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

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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Using Technology to Battle Pandemics in a Digital World

nullA series of mysterious music clips uploaded to YouTube over the last week have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times and have bloggers excitedly guessing which artist is behind it. Is it pop princess Christina Aguilera? Scandinavian electronic duo The Knife?

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Who is iamamiwhoami? The making of a Web Mystery

Global Greenhouse Gas | Image : Networlddirectory.com Part of a forest will be enclosed, heated up and pumped with CO2 to see who wins and loses if the planet heats up. Global warming has found a willing victim: a small patch of spruce forest in the Chippewa National Forest in northern Minnesota

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Global Warming: Survival Of The Fittest

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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ID Theft: Don’t Take It Personally

Baby Boomers | Image Source : Smallbiztrends.com In 2011, approximately 30% of the U.S. population will be over the age of 50. Yet, in 2010, they are expected to outspend younger adults by $1 trillion

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What Baby Boomers Want From Technology

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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Technology Saves Lives In Haiti

Densest Flash Memory | Image Source : Dvice.com The new lithography represents a 27% reduction in size over the previous process. Computerworld –  Intel  Corp. and Micron Technology Inc.

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Intel, Micron to Announce World’s Densest Flash Memory

Cleantech | Image Source : Cleantech.com President Obama said the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy and America must be that nation.? At the same time, on the other coast, 75 clean energy investors, entrepreneurs, and researchers were debating whether the U.S. can gain this leadership position.

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Will China Eat America’s Lunch in Cleantech ~ Clean Energy Economy

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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It’s Official: Jobs Announces Apple’s iPad