There are many legitimate and valid reasons why programs that track keystrokes and website visits may be installed on certain computers. Parents may be concerned about which sites their young children have exposure to or schools may try to curb access to questionable sites. But there are also potentially harmful applications when these programs are installed without your knowledge or consent. Is it possible that a program like Webwatcher is tracking your online movements?
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Uribe and Lula discuss base use
August 7th, 2009 |
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has received tacit support from Brazil for his plans to allow US troops to use Colombian military bases.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said it considered the agreement to be a sovereign Colombian matter.
Peru also expressed support, while Chile and Paraguay said the accord was a matter for Colombia. Ecuador, Bolivia and Uruguay expressed disapproval.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has cut ties with Colombia over the plan.
Mr Chavez has said he fears the move amounts to preparation for an invasion of his country by US forces.
President Uribe has visited several of his South American neighbours over the past three days in a bid to calm fears over his decision to open seven military bases to US forces.
"We reiterated the agreement with the United States is something naturally for Colombia’s sovereignty"
Celso Amorim
Brazilian Foreign Minister
Washington wants to use Colombia as a regional hub for operations to counter drug-trafficking and terrorism.
The US has been forced to look for a new base for such operations after Ecuador refused to renew the lease on its Manta base, which the US military was using.
"We reiterated that the agreement with the United States, which is limited to Colombian territory, is something naturally for Colombia’s sovereignty," Brazil’s foreign minister said after Thursday’s talks.
But during his two-hour meeting with Mr Uribe, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the matter could have been handled more transparently, according to Brazilian media.
The Brazilian leader is also said to have asked for guarantees that the actions of US troops would be restricted to Colombian territory.
The BBC’s Gary Duffy in Sao Paulo says concern has been expressed in Brazil about the proximity of US forces to the River Amazon, an issue always of great sensitivity to Brasilia.
Even US President Barack Obama’s National Security Adviser, James Jones, conceded on a visit to Brazil this week that a better job could have been done when it came to preparing the ground for the agreement, our correspondent adds.
During this week’s whirlwind tour of Latin America, Mr Uribe steered clear of Ecuador and Venezuela, both of which have tense relations with Bogota and Washington.
Mr Uribe has accused Ecuador and Venezuela’s leftist leaders of links with the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), who have been seeking to overthrow the Colombian governments for 45 years.
Colombia’s accord with the US is expected to be raised again when Ecuador hosts a regional summit on 10 August. Mr Uribe and his foreign minister do not plan to attend.
This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
About:Blank Browser Hijacks Posted By : Ms Mindy Matter
August 1st, 2009 |
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Many things can cause your computer system to run more slowly than usual, from being overloaded with space-hogging programs to hardware issues like not enough memory. If you are noticing a substantial slowdown in performance, as well as some other telltale symptoms, you may have rogue program such as About:Blank installed in your system.
Harvey Grossman: A Matter of No Middle Ground
July 29th, 2009 |
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Everyone knows that as prudent people we ordinarily should not get “lippy” with a police officer, but Professor Gates is not guilty of violating that maxim. He was standing up for his rights.
Sonos announces CR200 touch screen controller
July 29th, 2009 |
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Normally, remotes aren’t the things that make us get hot and bothered but it is a different matter of you talk about Sonos CR200.
Boasting a 3.5in, 640×480 touchscreen, the device kicks the slightly clunky click wheel CR100 remote into touch.
The touch screen is tempting. Additionally, there are also dedicated mute, volume and zone controls. The [...]
Transparent material may shed light on planets†cores
July 27th, 2009 |
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In an experiment, a team of scientists has created a transparent material, which could provide some insight into the cores of Jupiter and the other giant planets.
According to a report in New Scientist, to create this exotic state of matter, researchers at the FLASH facility in Hamburg, Germany, took a thin piece of aluminum foil [...]
Gotham Chopra: These (agonizing) Days
July 27th, 2009 |
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These days, even the good days are pretty bad. This past week, by all objective accounts, I had a great week. Two comic books that…
Christine Pelosi: Universal Healthcare: A Matter of Political Will
July 17th, 2009 |
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Elections have consequences: we voted for universal health care and intend to get it done.
The search for dark matter: Ethereal yet weighty
July 16th, 2009 |
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Two new ways to detect the elusive stuff of the universe
MOST of reality appears to be missing. Physicists reckon that the missing matter must be there, but that it is dark. Finding the stuff is damned tricky because dark matter, by definition, cannot be seen. So some of those physicists have been busy trying to devise ways of glimpsing it indirectly—and two groups of them now think their methods are ready to test.
One reason to believe dark matter exists is that galaxies rotate at such speeds that they would fly apart without it, or so the argument goes. The fact that galaxies persist suggests they are held together by the gravitational pull of something invisible—in other words, dark matter. This stops stars being shed from their edges. …