Griffith discovered that when users spend too long editing an entry on Wikipedia, the site automatically logs them out of the system, so that when the comment is posted, it's instead linked with an unidentified IP address.

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But in the modern world of business, it has become clear that there is gold in them thar logs.

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To produce them, the company logs about 1, 400 acres of forest annually.

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Using its Internet service and portal, AOL will provide a "management dashboard" to users, allowing them to view call logs, and will likely tie the product in to its email and instant messaging applications, says a spokesman.

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As for Lafitte, while there have been gas shows in the mud logs, Moffett is afraid to read too much into them until the well has been logged.

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Unlike iChat, Message also logs all your iMessages on all your Apple devices and syncs them up.

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We provide anonymous crash logs from users that have opted in to third-party developers to help them debug their apps.

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Keeping them properly configured, updated with the latest software from the vendor and monitoring the logs they generate is the primary duty of the network security team.

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But ABC News reports that Meagan Broussard, a 26-year-old single mother from Texas, provided them with dozens of photos, e-mails, Facebook messages and cell phone call logs related to her relationship with Weiner.

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