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Facebook privacy chief: Data portability dangers overlooked The launch of Facebook's Beacon advertising system in November put the social networking site in the middle of a controversy over privacy, as Beacon was criticized for being too aggressive and stealthy in collecting and broadcasting information about users' activitie Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Google's Flu Trends tool spreads privacy concern Google's new Flu Trends tool, which collects and analyzes search queries to predict flu outbreaks around the country, is raising concern with privacy groups.The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a Free Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Obama Campaign Calls McCain Camp's VP Bluff Sen. Barack Obama's campaign hit back at speculation that Sen. John McCain would leak the name of his running mate tonight to distract from Obama's acceptance speech.Obama communications chief Dan Pfeiffer told Politico: "Tonight would be political malpractice. It's one more piece of ev Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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McCain's Privacy Could Hurt Campaign Karl Rove calls it "politically troubling" that Sen. John McCain "is one of the most private individuals to run for president in history.""When it comes to choosing a president, the American people want to know more about a candidate than policy positions. They want to know about chara Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Compression technique lets attackers tap VoIP calls A common compression technique can make Internet telephone calls significantly more susceptible to bugging, according to recent research from Johns Hopkins University.Internet telephony has become widely used th Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Campaign Notebook: McCain, Obama Running-Mate Advice From Foes - Bloomberg Times OnlineCampaign Notebook: McCain, Obama Running-Mate Advice From FoesBloomberg - 23 minutes agoBy Joe Sobczyk and Jonathan Salant Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama and John McCain have plenty of advisers working on vice presidential candidate lists.Experts Say Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Privacy groups vow to fight Microsoft-Yahoo deal Privacy groups are promising a fight before U.S. regulatory agencies if Microsoft's offer to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion is accepted, and the deal could face significant hurdles in Europe as well.Microsoft ann Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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The Invisible Negative Campaign With record numbers of political ads flooding the airwaves in Pennsulvania, the Philadelphia Daily News notes the lack of attack spots, saying "the contrast illustrates an odd dynamic at work in the campaign, both in Pennsylvania and nationally.""Both candidates want to damage the other' Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Voters allege e-voting machines switching votes A handful of early voters in West Virginia have complained that electronic voting machines there switched their votes, but voting officials and the e-voting vendor discounted the problem.Three voters in Putnam C Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Superdelegates Get Campaign Cash A new study finds Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama have been making campaign contributions to superdelegates. "And while it would be unseemly for the candidates to hand out thousands of dollars to primary voters, or to the delegates pledged to represent the will of those voters, elected of Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Americans Would Ditch Landline in Favor of Cellphones For the first time, more Americans say they'd rather live without conventional phones than their cellphones, a Pew Institute survey finds. Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Americans Would Ditch Landline in Favor of Cellphones For the first time, more Americans say they'd rather live without conventional phones than their cellphones, a Pew Institute survey finds. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Obama says he will fine-tune his campaign INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama said on Friday he would fine-tune his U.S. presidential campaign and remind voters of his humble roots after a defeat in Pennsylvania fueled in part by his failure to win over working-class voters. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Obama says he will fine-tune his campaign
(Reuters) Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama said on Friday he would fine-tune his U.S. presidential campaign and remind voters of his humble roots after a defeat in Pennsylvania fueled in part by his failure to win over working-class voters. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Clinton Campaign a Study in Mismanagement Sen. Hillary Clinton "wants voters to decide the nomination based on who can coolly and competently run the country. She had better hope they don't study her recent campaign too closely for the answer," the Politico observes. "Clinton has overseen two major staff shake-ups in two mont Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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In Japan, Cellphones Have Become Too Complex to Use TOKYO -- Steve Jobs' new iPhone, expected to be unveiled Monday, is headed to Japan by the end of the year. But the device's famed ease of use may actually be a turnoff in Japan, where consumers want features, not simplicity.

 Indeed, Japanese handsets have become prime examples Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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In Japan, Cellphones Have Become Too Complex to Use TOKYO -- Steve Jobs' new iPhone, expected to be unveiled Monday, is headed to Japan by the end of the year. But the device's famed ease of use may actually be a turnoff in Japan, where consumers want features, not simplicity.

 Indeed, Japanese handsets have become prime examples Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Inside the Clinton Campaign The Wall Street Journal provides a snapshot of life inside Hillaryland: "But the campaign has something of a shellshocked feel, as staffers privately chew over a blowup last week where internal frictions flared into the open. Clinton campaign operatives say it happened as top Clinton advisers gather Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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CDT launches health privacy initiative Privacy needs to be a higher priority as the U.S. government and other groups push for adoption of health IT as a way to improve the country's healthcare system, said the Center for Democracy and Technology , which has launched a health privacy initiative. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Senators question NebuAd, targeted ad privacy NebuAd, the controversial online behavioral advertising vendor, does not collect personally identifiable information or keep the information it collects for an extended time, the company's chairman and CEO said Wednesday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |