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Technology’s Richest Billionaires

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:32:32 +0000

Azim Premji | Source Image : mapsofindia.com Bill Gates loses top spot, but stock surge lifts fortunes of youngest and once-young technology moguls. Bill Gates is no longer the world’s richest man

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Irate parents in Pa. say schools use ‘peeping tom technology’

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:56:20 +0000

MacBook Spying Case | Image Source : Appleinsider.com FBI investigates, federal prosecutors subpoena documents in MacBook spying case, say reports. The parents of a Pennsylvania high school student have asked a federal judge to bar school district personnel from switching on cameras in school-issued MacBook laptops, calling the security feature “peeping tom technology.” In their motion Friday, Michael and Holly Robbins of Penn Valley, Pa., asked U.S. District Court Judge Jan DuBois to issue a restraining order preventing the district from remotely activating the webcams on student notebooks.

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Using Technology to Battle Pandemics in a Digital World

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:40:39 +0000

Battle Pandemics in a Digital World | Image Source : Superstock.com People concerned about contracting the H1N1 virus, or any other potential illness now have some new tools to help them keep tracking of pandemics and stay healthy. In the age when digital devices rule, consumers and health organizations can now stay up to date on the latest flu-related information with a few taps of a button, thanks to the increasing number of iPhone apps, social networks and informative Web sites dedicated to the cause. Users can now share information and track other health threats instantaneously.

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ID Theft: Don’t Take It Personally

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:42:53 +0000

Identity Theft | Image Source : Hiteidtheft.com A new study shows that banks, not consumer victims, are increasingly feeling the pain of digital fraud. Identity theft often feels less like a random act of fraud than a personal breach of a victim’s secrets. But while consumers feel the sting from having their private data stolen, it’s their banks that are increasingly picking up the bill

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Technology Saves Lives In Haiti

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:10:55 +0000

Text Messaging, SMS | Image Source : Softwarenewsdaily.com Text messages and mapping tools are helping victims of the earthquake. Geeks and technologists around the world are creating tools to help earthquake victims in Haiti.

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A system to cut down computer’s spam diet

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:33:00 +0000

Image Source : Silicon.com London: A group of computer scientists have come up with a system that deciphers the templates a botnet uses to create spam, and these templates are then used to teach spam filters what to look for. This can be used to block the most common kind of spam. Most spam messages originate in networks of compromised computers, called botnets, and owners are unaware that the machines quietly run malicious software in the background that pump out spam, reports New Scientist

It’s Official: Jobs Announces Apple’s iPad

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:57:58 +0000

Apple iPad | Image Source : Apple.com Apple on Wednesday launched its much-awaited iPad tablet device, a handheld that will allow users to view movies, surf the Internet and play high-definition games. iPad features include the ability to browse the Web and listen to music, with photo, calendar, and maps applications

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Student innovation not taken seriously in India

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:52:58 +0000

Student Innovation Fund | Image Source : mun.ca Technical institutes in India churn out around six lakh students every year but none of their innovative projects are considered worthy of patent. Projects like the ‘black box’ system installed in cars in U.S. and UK to detect a genuine accident is also done by a group of students from Latur-based Women Polytechnic Institute in Maharashtra but was not recognized, reports Times of India.

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After touch screen tablet, now touch screen table

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:34:28 +0000

Touch Screen Table : Image Source : siliconindia.com Washington: Researchers have designed Pictionaire, a 1.8 meter long table, which is placed directly beneath a ceiling-mounted camera and projector, which can “read” and respond to items placed on the table.

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Google Founders to Sell 10 Million of Their Google Shares

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:09:21 +0000

Larry Page and Sergey Brin | Image Source : Mashable.com Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the two billionaire co-founders of Google, will each sell 5 million of their Google shares over the next five years, according to an SEC filing. Since Page and Brin are significant shareholders and executives for the technology giant, they are required to report their transaction plans for their piece of the company they founded over a decade ago

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