Feb 17 - By Raphael Satter, Associated Press
Opponents of a controversial global copyright treaty counted three victories Friday as American government websites were hacked and the Eastern European nations of Poland and Slovenia distanced themselves from the deal.
Feb 17 - By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press
A smiling former Goldman Sachs computer programmer was freed from prison Friday after a surprise ruling from a federal appeals court reversed his conviction on charges he stole computer code.
Feb 17 - By Associated Press
Clearwire Corp., which runs a wireless data network used mainly by Sprint customers, says it may need to raise more money because it doesn't know how much revenue it will be able to pull in from a fourth-generation mobile broadband network that it's building and from its existing mobile WiMAX Internet network after 2013.
Feb 16 - By Associated Press
A digital publisher being sued by HarperCollins over an electronic edition of Jean Craighead George's award-winning "Julie of the Wolves" has filed a statement in federal court saying it had "secured all necessary e-book rights."
Feb 16 - By Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer
Online review service Yelp rated its own business Thursday, setting an IPO target of $12 to $14 per share that could value the 7-year-old company as high as $840 million.
Feb 16 - By Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer
Buying ads on Twitter is about to get easier for small businesses as the online messaging service adds a key piece to its moneymaking model.
Feb 16 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
Congressional negotiators have agreed on a $144 billion package that extends three major programs through the end of the year: a 2 percentage-point reduction in the Social Security payroll tax, federal unemployment benefits for the long-time unemployed and avoidance of a 27 percent cut in reimbursements for doctors treating Medicare patients.
Feb 16 - By Associated Press
Apple has asked online retailer Amazon.com to stop selling the iPad in China, according to a published report.
Feb 16 - By Anick Jesdanun, AP Technology Writer
My approach to tracking my spending has traditionally been to wait for credit card bills to come, then (hopefully) pay them off. Three new online services promise to help you do a better job of tracking as you buy.
Feb 16 - By Associated Press
Two businessmen have pleaded guilty in the illegal export of computer equipment to Iran.
Feb 16 - By Rodrique Ngowi, Associated Press
The FBI and Massachusetts police are trying to figure out who "hijacked" Facebook photos of teenage girls from more than a dozen high schools in the state and posted them on a website police say features child pornography.
Feb 16 - By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
Cybersecurity experts urged senators Thursday to close loopholes in legislation to give the government more power to force critical industries to make their computer networks more secure.
Feb 16 - By Sandra Chereb, Associated Press
Nevada is envisioning a day when taxicabs might shuttle fares without a driver, or people with medical conditions that make them ineligible for a license could get around with a virtual chauffeur.
Feb 16 - By Joan Lowy, Associated Press
Auto dashboards are becoming an arcade of text messages, GPS images, phone calls and web surfing, the government says, and it's asking carmakers to curb those distractions when vehicles are moving.
Feb 16 - By Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer
Apple Inc. on Thursday released a developer preview of an update for the Mac operating system, dubbed "Mountain Lion," that will copy more features and apps from the iPhone and iPad to the Mac.
Feb 16 - By Don Melvin, Associated Press
A European Union court ruled Thursday that social networking sites cannot be compelled to install general filters to prevent the illegal trading of music and other copyrighted material.
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Source: Digg
This processor has a clock speed which is much higher than it’s fellow processors at 3.6 GHz. However, the Turbo Boost of this hardware does not go beyond 3.9 GHz.
Source: Gawker
Turns out that just hours before we published our inside look at Facebook's content moderation process, they released an updated version of their guidelines.
Source: USA Today
Nevada becomes first to write regulations for testing self-driven cars on its public roadways. This type of proactive behavior is uncommon, especially concerning governments making laws.
Source: Reuters
The genius of Timeline is that it lets Facebook monetize word of mouth. But it comes at the cost of turning our conversations into commercials.
Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
It's 4:45 on a sweltering August afternoon, and the rooftop solar panels are starting to lose juice.
Source: United States Department of Energy
They say a picture is worth a thousand words — but what happens when what you want to look at is impossible to see? Alexa McClanahan
Source: CleanTechnica - By Zachary Shahan
How much could you save by going solar? How much would it cost to install a solar system? What’s your estimated return on investment (ROI)?
Source: United States Department of Energy
The technology to improve access to fuel, electricity and clean water for some of the world’s poorest people may already be in the patent portfolios of the Energy Department’s National Labs.
Source: Yahoo!
Target started sending coupons for baby items to customers according to their pregnancy scores. Duhigg shares an anecdote — so good that it sounds made up — that conveys how eerily accurate the targeting is.
Source: Gawker
Amine Derkaoui, a 21-year-old Moroccan man, is pissed at Facebook. Last year he spent a few weeks training to screen illicit Facebook content through an outsourcing firm, for which he was paid a measly $1 an hour. He's still fuming over it. "It's humiliating.
Source: rdmag.com
Swiss scientists said Wednesday they plan to launch a "janitor satellite" specially designed to get rid of orbiting debris known as space junk. The 10-million-franc ($11-million) satellite called CleanSpace One...is being built by the Swiss Space Center at the Swiss Federal Inst …
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Study challenges view that video games are bad for sight and suggests the brain can be trained to overcome some conditions.
Source: flightglobal.com
The first major evolution of the F-15 Eagle occurred in the late 1970s, when the US Air Force started looking for a replacement for the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark. McDonnell Douglas and Hughes teamed up to convert an F-15B two-seater...into the world's most effective strike …
Source: Reuters
A Japanese humanoid named "Geminoid F" makes her storefront debut in Japan. This is really cool... and creepy!
Source: The Register (UK)
In a legal rewrite pushed out Friday, Apple has made its iBooks publishing agreement sound slightly less evil by clarifying just what you can do with the content you create on its iBook Author software. Yes, all iBooks are locked to the iBook store but you can export those fil …
Source: ZDNet
For the second time in a week, Mozilla patches a “critical” vulnerability that could be remotely exploitable and can lead to arbitrary code execution.
Source: CNET.com
The makers of Firefox say that a popular McAfee security add-on is causing enormous performance problems. Now Mozilla is strongly considering forcibly blocking it.