Newstalk 870 KFLD: The Mid Columbia's Newstalk Leader » technology http://newstalk870.am Wed, 22 May 2013 00:14:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Gamers Rejoice! Prosser School Buses Outfitted with WiFi – Pasco Looks to Be Next! http://newstalk870.am/gamers-rejoice-prosser-school-buses-outfitted-with-wifi-pasco-looks-to-be-next/ http://newstalk870.am/gamers-rejoice-prosser-school-buses-outfitted-with-wifi-pasco-looks-to-be-next/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:43:21 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=132978 After a successful trial in Prosser, Pasco School District officials recently took a tour on a school bus outfitted to be a WiFi hotspot!

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/gamers-rejoice-prosser-school-buses-outfitted-with-wifi-pasco-looks-to-be-next/feed/ 0 (Courtesy of Educational Service District 123) More Than Half of Americans Now Have a Smartphone – Do You? http://newstalk870.am/more-than-half-of-americans-now-have-a-smartphone-do-you/ http://newstalk870.am/more-than-half-of-americans-now-have-a-smartphone-do-you/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:01:55 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=128048 According to Arbitron Inc., the number of Americans with a smartphone is over 50 percent. Arbitron is the company that measures and monitors radio listenership in hundreds of markets around the country (similar to the Nielsen television ratings system).

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/more-than-half-of-americans-now-have-a-smartphone-do-you/feed/ 0 (Photo Illustration by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Today Is 16th Anniversary of First Successful Animal Cloning! – Remember Blade Runner? http://newstalk870.am/today-is-16th-anniversary-of-first-successful-animal-cloning-remember-blade-runner/ http://newstalk870.am/today-is-16th-anniversary-of-first-successful-animal-cloning-remember-blade-runner/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:00:26 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=123900 Back then this story set the world on it's ear!

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/today-is-16th-anniversary-of-first-successful-animal-cloning-remember-blade-runner/feed/ 0 Developer Outsourced Work to China So He Could Surf the Web All Day http://newstalk870.am/verizon-employee-outsourced-work-to-china-so-he-could-surf-the-web-all-day/ http://newstalk870.am/verizon-employee-outsourced-work-to-china-so-he-could-surf-the-web-all-day/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:16:22 +0000 Donald Deane http://thefw.com/?p=179290 When it comes to dodging work, we tip our hats to an unidentified developer who outsourced his programming duties to a Chinese company while he surfed the internet all day. Brilliant! But imagine if he devoted as much energy to his actual job. Someday, he might've gone somewhere.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/verizon-employee-outsourced-work-to-china-so-he-could-surf-the-web-all-day/feed/ 0 Quickmeme A Computer That Can Smell? Feel Touch Through Your Phone? A Reality in Five Years, Say Experts http://newstalk870.am/a-computer-that-can-smell-feel-touch-through-your-phone-a-reality-in-five-years-say-experts/ http://newstalk870.am/a-computer-that-can-smell-feel-touch-through-your-phone-a-reality-in-five-years-say-experts/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:00:40 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=115063 Pretty soon, there won't be any need for sci-fi movies!  We'll already have the technology in use.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/a-computer-that-can-smell-feel-touch-through-your-phone-a-reality-in-five-years-say-experts/feed/ 0 (Getty images) Technology 2012 Winners and Losers Include Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and More http://newstalk870.am/technology-2012-winners-and-losers-facebook-twitter-instagram-and-more/ http://newstalk870.am/technology-2012-winners-and-losers-facebook-twitter-instagram-and-more/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:19:15 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=110328 As we get ready to ring in the new year, we look back at who won, and lost big-time in 2012.   Where did Facebook land?  Groupon? Ever heard of LinkedIn?  You will.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/technology-2012-winners-and-losers-facebook-twitter-instagram-and-more/feed/ 0 (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Hurricane Sandy Knocks Out 25% Of Cellphones-Many Still Without Service. http://newstalk870.am/hurricane-sandy-knocks-out-25-of-cellphones-many-still-without-service/ http://newstalk870.am/hurricane-sandy-knocks-out-25-of-cellphones-many-still-without-service/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:00:56 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=104230 While Hurricane Sandy has faded, the cleanup begins, and so does the effort to restore cell service in hundreds of communities.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/hurricane-sandy-knocks-out-25-of-cellphones-many-still-without-service/feed/ 0 (Photo by Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images) Can Drones Fry Computers With Microwave Blasts? Yup! http://newstalk870.am/could-computers-be-fried-by-microwave-blasts-from-drones-yup/ http://newstalk870.am/could-computers-be-fried-by-microwave-blasts-from-drones-yup/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:52:40 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=103088 Technological warfare has been taken up a notch.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/could-computers-be-fried-by-microwave-blasts-from-drones-yup/feed/ 0 (Photo by Gary Williams/Getty Images) Send 'Actual' Kisses Via Internet? Japanese Engineers Make It Happen http://newstalk870.am/send-actual-kisses-via-internet-japanese-engineers-make-it-happen/ http://newstalk870.am/send-actual-kisses-via-internet-japanese-engineers-make-it-happen/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:15:34 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=93147 Until now, you had to just put your lips on the computer, and pretend -- if you're into that kinda thing!

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/send-actual-kisses-via-internet-japanese-engineers-make-it-happen/feed/ 0 Ogden Police Want Blimp for Surveillance – FAA Says No for Now http://newstalk870.am/ogden-police-want-blimp-for-surveillance-faa-says-no-for-now/ http://newstalk870.am/ogden-police-want-blimp-for-surveillance-faa-says-no-for-now/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:46:38 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=88466 Saying they need it to monitor "suspicious activity," the Ogden Police want a blimp.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/ogden-police-want-blimp-for-surveillance-faa-says-no-for-now/feed/ 0 (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) Mexican Drug Cartels Using Drones To Scout Border Crossings? http://newstalk870.am/mexican-drug-cartels-using-drones-to-scout-border-crossings/ http://newstalk870.am/mexican-drug-cartels-using-drones-to-scout-border-crossings/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:30:35 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=85319 Drones have become almost an everyday part of life now (not the kind Mark Levin speaks of - the robotic flying kind!) - and that includes use by the "bad" guys.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/mexican-drug-cartels-using-drones-to-scout-border-crossings/feed/ 0 (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) Man Sets Fire at Nuclear Sub Site to Get Off Work Early! http://newstalk870.am/man-sets-fire-at-nuclear-sub-site-to-get-off-work-early/ http://newstalk870.am/man-sets-fire-at-nuclear-sub-site-to-get-off-work-early/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:26:17 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=81826 Everyone knows there are times we really want to get off work early. But this method probably wasn't the best idea in the long run!

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/man-sets-fire-at-nuclear-sub-site-to-get-off-work-early/feed/ 0 (Photo by Mark A. Leonesio/U.S. Navy via Getty Images) Malware May Knock Out Hundreds Of Thousands Of Computers Monday http://newstalk870.am/malware-may-knock-out-hundreds-of-thousands-of-computers-monday/ http://newstalk870.am/malware-may-knock-out-hundreds-of-thousands-of-computers-monday/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:46:39 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=77072 It's a story splattered across the web, Facebook, and various websites - that come Monday, a malware virus may knock people's computers off the web.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/malware-may-knock-out-hundreds-of-thousands-of-computers-monday/feed/ 0 (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images How Bad Are Your Smartphones and iPads Making Your Handwriting? http://newstalk870.am/smartphones-ipads-handwriting/ http://newstalk870.am/smartphones-ipads-handwriting/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:14 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=114912 Many of us do a lot of typing on computers and smartphones, but when’s the last time you actually used your own handwriting to communicate? According to a new survey, it’s probably been a long time — and our scrawls are suffering because of it.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/smartphones-ipads-handwriting/feed/ 0 Valerio Pennicino, Getty Images Could YOU Live Without your Smartphone? Computer? (Poll) http://newstalk870.am/could-you-live-without-your-smartphone-computer-poll/ http://newstalk870.am/could-you-live-without-your-smartphone-computer-poll/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:00:08 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=47314 Today, March 22nd, is National Day Of Unplugging.   Dedicated to taking time off from cellphones, computers, tablets, etc.  Could you do this?

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/could-you-live-without-your-smartphone-computer-poll/feed/ 0 (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) There Will Soon Be More Cell Phones Than People in the World http://newstalk870.am/cell-phones-people-world/ http://newstalk870.am/cell-phones-people-world/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:00:34 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=76687 Cisco’s annual Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast makes some interesting (some may say frightening) predictions, including the fact that the number of mobile-connected devices will exceed the world’s population sometime this year.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/cell-phones-people-world/feed/ 0 Sean Gallup, Getty Images You'll Never Guess What People Would Actually Do to Be Able to Work From Home http://newstalk870.am/what-people-would-do-work-from-home/ http://newstalk870.am/what-people-would-do-work-from-home/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:00:14 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=76202 Being able to work from home is a popular employee perk. And according to a new poll conducted by online communications provider TeamViewer, some people want to telecommute so much that they’d be willing to sacrifice some rather unorthodox things just to do it.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/what-people-would-do-work-from-home/feed/ 0 ddfic, Flickr Children Becoming Addicted To Computers, Expert Says http://newstalk870.am/children-becoming-addicted-to-computers-expert-says/ http://newstalk870.am/children-becoming-addicted-to-computers-expert-says/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:04:42 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=33088 Limit time, no smart phone til 15, and read and talk to your children.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/children-becoming-addicted-to-computers-expert-says/feed/ 0 (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Is Your Smart Phone A "Spy Phone? http://newstalk870.am/is-your-smart-phone-a-spy-phone/ http://newstalk870.am/is-your-smart-phone-a-spy-phone/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:50:19 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=25603 is it keeping tabs on you? What do you think?

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/is-your-smart-phone-a-spy-phone/feed/ 0 (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)