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Headlines from around the Web for Tuesday, Nov. 27

Compiled by Melanie Bender

IMs about Fantasy Football Throw Productivity for a Loss

NetworkWorld

Not only does football consume much of America's weekend this time of year, but new survey data also reveals that fans let their Fantasy Football obsession eat up time at work via instant-messaging chats.

DHS Researching New Methods of IED Detection

USA Today

The Homeland Security Department is developing camera systems, chemical sensors and other technologies to detect improvised explosive devices, a threat government officials warn is growing in the nation's big cities.

Young Government IT Workers Say Tech is Dated

InfoWorld

Young IT workers in the U.S. government believe technology is obsolete by the time it is rolled out and are concerned that they can't get the experience they need because some functions are outsourced, according to a focus-group report released Monday.

Rush to Verify Legal Status of Hires in Arizona Expected

The Arizona Republic

Under Arizona's new employer-sanctions law, all employers must begin using E-Verify by Jan. 1 to check the employment eligibility of new hires or risk having their business licenses suspended or revoked if caught knowingly hiring illegal workers.

Baltimore Technology Park Helping to Fill a Rising Need to Safeguard Digital Files

The Baltimore Sun

Data center demand in the Washington region, which includes Baltimore, grew nearly 22.5 percent during the past five years, but supply has grown just 5.6 percent, according to data from Tier1 Research. National demand climbed about 14.7 percent with supply increasing 6.5 percent during the same time frame.

Opportunities Beckon to Work in a Data Mine

Washington Technology

Although several high-profile federal data-mining programs have been shut down, contractors supporting the work say new opportunities continue to develop for agencies to use commercial data mining and analytics.

Military Data Gave Firefighters an Advantage

San Diego Union Tribune

For what may be the first time in U.S. firefighting history, commanders directing aircraft and fire engines had access to a barrage of photos, videos, infrared views and data fed from airborne cameras and sensors to sophisticated software on the ground.

Canada Fumbles Health Data in Security Breach

eWeek

Canadian health authorities have lost intimate medical data including HIV and hepatitis test results for an undetermined number of citizens in a recent security breach, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador admitted Nov. 26.