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Corporate America's Second Life 9 May 08, 22:36 ET Strait-laced in the real world, workers do business in fantasy guise in a parallel reality on the Web. To save money in these tough times, universities, conference planners and global firms have started holding gatherings for far-flung employees and students in the online world known as Second Life. more A bumper crop of servers Google and other Internet giants are building huge "farms" of computers to do their digital ... 9 May 08, 21:01 ET A new kind of farm is popping up. Tucked away on small plots on America's back roads, it cultivates no soil or seed. Rather, it nurtures curiosities about everything from porn to pinochle expressed in a nearly endless sequence of 1s and 0s queried from desktops, laptops and iPhones around the globe. more HSBC admits to losing data 9 May 08, 20:29 ET Global banking group has admitted to losing a computer server with the transaction data of 159,000 account holders in Hong Kong branch, sparking anger among some customers who closed accounts. more Facebook: Friends with Money 9 May 08, 18:26 ET The social network taps a fresh source of funds for $100 million to buy more servers to support its growth in users and applications more Federal Reserve Joins Bankruptcy Pro Bono Efforts 9 May 08, 14:38 ET A unique partnership between the federal government and the New York City Bar Association is the latest of several initiatives by which attorneys are volunteering to help individuals caught in the kind of financial distress registered by record numbers of bankruptcy filings, home foreclosures, evictions and debt recovery litigation. more Energy-efficient Ethernet standard gains traction 9 May 08, 13:07 ET SAN JOSE, Calif. — A standard to slash the power consumption on Ethernet networks is gaining traction and could be in a draft form suitable for designing products as early as September. more Hong Kong: HSBC Admits Huge Data Loss 9 May 08, 07:43 ET Hong Kong 05/09/08 ( www.emfis.com ) Banking giant Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd (HSBC) admitted it had lost a computer server last month containing data of about 159,000 Customers of its Hong Kong accounts. more Richland County jail delay has commissioners puzzled, unhappy 9 May 08, 07:09 ET MANSFIELD -- Richland County Commissioner Ed Olson said Thursday if he doesn't see people in orange jumpsuits at the new county jail the week of May 19 he's going to want to know why. more NC e-mail panel seeking more storage 9 May 08, 06:41 ET RALEIGH North Carolina should create an archive system for the hundreds of thousands of e-mails sent daily by state workers, and provide them with more training about what constitutes a public record, panelists reviewing the state's e-mail retention rules said yesterday. more TorrentSpy appeals ruling 9 May 08, 03:57 ET A TorrentSpy lawyer vowed to appeal a $110-million ruling against the site for aiding online piracy. more Move planned for Holyoke students 9 May 08, 03:41 ET HOLYOKE - Educators have begun planning to move students from three schools that will close and expect to be ready for September. In February the School Committee voted to close John J. more Torrent Spy appeals 9 May 08, 03:36 ET BANKRUPTED P2P SITE Torrent Spy has said it will appeal against a $110-million-dollar legal judgment after losing its case against the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). more Microsoft says Yahoo board won't be needed after all 9 May 08, 03:33 ET Microsoft signaled it may not restart efforts to buy Yahoo by releasing nominees from agreements to serve on an alternate board of directors... more Traffic jam on county Web site 9 May 08, 02:51 ET CROWN POINT | Lake County government's Web site is so popular it's being overrun. more HSBC loses server with info on 159K accounts 9 May 08, 02:20 ET Bank admits a server containing customer account names and numbers, as well as transaction types and amounts, has gone missing at a Hong Kong branch. Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join activeTechPros. http://www.activetechpros.com more Lab employees get preview of super-powerful data center 9 May 08, 02:09 ET BAR HARBOR — Once all of the computer equipment has been installed in the new data center at Jackson Laboratory, the place will be as secure as a NASA control room. more Facebook pumps up safeguards; Appeals court revives patent claim against Microsoft, Dell 9 May 08, 00:58 ET SOCIAL NETWORKING more

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