[Medianews] Role of Telecom Firms in Wiretaps Is Confirmed

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[Medianews] Say, Darling, Is It Frigid in Here?

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[Medianews] Concerns Raised on Wider Spying Under New Law

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[Medianews] Seeing Corporate Fingerprints in Wikipedia Edits

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[Medianews] How Missed Signs Contributed to a Mortgage Meltdown

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[Medianews] As Democracy Push Falters, Bush Feels Like a 'Dissident'

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[Medianews] EA ships four Mac games

EA ships four Mac games By Peter Cohen Electronic Arts (EA) late Friday announced that it is shipping four of its promised six new games for the Macintosh, including Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Need for Speed Carbon, Battlefield 2142 and Command Conquer Tiberium Wars. Users

[Medianews] Big health risk seen in some laser printers

Big health risk seen in some laser printers Jane Kay, Chronicle Environment Writer Wednesday, August 1, 2007 If you work near certain models of laser printers, you might be breathing the same amount of ultra-fine particle pollution as if a smoker were puffing away in the next cubicle,

[Medianews] Concern Over Wider Spying Under New Law

Concern Over Wider Spying Under New Law By JAMES RISEN and ERIC LICHTBLAU The New York Times August 19, 2007 WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 - Broad new surveillance powers approved by Congress this month could allow the Bush administration to conduct spy operations that go well beyond wiretapping to

[Medianews] Padilla Case Offers New Model of Terrorism Trial

News Analysis Padilla Case Offers New Model of Terrorism Trial By ADAM LIPTAK The New York Times August 18, 2007 There were two perfectly predictable schools of thought being expressed after the conviction of Jose Padilla on Thursday on terrorism-related charges. Supporters of the Bush

[Medianews] The Politics of God

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[Medianews] Apple Report on iPod Manufacturing

Report on iPod Manufacturing August 17, 2006 Like many of you, we were concerned by reports in the press a few weeks ago alleging poor working and living conditions at a manufacturing facility in China where iPods are assembled. Our Supplier Code of Conduct mandates that suppliers of Apple

[Medianews] Apple Requests Nasdaq Hearing After Filing Delay

Apple Requests Nasdaq Hearing After Filing Delay - Aug 11, 2006 06:44 PM (RTTNews) (RTTNews) - Apple Computer, Inc. (AAPL) said Friday that it would request a hearing before the Nasdaq listing qualifications panel after the company was informed by Nasdaq staff that it was not in

[Medianews] Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express

Microsoft Invites the World to Create Its Own Xbox 360 Console Games for the First Time - Aug 14, 2006 12:01 AM (PR Newswire) SEATTLE, Aug 14, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- In the 30 years of video game development, the art of making console games has

[Medianews] Apple Computer plans to request Nasdaq hearing to keep stock listed

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[Medianews] Apple Announces Update Regarding Stock Option Grants

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[Medianews] Your Life as an Open Book

Your Life as an Open Book By TOM ZELLER Jr. August 12, 2006 The New York Times Privacy advocates and search industry watchers have long warned that the vast and valuable stores of data collected by search engine companies could be vulnerable to thieves, rogue employees, mishaps or even

[Medianews] Threat Level Change for the Aviation Sector

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[Medianews] Logan Airport Travelers Advisory

http://www.massport.com/about/press_news_airpor3.html Boston Logan International Airport Travelers Advisory August 10, 2006 In response to events in the United Kingdom, the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) advises travelers of the following Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

[Medianews] New Wi-Fi Routers Aren't Any Better Than Last Year's Gear

August 10, 2006 New Wi-Fi Routers Aren't Any Better Than Last Year's Gear By Walter S. Mossberg Lots of new technologies claim to be transformative, productivity-enhancing and liberating. But only a few really live up to those claims. One of them is Wi-Fi, the wireless networking technology

[Medianews] Joining the Contest Craze Through the Internet

August 09, 2006 Joining the Contest Craze Through the Internet By Walter S. Mossberg and Katherine Boehret Two of the biggest phenomena in pop culture have been the American Idol TV show and the plethora of Web sites that depend on user-generated content, such as eBay, Craigslist.org and

[Medianews] Financial Software, Made Simple

August 02, 2006 Financial Software, Made Simple By Walter S. Mossberg and Katherine Boehret If you're budget-conscious and highly organized, you're probably already a devotee of Intuit's Quicken and Microsoft's Money, two computer programs that allow fiscal fanatics to digitally organize

[Medianews] Optimizing AirPort Connectivity

Optimizing AirPort Connectivity By Adam Knigh July 7, 2006 Interference. It's the biggest problem these days with wireless ethernet and it will kill the speed of your connection. A 54Mb connection is capable of 6.9MB/s at 100% performance. You won't see 100% performance. You'll be lucky to

[Medianews] Apple Unveils New Mac Pro Featuring Quad 64-bit Xeon Processors

Apple Unveils New Mac Pro Featuring Quad 64-bit Xeon Processors New Mac Pro Completes Apple's Intel Transition WWDC 2006, SAN FRANCISCO-August 7, 2006-Apple today unveiled the new Mac Pro, a quad Xeon, 64-bit desktop workstation featuring two new Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors running up to

[Medianews] Apple Opens Up: Kernel, Mac OS Forge, iCal Server, Bonjour, Launchd

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Darwin-dev/2006/Aug/msg00067.html Subject: Apple Opens Up: Kernel, Mac OS Forge, iCal Server, Bonjour, Launchd From: Ernest Prabhakar Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 16:15:51 -0700 Hi all, In conjunction with this week's Developer Conference, we have four great pieces

[Medianews] Was It Done With a Lens, or a Brush?

Basics Was It Done With a Lens, or a Brush? By IAN AUSTEN The New York Times August 3, 2006 Like many amateur photographers, Joe Dejesus posts his photos online and compares them to the work of others on the photo-sharing site Flickr. At some point last year, a number of landscape photos

[Medianews] WWDC 2006 Keynote Address

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[Medianews] Apple Previews Mac OS X Server Leopard

Apple Previews Mac OS X Server Leopard Innovative New Setup Has Leopard Server Up and Running With Just a Few Clicks of a Mouse WWDC 2006, SAN FRANCISCO-August 7, 2006-Apple today previewed Mac OS X Server version 10.5 Leopard, the next major release of Apple's award-winning UNIX server

[Medianews] Apple Previews Mac OS X Leopard

Apple Previews Mac OS X Leopard Time Machine, Spaces, Plus Enhanced Mail iChat Extend Apple's Leadership in Software Innovation WWDC 2006, SAN FRANCISCO-AUGUST 7, 2006-Apple today previewed Mac OS X version 10.5 Leopard, the sixth major version of Mac OS X, to its third party developers.

[Medianews] Apple Introduces Xserve with Quad 64-bit Xeon Processors

Apple Introduces Xserve with Quad 64-bit Xeon Processors New Xserve is Over Five Times Faster Than its Predecessor WWDC 2006, SAN FRANCISCO-August 7, 2006-Apple today announced the new Xserve, a quad Xeon, 64-bit server featuring Mac OS X Server Tiger on two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors

[Medianews] Heat cooks Verizon voice mail for 220,000

Heat cooks Verizon voice mail for 220,000 By Bruce Mohl, Globe Staff | August 1, 2006 More than 220,000 Verizon business and residential customers north and west of Boston lost their voice-mail service over the weekend, and perhaps longer, when equipment at two phone company facilities

[Medianews] Massachusetts Sales Tax Holiday August 12-13

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Re: [Medianews] Breaking into a laptop via Wi-Fi

Follow-up to the Macbook Post Brian Krebs August 3, 2006 I'd like to respond to the people who commented on yesterday's post about the video's depiction of the use of a third-party wireless card on the Macbook. I spent more than an hour with Dave Maynor watching this exploit in action and

[Medianews] Breaking into a laptop via Wi-Fi

Breaking into a laptop via Wi-Fi Flaws in software that runs wireless-networking hardware could let attackers take over PCs, including Macs, Black Hat warns. By Joris Evers Staff Writer, CNET News.com Published: August 2, 2006, 3:17 PM PDT LAS VEGAS--Flaws in the software that runs

[Medianews] Apple Defends iTunes-iPod Compatibility

Apple Defends iTunes-iPod Compatibility - Aug 2, 2006 07:01 PM (AP Online) OSLO, Norway, Aug 02, 2006 (AP Online via COMTEX News Network) -- Apple Computer Inc. has struck a defiant stance with Scandinavian regulators, staunchly defending its right to make its iPod the only

[Medianews] New TBS, Inc. Network Programming from CNN, Adult Swim Cartoon Network Now Available on the iTunes Music Store

New TBS, Inc. Network Programming from CNN, Adult Swim Cartoon Network Now Available on the iTunes Music Store - Aug 1, 2006 08:31 AM (PR Newswire) Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) and Apple(R) today announced that hit programming from CNN, Adult Swim and Cartoon

[Medianews] Coca-Cola Apple Team Up on Major Music Promotions in Europe

Coca-Cola Apple Team Up on Major Music Promotions in Europe Promotion Includes Give Away of 70 Million Songs from the iTunes Music Store in the UK Thousands of iPods in Germany LONDON-August 2, 2006-Coca-Cola and Apple today announced a music partnership in Europe that includes major

[Medianews] European iTunes Music Store Tops 200 Million Songs Sold

European iTunes Music Store Tops 200 Million Songs Sold Music Catalog Now Includes More Than Three Million Songs LONDON-August 2, 2006-Apple today announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 200 million songs from its European iTunes Music Stores in just over two years,

[Medianews] Apple meets response deadline from Scandinavian regulators on iTunes

Apple meets response deadline from Scandinavian regulators on iTunes - Aug 1, 2006 11:43 PM (AP Online) STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug 01, 2006 (AP Worldstream via COMTEX News Network) -- Apple Computer Inc. met a Tuesday deadline set by Scandinavian consumer agencies to respond to

[Medianews] Honda Owner Manual Lists Talk Line

Honda Owner Manual Lists Talk Line - Aug 1, 2006 10:31 PM (AP Online) WASHINGTON, Jul 31, 2006 (AP Online via COMTEX News Network) -- A toll-free number listed in more than a million Honda owners' manuals was supposed to direct callers to a government hotline - not to another

[Medianews] Verizon Reports Continued Strong Quarterly Results

Verizon Reports Continued Strong Quarterly Results - Aug 1, 2006 06:55 AM (PR Newswire) Maintaining industry-leading growth in wireless and broadband markets, Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) today reported continued strong financial and operational results for the second

[Medianews] Hub sets citywide WiFi plan

Hub sets citywide WiFi plan Nonprofit to install `open access' hookups By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff | July 31, 2006 Boston will tap a nonprofit corporation to blanket the city with ``open access wireless Internet connections, under a plan to be unveiled today by Mayor Thomas M. Menino.

[Medianews] Don't supersize me / Or: Why one discerning viewer refuses to part with his small but beloved television

Don't supersize me Or: Why one discerning viewer refuses to part with his small but beloved television By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff | July 23, 2006 My editor recently queried me about my TV set. Because I'm the Globe's TV critic, I think he expected to hear a lot of home-theater

[Medianews] Scan Artist / The same technology that gets a car into Fast Lane is now implanted in Dr. John Halamka's arm. Will this electronic ID make hospitals work better?

PROFILE Scan Artist The same technology that gets a car into Fast Lane is now implanted in Dr. John Halamka's arm. Will this electronic ID make hospitals work better? By Michael Fitzgerald | July 30, 2006 In December 2004, Dr. John Halamka became the first physician in the country to have

[Medianews] The Wi-Fi in Your Handset

The Wi-Fi in Your Handset By MATT RICHTEL The New York Times July 29, 2006 What if, instead of burning up minutes on your cellphone plan, you could make free or cheap calls over the wireless networks that allow Internet access in many coffee shops, airports and homes? New phones coming on

[Medianews] Digital Music: A Primer

July 05, 2006 Digital Music: A Primer By Walter S. Mossberg and Katherine Boehret Over 50 million Apple iPods, and lots of competing digital music players, have been sold by now -- as well as over a billion songs and tens of millions of videos, since legal media sales took off a few years

[Medianews] The Brand Underground

The Brand Underground By ROB WALKER The New York Times July 30, 2006 Aaron Bondaroff is 29, part Puerto Rican, part Jewish, Brooklyn-born and a high-school dropout. His life weaves through the most elusive subcultures of lower Manhattan. A-Ron, as he is also known, is one of those

[Medianews] Portable Navigation Systems Going in More Directions

Portable Navigation Systems Going in More Directions By IVAN BERGER The New York Times July 27, 2006 Sure, portable navigation systems, the kind that can be taken from car to car and plugged into a lighter socket, are a godsend for driving directions, but they are becoming quite handy in other

[Medianews] Trying Out the Latest Sidekick

June 28, 2006 Trying Out the Latest Sidekick By Walt Mossberg and Katherine Boehret When it comes to cool hand-held devices, one always stands out in the crowd: the T-Mobile Sidekick. You may have seen photos of Hollywood stars posing with this device like an accessory, or maybe you've just

[Medianews] For Some Netflix Users, Red Envelopes Gather Dust

For Some Netflix Users, Red Envelopes Gather Dust By MATT PHILLIPS July 18, 2006 Having grown up in a religious family that seldom went to movies, David Morrison didn't see a film in the theater until his early 20s. So when the Greensboro, N.C., resident heard about the DVD-by-mail rental

[Medianews] All the Good Ones Have Been Taken -- In Domain Names, Too

PORTALS By LEE GOMES All the Good Ones Have Been Taken -- In Domain Names, Too July 19, 2006; Page B1 It's hardly secret knowledge, though perhaps only Dennis Forbes has seen it in all its glory. There are roughly 47 million domain names that end with .com, making that space the biggest and

[Medianews] Moguls of New Media

Moguls of New Media The MySpace member with a million 'friends.' The receptionist with a production deal. Some of the Web's amateur entertainers are becoming powerful players. By JOHN JURGENSEN July 29, 2006; Page P1 On the popular Web site MySpace.com, members set up profiles with

[Medianews] Free Sharpcast Service Lets You Synchronize Your Photo Albums

July 13, 2006 Free Sharpcast Service Lets You Synchronize Your Photo Albums By Walter S. Mossberg As more people acquire multiple computers and high-end cellphones, one of the biggest problems they face is synchronizing important files among all of these devices, and ensuring they have backup

[Medianews] Email Scammers Try New Bait in 'Vishing' For Fresh Victims

Email Scammers Try New Bait in 'Vishing' For Fresh Victims By ANDREW LAVALLEE July 17, 2006; Page B1 For some time, banks and credit-card companies have been warning computer users about so-called phishing emails that link to counterfeit Web sites where customers are asked to enter their

[Medianews] Some Safety Tips To Help You Avoid Latest Theft Scams

July 27, 2006 Some Safety Tips To Help You Avoid Latest Theft Scams By Walter S. Mossberg If you're running a Windows computer, you must install an array of security software to fend off an international collection of crooks, hackers, vandals and sleazy business people who aim to invade your

[Medianews] Monster.com founder's next venture: Hooking older, wiser Web users

Monster.com founder's next venture: Hooking older, wiser Web users By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff | July 30, 2006 At 45 years old, Jeff Taylor, founder of the popular Internet job-search site Monster.com, is too young to sign up for his new Internet venture. But that still leaves Taylor

[Medianews] Cingular Analog/TDMA surcharge

Effective with their September invoice, Cingular customers will start receiving a monthly network service charge of $4.99 for each TDMA or Analog line of service on their account. Reply with a Thank you if you liked this post. _ MEDIANEWS mailing list

[Medianews] E-mailed crime alerts on horizon

E-mailed crime alerts on horizon Police chief weighs pilot notification program for residents By Jennifer Rosinski, Globe Correspondent | July 27, 2006 The latest news on crime in Westborough soon may be just an e-mail away. Police Chief Alan Gordon will present the Board of Selectmen next

[Medianews] E! Entertainment Television Apple Announce the Debut of Hit Programs on the iTunes Music Store

E! Entertainment Television Apple Announce the Debut of Hit Programs on the iTunes Music Store - Jul 27, 2006 08:30 AM (PR Newswire) Episodes of 'The Girls Next Door,' Season Two, 'The Soup,' 'The Simple Life: 'Til Death Do Us Part' 'Dr. 90210' Now Available on iTunes LOS

[Medianews] Malware Evolution: MacOS X Vulnerabilities 2005 - 2006

Malware Evolution: MacOS X Vulnerabilities 2005 - 2006 Jul 24 2006 Claudiu Dumitru Kaspersky Lab This article looks at vulnerabilities detected in MacOS X in the first half of 2006. It compares these vulnerabilities to those detected in the first half of 2005, providing an overview of the

[Medianews] Google report on click fraud

Findings on invalid clicks 7/21/2006 12:05:00 PM Posted by Shuman Ghosemajumder, Business Product Manager, Trust and Safety Google http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/findings-on-invalid-clicks.html The Lane's Gifts v. Google Report by Alexander Tuzhilin Executive Summary I have been

[Medianews] Apple Debuts Wireless Mighty Mouse

Apple Debuts Wireless Mighty Mouse - Jul 25, 2006 08:32 AM (PR Newswire) Apple(R) today introduced the wireless Mighty Mouse, a new version of its popular multi- button mouse, now with the added freedom that only wireless connectivity can provide. The new wireless Mighty Mouse offers a

[Medianews] Future 911 / Technology is changing so quickly that emergency communication systems are struggling to keep pace

Future 911 Technology is changing so quickly that emergency communication systems are struggling to keep pace By Kim-Mai Cutler, Globe Correspondent | July 24, 2006 Picture a highway crash: a vehicle flips over in the center lane. Ten cars plow into the twisted wreck. Panicked witnesses

[Medianews] Soldiers' Words May Test PBS Language Rules

Soldiers' Words May Test PBS Language Rules By ELIZABETH JENSEN The New York Times July 22, 2006 The PBS documentarian Ken Burns has been working for six years on The War, a soldier's-eye view of World War II, and those who have seen parts of the 14-plus hours say they are replete with salty

[Medianews] Technology Rewrites the Book

Technology Rewrites the Book By PETER WAYNER The New York Times July 20, 2006 When Steve Mandel, a management trainer from Santa Cruz, Calif., wants to show his friends why he stays up late to peer through a telescope, he pulls out a copy of his latest book, Light in the Sky, filled with

[Medianews] Sorkin's 'Studio 60' means a lot to NBC, in more ways than one

Sorkin's 'Studio 60' means a lot to NBC, in more ways than one By Joanna Weiss, Globe Staff | July 22, 2006 PASADENA, Calif. -- It's inevitable, really. You start your inside-the-TV-industry pilot with a character ranting about how TV is corrupting our culture -- particularly those shows

[Medianews] Apple Reports Third Quarter Results

Apple Reports Third Quarter Results - Jul 19, 2006 04:31 PM (PR Newswire) Apple(R) today announced financial results for its fiscal 2006 third quarter ended July 1, 2006. The Company posted revenue of $4.37 billion and a net quarterly profit of $472 million, or $.54 per diluted

[Medianews] Microsoft Confirms Plans for iPod Rival

Microsoft Confirms Plans for iPod Rival - Jul 21, 2006 05:36 PM (AP Online) By ALLISON LINN AP Business Writer SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. confirmed Friday it's working on music and entertainment products that are expected to compete with Apple Computer Inc.'s wildly popular

[Medianews] Verizon Boosts Top Broadband Speed

Verizon Boosts Top Broadband Speed - Jul 18, 2006 06:10 PM (AP Online) NEW YORK (AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. on Tuesday raised the top download speed for its fiber-based Internet service in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, the areas where it competes with Cablevision

[Medianews] For millions of Africans, cellphones signal a change

For millions of Africans, cellphones signal a change By Kevin Sullivan, Washington Post | July 16, 2006 KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo -- Until not long ago, if Zadhe Iyombe wanted to talk to his mother, he had to make the eight-day boat trip up the Congo River to the jungle town

[Medianews] 20 inspectors suspended over GPS / Public safety chief metes out discipline

20 inspectors suspended over GPS Public safety chief metes out discipline By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff | July 11, 2006 The Massachusetts public safety commissioner yesterday suspended 20 state building and engineering inspectors for refusing to accept cellphones equipped with global

[Medianews] Player upgrades, new devices on music horizon

Player upgrades, new devices on music horizon By Antony Bruno | July 16, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard) - If the rampant speculation over the digital music plans of Microsoft and Apple Computer are to be believed, the digital music landscape is about to change radically in the very near

[Medianews] Headgear - Bluetooth Headset

Consumed Headgear By ROB WALKER The New York Times July 16, 2006 Bluetooth Headset Here's how new tech innovations are supposed to spread: First, clever young people adopt them, because that's what clever young people are hard-wired to do. Later, everybody else catches on, and eventually

[Medianews] iPod Updater 2006-06-28

iPod Updater 2006-06-28 includes: -New iPod Software 1.1.2 for iPod -New iPod Software 1.2 for iPod nano -New iPod Software 1.1.4 for iPod shuffle iPod Updater 2006-06-28 contains the same software versions as iPod Updater 2006-03-23 for all other iPod models.

[Medianews] A Guide to OS X Software for Switchers

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[Medianews] Producers Use the Web to Romance Audience and Bring Them Back

July 9, 2006 Producers Use the Web to Romance Audience and Bring Them Back By JESSE GREEN IF you were one of the 2,500 people who saw the Off Broadway musical Altar Boyz last week, its producer, Ken Davenport, probably has your number. Or at least, if you were among the 40 percent who bought

[Medianews] Someone to Watch Over Me (on a Google Map)

Modern Love Someone to Watch Over Me (on a Google Map) By THEODORA STITES The New York Times July 9, 2006 I'M 24 years old, have a good job, friends. But like many of my generation, I consistently trade actual human contact for the more reliable emotional high of smiles on MySpace, winks on

[Medianews] Principals claim right to search cell phones

Principals claim right to search cell phones By Tyler B. Reed/ Daily News Staff Friday, July 7, 2006 - Updated: Jul 8, 2006 02:04 PM EST FRAMINGHAM -- High school administrators under a new policy are claiming the right to snatch information stored in students' cell phones when they search for

[Medianews] Wi-Fi wars / Loiterers can be a drag on businesses' bottom line

Wi-Fi wars Loiterers can be a drag on businesses' bottom line By Alison Lobron, Globe Correspondent | July 9, 2006 Some wireless users sneak in their own food with their laptops. Others buy one cup of coffee at 9 a.m. and surf the Net until closing time. And the truly audacious sit for

[Medianews] Net changes the rules of music marketing

Net changes the rules of music marketing By Washington Post | July 9, 2006 For years, old recordings have piled up in the archives at Verve Records, including beloved jazz tracks that had no market big enough to justify pressing new discs. But thanks to the Internet, music lovers are

[Medianews] Questions Linger Over Secrets on Laptops

Questions Linger Over Secrets on Laptops - Jul 8, 2006 11:25 PM (AP Online) By BRIAN BERGSTEIN AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) -- Every month seems to bring another episode of sensitive personal information escaping into the wild because a corporate or government laptop computer

[Medianews] Elegy for the video store

Elegy for the video store As Netflix and on-demand change the way we rent movies, the corner video store is fading out. It's a greater loss than you might think. By John Swansburg | July 9, 2006 IN AN ESSAY recently published in The New York Times Book Review, John Updike noted that,

[Medianews] Online Calling Heralds an Era of Lower Costs

Online Calling Heralds an Era of Lower Costs By MATT RICHTEL and KEN BELSON The New York Times July 3, 2006 Competition in the phone business, intensifying this year as Internet-based calling has taken root, has reached the point where many industry experts are anticipating an era of remarkably

[Medianews] Review: MacBook Excels at Windows, OS X

Review: MacBook Excels at Windows, OS X - Jul 6, 2006 02:47 PM (AP Online) By ROBERT WESTON Associated Press Writer Apple Computer Inc.'s latest laptop looks sleek, runs fast and should give makers of Windows-based notebooks considerable cause for concern. The MacBook, which

[Medianews] iLines

iLines The sleek, smooth design of Apple's iPod is now mirrored in the architecture of some of the company's high-profile stores By Linda Matchan, Globe Staff | June 29, 2006 NEW YORK - To those who dwell in the design universe, Apple Computer has accomplished the near-impossible: making

[Medianews] Bar-code tags, ATM-style machines drive high-tech laundry business

Bar-code tags, ATM-style machines drive high-tech laundry business By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff | July 3, 2006 In the dry-cleaning world, they're called the ``not mines. Those too-small jeans and who-would-wear-that dress that infiltrate your dry-cleaning order. Zoots, a Newton dry-cleaning

[Medianews] Identity Thief Finds Easy Money Hard to Resist

Stolen Lives Identity Thief Finds Easy Money Hard to Resist By TOM ZELLER Jr. The New York Times July 4, 2006 By the time of Shiva Brent Sharma's third arrest for identity theft, at the age of 20, he had taken in well over $150,000 in cash and merchandise in his brief career. After a certain

[Medianews] Apple Introduces $899 Education Configuration for 17-Inch iMac

Apple Introduces $899 Education Configuration for 17-Inch iMac - Jul 5, 2006 08:30 AM (PR Newswire) NECC, SAN DIEGO, July 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today introduced a new $899 configuration of the 17-inch iMac(R) designed specifically for education customers featuring a

[Medianews] File-Sharing Still Thrives After Ruling

File-Sharing Still Thrives After Ruling - Jun 30, 2006 02:42 PM (AP Online) By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- File-swapping software seemed in peril a year ago when the U.S. Supreme Court gave the entertainment industry a legal bullet: Its ruling reopened the

[Medianews] Router is just $5, but you have to share WiFi

Router is just $5, but you have to share WiFi Spanish firm seeks to build a nationwide network on the cheap By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff | July 4, 2006 A Spanish Internet company is selling a million wireless Internet routers for just $5 each. But there's a catch: Buyers must share their

[Medianews] A Parallel Windows Universe

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=76 Pogue's Posts A Parallel Windows Universe David Pogue Last week, the much-anticipated Parallels for Mac OS X finally exited beta-land and became a real, live, shipping piece of software ($50 through July 15). It lets you run Windows (any version-or

[Medianews] AOL Said, 'If You Leave Me I'll Do Something Crazy'

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[IP] more on Verizon Broadband Router the perfect Trojan Horse From David Farber [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:47:16 -0400 (EDT) http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200606/msg00253.html [IP] lets read the spec Verizon Broadband Router From David Farber [EMAIL

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http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200606/msg00244.html Begin forwarded message: From: David P. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: June 29, 2006 12:20:09 PM EDT Subject: Verizon Broadband Router the perfect Trojan Horse

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Lauren posted the following to the PFIR list. It is also available on his blog at http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000184.html Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:56:39 -0700 (PDT) From: pfir@pfir.org Subject: [ PFIR ] Details from Microsoft regarding significant WGA changes Greetings. Microsoft

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