Technology Headlines
Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses
AP - Thursday, July 3, 2008 1:57 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- This doesn\'t sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet\'s addresses recently lost track of its own....
Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs
AP - Thursday, July 3, 2008 12:57 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when....
Adobe to make searching easier on Flash sites
AP - Thursday, July 3, 2008 12:47 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Internet users will now have an easier time finding sites that rely heavily on the popular Flash video format....
Ex-tech exec gets new judge in extradition case
AP - Thursday, July 3, 2008 11:36 a.m.
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) -- A Namibian prosecutor says a new judge will be appointed to hear the extradition case of businessman Jacob "Kobi" Alexander....
Case dropped against parents who put baby on eBay
AP - Thursday, July 3, 2008 8:41 a.m.
MEMMINGEN, Germany (AP) -- A baby boy removed from his parents\' custody after they offered to sell him on eBay for just a euro - $1.59 - as a joke is back at home, a prosecutor said Thursday....
EU musicians oppose Europe-wide online licensing
AP - Thursday, July 3, 2008 8:22 a.m.
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The Bee Gees\' Robin Gibb and other European music composers warned Thursday that standardizing music royalties across Europe could hurt musicians and the songs they write....
Twitter, What Are You Doing? Co-Founder Tells All
NPR - Thursday, July 3, 2008 7:51 a.m.
Twitter.com has so many new users that the Web site keeps crashing. Meanwhile, Twitter engineers are taking popular features away for retooling. It\'s a painful process, but co-founder Biz Stone has a plan.
Study says many dial-up users don't want broadband
AP - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 10:34 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A new study suggests that attitude rather than availability may be the key reason why more Americans don\'t have high-speed Internet access....
Report: Microsoft seeks help for another Yahoo bid
AP - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 10:19 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo\'s online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc....
Michael Dell buys $100 million in stock
AP - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 4:40 p.m.
DALLAS (AP) -- In recent days, Chief Executive Michael Dell has bought about $100 million worth of stock in Dell Inc., the shares of which rallied this spring but are still near a five-year low....
Microsoft to sell Office, OneCare for $70 a year
AP - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 1:26 p.m.
SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. will begin selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting mid-July, in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software....
Tesla Motors to stay in Calif. after tax break
AP - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 12:04 p.m.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The company that built the first mass-produced, all-electric car will keep its manufacturing plant in California, thanks to a new state tax break....
Correction: Earns-Research in Motion
AP - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 11:55 a.m.
TORONTO (AP) -- In a June 25 story about quarterly earnings at Research In Motion Ltd., The Associated Press incorrectly reported that the BlackBerry Bold will be a touch-screen phone. Current plans do not call for the device to have a touch screen....
Police wnt u to fight crime w/txt msgs
AP - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 11:35 a.m.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Police in the 1970s urged citizens to "drop a dime" in a pay phone to report crimes anonymously. Now in an increasing number of cities, tipsters are being invited to use their thumbs - to identify criminals using text messages....
Report: Fiber Internet growth overtakes cable
AP - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 11:31 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- For the first time, more people around the world are signing up for fiber-optic broadband service than for cable Internet service, according to a British research firm....
EU, US near deal on pact on protecting privacy
AP - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 11:10 a.m.
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Privacy rights vs. terror fights: The EU and the United States are close to agreeing on how to protect personal and private data while still letting law enforcement officials share information to combat organized crime and terrorism....
Correction: AT&T-iPhone
AP - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 11 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- In a July 1 story about the new version of the iPhone, The Associated Press, relying on information from an AT&T spokesman, erroneously reported that the carrier is working on creating a prepaid plan for the phone. Spokesman Michael Coe later said he miscommunicated, and that there will be no prepaid plan for the iPhone 3G....
Review: Banking site MoneyAisle shows promise
AP - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 9:43 a.m.
BOSTON (AP) -- MoneyAisle is a free new Web service that makes a bold claim: It says it will maximize the interest rates consumers can get on savings accounts, by running online auctions in which banks bid for consumers\' business....
Young Moroccans Bypass Mainstream Media
NPR - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 7 a.m.
When protesters in southern Morocco clashed with security forces, there was very little coverage from state-run television stations. But amateur video posted on YouTube showed what the official media would not. Young Moroccans say the Web is leaving traditional media behind.
EU clears Nokia to buy mapmaker Navteq
AP - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 4:46 a.m.
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- European regulators cleared Nokia\'s takeover of U.S. digital mapmaker Navteq on Wednesday, saying the deal would be unlikely to shut off rivals\' access to digital maps....
Drug, fraud trials set for Broadcom co-founder
AP - Tuesday, July 1, 2008 3:08 p.m.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A federal judge has set two trial dates for Broadcom co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III, one on drug charges and one on corporate fraud charges....
Citibank ATM breach reveals PIN security problems
AP - Tuesday, July 1, 2008 1:40 p.m.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Hackers broke into Citibank\'s network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores and stole customers\' PIN codes, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing security hole in the most sensitive part of a banking record....
Bayreuth's Wagner festival will offer opera online
AP - Tuesday, July 1, 2008 1:27 p.m.
BERLIN (AP) -- Germany\'s annual Bayreuth opera festival is going digital, streaming video and audio of its opening performance of "Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg" live via the Internet. The catch is the price - $77....
Keeping a landline number on your cell phone
AP - Tuesday, July 1, 2008 12:51 p.m.
Q: I want to get rid of my landline phone service and go all wireless, but I don\'t want to lose my home phone number. Can I transfer it to my cell phone?...
Monster founder sets sights on online obituaries
AP - Tuesday, July 1, 2008 12:18 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Fourteen years ago, Jeff Taylor helped set off a tectonic shift in recruitment advertising by founding Monster.com, one of the first online companies to challenge a big profit source of newspapers....
Buffett is amazed his lunch drew a $2.1M bid
AP - Tuesday, July 1, 2008 11:45 a.m.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A Chinese investment fund manager\'s bid for the chance to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett was the largest ever in a charity auction on eBay and surprised even Buffett....
Would a Ban on Car Conversation Be More Effective?
NPR - Tuesday, July 1, 2008 10 a.m.
California and Washington join the long list of states to ban handheld cell phone use while driving. It\'s the conversation, not the phone, that\'s distracting, research says. Do these laws really make our roads safer?
AT&T offers new option of iPhone without contract
AP - Tuesday, July 1, 2008 8:55 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- AT&T Inc. will sell the new version of the iPhone without a service contract for $400 more than the price with a two-year plan, a break from the rules set when Apple Inc.\'s popular touch-screen gadget debuted last year....
Browser pioneer Andreessen joins Facebook board
AP - Tuesday, July 1, 2008 8:32 a.m.
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Marc Andreessen, an entrepreneur and software engineer behind the Web\'s earliest browsers, has joined the board of the online hangout Facebook....
3-D TV Shows Beam Into Japanese Homes
NPR - Tuesday, July 1, 2008 8:11 a.m.
The time may soon come for American Idol to spring off the screen at you. Unfortunately, right now 3-D TV is only available in Japan, where cable channels broadcast 3-D programs several times a day. But viewers need a special television and glasses.
California Driving: Footloose And Hands-Free
NPR - Monday, June 30, 2008 9:01 p.m.
California drivers must find something else to do with their hands while driving, now that a law requiring hands-free cell phone devices became effective July 1. Gov. Schwarzenegger says the law may save close to 300 lives each year in the state.
Yahoo takes its defense against Icahn to investors
AP - Monday, June 30, 2008 1:34 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. began pressing a case to major shareholders Monday that its board and management deserve a chance to prove they made the right move when they rejected a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft Corp....
eBay told to pay $61M to fashion brand for fakes
AP - Monday, June 30, 2008 1:06 p.m.
PARIS (AP) -- A French court ordered eBay Inc. to pay more than $61 million to a high-end fashion company Monday because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site....
A Vintage Photography Flash Lamp In Action
NPR - Monday, June 30, 2008 12:41 p.m.
Jacob Riis, a writer and photographer who exposed poverty in late 19th century New York City, used crude tools to light up his subjects. He ignited magnesium powder with a pistol, and later a frying pan. A vintage photography hobbyist demonstrates a flash lamp similar to Riis\'.
Swedes protest sweeping e-mail eavesdropping law
AP - Monday, June 30, 2008 11:43 a.m.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Swedes have bombarded lawmakers with more than 1 million e-mails protesting the country\'s new eavesdropping law, adding to the growing public outcry over the measure, an official said Monday....
IT Industry Council spent $397,238 lobbying in 1Q
AP - Monday, June 30, 2008 10:17 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Information Technology Industry Council spent $397,238 lobbying the federal government in the first quarter, according to a recent disclosure report....
IDT spent $310,000 lobbying in 1Q
AP - Monday, June 30, 2008 10:14 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- IDT Corp., a diversified holding company active in telecommunications and energy, spent $310,000 lobbying the federal government in the first quarter, according to a recent disclosure report....
IAC/InterActiveCorp. spent $156,374 lobbying in 1Q
AP - Monday, June 30, 2008 10:12 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Internet conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp. spent $156,374 lobbying in the first quarter on copyright and patent reform and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report....
How to Use a Waterless Urinal
NPR - Monday, June 30, 2008 10 a.m.
Since the last drought emergency in 1992, California\'s population has grown by more than 20 percent. But advances in technology — such as waterless urinals and environmental dryers — hope to counteract the additional drain on resources.
Microsoft Stops Selling Windows XP, Touts Vista
NPR - Monday, June 30, 2008 7:43 a.m.
In a push to sell more of its new Windows Vista software, Microsoft said it plans to stop shipping copies of Windows XP. Lance Ulanoff, PC Magazine\'s editor in chief, talks about what this means for consumers who use Windows software.
France Telecom drops takeover bid for TeliaSonera
AP - Monday, June 30, 2008 5:06 a.m.
PARIS (AP) -- France Telecom said Monday that it has withdrawn its proposed $42 billion takeover bid for TeliaSonera, which would have created Europe\'s largest telecommunications company....
Verizon Wireless gets Rhapsody music subscriptions
AP - Monday, June 30, 2008 4:30 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Cell phones are becoming more useful devices for listening to music. Verizon Wireless is introducing Rhapsody\'s subscription music service Monday, allowing its customers to download as much music as they want to their phones for $15 per month....
Why Can't You Make a Collect Call to a Cell Phone?
NPR - Monday, June 30, 2008 4 a.m.
Did you know that you can\'t make a collect call to a cell phone? Bob Sullivan of MSNBC.com tells us why, in the first of a regular series of one-question interviews.
Cell phones rules changing for Calif. drivers
AP - Monday, June 30, 2008 2:48 a.m.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- To Celeste Tyler and her teenage friends, text-messaging is as effortless as tying their shoes....
Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP on Monday
AP - Sunday, June 29, 2008 8:47 p.m.
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don\'t want to be forced into using XP\'s successor, Vista....
New Wash. law bans hand-held phones while driving
AP - Sunday, June 29, 2008 11:33 a.m.
SEATTLE (AP) -- Driving with one hand on the wheel and the other on a cell phone is no longer an option for Washington state drivers....
AP Interview: Ex-Intel head pushes electric cars
AP - Sunday, June 29, 2008 10:51 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Intel Corp. Chairman Andy Grove has a knack for sensing when circumstances should force changes at a company or an industry - and how to respond....
Olympic Swimming Hopefuls Are What They Wear
NPR - Sunday, June 29, 2008 7:57 a.m.
As the Olympic swimming trials begin in Omaha, Neb., a debate is swirling over swimsuit technology. Are the new suits enhancing athletes\' performances?
How to Pay for Rebuilding Infrastructure?
NPR - Sunday, June 29, 2008 7:44 a.m.
Where would the money come from to fix the nation\'s crumbling infrastructure? Investment banks and hedge funds are one source, but there are many ways to finance big construction projects.
NETGuard: High-Tech Volunteers to the Rescue?
NPR - Sunday, June 29, 2008 5 a.m.
The National Emergency Technology Guard (NETGuard) mobilizes a corps of volunteers with technology experience who could help out after a disaster. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon discusses the effort, funded by the Department of Homeland Security.
Are 'Mega-Regions' the Future of Transportation?
NPR - Sunday, June 29, 2008 5 a.m.
Armando Carbonell, chairman of the Department of Planning and Urban Form at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy discusses the future of the country\'s infrastructure.
Pa.'s Rendell Urging Fix for Bridges, Roads
NPR - Sunday, June 29, 2008 5 a.m.
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has joined with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to urge the federal government to invest in restoring the country\'s crumbling infrastructure. Rendell discusses the effort.
Looking at the Future of 'E-Politics'
NPR - Saturday, June 28, 2008 9:01 p.m.
Bloggers, citizen journalists and policymakers come together in New York for an annual forum to discuss the direction of politics on the Web.
NBC offers wide online access for Beijing Olympics
AP - Saturday, June 28, 2008 10:52 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- NBC is making more than 2,200 hours of live competition from Beijing available online, giving Olympic junkies more action than they could ever devour in a day....
Virgin Mobile to buy Helio for $39M
AP - Friday, June 27, 2008 2:16 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Virgin Mobile USA Inc. is buying Helio LLC, a struggling cell phone carrier that was founded to bring the advanced features of South Korean phones to the U.S. market....
Ballmer and Gates bid farewell with tears
AP - Friday, June 27, 2008 1:48 p.m.
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present....
Prosecutors say peer-to-peer hacker in plea deal
AP - Friday, June 27, 2008 1:41 p.m.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A hacker suspected of infecting thousands of personal computers with malicious software to obtain private financial information will plead guilty to fraud under a plea agreement, the U.S. attorney\'s office said....
MySpace releases tools, info for data sharing
AP - Friday, June 27, 2008 1:22 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The online hangout MySpace has launched its program for letting users quickly share personal profile data on outside sites operated by Yahoo Inc., eBay Inc. and others....
AT&T to move headquarters to Dallas
AP - Friday, June 27, 2008 12:48 p.m.
DALLAS (AP) -- AT&T Inc., the nation\'s largest telecommunications company, said Friday it is moving its corporate headquarters to Dallas from San Antonio for easier access to customers and operations around the world....
Wireless company to allow other carriers' devices
AP - Friday, June 27, 2008 12:06 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- MetroPCS Communications Inc. has become the largest U.S. wireless carrier to say it will let customers bring cell phones from other carriers, which it will then reprogram for use on its own network....
Wards didn't tell consumers about credit card hack
AP - Friday, June 27, 2008 11:46 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- An old name in retail was hit by a modern scourge - a hack of its customers\' credit card numbers - but didn\'t inform the consumers, revealing how data breaches might be heavily undercounted even with new notification laws....
Appeals court upholds FCC on cable rules
AP - Friday, June 27, 2008 9:20 a.m.
CINCINNATI (AP) -- A federal appeals court has upheld the Federal Communications Commission\'s authority to make rules intended to increase cable television competition....
Facebook to users: Let's cut grammatical errors
AP - Friday, June 27, 2008 9:02 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The online hangout Facebook is getting more serious about grammar. No more should users see jarringly incorrect declarations such as "Debbie changed their profile picture."...
Gates Retires from Daily Role at Microsoft
NPR - Friday, June 27, 2008 8:13 a.m.
Bill Gates helped bring computers to the masses, creating a company so influential that it was once dubbed "the Evil Empire." On Friday, he moves on to a full-time role as the world\'s leading philanthropist.
Europeans picking mobiles over landlines
AP - Friday, June 27, 2008 8:09 a.m.
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Europeans are increasingly shunning landlines for mobile phones and online calling, according to a European Union survey released Friday....
JumpTV spurns bid, plans merger with NeuLion
AP - Friday, June 27, 2008 7:44 a.m.
TORONTO (AP) -- Internet broadcaster JumpTV Inc. rejected a proposal from Web entrepreneur Brad Greenspan and plans to go ahead with a merger with U.S. online TV service NeuLion Inc....
Sony Ericsson issues profit warning for 2Q
AP - Friday, June 27, 2008 7:26 a.m.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson warned Friday that it will just break even in the second quarter as worsening market conditions cut into sales....
Kill Switches Coming to a Gadget near You
NPR - Friday, June 27, 2008 4:41 a.m.
New technology could allow police to take control of your car or even your phone. While it might be a good security tool, it could also threaten your privacy, says one security specialist.
Gates moves on, but Microsoft keeps 'quests' alive
AP - Friday, June 27, 2008 4:39 a.m.
SEATTLE (AP) -- It is almost unthinkable that any one human could pick up where Bill Gates leaves off when he ends his full-time tenure Friday as Microsoft\'s leader....
Internet org paves way for hundreds of new domains
AP - Thursday, June 26, 2008 4:01 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Internet\'s key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join ".com," making the first sweeping changes in the network\'s 25-year-old address system....
Yahoo shakes up management amid shareholder unrest
AP - Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:04 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is setting up a new chain of command amid the turmoil triggered by the embattled Internet icon\'s snub of Microsoft Corp.\'s $47.5 billion takeover bid....
Palm swings to 4Q loss as revenue tumbles
AP - Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:54 p.m.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Treo and Centro smart phone maker Palm Inc. said Thursday it swung to a loss in its fiscal fourth quarter as its revenue declined sharply and fell below Wall Street expectations....
Judge orders Facebook rivals to accept settlement
AP - Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:45 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Facebook Inc.\'s long and embarrassing legal tussle with three men who accused founder Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their social networking concept may soon end, now that a judge has ordered the parties to accept the settlement they reached....
RIM shares falter on lower-than-expected outlook
AP - Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:13 p.m.
TORONTO (AP) -- Smart phone maker Research In Motion Ltd.\'s fiscal first-quarter profit and revenue more than doubled, fueled by strong sales of its BlackBerry devices, but the company\'s forecast for the current period sent its shares down more than 11 percent Thursday....
Oracle throws wet blanket on strong 4Q results
AP - Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:11 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Oracle Corp. finished its fiscal year with an impressive flourish, then pulled out a wet blanket....
Sony pledges return to glamour and profit
AP - Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:10 p.m.
TOKYO (AP) -- Chief Executive Howard Stringer said Sony Corp. will win back its electronic leadership by improving its Internet-linked gadgets, wiping out losses in video games and TVs and pushing services and software, not just hardware....
Important dates in Microsoft's history
AP - Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:23 p.m.
Some key dates in the history of Microsoft Corp.:...
Bill Gates to dive deeper into foundation strategy
AP - Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:27 p.m.
SEATTLE (AP) -- Now that Bill Gates is stepping away from his daily duties at Microsoft Corp., he\'s going to dive deeper into the work of his $38 billion charitable foundation, established a decade ago....
Robotic Baby Seal Coming to U.S. Shores
NPR - Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:16 a.m.
A company that makes a robotic baby seal from Japan named Paro plans to sell it in the U.S. to help comfort people with dementia, autism and other problems related to social isolation. But some doctors say real pets provide the best kind of therapy.
China orders phone, Internet moratorium
AP - Thursday, June 26, 2008 6:13 a.m.
BEIJING (AP) -- The government has ordered China\'s fast-growing phone companies to stop adding new customers in August so they can better focus on ensuring service for the Beijing Olympics, company employees said Thursday....
ISPs still considering tracking Web use
AP - Thursday, June 26, 2008 4:34 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Although a large Internet service provider has backed away from technology that tracks subscribers\' Web use in order to deliver personalized advertising, two other broadband companies said Wednesday they are still considering whether to deploy it....
Sony to start US movie service for PS3
AP - Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:17 a.m.
TOKYO (AP) -- Sony says it will start a movie download service for its PlayStation 3 home console this summer in the U.S....
Nintendo DS teaches English in school
AP - Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:24 a.m.
TOKYO (AP) -- The Nintendo DS isn\'t just fun and games anymore for English students at Tokyo\'s Joshi Gakuen all-girls junior high school. The portable video game console is now being used as a key teaching tool, breaking with traditional Japanese academic methods....
Chinese Authors Find Creative Outlets on the Web
NPR - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:01 p.m.
Chinese novelists were once encouraged to address politics and society through a Communist lens. Now young writers can be as entertaining as they want on the Web.
Red Hat profit climbs almost 7 pct in 1Q 2009
AP - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 4:37 p.m.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Red Hat Inc. said Wednesday its first-quarter 2009 profit rose 6.6 percent as the software distributor posted an increase in sales led by growth in software-subscription deals....
Yahoo confirms Google commitment, pans Microsoft
AP - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 4:24 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo Inc.\'s leaders defended online search leader Google Inc. as a more desirable partner than Microsoft Corp. in a Wednesday letter that affirmed the Internet pioneer\'s commitment to a strategy that has alienated shareholders....
Prescription for protecting online health records
AP - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:20 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hoping to persuade more people to store their medical records online, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and a hodgepodge of health care providers and insurers have agreed on ground rules for protecting the privacy of the sensitive information....
Review: Strong, innovative Web browsers emerge
AP - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:18 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- With all the recent attention on the new Firefox 3 Internet browser, it\'s easy to miss two strong, innovative rivals. Add it all up, and Microsoft Corp.\'s market-leading Internet Explorer has some impressive challengers....
Military funds development of brainwave binoculars
AP - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:29 p.m.
LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) -- Military binoculars may soon get information directly from the brains of the soldiers using them....
Wireless carrier tests eye controls for electronics
AP - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:57 a.m.
YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) -- Rolling your eyes to turn up the volume of a portable music player and tapping your fingers to turn on a DVD player are among technologies Japan\'s top mobile carrier is testing for "wearable" gadgets....
Rural New Mexico high school podcasts to students
AP - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:45 a.m.
FORT SUMNER, N.M. (AP) -- Students at a rural New Mexico high school made a unique pledge: Right hands raised, they promised to take care of their Zune music players....
Chrysler to turn vehicles into wireless hotspots
AP - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:41 a.m.
DETROIT (AP) -- People who buy Chrysler LLC vehicles next year will have the option of turning their cars and trucks into wireless Internet hotspots....
Major Change Ahead in Internet Naming
NPR - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:14 a.m.
The lifting of restrictions on Net domain names will have a worldwide impact on the World Wide Web, says one technology writer.
Charter drops Web tracking plans
AP - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 6:26 a.m.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Charter Communications Inc. is dropping plans to track the Web usage of some high-speed Internet subscribers, citing concerns raised by customers, the company said Tuesday....
Major Change Ahead in Internet Naming
NPR - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 4:01 a.m.
Internet regulators are set to lift restrictions on Website names. It could be the most dramatic change to the Internet in decades, says one technology writer.
Nonprofits Look for New Ways to Shape Campaign
NPR - Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:22 p.m.
No outside organization has thrown a roundhouse punch this election season like the one Swift Boat Veterans for Truth delivered four years ago. But they\'re quietly mobilizing, using small staffs and new technologies to stoke the public\'s attention.
T-Mobile goes nationwide with landline service
AP - Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:08 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Cell phone company T-Mobile USA is set to launch a nationwide service that lets customers place unlimited domestic calls with their landline phones over a broadband connection....
Internet Helps Liberate, Create Music in China
NPR - Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9 p.m.
For many Chinese, the Web isn\'t merely a tool to help circumvent political censorship. Some Chinese musicians are exploiting online tools and sites to create new economic models for the music business.
American Airlines set to test in-flight Web access
AP - Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:54 p.m.
DALLAS (AP) -- American Airlines says customers will be able to test in-flight Internet access on two flights beginning Wednesday, with broader service expected to begin in the following couple weeks....
Kodak to buy back $1 billion in shares
AP - Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:34 p.m.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Eastman Kodak Co. said Tuesday it is buying back up to $1 billion, or about a quarter, of its outstanding stock, by tapping a $581 million tax refund and a cash surplus the picture-taking pioneer has amassed since selling its health-imaging business early last year....
