NEW YORK (AP) – Most of the articles that show up in your newspaper or magazine are chosen by professional editors. What if they are picked out by a friend from college instead? Or a colleague from work? Or your mom? Anyone you know, really? That’s the concept behind Flipboard, a free application for Apple… [Read more…]
September 2, 2010
BERLIN (AP) – Samsung Electronics Co. is unveiling a new tablet PC named Galaxy Tab as the latest device meant to rival Apple Inc.’s popular iPad. Samsung Europe executive Thomas Richter said Thursday the device will offer users “a new galaxy of possibilities” with features such as mobile video conferencing and a video chat function.… [Read more…]
August 25, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) – Blacks talk twice as much as whites on their cell phones, and women talk and text more than men, according to an analysis of wireless bills by the Nielsen Co. The media-tracking firm went through the phone bills of 60,000 people for one year to figure out that blacks talk an… [Read more…]
August 19, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) – A long-running dispute between radio broadcasters and the recording industry over music royalties has taken an unexpected turn with a proposed settlement that threatens to drag the mobile phone industry into the ring. The compromise under discussion by radio broadcasters, recording labels and recording artists could include a federal mandate that all… [Read more…]
August 9, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) – An online whistle-blower’s threat to release more classified Pentagon and State Department documents is raising difficult questions of what the government can or would do, legally, technically or even militarily to stop it. Constrained by the global reach of the Internet, sophisticated encryption software and the domestic legal system, the answer seems… [Read more…]
August 2, 2010
At Rhode Island College, a freshman copied and pasted from a Web site’s frequently asked questions page about homelessness — and did not think he needed to credit a source in his assignment because the page did not include author information. At DePaul University, the tip-off to one student’s copying was the purple shade of… [Read more…]
August 1, 2010
VIENNA (Reuters) – Bertelsmann’s Random House, the world’s biggest book publisher, expects electronic books to contribute more than 10 percent of its U.S. revenue next year, its head was quoted as saying on Sunday. Chief Executive Markus Dohle told German magazine Der Spiegel that e-book revenue had already jumped to 8 percent in the United… [Read more…]
August 1, 2010
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Two security experts said on Friday they released a tool for attacking smartphones that use Google Inc’s Android operating system to persuade manufacturers to fix a bug that lets hackers read a victim’s email and text messages. “It wasn’t difficult to build,” said Nicholas Percoco, head of Spider Labs, who along… [Read more…]
August 1, 2010
LAS VEGAS (AP) – A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that’s said. The attack Chris Paget showed Saturday illustrates weaknesses in GSM, one of the world’s most widely used cellular communications technologies. His attack was benign; he showed… [Read more…]
July 29, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) – It’s a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in. So when Apple Inc. launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn’t take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist.… [Read more…]
September 2, 2010
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