US-TECH Summary (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Technology not as advanced by 2010 as some had hoped
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FCC urges Fox, Time Warner Cable to settle (AP)
AP – The nation’s top broadcast regulator on Thursday urged Time Warner Cable and the Fox television network to agree to a temporary deal that would keep football games on cable TV systems as the companies settle differences over fees.
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Orange Bowl blackout averted with 8-day extension (AP)
AP – Football fans will be able to watch college bowl games on Sinclair stations after all, as the broadcaster and the Mediacom cable TV operator agreed to extend by eight days their negotiations over fees.
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ATT is latest to end Tiger Woods sponsorship (AP)
AP – ATT Inc. said Thursday it would no longer sponsor Tiger Woods, joining Accenture in dropping support for the world’s top golfer, who’s taking a break from the sport to focus on his marriage after his admitted infidelity.
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Airline attack could lead to more scanners (AP)
AP – The Christmas Day attack on a jetliner over Detroit, combined with technological improvements to protect people’s sense of modesty, could lead to dramatically wider use of full-body scanners that can see through travelers’ clothing.
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Questions and answers about full-body scanners (AP)
AP – Travelers still getting used to removing their shoes in public and pouring shampoo into tiny bottles may soon have to adjust to something new in the airport security line mdash; giant machines that that scan their bodies for anything a terrorist might use to cause harm during a flight.
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Time Warner Cable offers arbitration with Fox (AP)
AP – Bart Simpson and the Sugar Bowl game are among the possible casualties of a bitter dispute over fees that the Fox network’s owner is demanding from Time Warner Cable systems in New York, Los Angeles and other markets.
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Review: No more writing checks in lifestyle change (AP)
AP – It’s been nine months since I’ve written a check.
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Guide to breaking cell phone security revealed (AP)
AP – A German security expert has raised the ire of the cell phone industry after he and a group of researchers posted online a how-to guide for cracking the encryption that keeps the calls of GSM-standard cell phone users secret.
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Hacker pleads guilty in Mass. to fraud case (AP)
AP – A computer hacker who helped orchestrate the theft of tens of millions of credit and debit card numbers from major retailers in one of the largest such thefts in U.S. history pleaded guilty Tuesday in the last of three cases brought by federal prosecutors.
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