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Federal authorities recently arrested a man for sending a Buddhist leader threatening tweets, prompting questions over freedom of speech on social networking websites. The FBI this weekend jailed William Cassidy of California on charges of online stalking, after the FBI accused him of sending 8,000 Twitter messages to Maryland-based Buddhist leader Alyce Zeoli and her [...]
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Samsung Delays Galaxy Tab in Australia, Again
August 29th, 2011 
admin Samsung today agreed to delay its Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales in Australia for a second time, as outright device bans become increasingly normal in high tech patent wars. The South Korean manufacturer will wait to launch its Galaxy Tab until the week of September 26, when an Australian court is set to decide whether the [...]
Hackers Plan Another BART Protest
August 29th, 2011 admin San Francisco transit authorities warn Anonymous protestors may hold another rally, as the hacktivist group takes to the streets to harangue the commuter train for shutting down wireless service. Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART, officials say they may close downtown stations if the planned 5 p.m. protests become too chaotic. To help out, the [...]
Samsung to Launch Chat Service
August 29th, 2011 admin Samsung is launching ChatON, a cross-platform mobile chat service, in the coming weeks, hoping to lure more customers to their handsets and challenging the growing competition in mobile messenging services. ChatON is expected to support a variety of mobile operating systems, including Samsung’s own Bada mobile operating system, Android, feature phones and even competitors’ platforms, [...]
Regulators Say Google Knew About Illegal Drug Ads
August 29th, 2011 admin Federal investigators say Google co-founder Larry Page knew ads for unlicensed online pharmacies were illegal but allowed them anyway, suggesting the government may continue to carefully monitor Google’s advertisements. Google late last week agreed on a $500 million settlement in a U.S. Justice Department criminal probe about Canadian pharmacies’ advertising through Google-owned AdSense. A federal [...]
Facebook Ends Daily Deals
August 29th, 2011 admin Facebook announced it will end its daily deals program, which it began testing four months ago, leaving pioneers like Groupon to continue their dominance in the emerging market. “We think there is a lot of power in a social approach to driving people into local businesses,” said the social network in a statement. “We’ve learned [...]
Carriers to Invest $100 Million in Mobile Payments Venture
August 29th, 2011 admin Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile will invest more than $100 million in their joint mobile payment venture, in a move to compete against a growing field of rivals in the emerging market. The carriers may invest hundreds of millions of dollars in their Isis e-wallet initiative if it gains momentum with consumers. The amount of funding [...]
Twitter Takes On Hurricane Irene
August 29th, 2011 admin Hurricane Irene gave the East Coast plenty to talk and even laugh about on Twitter, as East Coast residents used the social network to lighten their lives throughout the storm. Twitter on Saturday saw a tidal wave of Irene tweets flood its network, many containing warnings and assurances of safety, while others jokingly displayed pictures [...]
Carriers Weather Irene, But Outages May Continue
August 29th, 2011 admin U.S. carriers held up under the stress of Hurricane Irene, but service could get worse before it returns to normal. Even though the storm is over and wireless services weathered the storm better than expected, Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski said consumers may experience problems as battery backups at downed cell sites run out. [...]
T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide Phone (T-Mobile)
August 29th, 2011 admin The T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide runs on Android 2.3 and features an 8-megapixel camera, which records HD video at 1080p resolution. The Slide has no shutter lag, allowing for instantaneous shots, along with new imaging to prevent action shots from blurring. There’s even a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a 3.7-inch WVGA touch screen display for [...]
