911 Internet Calls

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By GENE J. KOPROWSKI
CHICAGO, May 27 (UPI) -- A sexual predator attacks a woman in her Florida home. She dials 911 on her Internet-enabled phone, but is routed to an emergency operator in another state. The police never arrive and she is murdered.

Movie-style graphics online

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Gene J. KoprowskiUNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Chicago, IL, May. 25 (UPI) -- Want to draw a "Wookie" for your Web site, or craft some other cool Hollywood-style character for the whole world to see? The latest graphic design applications from Corel Corp., Quark Inc. and other software developers are making it possible for amateur as well as experienced artists to craft images similar to those by produced by LucasFilm for the "Star Wars" movies for Internet sites, experts told UPI's The Web.

Evil twins lurk in Wi-Fi

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ByGene J. Koprowski
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Chicago, IL, May. 20 (UPI) -- There may be an evil twin prowling around your Wi-Fi network connection, the latest scam from hackers who target wireless computer users.

Video search on the Web comes of age

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Chicago, IL, May. 18 (UPI) -- Want to know what President Bartlett or operative Josh Lyman are doing on the next episode of "The West Wing," or what the real characters at the Bush White House are doing? New video search capabilities, created for broadband Internet users by firms from Google to Lycos, are starting to enable people to search and view select video clips of news, public affairs and entertainment programming from television.

Wireless World: Phone games a big hit

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By GENE J. KOPROWSKI
CHICAGO, May 18 (UPI) -- Playing "Trivial Pursuit" on a mobile phone is no longer a trifling matter. Games for mobile phones finally have emerged as a major technology and entertainment business, experts told UPI's Wireless World.

Grandstanding over ID theft. . .

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Chicago, IL, May. 11 (UPI) -- California passed a law to protect consumers from identity theft two years ago, when the issue first was seen as an Internet social problem, and now security breaches at ChoicePoint and Time Warner are prompting attorneys general in other states to press for comparable legislation.

Karl Rove's Secret Plan to Save Social Security

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By Gene J. Koprowski
United Press International

Chicago, IL, May. 4 (UPI) -- The future of Social Security -- whether there will be private accounts for younger workers or whether the retirement system stays essentially the same -- may be decided on the Internet.

White House adviser Karl Rove said in a recent conference call that Internet lobbying by young grassroots Republicans will make or break the Bush administration's proposals to revamp the pension program, just as the technology helped get out the vote last fall during the presidential campaign.

Rethinking passport chips

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By Gene J. Koprowski
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL

Chicago, IL, Apr. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. government may be rethinking a plan to imbed wireless tracking technology in the passport of every citizen after hearing objections about potential civil liberties violations, experts told UPI's Wireless World.