U.S. stocks were higher Friday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 13.4 points to 10322, the S&P 500 jumped 5 points to 1101 and the Nasdaq Composite Index moved up 25 points to 2205. CarMax Inc. (NYSE:KMX, $22.54, +$0.72, 3.30%) swung to a much bigger-than-expected profit for the fiscal third quarter, as the used-car [...]
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Robert Melillo
who has written 19 posts for White Hat News.
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FTC Investigates Facebook Privacy Complaints
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and nine other groups file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) calling for an investigation into privacy on Facebook. The groups say Facebook’s recent privacy and security changes exposed user information. Facebook, the world’s No.1 Internet social network, had introduced last week a broad revision of its [...]
Dec
16
2009
16
2009
Bing App for iPhone at iTunes App Store
Microsoft has released its free Bing App for the iPhone and iPod touch over at the iTunes App Store (going to m.bing.com will redirect you there as well). Verizon phones already offer a mobile version of Bing for Windows Mobile, Blackberry, BREW, and Sidekick devices, so this release just adds another OS and device to [...]
Dec
15
2009
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2009
Apple Faces Delay on New 27-inch iMac Shipments
Apple Inc on Monday said strong demand for its new 27-inch iMac personal computer had it working hard to keep up, and the company apologized for any delays in deliveries to customers. Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple said it was running roughly two weeks behind in filling orders for its 27-inch iMac desktop computer. The machine, which [...]
Dec
13
2009
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Google Plans to Sell Android Smartphone Directly to Consumers
Google is working on an own brand – android based smartphone, it plans to sell directly to consumers as soon as next year, one that might bear the name Nexus-one. The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site late Saturday that Google would sell the phone directly to consumers rather than through carriers, which [...]
Dec
13
2009
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2009
Google’s Nexus One Android Phone for Employees
Google reported by blog post on Saturday that their internal developers are using an unreleased Android based phone, as contradictory rumors about a “Google Phone” flew back and forth across the Internet. Mere hours after Google posted a blog about an unnamed Android device that it gave its employees, the Wall Street Journal confirmed that the [...]
Aug
13
2009
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2009
Microsoft Entourage Out Office for Mac
Microsoft said Thursday that it plans to develop a new version of its Outlook e-mail client for Apple computers to replace its Mac-based Entourage product. The software maker also disclosed new additions to its current Mac Office lineup. To that end, Microsoft launched the full version of its Entourage 2008, Web Services Edition that it [...]
Aug
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2009
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Digg New ad Voting Platform For or Against Web ad Content
According to Digg blog, it will have a new ad voting platform this week. Digg has established itself as a provider of community consensus for content. With this new system, users can vote for or against Web ad content. The more votes an ad gets, the less the advertiser will have to pay for placing [...]
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School student sues Amazon, Kindle ate my homework
A high school student has sued Amazon, claiming the retailer ruined his homework on George Orwell’s 1984 by deleting the electronic version of the book without warning from the teenager’s Kindle. Justin D. Gawronski, who lives in Michigan, filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court in Seattle. He was joined in the complaint by Antoine [...]