|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Survey: Online sexual solicitations down
Aug 9 2006 9:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Fewer youths are receiving sexual solicitations over the Internet as they become smarter about where they hang out and with whom they communicate online, researchers said Wednesday.
|
|
|
AT&T adds designation for Palestinians
Aug 9 2006 8:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - AT&T Inc. is putting its official stamp on the West Bank and Gaza by changing its phone bills, a move driven more by economics than politics.
|
|
|
Wired News pulls freelancer's stories
Aug 9 2006 7:33PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Online technology publication Wired News removed three articles from its Web site Wednesday after editors couldn't confirm the authenticity of at least one source.
|
|
|
Google to keep storing search requests
Aug 9 2006 5:37PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Although he was alarmed by AOL's haphazard release of its subscribers' online search requests, Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt said Wednesday the privacy concerns raised by that breach won't change his company's practice of storing the inquiries made by its users.
|
|
|
Filtering in Vietnam emphasizes politics
Aug 9 2006 5:36PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Looking at Internet filtering practices in Vietnam, one could conclude that the government is more worried about politics than porn. University researchers said in a report Wednesday that the practices run counter to the government's own statements.
|
|
|
Study: Marketers to blame for pop-up ads
Aug 9 2006 5:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Marketers appeared to be directly responsible for more than half of the pop-up and other online advertisements run through so-called adware networks, reducing the companies' ability to plausibly deny knowledge of that connection, a report has found.
|
|
|
Wireless DBS leads auction for airwaves
Aug 9 2006 5:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A partnership that includes the nation's two top satellite television providers emerged as the leading bidder at the close of the first day of a major auction of public airwaves.
|
|
|
Google sponsors spyware warning project
Aug 9 2006 5:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Google is issuing this warning to people who try to click on links to sites with spyware and other malicious code: "The site you are about to visit may harm your computer!"
|
|
|
Movie transfers to DVDs to become easier
Aug 9 2006 5:10PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A film industry group is set to remove some of the procedural hurdles that prevented the legal recording of movies onto blank DVDs in a further sign that Hollywood studios are preparing to expand what consumers can do with downloadable movies.
|
|
|
'Dreamblade' seeks cult-like following
Aug 9 2006 3:40PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The company responsible for marketing successes like Dungeons & Dragons and Magic The Gathering is betting its newest game will develop the same cult-like following.
|
|
|
VoIP subscribers jump 21 percent in 2Q
Aug 9 2006 2:42PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. subscribers to Internet-based telephone services grew 21 percent to 6.9 million in the second quarter, with cable TV companies expanding their lead in market share compared with Vonage and other pure-play providers, the research firm TeleGeography reported Wednesday.
|
|
|
Sprint Nextel to form network with WiMax
Aug 9 2006 1:54PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Sprint Nextel Corp., the nation's third-largest cellular provider, said Tuesday it will use an emerging technology called WiMax to build a new high-speed wireless network.
|
|
|
Qimonda's shares rise in slashed IPO
Aug 9 2006 1:42PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of Qimonda AG, the chipmaker spun off by Infineon Technologies AG, rose in their trading debut Wednesday after the $546 million initial public offering's size and share price came in below expectations.
|
|
|
Review: Netgear adapter closes speed gap
Aug 9 2006 12:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Wireless networking equipment is cheap, convenient and widespread. If you want to connect computers in your home, is it really worth doing it with wires? The answer, surprisingly, is yes.
|
|
|
T-Mobile aggressive in airwaves auction
Aug 9 2006 12:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - T-Mobile USA, a subsidiary of German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom, was by far the most aggressive bidder in the first round of the government's airwaves auction Wednesday.
|
|
|
Cisco stock surges on 4Q sales, outlook
Aug 9 2006 11:32AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Shares of Cisco Systems Inc. jumped nearly 15 percent Wednesday, a day after the network-equipment maker reported a gain in fiscal fourth-quarter profit and issued a bullish outlook.
|
|
|
Cisco stock surges on 4Q sales, outlook
Aug 9 2006 11:32AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Shares of Cisco Systems Inc. jumped nearly 15 percent Wednesday, a day after the network-equipment maker reported a gain in fiscal fourth-quarter profit and issued a bullish outlook.
|
|
|
UC libraries join Google's book project
Aug 9 2006 10:43AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The University of California is joining Google Inc.'s book-scanning project, throwing the weight of another 100 academic libraries behind an ambitious venture that's under legal attack for alleged copyright infringement.
|
|
|
Asterisk wins $13.8M in venture funding
Aug 9 2006 10:16AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Matrix Partners is investing $13.8 million in Digium Inc., the creator and coordinator of Asterisk, a popular open-source software platform for business phone systems that's based on Linux and Internet Protocol.
|
|
|
Asterisk wins $13.8M in venture funding
Aug 9 2006 10:16AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Matrix Partners is investing $13.8 million in Digium Inc., the creator and coordinator of Asterisk, a popular open-source software platform for business phone systems that's based on Linux and Internet Protocol.
|
|
|
Microsoft releases 12 security fixes
Aug 9 2006 6:47AM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released 12 security fixes for its Windows operating system and Office business software.
|
|
|
|
|
|