| 07/03/2009 06:26 PM |
| Blogging live from Spiral Jetty |
Never say never, but this may be the first blog ever posted live from the monumental earthwork on the edge of the Great Salt Lake called Spiral Jetty.
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| 07/03/2009 05:25 PM |
| Employee shot, wounded at Virginia Apple store |
The victim, a 26-year-old woman, is in serious but stable condition with a wound to the shoulder. Some media outlets are reporting robbery as the motive, but police say it's too early to tell.
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| 07/03/2009 03:14 PM |
| Seattle fire knocks out service to Bing Travel, other sites |
Reports say a blown transformer knocked out power to the Fisher Plaza data center, which is home to the Bing Travel servers, among others.
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| 07/03/2009 03:11 PM |
| What soccer team would your company be? |
Martin Veitch at CIO.co.uk riffs on how certain football clubs resemble software companies, to good and painful effect.
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| 07/03/2009 01:54 PM |
| iPhone 3GS jailbreak, 'purplera1n,' hits Web |
Hacker who originally unlocked the iPhone has let loose a jailbreaking app for the iPhone 3GS ahead of the iPhone dev team. For now, it's Windows-only, but a Mac version is supposedly on the way.
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| 07/03/2009 12:43 PM |
| Apple patents point to haptics, fingerprints, RFID |
Three just-published patent applications hint at the company's future plans. But it could be a while before we see any of the functionality built into iPhones or other Apple devices.
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| 07/03/2009 11:00 AM |
| Symantec's Ramzan on solving the antivirus puzzle |
q&a From puzzles and chess to ciphers and antivirus software, Zulfikar Ramzan talks about how he got into the computer security business and where it's headed.
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| 07/03/2009 09:00 AM |
| Defending against chemical and biological weapons |
At the U.S. Army's Dugway Proving Grounds facility in the Utah desert, researchers look for ways to protect soldiers against "bugs" that could easily kill or sideline them.
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| 07/03/2009 09:00 AM |
| Week in review: A speedier new Firefox |
Mozilla's latest version plays catch-up with the browser competition. Also: the latest in Windows 7 news, and a Yahoo data center in a new shade of green.
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| 07/03/2009 08:54 AM |
| Open source to shape cloud computing, but not dominate it |
Open source has a role to play in cloud computing, but it's likely not to be the vanquisher of old, proprietary dominance.
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| 07/02/2009 11:56 PM |
| Firefox 3.5 and the potential of Web typography |
Firefox 3.5 introduces a new embeddable font feature that can make Web typography much more visually appealing. But type foundries have to play along.
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| 07/02/2009 06:49 PM |
| Sites that help you lodge complaints |
If you've been wronged or you're just not happy with the way you were treated, there are some sites on the Web that will help you get your voice heard.
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| 07/02/2009 06:40 PM |
| Google App Engine misfires |
A morning outage in Google App Engine--a hosting service for Web application developers--was resolved around noon Pacific Thursday.
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| 07/02/2009 06:26 PM |
| iPhone heat issue much ado about nothing |
Some reports on Friday claim that Apple admitted in a tech note to having heat issues with the iPhone 3GS, but that's just not true.
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| 07/02/2009 05:26 PM |
| Report: Guilty verdict overturned in MySpace suicide case |
Lori Drew allegedly used a fake MySpace profile to harass a teenager to the point of suicide, but judge says prosecutors can't use the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act against her.
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| 07/02/2009 05:25 PM |
| Net neutrality gets a boost from the feds |
The Obama administration includes the FCC's Net neutrality principles as conditions for some of the funds it will allocate as part of the economic stimulus package.
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| 07/02/2009 05:10 PM |
| DOJ opens formal investigation into Google Books settlement |
Government investigators will probe whether or not Google's agreement with publishers over the digital rights to index books violates antitrust laws.
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| 07/02/2009 05:03 PM |
| Fisker's good Karma |
At a dinner speech recently, Henrik Fisker laid out his plans for Fisker Automotive and its first car, the plug-in hybrid Karma.
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| 07/02/2009 05:03 PM |
| Apple fixing iPhone SMS security hole |
Vulnerability in the way iPhones handle text messages could be used to track the location of the phone, turn on the microphone, or turn phone into botnet zombie.
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| 07/02/2009 04:21 PM |
| TracFone offers $45 unlimited plan |
TracFone's new StraightTalk service delivers 30MB of data plus unlimited calling and messaging for $45 per month.
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| 06/30/2009 10:00 AM |
| Photos: NASA's science, tech showcase |
A look at the high-tech research and development going on inside the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif.
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| 07/03/2009 08:45 AM |
| iPhone 3GS Gets Jailbroken, Hack Available Online |
Apple's iPhone 3GS has been jailbroken and the hack that allows anyone to unlock their phone is available online.
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| 07/03/2009 08:22 AM |
| AT&T Says iPhone 3GS is Hot in a Good Way |
AT&T broke sales record with the iPhone 3GS.
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| 07/02/2009 06:07 PM |
| Will iPhones Get Tactile Feedback, Fingerprint ID? |
Nothing gets the rumor mill churning like uncovering Cupertinoâs latest patent applications. Get ready for another round of rumors.
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| 07/02/2009 06:04 PM |
| Preview: Facebook's Upcoming New iPhone App |
Change is in the air at Facebook. First came word of sweeping changes to the site's privacy controls. Now, a new and improved iPhone app is on the way.
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| 07/02/2009 10:52 AM |
| Microsoft Pulls Gross-Out Ad for IE8 |
Online ad that showed a woman throwing up after accidentally viewing pornography has been pulled. But why?
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| 07/02/2009 10:43 AM |
| Bing Builds an Underwhelming Twitter Search |
Microsoft plans to index Twitter updates in real time, but -- so far, at least -- the results are hardly impressive.
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| 07/02/2009 09:22 AM |
| More Pornography Sneaks onto the iPhone |
This time, the app in question, which has already been removed by Apple, included a nude photo of an underage girl.
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| 07/02/2009 08:51 AM |
| Apple Admits iPhone Overheating Issues -- Sort of |
Apple's support site warns of various scenarios that could cause the iPhone to overheat, but places most of the blame on users.
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| 07/02/2009 08:40 AM |
| Windows 7 May Get Family Pack Discount |
Windows 7 will reportedly come with a Family Pack option that will allow multiple installs of the OS on PCs per license purchased.
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| 07/01/2009 05:43 PM |
| Hybrid Satellite-Cell Pocket Phone May Arrive This Year |
Backers of Globalstar, Iridium, and Odyssey know that past attempts in the market have failed. But one firm thinks it has the key to success.
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| 07/01/2009 05:39 PM |
| Bing Gaining on Google? Not Necessarily |
New gains reportedly made by Bing against Google may be far less significant than some headlines suggest.
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| 07/01/2009 12:11 PM |
| The Pirate Bay Promises to Share the Loot |
The reformed pirate site is banking on a new model that will both cost and pay its customers.
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