Bluetooth "Big Brother" tracks festival-goers
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:59:45 -0400
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Researchers are using Bluetooth technology to observe the meanderings of tens of thousands of festival-goers at a top European rock festival, hoping their findings will launch a new generation of tracking devices.
Broadband industry group say U.S. rules go too far
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:59:13 -0400
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government guidelines to spend $4 billion to expand broadband access to underserved areas across the United States may go beyond current laws, a broadband industry group, said on Thursday.
Treasure Hunt gets digital update in WiFi Venice
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:16:27 -0400
MILAN (Reuters) - Treasure Hunting will go fully digital on Friday night when players chase a mysterious oriental wand with special powers along the narrow streets and bridges of Venice.
MySpace suicide conviction tentatively dismissed
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:10:34 -0400
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday tentatively dismissed the conviction of a suburban mother accused of driving a love-lorn 13-year-old girl to suicide by tormenting her with a fake MySpace persona.
NY thieves want iPhones, victims fight back
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:53:49 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thieves are increasingly going after iPhones and other smartphones but victims now can fight back with technology.
Gamer steals from virtual world to pay real debts
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:06:42 -0400
TORONTO, July 2 (Reuters) - Facing real world debts, a trusted figure in a popular online game stole money from the virtual bank he ran and exchanged it for cash through the black market.
Internet used to help young smokers quit
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:25:59 -0400
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is leading a $2.9 million National Cancer Institute project to increase demand for evidence-based, Internet-based smoking cessation treatment for young adults aged 18 to 24 years.
Jay Leno wins cybersquatting case
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:25:36 -0400
GENEVA (Reuters) - Comedian and talk show host Jay Leno has won a cybersquatting case against a Texas man found by a U.N. agency to have misused the domain name thejaylenoshow.com to direct Internet users to a real estate website.
Web advertisers propose self-regulation principles
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:56:44 -0400
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Online advertisers are proposing a mix of consumer education, disclosures about what information is being collected and special protections for children and sensitive information in an effort to head off tough legislation.
China paper says Web filter only a matter of time
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:40:51 -0400
BEIJING (Reuters) - It is only a matter of time before a controversial scheme to install Internet filtering software on all computers begins in China, a state newspaper said on Thursday, after the plan was abruptly delayed this week.
