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Beware of giving out zip code to stores

Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan says although it may seem harmless, providing your zip code could potentially put your identity at risk, resulting in more junk

Viral videos stoke celebrities' images

NEW YORK (AP) — Mila Kunis' stardom went up a notch last week, and you would think it's because she stars in the biggest movie of the year so far.

Google pays $7M fine to settle Wi-Fi privacy case

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google will pay a $7 million fine to settle a multistate investigation into a snoopy software program that enabled the Internet search leader to intercept

Europe gets 1st fix from its own satnav system

BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency says it has received the first location fix from its own satellite navigation system.

Conn. to receive $500,000 from Google settlement

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut will receive more than $500,000 from Google Inc. as part of a settlement with the Internet giant over the collection of emails, passwords and

Judge: Indiana teacher can sue diocese in IVF case

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by an Indiana woman who says a Catholic diocese fired her from her teaching job because she had in

ACLU seeks to protect rights from new technology

BOSTON (AP) — Two Massachusetts business leaders agreed Tuesday to provide $1 million in startup funding for a new initiative aimed at ensuring that new technologies are used to

Pentagon forming cyber teams to prevent attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department is establishing a series of cyber teams charged with carrying out offensive operations to combat the threat of an electronic assault on

New cyber medal production stopped, being reviewed

WASHINGTON (AP) — The military has stopped production of a new medal for remote warfare troops — drone operators and cyber warfighters — as it considers complaints from veterans

Ladies First: @FLOTUS bashed on Twitter

Fresh off her nationwide “Let’s Move!” tour, @FLOTUS took to Twitter to answer questions about childhood nutrition and exercise. She quickly got more than she

Mars rover shows planet could have supported life

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drilling into a rock near its landing spot, the Curiosity rover has answered a key question about Mars: The red planet long ago harbored some of the ingredients

HP's Autonomy allegations trigger another inquiry

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Hewlett-Packard says British authorities have opened an investigation into allegations that the company was duped when it bought business software maker

Financial info on celebs, officials leaked online

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities and celebrities were grappling with how to respond to a website that posted what appears to be private financial information about top government

IBM pays CEO $15.4M in her 1st year on the job

ARMONK, N.Y. (AP) — IBM Chairman and CEO Virginia Rometty's pay doubled in her first year running one of the world's biggest and best-known technology companies, but she still

Harvard explains searching deans' email accounts

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University administrators on Monday offered an explanation for secretly searching resident dean emails last fall for the source of a leak to the

New BlackBerry coming to the US on March 22

TORONTO (AP) — BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion will launch its new touchscreen smartphone in the U.S. with AT&T on March 22. The release will come several weeks after RIM

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