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Police blotter: Child porn in Web cache OK

November 24, 2006 In this week's installment, court reverses conviction of man who viewed illegal porn but didn't know it was saved in his Web cache. TAGS: conviction, defendant, Police Blotter, Pennsylvania, cache, possession, evidence, prosecutor, image, law, Web browser, situation, hard drive

Virtual world may revive outlawed experiments

December 21, 2006 Psychologists consider using virtual environments to run experiments that wouldn't be practical or ethical in real world. TAGS: shock, experiment, participant, virtual worlds, environment, situation

Digital SLRs bring lens quandary

May 4, 2006 Changes that came with higher-end digicam models may have brought more diversity than some buyers bargained for. Photos: SLR cameras for the digital age TAGS: SLR, lens, sensor, camera, Fujifilm, buyer, manufacturing, Eastman Kodak Co., Canon Inc., situation, photograph

TiVo copy protection bug irks users

September 14, 2005 update DVR service's new system, intended for pay-per-view and video on demand, is accidentally triggered for some broadcast programming. TAGS: TiVo Inc., Macrovision Corp., VoD, Wired Inc., content provider, episode, copy protection, programming, protection, Time Warner Inc., bug, DVR, situation, TV, error, operating system

Mexico telephone operator under VoIP fire

April 25, 2005 Telmex accused of unfair practices, including blocking Web sites that VoIP operators use to register new customers. TAGS: VoIP, Mexico, Skype, operator, VoIP service, broadband, Internet phone, BellSouth Corp., spokeswoman, government, call, IP, AT&T Corp., situation, e-mail

Microsoft fixes troubled IE patch

August 24, 2006 Update to "critical" Internet Explorer patch repairs a serious security flaw introduced by the original version. TAGS: Stephen Toulouse, eEye Digital Security, security flaw, patch, flaw, Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, patch management, Microsoft Corp., situation, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Web browser, error, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Goodbye songs, hello videos

October 28, 2005 CNET's Eliot Van Buskirk explains why music and video are currently undergoing another unholy intermingling. TAGS: artist, label, song, contract, album, form, music, situation, video, Apple iTunes, Apple iPod

Cell phone becomes new town crier

April 20, 2007 Universities and cities are seeing how these staples of 21st century society can be turned into tools for keeping people informed and protected. TAGS: campus, text messaging, student, cell phone, university, community, college, alert, SMS, situation, U.S., security, e-mail

Cons in the virtual gaming world

August 31, 2006 When virtual crime finds its way into online role-playing games, should real-world authorities step in? TAGS: scandal, role-playing game, EverQuest, Second Life, denial of service, bank, CEO, blog, gamer, situation, games

Power shortage for the holidays?

October 30, 2006 A notebook builder says it will be light on shipments because of battery shortages, but PC companies don't seem worried yet. TAGS: shortage, recall, shipment, PC company, battery, notebook computer, Sony Corp., Lenovo, situation, Apple Computer, Dell, PC, laptop computer

Mandriva co-founder ousted from Linux firm

March 16, 2006 Gael Duval loses his job after disappointing financial quarter; exec plans to start again with open-source software. TAGS: Mandriva, co-founder, layoff, Linux company, Novell Inc., Brazil, chairman, Linux, situation, open source, CEO

JetBlue chooses not to censor on-board TV

September 22, 2005 Airline leaves satellite TV service running, even as emergency-landing video plays over and over. TAGS: passenger, satellite television, flight, airline, crew, satellite, emergency, policy, TV, situation, California, video

Blu-ray vs. HD DVD: Knocking each other out?

November 22, 2006 perspective High-definition TVs should be hot sellers this holiday season, but consumers may have a tough time sorting out the next-gen video discs and the players that go with them. Knowledge@Wharton TAGS: HD-DVD, gigabyte, Blu-ray, Universal Pictures, professor, consumer electronics, format, studio, electronics company, corner, DVD, laser, situation, DVD player, movie, Sony Corp.

Intel calls the Wi-Fi shots

October 12, 2005 By touting its own version of a key specification, the chip giant may be rendering a formal standards-setting process moot. TAGS: MIMO, Airgo Networks, UWB, proposal, IEEE 802.11n, consortium, Wi-Fi, Broadcom Corp., standards, Intel, chip company, specification, standard, consumer electronics, process, LAN

Net blackout sparks talk of new rules

October 7, 2005 Congressman, consumers say government should prevent company disputes from cutting off Net services. TAGS: Cogent Communications, Level 3 Communications Inc., Rick Boucher, blackout, telecommunications, congressman, Rep., traffic, billing, rule, situation, e-mail

Has Siebel CEO got the right stuff?

April 13, 2005 George Shaheen's track record at Andersen Consulting and Webvan means the new CEO faces fresh challenges at the battered software maker. TAGS: Webvan, Andersen Consulting, Siebel Systems Inc., online grocer, grocer, consulting, dot-com, CEO, bankruptcy, situation
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