http://www.kens5.com/news/technology RSS Feed for KENS - News - Technology en-us Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:04:47 GMT 2012-01-31T21:04:47Z en-us http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/Governors-tech-fund-creates-820-jobs-spends-169M-138428334.html Gov. Rick Perry's Emerging Technology Fund has invested $169 million in commercial firms to create 820 jobs since 2006. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:04:47 GMT http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/Governors-tech-fund-creates-820-jobs-spends-169M-138428334.html 2012-01-31T21:04:47Z http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/Heartbroken-man-offers-8K-Super-Bowl-tickets-to-boost-Twitter-following-138412589.html A man who bought his ex-girlfriend tickets to the Super Bowl is using them as a prize to increase his number of Twitter followers. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:02:57 GMT http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/Heartbroken-man-offers-8K-Super-Bowl-tickets-to-boost-Twitter-following-138412589.html 2012-01-31T19:02:57Z http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/138344239.html More young people have started shifting to Twitter, almost hiding in plain sight. Teens tout the ease of use and the ability to send the equivalent of a text message to a circle of friends, often a smaller one than they have on Facebook. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:54:38 GMT http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/138344239.html 2012-01-30T19:54:38Z http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/138270079.html Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:31:42 GMT http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/138270079.html 2012-01-29T01:31:42Z http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/Freedom-of-speech-curtailed-Twitter-may-censor-tweets-in-individual-countries-138201614.html Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:22:43 GMT http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/Freedom-of-speech-curtailed-Twitter-may-censor-tweets-in-individual-countries-138201614.html 2012-01-27T16:22:43Z http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/Popular-file-sharing-website-Megaupload-shut-down-137736738.html The news of the shutdown seemed to bring retaliation from hackers who claimed credit for attacking the Justice Department's website. Federal officials confirmed it was down and that the disruption was being "treated as a malicious act." Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:03:16 GMT http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/Popular-file-sharing-website-Megaupload-shut-down-137736738.html 2012-01-20T13:03:16Z http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/Apple-starts-selling-interactive-iPad-textbooks-137689988.html Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school books. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:39:45 GMT http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/Apple-starts-selling-interactive-iPad-textbooks-137689988.html 2012-01-19T19:39:45Z http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/Cyber-protesters-black-out-sites-as-piracy-bill-is-debated-137620253.html Hundreds of sites protested the proposed bill called SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) introduced by San Antonio Congressman Lamar Smith Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:58:43 GMT http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/Cyber-protesters-black-out-sites-as-piracy-bill-is-debated-137620253.html 2012-01-18T23:58:43Z http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/No-Wikipedia-on-Wednesday-Popular-site-blacking-out-to-protest-legislation-137474183.html Wikipedia will black out the English language version of its website Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress, the foundation behind the popular community-based online encyclopedia said in a statement Monday night. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:20:31 GMT http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/No-Wikipedia-on-Wednesday-Popular-site-blacking-out-to-protest-legislation-137474183.html 2012-01-17T13:20:31Z http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/Study-Digital-addiction-may-damage-your-brain-137415058.html We throw around words like “crackberry” to describe how dependent we are on high-tech devices. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:19:15 GMT http://www.kens5.com/news/technology/Study-Digital-addiction-may-damage-your-brain-137415058.html 2012-01-16T15:19:15Z