http://www.redorbit.com Technology http://www.redorbit.com/modules/news/images/tools/rss_logo.gif http://www.redorbit.com Thieves in New York are predominantly seeking to steal iPhones and other smartphones, but such devices offer users a suite of applications that allow them to protect their mobile devices."When we have seen spikes in thefts, a significant portion has to do with ... http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715629/smartphone_thieves_no_match_for_security_technology/index.html?source=r_technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:05:00 -0500 Technology The Obama administration is carefully proceeding with a plan that  would use National Security Agency assistance to screen government  computer traffic on private-sector networks, while attempting to protect the privacy of citizens.The Einstein Program is an intrusion detection system that monitors  the network gateways of government departments and agencies in the  United States for unauthorized traffic. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715628/nsa_tries_to_protect_citizens_privacy/index.html?source=r_technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:50:39 -0500 Technology In light of the current economic recession, some states are seeking ways to detour the current laws that state that businesses which sell goods and services online are not obligated to pay sales taxes on sales to customers outside of the state they reside.More and more, customers are turning to online retailers such as Amazon.com Inc. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715627/states_attempt_to_cash_in_from_online_sales/index.html?source=r_technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:40:00 -0500 Technology The manager of a virtual bank used to store credits for a popular online video game has admitting to stealing digital points from players and selling them for hard cash on the black market.Every month, more than 300,000 gamers around the world dish out the $15 subscription fee to enter the digital world of EVE Online, an elaborate online role-playing game where players strategize, build alliances and battle for intergalactic dominance.The cyber-scandal revolves around EBank, the largest player-operated digital bank, where thousands of gamers deposit their accumulated funds for safe keeping.  EBank’s CEO, a 27-year-old Australian gamer named Richard, recently confessed to embezzling billions of “insterstellar kredits,” the universal currency used in the world of EVE Online.“Basically this character [Richard] was one of the people that had been running EBank for a while. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715732/selling_virtual_currency_for_real_money/index.html?source=r_technology Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:55:00 -0500 Technology Technology sites and Apple forums have been overrun with questions and  comments about how the new iPhone overheats since its June 19 debut.Several iPhone users have grumbled that the phone gets too hot to hold  up to their ear while others have noted that the white 32GB model fade  to pink when overheated.In a notice posted on Apple's support site, the company says that  users should not leave their phones in places where the temperatures  can rise higher than the 113 degrees fahrenheit.Apple states in the article that: "if the interior temperature of the  device exceeds normal operating temperatures, you may experience the  following as it attempts to regulate its temperature: the device stops  charging, display dims, and/or weak cellular signal.”In the message, Apple noted that the iPhone has a safety feature that  pops up on the display when the device has become too hot. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715572/new_iphone_faces_overheating_issues/index.html?source=r_technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:20:00 -0500 Technology In the now infamous MySpace suicide trial, a federal judge has said that he will likely dismiss the conviction of Missouri woman, Lori Drew, who was accused of using the social networking sight to emotionally harass a lovesick 13-year-old girl who subsequently committed suicide in October 2006.Prosecuting attorneys had attempted to use a federal anti-hacking law to convict Drew, but in a statement on Thursday, U.S. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715731/judge_overturns_myspace_suicide_conviction/index.html?source=r_technology Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:35:00 -0500 Technology Reports say that U.S. anti-trust regulators are investigating a $125 million deal Google made with book publishers to settle copyright issues. The deal compensates copyright holders and gives Google a percentage of online book sales and advertisements. U.S. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715582/antitrust_regulators_look_into_google_books/index.html?source=r_technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:40:00 -0500 Technology In the realm of online celebrity gossip, Yahoo Inc.’s omg! website has commanded a dominant position in the market for more than a year, luring inquisitive minds from websites that may have more current, breaking news. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715804/yahoos_celeb_news_page_omg_dominates_the_industry/index.html?source=r_technology Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:15:00 -0500 Technology A broadband industry group said on Thursday that U.S. government guidelines to spend $4 billion to expand broadband services to underserved areas across the United Sates might be exceeding current laws. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715734/complaints_brew_from_us_telecommunications_budget/index.html?source=r_technology Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:15:00 -0500 Technology Asia’s music industry has fallen under steep pressure in recent years amid rampant piracy and shrinking demand for CDs.  However, the industry is hoping the emergence of social media and new technologies will help compensate for the losses.Although the overall market for music in Asia has been on the rise, the global economic slowdown has hastened the decline in sales of physical music triggered by the Internet."Consumers are enjoying more hours of music, they just ain't paying for it," Marcel Fenez, of PricewaterhouseCoopers' entertainment and media practice, told the AFP news agency. "The recession is accelerating a migration to digital," he added. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715630/asias_music_industry_seeks_new_ways_to_profit/index.html?source=r_technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:00:00 -0500 Technology DALLAS, July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trintech Group Plc (Nasdaq: TTPA), a leading provider of integrated financial governance, transaction risk management, and compliance software solutions for commercial, financial, and healthcare markets worldwide, is proud to announce its participation in the upcoming IQPC Shared Services for Finance & Accounting conference, being held July 20 - 22 in Chicago, IL. Trintech's Vice President of Finance Transformation, Theresa Clark, will discuss how Shared Service Centers can reduce costs and improve financial transparency with more streamlined and automated account reconciliation processes. "Shared Service Centers are increasingly being asked to not only align with the strategic goals of the enterprise, but in many instances to help fashion those strategies," said Ms. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715882/trintech_to_present_at_9th_annual_iqpc_finance__accounting/index.html?source=r_technology Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Technology HSINCHU, Taiwan and GRENOBLE, France, July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TSMC (TWSE: 2330; NYSE: TSM) and CEA-Leti, the leading French semiconductor research institute, signed an agreement today in which TSMC will join the new industrial program IMAGINE, led by CEA-Leti, on maskless lithography for IC manufacturing. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715881/tsmc_joins_the_cealeti_program_on_multiple_ebeam_lithography_for/index.html?source=r_technology Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:01:00 -0500 Technology SAN DIEGO and SHENZHEN, China, July 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, and ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced their collaboration to significantly enhance the capacity and performance of UMTS systems with the integration of Qualcomm's Uplink Interference Cancellation (ULIC) technology into ZTE's next-generation UMTS base station products. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715865/zte_and_qualcomm_collaborate_to_boost_umts_system_performance/index.html?source=r_technology Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:00:00 -0500 Technology DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, July 5 /PRNewswire/ -- - VIERA Consumers Now Benefit from Full Time Full HD, SD Card Slots for Immediate Playback and Exclusive Japanese Manufactured Panels; - Smart Networking Takes Precedence in Middle East Homes, Says Senior Panasonic Executives Panasonic, the global industry leader in Plasma and LCD televisions, has introduced an additional 9 LCD and 8 Plasma high definition VIERA TVs for the growing Middle East market in 2009. Panasonic now offers three distinct advantages for the consumer, including enhanced unique features like 'Full-time Full HD' and VIERA Image Viewer function for the playback of pictures & videos by SD card which the manufacturer claim to be world's first in a flat panel TV. "The way people see TV in the Middle East has dramatically evolved, and our products are designed to match our customer's changing lifestyles," said Abby Thomas, Senior Manager, Consumer Electronics Department, Panasonic Marketing Middle East. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715816/panasonic_expands_viera_range_of_flat_panel_tvs_for_growing/index.html?source=r_technology Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:12:00 -0500 Technology HONG KONG, July 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The increasing globalization trend is making the whole world more and more connected, while the Information Revolution represented by the Internet is making the earth a flat planet. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715800/fairtheworld_comment_globalization_is_transforming_transnational_corporations_into_global_resourceintegrated/index.html?source=r_technology Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:00:00 -0500 Technology HARROGATE, England, July 5 /PRNewswire/ -- KS1 pupils from New Park School in Harrogate today played their part in a national initiative to raise the awareness of the importance of saving, when they helped engage Mutual launch a new, interactive website, www.funtosave.org. The website seeks to promote a better understanding of money and introduce the concept of saving among four to seven year olds across the UK. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715799/engage_launch_fun_website_with_plans_to_start_them_young/index.html?source=r_technology Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:00:00 -0500 Technology DUBAI, UAE, July 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Unlike its predecessors Beeyoot.com (http://www.beeyoot.com/index.jsp) allows property owners to sell directly to buyers. This creates room for a new momentum for the distressed UAE real-estate industry. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715796/beeyootcom_connects_property_sellers_and_buyers_directly/index.html?source=r_technology Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:00:00 -0500 Technology CAIRO, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Competition begins today in Cairo for 444 students from 124 countries and regions at the Imagine Cup 2009 Worldwide Finals. Now in its seventh year, Imagine Cup is an annual Microsoft Corp. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715673/imagine_cup_2009_kicks_off_in_cairo/index.html?source=r_technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:00:00 -0500 Technology ST. LOUIS, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial blog, ChristianPF, posted an article discussing the new trend of homeowners building tiny houses. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715624/the_tiny_house_movement_could_you_move_all_your_possessions/index.html?source=r_technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:01:00 -0500 Technology SEATTLE, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The following blog posts were published on June 28 & 30, 2009, by Shafeen Charania, author of the synthesis blog, winner of the 2008 Weblog award for best new blog, and Time.com's 25 best blogs of 2009. America is in the midst of tough, tough times. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715623/synthesis__america_at_risk__nyet_nyet__threeway/index.html?source=r_technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:01:00 -0500 Technology NEW YORK, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Christopher Ming Ryan, an executive producer of internal and external video marketing communications for Wheelhouse Communications, published a feature that explains how simple it is to make annotations on your uploaded YouTube videos. Often times video makers and video bloggers will want to put bullet points on their videos quickly without an editing program. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715622/youtube_video_makers_drill_your_message_home_with_youtube_annotations/index.html?source=r_technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:01:00 -0500 Technology ASHEVILLE, N.C., July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Now that the kiddos have graduated high school or college, you may be experiencing the loneliness of Empty Nest Syndrome after the "nest's" residents launch and venture out into the world. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715621/typeamomnet_on_overcoming_empty_nest_syndrome/index.html?source=r_technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:01:00 -0500 Technology MONTREAL, July 3 /PRNewswire/ - XMT Liquidations Inc. ("XMT"), the court appointed liquidator of 6356095 Canada Inc. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715620/6356095_canada_inc_formerly_excapsa_software_inc_to_pay_capital/index.html?source=r_technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:44:00 -0500 Technology DUBLIN, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - As the World Series of Poker Main Event Gets Underway The Poker Show Talks to Triple Bracelet Winner Jeff Lisandro and Checks in on the Progress of its Friends at the Biggest Poker Game on Earth This week The Poker Show goes World Series crazy as the main event gets underway. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715619/jeff_lisandro_and_wsop_main_event_survivors_on_the_penultimate/index.html?source=r_technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:36:00 -0500 Technology SEATTLE, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Delve Networks ( http://www.delvenetworks.com ) is offering current Maven Networks customers with a rescue plan after Yahoo announced they would be shutting their doors. http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1715618/delve_networks_assists_former_maven_customers_with_platform_migration_program/index.html?source=r_technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:02:00 -0500 Technology