Blog Alert for NYT > Technology, Mar 16, 2010

New Posts to NYT > Technology on Mar 16, 2010:

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1) How Privacy Vanishes Online, a Bit at a Time
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=0697d407399b9839171da9cb29b1f30e

Using innocuous bits of data from Web sites like Facebook and Twitter, researchers gleaned people?s names, ages and even Social Security numbers.

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2) F.C.C. Questioned on Its Plan to Expand Broadband Access
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=84d38397f3e9a9cee209d8bcd8792afa

The Federal Communications Commission characterized its proposal, which it sent to Congress, as a step for keeping the country competitive.

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3) Europe?s Public Broadcasters Seek Easier Access Online
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=ab0e931c15c44db92d870d1ce8058ef5

The European Broadcasting Union said its proposals were intended to push cross-border online video services.

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4) Kitchen Gadgets Take the Fast-Food Mentality Into the Home
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=dd435494338befa8f7bcd597420655c1

Forget sous vide and braising and the farm-to-table ethos. We are a nation that cooks with an index finger.

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5) Google Partners Call for Clarity on China Plans
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=2ca84e3d4c8e29b2791f52c589f4471b

Chinese firms selling ad space on Google?s search pages warned the company that they may seek compensation if Google shuts its Chinese portal.

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6) Xobni Arrives on the BlackBerry
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=769e6329eb719deb57a24c844589a68e

Xobni, a tool for searching Outlook e-mail and contacts, will now do the same on the BlackBerry.

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7) M.I.T. Researchers Create Molecular Chips
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=846ff347774a63157df4e2fa28558d05

Using copolymers, a university team has developed a way to arrange individual molecules into complex patterns on silicon chips. The research could enable smaller computer chips than current processes allow.

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8) Apple Hires Wearable Computing Engineer
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7b448fac206f23d4087a0e0b7bca4904

Apple's recent hiring of Richard DeVaul, a veteran in the wearable computing field, could lead to things like glasses with built-in displays.

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9) Online Hate Sites Grow With Social Networks
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=dddb359845887718b57d906a05ef3e49

The number of hate and terror pages on the Web is up 20 percent over the past year, a report finds, with social networks playing a more prominent role.

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10) Emory University Saves Rushdie?s Digital Data
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=d7ca41566232ff4a4a7cb1cfdeafc654

As research libraries and archives are discovering, ?born-digital? materials are much more complicated and costly to preserve than anticipated.

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11) C-Span Puts Its Full Archives on the Web
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=970a5e782f02ef26fe34f677964139c0

Researchers, political satirists and partisan mudslingers, take note: C-Span has uploaded virtually every minute of its video archives to the Internet.

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12) A Television Project That Might Make Steve Jobs iRate
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f4003030d71dae34852c38f081a75037

Epix has struck a development deal for a new series called "iCon," to be written by Dan Lyons, who has sent up the Apple chief executive on his popular blog, The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs.

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13) South by Southwest's Location-Based Allure
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=523d6dfc6e4f052f409dcab6fb9d21be

A swirl of new media at the South by Southwest conference.

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14) App of the Week: A Reason to Use the Phone in the Car
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=88026b540c4ab4548dd36508e79ea313

Steer Clear Mobile is a portable and valuable lesson for teen drivers -- or even adults.

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15) Cabling Your Mac
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=2639ea22fd232d66905473ac63c084b6

A new cable from NewerTech simplifies the transfer of high-quality video from your Mac to an HDTV.

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16) Q&A: Powering a Laptop Overseas
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f2c09f04e8daa4a4d3dfdd5a4c116f03

You may not need a power converter when you take your laptop overseas, but you may need a plug adapter.

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