Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Obama administration seeks online privacy rules (AP)

Obama administration seeks online privacy rules (AP)

Obama administration seeks online privacy rules (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 09:13 PM PST

AP - The Obama administration is calling for stronger privacy protections for consumers as mobile gadgets, Internet services and other tools are able to do a better job of tracking what you do and where you go.

Calif. pledges better mobile privacy disclosures (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 09:03 PM PST

AP - California is clamping down on nosy mobile applications, telling them they must give people advance warning if they want to keep pulling sensitive information from smartphones and computer tablets.

HP CEO pleads patience as earnings fall 44 pct (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST

A logo of HP is seen outside Hewlett-Packard Belgian headquarters in Diegem, near Brussels, January 12, 2010. REUTERS/Thierry RogeAP - Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Meg Whitman pleaded for patience Thursday as she described operational challenges and other internal problems that contributed to a decline in earnings at one of the world's largest technology companies.

Just Show Me: How to turn off in-app purchases on your iPhone (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 06:41 PM PST

Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to turn off in-app purchases on your iPhone. Some apps let …

Apply to be a NASA space food tester (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 06:29 PM PST

Yahoo! News - Was your favorite part about a visit to the Air and Space Museum the little packets of space ice cream they sell at the gift shop? If so, you'll be glad to know that scientists are preparing to create a new generation …

NASA Wants You ... to Eat Space Food in Hawaii [VIDEO] (Mashable)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 03:49 PM PST

Mashable - Calling all supertaster space nerds: NASA wants your help to improve the bland food astronauts would have to eat while on a mission to Mars.

KT reviewing network fees on Youtube, Internet TVs (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 07:45 PM PST

Reuters - South Korea's top Internet provider, KT Corp plans to charge data-heavy content providers such as Google's Youtube and Internet-enabled TV service operators to subsidize costly network upgrades, a KT executive said on Thursday.

FCC urges Internet companies to safeguard Web (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:12 PM PST

Reuters - Internet service providers need to work harder to prevent hacks, data theft and other fraud, including contacting customers whose infected computers have been hijacked by organized crime and helping them clean out viruses, the head of the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday.

Amazon pulls 5,000 titles from Kindle store in dispute with distributor (Digital Trends)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 07:39 PM PST

Digital Trends - Amazon has removed 5,000 e-book titles from its Kindle store after it failed to reach an agreement with distributor Independent Publishers Group (IPG) over the terms of a new contract. IPG was founded in Chicago 41 years ago and entered the e-book business in 2001. It’s the second largest independent book distributor in the US.

Receive pop-up alerts with the Powow: Text Messaging Android app (Appolicious)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:30 PM PST

Appolicious - Are you sick of the way your Android phone organizes your text messages? The innovative and free Powow: Text Messaging app for Android is a fabulous new way to organize your text messages just by downloading this modern and fun text app.

A Teacher Responds to Call for Educator Tweets (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:41 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to U.S. News & World Report, the Department of Education wants students, teachers and administrators to use Twitter to provide feedback about education policies and the state of education. Since I do not have a Twitter profile, I would like to provide some opinions of a group of educators who recently lunched together after spending time working on standardized test revisions.

Apple, Google, Amazon, smartphone makers sign privacy accord (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 06:48 PM PST

Reuters - Six of the world's top consumer technology firms have agreed to provide greater privacy disclosures before users download applications in order to protect the personal data of millions of consumers, California's attorney general said on Wednesday.

These comedy apps will put a smile on your face (Appolicious)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:00 PM PST

Appolicious - Today's most innovative comedians are not necessarily telling jokes in front of a live audience, on TV, or in the movies. A new golden age of comedy is playing out online and via mobile applications for smartphones and tablet computers. There are apps that showcase the funniest satirists on Twitter, broadcast interviews with newcomers and comedy legends, and make classic publications like The Onion and Cracked come alive.

Everything Everywhere sees LTE rollout this year (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 04:03 PM PST

Reuters - Everything Everywhere, Britain's biggest mobile carrier, expects to start building a next-generation LTE network by the end of the year, catching up with the United States and parts of Scandinavia and Asia that already have more advanced networks.

'Ubuntu' to Turn Android Phones into Home PCs, Media Centers (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 11:51 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - Ubuntu is an African word that roughly translates to "humanity to others." It's also "the third most popular desktop operating system in the world," behind Windows and OS X, according to its developer outreach page. And it might be coming to an Android smartphone near you, turning it into a home desktop PC as well as a media center.

Apple store to open in London's Harrods store mid-March, same day as iPad 3 launch? (Digital Trends)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 09:11 PM PST

Digital Trends - Last month we learned that Apple was planning to open a store inside one of the world’s most famous department, Harrods in London.

Synopsys 1st-quarter results beat estimates (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 03:21 PM PST

Reuters - Chip-design software maker Synopsys Inc posted a quarterly profit that beat analysts' estimates, helped by strong demand for its new products, and raised its full-year outlook.

IBM eyes cybersecurity market with new platform (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:48 PM PST

Reuters - International Business Machines is gearing up to take a chunk of the growing Internet security market by applying its data analytics to help companies and organizations fight cyberattacks.
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