Fed Gov’s Cloud Computing & Apps.gov
The federal government announced on September 15 that it will adopt cloud computing to cut costs and reduce the environmental impact of its...
Computers
Report Links Cellphones to Brain Tumors
A group known as the International EMF Collaborative has released a report stating that consistent cellphone use significantly increases the risk of brain...
Read moreMany Filings on Google Books Settlement
The time has expired for interested parties to file either for or against Google’s proposed settlement with the Authors Guild and the Association...
Read moreChina Orders Use of Real Names Online
Communist China in August secretly ordered certain Chinese news websites to require new users to log on using their real names and identification...
Read moreMIcrosoft Gets Reprieve on Word Ban
Microsoft has obtained a stay against a court injunction that would have prevented the company from selling its Microsoft Word software until an...
Read moreJournalism 101: Buy an iPhone
The New York Times reported Monday that a news portal website in San Francisco is hoping the iPhone-equipped, tech-savvy generation will speed the...
Read moreBill Would Give President Internet Control
CNET News reported on August 28 that it had obtained a draft copy of a Senate bill (S. 773) that would “permit the...
Read moreBroadband Initiative Stimulates Interest
The Obama Administration, under the rubric of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, poured a few more letters in the giant...
Read moreState Department Passport Snooping & RFID
A sixth U.S. State Department employee or contractor has pleaded guilty to illegally looking at electronic passport files, the U.S. Department of Justice...
Read moreMicrosoft, Yahoo Oppose Google Books
Microsoft and Yahoo are joining a coalition to oppose Google’s creation of what could become the largest virtual library the world has ever...
Read moreMicrosoft Appeals Ban on MS Word
Microsoft on August 18 filed an appeal to a judge’s ruling that the company’s Word application violates a Canadian firm’s patent. The ruling...
Read moreComputer Chips Based on DNA
In order to meet the demand for ever smaller and faster computer chips, IBM and the California Institute of Technology have been researching...
Read moreTwitter Attack Aimed at Georgian Blogger
CNET News reported on August 6 that “a Georgian blogger with accounts on Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, and Google's Blogger and YouTube was targeted...
Read moreCyberattack Takes Down Twitter
A denial-of-service attack took down the Twitter short messaging service on the morning of August 6. As of this writing, the Twitter status...
Read moreMarines Fight Facebook, NFL Tackles Twitter
The Los Angeles Times reported on August 5 that the Defense Department is studying how to use social networking sites such as Facebook,...
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