TechNewsWorldTechNewsWorld -- "All Tech, All the Time"Bush Wins Warrantless Wiretapping War- July 10, 2008 President George Bush has signed into law a measure that overhauls wiretapping rules and grants immunity to telecom companies that cooperated with a secret warrantless wiretap program. The administration established the spying operation after Sept. 11 to gain greater flexibility in eavesdropping on suspected terrorists' conversations.http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/63765.html Window-Shopping at Apple's App Emporium- July 10, 2008 Apple has officially launched its App Store, an online marketplace built into iTunes and integrated with Apple's forthcoming iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0 software update. The store boasts 500 applications, 125 of which are free. While some iPhone users are already downloading applications, it's not yet easy to do.http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/63762.html Tech Firms Team Up to Spark Fuel Cell UMPCs- July 10, 2008 MTI Micro and NeoSolar, a portable device manufacturer, announced a deal Thursday to develop fuel cells for NeoSolar's portable devices including its ultra mobile personal computers. The two companies will use MTI Micro's Mobion fuel cell technology to ultimately build external Mobion power sources such as chargers and snap-on attachments as well as embedded Mobion power sources for integration into NeoSolar products.http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/63760.html Yahoo Recruits Dev Army With Open Search Move- July 10, 2008 Its stock price is in free fall and it still faces a potential takeover led by rogue investor Carl Icahn. However, Yahoo can still fire shots across the digital bows of Google and Microsoft; it is inviting third-party developers to use its search technology so they can build their own search engines. Yahoo calls the new strategy "BOSS," which stands for Build your Own Search Service.http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/63755.html P2P File-Sharing Sinks Ships- July 10, 2008 Earlier this year, a careless employee at an investment firm learned a painful lesson: Sharing files through peer-to-peer Web sites like LimeWire can easily expose internal data in a corporate network. In this case, the employee's actions revealed the personal information of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and 2,000 or so other clients of the firm.http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/63752.html Lunar Samples Reveal Watery Secret- July 10, 2008 A new analysis of some very old rocks is reshaping our understanding of the moon. Scientists used modern techniques to search for tiny traces of hydrogen in a set of lunar sand samples taken by Apollo astronauts in the '70s. The systems used in the study were able to break down the rocks 10 times more effectively than any past techniques.http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/63753.html YouTube's Assault on Truthiness- July 10, 2008 Can you trust a YouTube video No, of course you can't believe everything you see on YouTube. However, sometimes seemingly cheap, handheld videos have an apparent authenticity that's convincing. Lately, a number of clever videos on the site have played with reality with the ulterior -- and sinister! -- motive of selling you something. Say it ain't so!http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/63747.html iCrazed Fans Line Up for Japan's iPhone Debut- July 10, 2008 Gadget lovers worldwide are already camped out ahead of Friday's global rollout of the new model of Apple's iPhone, which is also the first iPhone to go on sale in many countries. Carrier SoftBank, which beat market leader NTT DoCoMo for the right to sell the iPhone in Japan, is planning a countdown ceremony at its flagship downtown Tokyo store.http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/63744.html An iPhone With a Sense of Place- July 10, 2008 A faster, cheaper, smarter iPhone goes on sale Friday morning, promising to bring the latest technology to more of the masses while changing the way people find information, their friends and fun. Satellite navigation is one of the biggest additions to the music-playing, picture-taking, Web-surfing, e-mail-reading smart phone from Apple, which has sold about 6 million of the original device so far.http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/63737.html Your Reputation Online, Part 1: How Damage Is Done- July 10, 2008 Our reputation is one of our most valuable possessions, determining in large part where we work, how much money we make, whom we date or marry, and many other aspects of our lives. The Internet, however, has made protecting, maintaining and defending our reputations difficult.http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/63740.html |