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Youth harass and spy on partners with mobile phones

Crave Cell phones and the Internet are great ways for romantic partners to stay in touch, but based on a recent survey of 14- to 24-year-olds, they're also being used to spy ... Read story »

R.I.P. Cory Aquino: Live stream of Aquino videos as Filipinos mourn death of People Power icon

Blogs UPDATE: Added a video clip of an interview with Cory Aquino conducted in September 2008, six months after she was diagnosed with colon cancer. Former Philippine President Corazon "Cory" Aquino, who ... Read story »

Hands-on review: Yahoo Video on your TV

Crave A look at one of the category listings from the Yahoo Video widget for Yahoo TV Widgets. Yahoo may not have the same stranglehold on online video as YouTube does, but ... Read story »

World health officials gather in Mexico for global A(H1N1) summit

Blogs While stressing that most A(H1N1) cases so far have been mild, World Health Organization director-general Margaret Chan warned that the new influenza strain colloquially referred to as "swine flu" is "unstoppable". ... Read story »

China blocks sites prior to 20th anniversary of Tiananmen

Crave Almost 20 years ago exactly, on June 4, 1989, the Chinese military opened fire on prodemocracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, resulting in the loss of hundreds--if not thousands--of innocent lives. Most ... Read story »

Obama calls Kanye West "jackass": "Off the record" in the age of Twitter

Blogs Most people would probably agree with what US President Barack Obama called singer Kanye West after the latter ruined Taylor Swift's moment at the MTV Video Music Awards. Obama's "jackass" comment, ... Read story »

Japan to prevent pandemics with GPS phones

Crave The iPhone 3G is one of the most popular GPS-enabled cell phones. Just recently, Softbank Mobile, Japan's biggest cell phone carrier, signed a deal with Aoyama Gakuin University to provide ... Read story »

China delays rule for Net-screening software

Crave Green Dam allows users to specify categories of sites to block. China has indefinitely delayed enforcement of a requirement that PC makers preinstall Green Dam-Youth Escort software that experts believe would ... Read story »

Toyota debuts real-time control of wheelchairs with brain waves

Crave Toyota's mind-powered wheelchair transcends science fiction. First, there was the Mindflex, a Mattel toy that lets players move objects with their brains. Now, word is the same technology will be ... Read story »

Wi-Fi Certified N product testing begins; new logo unveiled

Crave The Wi-Fi Alliance has begun product testing for its Wi-Fi Certified N program, updating its two-year-old 802.11n draft 2.0 program. Along with it comes a colorful new logo, taglines and labeling ... Read story »

Who was the most Googled person in Taiwan in 2009?

Blogs December has arrived, which means we'll soon be preparing for 2010 and the Year of the Tiger. But before we start popping champagne and fireworks, I'd like to take a moment ... Read story »

"Traditional" media putting the nails on their own coffins?

Blogs I read an interesting article in today's The Guardian which quotes the Financial Time's editor Lionel Barber predicting that most news organizations will be charging for online content within a year. Is it ... Read story »

Google's historical maps point the way to shunned outcast villages

Blogs I just came across a fascinating post by the AP's Jay Alabaster, on how some historical maps on Google Earth may be used to discover the location of Japan's burakumin, a ... Read story »

HappySlip hearts Manny Pacquiao

Blogs HappySlip, the popular Filipino-American video blogger whose success on YouTube (including being, as of this writing, the 15th most subscribed of all time) has made her an online celebrity, has come ... Read story »

Apple asks iPhone devs to test push notifications

Crave Screenshot of the iPhone's new notification system. In an email sent to iPhone developers Monday, Apple asked them to try out the AP's news app for the iPhone, the first third-party ... Read story »

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