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Venture capitalists set sights on Asian region
News Venture capitalists from Silicon Valley, eager to repeat their dotcom successes of the past two years, are turning to Asia, a region offering economic expansion and rapidly rising Internet usage, to finance startups.
Media 100 to buy Digital Origin
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Kayak broadside hits Microsoft's search redesign
News Microsoft slapped with litigation threat this week for looking too similar to Kayak's site both in look and functionality.
Tags: Lawsuits, Development/design, Copyright, Web Browser, Search Engine, Google Chrome, British Broadcasting Corp., search tool, search business, Wired Inc.
Here come the 'Twitter, we did it first' lawsuits
News Service that makes emergency-management messaging software has sued Twitter over alleged patent infringement. The legal documents, however, are pretty vague.
Tags: Web 2.0, Legal, Twitter, Lawsuit, Emergency Management, Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg, emergency response, Facebook, founder
Bezos: We've got issues with Google Book Search
News At the Wired Business Conference, Amazon CEO says his company takes issue with the Web giant's Book Search project because of the exclusive rights it could gain to out-of-print digital books.
Tags: Search, Web services, Conference, Google Inc., Jeff Bezos, Advertisement, Amazon.com Inc., New York, industry, California
Google designer leaves, blaming data-centrism
News Google's visual design leader quits as he finds the company's reliance on detailed Web page performance data too confining.
Tags: Product development and design, Web Page, Google Inc., computer science, performance, leader, blog, vice president, Marissa Mayer, Wired Inc.
Expert: iPhone 3GS crypto is easily cracked
News Encryption functionality of the iPhone 3GS is essentially "broken" in protecting sensitive personal data such as credit card numbers, says forensics expert and iPhone developer.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Applications and tools, Network security, Apple Inc., Video, social security number, Social Security, financial, Apple iPhone, credit card
Researchers claim wired-keyboard sniff
News Two researchers studying in Lausanne claim to have developed techniques to intercept keystrokes from wired keyboards.
Tags: Hacking, Network security, Video, Cryptography, sensitive information, keyboard, researcher, technique, LCD, LCD screen
Keystrokes can be recovered remotely
News Researchers find they can recover usernames and passwords remotely by listening to the electromagnetic waves broadcast by the keyboard itself.
Tags: Security, Data security, Battery, ATM, Video, Password, Cryptography, Computer, keyboard, Laptop Computer
FBI accuses Twitter user of massacre threats
News An Oklahoma City man has been arrested after allegedly threatening on the micro-blogging site to turn a tax protest into a massacre.
Tags: Security, Open source, Twitter, Oklahoma City, FBI, GPS, phone, web technology, mashup, scientist
Third-party iPhone apps to arrive soon
News Software companies are bursting at the seams ahead of Monday's Steve Jobs event, as Apple finally welcomes them to the iPhone.
Tags: Mobile applications, Application, software company, 3G Network, phone, software, network, revenue, Apple iPhone, Wired Inc.
