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Phony accounts eyed in LexisNexis breach
May 20 2005 8:37PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A teenager suspected of hacking into the database of a LexisNexis subsidiary is believed to have accessed it using phony accounts set up through police departments in Florida and Texas, according to a search warrant.
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Ill. library getting fingerprint scanners
May 20 2005 7:50PM (CT)
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Library officials in this suburb west of Chicago have come up with a high-tech solution for keeping unauthorized visitors from using their computers: fingerprint scans.
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Products placed liberally in video games
May 20 2005 7:44PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - As a member of the Elite Operations Division in the video game "True Crime: Streets of LA," the character Nick Kang must find his way to a truck heist at the flagship Puma sportswear store. Lucky for him, he has a Motorola handset with built-in global positioning system technology.
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Gadgets at Electronic Entertainment Expo
May 20 2005 7:40PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Plenty of gadgets shown at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo had absolutely nothing to do with the next generation of video game consoles from Microsoft Corp., Nintendo Co. and Sony Corp.
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Report: Internet retail sales up 24 pct.
May 20 2005 4:49PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - First-quarter retail Internet sales rose 23.8 percent to $19.8 billion in the United States from $16 billion a year ago, according to preliminary numbers released Friday by the Department of Commerce.
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Google introduces Internet portal feature
May 20 2005 9:16AM (CT)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google Inc. on Thursday introduced a new option that will enable visitors to display more information on the online search engine leader's bare-bones home page, a departure that pushes the company a step closer to operating an Internet portal in the mold of rivals Yahoo and MSN.com.
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Ill. Senate OKs video game restrictions
May 20 2005 8:43AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Senate approved a version of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's proposed restrictions on the sales of violent and sexually explicit video games to children, even though some senators said the idea is unconstitutional.
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Gates warns on information overload
May 20 2005 6:46AM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - At his annual shindig for CEOs, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates told executives that businesses need to do more to help their employees sort through an ever-growing flood of information that threatens to become a drain on productivity.
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Internet phones given 911 deadline
May 20 2005 6:45AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Internet phone providers were ordered Thursday to begin supplying reliable 911 emergency call service after regulators heard an anguished Florida woman describe how she was unable to summon help to save her dying infant daughter.
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