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Judge: Worker can't be fired for Web surfing

April 24, 2006 Administrative law judge rules that New York City worker can not be fired for surfing the Web from work. TAGS: New York City, Judge, worker, agency, decision

NYC moves closer to broadband plan

December 22, 2005 New York City creates new independent committee to advise city council and mayor on promoting broadband. TAGS: New York City, broadband, committee, city, commission, legislation, broadband service, Verizon Communications, cable company, New York, DSL

Google takes a bigger bite of Big Apple

October 2, 2006 If Google can make it here, it can make it anywhere. The company opens new digs in Manhattan. Photos: New York gets a mini Googleplex TAGS: New York City, advertising sales, Mountain View, Manhattan, New York, Google Inc., floor, office, fiber-optics, California, video game, video

New York to use cell phone photographers to help fight crime

January 18, 2007 Mayor says city will equip 911 call centers to accept photos and video sent from cell phones to help nab criminals. TAGS: call-center, caller, operator, crime, cell phone, Bloomberg L.P., New York City, photograph, London, New York, image, video, picture

Post-9/11 antiterror technology: A report card

September 7, 2006 news analysis As Sept. 11 nears, News.com examines five useful ways of improving security--and five that should raise eyebrows. TAGS: homeland security, Sept. 11, agent, biometrics, wireless technology, New York City, record, security

Mobile-phone outage hits N.Y. borough

August 10, 2006 Water damage in Verizon facility knocks out cell phone service for some Sprint Nextel customers in Queens. TAGS: outage, Sprint Nextel, leak, Nextel Communications Inc., Verizon Communications, facility, New York, New York City, mobile phone, spokeswoman

Protesters face off with Verizon, AT&T

May 24, 2006 Groups gather across U.S. to protest phone companies' influence in D.C. and well-reported cooperation with National Security Agency. Photos: Protesting phone companies TAGS: NSA, AT&T Corp., New York City, Verizon Communications, legislation, telecommunications, Washington D.C., telecommunications company, Rep., New York, San Francisco, U.S., database

Study: Big Apple, California give least bang for buck

May 23, 2005 New London, Conn., and Huntsville, Ala., are tops in "salary value," but report ignores intangibles such as culture and weather. TAGS: Huntsville, Salary.com, New York City, salary, city, Alabama, California, Silicon Valley, Connecticut, culture, venture capital, New York, San Jose, study, San Francisco, U.S.

N.Y. lawmaker hopes to ban iPod use in crosswalks

February 7, 2007 State senator's bill would make it illegal to cross the street tuned into portable electronic devices such as MP3 players and BlackBerrys. TAGS: street, RIM BlackBerry, Brooklyn, New York, bill, Apple iPod, Nintendo GameBoy, New York City, senator, city, cell phone

Pining for PS3 on streets of N.Y.

November 14, 2006 Fans in Manhattan show up to wait in line 80 hours in advance, only to be told they'll have to come back later.Photos: PS3 mania in Manhattan TAGS: tent, Manhattan, computer graphics, Circuit City Stores Inc., street, New York City, console, video game, New York, Sony Corp., video

Cisco's new tool for emergency communications

October 24, 2005 The company unveils an Internet Protocol technology that links incompatible radio networks. Cisco's emergency radio system TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., radio, Hurricane Katrina, communication, IP, New York City, department, agency, city, cell phone, IM

Cometa has slight burp in McDonald's test

March 2, 2004 Cometa Networks has lost AT&T as its service provider for a hot-spot test with McDonald's in New York City, but prospects may be heating up on the other coast for the Wi-Fi company. TAGS: service provider, subscriber, AT&T Corp., wireless service, New York City, Wi-Fi, supplier

Cingular turns cell phones into wallets in N.Y. trial

December 15, 2006 Company tests new service that will let Nokia phones be used in stores that accept MasterCard's PayPass contactless payment cards. TAGS: contactless payment, MasterCard International, Cingular Wireless, payment, Nokia Corp., wallet, handset, Citigroup Inc., trial, cell phone, New York, New York City, mobile phone, vice president, card, Samsung Electronics

Social atlas for friends and burritos

March 9, 2006 Start-up is building on Google mashups to create personalized maps to everything from great taco trucks to biodiesel stations. TAGS: mashup, map, biodiesel, virtual reality, Google Maps, New York City, community, Google Inc., API, conference, Yahoo! Inc.

New York hails taxis of the future

April 6, 2007 With wheelchair lifts, easy-to-clean interiors and ride-sharing signs, exhibit shows New Yorkers how to improve its iconic cabs.Photos: Rethinking New York's taxis TAGS: taxi, wheelchair, exhibit, New York, Kia Motors Corp., concept car, New York City, vehicle

Can Wi-Fi make it in Manhattan?

December 13, 2005 New York is taking hard look at municipal wireless services. City wants to bring affordable broadband to the masses. TAGS: New York, Philadelphia, broadband, Wi-Fi, commission, committee, city, Manhattan, New Orleans, San Francisco, EarthLink Inc., New York City

Biggest Bell to hand 911 access to VoIP operators

April 26, 2005 In another sign of detente, Verizon plans to open its 911 emergency calling infrastructure to providers of Net-based phoning. TAGS: emergency, Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP, BellSouth Corp., Internet phone, operator, VoIP company, Verizon Communications, Qwest Communications Inc., infrastructure, call, AT&T Corp., New York City
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