Lost iPhone just one headache for Apple security
By MARCUS WOHLSEN SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Wanted: experienced security professional. Must have plan to thwart Chinese counterfeiters, protect secret blueprints from spies and keep workers from leaving super-secret unreleased smartphones behind in bars. A day after a recent report surfaced that an Apple employee had lost a prototype for a new but unreleased iPhone … Read more
Higher Netflix prices equals fewer subscribers
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Netflix’s decision to raise prices by as much as 60 percent is turning into a horror show. The customer backlash against the higher rates, kicking in this month, has been much harsher than Netflix Inc. anticipated. That prompted management to predict Thursday that the company -the largest U.S. … Read more
In Case You Wondered, a Real Human Wrote This Column
The New York Times By STEVE LOHR “WISCONSIN appears to be in the driver’s seat en route to a win, as it leads 51-10 after the third quarter. Wisconsin added to its lead when Russell Wilson found Jacob Pedersen for an eight-yard touchdown to make the score 44-3 … . ” Those words began a … Read more
EW Scripps to stream live video to mobile devices
CINCINNATI (AP) – The E.W. Scripps Co. said Thursday that it will become the first TV station group in the nation to deliver live video programming to mobile devices. The launch will occur in nine markets: Detroit, Phoenix, Tampa, Fla., Cleveland, Baltimore, Kansas City, Cincinnati, West Palm Beach, Fla., and Tulsa, Okla. Users who download … Read more
Court rules Samsung can’t sell tablet in Germany
By MELISSA EDDY BERLIN (AP) – Samsung Electronics cannot sell its new Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in Germany after a court ruled Friday that its design “too closely” resembles Apple’s iPad2. The ruling by a Duesseldorf state court, however, only applies to direct sales from the Seoul, South Korea-based company, meaning distributors who acquire … Read more
US gets chance to catch up on credit card security
By PETER SVENSSON NEW YORK (AP) – The next time you swipe your credit card at check-out, consider this: It’s a ritual the rest of the world deems outdated and unsafe. The United States is the only developed country still hanging on to credit and debit cards with those black magnetic stripes, the kind you … Read more
Sprint Sues to Block AT&T’s Deal for T-Mobile
The New York Times BY MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED Only days after the Justice Department sued to block AT&T’s $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, Sprint Nextel is following suit. The company said on Tuesday that it filed its own lawsuit in the United States District Court in Washington, echoing the Justice Department’s argument … Read more
Internet archive shows Sept. 11 coverage
By DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK (AP) – For many in New York and Washington, Sept. 11, 2001, was a personal experience, an attack on their cities. Most everywhere else in the world, it was a television event. TV’s commemoration as the 10th anniversary approaches on Sunday puts that day in many different contexts. There is … Read more
Tech company to build science ghost town in NM
By JERI CLAUSING ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico, home to several of the nation’s premier scientific, nuclear and military institutions, is planning to take part in an unprecedented science project – a 20-square-mile model of a small U.S. city. A Washington, D.C.-based technology company announced plans Tuesday to build the state’s newest ghost town … Read more
