October 22, 2004

The Arizona Community Foundation has announced a new online scholarship portal that allows students to apply for more than 60 scholarships with a single online application. The system automatically matches each applicant with every scholarship for which he or she qualifies.

Crime victims in Mesa will find the bureaucratic aftermath - filing a police report - a little easier by the start of the new year.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Bank of America Corp. is rolling out a new online banking security system aimed at making it harder for cyberthieves to crack customer accounts, an effort that comes as the industry struggles with a recent string of high-profile security breaches.

A state-run Web site unveiled Wednesday will provide a one-stop shop, listing public and private agencies for Arizonans to find the help they need.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law Monday requiring libraries that receive federal funds — including those in Mesa and Phoenix — to electronically filter adult content from Internet-accessible computers.

The death of a Maricopa County Superior Court judge has led grieving friends, family, co-workers and neighbors to flood online guest books where they are sharing warm memories of him.

The prospect of filing without headache-inducing calculations is sending more Arizonans than ever to the Internet to file their federal income tax returns.

PHOENIX - Starting Thursday, voters who are registered in Arizona but live overseas will be able to vote online through a unique Web-based system offered by the Secretary of State.

An online system for reporting Scottsdale crimes is up and running — not that anyone knows.

LOS ANGELES - Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates on Tuesday announced a cross-platform gaming service that integrates games played on cell phones, Xbox 360 consoles and the upcoming Windows Vista operating system.

AMERICAN FORK, Utah - With videos, pictures and reams of other data piling up on computers everywhere, consumers who want some insurance against losing it all have a growing number of online backup options.

SAN FRANCISCO - Hoping to build upon the power of its Internet leading search engine, Google Inc. is believed to be developing an online payment system that would pose a stiff challenge to online auctioneer eBay Inc.'s industry-dominating PayPal service.

SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced online enhancements to its Windows operating system and other popular software programs, hoping to defuse a growing threat from Google Inc. and other fast-moving challengers.

SAN FRANCISCO - Sports fans already invest considerable emotion and angst in professional athletes. Now they can take that obsession a step further, trading on the pros' performance in an online electronic market.

SAN FRANCISCO - Sports fans already invest considerable emotion and angst in professional athletes. Now they can take that obsession a step further, trading on the pros' performance in an online electronic market.

"Gotcha!" is a one-minute vampire movie that has gotten more than 1,600 hits since its 23-year-old director posted it on revver.com at the beginning of the month.

SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. unveiled a new strategy Tuesday to move software and services online, seeking to fend off a growing threat from Google Inc. and other nimble upstarts born on the Internet. With a new Web site called "Windows Live," Microsoft hopes to create a new platform that will unfasten some of its applications from computer hard drives.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. unveiled a new strategy Tuesday to move software and services online, seeking to fend off a growing threat from Google Inc. and other nimble upstarts born on the Internet.

PARIS - Attorney Jean-Marc Goldnadel knew he was going to make waves when he launched classaction.fr - a French Web site that lets users sign up to lawsuits online for as little as 12 euros ($14.50).

PARIS - Attorney Jean-Marc Goldnadel knew he was going to make waves when he launched classaction.fr - a French Web site that lets users sign up to lawsuits online for as little as 12 euros ($14.50).

ATLANTA - Online videos aren't just for bloopers and rants - some might also be conduits for malicious code that can infect your computer.

SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. is diving into the business of offering online searches of books and other writings, and says its approach aims to avoid the legal tussles met by rival Google Inc.

The Phoenix Coyotes’ Glendale arena won’t be finished for another eight months, but fans can already see exactly what the views will be from each of the seating sections using a new virtual reality feature on the team’s Web site.