Category Archives: Internet

Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July

By doris | Published: May 9, 2012

Full Story at sfgate.com For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer. Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. In a highly unusual response, the [...]

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States push harder for online sales tax collection

By doris | Published: March 20, 2011

Full Story at CBSNews.com AP) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tax-free shopping is under threat for many online shoppers as states facing widening budget gaps increasingly pressure Amazon.com Inc. and other Internet retailers to start collecting sales taxes from their residents. Billions of dollars are at stake as a growing number of states look for ways [...]

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Pakistan jails 5 Americans over terror plots

By doris | Published: June 24, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com SARGODHA, Pakistan – A Pakistani court on Thursday convicted five Americans on terror charges and sentenced each to at least 10 years in prison, a prosecutor said. They were accused of contacting militants in Pakistan over the Internet and plotting terrorist attacks. Rana Bakhtiar made the announcement Thursday in the Punjab [...]

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Clinton draws parallels between ‘upheaval’ of 1995, today

By doris | Published: April 18, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Former President Clinton said he sees parallels in the mood of the country now and on April 19, 1995, when the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City killed 168 people while he was in the White House. “There’s the same kind of economic and social upheaval now,” [...]

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Pa. School Official Defended in Webcam Spy Case

By doris | Published: February 21, 2010

Full Story at ABC News.go.com A suburban Philadelphia school district accused of secretly switching on laptop computer webcams inside students’ homes says it never used webcam images to monitor or discipline students and believes one of its administrators has been “unfairly portrayed and unjustly attacked.” The Lower Merion School District, in response to a suit [...]

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TSA Threatens Blogger Who Posted New Screening Directive

By doris | Published: January 3, 2010

Full Story at Wired.com Two bloggers received home visits from Transportation Security Administration agents Tuesday after they published a new TSA directive that revises screening procedures and puts new restrictions on passengers in the wake of a recent bombing attempt by the so-called underwear bomber. Special agents from the TSA’s Office of Inspection interrogated two [...]

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Cyber crime poses threat to e-commerce

By doris | Published: December 14, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The past 12 months have been a banner year for cyber crime. And that could be bad news for the future of e-commerce. “At current trends, in three or four years people will start to think twice about transacting on the Web, individuals and businesses,” said Michael Fraser, director [...]

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Report: Countries prepping for cyberwar

By doris | Published: November 19, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNET) — Major countries and nation-states are engaged in a “Cyber Cold War,” amassing cyberweapons, conducting espionage, and testing networks in preparation for using the Internet to conduct war, according to a new report to be released on Tuesday by McAfee. In particular, countries gearing up for cyberoffensives are the U.S., [...]

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House pushes ban on peer-to-peer software

By doris | Published: November 18, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Stung by an embarrassing electronic leak last month revealing ethics investigations into dozens of lawmakers, Congress moved Tuesday to prohibit federal employees from using the same type of Internet file-sharing software blamed for the disclosure. The Secure Federal File Sharing Act, introduced in the House, would bar government employees [...]

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Google releases Dashboard privacy tool

By doris | Published: November 7, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Ever wonder what information Google knows about you? With a click or two, now you can find out. Google released a feature Thursday that lets users see and control data that the Web giant has collected about them. Called Google Dashboard, the service provides an online summary of a [...]

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Should I buy the extended warranty?

By doris | Published: November 4, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNET) — It’s getting to be that time of year again: The leaves change, the temperature drops, and we redecorate our living rooms, desks, cars, and backpacks with shiny new electronics. A recent survey by the Consumer Electronics Association found that respondents plan to spend, on average, $222 each on gadgets [...]

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Mac share grew after Windows 7 debut

By doris | Published: November 3, 2009

Full Story at Brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com If Microsoft (MSFT) was hoping that the launch of Windows 7 would halt the erosion of its operating system market share — and curb further inroads by Apple (AAPL) — there is no evidence that it’s working yet. In fact, preliminary data released overnight Sunday by Net Applications show Mac OS [...]

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Security center opens to battle computer attacks

By doris | Published: October 31, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – The United States is well behind the curve in the fight against computer criminals, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Friday, as Homeland Security officials opened a $9 million operations center to better coordinate the government’s response to cyberattacks. Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, said [...]

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Say farewell to GeoCities, the vintage Web-hosting site

By doris | Published: October 28, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The flashing banner ads, questionable color schemes and omnipresent “Under Construction” signs of GeoCities are no more. The personal Web-hosting site, launched in 1995 and owned by Yahoo Inc. since 1999, was to be shut down by Tuesday. It’s a move that will scrub from the Web a significant, [...]

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Get ready for non-Latin letter domain names

By doris | Published: October 27, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com SEOUL, South Korea – The Internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history with the expected approval this week of international domain names — or addresses — that can be written in non-Latin script, an official said Monday. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and [...]

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A H1N1 flu to-do (and don’t do) list

By doris | Published: October 25, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com However, the onslaught of information about H1N1 — be it playground rumors, employer signs telling you to cover your cough, memos from your kids’ school, or scary-sounding news reports — is making it pretty hard to figure out what you should be doing right now. Although some people have already been [...]

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FCC proposed new rules of the road for the Internet

By doris | Published: October 24, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Federal Communications Commission took the first step Thursday in a process intended to formalize and further define principles governing management of the Internet’s infrastructure by the nation’s broadband access service providers. The federal agency published two pages of proposed rules which the FCC says are intended “to [...]

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Google to launch music search service

By doris | Published: October 23, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Google will not become a music retailer itself, but will offer enhanced music search with a streaming function — the first of possibly several vertical search offerings. Searching for an artist or song will apparently bring up a box (thus Google’s working title: “One Box”) with a streaming link randomly assigned [...]

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Microsoft’s Windows 7 launch: Deals, deals, deals

By doris | Published: October 22, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com It’s true of the product, which is as notable for its everyday performance as any one new feature. It’s also true of how Microsoft plans to launch the new operating system on Thursday. Rather than go for flash, the company is focused on making sure that all of its partners are [...]

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Apple redesigns iMac, MacBook and reveals Magic Mouse

By doris | Published: October 21, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com New iMacs The biggest news Tuesday will be the new iMacs, which move from aluminum and polycarbon design to aluminum and edge-to-edge glass, mirroring the look of Apple’s line of MacBook Pro laptops. The new iMac will come in 21.5 (1,920×1,080) and 27-inch (2,560×1,440) models, each with a 16:9 aspect ratio. [...]

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