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Calif. pledges better mobile privacy disclosures (AP)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:08:57 GMT

AP - Mobile applications seeking to collect personal information will have to forewarn users as part of an agreement reached in California.

HP CEO pleads patience as earnings fall 44 pct (AP)

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:16:58 GMT

AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Meg Whitman pleaded for patience Thursday as she described operational challenges and other internal problems that contributed to a decline in earnings at one of the world's largest technology companies.

Microsoft hits Motorola, Google with EU complaint (AP)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:03:41 GMT

AP - Microsoft on Wednesday lodged a formal complaint with the European Union's competition regulator against Motorola Mobility and its soon-to-be owner Google, saying Motorola's aggressive enforcement of patent rights against rivals breaks competition rules.

Cute robot uses Google to recognize objects, crash into desks adorably (Yahoo! News)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:57:02 GMT

Yahoo! News - If you're like me, your vision of the future involves lots and lots ofÂ home robots.Â Mechanical friends who bring me a warm cup of coffee in the morning, and a warm cup of Irish coffee at night. Thanks to Hitachi corporation, …

Is inhalable caffeine the next Four Loko? (Yahoo! News)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:53:59 GMT

Yahoo! News - It's called AeroShot, a tiny little 0.01-ounce containerÂ filled with caffeine, vitamins, and a hint of flavoring. Its manufacturer markets it as a dry energy shot. But is it dangerous? That's exactly what Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the Food and …

NASA Wants You ... to Eat Space Food in Hawaii [VIDEO] (Mashable)

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:49:57 GMT

Mashable - Calling all supertaster space nerds: NASA wants your help to improve the bland food astronauts would have to eat while on a mission to Mars.

FCC urges Internet companies to safeguard Web (Reuters)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:12:02 GMT

Reuters - Internet service providers need to work harder to prevent hacks, data theft and other fraud, including contacting customers whose infected computers have been hijacked by organized crime and helping them clean out viruses, the head of the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday.

These comedy apps will put a smile on your face (Appolicious)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:00:00 GMT

Appolicious - Today’s most innovative comedians are not necessarily telling jokes in front of a live audience, on TV, or in the movies. A new golden age of comedy is playing out online and via mobile applications for smartphones and tablet computers. There are apps that showcase the funniest satirists on Twitter, broadcast interviews with newcomers and comedy legends, and make classic publications like The Onion and Cracked come alive.

Can the government force you to decrypt private data? (Digital Trends)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:45:24 GMT

Digital Trends - Last month, a federal judge in Denver ordered a suspect to provide the government with the unencrypted contents of a computer she shared with her family. The order was put off while lawyers took the case to an appeals court, arguing the order violates Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination. Now, however, it looks as though theÂ defendantÂ will either have to decrypt her laptop or face contempt of court charges. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to get involved, saying the criminal case has to reach a conclusion before it comes within the appealsâ court jurisdiction. The defendant has until February 27 to hand over her data.

Receive pop-up alerts with the Powow: Text Messaging Android app (Appolicious)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:30:00 GMT

Appolicious - Are you sick of the way your Android phone organizes your text messages? The innovative and free Powow: Text Messaging app for Android is a fabulous new way to organize your text messages just by downloading this modern and fun text app.

A Teacher Responds to Call for Educator Tweets (ContributorNetwork)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:41:36 GMT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to U.S. News & World Report, the Department of Education wants students, teachers and administrators to use Twitter to provide feedback about education policies and the state of education. Since I do not have a Twitter profile, I would like to provide some opinions of a group of educators who recently lunched together after spending time working on standardized test revisions.

Authorities trace phone of mountain man's family (AP)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:51:57 GMT

AP - Authorities are using a court order to determine if a serial cabin burglar in the southern Utah wilderness is using a cell phone to call his family.

Twitter for Android gets optimization for Ice Cream Sandwich, Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet (Appolicious)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:52:00 GMT

Appolicious - Twitter has rolled out a bunch of new updates for its Android app, mostly aimed at making it work better on the newest tablets and newer versions of Android.

Everything Everywhere sees LTE rollout this year (Reuters)

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:03:36 GMT

Reuters - Everything Everywhere, Britain's biggest mobile carrier, expects to start building a next-generation LTE network by the end of the year, catching up with the United States and parts of Scandinavia and Asia that already have more advanced networks.

'Ubuntu' to Turn Android Phones into Home PCs, Media Centers (ContributorNetwork)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:51:48 GMT

ContributorNetwork - Ubuntu is an African word that roughly translates to "humanity to others." It's also "the third most popular desktop operating system in the world," behind Windows and OS X, according to its developer outreach page. And it might be coming to an Android smartphone near you, turning it into a home desktop PC as well as a media center.

Essential iPhone apps for Getting Things Done on the go (Digital Trends)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:30:19 GMT

Digital Trends - Besides being a great tool to comb Craigslist, find the best restaurants and occasionally slay zombies, the iPhone makes a fine implement for getting things done. I mean that in the general sense of being productive, but also in reference to Getting Things Done (GTD), the cult productivity system that has taken hold around the world and especially in the tech community.

Synopsys 1st-quarter results beat estimates (Reuters)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:21:00 GMT

Reuters - Chip-design software maker Synopsys Inc posted a quarterly profit that beat analysts' estimates, helped by strong demand for its new products, and raised its full-year outlook.

IBM eyes cybersecurity market with new platform (Reuters)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:48:47 GMT

Reuters - International Business Machines is gearing up to take a chunk of the growing Internet security market by applying its data analytics to help companies and organizations fight cyberattacks.