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February 19, 2010
Philly-area school district used laptops to spy on students at home
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - This is definitely not the kind of homework these laptop computers were sent home for.
February 18, 2010
Yahoo, Microsoft to begin their Web ad partnership
WASHINGTON (AP) - Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have received clearance from regulators in Washington and Europe to proceed with a search partnership intended to challenge industry giant Google Inc.
Google digital library faces outcry at NYC hearing
NEW YORK (AP) - A highly anticipated hearing to decide if Google can legally build the world’s biggest digital library is set for federal court in New York City.
Roll your eyes and turn up the tunes
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - How’s this for an excuse: “I’m not rolling my eyes at you. I’m turning up my music”?
Outlook connects with social networking sites
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Outlook has released a beta version of software to connect Outlook to social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace.
February 16, 2010
Privacy group files FTC compaint about Google Buzz
WASHINGTON (AP) - A privacy watchdog group is complaining to federal regulators about Google’s new Buzz social networking service, calling it a violation of federal consumer protection law.
New data: 40 percent in US lack home broadband
WASHINGTON (AP) - The availability of high-speed Internet access continues to grow. Still, about 40 percent of Americans do not have broadband at home.
February 15, 2010
Microsoft replays Zune design for phone comeback
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Apple Inc. rocked the wireless business by combining the functions of a phone and an iPod. Now Microsoft Corp. has its comeback: phone software that works a lot like its own Zune media player.
Nokia, Intel to combine mobile phone software
BARCELONA, Spain(AP) - Nokia and Intel say they’re combining their software for smart phones, tablet computers and other Internet-connected devices.
February 12, 2010
Google tweaks Buzz after privacy concerns
NEW YORK (AP) - In response to privacy concerns, Google says it has tweaked Buzz, the social hub it added to its e-mail service this week.
Google defends deal with book authors and publishers
NEW YORK (AP) - Google isn’t letting up in its effort to win government approval of their deal to gain the digital rights to millions of books.
February 11, 2010
Facebook pulls 30 UK inmates’ pages after taunts
LONDON (AP) - Britain’s justice minister says Facebook has deleted the pages of 30 UK prisoners after they used the Internet to taunt their victims.
February 10, 2010
Google to build ultra-fast broadband networks
WASHINGTON (AP) - Google plans to build experimental, ultra-fast Internet networks in a handful of communities around the country.
Man pleads not guilty in Wyo. Craigslist rape case
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - A Wyoming man charged with carrying out an Internet-arranged rape has pleaded not guilty to five felonies.
YouTube making site safer after parental complaints
YouTube has come under fire lately from parents who think some of the content on the popular website is unsuitable for their kids.
AT&T picks Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson for network
NEW YORK (AP) - AT&T says it has picked Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson to supply the equipment for its next wireless network, which will provide faster data speeds starting next year.
AOL integrates Facebook chat with AIM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - As part of an ongoing effort to improve its user experience, Internet company AOL Inc. is letting users of its AIM instant-messaging service chat with friends on Facebook.
February 05, 2010
Police: Fugitive’s Facebook info leads to arrest
LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) - Police in western New York say a fugitive all but turned himself in by posting his workplace on Facebook and MySpace.
The Who’s Superbowl performance will be available for Rock Band
NEW YORK (AP) - Whatever The Who play at the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, you can play on “Rock Band” almost immediately.
February 04, 2010
High school student loses honor society post for Facebook posts
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (AP) - You can still say pretty much anything you want on Facebook.
February 03, 2010
German man saved on frozen sea by webcam spotter
BERLIN (AP) - Police say a woman watching the sunset on a webcam spotted a German man lost on the frozen North Sea and probably saved his life by alerting police.
February 02, 2010
Calif.‘s gay marriage trial re-enacted, on Youtube
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court may have stopped broadcasts of California’s same-sex marriage trial, but that has not prevented filmmakers from re-enacting it for the Internet.
Use of Twitter, Facebook rising among gang members
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gangs are tumbling to modern communication methods like twitter, but unbeknownst to them, tweeting members may actually be singing like birds to attentive authorities.
AP and Yahoo reach licensing deal
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - One done - and perhaps, two more to go.
February 01, 2010
UK scientist: Climate docs maybe stolen by spies
LONDON (AP) - Britain’s former chief science adviser says the theft of climate e-mails from the University of East Anglia in southern England may have been the work of spies.
Amazon.com gives in to Macmillan price demand
UNDATED (AP) - Amazon.com is giving in to publishing giant Macmillan and will sell electronic versions of its books even at prices it considers too high.
January 29, 2010
Hackers using Facebook, other social networks to cash in when you log on
GREENVILLE, N.C. - Social networking is soaring in popularity and hackers are hoping they can cash in when you log on.
Google effort to get digital books rights still questioned
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google is having serious trouble getting traction on its effort to secure the digital rights to millions of books.
January 28, 2010
Hacker breaks into 49 House sites, insults Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) - A hacker broke into 49 House Web sites of both political parties overnight to post a crude attack on President Barack Obama.
January 27, 2010
Apple debuts tablet-style iPad
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPad as the company’s “latest creation,“ saying the tablet-style device is more intimate than laptop.
