 Library privacy dilemma
 Associated Press
Library Director Amy Grasmick sits in the Kimball Public Library's children's room where public access computers are in use in Randolph, Vt., Friday
Five state police detectives wanted to seize Kimball Public Library's public access computers as they frantically searched for a 12-year-old girl, acting on a tip that she sometimes used the terminals.
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Antigua, U.S. extend deadline for compromise on Internet gambling feud
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, 11:07 a.m. July 19 (AP)
Antigua's finance minister says it could take several more months to resolve an Internet gambling feud with the U.S.
The countries have been at odds since the World Trade Organization last year ruled the island could impose retaliatory sanctions for a U.S. ban on online betting.
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MOSCOW, 9:31 a.m. July 18 (AP)
iPhones hot even in places Apple has yet to reach: In the Soviet days, Russians asked their American friends to bring blue jeans, rock records and other Western goods into the country. Today Russians can buy almost anything they want here – but they are still begging for one item: Apple Inc.'s slick iPhone.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., 10:24 a.m. July 18 (AP)
Web networking photos come back to bite defendants: Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled “Jail Bird.”
July 17 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Twitterers atwitter about updates: What are you doing? No. Really. Are you reading? Spreading cream cheese on your bagel? Watching paint dry?
BRUSSELS, Belgium, 9:19 a.m. July 17 (AP)EU warns of tricks by ring tone Websites: Eight out of ten Web sites selling mobile phone ring tones and graphics are tricking consumers with hidden fees or false advertising for free products, the EU said Thursday.
LOS ANGELES, 1:24 p.m. July 16 (AP)
Video game industry tries to broaden its appeal: A tough little blob must splash color over a town wallowing in gray. Bug-eyed rabbits do a dance routine. And then there's the “perfect equine farm” of wild horses for little girls to tame and train.
WASHINGTON, 12:45 p.m. July 16 (AP)
Wireless microphones flap causing static: Consumer groups are accusing Broadway actors, mega-church pastors, karaoke DJs and others who use popular wireless microphones of unwittingly violating Federal Communications Commission rules that require government licenses for such devices.
NEW YORK, 12:44 p.m. July 16 (REUTERS)
Verizon gets final go-ahead for FiOS TV in NYC: Verizon Communications Inc won final regulatory approval Wednesday to sell its FiOS TV service in New York City, and plans to launch in the coming weeks to compete with cable service providers.
SEATTLE, 11:41 a.m. July 16 (AP)
Review: Facebook Scrabble flashy, but not better: A sanctioned version of Scrabble for Facebook, released this week by video game maker Electronic Arts Inc., boasts animated graphics and true-to-the-board-game design.
SAN FRANCISCO, 12:05 a.m. July 16 (AP)
Intel 2Q profit jump reflects healthy PC demand: Worried that the ailing U.S. economy has spilled abroad and hurt global PC sales, investors had subdued expectations for Intel Corp. in the second quarter. Intel is the world's largest computer chip maker, and its fortunes rise and fall with swings in PC demand.
LOS ANGELES, 11:13 a.m. July 16 (AP)
Big 3 mimic each other at E3: more, more and more: One word sums up the announcements made by the Big Three gaming companies at the E3 this week: more.
TOKYO, 8:29 a.m. July 16 (AP)
Japan cautious in iPhone's bid for world dominance: Kentaro Tohyama is proud of his new iPhone. He stood overnight in line to get it when the device became available in Japan for the first time. But the 29-year-old computer engineer isn't about to part with his made-in-Japan cell phone either.
BRUSSELS/PARIS, 7:40 a.m. July 16 (REUTERS)Britain stands by EU biofuels 2020 target -diplomat: Britain still supports a European Union target to get a tenth of the bloc's road transport fuel from biofuels by 2020, a British diplomat who declined to be named said on Wednesday. SEOUL, South Korea, 7:16 a.m. July 16 (AP)
Ex-Samsung boss avoids prison: Former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee saw the suspension Wednesday of his prison sentence in a tax-evasion conviction, a move that confirmed South Koreans' view that tycoons are immune from jail.
NEW YORK, 7:03 a.m. July 15 (AP)
YouTube, Viacom agree to anonymize viewer data: The video-sharing site YouTube will be allowed to mask the identities of individual users when it provides viewership records to Viacom Inc. and other copyright holders behind a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit.
LOS ANGELES, 11:09 a.m. July 15 (AP)
Nintendo unveils Wii Remote upgrade, new games: The Wii Remote is getting in touch with its sensitive side. Nintendo unveiled Wii MotionPlus at the E3 Business and Media Summit on Tuesday. The new accessory plugs into the base of the Wii Remote and will provide more intuitive motion controls.
BRUSSELS, Belgium, 7:16 a.m. July 15 (AP)
EU wants to cap costs on phone text messages: Are mobile phone companies taking advantage of teenagers' addiction to chatting in text messages? The top telecommunications regulator for the European Union believes so, and said Tuesday that a limit should be placed on the cost of international texts.
MARLBORO, Mass., 5:31 a.m. July 15 (AP)
Evergreen Solar gets $1.2B contract with IBC Solar: Solar panel maker Evergreen Solar Inc. said Tuesday it has signed a sales contract with Germany's IBC Solar AG worth $1.2 billion – the biggest deal in the company's history.
NEW YORK, 2:41 p.m. July 14 (AP)Apple sells 1 million iPhones in first 3 days: Apple Inc. said Monday it sold 1 million iPhones in the first three days its newest model was on the market. SAN FRANCISCO, 2:39 p.m. July 14 (AP)
Intel shows off laptop chip package to counter AMD: Intel Corp. rolled out a new batch of chips for laptops Monday that promises longer battery life and better graphics-rendering abilities, the company's latest salvo against smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
LOS ANGELES, 11:36 a.m. July 14 (REUTERS)
Netflix to be carried on Microsoft's Xbox console: A long-rumored tie-up between online movie rental company Netflix Inc and Microsoft Corp to let Netflix subscribers watch streamed movies and TV shows on Xbox 360 game consoles will become a reality this fall, the companies said Monday.
NEW YORK, 10:27 a.m. July 14 (AP)eBay beats Tiffany in court case over trademarks: EBay Inc. scored an important victory in court Monday, as a federal judge said companies such as jeweler Tiffany & Co. are responsible for policing their trademarks online, not auction platforms like eBay.
LOS ANGELES, 2:03 p.m. July 14 (AP)
XBox 360 to stream Netflix movies: Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal announced Monday with Netflix Inc. that highlights the way gaming devices are expanding into all-purpose home-entertainment hubs.
NEW YORK, 6:58 a.m. July 14 (AP)Icahn: Replace Yahoo board to get Microsoft deal: Activist investor Carl Icahn said Monday that replacing Yahoo Inc.'s current board of directors would ensure an acquisition deal with Microsoft Corp. NEW YORK, 7:01 a.m. July 14 (AP)
Palm launches new Treo on Sprint network: Palm Inc., which has been struggling to maintain its position in the hot market for “smart” phones, introduced a new Treo model Monday with Wi-Fi and GPS capabilities.
NEW YORK, 12:37 p.m. July 11 (AP)
Software problems bug Apple's launch of new iPhone: The launch of Apple Inc.'s much-anticipated new iPhone turned into an information-technology meltdown on Friday, as customers were unable to get their phones working.
HONOLULU, 1:27 a.m. July 14 (AP)
E-mail public documents get erased, disappear: Laws in all but a handful of states give the public access to government e-mail. But what if that e-mail was intentionally deleted or routinely purged?
MIAMI, 12:22 p.m. July 13 (AP)
Cell phone companies scramble to halt trafficking: For less than $15, you can buy a cell phone loaded with minutes. You can buy more as you go whenever those minutes run out. Best of all, you aren't locked into a long-term contract.
NEW YORK, 11:49 a.m. July 13 (AP)
Game characters get smarter – and less predictable: In the upcoming video game “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed,” the evil Stormtroopers are smart enough to keep players guessing.
TORONTO, 9:48 a.m. July 11 (REUTERS)
Canadian customers say iPhone is worth the wait: Neither rain nor controversy discouraged a hardy band of gadget lovers who lined up for up to 16 hours on a downtown street to become among the first in Canada to buy Apple Inc's iPhone 3G on Friday.
HONG KONG, 6:30 a.m. July 11 (AP)
Asia underground market awaits iPhone: As Apple Inc. rolled out its newest iPhone on Friday, dealers and buyers were anticipating the popular device in Asia's thriving underground marketplace in as little as a few days.
WASHINGTON, 7:49 p.m. July 10 (AP)FCC chief says Comcast violated Internet rules: The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday he will recommend that the nation's largest cable company be punished for violating agency principles that guarantee customers open access to the Internet.
NEW YORK, 12:10 p.m. July 10 (AP)
Privacy protections disappear with a judge's order: Credit card companies know what you've bought. Phone companies know whom you've called. Electronic toll services know where you've gone. Internet search companies know what you've sought.
TOKYO/LOS ANGELES, 12:08 p.m. July 10 (REUTERS)
PREVIEW-Holiday titles, price cuts in focus at game show: As top video game makers gather next week in Los Angeles for the E3 trade show, they will be touting hot titles, new online offerings and, potentially, console price cuts to drum up gamers' support.
NEW YORK, 9:45 a.m. July 10 (REUTERS)More Web companies agree to block child porn sites: AT&T Inc and Time Warner Inc's AOL unit have agreed to purge their Internet servers of Web sites that traffic child pornography, New York state's attorney general said Thursday.
TOKYO, 9:39 a.m. July 10 (AP)
Apple iPhone debuts to lines in Japan, elsewhere: Gadget lovers worldwide are already camped out ahead of Friday's global rollout of the new model of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, which is also the first iPhone to go on sale in many countries.
CHICAGO, 8:46 a.m. July 10 (REUTERS)Intel gets FDA OK for personal health system: Intel Corp, the world's biggest computer chip maker, Thursday won clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to sell an in-home health monitoring system for patients with chronic conditions.
TOKYO, 6:14 a.m. July 10 (AP)
Japan to scrap iPod copyright fee: Japan will stop pushing for legislation to charge royalties on the sales of iPods and other portable digital music players, giving in to opposition from electronics makers, officials said Thursday.
SAN FRANCISCO, 9:02 p.m. July 9 (AP)
Yahoo opens search toolkit in quest for more ads: Having fallen so far behind Google Inc. that it became a takeover target, Yahoo Inc. is banking on the creativity of other Web developers to help preserve its independence and regain ground in the lucrative Internet search advertising market.
BOSTON, 2:07 p.m. July 9 (AP)High gas prices fuel boom in online classes: Laurel Ranticelli considered driving 40 miles round-trip to take education classes at the University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst. Then she realized she could take the same courses from her computer at home and save on fuel costs.
SAN JOSE, 1:28 p.m. July 9 (AP)
Amid hype, Apple iPhone expansion also runs risks: Apple Inc.'s iPhone has had a remarkable run over the past year, shaking up the stodgy design of cell phones and securing Apple a lucrative slice of the wireless business.
NEW YORK, 11:43 a.m. July 9 (AP)
Review: Wi-Fi radios bring the world home: What are you going to listen to? Norway's 24-hour folk music channel Allttid Folkemusikk? The public hearings of the California Integrated Waste Management Board? Radio Banadir – the Most Trusted News in Somalia?
WASHINGTON, 7:38 a.m. July 9 (AP)
Senate to pass bill overhauling eavesdropping regs: The Senate finally is expected to pass a bill overhauling rules on secret government eavesdropping, completing a lengthy and bitter debate that pitted privacy and civil liberties concerns against the desire to prevent terrorist attacks.
WASHINGTON, 2:13 p.m. July 8 (AP)NebuAd to come under spotlight at Senate hearing: Executives from major Internet players – Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. – are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc. LOS ANGELES, 2:03 p.m. July 8 (AP)
DreamWorks Animation goes from AMD to Intel chips: DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., maker of the “Shrek” movies and “Kung Fu Panda,” announced Tuesday it will switch from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. computer chips to Intel Corp.'s as it moves toward making all 3-D movies. NEW YORK, 8:00 a.m. July 8 (AP)
Facebook could see a standoff over Scrabble: C-O-M-P-E-T-E. Developers of a highly popular but unauthorized version of Scrabble for the online hangout Facebook vowed Tuesday to do just that, now that a video game maker has weighed in with an official version of the word game.
SEATTLE, 6:40 a.m. July 8 (AP)
Microsoft expands its response to hosted software: Microsoft Corp. is strengthening its early-stage push to fend off competition by offering more Internet-based software, a change from its traditional method of selling programs that run on individual desktops or corporate servers.
3:01 a.m. July 8 (AP)Uncertainty aplenty as Web, media leaders convene: When media and technology tycoons convene Tuesday in idyllic southern Idaho for five days of dealmaking and outdoor recreation, the mountain air will carry more than a whiff of uncertainty as most arrive with their businesses in various states of disarray.
NEW YORK, 6:29 a.m. July 8 (REUTERS)
Dreamworks to use Intel technology for 3-D movies: DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc plans to use chips from Intel Corp for the creation of 3-D movies, the companies said Tuesday.
NEW YORK, 5:23 a.m. July 7 (AP)
'Public' online spaces don't carry speech, rights: Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.
SAN FRANCISCO, 9:22 a.m. July 7 (AP)
Microsoft wants to negotiate with new Yahoo board: Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board next month, saying Monday that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate another multibillion-dollar deal.
VISTA, July 6
Web site designed to ease workday stress: For 25 years, Vista resident Sherry Zak Morris and Gayna Scott of Tucson, were self-described “corporate warriors.”
NEW YORK, 1:57 p.m. July 3 (AP)
Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses: This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.
TOKYO, 3:04 a.m. July 3 (REUTERS)
Sony PS3 catching up to Wii in Japanese sales: Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii game console once again outsold Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 in Japan in June, but its lead is fading, a game magazine publisher said.
TAMPA, Fla., 10:44 a.m. July 2 (AP)
Police wnt u to fight crime w/txt msgs: Police in the 1970s urged citizens to “drop a dime” in a pay phone to report crimes anonymously. Now in an increasing number of cities, tipsters are being invited to use their thumbs – to identify criminals using text messages.
NEW YORK, 1:00 p.m. July 2 (AP)Study says many dial-up users don't want broadband: A new study suggests that attitude rather than availability may be the key reason why more Americans don't have high-speed Internet access. WASHINGTON, 1:35 p.m. July 2 (AP)
U.S. contradicts itself over its own ID theft advice: The government doesn't have to look very far to see who's ignoring its advice on preventing identity theft.
SEATTLE, 6:00 a.m. July 2 (AP)
Microsoft to sell Office, OneCare for $70 a year: Microsoft Corp. will begin selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting mid-July, in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software.
NEW YORK, 7:01 a.m. July 2 (AP)Microsoft and Yahoo rise on deal talks report: Shares of Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. rose Wednesday as The Wall Street Journal reported Microsoft has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business.
NEW YORK, 12:01 p.m. July 1 (AP)
Monster founder sets sites on online obituaries: Fourteen years ago, Jeff Taylor helped set off a tectonic shift in recruitment advertising by founding Monster.com, one of the first online companies to challenge a big profit source of newspapers.
WASHINGTON, 3:49 a.m. July 1 (AP)
Pentagon will buy satellites to do more spying: The Pentagon will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials.
1:14 p.m. June 30 (AP)
'Grid' takes the checkered flag in racing games: With gasoline prices at $4 a gallon and rising, the leisurely Sunday drive is turning back into a luxury. But there is an alternative: The automotive video game. And the only fuel you need is the electricity that powers your TV and your game console.
July 1 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Overland purchases Snap Server:Overland Storage, a San Diego maker of data storage devices, has purchased the Snap Server storage appliance business from Adaptec for $3.6 million.
PARIS, 12:19 p.m. June 30 (AP)
eBay told to pay $61M to fashion brand for fakes: A French commercial court Monday ordered eBay Inc. to pay more than $61 million to a high-end fashion company because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site.
REDMOND, Wash., 4:32 a.m. June 30 (AP)
Microsoft stops selling Windows XP today: Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, 11:43 a.m. June 30 (AP)Swedes e-mail lawmakers, protest eavesdropping law: Swedes have bombarded lawmakers with more than 1 million e-mails protesting the country's new eavesdropping law, adding to the growing public outcry over the measure, an official said Monday. NEW YORK, 7:28 a.m. June 30 (AP)
NBC offers wide online access for Beijing: NBC is making more than 2,200 hours of live competition from Beijing available online, giving Olympic junkies more action than they could ever devour in a day. SEATTLE, 12:30 a.m. June 30 (REUTERS)
Ballmer becomes lone voice at Microsoft's helm: Steve Ballmer has been CEO at Microsoft Corp for eight years, but he will finally get to move into the corner office vacated by Bill Gates, the college friend who brought him to the company nearly three decades ago.
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