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Faults found in online reporter's stories
May 9 2005 9:31PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An investigation over the sourcing and accuracy of roughly 160 news stories by a freelance journalist at a leading Internet news site concluded that the existence of more than 40 people quoted in the articles could not be confirmed.
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Engineers say device has multiple uses
May 9 2005 8:12PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Two Sandia National Laboratories engineers working on a way to make natural gas drilling equipment better say it also can help make lighter weight airplanes, better electric cars and earthquake monitoring systems.
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For some techies, an interminable workday
May 9 2005 8:08PM (CT)
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - The traffic jam ended hours ago, the parking lot is nearly empty and fluorescent lights are dimmed at PortalPlayer Inc., where the nightly brainstorming session is about to begin.
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Navy cyber cafes help keep many in touch
May 9 2005 8:08PM (CT)
CHARLESTON NAVAL WEAPONS STATION, S.C. (AP) - Since the Navy began setting up "Internet cafes" for soldiers overseas to keep in touch with their loved ones, almost 200 of the high-tech tents have sprung up in war zones.
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Bloggers' conference emphasizes reporting
May 9 2005 12:04PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Bloggers _ those Internet-based writers without rules _ are fighting back against criticism that their work is unreliable, libelous or just poorly done. More than 300 bloggers came to town Friday for a two-day conference that was heavy on teaching techniques used by journalists in what bloggers term "the mainstream media." One class taught students how to access and analyze government statistics.
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Court strikes down TV anti-piracy rules
May 9 2005 11:08AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - People buying the next generation of digital televisions will be able to record and then watch their favorite shows without any interference from Hollywood. A federal appeals court on Friday threw out government rules requiring built-in, anti-piracy technology to let broadcasters and studios prevent digital shows from being copied and being shown on other TVs, computers and video players.
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Craigslist.org founder eyes journalism
May 9 2005 10:45AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The number of people who use Craigslist.org is expanding at more than 100 percent per year _ a growth rate any venture capitalist would covet. But the people who run the 10-year-old community Web site, which gets 8 million unique users and more than 2 billion page views per month, seem to have little interest in exploiting new sources of revenue, going public or even adding to their 18-person staff.
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Sun Microsystems expands around globe
May 9 2005 8:13AM (CT)
BANGALORE, India (AP) - Sun Microsystems Inc. has chosen four of its facilities around the world to take the place of its Silicon Valley office as the research and development hub, the U.S. computer hardware and software maker said on Friday.
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Will spyware be Spitzer's next big thing?
May 9 2005 8:04AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The windowless, cluttered 10-by-15-foot storeroom on the third floor of a Manhattan government building seems an unlikely setting for Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's next big thing. But purveyors of spyware and adware and even the major companies that advertise in the surreptitious downloads fear exactly that from the Democrat dubbed the "Sheriff of Wall Street."
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Computers now grading students' writing
May 9 2005 7:08AM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Student essays always seem to be riddled with the same sorts of flaws. So sociology professor Ed Brent decided to hand the work off _ to a computer.
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Review: OpenOffice a strong competitor
May 9 2005 7:05AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's weird how things can come back to bite you. Microsoft Corp. killed off the competition for office software suites and became a de facto monopoly in the area, with what result? The competition is back and, this time, it's free!
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