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Five Critical Patches Issued for World Wide Web Explorer
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Another Patch Tuesday, another batch of fixes for critical issues. In December’s cycle, Microsoft issued six safety measure bulletins that address 12 vulnerabilities, seven rated as critical. Five of those critical updates fix issues in Net Explorer that could be used in drive-by attacks. “Proof… Tech ...10 hours ago -
Tech Gadgets That Know and Share Too Much
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Over the next decade, systems that track and record our movement through physical space will be woven inextricably into everyday life. Already we operate some location-based systems: dashboard navigation systems, smartphones with GPS features, and electronic tags that help us zip through toll statio… Tech Talk11 hours ago -
Context-Aware Technology Goes to Court
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Residents of Virginia, Florida, and Louisiana knew something was amiss when their new homes began smelling of rotten eggs. They grew alarmed when family members started developing respiratory and other health problems. After an review, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission found a correlation … Tech Talk11 hours ago -
Yahoo Launches Online Consumer-Privacy Tool
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A new online tool from Yahoo Inc. will let users see and edit the personal profiles that the World Wide Web company compiles about them to target Web advertising. Yahoo’s new Ad Interest Manager, released in experiment design on Monday, is part of a broader industry push toward self-regulation amid… Tech Talk11 hours ago -
Uncharted 2 Tops a Turbulent Year in Video Games
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The view that video games were recession-proof turned out to be a myth that year, leading to declining sales, shuttered studios and thousands of newly unemployed developers. Stalled fortunes additionally meant less risk-taking from game publishers, who released plenty of sequels and other titles ba… Tech Talk11 hours ago -
Whitman Says eBay Didn’t Misuse Craigslist Data
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Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman said Monday she was unaware of any attempt by the Net marketplace to misuse confidential documents from Craigslist to help eBay develop a competing online classifieds business. Whitman, a Republican candidate for California governor, was the first witness in a trial that… Tech Talk11 hours ago -
Nvidia, AMD Shares Jump After Intel Scraps Chip
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Shares of Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. jumped Monday after rival Intel Corp. scrapped plans to manufacture a new graphics chip that would have challenged both companies. Nvidia’s stock rose $1.83, or 12.8 percent, to close Monday at $16.09, while AMD’s gained 66 cents, or 8.4 percen… Tech ...11 hours ago -
EMI Joins Universal-Backed Music Video Site Vevo
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Music videos from Norah Jones, Coldplay, Katy Perry and other artists under EMI Group PLC are headed to an online music video venture, Vevo, set to launch Tuesday with a gala in New York. EMI’s videos on Vevo will join composition from Universal Music Group, which holds the largest stake in the new… Tech Talk11 hours ago -
A Web of Classified Ad Rivals Challenges Craigslist
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Fabrice Grinda is bullish on Brazil and betting big on Net classified ads in South America’s largest country. that year, Grinda’s New York-based company OLX opened an office in So Paulo, hired locals to translate the OLX site into Portuguese, asked top real estate brokers and auto dealers to offer l… Tech ...11 hours ago -
ResearchGATE and Its Savvy Use of the Web
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When Dr. Kelvin Leshabari was studying in 2008 for his medical degree in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, he felt isolated from medical researchers in the rest of the world. But thereupon he stumbled upon a U.S.-based Web site, ResearchGATE, that takes the social networking concepts underlying popular servi… Tech Talk11 hours ago -
Smartphone Software Gets Smarter, More Interactive
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Ellen Tanowitz has uncovered what may become the envy of every budget-conscious, working parent. She found a simple way to save day and money — while keeping a brood of kids occupied — as she shops for groceries at her neighborhood Stop & Shop. Her secret? Tanowitz, an attorney from Newton, M… Tech Talk11 hours ago -
Tech Gadgets That Know and Share Too Much
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Over the next decade, systems that track and record our movement through physical space will be woven inextricably into everyday life. Already we operate some location-based systems: dashboard navigation systems, smartphones with GPS features, and electronic tags that help us zip through toll statio… Tech Talk14 hours ago -
Gadfly Boxee Takes Aim at Your Cable-TV Box
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What could be cooler than surfing the Web and watching your big-screen TV at the same moment? Getting rid of your cable box, perhaps. The folks who brought you the free Boxee software that transfers streaming video, music and other media from a computer to a TV announced upgraded features that week … Tech Talk1 day ago -
Major Publishers Plan Digital composition Store for E-Readers
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On Tuesday, five major publishers joined forces to develop open standards for a new digital storefront and other technologies that will allow consumers to read substance on portable digital devices. Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp., and date want a reading application that can render the dis… Tech Talk1 day ago -
Chrome Browser Runs on Mac, Extends Windows, Linux
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After a lengthy wait, Google’s Chrome browser is now available for Apple Macintosh and Linux computers. In a blog post Tuesday, Brian Rakowski, product manager for Chrome, announced that beta versions of Chrome are now available for Mac OS X 10.5 and later (Intel only) and several flavors of Linux, … Tech Talk1 day ago -
End of Windows Support? It May Already Have Happened
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Microsoft has posted a reminder that support for Windows 2000 Server and client and Windows XP SP2 will end on July 13. The company is suggesting that consumers and particularly organizations still using these OSes should prepare. The posting on The Windows Blog offers some helpful suggestions and … Tech Talk1 day ago -
Gadfly Boxee Takes Aim at Your Cable-TV Box
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Authority: 164
What could be cooler than surfing the Web and watching your big-screen TV at the same instance? Getting rid of your cable box, perhaps. The folks who brought you the free Boxee software that transfers streaming video, music and other media from a computer to a TV announced upgraded features that wee… Tech Talk1 day ago -
Chrome Browser Runs on Mac, Extends Windows, Linux
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After a enlarged wait, Google’s Chrome browser is now available for Apple Macintosh and Linux computers. In a blog post Tuesday, Brian Rakowski, product manager for Chrome, announced that beta versions of Chrome are now available for Mac OS X 10.5 and later (Intel only) and several flavors of Linux,… Tech Talk1 day ago -
End of Windows Support? It May Already Have Happened
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Authority: 164
Microsoft has posted a reminder that support for Windows 2000 Server and client and Windows XP SP2 will end on July 13. The company is suggesting that consumers and particularly organizations still using these OSes should prepare. The posting on The Windows Blog offers some helpful suggestions and … Tech Talk1 day ago -
Apple Boots Developer and 1,011 Apps from App Store
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Apple is sending a clear letter to developers: Play nice or get out. Apple made the note clear by booting out a developer and its approximately 1,011 apps from Apple’s App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. To keep a clean store, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company banned China-based developer Mo… Tech Talk1 day ago

