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China's Skype service censoring messages

News University of Toronto researchers say they uncovered "targeted surveillance" of TOM-Skype users in China. Text chats are blocked if they contain certain words.

Thursday, October 02 2008 10:40 AM

Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Privacy, Skype Technologies S.A., Security, Report, E-mail Message, Server, New York Times Co., Canada, professor

IBM taps Linux for watch, supercomputer

News IBM is thinking big and small in its strategy for the increasingly popular Linux operating system.

Friday, June 01 2001 04:09 PM

Scientists, engineers rail at PC industry

News Computers are illogical machines in dire need of a total overhaul, and the information technology industry is completely screwed up.

Wednesday, March 14 2001 09:10 AM

Google: Computer memory flakier than expected

News After studying most of its servers for more than two years, Google finds that computer memory failures are much more common than expected and debunks some other myths.

Thursday, October 08 2009 12:04 PM

Tags: Memory, Error Rate, Google Inc., Error, Memory Module, Computer, Operating System, Envisioneering Group, University of Toronto, Error Correction Code

Microsoft worming into Google's territory

News Microsoft has announced a deal with a digital scanning company Kirtas Technologies to produce digital books, nudging its way further into Google's territory.

Thursday, October 19 2006 01:41 PM

Tags: Web sites, Search, Web services, Copyright

Nanotech lighting the way

News Particles that capture infrared light could allow everyday objects to tap into an under-exploited source of energy

Wednesday, January 19 2005 09:35 AM

Tags: Nanotechnology

Responsibility, not guilt, must lure graduates back

Blogs In 1975, a young graduate of the University of the Philippines named Teresita packed her bags to pursue her post-graduat...

Sunday, January 13 2008 11:37 PM

Squeezing light from nanotubes

News Scientists at IBM Research have discovered a new way to get carbon nanotubes to emit light, a breakthrough that might one day lead to advances in fiber-optic technology.

Friday, May 02 2003 09:31 AM

Skype: We didn't know about security issues

News The company's president says he knew its Chinese partner filtered messages, but he was unaware that it was storing personal information in an insecure way.

Monday, October 06 2008 01:46 AM

Tags: Privacy, VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, Skype Technologies S.A., Security, Storage, software, IM, researcher, knowledge

Grant funds open-source challenge to Google library

News Internet Archive receives US$1 million from charitable trust to help boost its open-source alternative to book-scanning efforts.

Thursday, December 21 2006 06:21 PM

GM says hands-free talk won't hurt

News One in 4 million: Those are the odds of getting into a car crash while using a hands-free cell phone while driving, according to General Motors.

Thursday, August 23 2001 08:05 AM

Baidu CEO touts growth of China's search engine

News Robin Li tells Stanford students to embrace tough decisions when running a startup, in discussion that centered on entrepreneurship in the tough Chinese market.

Friday, September 25 2009 09:19 AM

Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Search, Palo Alto, venture capital, Baidu.com Inc., Search Result, China, Internet, Internet company