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The hit to TJX Cos. was minimal after it disclosed in 2007 a massive data breach of customer information at its T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods stores.
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Read More »Massive Target breach could have lasting effects
NEW YORK — Fallout from Target’s pre-Christmas security breach is likely to affect the company’s sales and profits well into the new year. The company disclosed on Friday that the massive data theft was significantly more extensive and affected millions ...
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Read More »AT&T offers firms ‘1-800’ service for websites
LAS VEGAS — AT&T Inc., the country’s second-largest wireless carrier, announced Monday that it’s setting up a “1-800” service for wireless data. Websites that pay for the service will be toll-free for AT&T’s wireless customers, meaning the traffic won’t count ...
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Read More »Report: Md. making good use of school data
Maryland schools and education officials got good marks for implementing effective systems to collect and analyze student and teacher data, according to a new report by a national group that urges using data to improve student performance and workforce preparedness.
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Read More »KinderMender uses IT, child-centric focus to differentiate itself, expand
Dr. Keyvon Rafei doesn’t like being taken by surprise. He doesn’t appreciate unexpected surges in patient volume. He doesn’t enjoy paying employees top dollar to monitor empty waiting rooms. He hates guessing which illnesses will plague his patients, which neighborhoods they live in or what they thought about their visit to KinderMender, the pediatric urgent care clinic he founded.
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Read More »Child support agency failed to seek data from 8 agencies
Despite warnings by auditors going back to at least 2011, Maryland’s Child Support Enforcement Agency did not ask the state’s top court to provide identifying information on attorneys until last week, state audits show.
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Read More »The health IT evolution: Data analytics and the private sector’s role
The market for health care information technology is showing enormous growth potential, and plenty of Maryland businesses are crowding in.
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Read More »Yahoo discloses number of U.S. government data requests
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Yahoo is the latest company to disclose how many requests for user data it has received from U.S. government agencies, putting the number between 12,000 and 13,000 in the six months that ended on May 31. Yahoo ...
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Read More »Is Big Data turning government into ‘Big Brother’?
SAN FRANCISCO — With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-seeking companies and terrorist-hunting government officials. The revelations that the National ...
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Read More »Trendspotting at the Consumer Electronics Show
Manufacturers are convinced that consumers want their mobile devices to do everything
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