| 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... | |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| IRD warns of hoax tax refund email Spokeswoman Heather Daly says the department has received a number of phone calls about the issue and is now trying to track the email's source in the United States so it can be closed down. Ms Daly... |
| Microsoft Patch Tuesday Includes IE Warning Windows 7 Pays Off in 13 Months: Microsoft Study [February 23, 2010] The software giant continues making the case for enterprise adoption of its new... |
| Apple's Flash Feast Could Crimp SSD Sales Gartner Says Mobile Phone Sales Jumped in Q4 [February 23, 2010] Mobile sales picked up nicely in the final quarter of 2009, but was it enough to offset the declines suffered throughout the... |
| Apple Seen Gearing Up for More Patent Fights Datacenter Growth Seen for 2010 [March 8, 2010] A new study finds that IT decision-makers are planning large datacenter rollouts. But they'll have plenty of concerns to contend... |
| Symantec Tackles Mobile Security Cyber Attacks Hit 75% of Enterprises in 2009 [February 24, 2010] Symantec's latest report has more unsettling news for IT security... |
| Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 More Than an OS Gartner Says Mobile Phone Sales Jumped in Q4 [February 23, 2010] Mobile sales picked up nicely in the final quarter of 2009, but was it enough to offset the declines suffered throughout the... |
| Lawmakers Fight for Global Internet Rights WASHINGTON - Imagine not being able to get on the Internet for fear of being jailed. That's a reality in many countries, where leaders use the Web as a weapon against citizens. But two American... |
| Honolulu police drop DUI Web site Honolulu Police Department has suspended its popular Web site that would post the names and photos of drivers arrested for impaired driving, less than four months after the site was launched. HPD... |
| Alexandria left out of Verizon Fios deployment The city of Alexandria has been indefinitely shut out of Verizon’s popular Fios television and Internet network, as the company has stopped expansion nationwide of its fiber-optic network. ... |
| National Football League trades Sprint Nextel for Verizon Wireless as official wireless partner Verizon Wireless . Sprint spokeswoman Melinda Tiemeyer said in an e-mailed statement that Overland Park-based Sprint (NYSE: S) chose not to extend the sponsorship because the cost “reached a... |
| Facebook Reported Ready To Let Users Share Locations . The social-networking site plans to let its users to share their location and see the locations of friends, according to published reports. Facebook could use the service to provide... |
| As Ballmer Praises Apple, EFF Cites Stiff App Store Rules With the stakes high in Microsoft's bid to add its search engine to the iPhone, a few words of praise by the software giant's CEO have drawn a considerable amount of attention. ... |
| U.S. weighing China Internet censorship case: USTR WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is studying whether it can legally challenge Chinese Internet restrictions that hurt Google and other U.S. companies operating... |
| Hackers target freshly uncovered Internet Explorer hole . Microsoft said it is investigating a hole that cyber attackers are taking advantage of in IE 6 and IE 7. "At this time, we are aware of targeted attacks attempting to use this... |
| Remote-Code Vulnerability Being Exploited in IE 6 and 7 warned Tuesday afternoon that cybercriminals are actively exploiting a security vulnerability that lets attackers execute malicious code from remote locations. Microsoft's internal... |
| Excel, Movie Maker Flaws Fixed by Microsoft closed holes that could allow a poisoned Excel or Movie Maker file to install malware on a vulnerable PC. However, a new flaw involving VBScript... |
| IE 6 and 7 Bug Allows for Attacks via Poisoned Sites warned today. A successful attacker could install malware on a victim PC or run any other remote command. The invalid pointer reference bug, described... |
| HP Touts Flash as Killer App Against Apple's iPad , a key Internet technology that HP is touting as the key difference between the two platforms. And, HP is right, though how Flash support will translate into sales remains to be seen. While Apple... |
| Cisco unveils system for super-fast Internet SAN FRANCISCO: Cisco Systems today unveiled super-fast Internet hardware that promises to boost US competitiveness and bolster economic recovery by moving mountains of data at astounding speeds. ... |
| Summary Box: Real strings on new guitar game THE NEXT LEVEL: The small studio behind "Power Gig: Rise of the SixString" hopes to compete with the bigwigs behind "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" by having players strum real string, not buttons, to... |
| Summary Box: New Cisco heavy-duty Internet router THE PRODUCT: Core routers power the most trafficked parts of the Internet backbone, the main arteries for data. THE UPGRADE: The new CRS-3 model from Cisco Systems Inc. is three times faster than the... |
| Global TV market share at a glance Global market share for TV manufacturers in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to DisplaySearch, part of the NPD Group: 1. Samsung Electronics Co.: 23.6 percent 2. LG Electronics Inc.: 13.0... |
| Stocks rise after financial stocks jump NEW YORK — A year after the stock market began its comeback from 12-year lows, investors are looking for the next big thing. Stocks have lost some of the momentum that propelled the Dow Jones... |
| Grand jury adds new charges, including bankruptcy fraud, against Hecker < 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } A federal grand jury added more criminal charges against Denny Hecker today, raising the stakes just his lawyers have asked to step aside because they haven't been... |
| US Bank CEO pay drops to $6.6 million in '09 U.S. Bancorp CEO Richard Davis received $6.6 million in total compensation in 2009, 2 percent smaller than in 2008. The cut in compensation came as U.S. Bancorp's profit dipped in the year as... |
| Tom Powers Live: Who steps up if Nathan doesn't return? Neshek?... Minnesota Twins pitcher Joe Nathan takes time between pitches in the third inning against the Boston Red Sox in a spring training baseball game in Fort Myers, Fla., Saturday, March 6, 2010. (AP... |
| Court: It's illegal for man to spy on estranged wife in bathroom Beware, guys: That wedding ring does not give you the OK to secretly videotape your wife disrobing in the bathroom. The state Court of Appeals has ruled that a spouse has a "reasonable expectation... |
| A wet, cloudy week ahead in the metro, but sunshine may show up for the weekend Expect a wet commute this afternoon in the Twin Cities with the heavy clouds and rain expected to stick around for much of the week, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight will see... |
| Ex-Rep. Massa groped staffers, inappropriate with interns, panel told Fomer Rep. Eric Massa. (Associated Press: David Duprey, file) The House ethics committee has received allegations that former Rep. Eric Massa groped at least three male staffers and conducted himself... |
| 4th UPDATE: Cisco Unveils Faster Internet Router Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) unveiled a smarter, faster router Tuesday following weeks of hype over the networking titan's promise to " forever change the Internet." The CRS-3 router, which the... |
| Cisco Promises Light-Speed Internet Posted on: Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 14:35 CST Technology giant Cisco Systems, Inc. has unveiled new Internet hardware that they claim will be 12 times faster than the competition and make surfing... |
| Google And Dish Network Test TV Search Engine Merging television and the internet is not a new idea, but Google's partnership with Dish Network could be a step toward bringing the concept into the mainstream. Google is testing a new search... |
| Cisco Introduces Foundation for Next-Generation Internet: The Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System Cisco® CRS-3 Carrier Routing System (CRS) -- designed to serve as the foundation of the next-generation Internet and set the pace for the astonishing growth of video transmission, mobile... |
| Hackers Check Into Wyndham Hotels' Network For the second time in two years, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts says hackers managed to access its computer systems, stealing personal data including customer payment card... |
| Microsoft Office 2010 Has Add-in Catch Datacenter Growth Seen for 2010 [March 8, 2010] A new study finds that IT decision-makers are planning large datacenter rollouts. But they'll have plenty of concerns to contend... |
| Cisco Unveils Blazing Fast CRS-3 Router Networking kingpin Cisco has taken the wraps off of the highly anticipated upgrade to its CRS-1 core router, debuting the CRS-3, which promises capacity of 322 terabits per... |
| Zoran shares fall on analyst's downgrade Zoran Corp. shares dropped Tuesday after an analyst's downgrade, closing the day down nearly 6 percent at $11.21. Sunnyvale-based Zoran (NASDAQ:ZRAN) fell as low as $11.02 during the day's... |
| Optimal Solutions Integration buys Budgetec LLC Budgetec LLC. Terms of the deal between Irving-based Optimal Solutions and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Budgetec weren't disclosed. Sam Sliman, Optimal Solutions' president, declined to... |
