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A formula for procrastination

January 11, 2007 Can you assign a formula to putting off to tomorrow what you can do today? One professor believes you can. TAGS: formula, equation, professor, motivation, theory, person, researcher

Forget the glasses--3D monitors ready now

June 8, 2006 Expect to see more opportunities for three-dimensional viewing show up on TVs, cell phones and beyond. TAGS: 3D, glass, Philips Electronics N.V., monitor, pixel, TV, conference, person, image, movie

Google puts brakes on Accelerator

May 11, 2005 Company stops downloads of new Web software, blaming capacity issues. However, some have complained it compromises privacy. TAGS: brake, Google Inc., capacity, person, security

The legislation behind a national ID

February 4, 2008 Federal regulations creating a uniform national ID card are looming. Read the full text of the relevant section of the law. TAGS: driver's license, birth, person, section, Social Security, requirement, law, purpose, U.S., photograph

Push-to-talk comes to BlackBerry handsets

January 4, 2007 RIM licenses PTT technology that offers voice mail, call waiting, and allows easy segue to conference calling. TAGS: Kodiak Networks, Research In Motion Ltd., push-to-talk, RIM BlackBerry, cell phone, handset, person

Taking passwords to the grave

September 22, 2006 Family members are increasingly unable to access important data because their loved ones have not left passwords behind. TAGS: Marc Rotenberg, e-mail company, attorney, address book, Yahoo! Inc., password, Time Warner Inc., spokeswoman, San Francisco, person, client, e-mail, Google Inc.

Biometrics firm seeks to foil fraudsters

October 20, 2005 Viisage patents way to keep facial scanners from being tricked. Also: New tools do all-in-one scan of face, fingerprints. TAGS: Viisage Technology Inc., biometrics, authentication, face, scanner, person, camera, security

Police blotter: Legal flap over secret sex video

November 25, 2005 An appeals court OKs wiretapping suit against ex-boyfriend accused of making secret sex video and distributing it online. TAGS: anonymity, Police Blotter, plaintiff, law, person, video, e-mail

The erosion of anonymous Internet speech

January 25, 2006 Attorney Eric Sinrod warns against the unintended consequences of a new law designed to prevent telephone harassment. TAGS: identity, speech, telecommunications, harassment, law, First Amendment, freedom, person, Internet Service Provider

Google joins Xerox as a verb

July 6, 2006 Yahoo may need a Band-Aid or a Kleenex. Its rival has been officially ensconced in Merriam-Webster's--and the OED. TAGS: verb, biodiesel, margin, Xerox Corp., Google Search, Google Inc., WWW, search engine, word, person, mouse, cell phone, spyware

Clueless about cookies or spyware?

February 3, 2005 You're not alone. Spyware-removal tools that list different kinds of unwanted software may confuse people as much as they protect. TAGS: Richard Smith, EarthLink Inc., spyware, audit, search result, threat, adware, bank, anti-spyware, software company, malware, person, Internet Service Provider, security, PC

Provably annoying?

January 12, 2006 TAGS: annoyance, response, person

Net pirates will face stiffer punishment

October 20, 2005 In response to new federal law, U.S. Sentencing Commission boosts prison terms and fines for those who swap prerelease movies. TAGS: file-swapping, sentence, definition, piracy, commission, person

Spock: Search's final frontier?

August 8, 2007 As the search engine goes live, co-founder Jaideep Singh explains why he thinks the new search engine's people-related focus can spell the difference. TAGS: co-founder, document, Google Inc., person, search engine

Yahoo Messenger releases security update

December 15, 2006 Aimed at flaws in software that downloads with Messenger, update is called "highly critical" by one security company. TAGS: Yahoo IM, Yahoo! Inc., attacker, security company, buffer-overflow, ActiveX Control, security, person, IM

The next thing on the Net: Your cardio system

September 15, 2005 Soon, something that looks like a Band-Aid could e-mail your blood pressure and other vitals to your doctor. Photo: Fast track to blood pressure TAGS: blood pressure, doctor, blood, hospital, health, health care, patch, sign, person, patient, IBM Corp., Intel

Adobe brings Web conferencing to Acrobat

September 18, 2006 Acrobat 8 line, due in November, will allow people to view a common PDF file via a Web browser. TAGS: Web conferencing, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Macromedia Inc., person, Web browser

Exploit released for Mac OS X flaw

October 3, 2006 Exploit appears to have been crafted before Apple patched the flaw last week. TAGS: exploit, flaw, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, privilege, vulnerability, Apple Computer, patch, Apple Macintosh, person

Bringing vision to the nearly blind

June 5, 2006 MIT fellow Elizabeth Goldring works with scientists and produces art to help the nearly blind see more than light and shadows. Images: Visuals for the nearly blind TAGS: vision, projector, scientist, eye, light-emitting diode, person, image, memory, Apple Computer

FAQ: The new 'annoy' law explained

January 11, 2006 Certain types of Web sites, e-mail are now federally prohibited. What does that mean in practice? TAGS: law, First Amendment, communication, Communications Decency Act, VoIP, prosecutor, argument, section, person
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