Car Control Software Chaos Revealed in Major Safety Study

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January 28, 2012
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Car Control Software Chaos Revealed in Major Safety Study A U.S. government-commissioned report found that it was 'unrealistic' for the country's vehicle safety agency to be able to maintain the skills to keep up with rapid technology change.
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Google Doodle Commemorates Largest Snowflake It's hard to imagine a snowstorm in which the snowflakes are more than a foot in diameter.
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Massive Android Malware Op May Have Infected 5 Million Users The largest-ever Android malware campaign may have duped as many as 5 million users into downloading infected apps from Google's Android Market, Symantec said Friday.
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Smartphone Tracking Services olso Available on Android, Blackberry Handsets Several carriers offer services similar to the popular "Find My iPhone" app that can track stolen devices or find one dropped between the cushions on your sofa.
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Dig Deep Into Lion: 17 of the Best Overlooked and Underrated Features 17 useful features every OS X Lion user should know about.
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Microsoft Kinect Motion-Sensing Technology Coming to Laptops, Sources Say If Kinect capability does arrive in laptops, you may soon be able to control programs with the wave of your hand.
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Why e-Textbooks Could Cost Students Will Apple's recent attempt to break into the textbook market, and other rapidly evolving e-book distribution models, help to moderate soaring textbook prices? From what I've seen so far, it could do just the opposite.
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Google Privacy Policy Claims Challenged by Watchdog SafeGov disputes the Internet search leader's claims that the changes won't affect government workers using Google apps.
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Amazon Merchant Caught Bribing Customers for Reviews VIP Deals has been offering customers rebates for reviewing.
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How Tweet It Isn't: Twitter's New Censorship Policies Twitter has announced that it will allow governments to censor some (but not all) tweets. Did they really have any other choice?
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How to Hack an iPad Most iPad and iPhone owners rely on their Apple ID password to prevent access to their account details. This won't stop a hacker gaining access to your personal account and log in details.
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Security Roundup: The Triumph of Hactivists, the Sorrow of Symantec It was another busy week for hactivists attacking the online targets of their ire.
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Windows Phone 7 App Fights Malaria Microsoft has awarded an Imagine Cup Grant to a team that developed a custom Windows Phone 7 and application that can diagnose malaria then upload the data to cloud servers that map the data to help track outbreaks.
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FTC Evauates Mobile Payment Tools A workshop will examine the security and feasibility of making payments on the fly via cell phone.
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Google Slammed for Tainting Search to Hype Google+ Social Networking New "Search Plus Your World" Google feature, which shows Google+ data alongside generic search results, provokes anger.
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Android Malware Not Rampant, Lookout Security Says Researchers are refuting a claim from their competitor Symantec, which had warned of malicious apps on the Android Market.
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Adscend Denies Facebook, AG Allegations Adscend Media, the defendant in lawsuits filed this week by Facebook and the Washington attorney general, on Friday denied the allegations in the complaints and shifted blame to its affiliates.
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Apple Reclaims Top Brand Spot After iPhone 4S Launch, Jobs' Death Apple reclaimed the top spot in a brand listing by collecting an estimated $900 million worth of traditional media, social media and Twitter coverage in the fourth quarter of 2011, a measurement company said today.
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Macworld | iWorld: iKeyboard for iPads iKeyboard is a $35 device that attaches to your iPad's screen to provide a touch keyboard feel without needing a Bluetooth connection.
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Marine Breaks Record for Biggest Lego Collection, Gains Huge Geek Cred Think your Lego collection is expansive? Think again when you check out this guy's record-breaking brick bounty.
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