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There is no denying that serious cyclists adopt some very specificforms of fashion. The jerseys and shorts are tight-fitting to reducedrag, gloves are worn both to provide padding while gripping thehandlebars and to protect hands during a crash, and shoes are afashion statement all of their own. But one piece of equipment hasbecome somewhat ubiquitous among casual and hardcore riders alike these days-- the bicycle helmet...

Groupon is entering the mobile payments space with its own offering, Groupon Payments. The service, which facilitates credit card transactions, is available to any small business in the U.S.; however, it's offered to Groupon merchants at cheaper rates Groupon is positioning the service as easier and less expensive for small businesses to use than t...

The latest Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability, which was discovered by researcher Eric Romang, is causing quite a flap in the security community. It has caused even more excitement at Microsoft Although Redmond says few users have been affected, it has responded relatively swiftly to the problem, issuing a temporary patch for the flaw, and pr...

Google is poised to climb past Facebook and be this year's top earner in display ad revenue, according to new research from eMarketer Google is expected to earn US$2.31 billion in display ad revenue this year, a 38.5 percent jump from last year, just ahead of Facebook's expected $2.16 billion in earnings, up 24.4 percent from a year ago....

Two Romanian men, ages 27 and 28, have pleaded guilty to a multimillion-dollar hacking scheme targeted at Subway restaurants, according to Sophos' Naked Security The two men, arrested last December, were part of what is believed to be a four-person group that stole information from an estimated 146,000 payment cards belonging to Subway customers. T...

Last month I wrote an article for the E-Commerce Times called "Amazon Spreads its Wings." In it, I talked about the many ventures that Amazon has embarked on, including its rewriting of the rules of publishing and retail sales I also discussed how Amazon was smart enough to realize that it could do something "extra" with its massive computer power,...

So, now that you're getting a new Apple iPhone, which network is best? Yesterday you didn't have to think about it, since it was only available on AT&T. Today, however, it's harder to decide. It's offered by Verizon, Sprint, C Spire and even a few prepaid carriers. So which carrier is really the best choice for you? My Pick of the Week is AT&T for...

The CRM industry is used to getting a jolt every year from Dreamforce,Salesforce.com's annual mega-event. Each year, the number of attendees swells --this year, it's more than 70,000 -- and that makes CEO Marc Benioff's bacchanal theepicenter of the CRM industry for a week That give Salesforce a chance to make a serious splash. Some years, it succe...

If you've been getting into the convenience and usability of the smartphone and tablet User Interface (UI) and are wondering just why your cable provider is unable to create anything with the same elegance and function, it may be time to slap Android on your TV -- yourself There are a few ways to approach this, and all of the methods have pros and ...

Smartphone maker HTC on Wednesday announced two new devices running Windows Phone 8 -- the Windows Phone 8X and 8S The devices, which feature Beats Audio and bright colors, were strongly praised by Microsoft executives, immediately sparking speculation that HTC is replacing Nokia as the provider of flagship WinPho 8 smartphones....

Internet Explorer is too dangerous to use, according to warnings from throngs of security experts, including Germany's Federal Office for Information Security The German government agency issued an alert that advises citizens to avoid using Internet Explorer and use an alternate browser until a patch can be found for a vulnerability discovered last...

After months in the making, the Internet Association, a coalition of 14 companies that includes Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo, Amazon, Facebook and Salesforce.com, launched on Wednesday It proclaims itself as the unified voice of the Internet economy and is dedicated to advancing public policy solutions to strengthen and protect Internet freedom, foster ...

In an apparent effort to thwart TV show piracy, Hulu Japan, a subscription streaming site, will show episodes of Saturday Night Live mere hours after the show airs on U.S. television, according to GigaOm Hulu, which is based in the U.S. but also operates in Japan, struck a deal not with NBC, the network that broadcasts SNL, but with Broadway Video,...

Twitter unveiled a new design for its iPad, iPhone and Android users this week, offering a more streamlined look on its mobile apps and asserting more control over how its mobile users interact with the social network Twitter's revamped apps are now common across Apple and Android phones. TThe iPad app gets a makeover that adds the Home, Me, Connec...

Microsoft and Research In Motion have reportedly inked a licensing deal in which RIM gets access to Microsoft's exFAT (extended file allocation table) technology, which will allow certain RIM devices to more easily transfer large files from PCs For RIM and Microsoft watchers, the technological advantages the agreement will bring -- and additional c...

Three public interest groups, Free Press, Public Knowledge, and the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, have taken the first formal step in lodging a complaint against a carrier with the Federal Communications Commission. They have served notice to AT&T that in 10 days, they intend to file an official complaint that it violates Net...

Three public interest groups, Free Press, Public Knowledge, and the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, have taken the first formal step in lodging a complaint against a carrier with the Federal Communications Commission. They have served notice to AT&T that in 10 days, they intend to file an official complaint that it violates Net...

As you read this, Dreamforce 2012 is underway and Marc Benioff is giving his keynote presentation. I've been in San Francisco since Monday and have watched the city -- especially near the Moscone Center -- swell like a pumpkin on a vine in late summer. If Salesforce's 70,000 registered attendees doesn't impress you, consider that they have another 30,000 people attending a Web conference as well...

Zorin Linux 6.0 is a very capable replacement operating system for Microsoft Windows. It is also a bother-free alternative to other Linux distros that suffer from the usability issues of the Gnome 3 or Ubuntu Unity desktop interfaces.The Zorin Linux distro is an offshoot of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux but it has much more of the look and feel of Linu...

An international group of scientists from universities in various parts of the world known as the Dark Energy Survey had a Dark Energy Camera (DECam) built in order to find out what dark energy is Dark energy has been posited to be the reason for the universe's expanding faster and faster.