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AP Top Technology News At 2:09 p.m. EDT Ford feature will let parents set limits for teens6 Oct 2008 at 1:49pm DETROIT (AP) -- So you think junior is a little too lead-footed when he drives the family car? Starting next year, Ford Motor Co. will give you the power to do something about it.... EBay to cut 1,600 jobs, 10 percent of work force 6 Oct 2008 at 12:27pm NEW YORK (AP) -- EBay Inc., which still reaps big profits but has been struggling to attract new users, said Monday it will cut its work force by 10 percent - about 1,600 jobs - in an attempt t... Ask.com hopes to make search faster, more relevant 6 Oct 2008 at 9:15am NEW YORK (AP) -- Assuming your company's name isn't a verb synonymous with looking things up online, how do you get Web surfers to not just try your search engine, but also frequent it?... Fraud plagues prepaid calling card market 5 Oct 2008 at 3:54pm WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rosalba Posada can tick off a list of problems she has encountered trying to use prepaid calling cards to stay in touch with family back in Colombia.... Ex-McAfee executive clear of illegal option dating 3 Oct 2008 at 6:22pm SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A jury on Friday acquitted the former top lawyer at computer-security software maker McAfee Inc. of illegally tampering with his stock option grants to boost his pay packa... RIM CEO: AT&T still testing delayed BlackBerry 3 Oct 2008 at 5:18pm NEW YORK (AP) -- A delayed top-of-the-line BlackBerry phone from Research in Motion Ltd. is still undergoing testing by AT&T Inc., and RIM's co-CEO implied that the carrier wants to avoid the c... Labor report indicates squeeze on tech sector 3 Oct 2008 at 2:00pm NEW YORK (AP) -- The economic slowdown has started to squeeze the technology sector. So far this has not led to wide-scale job cuts, but a slowing demand for computers and other electronics may... Chinese snoop on Skype, but are they alone? 2 Oct 2008 at 7:54pm NEW YORK (AP) -- A Canadian researcher has discovered that a Chinese version of eBay Inc.'s Skype communications software snoops on text chats that contain certain keywords, including "democrac... Senator urges DOJ to monitor Google, Yahoo deal 2 Oct 2008 at 5:23pm WASHINGTON (AP) -- A key senator is urging the Justice Department to keep up its investigation into the antitrust implications of the Internet advertising partnership that Google Inc. and Yahoo... New Sony Reader has light, note-taking stylus 2 Oct 2008 at 8:22pm NEW YORK (AP) -- Sony Corp. unveiled a new e-book reader Thursday with a built-in light and a touch-sensitive display, features that set it apart from Amazon.com Inc.'s competing Kindle reader....  USATODAY.com Tech - Top Stories 6 Oct 2008 at 1:27pm So you think junior is a little too lead-footed when he drives the family car? Starting next year, Ford Motor Co. will give you ... Member hurt; Norway team clears Antarctic airstrip 6 Oct 2008 at 11:08am The crew of a Norwegian research base in the Antarctic was racing to clear snow and ice from a closed airfield so an injured ... Scientists: 1 in 4 mammals faces extinction 6 Oct 2008 at 8:17am The news on mammals is not good. 'We estimate that one in four species is threatened with extinction and that the population ... German, 2 French researchers share Nobel Prize in medicine 6 Oct 2008 at 6:38am Germany's Harald zur Hausen and French researchers Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in ... A Nobel calling: Predicting the science Nobel Prizes winners 5 Oct 2008 at 5:39pm Some of the most eminent names in science will tumble out of bed this week with news that they've been awarded a Nobel Prize, ... Fraud is a hang-up for prepaid calling card market 5 Oct 2008 at 5:13pm Rosalba Posada can tick off a list of problems she has encountered trying to use prepaid calling cards to stay in touch with ... RIM: AT&T still testing BlackBerry Bold 5 Oct 2008 at 5:06pm A delayed top-of-the-line BlackBerry phone from Research in Motion Ltd. is still undergoing testing by AT&T Inc., and RIM's co-CEO ... Venus flytraps are trapped in a shrinking natural habitat 5 Oct 2008 at 5:02pm These days, venus flytraps are more vulnerable than ever. And despite its popularity, the people who could protect it seem focused ... Project aims to archive Western animal sounds 5 Oct 2008 at 4:55pm Rattlesnakes aren't to be trifled with but if you're trying to collect the sounds of every creature in the West that slithers, ... There will be more Wii consoles this Christmas 3 Oct 2008 at 10:06am Nintendo expects to have more of its Wii game consoles available in the U.S. this holiday season, but stopped short of guaranteeing ... OrlandoSentinel.com - Technology Obama campaign releases iPhone application2 Oct 2008 at 2:52pm Barack Obama's presidential campaign released a free application for the iPhone and iPod touch that could give the Democratic presidential candidate a boost. Lockheed Orlando unit could gain from F-35 sale to Israel 6 Oct 2008 at 12:00am A potential $15 billion deal involving the sale of the Joint Strike Fighter to Israel could inject millions of dollars in new revenue to Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Central Florida operations. Scanners can bridge gap between business cards, high-tech 5 Oct 2008 at 12:00am Even though many phone numbers and e-mail addresses are just a Google search away, low-tech, paper business cards remain popular. So what's the best way to get contact information from the business... Sony reader stores 350 e-books 5 Oct 2008 at 12:00am Sony Corp. unveiled a new e-book reader last week with a built-in light- and a touch-sensitive display, features that set it apart from Amazon.com Inc.'s competing Kindle reader. Save big with Internet promo codes you've never heard of 3 Oct 2008 at 9:19am How 2 . . . Create your own search engine 5 Oct 2008 at 12:00am Create your own search engine Doing a Google search can sometimes be overwhelming because it provides so m... Victim uses remote logon to help police find laptop thief 1 Oct 2008 at 3:52pm WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) _ A laptop thief got caught — after the computer owner tracked him remotely. Dream job: Orlando-area man gets paid to watch football 29 Sep 2008 at 12:00am To many guys, Anthony White has a dream job. Microsoft fires latest salvo in ad campaign 29 Sep 2008 at 12:00am So first computer giant Microsoft released two commercials featuring 1990s sitcom star Jerry Seinfeld and company founder Bill Gates as part of its $300 million campaign to fight Apple's "I'm a Mac... Aging schools in Lake County fall behind in technology 28 Sep 2008 at 12:00am Lake County still needs to build schools to accommodate growth, but the bigger need right now, officials said, is renovating older schools so those students have access to the same technology avail... [CaRP] XML error: syntax error at line 1 - WESH.com - Technology  Reuters: Technology News 6 Oct 2008 at 9:26am NEW YORK (Reuters) - EBay Inc plans to cut its work force 10 percent and sees third-quarter revenue hitting the low end of its forecast, though profit will exceed expectations, the online auction W... Ask revamps for faster Web search, better relevance 6 Oct 2008 at 9:39am NEW YORK (Reuters) - IAC Corp's Ask.com is overhauling its Web search engine to deliver faster results and improved relevance as it bids to win share from market leader Google Inc. D.Telekom seeks stolen data on 17 million mobile users 6 Oct 2008 at 1:11pm FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Thieves have hijacked sensitive data on millions of Deutsche Telekom mobile phone customers, the German company has acknowledged in its second major security scandal this year. Portuguese bank offers "McCain/Obama" rate deal 6 Oct 2008 at 1:23pm LISBON (Reuters) - A Portuguese online bank unveiled a novel interest rate deal Monday by letting clients bet on the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. Google, Yahoo delay search ad partnership 3 Oct 2008 at 7:32pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google Inc and Yahoo Inc have decided to delay implementing a controversial search advertising partnership, Yahoo said on Friday. Nokia touch-screen to miss Xmas in mature markets 5 Oct 2008 at 6:08pm LONDON (Reuters) - Nokia's answer to Apple's iPhone will go on sale in seven countries in Asia, the Middle East and Europe this year but will miss the Christmas shopping season in most developed ma... DRAM makers face tougher challenges: iSuppli 3 Oct 2008 at 10:04pm SEOUL (Reuters) - DRAM suppliers face tougher challenges in servicing debts and financing capital expenditure as banks become more cash-strapped under the global credit crunch, research firm iSuppl... Skype's China spying sparks anger 3 Oct 2008 at 8:54am HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Savvy Internet users in China began avoiding the version of Skype offered by its Chinese partner two years ago, but news it filtered and recorded text messages has spa... CERN computer grid links 7,000 scientists 3 Oct 2008 at 3:26pm GENEVA (Reuters) - CERN, the world's biggest particle physics laboratory and creator of the Worldwide Web, on Friday unveiled a new computer network allowing thousands of scientists around the worl... Microsoft installs XP, Office on cheap Portuguese laptops 3 Oct 2008 at 1:22pm LISBON (Reuters) - Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the country's technological edge in e... |