Unsecured Wi-Fi would be outlawed by N.Y. county

Westchester County proposes that all businesses providing wireless access must have firewalls and register.

Online auto sales scammers to serve time

North Carolina man and Mississippi woman collected more than $60,000 for cars they never delivered.

Internet fathers get presidential medal

Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn, who developed protocol used to send data across the Internet, will be honored by the White House.

Political bloggers jailed, detained

It's been a bad week for bloggers in Libya, Egypt and China, where authorities are cracking down on online critics.

Moore's Law lives

For how long can the semiconductor industry keep up its innovation and fast growth? Some say indefinitely.

Apple sounds alarm over QuickTime flaws

"Highly critical" bug in media player could open door for a denial-of-service attack, security company says.

'Chicken Little' gives peek at digital 3D

reporter's notebook Is it a gimmick or a sign of what's to come for moviemaking? Hollywood wants 3D to bring audiences back to theaters.
Disney takes 3D digital

This week in tech and politics

All eyes were on Washington this week as politicians and jurists made decisions that rippled through the tech community.

$100 million gift comes with rare strings

A gift from eBay to Tufts University must be spent on firms that make loans to the poor in developing countries.
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SEC urges security in online trading

Online stock traders have been targeted by fraudsters, prompting commission to issue security warnings.

E-paper moves from sci-fi to marketplace

But much like when LCD displays came to the market, consumers are first likely to see the technology in clocks and watches.

Will high court hear eBay appeal?

Supreme Court on Monday is expected to announce whether it will hear patent infringement appeal. Some lawyers say it's unlikely.

Week in review: Redmond guns for Google

Microsoft is heating up its competition with Google by launching a slew of Web-based tools tied to its Windows and Office products, but what exactly are we being sold?

Microsoft hits the books in Britain

Amid book-scanning controversy, company teams with British Library to digitize 25 million pages of content for its MSN Book Search.

Technology can't beat us, casino cheat says

Radio tracking chips, optical scanning and facial recognition? One notorious cheater says, "Bring it on."

Briefly: Local-search start-up nabs financing

Plus:  Doh! EA deal for 'Simpsons' games...  Quote of the day: Telecommuters 'subject to more taxes'...  Intuit buys MyCorporation for $20 million...  Apple update fixes Mac OS X flaws... 

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