[Medianews] New traffic information system continues to befuddle drivers who miss the old 511

STARTS & STOPS New traffic information system continues to befuddle drivers who miss the old 511 By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff | July 4, 2010 The Boston Globe Just as the e-mails from people pining for the old 511 traffic information system were starting to subside, I found myself stuck in

[Medianews] Security of medical devices is a concern

Security of medical devices is a concern By Elizabeth Cooney, Globe Correspondent | July 5, 2010 The Boston Globe No one can turn the clock back to the days before the Tylenol killer laced bottles of the pain reliever with cyanide and changed drug packaging forever. But computer scientists a

[Medianews] State's error unveiled Social Security numbers / Data sent on 139, 000 investment advisers

State's error unveiled Social Security numbers Data sent on 139,000 investment advisers By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff | July 6, 2010 The Boston Globe The Massachusetts secretary of state's office, which is charged with enforcing financial rules for investment companies, accidentally released

[Medianews] For Those Facebook Left Behind

For Those Facebook Left Behind By DAVID POGUE The New York Times July 7, 2010 Last month, the standards editor at The New York Times wrote a memo that shocked - shocked! - bloggers everywhere. He asked Times writers to avoid using the word "tweet" (as in, "to say something on Twitter"). "We

[Medianews] To Stop Cheats, Colleges Learn Their Trickery

To Stop Cheats, Colleges Learn Their Trickery By TRIP GABRIEL The New York Times July 5, 2010 ORLANDO, Fla. - The frontier in the battle to defeat student cheating may be here at the testing center of the University of Central Florida. No gum is allowed during an exam: chewing could disguise

[Medianews] Firefox 4 beta released

Second most popular web browser beta gets new look, features http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/second-most-popular-web-browser- beta-gets-new-look-features-2020904.html Mozilla, maker of the second most popular web browser on the market, Firefox, has announced the much awaited release of the

[Medianews] Buck's cafe serves up venture capital with the granola

Buck's cafe serves up venture capital with the granola By John Boudreau San Jose Mercury News 07/05/2010 12:03:00 PM PDT http://www.siliconvalley.com/ci_15424244?source=most_viewed Call it the Buck's Silicon Valley Barometer: The economy may be wobbly and the mood of the country anxious, but

[Medianews] VisionCare's eye telescope wins approval

VisionCare's eye telescope wins approval By Steve Johnson San Jose Mercury News Posted: 07/06/2010 09:16:55 PM PDT http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_15451696?nclick_check=1 In a decision cheered by advocates for the visually impaired, federal regulators Tuesday approved a Saratoga company'

[Medianews] Will blog posts get stamps of quality?

July 7, 2010 4:00 AM PDT Will blog posts get stamps of quality? by Caroline McCarthy News.com http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20009787-36.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1 Walk through the produce aisles of any grocery store and on the outsides of avocados, pomegranates, mushrooms, and just a

[Medianews] Sirius XM Subscriber Base Grows

JULY 7, 2010, 11:46 A.M. ET Sirius XM Subscriber Base Grows, Raises View By TESS STYNES And CAITLIN NISH Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703636404575352604189545226.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews NEW YORK—Sirius XM Radio Inc. expanded its subscriber base by 6%

[Medianews] AP IMPACT: Gulf awash in 27,000 abandoned wells

AP IMPACT: Gulf awash in 27,000 abandoned wells Jul 7, 2010 12:49 AM (ET) By JEFF DONN and MITCH WEISS Associated Press http://apnews.myway.com//article/20100707/D9GQ0EKG0.html More than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells lurk in the hard rock beneath the Gulf of Mexico, an environmental

[Medianews] Laptop manufacturers back universal power adapter

Laptop manufacturers back universal power adapter Acer and Asustek signed up By Spencer Dalziel TheInquirer.net Mon Jul 05 2010, 13:07 http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1720821/laptop-manufacturers-universal-power-adapter TAIWAN'S LAPTOP MAKERS including Acer and Asustek are going to ba

[Medianews] Wal-Mart Spends More than $1M Fighting $7, 000 Fine in Trampling Case

July 6, 2010 Wal-Mart Fighting $7,000 Fine in Trampling Case By STEVEN GREENHOUSE NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/business/07walmart.html?ref=business&pagewanted=print Wal-Mart Stores has spent a year and more than a million dollars in legal fees battling a $7,000 fine that federal

[Medianews] Changing Government and Tech With Geeks

July 6, 2010, 4:59 pm Changing Government and Tech With Geeks By NICK BILTON NY Times http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/changing-government-and-tech-with-geeks/?pagemode=print Talking about government and computer programming most likely doesn’t evoke the feeling of “fun” for most Ame

[Medianews] Biometric ATM gives cash via 'finger vein' scan

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/05/first.biometric.atm.europe/in dex.html Before you ask, no -- it doesn't work with fingers that have been chopped off--Peter Jones, head of security and solutions, Hitachi (CNN) -- Poland's cooperative BPS bank says it's the first in Europe to install a b

[Medianews] Apple Battles Frauds in iTunes

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870486240457535123255675541 8.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories By BEN WORTHEN And YUKARI IWATANI KANE Apple Inc. said it is putting new security measures in its iTunes store after hundreds of consumers' accounts were breached by an app developer, the

[Medianews] Solar plane cruises to historic flight

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.f07438c3b0f6da12010053292764 3de2.6b1&show_article=1 Confidence soared among the crew of an experimental solar-powered aircraft on Wednesday as it cruised above Switzerland in a historic bid to fly around the clock and prove the value of solar energy.