| US woman charged for plotting terrorism in Europe, South Asia The US government has charged a Pennsylvania woman with conspiring to commit terrorism by using the internet to find recruits to carry out attacks in Europe and South Asia, the Justice Department announced... | |
| Innovative Putin to hold high tech interaction during India visit In addition to signing many Defense deals, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is expected to have high tech interaction with various groups during his forthcoming visit to New Delhi next... |
| Meghalaya sets up IT companies to boost infrastructure Department of Information Technology in Meghalaya is setting up IT companies to provide the benefits of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to the youth and boost infrastructure in the... |
| Truth about online dating revealed With more and more people taking to the Internet to find partners, the question that arises is whether we can trust the information that people provide about themselves via online dating... |
| Move into Iran, Sudan would be an accomplishment: Google An executive at internet giant Google said Tuesday that Washington's latest move to encourage service providers to expand their work into Iran, Cuba and Sudan was a 'great... |
| 'Magnetic quantum dots' could lead to faster and more efficient computers Reports indicate that an international team of scientists has developed a new type of semiconductor called 'magnetic quantum dots' that could lead to faster and more efficient computers with over double the average existing hard drive storage... |
| "Molecular midwives" may have helped give birth to genetic material of life Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered that small molecules could have acted as "molecular midwives" in helping the building blocks of life's genetic material form long chains and may have assisted in selecting the base pairs of the DNA double... |
| York supervisors consider spending reserve money on computer upgrade During a budget work session Tuesday evening, York supervisors scrutinized local contributions to support state and federally mandated services and a plan to replace some of the county's computer... |
| What We're Reading: Barbie, Steve Jobs and Carly Fiorina France Télécom Needs 'Radical Change' After Suicides, Report Says France Télécom has already stopped several practices identified as being particularly disruptive, like forcing employees to... |
| Avoiding car dealer scams on the internet Hamburg - Buying a used car on the internet offers several advantages including a lower purchase price, but there are downsides as well as the risk of falling prey to a scam that could cost you... |
| US to resume software exports to Cuba By Mark Drajem WASHINGTON, USA (Bloomberg) -- The Treasury Department has changed its sanctions rules to let US companies such as Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. resume instant messaging, e-mail and... |
| Cisco says new routing system will triple Internet speed In a heavily promoted announcement, Cisco Systems on Tuesday morning said it has developed a new high-speed routing system which it boasted will serve as "the foundation of the next-generation... |
| Your Computer Really Is a Part of You An empirical test of ideas proposed by Martin Heidegger shows the great German philosopher to be correct: Everyday tools really do become part of ourselves. The findings come from a deceptively... |
| Scientists draw DNA from fossilised eggs Australian scientists have, in a world first, extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird.The achievement marks a major... |
| Veil Lifts on Apple's Secret Plan to Control Universe The recently unveiled secret agreement that Apple makes iPhone developers sign supports what many have suspected all along: Apple is trying to control the universe. Much has been written anecdotally... |
| Texters Should Park the Car, Take the Bus is a huge problem in the US. We know it’s insanely dangerous. Studies have found that each time you write or read a text message, you take your eyes off the road for almost five seconds and... |
| 10 Years After: A Look Back at the Dot-Com Boom and Bust On March 10, 2000, the Nasdaq peaked at 5,048.62. Then it promptly nose-dived, never to see that level again. Here’s a look back at the era that launched — and crushed — a million... |
| LG Elec launches Android-based smartphone (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 3 mobile phone maker, on Wednesday launched a smartphone based on Google's Android operating system in South Korea, as it seeks to boost its relatively... |
| Nasdaq stock bust started a decade ago The dot-com era peaked 10 years ago today when the tech-heavy Nasdaq index hit a high of 5,132.52 - a 570 percent gain from 1995 - only to come crashing to earth. The index now sits at 2,340.68, less... |
| Samsung finding new ways to push 3D to users (03-09) 14:00 PST -- Samsung on Tuesday introduced new 3D home entertainment devices and said it is researching new 3D technologies while finding new ways to deliver 3D movies to... |
| Cisco exec touts new core router's 100G Ethernet, energy efficiency CRS-3 core router , which the company has boasted will "forever change the Internet," will come with 100Gbps Ethernet interfaces and 322Tbps multichassis interconnect... |
| LifeLock to pay $12 million to settle FTC, states' complaint LifeLock , an Arizona company promising customers protection from identity theft, has agreed to pay US$12 million to settle charges that the company overstated its benefits and used "scare tactics"... |
| Center fielder Willie Davis found dead in his home (03-09) 15:00 PST Burbank, Calif. (AP) -- Willie Davis, a speedy center fielder who collected two World Series rings, three Gold Gloves and was a two-time All-Star during his 14 seasons with the Los... |
| Wash. lawmakers limit sex offender computers THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The Legislature has passed a measure limiting computer use by sex offenders at the state's Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island. The bill unanimously... |
| China to strengthen Internet regulation in 1st quarter China's management of personal websites is absolutely not aimed at banning them and China will strengthen its Internet regulation in the first quarter of 2010, Li Yizhong, Minister of Industry and... |
| Government ban on internet firms that do not block child sex sites END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Public bodies have been banned from using internet companies that refuse to block a range of... |
| Market Report: Vodafone builds on mobile internet hopes Hopes of increasing mobile internet use helped Vodafone to weather a weak session on the benchmark FTSE 100 index last night. The telecoms group saw its shares firm up by 0.25p to 148.4p after Exane... |
| Google welcomes chance to export to Iran, Cuba Bob Boorstin, Google's director of policy communications, said the Web search company would now be able to offer some of its other products in those countries, such as the mapping satellite software... |
| Banking fraud 'moves to internet' Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, according to new research.Fraud losses on UK credit and debit cards totalled £440m in 2009 -... |
| Scientists find 'immune' Tassie Devils Australian scientists believe they have unlocked another clue that will help save the Tasmanian Devil from extinction.Some devils from the northwest of the state are genetically different from their... |
| U.S. weighing China Internet censorship case WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is studying whether it can legally challenge Chinese Internet restrictions that hurt Google and other U.S. companies operating in China, but direct talks with... |
| Japan shares edge up as technology stocks advance TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares traded modestly higher Wednesday morning in Tokyo, finding support from technology stocks and some financial shares. The Nikkei 225 Average was up 0.1% at... |
| Rackspace hires to align with MySQL offshoot Recommend This number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they... |
| Google, Facebook sued over mobile software Google, owner of the most-used Internet search engine, and Facebook were sued by a New York company over an invention related to software that lets people join social networks on their mobile... |
| European Parliament debates anti-ACTA petition (03-09) 11:28 PST -- European Parliamentarians are set to debate whether to formally oppose an anticounterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) being negotiated in secret by the European Commission with... |
| Microsoft warns of new IE bug; attacks under way , we encourage comments that are on topic, relevant and to-the-point. We will remove comments that include profanity, personal attacks, racial slurs, threats of violence, or other inappropriate... |
| Worldwide poll: 4 of 5 call Internet access a basic human right The international broadcaster polled more than 27,000 adults in 26 countries and found that 50% "strongly agree" and 30% "somewhat agree" that access to the Internet should be a fundamental right. ... |
| Lindsay Lohan takes swipe at E-Trade babies Superbowl ad featuring The E*TRADE Baby talks to his Girlfriend about the importance of building a diversified portfolio with E*TRADE's online tools but she wonders what else he's been up... |
| Mandatory insurance proposed for UK dogs LONDON (AP) -- A chip for Spot? In a country where guns are tightly controlled and even carrying a kitchen knife can bring prison time, some thugs use dogs to menace their victims. Now the British... |
| US Loosens Export Restrictions on Internet Services to 'Closed Societies' del.icio.us The U.S. Treasury Department has announced it will issue licenses to companies that export instant messaging and other personal Internet services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba. The move follows... |
| Two Step Software Announces Compliance with New MA Data Protection Law NEEDHAM, Mass., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Two Step Software, Inc., a leader in equity management, FAS 123R, and corporate compliance solutions, announced today that it has met Massachusetts' rigorous... |
| Helping Teens Learn in an Era of Digital Overload: A Panel Discussion Featuring Experts on Teens and Technology at Orinda Academy on March 20, 2010 ORINDA, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Orinda Academy (OA), a private, non-profit, co-educational day school serving grades 7-12, in conjunction with Student Organizational Services (SOS), will... |
| Verizon Sponsoring '2010 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering and Technology' NEW YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- For the fourth consecutive year, Verizon is sponsoring and participating in National Engineers Week Foundation's Global Marathon For, By and About Women in... |
| Constellation Software Inc. Acquires the Shares of TietoEnator Majiq, Inc. from Tieto Oyj's US Subsidiary Tieto USA TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 9, 2010) - Constellation Software Inc. ("Constellation") (TSX:CSU) announced today that it has completed, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Constellation... |
| Tech Stocks Lift Markets Equity markets rose modestly in New York Tuesday with the strongest gains coming from tech stocks helped by Cisco Systems Inc.'s mega-router announcement. Cisco said its new mega-router is 12 times... |
