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• NY priest charged with e-mailing porn to teenager
... face is clearly visible, according to investigators. As part of an online sting operation, police in Colorado's Adams County traced the e-mail to St. John's. In New York, the NYPD investigators armed with a search warrant seized Plock's computers ...
• Sony, Microsoft to launch virtual worlds
The real-time interactive computer-graphic worlds are similar to Linden Lab's "Second Life," which can be played on personal computers and has drawn millions of people. In the so-called "metaverse" in cyberspace, players manipulate digital images ...
• Frugal Choices for On-Demand Tech
Experts believe that, in the near future, computers will be used mainly to access the internet. Files, programs and communication will be stored and facilitated in the cloud of data that makes up the web. Computers won't run programs; they'll only be ...
• Judge bars RealNetworks' copying software
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has kept in place a temporary prohibition on RealNetworks Inc.'s distribution of software that lets consumers copy and store DVD movies on their personal computers and portable hard drives. RealNetworks and Hollywood's ...
• Apple expected to unveil new laptops Oct. 14
Apple is expected to unveil new laptop computers next week, issuing invitations on Thursday to an Oct. 14 event that say "The Spotlight turns to notebooks." Wall Street analysts and gadget blogs have speculated that Apple could cut the prices of its ...