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AOL plans to cut a third of workforce
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST AOL said Thursday that it plans to reduce its workforce by a third over the next several months.

Fast Forward: ÂAugmented reality' fuses your world and the Web
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST The cameras on some new phones don't show the world as you've known it.

Business Digest: Judge backs revised Google Books deal
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST A federal judge granted preliminary approval Thursday to a revised settlement between Google and authors and publishers over the Internet giant's effort to create a vast digital library.

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@Play: At libraries, fun and games now the lure
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Nine-year old Cody Wallace and his seven-year-old brother Justin spent the day at the library last weekend, but for once they weren't working on book reports. They were playing video games.

Hackers steal electronic data from top climate research center
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Hackers broke into the electronic files of one of the world's foremost climate research centers this week and posted an array of e-mails in which prominent scientists engaged in a blunt discussion of global warming research and disparaged climate-change skeptics.

In wake of breach, ban on file-sharing software proposed in House
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Weeks after an embarrassing security breach revealed details of dozens of ethics investigations, a House committee chairman introduced legislation Tuesday that would forbid federal employees to use popular file-sharing technology that was involved in the leak.

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American Express to enter market for online payments
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST American Express on Wednesday said it had agreed to buy the online person-to-person payment provider Revolution Money for $300 million, the latest move by one of the credit card giants to add a service that has been increasingly in demand by consumers, especially younger ones.

The virtual doctor visit: Health monitoring at home
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Every morning at 10 a.m. sharp, Juanita Wood, 87, taps "okay" on a screen to start up a device that takes her blood pressure and transmits the information to her medical clinic. At 10:30 a.m., her husband, Arthur, 91, touch-starts his own device, neatly lined up next to hers. The machine calculates...

U.S. teens report 'frightening' levels of texting while driving
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST A graphic British public service video that portrays a fatal accident caused by a texting teenage driver has been the talk of Facebook and other places where young Americans congregate, but a study suggests that it hasn't done much to change their habits.

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Experts: Smart grid poses privacy risks
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:41:34 EST Technologists already are worried about the security implications of linking nearly all elements of the U.S. power grid to the public Internet. Now, privacy experts are warning that the so-called "smart grid" efforts could usher in a new class of concerns, as utilities begin collecting more granular...

Security Fix Live
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST Security Fix blogger Brian Krebs answers your technology questions and offers ways to protect yourself from online security threats.

Hydrogen-powered car still seems improbable
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Just in time for Thanksgiving, a familiar techno-turkey is back on the national policy table: the hydrogen-powered car. The Obama administration had flatlined funding for President George W. Bush's pet initiative, briefly but heavily touted a few years back as the driving force toward a future "h...

Microsoft warns of Windows 7 security hole
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:11:34 EST Microsoft has confirmed reports of a security flaw in its Windows operating system that hackers could use to temporarily destabilize Windows 7 PCs. The software giant also acknowledged that blueprints for exploiting the flaw are now available online. At issue is a so-called "denial-of-service"...

Makers of electric cars address shortage of recharging station
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST As their manufacturers see it, the electric cars entering U.S. showrooms as early as next year will be engineering marvels: stylish, battery-operated, zero-emission wonders.

Obama backs non-censorship; Beijing, apparently, does not
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:20:00 EST BEIJING -- President Obama, taking questions Monday from government-selected students at a town hall-style meeting in Shanghai, called himself "a big supporter of non-censorship." But the Beijing government, apparently, is not, and most Chinese never got to hear or read what Obama said.

Copyright overreach goes on world tour
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Some of the better ideas in the computing industry never make it into stores, and not because of expensive hardware, complex code or inadequate bandwidth. You can blame laws that keep otherwise desirable products off of the market.

Google relents with revised digital books settlement
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST In a move to allay its critics and the Justice Department, Google filed in federal court a revised legal settlement that would allow it to distribute millions of digital books online.

Help File: Whatever happened to Microsoft's MSN software?
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Q: I'm having issues with the MSN software Verizon gave me. Is there a newer version, or should I get another program?

Electronic games turn slots casinos into 'Vegas lite'
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST When Maryland legalized slot machines last year, the state stopped short of welcoming blackjack, roulette and other table games because of qualms about building full-scale casinos.

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