The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill, will be debated on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this week, despite continued opposition from some privacy and ...
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Users for many years have viewed enterprise applications through the " green screen." Even now the typical business app rarely wins kudos for approachability and intuitive appeal, with functionality trumping user interface (UI) design and ...
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It's not often easy for an older person with little technical experience—or anyone else who's frustrated by current technology—to jump into the world of computing. The Telikin Elite PC ($1,000) wants to help: It's a 20-inch ...
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Interbike opened registration Monday for retailers and media planning to attend this year's show. Show organizers also opened registration for its consumer day, called Interbike by Invitation. Registered retailers can invite guests ...
Microsoft today urged Windows 7 users to uninstall a patch shipped earlier this week that has crashed customer's PCs and crippled the machines with endless reboots. The patch, which was originally issued Tuesday, has been pulled from ...
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Our online lives have become so important that Google just released a feature that enables users to control what happens to their data after they die. Our digital lives have become complex. What we share on Google+, YouTube and Picasa, ...
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A new survey suggests that large data centers might be less energy efficient than was previously thought. The survey, by data center hosting vendor Digital Realty Trust, quizzed 300 IT decision makers at large corporations in North ...
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CSO - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has taken the position it does not need a search warrant to gather email in criminal investigations, despite opposition from lawmakers and privacy advocates and a ruling by a federal appellate court. ...
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InspirationWorks believes it has "covered every angle" in keeping in-app purchases at a safe level for children using its Kurio device. The firm has spoken out after the Office of Fair Trading announced it is to launch an investigation ...
Google has started letting people plan what is to be done with their digital photos, documents and other virtual belongings after they die or become incapacitated. An “Inactive Account Manager” can be used to direct Google to ...
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A purported Microsoft roadmap for future releases of its Office suite showed a fall 2014 launch date for Office on Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile operating systems, an online report said today. Mary-Jo Foley, who blogs at ZDNet, ...
Once a white-hot PC product that sold in the tens of millions of units annually, netbook computers are now marking their final days, with the rise of tablets causing their shipments to wind down to virtually zero after next year, according ...
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Products based on a USB specification that will double the data transfer rates between host devices and peripherals will reach the market in late 2014, the USB Implementers Forum said on Thursday. The standards-setting organization is ...
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A U.S. House of Representatives committee failed to make the changes necessary to allay fears about government surveillance in a controversial cyberthreat sharing bill that's moving toward a House vote, critics said. The House ...
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Google reportedly is putting Glass, its line of wearable computers, in the hands -- or, more aptly, on the faces -- of explorers and developers this month. The Glass Explorer Edition, aimed at early testers and developers, will ship in ...
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