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Sprint is taking the guesswork out of keeping tabs on your kids. The wireless carrier on Thursday launched the Sprint Family Locator. It's a location-based service that lets a parent use a phone or PC to pinpoint the location of a child on a map, complete with the address and surrounding landmarks, ...
If there's one software category that program makers never tire of taking a crack at it's registry cleaners. As many Microsoft Windows users know, the registry is a database of all the settings on a PC. It's one of the most crucial components of the operating system, and it's always a mess. Any time...
Google has introduced a beta version of its latest productivity tool -- an online calendar that allows users to easily update and share their schedules with friends and family. It can be integrated into Gmail, for instance, allowing someone to create a calendar notation directly from a message. Anot...
Google may be planning to allow users to search the Internet or computer files simply by asking out loud, based on a U.S. patent on a voice-activated search engine technology the search giant was awarded recently. Google gained on buzz and speculation with the publication of the patent, however the ...
Sprint is taking the guesswork out of keeping tabs on your kids. The wireless carrier on Thursday launched the Sprint Family Locator. It's a location-based service that lets a parent use a phone or PC to pinpoint the location of a child on a map, complete with the address and surrounding landmarks, ...
Intel China, a subsidiary of Intel Corporation, and Chinese language Web search engine Baidu on Thursday announced an agreement to co-develop Internet search and related applications in China. "Baidu is committed to providing the best way for people to find information. In addition to PCs, our users...
Are you addicted to using your mobile phone? Many people are these days. A recent AOL-Pew Research Center Mobile Lifestyle Survey revealed that 52 percent of American adults surveyed keep their cell phone turned on all the time while 40 percent of those between the ages of 18 and 29 are saying that ...
IT security and information risk management has been high on the agenda of financial institutions for the past decade. It's little wonder due to the regulatory and organizational repercussions of a wholesale breach. Historically executives have concentrated on threats from "beyond the firewall," pro...
Yahoo is providing full travel planning functionality by uniting its air and hotel search, price comparison, and maps online in a new service called FareChase. Made available this week, it allows users to plan and purchase trips, as well as to share their travel experiences with an online community ...
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday issued a slew of fixes in its April release, most of which focused on browser flaws. The software giant's monthly security update issued five patches in all, including three "critical," one "moderate" and one "important" patch. Ten vulnerabilities in all were addressed in t...
MySpace.com has taken several steps to secure its popular service against online predators trolling the Internet for new victims -- a danger that critics say the company has done little, up until now, to forestall. The company has appointed Microsoft veteran and former Justice Department trial atto...
CyberLink may not be a household name among PC users, but the feisty company makes some robust entertainment software for producing and watching DVDs as well as editing video. Certainly, the Taiwanese enterprise has a tough row to hoe, pitted as it is against the likes of Sonic/Roxio, Pinnacle and U...
MySpace.com has taken several steps to secure its popular service against online predators trolling the Internet for new victims -- a danger that critics say the company has done little, up until now, to forestall. The company has appointed Microsoft veteran and former Justice Department trial atto...
People who have had "near-death experiences" (NDEs) often report seeing a light at the end of a dark tunnel. TV shows, movies and books drill this crossing-over concept into viewers' minds. However, a study published in Neurology, a scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology, finds that...
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a blind bidding process for wireless spectrum auctions, a move that is both supported and opposed by major wireless carriers, depending on their own spectrum situations. The FCC votes Wednesday on whether to change the wireless auction process to ...