Tech News

Chips in official IDs raise privacy fears

Climbing into his Volvo, outfitted with a Matrics antenna and a Motorola reader he'd bought on eBay for $190, Chris Paget cruised the streets of San Francisco with this objective: To read the identity cards of strangers, wirelessly, without ever leaving his car. [Full Story]

Report: N. Korean army suspected over cyberattacks

South Korea has obtained intelligence that North Korea last month ordered a military institute of computer hackers _ known as Lab 110 _ to "destroy" South Korean communications networks, news reports said Saturday. [Full Story]

Guatemalan court rules in favor of tweet author

An appeals court found insufficient evidence to warrant the trial of a Guatemalan whose Twitter message led to his arrest on charges of inciting financial panic. [Full Story]

General Motors to try selling new cars on eBay

As part of its turnaround plan, General Motors Corp. said Friday it plans to experiment with auctioning new cars on eBay, expanding on an existing partnership covering certified used vehicles on the online marketplace. [Full Story]

Smthg gr8 4 brkfst? Twitter's hyper-short recipes

R Twttrd recips a gr8 new thing 4 bkg & ckng or r the dirctns 2 confusng for most peeps? [Full Story]

AP proposes new article formatting for the Web

The Associated Press is proposing that publishers attach descriptive tags to news articles online in hopes of taming the free-for-all of news and information on the Web and generating more traffic for established media brands. [Full Story]

Glitch in antivirus software troubles PC users

Antivirus software cuts two ways. It's great at blocking known viruses, but it can sometimes misfire, mistakenly flagging clean files as malicious. That sends a computer into a tailspin trying to clean up stuff that's supposed to be on there. [Full Story]

Social networking aggregator sues Facebook

In a counterpunch to the world's biggest online hangout, a small Web company called Power.com has sued Facebook, saying it doesn't follow its own policy of giving users control over their content. [Full Story]

Tech 101: How a denial-of-service attack works

Investigators are piecing together details about one of the most aggressive computer attacks in recent memory _ a powerful "denial-of-service" assault that overwhelmed computers at U.S. and South Korean government agencies, companies and institutions, in some cases for days. [Full Story]

Google CEO: New operating system changes the game

Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt can't wait for the Internet search leader's free operating system to debut next year. [Full Story]

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