26.03.2007
Batteries Could Run on Sugar
Related Stories• Feds Warn of Fire Hazard in Remote-Controlled Airplanes, Helicopters• New Rule Limits Lithium Batteries in Baggage• Georgia Man`s Dell Laptop Bursts into Flames• Nokia Joins Battery Recall• Acer Recalls Notebook Computer Batteries• Batteries Could Run on Sugar• MacBook Battery Suspected in Australian... |
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26.03.2007
Class Action Charges Vonage Deceived Consumers
Vonage• Appeals Court Gives Vonage a Reprieve• Vonage CEO Exits as Company Struggles to Survive• Vonage Gets a Reprieve but its Future is Murky• Judge Orders Vonage to Stop Signing New Customers• Class Action Charges Vonage Deceived Consumers• Vonage Settles New Jersey Charges• FTC Drops Vonage 911 Inquiry But Continues... |
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23.03.2007
FCC Takes Another Look at Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality• Internet Providers Ponder Bandwidth Limits For Heavy Users• Comcast, Cox Caught Blocking BitTorrent• Will Antitrust Law Save Net Neutrality?• Few Are Neutral in Net Neutrality Battles• Net Neutrality Supporters Testify• Comcast Blocks Public From FCC Hearing• Congress Gets Net Neutrality Legislation•... |
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20.03.2007
Identity Theft Supports a Vast Underground Economy
Identity Theft• Consumers Cautioned About Voter Registration Scams• Young Adults Seen As Prime Identity Theft Targets• Researchers Find Security Flaws In Online Banking Sites• `Red Flags Rules` for Identity Theft on the Way• Identity Theft: One Woman`s Story• Xbox or PC Stolen? Don`t Forget to Cancel Your Credit Cards•... |
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20.03.2007
Therapist Sees Signs Of "Technology Overload"
Is your cell phone attached to your ear? Do you hyperventilate when you can`t check your email? Living in an age of advanced technology has its advantages, but how much technology is too much? "We live in a world with wonderful technological advances," says John O`Neill, director of social work at The Menninger Clinic, a psychiatric hospital in Houston, Texas.... |
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19.03.2007
Florida Company Agrees to Repay `Cramming` Charges
Cramming• AT&T Settles Cramming Suit• Feds Settle with BSG/ZPDI/Billing Concepts• Verizon Signs Florida Anti-Cramming Agreement• Embarq Agreement Protects Florida Consumers from Cramming• Florida Company Agrees to Repay `Cramming` Charges• Florida Files "Cramming" Suit• Congress, Feds Sleep While Cramming Charges Afflict... |
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19.03.2007
AT&T Blocks Calls To Competing Conference Call Service
Net Neutrality• Internet Providers Ponder Bandwidth Limits For Heavy Users• Comcast, Cox Caught Blocking BitTorrent• Will Antitrust Law Save Net Neutrality?• Few Are Neutral in Net Neutrality Battles• Net Neutrality Supporters Testify• Comcast Blocks Public From FCC Hearing• Congress Gets Net Neutrality Legislation•... |
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14.03.2007
Feds Settle with BSG/ZPDI/Billing Concepts
Cramming• AT&T Settles Cramming Suit• Feds Settle with BSG/ZPDI/Billing Concepts• Verizon Signs Florida Anti-Cramming Agreement• Embarq Agreement Protects Florida Consumers from Cramming• Florida Company Agrees to Repay `Cramming` Charges• Florida Files "Cramming" Suit• Congress, Feds Sleep While Cramming Charges Afflict... |
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14.03.2007
MacBook Battery Suspected in Australian Fire
Photo posted by mattyb on MacTalkIt was 3 a.m. when Matty`s screaming housemate and barking dog startled him out of bed.Smoke was filling his Australian home and the smell of burning plastic clung to everything. Matty ran into his lounge -- the source of the commotion. That`s when he saw the fire. At first he thought a lamp had set the fire, or maybe the drapes. But... |
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14.03.2007
FCC Chair Grilled By Congress Over Favorable Treatment of AT&T, Verizon
Broadband Access• Report: Metered Broadband Bad For Consumers, Businesses• FCC Votes to Punish Comcast for Content Blocking• Comcast Tries to Polish Its Image• Communications Industry Urges Congress to Act on Broadband• Comcast Cuts Deal With Vonage on Internet Traffic• Court Upholds FCC`s Video Rules• Report: U.S. Broadband... |
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