Smartphone banking opens door to ill-doers
Matt Certo jumped at the chance to use his smartphone for banking as soon as his bank offered the service a few years back.
Telecom
Nov 8, 2013
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Кeview: Automatic keeps tabs on driving habits to cut gas use
This is going to be a conflicted review. Today we're looking at the Automatic ($100), a very interesting combination of a smartphone application and a Bluetooth dongle that reads information from your car's computer. The ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 8, 2013
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Stiff resistance to state technology taxes
As the nation moves from a tangible goods-based economy to a service-based economy, a few states are trying to keep revenues robust by taxing technological services such as software upgrades and cloud computing. But a backlash ...
Business
Nov 8, 2013
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Report: Google's Calif. barge to hoist sails
Google's four-story barge under construction in the heart of the San Francisco Bay plans to include a dozen or so massive sails when completed.
Business
Nov 8, 2013
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NASA's TRMM satellite sees Super-typhoon Haiyan strike Philippines
Super-typhoon Haiyan, equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane on the U.S. Saffir-Simpson scale, struck the central Philippines municipality of Guiuan at the southern tip of the province of Eastern Samar early Friday morning ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 8, 2013
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EU bids to revive carbon market on eve of Warsaw climate meet
EU governments closed ranks Friday in a bid to resuscitate their moribund carbon emissions market meant to combat global warming, just three days ahead of crunch UN climate talks in Warsaw.
Environment
Nov 8, 2013
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US political campaigns may be able to accept Bitcoins
Candidates running for US federal office may be allowed to accept Bitcoin donations but not spend the digital currency, according to a proposal by regulators.
Internet
Nov 8, 2013
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Dolphin virus outbreak in Atlantic is deadliest ever
The deadliest known outbreak of a measles-like virus in bottlenose dolphins has killed a record number of the animals along the US Atlantic coast since July, officials said Friday.
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2013
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Airline industry swooping in to prevent cyberattacks
Worried that computer hackers attacking banks and media companies could easily shift targets, the airline industry is taking preemptive steps to ensure it doesn't become the next victim.
Other
Nov 8, 2013
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European science satellite to break up late Sunday (Update)
Fragments from a science satellite are likely to crash to Earth late Sunday or early Monday after the one-tonne probe breaks up at the end of its mission, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday.
Space Exploration
Nov 8, 2013
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