Madison detective snared in Web sting, charged with exposing himself to ‘girl’ via webcam A Madison police officer has been charged with exposing himself via webcam to an undercover detective he believed was a 13-year-old girl and using a computer at police headquarters to communicate with the person he thought was the girl. Read more on Daily…. Click Here to Read More
Wi-Fi to come in a much faster, short-range flavor The industry group that supports Wi-Fi is adopting a new technology that should boost data speeds more than 10 times at short distances, which could replace video cables in the home entertainment center. Read more on USA…. Click Here to Read More
Paul Rudd’s Computer Is Way Ahead of its Time # humor I’m not sure what sort of prototype processor he’s running here, but the stuff his computer can do is pretty amazing. It’s like a glimpse into the future! Thanks, Paul! More » Read more on…. Click Here to Read More
Analysis: Dow nose dive could help financial bill The stomach-churning fear about Wall Street’s turbulence is roaring back. Read more on AP via Yahoo!…. Click Here to Read More
Meyer computer probe continues STEPHENSON – The Michigan State Police investigation into Meyer Township’s finances continues. As part of the investigation, authorities seized a township computer earlier this year. Det. Sgt. Jean Belanger of the Stephenson State Police Post said it is still very early in the investigation. “There is nothing new yet,” she said. No arrests have been made. Read more on The Iron Mountain Daily…. Click Here to Read More
De-cluttering your digital life can set you free We’ve got multiple e-mail accounts, social networks, media streams, blogs, websites, electronic calendars, instant messages, phone contacts, online bills, passwords coming out of our ears and screen after screen after screen of computer stuff to back up, share and sync. That doesn’t include the virtual reams floating in the ether, enough to fill the Library of Read more on The Daily…. Click Here to Read More
Conan O’Brien Taunts Tonight Show At Google HQ # celebritycomputerscience Conan O’Brien visited Google’s corporate campus and apparently “killed,” in part with a line discouraging people from watching his old show. More » Read more on…. Click Here to Read More
Google’s E-Book Store: Five Burning Questions Google reminded us this week that the company’s e-book retail platform, Google Editions, will launch sometime in the next two months, as expected. Google Editions will be device agnostic, (similar to how Amazon allows Kindle books to be read on almost any computer platform), but will rely on the Web to deliver and store a user’s purchases, instead of direct device downloads like the Kindle … Read more on IT…. Click Here to Read More
US Senators unveil sweeping auto safety bill Unhappy with the way Japanese auto giant Toyota handled a series of sometimes deadly defects, US senators on Tuesday unveiled sweeping legislation to toughen automobile safety standards. Read more on AFP via Yahoo!…. Click Here to Read More
On computers: Dead computer may need a battery There are a lot of computers discarded in landfills when they could no longer boot up. In some cases, it’s simply a dead CMOS battery, not the hard drive, but the user didn’t know that. Read more on The Canton…. Click Here to Read More
