Tag: Technology

Advocacy Group Critical Of Google Street View
Google is being criticized by advocacy group Consumer Watchdog for gathering private information from WiFi networks in Germany via its Street View cars. The gath...
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Microsoft Settles Patent Case With VirnetX For $200 Million
Microsoft said today it will pay Internet security software firm VirnetX Holding Corporation $200 million to get a patent license to settle litigation it infringed on two patent...
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Amazon Brings U.S. Government To The Cloud
The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board said today it has moved Recovery.gov to a cloud computing infrastructure hosted by Amazon.com's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)....
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Acer Chrome OS Devices Said to Appear in About 2 Weeks
While reports of an upcoming tablet from Veri...
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Online Banking Satisfaction Sees Slight Drop
Customer satisfaction with online banking dropped two points in 2010, from 83 in 2009 to 81 (on a 100-point scale), according to a new study by ForeSee Results and Forbes....
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Sprint Introduces Prepaid Offering With Walmart
Sprint has introduced a new pay-as-you-go service which it will begin offering at Walmart stores on Saturday May 15. The new offering called "Common Cents M...
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Broadband Making Gains In Rural Markets
Broadband penetration in rural markets in U.S. has experienced double-digit growth in the past year, driven largely by regional providers continuing to increase their market sha...
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One Cybercrime Gang Generated Most Phishing Attacks in
A single cybercrime gang using advanced malware was responsible for two thirds of all phishing attacks detected in the second half of 2009, according to a new report by the Anti...
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U.S. Has Lowest Software Piracy Rate
The rate of global software piracy rose to 43 percent in 2009, a two percent increase from 2008 driven primarily by expanding PC sales in emerging markets, according to the seve...
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FCC Wants To End Mobile Phone
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said today it is considering requiring mobile carriers to alert consumers about excessive wireless charges in order to avoid "bi...
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UN Launches Global Broadband Commission
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have announced the creation of a high-level Bro...
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Doxo Takes Aim At Paperless Adoption
Doxo, a Seattle based start-up focused on helping people and businesses go paperless, said today it has received $5.25 million in funding. The funding was led by...
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More Shoppers Going Online To Find Food Deals
Consumers, looking for deals and discounts on food purchases, are increasingly turning to online tools to save money on groceries, according to Deloitte's "2010 Consumer Fo...
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Agency Marks 10 Years Fighting Cybercrime
The Internet Crime Complaint Center is marking its 10-year anniversary of fighting cybercrime. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) was established in May 2...
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Canadian Internet Usage Climbs
The majority (80%) of Canadians, or 21.7 million people, used the Internet for personal reasons in 2009, up from 73 percent in 2007, according to a new survey by Statistics Cana...
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