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’

On2 Video Compression Technologies | Image Source : On2.com Google has finished its acquisition of video-compression-technology vendor On2 Technologies, boosting its efforts in online video. The deal closed after gaining approval from On2 shareholders and was valued at $124.6 million, Google said in a brief statement late Friday.

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Google closes On2 acquisition for $124.6M

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

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

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

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

Digital Business Card | Image Source : mobilewhack.com By Elizabeth Woyke Dave Stevens is a consummate networker. As program and events manager for the Chamber of Commerce in Mountain View, Calif., he attends several events a week, collecting stacks of business cards. When he returns to his office, however, he pitches the cards, opting instead to add his new contacts on the corporate social networking site LinkedIn.

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Business Cards Go Digital

Image Source : Drcalabria.com Technology allowing cosmetic makers to test for allergic reactions to their products without controversial animal trials is in the works and could be in use by next year. The technology developed by Hurel Corp., is designed to replace tests on mice and guinea pigs used to predict skin reactions from drugs and cosmetics. The device uses laboratory-grown human skin cells to simulate the body’s allergic response to foreign chemicals

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New technology to test allergic reaction good news for lab mice

Niket Chandrashekar Developed a Portable Operating System (OS) | Image Source : Siliconindia.com The 20-year old engineering student Niket Chandrashekar from New Horizon College in Bangalore, has developed a portable Operating System (OS) that can be stored and operated on any device.

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20 yr old Indian unveils portable Operating System

Divorces is caused by Facebook | Image Source : zeldalily.com Social networking site Facebook, which connects old friends and allows users to make new ones online, is being blamed for an increasing number of marital breakdowns, reports the Telegraph. Divorce lawyers claim that the explosion in the popularity of websites such as Facebook and Bebo is tempting to people to cheat on their partners.

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1 in every 5 divorces is caused by Facebook