Google demonstrates phone that translates text
Google Inc. is working on software that translates text captured by a phone camera, reports the Associated Press.
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Google tweaks Buzz social hub after privacy woes
As it introduced a new social hub, Google quickly learned that people's most frequent e-mail contacts are not necessarily their best friends, the Associated Press reports.
Google’s eMail gets social in Facebook face-off
Google Inc. opened a new social hub in its e-mail service on Tuesday, leaving little doubt that the Internet search leader is girding for a face-off with Facebook,…
Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked
Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans.…
Congressional Democrats challenge Comcast, NBC on merger
Congressional Democrats on Feb. 4 challenged executives from Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal to show that the cable TV operator's plan to take control of the entertainment company…
University fundraising falls 12 percent in 2009
Charitable contributions to colleges and universities plummeted an average 11.9 percent nationwide in 2009, the steepest drop in at least three decades, reports the Associated Press.
Apple’s approach to eBooks could be problematic
Even as Apple's iPad is poised energize electronic reading, the new device is undermining a painstakingly constructed effort by the publishing industry to make it possible to move…
Minnesota song-sharing case heads for third trial
A trade group representing the major music labels on Jan. 27 said it will reject a reduced penalty for a central Minnesota woman found guilty of sharing 24…