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PalmOne to pay $30M for Palm brand name
May 24 2005 8:00PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Two years and two spinoffs later, the handheld computer company that made its name with the Palm Pilot is changing its name back to Palm Inc.
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Hackers holding computer files 'hostage'
May 24 2005 7:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The latest threat to computer users doesn't destroy data or steal passwords _ it locks up a person's electronic documents, effectively holding them hostage, and demands $200 over the Internet to get them back.
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Ga. credit-card holders 'blink' cards
May 24 2005 7:58PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - About 400,000 credit-card holders in Georgia will be the first in the country to use a new technology that allows them to pay for items by waving their card near a terminal instead of swiping it through a machine.
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Hong Kong uncovers pirated disc operation
May 24 2005 10:46AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong customs officers seized 504 disc copying drives, about 10,000 pirated discs and more than 34,000 blank discs at the largest pirated disc operation uncovered in the territory, the government said Tuesday.
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Common sense moves could protect privacy
May 24 2005 7:50AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Stealing Social Security numbers and other sensitive data isn't always a cloak-and-dagger, ultra-sophisticated operation: It's often a low-tech job made easier by carelessness and flimsy safeguards.
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Publishers protest Google library project
May 24 2005 7:49AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A group of academic publishers called Google Inc.'s plan to scan millions of library books into its Internet search engine index a troubling financial threat to its membership.
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