Slowdown is good (The Manila Times)
The economy slowed down in the second quarter and, along with it, in the first half of 2008. According to the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), consumer spending slackened to 3.4 percent in the second quarter of 2008 from 5.6 percent a year ago.
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Personal Tech (Washington Post)
The Washington Post's Rob Pegoraro will be online to discuss recent reviews and answer your personal tech questions.
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Fairness Doctrine Panic hits FCC, spreads through blogosphere (Ars Technica)
Another Fairness Doctrine sighting this week. This one from Republican Commissioner Robert M. McDowell. Read More...
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IIJ Announces First Quarter Results for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2009 (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
TOKYO, Aug. 12, 2008 -- Internet Initiative Japan Inc. , one of Japan's leading Internet-access and comprehensive network solutions providers, today announced its first quarter financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 .
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Massive fraud server exposed (ZDNet Australia)
A server discovered in June contained 50GB of stolen user account and financial details, including 9,000 bank and credit-card account credentials and 463,582 user account passwords, according to a report published at the Black Hat conference last week.
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