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The virtual doctor visit: Health monitoring at home
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...
American Express to enter market for online payments
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.
In wake of breach, ban on file-sharing software proposed in House
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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AOL plans to cut a third of workforce
AOL said Thursday that it plans to reduce its workforce by a third over the next several months.
U.S. teens report 'frightening' levels of texting while driving
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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'
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.
Crashed satellite detects water at moon's pole
Water on the moon, once a wild conjecture, appears to be solidifying into a scientific fact. Jubilant NASA scientists announced Friday that they have found the telltale signature of significant quantities of water, in the form of ice and vapor, in a shadowed crater at the moon's south pole.
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HP's 3Com takeover marks a shot at Cisco
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s $2.7 billion takeover of 3Com Corp. is a shot at networking leader Cisco Systems Inc. - and a sign of how old relationships are being frayed by a flurry of maneuvers by technology heavyweights.
AOL expects more layoffs in spinoff
New regulatory filings suggest that more layoffs could be coming at AOL as the Internet company separates from Time Warner by the end of the year.
Tiny car has big potential
The tiny Nano cars made by India's Tata Motors are starting to hit the road in that country after a land dispute forced the relocation of the car's manufacturing plant and delayed its launch. Analysts say the Nano could rock the international auto industry and put millions of new Indian drivers o...
Technology increases chances to see porn in public
Quick poll. Watching porn while on public transportation is:
Googling can mislead people seeking health information
It always starts out innocently enough -- for example, with an eye twitch. It's just a little tic, but it keeps coming and going over the course of a few weeks, and so I decide to do a little medical investigation online. I plug "recurrent eye twitch" into my friendly search engine and, after sev...
Discovery Communications launches science news Web site
Silver Spring-based Discovery Communications announced Monday that it has launched a new Web site dedicated to reporting science and technology news.
China's 'netizens' holding officials accountable
A severed finger sparked an online uproar that went viral. And very quickly, rattled authorities here took note.
The computer gets more like the TV every day
The online video service Hulu added a long-overdue feature last week: A "coming soon" page designed to give the site's millions of users a heads-up about when they'll be able to watch the next new episode of "Fringe" or "Parks and Recreation" in their Web browsers.
Microsoft plugs 15 holes in Windows, Office
Microsoft on Tuesday released software updates to fix at least 15 security flaws in Windows , Windows Server and Microsoft Office . One of the patches addresses a flaw so serious that users could find their Windows PCs compromised just by visiting booby-trapped Web sites. Richie Lai , director of...
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