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Archive for March, 2008

Three Firms Combine on Cellphone Remittances

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Sending money back home? Just press "talk." That's what Western Union, Radio Shack and the small wireless carrier Trumpet Mobile hope millions of Hispanic immigrants will do with a new service announced yesterday. Though financial turmoil has put credit card, mortgage and auto markets at a stands...

Skilled-Worker Visa Demand Expected To Far Exceed Supply

Monday, March 31st, 2008

The nation's giant technology firms are competing this week in the annual government lottery for visas allowing them to hire highly skilled foreign workers, and few are expecting to get what they want.

ChaCha lets you, literally, ask a question

Monday, March 31st, 2008

ChaCha, the ...

Cholesterol DrugsTake a Fall

Monday, March 31st, 2008

The marketing of Vytorin and Zetia raced ahead of the science. Now Schering and Merck shareholders are $22 billion poorer

Web surfers know advertisers are watching—and don’t like it

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Everyone knows that their activities online are being tracked and used to create targeted advertising, but not everyone is okay with it. According to new survey results from TRUSTe, consumers want more control over how advertisers can use their information to present relevant ads.Read More...

High Hopes for an Intel-STMicro Spin-off

Monday, March 31st, 2008

If Numonyx's memory chip plans pan out, tech companies could save big and PC users could get the performance that's been promised for years

U.S. suspends IBM from seeking new federal contracts (Reuters)

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Reuters - IBM is under investigation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over an $80 million bid it made in 2006 to modernize EPA financial systems and has been suspended from seeking new contracts with all U.S. agencies, the company said on Monday.

Google searchers could end up with a new type of bug

Monday, March 31st, 2008

The vulnerability occurs when someone does a Google search, then clicks on a result that has been secretly tainted by hackers. ...

Mozilla celebrates 10th anniversary

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Ten years ...

Apple Is Sued Over iMac Colors Claim

Monday, March 31st, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- An iMac owner sued Apple Inc. Monday claiming the 20-inch iMac desktop computers can't display the "millions of colors" Apple promises in promotional materials....

Going Topless in Office Meetings

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Silicon Valley employees are doing the unthinkable -- going 'laptop-less.'

New Zealand convicts ‘AKILL’ of hacking

Monday, March 31st, 2008

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New ruling may “grease the wheels” of RIAA litigation machine

Monday, March 31st, 2008

A ruling in a long-running copyright infringement case brings good news for the RIAA, as a judge supports the group's argument that merely offering a song for distribution is enough to infringe the distribution right under the Copyright Act. The EFF tells Ars that the ruling will "grease the wheels" ...

IBM Hit With Temporary Contract Ban

Monday, March 31st, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- IBM Corp. has been temporarily banned from new federal contracts as prosecutors examine interactions between employees of the company and the Environmental Protection Agency....

NZ teen convicted of cyber crime

Monday, March 31st, 2008

A New Zealand teenager is convicted of computer crimes linked to an international cyber-crime ring.