Can parents control the websites their children look at? The Daily Telegraph Argument is raging over whether internet providers should limit what children can view or whether parents should be left to police web-savvy teenagers. | Some teenagers have installed computer programs that record what is typed on a keyboard and thus gain access to parents’ passwords tag --...
How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet Gizmodo Mat Honan - | Web startups are made out of two things: people and code. The people make the code, and the code makes the people rich. Code is like a poem; it has to follow certain structural requirements, and yet out of that structure can come ...
Bletchley Park: where government started computing The Guardian | The wartime codebreaking centre is preserving the British government's leading role in creating and developing electronic computers Colossus: the world's first electronic semi-programmable computer at Bletchley Park. | For every £40 spent by the U...
FBI Sounds Alarm on Hotel WiFi Caper TechNewsWorld | The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned overseas travelers to be careful when using hotel WiFi networks. | "Recent analysis from the FBI and other government agencies demonstrates that malicious actors are targeting travelers abroad thr...
New, pivotal tech revolution in the offing? Signon San Diego | It’s a presidential election year. The economy is limping along. Real estate and the job market are terrible. Graduates are despondent. The big innovations that changed the world over the past several decades are behind us. Sound familiar? Welcom...
Community Calendar, May 10 The State | TODAY | LUNCH AND LEARN: 11:30 a.m. today at the Capital Senior Center, 1650 Park Circle (Maxcy Gregg Park), topic will be advance directives. Free; bring a bag lunch, beverages provided. Call (803) 779-1971 to reserve a seat. | ACTING IMPROV GAMES...
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Bing to duel Google with Facebook-friendly format Ohio | Microsoft’s Bing search engine is heading in a new direction as it drills deeper into Facebook’s social network and Twitter’s messaging service to showcase info...
Is Mark Zuckerberg grown up enough to run a $100 billion company? Herald Tribune | Mark Zuckerberg is ready for his close-up. | His audience this Monday morning, a Who's Who of Wall Street heavy-hitters, with untold billions to command, shifts in its seats. Pap...
Virgin Atlantic introduces in-flight mobile calls Digital Spy Virgin Atlantic has become the first airline in Britain to introduce in-flight mobile phone calls, texts and data usage. | The service is being trialled on Virgin's new Airbus A330...
Arsene Wenger saddened by Pat Rice Arsenal exit BBC News | Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. | Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Pat Rice's contribution to the club has been "tremendous" after ...
Community Calendar, May 5 The State | TODAY | BREAKFAST BUFFET BENEFIT: 7-11 a.m. today at Zorba's, 1260 Chapin Road, Chapin; $10. Proceeds will go toward medical bills and chemotherapy treatments for Lt. Ray Craig of the Chapin Police Department. | COMMUNITY DAY CARNIVAL: 9 a.m.-noon ...
Community Calendar, May 4 The State | TODAY | HAPPY HOUR HISTORY TOURS: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Fridays in May, sponsored by the Historic Columbia Foundation. Meet at the base of the State House steps on Gervais Street for guided tours of Main Street. $25 (HCF members, $20), includes two adult ...
Community Calendar, May 3 The State | TODAY | PROWL & GROWL: 5 p.m. today at EdVenture Children's Museum, 211 Gervais St. Social hour, silent auction, dinner (6 p.m., Doc's Barbecue) and program featuring coaches Dabo Swinney and Brad Brownell at 6:45 p.m. Sponsored by the Columbia Cle...
How to Muddy Your Tracks on the Internet The New York Times | Legal and technology researchers estimate that it would take about a month for Internet users to read the privacy policies of all the Web sites they visit in a year. So in the interest of time, here is the deal: You know that dream where you sudden...
Twitter agrees to adopt Do-Not-Track privacy option Canada Dot Com | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter will honor requests from users who do not want their online behavior tracked, the company said on Thursday, in contrast with Web companies such Google Inc and Facebook Inc whose business models rely heavily on collecting user data. | Twitter said it will officially support "Do Not Track," a standardized privacy i...
Govt to set up 2,200 mobile towers in nine Maoist-hit states DNA India | Concerned over poor telephone connectivity in remote Maoist-affected areas, the government is planning to install 2,200 mobile towers in nine Maoist-hit states by the end of this year. | Following a request by the Home Ministry, the Department of Telecommunication has roped in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited to carry out the ambitious project to...
