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Young people want their music, TV and movies now — even if it means they get these things illegally. A recent Columbia University survey found, in fact, that 70 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds said they had bought, copied or downloaded unauthorized music, TV shows or movies, compared with 46 percent of all adults who’d done the same. With such an entrenched attitude, what can be done about widespread online piracy

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Youth Shaping Future of Online TV, Movies, Music

As car companies pack more onboard gear into their products, Web-browsing, entertainment and all driver communication should be off limits to drivers while a vehicle is in motion, the U.S. Department of Transportation urged this week. The department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration posted its guidelines online Thursday in the Federal Register, seeking public comment

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U.S. Regulators Propose Limits for Car Tech Gear

Google is prepping a workaround for the Android mobile platform to replace the technology at the heart of an Apple lawsuit against Motorola Mobility in Germany. A court in Munich ruled Thursday that Motorola’s current handset unlocking technology infringed on an Apple patent governing the unlocking of a device by performing gestures on an unlock image.

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Apple’s Patent Win over Motorola Spurs Quick Android Fix

Cybersecurity experts are urging senators to close loopholes in legislation to give the government some ability to force critical industries to make their computer networks more secure. Two experts are saying the bill could allow many companies to avoid regulation entirely or drag out the process for up to eight years before they would actually have to improve their computer security. The legislation would limit the number of industries subject to regulation to those in which a cyberattack could cause “an extraordinary number of fatalities” or a “severe degradation” of national security

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Experts Urge Stronger Cyber-Regulation Bill

Microsoft is hooking up MSN.com with a hipper sidekick to broaden its appeal and stay on top of the Internet’s hottest topics. The trend-tracking service, called “msnNOW,” tunes into the buzz by sifting through millions of Internet searches and links circulating among the hordes on Facebook and Twitter. The chatter is then distilled into the equivalent of a digital water cooler — a place where people can go to keep in touch without taking up a lot of their time

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MSN Adds New Feature To Take Internet’s Pulse

A European Union court ruled Thursday that social networking sites cannot be compelled to install general filters to prevent the illegal trading of music and other copyrighted material. The decision is a victory for operators of social networking sites in the EU, but a setback for those who seek to protect copyrighted material from being distributed without payment or permission. It also comes as protests are growing in Europe against ACTA, the proposed international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which is meant to protect intellectual property rights

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EU Court: Web Sites Need Not Check for Copyright Breaches

Carmakers should design potentially distracting dashboard technology so it’s automatically disabled while the vehicle is in motion, federal safety officials said Thursday. In recent years automakers have been loading high-end cars with an array of built-in gadgets that enable drivers to multi-task behind the wheel — equipment that enables text-messaging, Internet browsing, GPS navigation and phone dialing. But this technological advance has raised concerns that drivers’ attention will be diverted from the road

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NHTSA to Carmakers: Rein In Dashboard Technology

Right now, Apple mania is the feel-good story on Wall Street. But the “Apple Effect” would have been even greater had the keepers of the Dow Jones industrial average added the maker of the iPad and iPhone instead of Cisco Systems in June 2009 when it ousted then-struggling General Motors. The reason

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Would Optimism Be Higher if Apple Were a Dow Stock?

Repeaters are one way of overcoming Wi-Fi problems caused by great distances or other hurdles. These small devices are set up about halfway between a router and a receiver, helping the signal reach its destination, reports German computer magazine c’t

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Repeaters Help Get Around Wi-Fi Hurdles

A senior Iranian military official said Monday that Tehran’s nuclear and other industrial facilities suffer periodic cyber attacks, but that the country has the technology to protect itself from the threat, an official news agency reported.

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Iran: Nuclear Facilities Immune to Cyberattacks