http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- E-mail has taken a full circle. Over the years, Web-based e-mail services have gotten much better, sporting many features once available only with the e-mail programs that reside on the computer desktop. http://www.physorg.com/news177165447.html Technology Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:00:02 EST news177165447 (AP) -- T-Mobile Sidekick phones that lost the information stored on them now can at least get the contact lists back. http://www.physorg.com/news175256935.html Electronics Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:40:04 EST news175256935 If the wife of FBI boss Robert Mueller has warned him not to use internet banking because of the threat of online fraud, then what hope is there for the average Jo? The results of research published in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics suggests that more of us are no longer entrusting our finances to virtual accounts. http://www.physorg.com/news174740133.html Other Sciences Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:55:59 EST news174740133 Micro-blogging pioneer Twitter is still looking for ways to make money despite taking much of the world by storm, co-founder Biz Stone said. http://www.physorg.com/news174719146.html Technology Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:30:03 EST news174719146 Investigators in the United States and Egypt have smashed a computer "phishing" identity theft scam described as the biggest cyber-crime investigation in US history, officials said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news174158571.html Technology Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:40:02 EST news174158571 Most of us think cyber crooks cast their phishing lines mostly to try to hook everyday consumers. But some businesses across the country have seen hundreds of thousands of dollars vanish from their bank accounts after cyber attacks. http://www.physorg.com/news170963594.html Technology Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:54:13 EST news170963594 (AP) -- A judge ruled Wednesday that the Alaska governor's office can use private e-mail accounts to conduct state business, as former Gov. Sarah Palin sometimes did. http://www.physorg.com/news169316040.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:40:01 EST news169316040 (AP) -- Security and privacy concerns have been raised over a multimillion-dollar proposal by Los Angeles to tap Google Inc.'s Internet-based services for government e-mail, police records and other confidential data. http://www.physorg.com/news167061263.html Technology Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:54:50 EST news167061263 (AP) -- Breaking into someone's e-mail can be child's play for a determined hacker, as Twitter Inc. employees have learned the hard way - again. http://www.physorg.com/news166903304.html Technology Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:10:02 EST news166903304 The outlook is bleak for laptops, hard drives and desktops - clouds are on the horizon and could change the way we use computers forever. For some, the ‘cloud` is just the latest technological craze, but for others it is the future of computing, and it has already generated a large body of research literature. What seems certain is that cloud computing has the potential to bring about irreversible changes in the way computers are used around the world. http://www.physorg.com/news159108551.html Technology Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:49:43 EST news159108551 Sports fans are always looking for more news, insider information and opportunities for trash talking about their favorite teams. Those with accounts on social messaging system Twitter.com are getting that kind of satisfaction literally at their fingertips. http://www.physorg.com/news155892220.html Technology Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:25:48 EST news155892220 Armies train by marching in step. Religions around the world incorporate many forms of singing and chanting into their rituals. Citizens sing the National Anthem before sporting events. Why do we participate in these various synchronized activities? A new study, published in the January issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that when people engage in synchronous activity together, they become more likely to cooperate with other group members. http://www.physorg.com/news152383150.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:39:40 EST news152383150 Thefts of personally identifiable information (PII), such as social security and credit card account numbers, are increasing dramatically. Adding to the difficulty of fighting this problem, organizations often disagree on what PII is, and how to protect it. Now, in a first-of-its-kind publication, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a draft guide on protecting PII from unauthorized use and disclosure. http://www.physorg.com/news151089599.html Technology Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:19:59 EST news151089599 (PhysOrg.com) -- How severely retirees will be affected by the continuing financial crisis and subsequent "credit crunch" depends to a considerable extent on the kinds of retirement plans they rely on for retirement income, according to a University at Buffalo Law School professor who specializes in the regulation of retirement plans and other employee-benefit plans. http://www.physorg.com/news142790325.html Other Sciences Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:58:45 EST news142790325