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Pentagon plays down security breach with US drones

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Dec 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A day after the Pentagon acknowledged that Iraqi militants had used cheap software to intercept US drone feeds, a new report on Friday said senior military officials had dismissed that risk in 2004.

Video game watchdog shuts down, victim of economy

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Dec 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- David Walsh said when he was assembling his first report card on video game violence 13 years ago, children were attacking on-screen monsters or aliens with imaginary chain saws and guns.

US fixed drones hacked by Iraqi insurgents: Pentagon

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Dec 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

The US military has fixed a problem that allowed Iraqi militants to use cheap software to intercept the video feeds of US-operated drones, a defense official said on Thursday.

Poll finds sexting common among young people

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Dec 03, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 1

(AP) -- Think your kid is not "sexting"? Think again. Sexting - sharing sexually explicit photos, videos and chat by cell phone or online - is fairly commonplace among young people, despite sometimes grim ...

FTC: Children still marketed violent content

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Dec 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The video game industry is doing a better job at keeping young kids away from violent and other inappropriate content than the music and movie businesses, according to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission.

Gift Guide: Tech books that enlighten, entertain

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Dec 02, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Your holiday shopping list probably includes gadgets, games and gizmos that illustrate how technology is changing the way we work, play and communicate. So why not throw in a few books about the people and services ...

Grant to help zoo visitors learn more about science with their cell phones

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Nov 30, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Zoo visitors may soon use their cell phones to "Call the Wild" as part of a project led by University of Florida researchers to help the public learn more about the nature of science.

Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police

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Nov 28, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweat shirts during a home invasion.

Signal fading on radio traffic reports

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Nov 27, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(AP) -- For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the "eye in the sky." He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation's worst traffic.

UFO-obsessed Briton loses bid to block US extradition

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Nov 26, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (7) | 6

A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers faces extradition to the United States after the British government Thursday rejected last-ditch requests to block the move.

Post Office card error leaves Italians in the red: report

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Nov 26, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

A computer glitch left Italian Post Office customers in the red by processing card transactions at 100 times their value, Italian press reported Thursday.

New guidelines for broadcasters on user-generated content

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Nov 26, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

For the first time guidelines are to be published on how broadcasters around the world can encourage audiences to produce better quality user-generated content and to improve media and information literacy.

Key scientist says politics behind stolen e-mails

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Nov 24, 2009 | 2.8 / 5 (6) | 4

(AP) -- A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming.

Glitch snarls air traffic in latest woes for FAA

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Nov 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation's air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around ...

UK: Millions of customer records sold

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Nov 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Rogue employees at a major mobile phone company illegally sold millions of customer records to rival firms, Britain's information watchdog said Tuesday.

Microsoft co-founder Allen treated for lymphoma

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Nov 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. co-founder and billionaire investor Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy.

Europe's first 'personalised paper' rolls off the presses

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Nov 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Billed as Europe's first "personalised paper", "niiu", a newspaper tailored to readers' individual wishes and delivered to their door before 08:00 am, made its first appearance in Berlin on Monday.

New handbook for Google, Droid users

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Nov 11, 2009 | 2 / 5 (3) | 0

Before buying one of the new Google-powered "Droid" phones from Verizon Wireless, you may want to read the manual. Not the setup directions in the box.