The name may be a familiar one to you, especially if it pulled your address from a computer of a friend or business associate.
Hong Kong gave Beijing investigators detailed data that apparently enabled them to link Shi's personal e-mail account and the specific message he sent to the IP address of his computer.
All of the iMacs come with a trove of software, including iSync, which allows users to automatically synchronize their computer address books and calendars with Bluetooth-capable wireless phones and PDAs.
"Intel and Facebook are collaborating on a new disaggregated, rack-scale server architecture that enables independent upgrading of compute, network and storage subsystems that will define the future of mega-datacenter designs for the next decade, " said Justin Rattner, Intel's chief technology officer during his keynote address at Open Computer Summit in Santa Clara, Calif.
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Residents of the South Carolina learned about the vulnerability of their state computer systems the hard way, after a hacker operating from a foreign IP address gained access to a computer that stored taxpayer information.
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Police tracked the suspect down via his brother's computer IP address, which was apparently used to respond to an ad posted by the first victim, Gueant said.
Police tracked Mohammed Merah down via his mother's computer IP address, which was apparently used to respond to an ad posted by the first shooting victim, officials said.
Executive Orders 13606 and 13608 each take additional steps with respect to various emergencies, including the emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 concerning Iran, to address the use of computer and information technology to commit serious human rights abuses and efforts by foreign persons to evade sanctions.
In this case, the cyber identity of this file would be a full set of its cyber coordinates in the IP subspace: the computer IP address, its MAC address, a Port number associated with the particular application, and the file name would constitute the full set of cyber coordinates, singularly identifying a cyber object (our file) in cyberspace.
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If the user enters the wrong password several times and then is connected to the Internet, the company will locate the computer through its Internet protocol address, information that can help law enforcement agencies recover the computer, Lide said.
In addition, the viruses were automatically sent to everyone on the computer's address book.
He teaches his students to repair computers and address many of the problems computer users encounter, which he says is a valuable skill that gives them practical experience for future careers.
This file resides in a computer with an IP address and may be associated with a particular application.
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Google also saves searches tied to the network address of Mr. Brand's computer, which it makes anonymous after 18 months.
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There are deep divisions among computer science educators about how to address this crisis.
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Not to mention that she managed to get through four years of college not only without her own computer but without even an email address.
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She contacted police, who traced Wooles via his IP address - the unique numeric label attached to his computer - and arrested him at his halls of residence in Leeds.
Amazon, for example, utilizes an IP address locator, to check to see whether the computer someone is using to make a purchase is in a location that makes sense for that credit card holder, says Brady.
He may have set up an account from any computer (or used software to disguise its address).
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When a criminal uses a computer to commit crimes, law enforcement may be able, through lawful legal process, to identify the computer or subscriber account based on its IP address.
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"It will infect your computer and then choose a different name from your address book to send itself on to your contacts, " said Graham Cluley from anti-virus firm Sophos.
He does not contest that he sent the letters to three forensic science laboratories, a computer company, an accountancy firm, the DVLA and a residential address, but denies intending to cause injury.
The software will be unveiled later this year and will address many of the frustrations voiced by users of Microsoft Windows, such as slow computer start-up times.
An IP address can be an important clue as to the location of an Internet-connected computer but can easily be manipulated by hackers operating anywhere in the world.
Ironically, the closest Slim gets to computer literacy is navigating his Palm V: He uses the calculator and address book, but someone else has to enter the addresses and phone numbers for him.
In a footnote, the brief points out that Jacob Appelbaum, a developer for the anonymity service Tor, is a computer security expert, and should be expected to know that his IP address is subject to being revealed government orders when he uses Twitter.
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But Cambridge, the birthplace of computers from the Edsac to the BBC Micro, has at least produced an attempt to address that problem with the Raspberry Pi, which aims to inspire a new generation of computer scientists.
Once plugged into a computer, the device sends out a signal pinpointing its location and the thief's IP address.
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