will Require Compromise Jo Luck Commentary | Arkansas Business News | ArkansasBusiness.com

After more than two decades working alongside sustainable development experts at Heifer International, I am confident that world hunger can be eliminated with the appropriate approach and collaboration. I am frequently asked the question “When global food security or insecurity issues are addressed, who are the stakeholders?” My reply is anyone who eats.However, while the goal of food security seems straightforward, the path to achieve it is complex and involves often competing demands and belief systems. Take the issue of climate change.

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How to spot and avoid installing potentially unwanted programs | PCWorld

The only PUP no one lovesThey’re called PUPs—Potentially Unwanted Programs—and they sneak onto your system as accessories to the program you actually intend to install. They’re annoying, and they can result in slower performance, space-stealing browser toolbars, annoying pop-ups, and even loss of privacy.You don’t have to give up free software to avoid PUPs, but you do have to pay attention. Each PUP first appears as a trap in the desired program’s installation wizard.Ian Paul recently recommended a program called Unchecky that attempts to uncheck installation options for you, but I prefer just being careful. Here are some tricks and traps to look out for during software installations.

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Support scammers – at your service! – Graham Cluley

The Windows Service Center. Sounds reassuring, doesn’t it?Here’s a typical scenario.Someone claiming to be working on behalf of Microsoft rings you out of the blue to tell you that there was a problem with your PC, or even that your virus-infected PC is causing problems on the internet, and that your Microsoft licence is going to be suspended unless you give them access to your PC so that they can clear it up.

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Hotel Hippo website alarmingly insecure, customer data at risk – Graham Cluley

British security researcher Scott Helme tried to book himself a night away from it all recently via HotelHippo.com – only to find an array of security issues that could have left him, and thousands of other customers, dangerously exposed.

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