May 25, 2013
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Readers react to discount phone furor
In a column two weeks ago, T-Mobile customer Kyle McCauley of Burnsville, Minn., protested that the company’s abrupt switch to no contracts and full-priced phones had violated his right to purchase...
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McClatchy News Service Amanda Krebs uses the password that only she knows to sign on her son to his Facebook page at their home in Green, Ohio, on March 5. According to a new study by the Education Database Online, half of the parents who have a Facebook page say they have started one to keep tabs on their children.
Parents keep track of kids on Facebook
Is Mom or Dad creeping on your Facebook? There’s half a chance. A new study by Education Database Online (www.OnlineEducation.net) says one out of two parents say part of the reason they set up ...
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Using technology to fight cheating
LOS ANGELES — While Jennifer Clay was at home taking an online exam for her business law class, a proctor a few hundred miles away was watching her every move. Using a webcam mounted in Clay’s L...
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Bell’s voice ID’d on recording
WASHINGTON — Researchers have identified the voice of Alexander Graham Bell for the first time in some of the earliest audio recordings held at the Smithsonian Institution. The National Museum o...
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Associated Press Trader Christopher Lotito (center) works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. No sooner did a phony Associated Press report of explosions at the White House appear on Twitter Tuesday than investors started dumping stocks, eventually unloading $134 billion worth. Turns out, some investors are not only gullible, they're impossibly fast stock traders.
Phony twitter message, PC trades sank stocks
NEW YORK — For a few surreal minutes, a mere 12 words on Twitter caused the world’s mightiest stock market to tremble. No sooner did hackers send a false Associated Press tweet reporting explosi...
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Tech Q&A: Turning back your PC’s clock from Windows 8
QUESTION: I recently bought a Windows 8 laptop, and the only thing I don’t like about the PC is Windows 8. I want to replace Windows 8 with the more familiar Windows 7. How can I do this? —Rober...
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Amazon nears debut of original TV shows
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — There used to be just one way for getting shows on TV. Networks would spend tens of millions of dollars ordering scripts and shooting pilots and then show the fruits of their...
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Get wireless control of your DSLR with CamRanger, Apple products
The CamRanger is the wireless device photographers have been waiting a long time for, and after one use I can say it was worth the wait. It plugs into the USB-out port on most of the newer digit...
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Make files play nice with media player
Q: When I try to open some email attachments that I want to run on Windows Media Player, I get an error message: “Windows Media cannot play the file. The player might not support the file type or m...
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Smartphone trade-ins shoot up
Taking a cue from the auto industry, phone sellers are tempting consumers with trade-in offers. In fact, there’s probably a good-size down payment on a new smartphone in your pocket now. Phone r...
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