Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Changes in law aim to protect kids’ online data

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming to prevent companies from exploiting online information about children under 13, the Obama administration on Wednesday imposed sweeping changes in regulations designed to protect a young …

• Government issues new online child privacy rules

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — New online child privacy rules will keep anonymous advertisers and marketers from siphoning personal information about preteens but won’t restrain innovation among technology companies and businesses that …

• Software industry braces for new phone apps rules

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A cellphone game for kids about U.S. geography, “Stack the States,” gets rave reviews from parents. Its creator, Dan Russell-Pinson, considered making the 99-cent app better by …

• Developers worried about new rules for phone apps

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A cellphone game for kids about U.S. geography, “Stack the States,” gets rave reviews from parents. Its creator, Dan Russell-Pinson, considered making the 99-cent app better by …

• Google Maps return to iPhone with new mobile app

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google Maps have found their way back to the iPhone. The world’s most popular online mapping system returned late Wednesday with the release of the Google …

• Anti-virus software developer McAfee arrives in US

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World MIAMI (AP) — Anti-virus software founder John McAfee arrived in the U.S. on Wednesday night after being deported from Guatemala, where he had sought to evade police questioning in the …

• 10 arrested in international cybercrime ring

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten people have been arrested as part of an investigation into international cybercrime rings that steal millions of computer users’ credit card, bank account and other personal …

• Top Jindal aides use personal email to strategize

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Top officials in Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration used personal email accounts to craft a media strategy for imposing hundreds of millions of dollars in … 1

• Not that hard for authorities to get to your email

  November 13, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Your emails are not nearly as private as you think. The downfall of CIA Director David Petraeus demonstrates how easy it is for federal law enforcement agents …

• Petraeus case shows FBI’s authority to read email

  November 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Your emails are not nearly as private as you think. The downfall of CIA Director David Petraeus demonstrates how easy it is for federal law enforcement agents …

• Info emerges about 2nd woman in Petraeus case

  November 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — As questions swirl about the extramarital affair that led to the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus, the retired general and his biographer, Paula Broadwell, have been …

• Lawmakers target operations of data-mining firms

  November 8, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of lawmakers say data-mining companies that collect and sell personal information about consumers should make their operations more transparent. Members of the Congressional Bipartisan Privacy …

• Where do I click, again? A guide to Windows 8

  October 26, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — With the launch of Windows 8, buyers are about to discover a computing experience unlike anything they’ve seen before. Here’s a guide to getting past some … 2

• Apple’s iPad Mini much pricier than rival tablets

  October 23, 2012 in Nation/World SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Apple Inc.’s pencil-thin, smaller iPad will cost much more than its competitors, signaling the company isn’t going to get into a mini-tablet price war. The … 1

• Arlington Cemetery debuts new interactive map

  October 22, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Arlington National Cemetery on Monday made available to the public a massive electronic database detailing the gravesites of the roughly 400,000 people buried there. Cemetery officials built …

• US warning reflects fears of Iranian cyberattack

  October 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s pointed warning that the U.S. will strike back against a cyberattack underscores the Obama administration’s growing concern that Iran could be the first …

• Judge says anti-Muslim clip can stay on YouTube

  September 21, 2012 LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 14-minute film trailer blamed for protest violence in the Middle East will remain on YouTube, after an actress lost her legal challenge to take it …

• Judge denies request to stop anti-Muslim film clip

  September 20, 2012 LOS ANGELES (AP) — An actress who appeared in an anti-Muslim film trailer that sparked violence in the Middle East lost her legal challenge on Thursday to have the 14-minute …

• Google says it won’t take down anti-Muslim clip

  September 15, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Google is refusing a White House request to take down an anti-Muslim clip on YouTube, but is restricting access to it in certain countries. The White House … 2

• Microsoft finds malware on new computers in China

  September 13, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — A customer in Shenzhen, China, took a new laptop out of its box and booted it up for the first time. But as the screen lit up, …

• Florida firm is source of Apple data in breach

  September 10, 2012 A Florida company said Monday that the database of Apple device information that hackers stole and posted on the Internet last week came from a file the firm had in …

• FBI disputes claims of hackers’ Apple data breach

  September 4, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI on Tuesday disputed a computer hacker group’s claim that it stole personal identification data on millions of Apple device owners from an FBI agent’s laptop. …