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MySpace plans new restrictions for youths
Jun 20 2006 11:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - MySpace.com is planning new restrictions on how adults may contact its younger users in response to growing concerns about the safety of teenagers who frequent the popular online social networking site.
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Ohio U. suspends two over hackers' theft
Jun 20 2006 9:39PM (CT)
ATHENS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio University said Tuesday it has suspended two information technology supervisors over recent breaches by hackers who may have stolen 173,000 Social Security numbers from school computers.
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Web merchants drop dogfighting DVD
Jun 20 2006 8:59PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A DVD featuring violent pit bull fights has unleashed protests against the distributor as well as several online merchants that had been peddling the video, which may break federal laws against animal cruelty.
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All online traffic may not be equal
Jun 20 2006 6:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Market forces aren't enough to preserve the Internet's historical principle of treating all traffic equally, regardless of the content provider's wealth or clout, a high-tech advocacy group said Tuesday in announcing its support for legislation.
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Physics may take video games to next level
Jun 20 2006 6:20PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Carve a wrong turn in the deep powder of the video game "Stoked Rider: Big Mountain Snowboarding" and you'd better brace for an avalanche of swirling white snow engulfing everything as it crashes down the mountainside.
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EU: 1 in 3 lack basic computer skills
Jun 20 2006 6:19PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - More than a third of adults in the European Union are unable to perform basic computer tasks such as using a mouse to open Internet or word processing programs, according to a survey released Tuesday.
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Georgia Tech, IBM claim chip speed record
Jun 20 2006 6:17PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Tech and IBM Corp. announced Tuesday they shattered a microchip speed record in a development that could lead to advances in cell phones, radar technology and space exploration.
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Major Web browsers getting facelifts
Jun 20 2006 6:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The major Web browsers are getting facelifts as they increasingly become the focal point for handling business transactions and running programs over the Internet rather than simply displaying Web sites.
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A scanner that could save your skin
Jun 20 2006 2:12PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The mirror on the wall might be able to tell who's the fairest of them all, but BrighTex Bio-Photonics LLC's scanner can tell a whole lot more.
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Crime alerts at your fingertips in Boston
Jun 20 2006 3:27AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Phil Carver may never see the white Maxima stolen near his neighborhood, but the description e-mailed to him by the Boston Police Department will be in the back of his head when he goes for a walk with his kids.
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