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Senator Calls for Privacy Protections for Device Location

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January 28, 2011
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Senator Calls for Privacy Protections for Device Location A U.S. senator says he wants to rewrite rules for police access to the location information of mobile device customers.
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When the CEO Gives iPads to All: One CIO's Story Last summer, KLA-Tencor, a Silicon Valley semiconductor equipment maker, rebounded from the market doldrums to post annual revenues of $1.8 billion. The happy CEO surprised the company's 5,400 employees by telling them that they would each be rewarded with a shiny, new iPad.
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Microsoft Presses Intel for 16-core Atom Chip Microsoft has asked Intel to develop a 16-core version of its low-power Atom chip for use in servers, part of a wider effort to reduce power consumption in its...
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Linux Vendors Teaming Up For An App Store Unified application installer will give Linux users a consistently easier way to find and install apps, regardless of the distribution they use.
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Google CEO Shakeup: Advantage Microsoft in Apps War? You have to wonder if Microsoft execs were dancing the jig after hearing the news that business-minded Google CEO Eric Schmidt was replaced by 38-year-old Larry Page.
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Facebook Erodes Privacy and Tightens Security To mark the occasion of Data Privacy Day, Facebook launched new controls to tighten security, but also rolled out a new ad model that violates privacy.
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Google Adds Pop-up Alerts to Gmail People who use Gmail with the Chrome browser can now be notified via desktop pop-up alerts whenever they receive a new e-mail or chat message.
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Thanks to iPad, iOS Dominates A report from Good Technology shows that iOS is dominating other mobile platforms--thanks in large part to the success of the iPad.
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RIM PlayBook: One Device, Two Faces The tablet works very differently as a BlackBerry companion than it does as a stand-alone device.
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Samsung, TeliaSonera Launch LTE Laptop Operator TeliaSonera has joined forces with Samsung Electronics to launch an LTE-equipped laptop, which will go on sale Friday in Sweden, they said on Tuesday.
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Alleged 'scareware' Vendors to Pay $8.2 Million to FTC Two participants in a so-called "scareware" scheme settle a complaint from the U.S. FTC.
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Carberp Banking Malware Upgrades Itself A piece of banking malware that researchers have been keeping an eye on is adding more sophisticated capabilities to stay hidden on victims' PCs.
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Yahoo's Q4 Net Revenue Down 4%, Shares Plunge After Hours Despite increase in net income, gross quarterly sales are lowest in two years
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Plantronics Bluetooth Headset Delivers More Efficient UC Plantronics ups the ante for Bluetooth headsets by building in a variety of automated location-aware features and unified communications functionality.
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China 4G TD-LTE Trials Expected to Last 18 Months China has begun large-scale trials of fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology known as TD-LTE, with the tests expected to last 18 months, according to the...
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