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USA Today: Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 lets you browse in private
Anonymous Web browsing, in which your cybertracks are concealed, may be the most attention-grabbing feature in the new Beta 2 ...
USA Today: Researchers offer new way to avoid bogus websites
Intercepting Internet traffic, and spying on the communication between two computers, is a gold mine for hackers. Now Carnegie ...
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New York Times: Industry Rethinks Moneymaking Software Practice
Before they ship PCs to retailers like Best Buy, computer makers get paid hundreds of millions of dollars to load them up with lots of free software. For $30, Best Buy will get rid of it for you.
New York Times: Basics: For the Advanced in Age, Easy-to-Use Technology
The companies that are successfully marketing new technologies to older people are the ones that have learned to create products that span generations, providing style and utility to a range of age groups.
New York Times: Phone Smart: Freeing Those Snapshots Trapped Inside the Cellphone
Carriers and device manufacturers have only lately figured out that users need a single button that says, “Send my new photo now.”
New York Times: A U.S.B. Cable for Splitting Screens and Sharing Files Between Two Computers
Iogear’s new U.S.B. Laptop K.V.M. Switch, a double-ended cable that connects two Windows PCs or laptops together, lets you use one PC to control the other and even drag files between the machines.
New York Times: A Mouse to Aid Warriors in Their Arena of Choice
Made with the needs of videogame fans in mind, the Avatar mouse from NZXT comes with seven programmable buttons that can be custom-configured for different types of games.
New York Times: Give Yourself or Others a New Look, Digitally
Combining a graphics tablet with a built-in camera and a computer-based set of creativity tools, Stylin’ Studio is the latest thing in face-editing technology.
New York Times: Reasonable Volumes Built Into the Earbuds
With parental concerns in mind, the LoudEnough earbuds from Ultimate Ears have volume-limiting safeguards built into the hardware.
Printer maker offers to help people print less
Bits: What's Next? A Site for People Who Love to Make S'mores?
6.5 reasons you're not too old for Facebook
The Medium: Serial Killers
TV Sales Grow Despite Economic Fears
Smartphone Start-Ups Have a Friend in This Fund
Iran plans to send man to space within 10 years
Bits: Four Reasons Our Printers Are Getting Dusty
The Medium: Tiny Talents
Consumers Upgrade, but to Smaller TVs
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·More Artists Steer Clear of iTunes
A growing number of record companies are starting to think Apple's iTunes service is crimping overall sales.
·Mobile Phones See Slower Growth
The economic slowdown is still hurting the global handset market as consumers delay purchases, a report found.
·CBS Gives CNET Site a Makeover
CBS is launching a new version of its CNET.com Web site this week, providing a glimpse at how it hopes to integrate CNET Networks.
·Veoh Copyright Case Dismissed
A federal judge ruled that video-sharing service Veoh Networks isn't liable for copyright infringement for material that was uploaded to its Web site, dismissing a 2006 case filed against it by Io Group, an adult-entertainment production company.
·McCain Has Obama Beat in One Arena
Obama is running a Web-savvy presidential campaign, but McCain has managed to outpace the Democratic contender in a few key areas.
·Lehman's 'Mea Culpa'
Lehman apologized for issuing a report on the semiconductor industry that in places "closely resembled" two 2007 reports authored by a Bernstein analyst.
·Spending on Servers Slowing
World-wide spending on servers is showing signs of slowing down as manufacturers resort to price cuts.
·Oracle Taps Jeff Epstein for CFO Post
Oracle said it has recruited Jeff Epstein to serve as chief financial officer of the software company. Epstein will also become an executive vice president.
·Dell Lineup Targets Emerging Markets
Dell unveiled four low-cost computer models for China, India and other emerging economies in a new bid to tap the potential of high-growth markets outside the U.S.
·Alcatel-Lucent Considering Quigley
Alcatel-Lucent's short list of contenders to be its next CEO includes Mike Quigley, a longtime Alcatel manager who left the telecom-equipment company last year.
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·Industry Rethinks Moneymaking Software Practice
Before they ship PCs to retailers like Best Buy, computer makers get paid hundreds of millions of dollars to load them up with lots of free software. For $30, Best Buy will get rid of it for you.
·Basics: For the Advanced in Age, Easy-to-Use Technology
The companies that are successfully marketing new technologies to older people are the ones that have learned to create products that span generations, providing style and utility to a range of age groups.
·Phone Smart: Freeing Those Snapshots Trapped Inside the Cellphone
Carriers and device manufacturers have only lately figured out that users need a single button that says, “Send my new photo now.”
·A U.S.B. Cable for Splitting Screens and Sharing Files Between Two Computers
Iogear’s new U.S.B. Laptop K.V.M. Switch, a double-ended cable that connects two Windows PCs or laptops together, lets you use one PC to control the other and even drag files between the machines.
·A Mouse to Aid Warriors in Their Arena of Choice
Made with the needs of videogame fans in mind, the Avatar mouse from NZXT comes with seven programmable buttons that can be custom-configured for different types of games.
·Give Yourself or Others a New Look, Digitally
Combining a graphics tablet with a built-in camera and a computer-based set of creativity tools, Stylin’ Studio is the latest thing in face-editing technology.
·Reasonable Volumes Built Into the Earbuds
With parental concerns in mind, the LoudEnough earbuds from Ultimate Ears have volume-limiting safeguards built into the hardware.
·For the Next Global Mission (or Hike in the Woods), a Watch Loaded With Gadgetry
The Suunto X10 watch hides a G.P.S. unit, stopwatch, compass, barometer and altimeter into a package not much bigger than 007’s favorite Omega.
·State of the Art: New Nikon Holds a Secret
The Nikon D90 camera, arriving in stores next month, has the features and performance of a single-lens reflex, and can record high-definition video.
·Adding Memory to Your PC
I have a Dell Dimension 4500S that came with 256 megabytes of memory, and I added another 256 MB myself. Can I replace one of the modules with a one-gigabyte chip without any problems?
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·6.5 reasons you're not too old for Facebook
A re you on Facebook? No? You're not? 'Cause you're too old?Now that's just silly.
·The Portal: A guide to new and cool stuff
On the Web whereistand.com is an opinion aggregator where Web users can find opinions on issues and compare their opinions with public figures, organizations and site members. Also, links show how Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama compare with potential vice presidential candidates on a variety of issues such as off-shore drilling and same-sex marriage. And you thought the Web didn't need more opinions?
·On Blogging: Fitting right in at political conventions
S everal hundred bloggers will cast a much larger shadow at the political conventions the next two weeks than they did four years ago when all the convention bloggers could have fit in an elevator.
·On Gadgets: Itty-bitty amplifier gives big sound
As digital music drifts further down the audio chain into cellphones, here comes a freaky little desktop amplifier called the Nuforce Icon that'll stop the MP3 generation in its tracks.
·Video game review: 'Too Human'
Too Human The first of a planned trilogy of games for Xbox 360 reads a lot like Dungeons & Dragons meets Halo . New this month, the game creates an interesting parallel universe that allows high-tech robotics to co-exist with Norse mythology. And who doesn't want to see flesh-challenged cyberbabes duke it out with Valhalla's finest?
·Putting caps on Net use
Broadband customers,content suppliers facing limits, added fees Three months ago, Guy Distaffen switched Internet providers, lured from his cable company to his phone company by a year of free service on a two-year contract. But soon the company quietly updated its policies to say it would limit his Internet activity each month.
·Wireless transmission of power takes a step
But technology needs to evolve Imagine juicing up your laptop computer or cell phone without plugging it into an electrical outlet. That's a luxury that could be provided by wireless power transmission, a concept that has been bandied about for decades but is creeping closer to becoming viable.
·iTunes blocked in China; Tibet album suspected
Customers in China of Apple Inc.'s iTunes online music store were unable to download songs this week, and an activist group said Beijing was trying to block access to a new Tibet-themed album.
·Up in the air's no excuse for missing e-mail
American Airlines begins limited service to let you and your boss keep in touch American Airlines begins limited service to let you and your boss keep in touch
·Rockville company is suing Nintendo, says Wii violates patent
Hillcrest Labs says Wii violates patent A Rockville technology company took on Japanese gaming giant Nintendo yesterday, saying it filed patent-infringement complaints with two federal agencies asking that U.S. importation of the popular Wii video game system be halted.
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