Tech & Telecom : The Rocky Mountain News

TeleTech downgrades profits

TeleTech Holdings Inc. erased $65.3 million of earnings from its books this week, the conclusion of a voluntary review that began last fall of its stock-option practices.

Qwest deregulation plea draws fire

Residential and business price hikes undermine Qwest's plea for deregulation in the metro area, the Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel argued this week.

Dish hails satellite launch

A critical satellite to boost Dish Network Corp.'s high-definition programming was launched into orbit late Tuesday by California-based Sea Launch Co.

YouTube can hide user IDs in lawsuit

The video-sharing site YouTube will be allowed to mask the identities of individual users when it provides viewership records to Viacom Inc. and other copyright holders behind a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit.

FTC fines telemarketers for Dish Network

Two telemarketing companies that sell Dish Network Corp.’s satellite-TV services have agreed to pay fines of $95,000 for ignoring the federal do-not-call list and making customers listen to recordings for too long, federal regulators said today.

What killed Webroot founder?

An autopsy is under way on former Boulder millionaire Steven Thomas, whose body was found in Honolulu.

Bank of the future

The bank of the future will be in real time, and its storefront will be your cell phone.

ATM break-in shows PINs can be vulnerable

Hackers broke into Citibank's network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores and stole customers' PIN codes, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing security hole in the most sensitive part of a banking record.

Google's Gmail alerts users to log off

One of the benefits of Web-based e-mail is the ability to log on from just about anywhere - at home, at work, a friend's house, a mobile device or even a public library or cybercafe.

Flickr, Getty to help turn pictures to cash

Flickr, a popular online photo-sharing site owned by Yahoo Inc., is teaming up with Getty Images to offer shutterbugs a chance to turn their hobby into a moneymaking endeavor.

Coloradan's stolen data winds up on Google

A Colorado woman logged on to her computer in April, voted on a CNN poll, shopped for airline tickets and calculated payments for a $25,000 car loan from Wells Fargo.

Researchers to create library in Wikipedia

Researchers plan to create a library of human genetics, with entries on the workings of individual genes and make it available for anyone in Wikipedia rather than in an obscure academic format.

Company aims to gain from Facebook game

As Facebook has blossomed into a hot Internet hangout, its users have passed countless hours playing Scrabble with friends - or at least, an unauthorized version of the word game that Scrabble's owners have tried to shut down.