News tagged with nonprofit group

Science fiction-style sabotage a fear in new hacks

When a computer attack hobbled Iran's unfinished nuclear power plant last year, it was assumed to be a military-grade strike, the handiwork of elite hacking professionals with nation-state backing.

Technology / Other

created Oct 23, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 21

Company: Cost of hosting Megaupload data untenable

(AP) -- The company hosting the frozen data of millions of users of the file sharing site Megaupload says somebody needs to pay the company's bill or allow it to delete the data.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Craigslist founder joins Wikimedia advisory board

(AP) -- The nonprofit group that runs online encyclopedia Wikipedia said Friday that it named Craig Newmark, the founder of Web classifieds site Craigslist, to its advisory board.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Group seeks Amazon boycott over sales tax fight

(AP) -- A coalition of nonprofit groups is calling on customers of Amazon.com to cancel their accounts unless the Internet retailer stops resisting a California law that requires more online retailers to charge a state sales ...

Technology / Business

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 8

Nonprofit aims to broaden reach of campaign data

(AP) -- A nonprofit group that specializes in databases tracking the influence of money in politics is making its information available to others.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Poachers threaten rare wild-growing venus flytrap

(AP) -- The venus flytrap's struggle for survival in the wild along coast of the Carolinas faces an added threat from poachers looking to make a buck by uprooting and selling them.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook's Timeline change disrupts some businesses

Stephen Terrell expected a group of happy users when he updated his company's Facebook profile page to the new Timeline format, allowing his mostly senior-citizen customers to register for a contest to win a trip to Hollywood ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0