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Gadhafi's Grip on Military and Media Gives Cover to Atrocities

ANALYSIS Moammar Gadhafi's totalitarian control over the military and media has made Libya's revolution the most violent so far in a region beset by uprisings. Hussein Malla, AP Libyan citizens stand over a destroyed tank at Al-Katiba military base after it fell to anti-regime protesters. Until the protests...

The Verizon iPhone Is Coming! 5 Takes on the Highly Anticipated Gadget

Looks like the wait is over. Verizon and Apple will finally put an end to one of the consumer tech industry's biggest questions when the two companies reveal the iPhone's introduction to the Verizon network. The announcement is taking place today at what had been a mysterious engagement until The Wall Street Journal...

Emergency Broadcast System Coming to Cell Phones

(Nov. 17) -- The Emergency Broadcast System that interrupts TV programming in times of crisis is jumping to a new format where it might be able to reach you better -- on your cell phone. The communications company Alcatel-Lucent announced Tuesday that it's creating a Broadcast Message Center that will allow government...

UN Calls Out BlackBerry, RIM, Over Data Security

(Sept. 3) -- When it comes to data security issues, there is a blurry line between private sectors and government -- particularly if the BlackBerry is involved. The secretary-general of the U.N.'s International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Hamadoun Toure, is attempting to define that gray area in favor of his...