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French police end missing persons searches, suggest using Facebook instead

IDGNS staff — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:13:03 +0000

The latest victim of disruption by Internet technologies is a veteran of World War I: the missing persons search.

Penguin settles with US states in e-book price-fixing lawsuit

IDGNS staff — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:02:31 +0000

Penguin has settled with U.S. states in an e-book price-fixing lawsuit, leaving only Apple now in the fray.

Twitter aims to become safer with two-step sign-in

IDGNS staff — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:56:47 +0000

Twitter, in a much-needed move to keep its users safer from cyberattacks, is introducing a more secure login process.

Google launching new fund for later-stage tech investments

IDGNS staff — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:39:18 +0000

Google is launching a new fund through which it will make later-stage investments in technology companies, a Google executive said Wednesday.

How can I control spam on WordPress blogs?

ttopp — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:00:52 +0000

I spend an inordinate amount of time removing spam from a couple wordpress blogs that I am responsible for. How can I keep the amount of spam to a minimum on these sites? At times, I can't even get the spam messages I'm deleting deleted before more have been posted.

Saving Google Maps destinations for easy navigation

IDGNS staff — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:54:03 +0000

Saving a destination in Google Maps makes it easier to navigate to and also lessens the chance for error when entering or trying to remember an address.

Salesforce.com aims its customer service, social monitoring apps at governments

IDGNS staff — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:46:37 +0000

Salesforce.com is hoping to set the standard for how government bodies deliver online services to citizens using mobile devices.

Chinese rival bolsters search engine against Baidu with Alibaba partnership

IDGNS staff — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:41:01 +0000

China's Baidu has long dominated the country's search market. But a local rival to the company is bolstering its own search services with the help of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.

Does Yahoo's 1TB of Flickr storage signal bigger cloud plans?

IDGNS staff — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:43:22 +0000

With Flickr now offering users 1TB of free photo storage, Yahoo may just be getting started when it comes to cloud storage.

Airbnb runs afoul of New York law

IDGNS staff — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:40:45 +0000

An Airbnb host was fined $2400 for violating a New York state law barring short-term apartment rentals in large buildings.

Teens growing cool on Facebook but warming to Twitter, Pew study finds

IDGNS staff — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:29:25 +0000

Some teens are growing tired of the excessive sharing and "drama" on Facebook and more are turning to sites like Twitter and Instagram to express themselves, according to a new study.

Google trumpets small speed boost to Chrome 27

IDGNS staff — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:36:17 +0000

Google today upgraded Chrome to version 27, touting it as 5% faster as it patched 13 vulnerabilities.

Yahoo returns to list of most valuable brands

IDGNS staff — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:29:53 +0000

Yahoo again ranks as one of the world's 100 most valuable brands.

VMware launches network-savvy cloud service

IDGNS staff — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:16:14 +0000

VMware has launched its long-anticipated public infrastructure as a service (IaaS), touting its virtual networking capabilities as a differentiator from other established hybrid cloud offerings.

WikiLeaks' donations barely enough to keep the servers running

IDGNS staff — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:17:08 +0000

Donations to WikiLeaks since January have only been enough to cover expenditures in essential infrastructure, such as servers, according to a transparency report.