May 26, 2013
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Skeptics scoff, privacy advocates protest as biometric IDs advance
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Long envisioned as an alternative to remembering scores of computer passwords or lugging around keys to cars, homes and businesses, technology that identifies people by their fac...
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Associated Press Visitors demonstrate the CAPCON's game of "Monster Hunter 4" by Nintendo 3DS at the Tokyo Game Show Thursday in Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo.
Show focuses on social, phones
CHIBA, Japan — It’s not quite game over at the annual Tokyo Game Show opening Thursday, but with smartphones, tablets and other computer-like devices luring people away from the once-dominant conso...
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New Apple Maps app is rare company flub
NEW YORK — With a touch of geek whimsy, Google Maps famously warns anyone who seeks walking directions to Mordor —the land of evil in “The Lord of the Rings”— to use caution. “One does not simply w...
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Associated Press Nintendo's Wii U GamePad is unveiled Thursday in New York.
Wii U readies for holidays
NEW YORK — Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U gaming console will start at $300 and go on sale in the U.S. on Nov. 18, in time for the holidays, the company said Thursday. A “deluxe” version will sell fo...
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Associated Press David Anselmi, a Microsoft senior manger of investigations in the company's Digital Crimes Unit, sits in the DCU lab Wednesday in Redmond, Wash. The company says evidence shows cybercriminals are now looking for opportunities to inject malicious software and code into counterfeit versions of computer operating systems even before the machines are sold to unsuspecting customers.
Microsoft finds malware on new computers direct from factories
WASHINGTON — A customer in Shenzhen, China, took a new laptop out of its box and booted it up for the first time. But as the screen lit up, the computer began taking on a life of its own. The machi...
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Associated Press The new Apple iPhone 5 is displayed Wednesday following the introduction of new products in San Francisco. The iPhone 5 uses LTE technology, so what does that mean for consumers?
The iPhone 5 and LTE - what it means for you
NEW YORK — The iPhone 5 is Apple’s first mobile handset that uses new “LTE” wireless networks. What’s LTE —and why should you care? Here are some answers. Q: What does LTE stand for? A: It’s ...
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Associated Press "Hive76" members Chris Thompson (left) and Jordan Miller appear in their North Philadelphia workshop or "hacker space." Hacker spaces serve as "clubhouses" for inventors, where they share tools, electronics equipment and even ideas in a do-it-yourself approach to technology.
Hacker spaces offer havens for ingenuity
PHILADELPHIA — In a cluttered fifth-floor studio in North Philadelphia, two huge pieces of plywood hang from the ceiling, pulsing in time with the music from a pair of high-end stereo speakers. ...
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Tech Q&A:
QUESTION: Our credit card was temporarily not working because we had moved (causing a change of billing address). When my subscription to Pandora was due to be renewed through iTunes, I received an...
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Associated Press Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon, holds the Kindle Paperwhite at the introduction of the new Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Paperwhite devices Thursday in Santa Monica, Calif.
Amazon unveils Kindle Fire models
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Amazon.com Inc. unveiled four new Kindle Fire models on Thursday, including ones with larger screens, as the online retailer steps up competition with Apple Inc. ahead of the...
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Associated Press A Netflix envelop containing a DVD to be returned by mail is clipped onto a mailbox Aug. 23 Springfield, Ill. A group of independent contractors takes on the task of tagging each video in the Netflix library.
Cadre of film buffs helps Netflix sort through clutter by tagging
LOS ANGELES — After Greg Harty rolls out of bed in his Los Angeles apartment, he grabs a cup of coffee and starts his work day at a desk in the corner of his living room. His assignment: Watch thre...
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