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“The company has addressed the situation.”

A former bus driver for Iraq war contractor KBR Inc. who was fired in 2006 for possessing child pornography got rehired less than a year later, and has again been caught with a large collection of child porn, ... via Houston Chronicle

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“This is hard work that requires trust and patience.”

Deutsche Telekom AG's chief executive is asking shareholders to show patience, pointing to the global credit crisis as a reason for the company's lackluster share price, according to an interview published Sunday.

Rene Obermann took over as head of Europe's biggest telecom company in late 2006. Last week, the company reported a rise in first-quarter net profit but a decline in revenue.

Telekom shares, worth nearly 13.50 euros when Obermann took over, closed at 11.81 euros ($18.29) Friday. Read more

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“We are well positioned for any strategic options that are in the best interest of our stakeholders”

Windstream Corp. announced Friday it earned $123.7 million in its first quarter, a profit increase of 22 percent for the wireline phone company. via Log Cabin Democrat

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Verizon Wireless has permission to build a fourth cell-phone tower along the Adirondack Northway as part of its plan to fill a service gap along remote stretches of the upstate New York interstate. via WPTZ

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Verizon Wireless bought assets of SureWest Wireless Communications for $69 million, the firm said on Friday. via International Business Times

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A federal appeals court has denied a request from owners of thousands of low-power television stations to force a ban on government-subsidized converter boxes that can't display their signals. via WINK-TV Fort Myers

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“This - as already announced - includes the examination of possible damages claims.”

FRANKFURT, Germany : Prosecutors said they have opened administrative proceedings against former Siemens chief executive and board chairman Heinrich von Pierer on suspicion of possible violation of oversight ... via International Herald Tribune

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“A lot of these muni Wi-Fi networks that have been built have been stand-alone entities that have relied on subscribers to pay fees or on advertising revenue”

A day after Comcast and Time Warner Cable announced investments in a WiMax joint venture spearheaded by Sprint and Clearwire , Cablevision said it would build its own wireless broadband network, using Wi-Fi. ... via Infoworld

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Mobile USA, the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the country, said Thursday it added 981,000 customers in the first quarter, which along with an acquisition brought its total to 30.8 million. via CNN Money

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“This unclassified briefing was never intended for broad distribution or posting to the Internet”

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI on Friday said an investigation into the sale of counterfeit Chinese computer components to the U.S. government has recovered about 3,500 bogus devices with a retail value of $3.5 million.

The criminal probe, code-named Operation Cisco Raider, came amid concerns that counterfeit network components could enable hackers to access secure U.S. government databases, according to sources with knowledge of the investigation.

But one U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the components discovered by the FBI are not believed to have made government computer systems more vulnerable. Read more

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