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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

One in Five American Adults Do Not Use the Internet

A Pew Research Center study says 20 percent of U.S. adults is not online and half of them don't want to be.



By Breana Jones
Anchor: Ana Compain-Romero
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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Australian Police Cruise Streets for Unprotected Wifi

As part of its new "wardriving" mission launched Thursday, Queensland police will be driving around neighborhoods checking for insecure networks. 



By Jim Flink and Eric Shute
Anchor: Christian Bryant
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Yahoo CEO Said to be Planning Layoffs

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson could announce thousands of layoffs as soon as this month, say sources close to the company.



By Evan Thomas
Anchor: Nathan Bryne
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Microsoft Says Google Tracks Users in Internet Explorer, Too

Microsoft reports Google is working around privacy protections in its Internet Explorer web browser.



By Evan Thomas
Anchor: Nathan Bryne
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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Anonymous Takes Down CIA Public Website

Anonymous also hacked into Mexico's state-affiliated web sites and additionally acquired the personal information of some 46,000 Alabama citizens.



By Adnan S. Khan
Anchor: Lauren Zima
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Saturday, December 31, 2011

GoDaddy Changes Stance Again, Now Opposes SOPA

After rescinding initial support of the Stop Online Piracy Act, GoDaddy CEO Warren Adelman has now said the company opposes it.



By Danny Matteson
Anchor: Megan Murphy
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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Giant Solar Flare to Slam Earth; Could Disrupt Phones, GPS

A solar storm could knock out satellites and disrupt GPS, phone service, power and even the internet. It could produce magnificent aurorae.



By Evan Bush
Anchor: Christina Hartman
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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Sprint 'Disables' Carrier IQ on All Phones

Senator Al Franken has led the charge against the program. Find out what the "disabling" will mean for the 26 million phones that have it.



By Adnan S. Khan
Anchor: Lauren Zima
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Anonymous Takes on Child Pornography

In a recent operation, hacktivist collective Anonymous took on child pornography, shut down 40 websites and published the names of users.



By Danny Matteson
Anchor: Lauren Gores
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Newsy Now: News Round-Up

Gadhafi's Son Emerges; Is Syria Next to Fall?; US Braces for Hurricane Irene; Gunman Opens Fire at Philly Rec Center; Facebook and Miramax Launch App


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By Erik Shute
Anchor: Christy Lewis
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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Anonymous Vows to 'Kill' Facebook

YouTube manifesto claims Anonymous is plotting to attack Facebook, but are the threats legit?


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By Danny Matteson
Anchor: Blake Hanson

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