Lawsuit slams 'apps' for mining smartphone contacts
A small group of US smartphone owners has filed a lawsuit demanding that Facebook, Twitter and other makers of smartphone "apps" pay dearly for mining people's contact lists.
A small group of US smartphone owners has filed a lawsuit demanding that Facebook, Twitter and other makers of smartphone "apps" pay dearly for mining people's contact lists.
Internet
Mar 16, 2012
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Kingston Technology Co. is helping pack more entertainment into Apple gadgets and Kindle Fire tablets.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 13, 2012
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Love letters, payslips and overdue bills will not be spared when Finland's post starts opening mail and sending scanned copies to selected recipients in a trial aimed at cutting costs and emissions.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 1, 2010
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Plastic Logic on Thursday unveiled a long-anticipated QUE electronic reader aimed at giving business travelers a "paperless briefcase."
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 7, 2010
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Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III in Madrid (UC3M) have designed a system that speeds up online administrative procedures by automatically verifying and validating printed electronic documents, a process that had ...
Engineering
Feb 17, 2014
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Documents show that the U.S. Secret Service played a role in the federal investigation of free-information activist Aaron Swartz and watched his case until he committed suicide.
Other
Aug 13, 2013
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Hitachi, Ltd. recently announced the development of provably secure digital signature technology based on the use of biometric information such as finger vein pattern in creating the signature. Through this, it will be possible ...
Engineering
Feb 26, 2013
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Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced the development of image restoration technology that can generate PDFs from multi-page A3 documents fed as a batch into an A4 scanner.
Software
Nov 13, 2012
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced proposed changes to a standard that specifies how to implement digital signatures, which can be used to ensure the integrity of electronic documents, ...
Other
Apr 18, 2012
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Hundreds of representatives of countries involved in bluefin tuna fishing, international organisations and NGOs met here Friday on how to improve catch controls and protect endangered species.
Ecology
Nov 11, 2011
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