Category Archives: Technology

Uneasy mix found in auto industry, regulation

By doris | Published: March 9, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK – Dozens of former federal officials are playing leading roles in helping carmakers handle federal investigations of auto defects, including those for Toyota’s runaway acceleration problems. A Washington Post analysis shows as many as 33 former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration employees and Transportation Department appointees left those jobs [...]

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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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New rule for truck, bus drivers: No texting

By doris | Published: January 27, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Drivers of commercial trucks and buses are prohibited from texting under federal guidelines that U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Tuesday. “We want the drivers of big rigs and buses and those who share the roads with them to be safe,” LaHood said in a statement. “This is [...]

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Search crews dig through quake rubble as relief mission takes shape

By doris | Published: January 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Undeterred by darkness, a rescue crew patiently chipped away at concrete and debris early Sunday morning to try and reach a woman who sent a text message that she was buried beneath the ruins of a collapsed bank. The team with the Los Angeles County Search and [...]

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Indian tribe hopes to profit from solar energy

By doris | Published: January 13, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com JEMEZ PUEBLO, N.M. – A poverty-stricken Indian tribe that holds the sun and nature’s other gifts sacred sees a brighter future for itself in solar power. The 3,000 members of the Jemez Pueblo are on the verge of building the nation’s first utility-scale solar plant on tribal land, a project that [...]

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GE to supply world’s largest wind farm

By doris | Published: December 11, 2009

Full Story atmoney.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — General Electric said Thursday it has secured a $1.4 billion contract to supply wind turbines and provide services for what will be the world’s largest wind farm operation when completed in 2012. The conglomerate will supply 338 of its 2.5-megawatt turbines to New York-based Caithness Energy to be [...]

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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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Dell unveils Android-based Mini 3 smartphone

By doris | Published: November 15, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com CNET) — Dell said Friday that it’s ready to enter the smartphone business with the Android-based Mini 3. Long rumored to have such a device in the works, Dell said that the first two carriers to sell the Mini 3 will be China Mobile and Brazil’s Claro. The Mini 3 will [...]

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Google poised to become your phone company

By doris | Published: November 14, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (Wired) — Google is set to become your new phone company, perhaps reducing your phone bill to zilch in the process.Seriously.Google has bought Gizmo5, an online phone company that is akin to Skype but based on open protocols and with a lot fewer users. TechCrunch, which broke the news on Monday, [...]

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Triple delight in the Milky Way

By doris | Published: November 11, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com NASA has blended three views of our home galaxy’s turbulent core to produce a picture filled with scientifically significant snap, crackle and pop. And the deeper you go into the image, the more you learn. The composite picture of the Milky Way’s center draws upon near-infrared data from the Hubble Space [...]

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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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Space hotel says it’s on schedule to open in 2012

By doris | Published: November 2, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com Barcelona – A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and time frame for the multi-billion dollar project. The Barcelona-based architects of The Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will [...]

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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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Verizon’s iPhone challenger goes on sale Nov. 6

By doris | Published: October 29, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK – Verizon Wireless’ answer to the iPhone — the Droid — will go on sale for $200 next week as the company taps into the growing appetite for smart phones that go far beyond making calls. The Droid could help Verizon retain its status as the nation’s largest wireless [...]

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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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NASA’s prototype rocket set for Tuesday launch

By doris | Published: October 26, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A prototype version of NASA’s newest rocket is ready for its planned Tuesday launch, mission managers said Friday. NASA is set to test the design of its next-generation rocket, Ares I, during a demonstration liftoff called Ares I-X. The launch, slated for 8 a.m. ET on Oct. [...]

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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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