'Phishing' drops; are scammers switching tactics?
(AP) -- Internet criminals might be rethinking a favorite scam for stealing people's personal information.
View ArticleTighter oversight on border laptop searches
(AP) -- The Obama administration on Thursday put new restrictions on searches of laptops at U.S. borders to address concerns that federal agents have been rummaging through travelers' personal...
View ArticleTech gadgets can be addictive
I've been thinking I need to take a break from technology. Not an extended one, mind you. I'm not planning on becoming some latter-day Thoreau and retreating to my own Walden Pond sans laptop, TV and...
View ArticleBusinesses vulnerable to cyber attacks
Most of us think cyber crooks cast their phishing lines mostly to try to hook everyday consumers. But some businesses across the country have seen hundreds of thousands of dollars vanish from their...
View ArticleGmail knocked offline for 'majority' of users
(AP) -- Google Inc.'s Gmail service was knocked offline Tuesday in a severe outage that the company said affected a "majority" of users.
View ArticleAT&T says iPhone to get picture messaging Sept. 25
(AP) -- AT&T says the latest iPhone models will finally get the ability to send picture and video messages to other phones on Sept. 25.
View Article'Don't post that!' -- networking etiquette emerges
(AP) -- Stephanie Kahn wanted to bask in her engagement for a few hours before diving into the task of calling aunts, uncles and good friends with the big news. And even before she could call them, she...
View ArticleAOL taps exec who famously warned Yahoo of trouble
(AP) -- AOL LLC has tapped former Yahoo Inc. executive Brad Garlinghouse for a key position that is meant to beef up the struggling Internet company's presence in Silicon Valley.
View ArticleNokia 7705 Twist puts a new twist on messaging
Verizon Wireless and Nokia introduce the Nokia 7705 Twist, a fun phone with a unique square shape that swivels open to reveal a full QWERTY keypad. The phone's shortcut buttons provide quick access to...
View ArticleTD Ameritrade data theft settlement nears approval
(AP) -- The settlement over contact information stolen from online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. is nearing approval, but the more than 6 million current and former customers affected will have...
View ArticleWis. paper faces backlash for outing Web critic
(AP) -- Getting named the local paper's Person of the Year was supposed to be an honor for small-town politician Dean Zuleger. But the award only enraged many townspeople.
View ArticleHow would Einstein use e-mail? Letter writers of yore had same correspondence...
You're not as different from Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin after all, at least when it comes to patterns of correspondence.
View ArticlePreparing your iPhone for international travel
(AP) -- An inventory for a trip to a tropical beach could read like this:
View ArticleT-Mobile to sell Motorola Android phone Oct. 19
(AP) -- T-Mobile USA plans to start selling the first phone from Motorola that uses Google's software on Oct. 19.
View ArticleReview: 10 ways to save on calling costs
(AP) -- The cost of making phone calls has been dropping rapidly in the last few years. If you want take full advantage of that, you'll need to try some new things, because the phone companies aren't...
View ArticleNew technology lets users set data to self-destruct
What if you could send an e-mail to a co-worker, text a friend or post something on Facebook confident that it would eventually self-destruct?
View ArticleYahoo looks to improve search experience
When Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz announced a $100 million global brand campaign in New York recently as the company launched its new Internet search "experience," research scientists like Preston McAfee,...
View ArticleProf Warns of Risks on Social Network Sites
(PhysOrg.com) -- The data that can be easily extracted from people’s online social networking activities could be either a blessing or a curse, says a UT Dallas researcher.
View ArticleCalling All Smokers: Cell Phones Could Help You Quit
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hooked on your cell phone and cigarettes? Fortunately, your mobile device could help you kick the nicotine habit, according to a new review from New Zealand.
View ArticleTech tinkers with daily routines
High-school classmates from 30 years ago connect daily on Facebook. Cable customers report outages on Twitter. A father text messages his daughter to gently tell her it's time for her boyfriend to go...
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