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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
AT&T throttled for 'throttling' policy
NEW YORK -- Mike Trang likes to use his iPhone 4 as a GPS device, helping him get around in his job. Now and then, his younger cousins get ahold of it, and play some YouTube videos and games.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Business
Library computer used in Aberdeen sex case
ABERDEEN -- Police say a transient used a library computer for sexually explicit communications with a 13-year-old girl in Aberdeen.Police arrested the 18-year-old last week for investigation of communication with a minor for immoral purposes.
Date: 02/13/2012 | Northwest
Facebook used to lure teens for sex
PITTSBURGH -- A married father used phony Facebook profiles to pose as two different Florida surfers to solicit sexually graphic messages and photos from seven teenage girls in Pennsylvania, and two of the girls eventually agreed to meet for sex with the surfers' middle-aged "friend" -- yet another...
Date: 02/11/2012 | Nation & World
Facebook's Timeline 'unliked'
ORLANDO, Fla. -- As Facebook continues to roll out Timeline, its boldest layout change, most users -- at least those in the United States -- made it clear they are not pleased, a new poll by SodaHead shows.
Date: 02/11/2012 | Business
Facebook unfriending linked to two murders in Tennessee
MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. — A father who was upset after a Tennessee couple deleted his adult daughter as a friend on Facebook has been charged in the shooting deaths of the couple, authorities said Wednesday.
Date: 02/08/2012 | Nation & World
Facebook files to take its stock public to raise $5 billion
NEW YORK -- Facebook made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard University.
Date: 02/01/2012 | Business
Gone, but not forgotten
Find out what the USS Lincoln is doing on its Facebook page
Date: 02/01/2012 | Local News
Websites to help you plan your financial future
Planning your life, or even a weekend getaway, can be daunting. But without a road map of some kind, it's hard to get there from here. That's why financial planning is important. Here are sites to help on the journey.
Date: 01/29/2012 | Business
Congress stalls action on Internet piracy bills
WASHINGTON -- Caving to a massive campaign by Internet services and their millions of users, Congress indefinitely postponed legislation Friday to stop online piracy of movies and music costing U.S. companies billions of dollars every year. Critics said the bills would result in censorship and...
Date: 01/21/2012 | Business
Self-styled chaplain charged in 3 Craigslist slayings
AKRON, Ohio — A self-styled chaplain suspected in a deadly scheme to rob people who replied to a Craigslist job ad has been charged with multiple counts of aggravated murder, kidnapping and robbery and could face the death penalty if convicted, according to an indictment announced...
Date: 01/20/2012 | Nation & World
A Q&A on contested Internet anti-piracy bills
WASHINGTON -- Online piracy costs U.S. copyright owners and producers billions of dollars every year, but legislation in Congress to block foreign Internet thieves and swindlers has met strong resistance from high-tech companies, spotlighted by Wikipedia's protest blackout on Wednesday, warning of...
Date: 01/19/2012 | Business
Comcast, Verizon launch joint marketing effort
EVERETT -- Comcast and Verizon Wireless have joined forces in marketing their products, first in metro Seattle and Portland, the two companies said Tuesday.That includes spots in south Snohomish County.
Date: 01/18/2012 | Business
Wikipedia editors question site's planned blackout
NEW YORK -- Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day? The planned shutdown of one of the Internet's most-visited sites is not sitting well with some of its volunteer editors, who say the protest of anti-piracy legislation could threaten the credibility of their work.
Date: 01/17/2012 | Business
Court rejects appeals in student speech cases
PHILADELPHIA -- The U.S. Supreme Court has passed up a set of cases for the online age -- whether schools may censor students who are off-campus when they create online attacks against school officials and other students.
Date: 01/17/2012 | Nation & World
Wikipedia may black out Wednesday in protest
Wikipedia may black out its website Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress.
Date: 01/16/2012 | Business
White House concerned over online piracy bills
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration raised concerns Saturday about efforts in Congress that it said would undermine "the dynamic, innovative global Internet," urging lawmakers to approve measures this year that balance the need to fight piracy and counterfeiting against an open Internet.
Date: 01/15/2012 | Nation & World
HP’s chic ‘ultrabook’ adds ability to read ‘smart tags’
LAS VEGAS -- Thin, light laptops --known as "ultrabooks"-- are a much-hyped category at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show, an annual showcase for the latest smartphones, tablet computers and other consumer-electronic devices.
Date: 01/12/2012 | Business
Apple's TV presence is strong at CES, though it's not there
LAS VEGAS -- At the Consumer Electronics Show, models walked around with large, lightweight flat-screen televisions showing vivid nature scenes, executives waved next-generation "magic" remote controls and audiences were treated to demonstrations of massive, wall-size TVs.
Date: 01/11/2012 | Business
Lorex makes it easy to keep an eye on home when you're gone
The Lorex Live Connect home-monitoring system is surprisingly easy-to-use camera system that works wirelessly through your Internet router to let you see what's going on at home from anywhere in the world through a free Skype account.
Date: 01/08/2012 | Business
Netflix reports surge in viewing
SAN FRANCISCO -- Netflix has released some statistics that indicate the video subscription service must be doing something right, even though investors and customers have been ridiculing it for much of the past six months.
Date: 01/06/2012 | Business
How to make Internet job boards work for you
Everyone knows that the job market is overflowing with candidates. Employers receive hundreds of applicants for each position. This may sound daunting to some job hunters, but if you think about the search methods used by your so-called competition, it's easy to stand out from the crowd.
Date: 01/04/2012 | Business
Digital assets often forgotten after death
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- When most people think about bequeathing their belongings, it's the obvious: the house, the car, bank accounts, the sentimental family mementos.
Date: 01/01/2012 | Business
Calif. officials exploring lottery ticket sales online after ruling
WASHINGTON -- The inexorable push to sell almost everything online could soon include lottery tickets.Officials at the California State Lottery said they will explore selling tickets over the Internet after the Justice Department determined that such sales would not violate federal law.
Date: 12/28/2011 | Nation & World
Take some time building your Facebook Timeline
I've often joked that if something's not on Facebook, it didn't happen. Facebook's new Timeline feature makes that adage even more apparent.
Date: 12/27/2011 | Business
2 accused of luring robbery victims with fake iPad ad on Craigslist
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Police have arrested two men who are suspected of robbing people at gunpoint after luring them to a restaurant parking lot with fake ads on Craigslist.
Date: 12/23/2011 | Nation & World
Mommy bloggers help to boost sales of toys
Emily Vanek is not buying up a bunch of LeapPad Explorers herself, but she may be at least partly to blame for some stores selling out of the $99 children's tablet this holiday season.
Date: 12/21/2011 | Business
City of Monroe launches new website
MONROE -- The city launched a new website Friday with the aim of increasing transparency and engaging with residents and businesses. The website has a new colorful design and the slogan, "The Adventure Starts Here."
Date: 12/20/2011 | Local News
Many Americans don't trust online information
NEW YORK -- Over the past decade, Americans have witnessed the rise of social networks and mobile technology that's put the Internet at an arm's reach, day and night -- yet a new study has found that people are even more distrustful of the information they find online.
Date: 12/15/2011 | Business
Game streaming service OnLive coming to tablets
NEW YORK -- OnLive, the startup whose technology streams high-end video games over an Internet connection, is expanding its service to tablets and mobile devices.
Date: 12/09/2011 | Business
Netflix leader predicts a rebound
SAN FRANCISCO -- To hear Netflix CEO Reed Hastings tell it, the bone-headed decisions that have dragged down the Internet's leading video subscription service during the past five months eventually will be forgotten like a bad movie made by a great film director.
Date: 12/08/2011 | Business
Justin Bieber tops Kim Kardashian as most-searched person
Justin Bieber has overtaken Kim Kardashian as the most-searched person in 2011, according to the search engine Bing.Looks like Kim just can't get a break.
Date: 11/30/2011 | Nation & World
In Craigslist case, mentor's motives questioned
CLEVELAND -- By one account, Richard Beasley was a devoted mentor to a 16-year-old high school junior, taking him to church almost weekly, going fishing, playing video games and involving him in volunteer work.
Date: 11/28/2011 | Nation & World
Defense seeks documents in Army WikiLeaks case
HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- The Army intelligence analyst suspected of giving hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks claims three federal reviews concluded the leaks didn't hurt national security and caused little damage to U.S. interests abroad.
Date: 11/28/2011 | Nation & World
Second body identified in Craigslist job scam
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A body found in a shallow grave in northeast Ohio was identified Saturday as that of a missing man whose father said answered a Craigslist ad similar to one police say was used in a deadly robbery scheme.
Date: 11/25/2011 | Nation & World
Online sales leap 20 percent on Black Friday
LOS ANGELES — Online shoppers didn't wait around until Cyber Monday to start their holiday shopping.
Date: 11/25/2011 | Business
Lawmakers, Twitter in dispute over tweets by Taliban
WASHINGTON -- Some members of Congress are urging the popular website Twitter to stop hosting pro-Taliban tweets that celebrate attacks against American and allied forces in Afghanistan.
Date: 11/24/2011 | Nation & World
Sarah Palin's husband paid thousands for hacker trial
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The government paid nearly $2,500 for Sarah Palin's husband to come to the trial of a Tennessee college student who hacked into her email — even though Todd Palin never testified, court records show.
Date: 11/22/2011 | Nation & World
More holiday shoppers expected to go mobile and use smartphones
NEW YORK -- When the holiday shopping frenzy of 2011 kicks off later this month, it could be the year of the mobile shopper.
Date: 11/22/2011 | Business
10 public safety ‘tweeps' to follow
Here are police and fire Twitter accounts worth following, both in Snohomish County and around the country.In no particular order:1. Washington State Patrol Trooper Keith Leary aka @wspd7pio
Date: 11/21/2011 | Sirens
Small businesses can benefit from the flubs of big businesses
Recent actions by big business have made national headlines and caused us to reflect on the new consumerism: power wielded by customers who choose to change how and where they spend their money.
Date: 11/21/2011 | Business
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