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Next Generation Learning

2013-06-12 11:37:00

�If� the latest hype is any indication, students and business professionals are abandoning their laptops and smart phones in droves for tablets. And with the iPad2, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, the HTC Flyer and Blackberry Playbook, choosing can be mind-...

Google acquisition keeps Waze out of rivals' hands

2013-06-12 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. snatched a popular mobile mapping service from the outstretched hands of its Internet superpower rivals, securing its dominance in real-time navigation information. Tuesday's $1-billion deal for Waze and the weeks of...

Officials: Edward Snowden took NSA secrets on thumb drive

2013-06-13 10:23:00

WASHINGTON -- Former National Security Agency contract employee Edward Snowden used a computer thumb drive to smuggle highly classified documents out of an NSA facility in Hawaii, using a portable digital device supposedly barred inside the cyber spying...

Snowden smuggled out data on thumb drive, officials say

2013-06-13 20:56:00

WASHINGTON — Former National Security Agency contract employee Edward Snowden used a computer thumb drive, a portable data storage device that is supposedly barred inside the spying agency, to smuggle highly classified documents out of an NSA...

Google said to be buying Waze social mapping app for $1.1 billion

2013-06-09 16:11:00

Google has reportedly struck a deal to purchase Waze, a popular mobile mapping app, for $1.1 billion. Citing unnamed sources, Bloomberg reported that the Silicon Valley giant could officially announce the deal as early as Monday. The move would...

Obama faces privacy questions as he raises them with Chinese leader

2013-06-07 07:03:00

SAN JOSE —�President Obama plans to take up the subject of cyber security with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday as the two meet behind closed doors for what U.S. officials hope will be a rapport-building session between the two leaders....

Obama to press China's Xi to stop cyber attacks

2013-06-05 18:11:00

WASHINGTON — In January 2010, when Google accused Chinese hackers of infiltrating its network to track emails of human rights activists, the Obama administration didn't disclose what U.S. diplomats in Beijing believed: China's Politburo had directed...

Obama orders list of foreign cyber-targets

2013-06-07 22:58:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama has ordered his national security team to draw up a secret target list for possible cyber-attacks, a major expansion of U.S. planning for disabling and hacking into foreign computer networks, according to a copy of the...

NSA program part of a larger effort to target Internet

2013-06-07 23:03:00

WASHINGTON — Operating under secret court orders, the National Security Agency has access to a large segment of U.S. and global Internet traffic, allowing the giant spy agency to intercept specific information for counter-terrorism and foreign...

DWP computers log more than 1,300 hours searching salaries database

2013-06-07 14:32:00

Since the Los Angeles Times posted a searchable database of Department of Water and Power employees' pay online late Tuesday night, visitors from the department's computer network have spent approximately 1,300 hours on the site. That's the equivalent...

Nextdoor, the social network for neighbors, rolls out iPhone app

2013-05-23 06:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Nextdoor, which wants to be the go-to social network for neighborhoods, is rolling out an app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Nextdoor co-founder and Chief Executive Nirav Tolia said he expects the mobile app to fuel growth and...

Tumblr users take to blogs to express fear over 'Yahoo takeover'

2013-05-20 21:00:00

Many Tumblr users are already up in arms over worries that their beloved blogging service could lose its hip edge under Yahoo's control. The blogging website was filled with rants after Yahoo announced on Monday it was acquiring Tumblr for $1.1 billion....

Nextdoor is like Facebook but for neighbors: a private network to find a baby sitter, borrow a cup of sugar, organize a block party or spread word of a break-in.

2013-05-23 06:00:00

An attendee at Google's annual developers conference in San Francisco wears a custom Google Maps leather coat.

2013-05-16 10:52:13

Although technically a prank, Google Maps Treasure Mode actually turns users' maps into brown, hand-drawn sketches. Users can check it out by going to Google Maps and clicking the "Treasure" button on the top right corner.

2013-04-01 10:48:00