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Prince George's police to live tweet prostitution sting 05/01/2014 11:28am • WASHINGTON -- The Prince George's County Police Department says it will take to Twitter as the Vice Unit conducts a prostitution sting next week. "We're using this progressive, and what we believe unprecedented, social media tactic to warn any potential participants that this type of criminal beh Beware: Read this before hitting copy-paste 05/01/2014 08:51am • By Ken Colburn, Data Doctors PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Anonymous asks: I got a notice of copyright infringement via Fedex from a company called Masterfile for an image that I have posted on my website. They want $2,500 as compensation; is this a scam, or should I take this seriously? The Internet mak Red Cross releases flood app with tips, resources 04/30/2014 05:17pm • WASHINGTON -- Government agencies haven't asked the American Red Cross to set up shelters due to area flooding, but as the storm hit, the agency released a flood app. The organization created the flood app to provide tips and resources for use in the event of a flood. Users can share messages Volunteer Opportunities: Swim Instructor for Kids with Disabilities 04/30/2014 04:05pm • The rain is coming down in buckets in Arlington — and should continue to do so until tomorrow — so while you’re holed up inside and dry, check out some of these opportunities around the county to bring some sunshine to those in need. Starting this week, the Arlington Department of 7 things to know before using Bitcoin 04/30/2014 10:51am • WASHINGTON -- With the growing popularity and interest in virtual currencies, including Bitcoin comes the risk of using a nascent and volatile system that operates largely on its own. As more businesses and organizations choose to accept Bitcoin for goods and services, Maryland Attorney General Major security flaw affects more than half of Internet users 04/28/2014 04:37pm • WASHINGTON -- A major security flaw in the web browser Internet Explorer has put more than 50 percent of all Internet users at risk. "The fear is it will allow an attacker to essentially take over your machine," says Allan Friedman, a research scientist at George Washington University and co- au Best, worst airlines ranked 04/27/2014 04:07pm • WASHINGTON - Airlines in the United States don't draw much praise from passengers. "As an industry, airlines received the fourth-worst score in the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) rankings of customer satisfaction. Only pay TV, social media companies and Internet service providers rank Hundreds tune in nightly for obscure live podcast focused on Relisha Rudd 04/25/2014 01:12pm • WASHINGTON -- As a nationwide search continues for missing 8-year-old Relisha Rudd, hundreds tune in nightly for an obscure internet broadcast run out of D.C. that's focused on the missing girl. Listeners from across the country tune into 32-year-old Keith Warren's podcast, "Finding Relisha Radi Students to be taught cyber civility in Montgomery County 04/25/2014 08:13am • WASHINGTON - Online bullying is a growing problem for teenagers and it recently hit close to home for one local school official. Now Montgomery County schools are taking the first steps to teaching students how to be safer and kinder online. In December, Superintendent Joshua Starr and other scho 10 things to know for Thursday 04/24/2014 03:20am • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday: 1. FCC VEERING FROM INTERNET NEUTRALITY The federal agency will propose new rules allowing content companies to pay Internet service providers for faster delivery Pop this in your mouth: Mars sues Hershey over similar sounding candy name, packaging 04/23/2014 05:16pm • Call it the candy wars, round three: This time Mars Inc. is going after rival Hershey over chocolate-covered malt balls, all-red packaging and a missing letter "s."  The McLean candy maker is accusing Hershey Co. and Hershey Chocolate & Confectionary Corp.  of brand deceptio Baby squirrel becomes an instant star on social media 04/17/2014 01:31pm • WASHINGTON - A baby squirrel is becoming the latest Internet star in the nation's capital. "The reaction that we received is beyond anything that I could have imagined," says biologist Abby Hehmeyer with City Wildlife, a nonprofit group that takes in injured and orphaned animals. The organiza Innovation Elixir: What our kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms may look like in a decade 04/16/2014 08:36pm • We know that technology is changing everything around us, but do you wonder what that might look like in reality in your kitchen, bathroom and bedroom a decade from now? General Electric Co. invited me in for a glimpse of what its innovators think our homes might look like in the future in a pr Despite ridicule from Yelp reviewers, Ballston cafe keeps phallic sign 04/16/2014 10:35am • Yelp reviewers and out-of-town passersby alike see the same thing when they look at the sign for Market Place & Cafe in Ballston: a phallus. But despite giggles from around the internet and outside the doors, the store at 901 N. Glebe Road has kept the logo plastered on its windows for at least Morning Poll: Cybercivility and MCPS 04/15/2014 11:20am • It started with a few students apparently cursing out and threatening MCPS Superintendent Joshua Starr on Twitter about a snow day. A few days later, Starr wrote an open letter to all MCPS parents encouraging them to be aware of what their children were doing on internet social netwo