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Verizon debuts device for Windows Mobile 5

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created Jan 04, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Verizon is offering its first wireless device that utilizes the latest-generation mobile system from Windows Mobile.


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Facebook outlines new privacy policy

Technology / Internet

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook outlined changes to its privacy policy on Thursday and asked for feedback from the social network's more than 300 million users.


Bogus e-mails from FDIC link computer users to viruses, says computer forensics expert

Bogus e-mails from FDIC link computer users to viruses, says computer forensics expert

Technology / Internet

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cyber criminals are using fake messages claiming to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to deliver a virus capable of stealing unsuspecting victims' bank passwords and other sensitive ...


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NASA announces new communications policy

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created Mar 31, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

In what is being described as a new "commitment to openness -- NASA's administrator in Washington issued a new communications policy.


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Yahoo! launches VoIP service

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created Mar 22, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Yahoo! introduced Wednesday its messenger with voice system that will allow users to make phone calls via their personal computers.


Siemens invests in GlooLabs

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created Oct 28, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Siemens said Friday it will invest in GlooLabs to bolster personal media data technology.


Twitter tormented by nettlesome computer program

Technology / Internet

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A nettlesome computer program that tormented Twitter over the weekend is another reminder of the challenges facing the rapidly growing online communications service.


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Gone Missing CDs: Personal & Financial Data Solutions

Technology / Other

created Dec 19, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 1

The collaborative efforts of Hitachi, NTT and Tokyo University have come up with means to protect secure data stored on CDs. The problem is illustrated by recent gone missing CDs, holding citizens private ...


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Checking Facebook at work? Your boss likely doesn't like it

Technology / Internet

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

More than half of employers say they completely prohibit social media use by workers, according to a new survey of about 1,400 large U.S. companies. But what if the CEO is in her office using LinkedIn, your ...


It's about time: Consumers may be more likely to enjoy purchase when ads mention time

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Do consumers respond more positively to advertisements that mention time ("Miller Time") or money ("Perfection Has Its Price")? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research found that mentioning time makes consumers more ...


Wake-up call: Draft security pub looks at cell phones, PDAs

Technology / Other

created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In recent years cell phones and PDAs—"Personal Digital Assistants"—have exploded in power, performance and features. They now often boast expanded memory, cameras, Global Positioning System receivers and the ability to record ...


A new system preserves the right to privacy in Internet searches

A new system preserves the right to privacy in Internet searches

Technology / Other

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A team of Catalan researchers has developed a protocol to distort the user profile generated by Internet search engines, in such a way that they cannot save the searches undertaken by Internet users and thus ...


Andreessen fund's 1st investment has familiar ring

Technology / Business

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A new fund managed by Web browser pioneer Marc Andreessen and his longtime confidant Ben Horowitz is treading familiar ground with its first investment - a high-tech startup already tied to the two partners.


Alcatel, Lucent pull trigger on big merger

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created Apr 03, 2006 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sunday's merger of France's Alcatel and U.S. telecom manufacturer Lucent will be finalized in six to 12 months, assuming regulatory approval is granted.


Computer scientists work to strengthen online security

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

If you forget your password when logging into an e-mail or online shopping Web site, the site will likely ask you a security question: What is your mother's maiden name? Where were you born?