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Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus

Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus

Technology / Internet

created 18 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(AP) -- Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.


Google Voice 'light' works with existing cell phone numbers

Technology / Internet

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google Voice, the service that can route calls to multiple phone numbers and access voice mail, is now available on users' existing cell phone numbers.


Amazon hopes to simplify Web shopping -- with words

Technology / Internet

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- You're probably used to typing your name, address and credit card number when you buy things online. Amazon.com is guessing you don't enjoy it, though, and wants to simplify the process by letting you purchase items ...


Google Voice service blocks fewer than 100 numbers

Technology / Internet

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc. says its free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to fewer than 100 phone numbers likely to be adult chat lines and free conference call services.


Comcast tries pop-up alerts to warn of infections

Technology / Internet

created Oct 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Comcast Corp. wants to enlist its customers in a fight against a huge problem for Internet providers - the armies of infected personal computers, known as "botnets," that suck up bandwidth by sending spam and facilitating ...


Investigators in the United States and Egypt have smashed a computer "phishing" identity theft scam

FBI smashes US-Egypt cyber 'phishing' ring

Technology / Internet

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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.


Review: 10 ways to save on calling costs (AP)

Review: 10 ways to save on calling costs

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- The cost of making phone calls has been dropping rapidly in the last few years. If you want take full advantage of that, you'll need to try some new things, because the phone companies aren't going ...


Swiss official tells Google to erase street views

Technology / Internet

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- A Swiss government official is demanding that Google Inc. immediately take off the Internet any "Street View" images of Switzerland, and the company said Monday it would work to resolve problems with the privacy ...


Former HP chief Fiorina steps toward US Senate bid

Technology / Business

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

(AP) -- Former Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive Carly Fiorina on Tuesday took the first formal step toward running for Democrat Barbara Boxer's U.S. Senate seat.


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Let freedom ring with Google Voice

Technology / Internet

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With the exception of touch-tone phones, Caller ID and cell phones, talking on the phone hasn't changed a lot during the past few decades. That's a big reason why people are increasingly choosing to text, ...


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Scientists Make First Observation of Unique Rydberg Molecule

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When Enrico Fermi investigated the Rydberg atom in the '30s, he never imagined that the giant atoms could form molecules. Later, in the '70s and '80s, theoretical physicist Chris Greene predicted ...


Official-looking e-mails claiming to be from IRS are fraudulent

Technology / Internet

created Feb 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Schemers claiming to be Uncle Sam are filling e-mail boxes in Contra Costa County, Calif., and across the country with messages asking for people's personal information.


Pre-verbal number sense common to monkeys, babies, college kids

Biology /

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

Basic arithmetic and "number sense" appear to be part of the shared evolutionary past of many primates; it's the use of language to explain abstractions that apparently takes human math to a higher level.


Scientists propose new direction in the search for genetic causes of schizophrenia

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study shows that schizophrenia is caused, at least in part, by large, rare structural changes in DNA referred to as copy number variants (CNVs) - not the tiny, single letter alterations (single nucleotide polymorphisms ...


Sorting diamonds from toothbrushes: New guide to protecting personal information

Technology / Other

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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 ...