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Future TechClickZ News -4 hours agoBy Enid Burns, ClickZ, Dec 15, 2008 In the future, mobile will become the more dominant means to connect to information, and advertising will evolve to other models.Predictions for 2020: Vanishing keyboards and demise of copy …CNET NewsStudy: Most will use cell phone for Internet by 2020FiercemobilecontentMediaPost Publications - All Things D […]
PC World - Apple has released a major set of security patches for its Mac OS X operating system, fixing a number of critical flaws in the software.
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A security researcher reports that Google’s Chrome and Apple’s Safari browsers have the most insecure browser password managers.
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AP - Users of all current versions of Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer browser might be vulnerable to having their computers hijacked because of a serious security hole in the software that had yet to be fixed Monday.
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FCC kills Puritanical wireless voteRegister -2 hours agoThe US Federal Communications Commission has canceled the December meeting where it was scheduled to vote on chairman Kevin Martin's plan for free US-wide puritanical wireless broadband.Free Wireless Broadband on Hold, for NowPC MagazineWith Mounting Pressure from Bush, FCC Backs Off AWS-3 PlanTMCnetWireless Week - Washington Post - Sci-Tech Today - […]
BobB-nw writes “Underground botnet markets and high-profile spam cases headlined the year in tech crime. One of the most disturbing cybercrime trends in 2008, many security analysts say, has been the emergence of a full-blown underground economy where credit card information, identity theft information, and spam and phishing software are all available for relatively low […]
AP - For the past three years, a startup called M2Z Networks has been figuring out a way to blanket the nation with a free wireless broadband network to ensure all Americans have access to basic high-speed Internet connections.
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Startled Hippo writes “Safari and Chrome are tied for the worst password manager built into a major Web browser according to a new study on the issue produced by Chapin Information Services. One problem is that some password managers can be tricked into submitting different password credentials to different parts of the same Web site. […]
Scientific American
McCain Campaign BlackBerry Yields Sensitive DataWashington Post -1 hour agoIf reports that President-Elect Barack Obama might have to give up his BlackBerry for reasons of national security sound paranoid, think again.Oops! McCain Camp Sells Loaded BlackBerryCRNReporter finds private campaign info on McCain Blackberry …Scientific AmericanFOXNews - Geek.com - Tom’s Guide - Registerall 78 news articles
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IBM Lotus Strategist Sees Linux on Netbooks Making Inroads Vs …eWeek -38 minutes agoBy Clint Boulton Linux and open source will start to chip away at Microsoft Windows desktop software thanks to their popularity on netbooks, those ultralight, low-cost laptops.Budget-friendly netbooks are primed to give Linux a mainstream boostCRNNetbooks Aim To Capture Share Of PC MarketCNNMoney.comCNET […]
AP - Google Inc. denied that it had reversed its stance on the issue of “Net neutrality” and dismissed a story in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal on the subject as “confused.”
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Alcatel-Lucent is naming enterprises as one of three markets it will focus on as it lays off 1,000 more workers and makes cuts in other areas in an attempt to turn the company around.
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PC World - A middle school student I know asked me to explain the difference between Vista, XP, Linux and Mac OS. Here’s the gist of our conversation:
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Science Daily reports that researchers have conducted the first detailed analysis of deaths during expeditions to the summit of Mt. Everest. They found that most deaths occur during descents from the summit in the so-called “death zone” above 8,000 meters, and also identified factors that appear to be associated with a greater risk of death, […]
Two applications, both running parts of their code on the GPU are now available for end users to transcode video. As of Catalyst 8.12, all AMD Radeon HD 4800 and 4600 owners get access to a free GPU accelerated video transcoder designed to compete with Elemental’s Badaboom, the world’s first video transcoder […]
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Internet or sex, which would you choose?CNET News -3 hours agoNearly half of the women surveyed by Harris Interactive said they'd be willing to forgo sex for two weeks, rather than give up their Internet access, according to a survey released Monday by Intel, which commissioned the survey.Internet popularity rivals sex, TVBizjournals.comUS Adults Want […]
An anonymous reader writes “DRAM makers are facing one of the worst downturns in their history and governments around the world are lining up to help companies through the mess. Taiwan, Germany and South Korea all appear poised to offer some assistance to their DRAM chip makers. The chip makers’ problems are indicative of global […]
CNET - Correction, 12:07 p.m. PST: This story misstated the number of companies on the “most trusted” list. It is a top 20 list.
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CATONSVILLE, MD—”What’s a man that age doing near a well to begin with?” said Janice Peters, who spent the day not praying for the safety of the trapped 38-year-old.
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mjasay writes “Craigslist’s Jeremy Zawodny reviews the progress of MySQL as a project, and discovers that through third-party forks and enhancements like Drizzle and OurDelta ‘you can get a “better” MySQL than the one Sun/MySQL gives you today. For free.’ Is this a good thing? On one hand it demonstrates the strong community around MySQL, […]
Digitaltrends.com
Sprint Launches BlackBerry Curve 8350i for Customers Wanting the …FOXBusiness -4 hours agoOVERLAND PARK, KANSAS and WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Dec 15, 2008 (Marketwire via COMTEX) —-Responding to the requests of Nextel Direct Connect customers, Sprint (NYSE:S) today launched the BlackBerry(R) Curve(TM) 8350i smartphone.Sprint launches first push-to-talk BlackBerryFierceWirelessSprint now offering BlackBerry 8350i smartphoneMobile BurnMobiledia - Digitaltrends.com - PDAstreet - Unwired Viewall […]
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AP - Worried your daughter’s new boyfriend might have a nefarious past? Want to know whether the job applicant in front of you has a rap sheet?
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Palm To Reveal 'Nova' OS Next MonthInformationWeek -1 hour agoWith tanking stock and market share waning, Palm is hoping a new operating system will help it mount a comeback. By Marin Perez Palm will reportedly unveil its new operating system and the mobile handsets that will use it at next month's Consumer …Report: Palm to […]
WASHINGTON—With his departure from office only months away, President George W. Bush told reporters Monday that he is “fed up” with the way…
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Bitterly cold air hits much of nationThe Associated Press -1 hour agoTemperatures crashed to record lows well below zero Monday as a huge mass of arctic air blustered southward across the Midwest and West, keeping people indoors and leading some cities to open shelters.Video: Raw Video: a Blizzard Blows Through North DakotaAssociatedPress
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DailyTech
Is the PlayStation 3 Dying?PC Magazine -50 minutes agoby Garnett Lee Fallout from the November sales data continues to mount for Sony and its PlayStation family. CNNMoney's Silicon Alley Insider column pulled no punches in its assessment of the numbers calling the PS3 "A sinking ship" in light of its …Key facts, history for video game […]
NewsFactor - There’s a Nova in Palm’s future. In January, the famed-but-faded mobile-device maker will unveil a new operating system with that code name at the Consumer Electronics Show.
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Microsoft will present in February 2009 the new phone made in partnership with Nvidia
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stoolpigeon writes “Many manga titles that are popular in Japan are being translated into English and published in the United States. This trend continues with a book that puts a slightly different spin on manga. The Manga Guide to Statistics, part of a series already popular in Japan, seeks to entertain while it informs. There […]
Newsweek has an interesting report on Thomas M. Tamm, the individual who blew the whistle on the Federal Government’s warrantless wiretaps. The piece takes a look at some of the circumstances leading up to the disclosure and what has happened since. “After the raid, Justice Department prosecutors encouraged Tamm to plead guilty to a felony […]
G3ckoG33k writes “Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) is a popular way to run Windows programs on Linux, and it has an impressive compatibility list. After 15 years of development it reached version 1.0 a few months ago. Now, Wine developer Maarten Lankhorst has succeeded in running ‘Hello World’ in 64-bit, natively! The 64-bit variety […]
Techtree.com
Need For Speed Series Might Die SoonTechtree.com -7 hours agoElectric Playground has reported that Electronic Arts has cancelled development of future titles of Need for Speed series. In response, EA spokesperson gave a generic response of not commenting on market rumors.Need for Speed series canned?CVG OnlineSalvaging Need for SpeedAction TripG4 TV - PSX Extreme - 1UP.com - Digital Spyall […]
NewsFactor - A startup in Utah has found a way to stop drivers from using cell phones to talk and text while driving. Key2safedriving has developed a jamming feature for the car key that stops a cell phone when the car is in drive mode.
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DigitalDame2 writes “In 2009, touch computing will go mainstream. More and more devices will be legitimately touch-enabled with gesture controls for browsing through photos, tossing objects around the screen, flicking to turn the page of a book, and even playing video games and watching movies. In fact, Gartner analyst Steve Prentice told the BBC recently […]
TRNick writes “Jeremy Allison talks Ubuntu, why he loves Gnome, and the trials and tribulations of open source development in a wide-ranging interview on TechRadar.”
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An anonymous reader writes “Sarcasm may be the lowest form of wit, but Australian scientists are using it to diagnose dementia, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of New South Wales, found that patients under the age of 65 suffering from frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the second most common form of dementia, cannot […]
An anonymous reader writes “Australia’s largest telco and ISP, Telstra, has been kicked out of the bidding process to build a national broadband network (NBN) estimated to be worth $15 billion. The Aussie government had earlier given assurances that the proposal would be considered, however it now won’t even be evaluated by the expert panel, […]
The FCC cancelled a Dec. 18 meeting after two lawmakers warned the agency it should focus on the digital TV transition.
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Smart key would disable teens’ phones while drivingChristian Science Monitor -2 hours agoBy Andrew Heining | 12.15.08 Besides being a good candidate for 2009’s version of “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up,” that line from a promotional YouTube video for Key2SafeDriving sums up the idea behind a new device aimed at curbing in-car cell […]
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