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<author><![CDATA[georgelai]]></author>
<description><![CDATA[Future Tense is a daily program from American Public Media that 
chronicles the social impact of computers, the Internet, and technology 
in general.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A troubling shift in computer crime]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In a recent <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2008-11-11-thieves-cyber-corporate-data_N.htm">story</a> in USA Today, Byron Acohido reports that malicious hackers recently broke into the computer network of a large Houston-based technology company, infecting more than 300 work stations with a virus that harvested company documents, sending the data to a gang of thieves in Turkey.

Acohido says the heist underscores a shift in computer crime, where criminals are going after corporate users instead of individuals.<img src="http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~4/460298488" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
<pubDate>11/20/2008 9:45:20 PM</pubDate>
<link>http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~3/460298488/a-troubling-shi.html</link>
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<title><![CDATA[More mainstream video, ads in YouTube's future]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For years YouTube has championed user-generated videos over Hollywood-style programming, and steadfastly avoided obtrusive advertising.

But recently YouTube announced it will sell search terms as part of an advertising program, and acqired the rights to post full-length movies from a major Hollywood studio.  And that's probably just a taste of what's to come for a site that's captured the world's imagination but has yet to figure out the money thing, according to Greg Sandoval of <a href="http://www.news.com">CNET News</a>.<img src="http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~4/458633973" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
<pubDate>11/19/2008 12:35:26 PM</pubDate>
<link>http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~3/458633973/more-mainstream.html</link>
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<title><![CDATA[One possible solution to e-mail overload]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you're bogged by the volume of your e-mail but don't dare walk away for fear of missing critical messages, a new Web-based program could offer some relief. <a href="http://www.awayfind.com"> AwayFind</a> provides a custom form that senders can fill out if they really, really need to reach you.<img src="http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~4/457132715" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
<pubDate>11/18/2008 7:19:35 AM</pubDate>
<link>http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~3/457132715/one-possible-so.html</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Technology still frustrates many Americans]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Fifteen percent of people who had some piece of technology break down in the previous year were never able to get it repaired, according to a <a href="http://pewinternet.org/PPF/r/267/report_display.asp">new survey</a> from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. That figure is even higher for cell phones - as one in four people report an unresolved problem.<img src="http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~4/456247559" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
<pubDate>11/17/2008 12:51:09 PM</pubDate>
<link>http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~3/456247559/technology-stil.html</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Good guys win small victory over spammers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Security experts who helped shut down a shadowy Silicon Valley Web hosting company this week say the result is an instant 40 percent drop in spam.  But that won't last, according to Paul Ferguson of security firm Trend Micro.<img src="http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~4/453046477" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
<pubDate>11/14/2008 10:31:08 AM</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Craigslist attempts to limit prostitution ads]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Popular online classified ad site craigslist has introduced new rules aimed at reducing ads placed by prostitutes and pimps.  The San Francisco company is now charging a small fee and requiring credit card verification for postings in the "erotic services" section of the site.  Advertisers must also supply a working phone number.   CEO Jim Buckmaster says he expects that very few ads for illicit services will remain.  Craigslist promises to donate revenue generated from ads to charity.<img src="http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~4/451870821" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
<pubDate>11/13/2008 9:37:20 AM</pubDate>
<link>http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~3/451870821/craigslist-atte.html</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama as a Web 2.0 president]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[During his campaign Barack Obama leveraged the Web, social networks, text messaging and e-mail to amass supporters and money.  The question now: Will Obama use his millions of Internet friends to help him run the country and bring change to Washington?<img src="http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~4/451870822" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
<pubDate>11/12/2008 9:45:24 AM</pubDate>
<link>http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~3/451870822/obama-as-a-web-1.html</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Software empowers cell phones to fight traffic congestion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mobile phone company Nokia and the University of California Berkeley have released <a href="http://traffic.berkeley.edu/">software</a> that allows some San Francisco Bay Area drivers to use their GPS-enabled phones to better monitor traffic congestion.<img src="http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~4/449629218" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
<pubDate>11/11/2008 10:10:29 AM</pubDate>
<link>http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~3/449629218/software-empowe-1.html</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Software empowers cell phones to fight traffic]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mobile phone company Nokia and the University of California Berkeley have released <a href="http://traffic.berkeley.edu/">software</a> that allows some San Francisco Bay Area drivers to use their GPS-enabled phones to better monitor traffic congestion.<img src="http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~4/449629219" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
<pubDate>11/11/2008 10:00:16 AM</pubDate>
<link>http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~3/449629219/software-empowe.html</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Certification program helps identify ethical e-waste recyclers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Environmental activists and more than two dozen <a href="http://e-stewards.org/local_estewards.html">recycling companies</a> have created a certification program designed to curtail the export and improper disposal of toxic electronic waste.<img src="http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~4/448691726" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
<pubDate>11/10/2008 1:23:20 PM</pubDate>
<link>http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~3/448691726/certification-p.html</link>
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<title><![CDATA[60 Minutes crew attacked while filming toxic e-waste dump in China]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This Sunday's 60 Minutes exposes what looks like a ghastly e-waste dismantling facility in Guiyu, China. Thugs overseeing the dump jumped Scott Pelley and his crew, but the newsies managed to get out with their cameras. The Chinese attackers were...<img src="http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~4/445550477" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
<pubDate>11/7/2008 9:51:05 AM</pubDate>
<link>http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~3/445550477/60-minutes-crew.html</link>
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<title><![CDATA[On the cusp of a new wireless revolution?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[MP3 - iTunes The Federal Communications Commission this week decided to free up the little-used "white space" spectrum between television channels. That spectrum slice will no longer be needed when the U.S. ditches analog TV broadcasts early next year. Backers...<img src="http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~4/445523793" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
<pubDate>11/7/2008 9:09:25 AM</pubDate>
<link>http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~3/445523793/on-the-cusp-of.html</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama to push for universal broadband?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Today we feature an interview with Jonathan Taplin of the USC Annenberg School for Communication, who recently analyzed the tech policy platforms of the presidential candidates.  We talked about President-elect Barack Obama's positions on broadband, net neutrality, and electronic privacy.<img src="http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~4/444408043" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
<pubDate>11/6/2008 9:04:14 AM</pubDate>
<link>http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~3/444408043/obama-to-push-f.html</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft hardens defense, but security threats still growing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Malicious hackers are finding it more difficult to exploits flaws in Windows, so they're going after individual programs instead, according to Microsoft's semi-annual <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/sir.aspx">Security Intelligence Report</a>.<img src="http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~4/445540330" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
<pubDate>11/4/2008 9:24:15 AM</pubDate>
<link>http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~3/445540330/microsoft-harde.html</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Windows 7 previewed]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Eager Windows fans are already downloading a very early, unfinished version of Windows 7 via bit torrent.   The successor to Vista is not expected in its final form until 2010.

People who write Windows programs recently got a sneak peak of Windows 7.  Many reviewers say the new OS - even though it's just in a state called "pre-beta," looks pretty stable

Future Tense news analyst Dwight Silverman says Windows 7 is a direct descendant of the much-maligned Vista.<img src="http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~4/441239251" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
<pubDate>11/3/2008 12:59:47 PM</pubDate>
<link>http://feeds.publicradio.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~3/441239251/windows-7-previ.html</link>
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