Computers
Cell phones monitoring radiation to sell in Japan
TOKYO -- Worries over radiation are so rampant in Japan after last year's nuclear meltdowns that the world's first cell phones with built-in radiation monitors are going on sale.
Date: 05/30/2012 | Business
Yes, I can hear you now, and that's the problem
Enough.I've had it with people and their smartphones, iPads, Kindles or whatever who are interrupting my experiences at the movies, during a play or while dining at restaurants. I'm fed up with the loud conversations over cellphones on buses and trains.
Date: 05/27/2012 | Business
Texter not liable for driver's car crash, N.J. judge says
MORRISTOWN, N.J. -- A woman who texted her boyfriend while he was driving cannot be held liable for a car crash he caused while responding, seriously injuring a motorcycling couple, a judge ruled Friday in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the country.
Date: 05/25/2012 | Nation & World
Feds: Sex-trafficking ring used Backpage.com ads
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A nationwide sex-trafficking ring run by a violent pimp and his associates used Backpage.com to solicit customers for prostitutes as young as age 17, advertising the women as "smokin' hot babes," according to a federal indictment recently unsealed in Iowa.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Nation & World
RealNetworks to pay $2.4 million to settle with state
OLYMPIA -- Digital media provider RealNetworks will pay a $2.4 million settlement because of free trial subscriptions that resulted in unwanted monthly charges to customers, Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna announced.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Business
Facebook may make an about face, leave Nasdaq
The Facebook fallout continues.Congressional panels are examining concerns about last Friday's initial public offering of the social network company. And Facebook reportedly is in talks to switch from Nasdaq to the New York Stock Exchange.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Business
Apple mum on its next big thing
LOS ANGELES -- Jonathan Ive, Apple's senior vice president of industrial design, said that despite the iMac, iPhone, iPod or iPad, Apple's current project is its best.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Business
Tech Q&A: Video chat delays, drops common in some countries
Question: My son lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand, so a video connection between us is important. When we use Skype video, it disconnects after a few minutes and never resumes. Both of our Internet connections and speed are OK. What can I do?
Date: 05/20/2012 | Business
How to fight off aggravating cellphone spam
Ding. Ding.It's 3 a.m., and your cellphone starts making its instantly recognizable, impossible-to-ignore you-just-got-a-text sound.Your heart starts pounding. Is a loved one hurt? Is there some crisis at work?
Date: 05/20/2012 | Business
Keyboard Express offers macro program that saves time
Your life is probably more complicated than mine. You meet with captains of industry, while I wait for the letter carrier to drop junk mail into my letter receptacle. You probably have more than 700 things you wish you didn't have to do in the course of a day's work, while I fret about taking out...
Date: 05/20/2012 | Business
App scans bar-goers to track age, gender
SAN FRANCISCO — A watchful eye has arrived on San Francisco's bar scene, but not to keep you in check. It just wants to check you out.
Date: 05/19/2012 | Business
Portland State University wins computer prize
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A team of four computer science students from Portland State University won the Cornell Cup USA, a national competition for computer-aided inventions.The project they displayed earlier this month at Walt Disney World can be used to identify pills.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
As Facebook grows, millions say, 'no, thanks'
NEW YORK -- Don't try to friend MaLi Arwood on Facebook. You won't find her there.You won't find Thomas Chin, either. Or Kariann Goldschmitt. Or Jake Edelstein.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Business
Huge job cuts rumored to be looming at Hewlett Packard
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Massive layoffs -- potentially amounting to more than 30,000 employees -- could be coming soon at Silicon Valley tech-giant Hewlett Packard, according to some analysts and published reports.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Business
Iran to sue Google over unlabeled gulf
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran says it will sue Google over dropping the name of the Persian Gulf on Google Maps.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Business
Facebook's $16 billion IPO one of world's largest
NEW YORK -- Facebook's initial public offering of stock is shaping up to be one of the largest ever. The world's definitive online social network is raising at least $16 billion, a big windfall for a company that began eight years ago with no way to make money.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Business
Facebook is a passing fad, say half of Americans polled
Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, in the run-up to the social network's initial public offering of stock, half of Americans also say the social network's expected asking price is too high.
Date: 05/16/2012 | Business
State warns consumers about crowdfunding
The state Department of Financial Institutions today issued a warning to consumers about the emerging practice of crowdfunding. We've written about it before, but the state news release below lays it out pretty well,...
Date: 05/15/2012 | Bizblog
Ooh, aah: Take in Yosemite views -- by computer
FRESNO, Calif. -- Just in time for spring snowmelt: a webcam pointed at one of Yosemite National Park's main attractions, the soaring 2,425-foot Yosemite Falls.
Date: 05/15/2012 | Nation & World
Facebook CEO turns 28, IPO could be $100B gift
NEW YORK — He famously wears a hoodie, jeans and sneakers, and he was born the year Apple introduced the Macintosh. But Mark Zuckerberg is no boy-CEO.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Business
Free Potter e-books to be offered through Kindle
NEW YORK -- Harry Potter has joined the Kindle lending library.
Date: 05/13/2012 | Business
Survey: Video games can boost workout
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Often derided for contributing to the obesity epidemic, video games may actually be part of the solution, particularly if they promote exercise, according to a survey released Thursday.
Date: 05/13/2012 | Business
Use these sites to break bad financial habits
We all seem to do something wrong when it comes to money. Whether your problem is not saving enough, or investing in money-losers, these sites could help you begin to change.
Date: 05/13/2012 | Business
Traveling doesn’t have to mean vacation from workouts
When summer is in sight, it's easy to suddenly remember the New Year's resolutions that have gone by the wayside. Instead of packing only coverups and sun hats for your impending vacations, how about some workout clothes?
Date: 05/12/2012 | Life
Bing brings Facebook to search party
SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft's Bing search engine is heading in a new direction as it drills deeper into Facebook's social network and Twitter's messaging service to showcase information unlikely to be found on Google.
Date: 05/11/2012 | Business
Report: Yahoo director on hot seat to leave board
SAN FRANCISCO — A published report says a Yahoo director who didn't challenge an inaccuracy in CEO Scott Thompson's academic record will step down from the troubled Internet company's board.
Date: 05/08/2012 | Business
Self-driving cars licensed for test in Nevada
Nevada drivers could soon be sharing the road with vehicles that don't need them.
Date: 05/08/2012 | Business
Google-Oracle jury at impasse on key issue
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal jury failed to agree on a pivotal issue in Oracle's copyright-infringement case against Google, blunting the impact of a partial verdict that found Google relied on unlicensed technology while building its popular Android software for mobile devices.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Business
Find out how inflation affects your finances
Inflation erodes the purchasing power of money over time. Its effects on your life depend on how well your income and investments do keeping up. Take a look at these sites to see how you're doing.
Date: 05/06/2012 | Business
Computers need to be cleaned, too
Desktop computers and laptops need a good spring cleaning, just like everything else, to keep them secure and in working order.
Date: 05/06/2012 | Business
Art, history and more at museums
Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, N.Y.www.tenement.org/
Date: 05/05/2012 | Life
Facebook valued at up to $95B in IPO price range
NEW YORK -- Facebook, the company that turned the Web social, has set a price range for an initial public offering of stock that values the company at up to $95 billion.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Business
Social Security starts providing online statements
WASHINGTON -- The Social Security Administration is now providing workers with online statements of the estimated benefits they will get when they retire, replacing the paper ones the agency used to mail out.
Date: 05/02/2012 | Business
Facebook to make it easier to become organ donor
NEW YORK -- Facebook wants to help you share your organs.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Business
Microsoft, Barnes & Noble team up on Nook
NEW YORK — An infusion of money from Microsoft Corp. sent Barnes & Noble Inc.'s stock zooming Monday, as the software giant established a way to get back into the e-books business.
Date: 04/30/2012 | Business
These websites help prepare you for buying a car
Car buying, the other great American pastime, is experiencing a resurgence. The work of auto shopping, along with the pesky issue of selling or trading an old car, can be simplified with these sites.
Date: 04/29/2012 | Business
Apple sells 35M iPhones in second quarter
Apple, the world's most valuable company, says it sold 35 million iPhones in the quarter, almost twice as many as it sold a year ago and above analyst expectations. Apple shares were down before the report because investors believed phone companies had reined in iPhone sales. Net income in the...
Date: 04/25/2012 | Business
New online radio station making lots of noise
Jet City Stream is finally here and I am in love. In a world of FM radio stations with DJs reading celebrity tweets on the air and playing the same 9 songs over and over till you hate a song you used to like, Jet City Stream is a complete game changer.
Date: 04/23/2012 | What Radio?
New York Times posts higher 1Q net income on gains
NEW YORK -- The New York Times Co. reported sharply higher net income for its first quarter on Thursday, helped by a large gain from the sale of its Regional Media Group and increases in print and digital circulation revenue.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Business
How Dick's made its pick
Drive-in used Facebook to poll customers on new location
Date: 04/19/2012 | Business
Fugitive who noted escape on Facebook arrested
PORT ANGELES -- A Port Angeles man whose Facebook page got the attention of authorities after he eluded police has been arrested.The Port Angeles Police Department said officers found Travis A. Nicolaysen without incident on Monday after receiving a tip that he was hiding in a home there.
Date: 04/16/2012 | Northwest
Quiz: How much do you know about finances?
Success in life and money usually stems from making good decisions. But you're unlikely to make good decisions without knowledge. And survey after survey shows Americans, young and old, just don't have enough knowledge about basic money issues to make those good decisions.
Date: 04/15/2012 | Business
Online tool allows easy comparison of college costs
My oldest daughter just returned from touring several colleges she's interested in attending next year.
Date: 04/15/2012 | Business
Instagram users fret about Facebook buy
NEW YORK -- Poor Instagram users.
Date: 04/15/2012 | Business
Way beyond cable
Options for bringing streaming TV into your living room
Date: 04/15/2012 | Business
".Oops": Glitch forces extension for new suffixes
NEW YORK -- You're probably familiar with ".com" and ".org." How about ".oops"?
Date: 04/13/2012 | Business
Family seeks mom's stolen ashes on Craigslist
LOON LAKE -- A northeast Washington family has turned to Craigslist in an effort to recover their mother's stolen ashes.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Northwest
Facebook buying photo app Instagram for $1B
NEW YORK -- Facebook is spending $1 billion to buy the photo-sharing company Instagram in the social network's largest acquisition ever.On the surface, that's a huge sum for a tiny startup that has a handful of employees and no way to make money.
Date: 04/11/2012 | Business
Reality check for Google's augmented reality
You know that story we had last week about Google Glass, the augmented reality device that lets you see the world with subtitles? Well, not so...
Date: 04/11/2012 | Bizblog
Facebook fugitive still on the lam in Port Angeles
PORT ANGELES -- A fugitive from Port Angeles police remains at large Tuesday with no new updates on Facebook.Deputy Police Chief Brian Smith said Travis Nicolaysen, 26, is still on the lam, but Smith expects he'll eventually be caught.
Date: 04/10/2012 | Northwest
Hackers get into Utah health department records
SALT LAKE CITY -- An additional 750,000 people had their personal information stolen by hackers, state health officials said Monday after discovering that the thieves downloaded thousands more files of data than authorities initially believed.
Date: 04/09/2012 | Nation & World
Indiana man charged with child sexual exploitation
INDIANAPOLIS -- Investigators are trying to identify hundreds of potential victims whose images were found on the computer of an Indiana man charged with coercing two teenage boys into performing online sex acts for him by threatening to post on gay porn sites compromising videos he secretly made...
Date: 04/09/2012 | Nation & World
Nation rapidly switching to e-reading, study finds
Here's what's happening on the plugged-in side of the digital divide: an extraordinarily swift change in how people are reading books and other media, driven by the rapid acceptance of tablets and e-readers.
Date: 04/08/2012 | Business
Right before your eyes
Google glasses will dangle messages, more in front of you
Date: 04/05/2012 | Business
China cracks down on Internet after coup rumors
BEIJING -- China has launched an Internet crackdown amid its worst political crisis in decades, shuttering more than a dozen websites, limiting access to the country's largest microblog providers and arresting six people for spreading rumors about a coup attempt in Beijing.
Date: 04/01/2012 | Nation & World
Get the lowdown on your credit rating at these websites
Your personal credit rating, to a great extent, determines what loans you'll qualify for and the interest you'll pay. Check these sites to find out where you stand, and how to fix credit problems.
Date: 04/01/2012 | Business
Online indiscretions can wreck scholarship chances
Students beware: Scholarship providers aren't just going by your application to learn about you.They're also checking you out on Google and social media sites, according to a recent survey.
Date: 04/01/2012 | Business
Classes help you get the most out of your Kindle
If you're looking for some help to make the transition to digital books, or just need a refresher in computing, Sno-Isle Libraries are offering a variety of classes for adults during the coming weeks that could be helpful.
Date: 03/26/2012 | Life
Movie DVDs lose out to Web
LOS ANGELES -- Consumers will watch more movies online than on DVDs in 2012 for the first time, but will spend far less doing so, according to a new report.
Date: 03/24/2012 | Business
Sarkozy: Jail those who browse terror websites
PARIS -- France's president proposed a sweeping new law Thursday that would jail those who visit extremist web sites -- one of several tough new measures floated in the wake of a murderous shooting spree.
Date: 03/22/2012 | Nation & World
IBM, New York hospital training Watson in cancer
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The medical training of IBM's speedy Watson computer will continue with a residency at a renowned Manhattan cancer hospital.
Date: 03/22/2012 | Nation & World
Everett Police Department launches Facebook page
EVERETT -- It may have taken awhile, but the Everett Police Department now has a Facebook page.The site is http://tinyurl.com/EverettPoliceFacebook.
Date: 03/22/2012 | Local News
Is a job worth Facebook privacy?
SEATTLE -- When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Business
N.Y. Times cuts number of free online articles
NEW YORK -- A year after it began charging for full access to its website, The New York Times is cutting the number of articles available for free from 20 per month to 10.The Times says the change takes effect in April.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Business
New iPad more expensive to make
NEW YORK -- Apple appears to be making less of a profit from each new iPad than it did when it launched the previous model a year ago, according to a research firm's analysis.
Date: 03/20/2012 | Business
NetZero to launch free wireless broadband service -- with strings
It's like the '90s never left: Billy Crystal hosted the Oscars. Internet IPOs are back. And NetZero is returning with free Internet service -- only this time it's wireless.
Date: 03/19/2012 | Business
Groupon launches appointment scheduling tool
Groupon is launching an online scheduling tool so small businesses can let customers book appointments more easily.
Date: 03/19/2012 | Business
First look: New iPad's changes welcome, but a bit underwhelming
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It's appropriate that Apple Inc. is calling the updated version of its hit tablet simply "the new iPad," rather than "iPad 3."That's because the differences between this iteration and the last, while significant, aren't really enough to merit a new number.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Business
Long lines for new iPad
MADISON, Wis. -- Apple's latest iPad drew the customary lines of die-hard fans looking to be first and entrepreneurs looking to make a quick profit.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Business
Ex-Rutgers student guilty in webcam suicide case
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's love life was convicted of invasion of privacy and anti-gay intimidation Friday in a case that exploded into the headlines when the victim threw himself to his death off a...
Date: 03/16/2012 | Nation & World
Heavy demand expected for iPad
NEW YORK -- Let the wild rumpus start.The customary storefront crowds are expected to gather as Apple's latest iPad goes on sale Friday. Long lines are likely even though customers could have ordered the new tablet computer ahead of time for first-day home delivery.
Date: 03/16/2012 | Business
All aboard teen's video game
Mill Creek boy's game marks monorail's 50th
Date: 03/15/2012 | Local News
Big interest in Pinterest
Oh, you pretty things. Just look at the mama giraffe nuzzling a baby giraffe, that lovely idea for an indoor planter made of mason jars and those perfectly cooked bacon strips cooling on a plate. This is what people are circulating on Pinterest, the latest website-of-the-moment for sharing things...
Date: 03/13/2012 | Business
Web shows aim to get kids stoked about food
Will kids be more willing to mind the peas and cukes of proper eating if they're taught to get excited about food, cooking and nutrition via their computer screens? Two new Web series are banking that kids are hungry to know that both good food and good times can be had in the kitchen.
Date: 03/12/2012 | Life
Small paper's Olive Garden review goes viral on Internet
FARGO, N.D. -- A North Dakota newspaper columnist sat down to review her town's hot new Italian restaurant, rhapsodizing about the chicken Alfredo, crisp greens and "two long, warm breadsticks."
Date: 03/09/2012 | Nation & World
Nasdaq, NYSE vie for Facebook stock listing
LOS ANGELES -- The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are battling it out far from home -- at Facebook Inc.'s Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters -- to see which market will snag the hottest stock listing in years.
Date: 03/09/2012 | Business
Verizon launches wireless broadband for homes
NEW YORK -- Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced a version of its wireless broadband service that's designed for use in rural and remote homes that can't get DSL or cable.
Date: 03/08/2012 | Business
Online impersonation bill signed into law
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed into a law a bill to help victims of online impersonation pursue lawsuits in civil court.The bill, signed by the governor Wednesday, passed through both the Washington state House and the Senate unanimously.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Northwest
Apple describes post-PC era, surprise of success
SAN FRANCISCO -- In announcing the new iPad, Apple CEO Tim Cook described a "post-PC" revolution that surprised even the company.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Business
Apple lets movies into iCloud, upgrades Apple TV
LOS ANGELES -- Apple is making it easier for people who buy movies through iTunes to play them on the various devices they own.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Business
Android Market checks out, Google Play moves in
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google's digital marketplace for mobile applications, music, movies and books is unifying under a new name in an effort to spruce up the shopping experience.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Business
Apple's next iPad expected to have modest updates
NEW YORK -- Apple is expected to reveal a new iPad model on Wednesday, with a sharper screen and perhaps an option for faster wireless broadband. The upgrades are relatively minor, but the iPad is secure in its position as the king of tablets.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Business
Webinar offers help for elders' caregivers
Caregivers for older adults are often thrust in the role with no warning, no training and no support. A nonprofit organization, the National Private Duty Association, is offering a free web conference on March 13 to bridge the information gap and offer resources for caregivers.
Date: 03/06/2012 | Life
Apple market value hits $500 billion
NEW YORK -- Apple's market capitalization topped $500 billion Wednesday, climbing to a mountain peak where few companies have ventured -- and none have stayed for long.
Date: 03/04/2012 | Business
Google's new ‘privacy' policy would be less creepy if users could opt out
Several weeks ago, I purchased some exercise videos online. Then I noticed that whenever I did an Internet search about anything, an ad for that same video package and other similar workout videos kept popping up. It was spooky.
Date: 03/04/2012 | Business
High prices bumming you out? Hey, it could be a lot worse
Prices for gasoline are rising. It could be worse, though, so here are some reminders, via the Web, that it is still possible to avoid the most expensive things in life.
Date: 03/04/2012 | Business
Q&A: Google to dig deeper into users' lives
SAN FRANCISCO -- If you're amazed -- and maybe even a little alarmed -- about how much Google seems to know about you, brace yourself. As of Thursday, Google is operating under a streamlined privacy policy that enables the Internet's most powerful company to dig even deeper into the lives of its...
Date: 03/01/2012 | Business
Don’t make life easier for identity thieves
We've become a society that shares too much of our personal information, and all that voluntary transparency makes us vulnerable to crooks.
Date: 03/01/2012 | Business
Microsoft unveils Windows 8 for consumer testing at conference in Spain
BARCELONA, Spain -- Microsoft on Wednesday let consumers start trying out its upcoming touch-based Windows 8 operating system, which aims to power a new wave of computer tablets and traditional PCs designed to counter Apple's big gains in the market through its Macs and iPads.
Date: 03/01/2012 | Business
Microsoft's future riding on Windows 8
SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft is scrambling to preserve what's left of its kingdom.
Date: 02/29/2012 | Business
Apple expected to update iPad at media event
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple Inc. is expected to introduce the newest iteration of its popular iPad tablet computer at an event in San Francisco next week, according to an invitation the Cupertino, Calif., tech giant sent to the media Tuesday.
Date: 02/29/2012 | Business
HeraldNet goes mobile with new site and apps
When it comes to communications technology, The Herald is all thumbs. And that's a good thing.For centuries, newspaper customers did their reading while holding wide sheets of paper in both hands.
Date: 02/26/2012 | Here at The Herald
Better Internet privacy sought
NEW YORK -- The Obama administration is calling for stronger privacy protections for consumers as mobile gadgets, Internet services and other tools are able to do a better job of tracking what you do and where you go.
Date: 02/23/2012 | Business
Apple's Tim Cook hints at something 'larger' in firm's TV arsenal
LOS ANGELES -- Tim Cook won't say whether Apple Inc. is developing a television, but he dropped a pretty big hint.
Date: 02/21/2012 | Business
Apple previews Mac OS update
NEW YORK -- Apple Inc. this week released a developer preview of an update for the Mac operating system, dubbed "Mountain Lion," that will copy more features and apps from the iPhone and iPad to the Mac.
Date: 02/18/2012 | Business
China faces conflict of law, business in iPad row
BEIJING -- Chinese officials face a choice in Apple's dispute with a local company over the iPad trademark -- side with a struggling entity that a court says owns the name or with a global brand that has created hundreds of thousands of jobs in China. Experts say that means Beijing's political...
Date: 02/18/2012 | Business
More Chinese cities seize iPads in trademark dispute
BEIJING -- Authorities have seized iPads from more Chinese retailers in an escalating trademark dispute between Apple Inc. and a struggling local company that could disrupt global sales of the popular tablet computer.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Business
Apple previews Mac OS update, Mountain Lion
NEW YORK -- Apple Inc. on Thursday released a developer preview of an update for the Mac operating system, dubbed "Mountain Lion," that will copy more features and apps from the iPhone and iPad to the Mac.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Business
Group inspecting Apple suppliers
NEW YORK -- Apple said Monday that an independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started inspecting working conditions in the Chinese factories where its iPads and iPhones are assembled.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Business
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