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Says Justice Department 'overreached' in collecting data on steroid use by MLB players
Researchers create a server that analyzes sights and sounds to pinpoint activities of interest
Pharmaceutical authentication and tracking system relies on SMS, GPS and phone cameras
Scientists write software that turns wireless phones into free-space pens
Researchers have some ideas on how to stop these malicious applications, but none is foolproof
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Lower court judge let trial 'run amok,' company argues in appeal of $290M award
They can't wait to get their hands on the API that will tell their applications the location of Twitter users
Ruckus beam-forming access points got around metal walls on the Queen Mary floating hotel
vEOS networking software straddles VMware virtual machines, cloud and physical machines
Another bureaucrat pleads guilty to snooping on files out of 'idle curiosity'
Five-year contract will have IBM manage BP's enterprise applications and run its service-desk operations
Companies can now refocus ad campaigns that use social networks toward an older group of users, a study says
Music and gaming could encourage programmers to think about writing applications in parallel
VMworld virtualization conference kicks off next week
Group says upcoming study funded by carriers will underestimate dangers
Report: Programmer says he took mostly open source software that's available to all
Hackers can hijack accounts more simply by getting people to view a tweet, he says
Proposed clampdown is heavy-handed, disproportionate, say opponents, and some ISPs agree
Sony unveils tool to help readers find e-books on the e-shelves of local libraries
IBM security report finds 55% of new malware is Trojans, an increase of 9% over last year
The on-demand CRM vendor is looking to the channel to scale up business for its development platform
Among them, says FSF: Taking away privacy, strong-arming into unwanted upgrades
The market researcher warned of challenges ahead for chips next year
Taiwan will be a testing ground for the I-SIM NFC cards from Motorola
China expects domain names that end in Chinese characters to be mainstream in two years
The trial is part of Intuit's strategy to develop a number of products for the Indian market
Percentage of users on social networking sites has doubled since 2007
Makes good on promise, pushes new browser to businesses via WSUS
Many measures already in place to mitigate risks, although more can be done, report says
The civil liberties group wants to see details about laptop searches at US borders
'Skimming' customer credit card numbers is a growing threat
AirMagnet, a developer of wireless LAN security products, discovered the problem
CULV laptops will grow fast as a portion of Asustek notebook shipments in the third quarter
The law could also affect technology companies that practice unfair pricing or overcharge to license their patents
Black Internet is working with the police fo find the perpretators
You can now hide a GPS unit in your family car and find out where everybody went. But should you?
