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Freed Journalist Tricked Captors Into Twitter Access

12 hours 3 min ago
A Japanese journalist freed from Afghanistan managed to access Twitter while teaching a captor how to access the Internet on a new cell phone, he said Tuesday.



Twitter - Mobile phone - Afghanistan - Online Communities - Social Networking

QuickBooks 2011 to Deliver Multi-user Functionality to Macs

12 hours 3 min ago
Mac users who want different people to work on the same QuickBooks files at once will soon get their wish fulfilled when the next update.



QuickBooks - Apple - Multi-user - Macintosh - mac

Microsoft Investigates Two-Year-Old Bug In Internet Explorer

12 hours 5 min ago
The vulnerability could be used to access users' data and Web-based e-mail accounts and send illicit tweets.



Internet Explorer - Microsoft - Browsers - Clients - WWW

New QuickBooks for Mac Adds Multi-User Support

12 hours 21 min ago
The accounting program gives businesses the ability to set user permissions, have improved handling of everyday tasks and better integration with Apple's spreadsheet program, Numbers.



Apple - Spreadsheet - QuickBooks - Macintosh - IPhone

Master Your RSS Feeds

12 hours 23 min ago
Sometimes the flood of information that we get from the Internet can be overwhelming. But you can turn your flood into a more manageable trickle that focuses on...



WWW - Clients - Flood - Natural Disasters and Hazards - Warnings and Forecasts

Samsung Dual-Core A9 Enters Fray for More Powerful Mobile Devices

12 hours 34 min ago
Samsung announced a dual-core A9 processor--codenamed "Orion"--which will soon be available to provide more power and capabilities for next-generation smartphones and tablets.



Multi-core processor - Samsung Group - Smartphone - ARM architecture - Samsung

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12 hours 34 min ago

Google Boosts Chrome 6 Speed Into Dead Heat With Leaders

13 hours 10 min ago
The newest version of Chrome 6 is 17% faster, putting it in a virtual dead heat with the speed leaders, Opera and Safari.



Safari - Google Chrome - Opera - Google - browser

Police in Europe Conduct Raids Over File-sharing Sites

13 hours 53 min ago
Police across Europe conducted raids on Tuesday against ISPs and private individuals to collect evidence of illegal file sharing.



Filesharing - Internet service provider - Copyright - Intellectual Property - Law

What’s Up With Google's Bouncy Ball Logo?

14 hours 16 min ago
Google's bouncy logo sparks guessing game as to what the search giant is celebrating.



Google - Search Engines - Searching - Companies - Google logo

Latest Sony PlayStation 3 Firmware Blocks PSJailbreak?

15 hours 43 min ago
Users claim Sony's latest PS3 firmware update disables a recent hardware-based hack designed to allow play of pirates games, but what's really in it?



PlayStation 3 - Sony - Game - Video game - Firmware

Samsung Announces Dual-core Mobile Processor

16 hours 43 min ago
Samsung has announced a dual-core application processor for tablets PCs, netbooks and smartphones that will be able to handle 1080p video playback



Multi-core processor - 1080p - Personal computer - processor - Hardware

Hurd Joins Oracle as Co-president

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 21:20
Mark Hurd has been appointed co-president of Oracle.



Mark Hurd - Oracle - Oracle Corporation - Larry Ellison - Hewlett-Packard

Polls Show Netizens Oppose Craigslist's Censorship

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 17:40
An overwhelming majority of online users are opposed to Craigslist's self-censorship measures banning the adult services section of the site.



Craigslist - Censorship - United States - Prostitution - Web Design and Development

Will Samsung’s Galaxy Tab be Pricey or Cheap? Maybe Both

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 15:00
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is Going to be Pricey. Or Cheap. Or Maybe Both



Samsung Galaxy Tab - Samsung - IPad - Galaxy Tab - Android

Secret Copyright Treaty Draft Leaked After Washington Talks

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 13:10
The latest leaked draft of the secret ACTA copyright treaty sets out some fundamental principles -- and then offers to change them to match the negotiated text



Copyright - Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement - United States - Intellectual property - acta

What to Expect From Apple's IOS Updates

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 12:50
Small point updates to its mobile operating system often give Apple the chance to smooth the edges of its major releases, while adding a few smaller features...



Apple - Operating system - Macintosh - IOS - IPhone

IBrainstorm for IPad

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 12:30
Universal Mind bills iBrainstorm, its free iPad app, as a “creative collaborative tool.” The productivity offering aims to replace the whiteboard—or at least...



Collaborative - IPad - Business - Servers - Apple

Harman AKG Releases Quincy Jones Signature Line of Headphones

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:10
Quincy Jones is a legendary record producer and composer responsible for producing Michael Jackson’s Thriller album as well as the hit charity song “We Are the...



Michael Jackson - AKG Acoustics - Record producer - Thriller - Headphones

Swedish Authorities Step up Battle Against File-sharers

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 10:50
Swedish police have searched houses belonging to people suspected of illegal file-sharing in Stockholm, Haparanda and Östersund in the last two weeks.



Stockholm - Swedish language - Swedish Police Service - Sweden - Filesharing