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Tue, 31 Jul 07
Hollywood pros to launch online video site (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070731/ap_on_hi_te/online_video_pros


In this image from video provided by the web site My Damn Channel, comedian Harry Shearer, in full prosthetic makeup as Vice President Dick Cheney, sings No Cooler for the Scooter, an original torch song tribute to Scooter Libby. The video, which was shot in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles in July 2007, makes its debut Tuesday, July 31, 2007, during the launch of My Damn Channel (www.MyDamnChannel.com). When it debuts Tuesday on the Web, My Damn Channel will become the latest attempt by Hollywood professionals to cash in on the huge popularity of online video. The site is the brainchild of former MTV and CBS Radio executive Rob Barnett, who believes Internet audiences want to see professionally produced shows other than network TV fare. The video will also be available on YouTube. (AP Photo/Courtesy of My Damn Channel)AP - When it debuts Tuesday on the Web, My Damn Channel will become the latest attempt by Hollywood professionals to cash in on the huge popularity of online video.

Tue, 31 Jul 07
New Damn Channel cursed with video content (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070731/media_nm/media_damn_dc
Reuters - A former CBS Radio programming executive has lined up the likes of Harry Shearer, Andy Milonakis and Paul Reiser for a new Web site set to launch Tuesday featuring original video content.

Tue, 31 Jul 07
China offers war movie clips to mobile phone users (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070731/tc_nm/china_military_mobilephone_dc
Reuters - Make-way cutesy animals and sugary pop songs -- Chinese mobile phone users can now download film clips of the Korean War and stirring military anthems to celebrate the founding of the People's Liberation Army.

Tue, 31 Jul 07
EMusic, AT&T to sell independent labels on phones: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070731/wr_nm/emusic_att_dc
Reuters - Online music seller EMusic plans to announce a deal with AT&T on Tuesday, allowing people to buy songs from independent labels directly through their cellphones, the New York Times reported on its Web site.

Tue, 31 Jul 07
iPod noise pollution irks those nearby (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070801/ap_on_en_ot/ipod_pollution


An Apple customer uses a Apple iPod Nano at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., in this July 24, 2007, file photo. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma/FILE)AP - Dave Legeret silently fumed as the man seated beside him on the plane blasted techno music on his iPod at full volume.

Tue, 31 Jul 07
Hollywood pros to launch video Web site (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070801/ap_on_hi_te/online_video_pros


In this image from video provided by the web site My Damn Channel, comedian Harry Shearer, in full prosthetic makeup as Vice President Dick Cheney, sings No Cooler for the Scooter, an original torch song tribute to Scooter Libby. The video, which was shot in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles in July 2007, makes its debut Tuesday, July 31, 2007, during the launch of My Damn Channel (www.MyDamnChannel.com). When it debuts Tuesday on the Web, My Damn Channel will become the latest attempt by Hollywood professionals to cash in on the huge popularity of online video. The site is the brainchild of former MTV and CBS Radio executive Rob Barnett, who believes Internet audiences want to see professionally produced shows other than network TV fare. The video will also be available on YouTube. (AP Photo/Courtesy of My Damn Channel)AP - When it debuts Tuesday on the Web, My Damn Channel will become the latest attempt by Hollywood professionals to cash in on the huge popularity of online video.

Tue, 31 Jul 07
TV anchors subjected to ridicule online (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070801/ap_on_en_tv/on_the_net


Albert Brooks arrives at the premiere of 'The Simpsons Movie' in Los Angeles in this July 24, 2007, file photo. Much like Brooks' character in 'Broadcast News,' video-sharing sites like YouTube are ensuring that every TV anchor mishap is preserved and distributed. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles/file)AP - In the 1987 movie "Broadcast News," Aaron Altman, played by Albert Brooks, has one shot at the anchor's seat, only to be beset by a rabid case of flop sweat. William Hurt's character, the slick but shallow Tom Grunick, later describes Altman's moist meltdown as unprecedented, "unless you count `Singin' in the Rain.'"

Tue, 31 Jul 07
FCC approves rules for airwaves auction (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070801/ap_on_hi_te/airwaves_auction
AP - The FCC approved rules Tuesday intended to give people greater choice when it comes to their cell phones and wireless devices following completion of a pivotal airwaves auction next year.

Tue, 31 Jul 07
GSA awards $50B technology contract (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070801/ap_on_hi_te/federal_computer_systems_contract
AP - Twenty-nine companies — including Electronic Data Systems Corp., General Dynamics Corp. and AT&T Inc. — on Tuesday were awarded a federal computer systems contract potentially worth up to $50 billion over 10 years.

Tue, 31 Jul 07
Major Search Engines Battle It Out on Privacy Protection (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070801/tc_pcworld/135316
PC World - Microsoft, Google, and other search companies vie for the title of privacy protection king. Here's what that means to you.

Tue, 31 Jul 07
Apple updates iPhone, Safari 3 beta and Security Update (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20070801/tc_macworld/iphoneupdate20070731
Macworld.com - In addition to the AirPort Extreme update released earlier today, Apple has released updates for the iPhone, Safari 3 beta and Security Update 2007-007 1.0.

Tue, 31 Jul 07
Wireless Unlimited: FCC Approves Open Access (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070731/bs_nf/54275
NewsFactor - Buy whatever cell phone you want, then pick your carrier. That vision of an open-access wireless experience was approved on Tuesday in a much-awaited vote by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Tue, 31 Jul 07
Mozilla rushes out second Firefox patch this month (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070801/tc_infoworld/90616
InfoWorld - Mozilla has patched a pair of nasty flaws in its Firefox browser, two weeks after security researchers first started posting code that showed how the flaws could be exploited in attacks.

Tue, 31 Jul 07
VMware starts road show ahead of planned IPO (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070731/tc_nm/vmware_ipo_dc
Reuters - VMware executives are holding meetings with investors this week as parent EMC Corp. prepares to take the business software maker public in a highly anticipated initial offering, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

Tue, 31 Jul 07
Sun shares jump on 4Q profit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070731/ap_on_hi_te/earns_sun_microsystems


Exterior view of Sun Microsystems Inc. offices in Menlo Park, Calif., in this, April 23, 2007 file photo. Sun Microsystems Inc. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Monday, July 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc. jumped more than 4 percent Tuesday, a day after the server and software maker posted its third profitable quarter in a row and showed it has made substantial progress from its long-lasting, brutal downturn.

Tue, 31 Jul 07
Company Sues Sony, Wants PlayStation 3s 'Impounded And Destroyed' (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070801/tc_cmp/201202099
TechWeb - Parallel Processing Corp. says the cell processor developed by Sony, Toshiba, and IBM violates its patent for 'synchronized parallel processing with shared memory.'

Mon, 30 Jul 07
Connecticut AG probes predators on Facebook: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070730/wr_nm/facebook_predators_dc


A computer keyboard in a file photo. Connecticut investigators are looking into 'three or more' cases of convicted sex offenders who had registered on Facebook, a fast-growing social networking Web site, the New York Times reported on Monday. (File/Reuters)Reuters - Connecticut investigators are looking into "three or more" cases of convicted sex offenders who had registered on Facebook, a fast-growing social networking Web site, the New York Times reported on Monday.

Mon, 30 Jul 07
Telefonica H1 net outpaces, revises up full yr goal (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070730/bs_nm/telefonica_earnings_dc
Reuters - Spain's Telefonica posted a forecast-beating 66 percent rise in first half net profit to 3.83 billion euros ($5.23 billion) on Monday, backed by strength in its domestic and mobile businesses.

Mon, 30 Jul 07
Desktop on a USB drive ready for enterprises (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070730/tc_infoworld/90581
InfoWorld - Software that lets you carry your data, applications and personal desktop around on a USB-attached device is expanding into enterprises.

Mon, 30 Jul 07
School adds PowerPoint to application (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070731/ap_on_hi_te/business_schools_powerpoint


Rose Martinelli, associate dean for student recruitment and admissions at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business stands in the Gleacher Center lobby in Chicago, Friday, July 27, 2007. As technology advances the school is now requiring applicants to include a PowerPoint presentation in their applications. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - At business meetings the world over, PowerPoint-style presentations are often met with yawns and glazed eyes.

Mon, 30 Jul 07
Auction may not be a boon for consumers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070730/ap_on_hi_te/airwaves_auction
AP - FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has promised that a pivotal airwaves auction early next year will allow people to buy the cell phones they want, not just those offered by their service providers.

Mon, 30 Jul 07
Verizon earnings up 4.5 pct (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070730/ap_on_hi_te/earns_verizon
AP - Verizon Communications Inc. reported second-quarter earnings that satisfied analyst expectations Monday and said its wireless arm would buy a rural cell-phone carrier to expand its reach.

Mon, 30 Jul 07
E-dragsters go for gas-powered records (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070730/ap_on_hi_te/electric_dragsters
AP - Straddling a 619-pound motorcycle, Scotty Pollacheck tucks in his knees and lowers his head as he waits for the green light. When he revs the engine, there's no roar. The bike moves so fast that within seconds all that's visible is a faint red taillight melting in the distance.

Mon, 30 Jul 07
Sun posts 4Q profit, beats expectations (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070730/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_sun_microsystems


Exterior view of Sun Microsystems Inc. offices in Menlo Park, Calif., in this, April 23, 2007 file photo. Sun Microsystems Inc. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Monday, July 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Sun Microsystems Inc. posted a fiscal fourth-quarter profit that beat Wall Street's expectations as the server and software maker benefited from lower expenses and increased adoption of its open-source operating system.

Mon, 30 Jul 07
SAP polishes Business One update (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070730/tc_infoworld/90604
InfoWorld - SAP is showing a new version of its Business One software to channel partners on Monday, an important step toward the general release of the product later this year.

Mon, 30 Jul 07
Sex offenders lurk on Facebook, Conn. official says (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070731/tc_nm/facebook_predators_dc


A computer keyboard in a file photo. Connecticut investigators are looking into 'three or more' cases of convicted sex offenders who had registered on Facebook, a fast-growing social networking Web site, the New York Times reported on Monday. (File/Reuters)Reuters - Facebook came under fire on Monday from a state attorney general who accused the fast-growing social networking site of falling short in protecting young users from sexual predators on its site.

Mon, 30 Jul 07
Game Cycle Making GameStop A Winner (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20070730/bs_ibd_ibd/2007730tech01
Investor's Business Daily - With the video game upgrade cycle in full swing, specialty retailer GameStop is hitting high scores.

Sun, 29 Jul 07
Singer's heart scare leaves Kiss a trio (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070729/ap_en_mu/people_kiss


Paul Stanley, Guitarist for band 'Kiss', arrives for a gold record presentation of Kiss' lastest album 'Kiss Sympony Alive IV 2-28-03' in New York on Wednesday, July 23, 2003. Stanley had to bow out of a Southern California concert because of pre-show heart problems, according to his Web site. (AP Photo/Jennifer Graylock)AP - Kiss lead singer and guitarist Paul Stanley had to bow out of a Southern California concert because of heart problems before the show, according to his Web site.

Sun, 29 Jul 07
Web site archives the dead of MySpace (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070729/ap_on_hi_te/dying_on_the_web


Homepage of MySpace displayed on a computer monitor. Fears that teenagers using the social networking website MySpace are exposing themselves to sexual predators by disclosing too many personal details are probably overblown.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AP - Somewhere deep in cyberspace, where reality blurs into fiction and the living greet the dead, there are ghosts. They live in a virtual graveyard without tombstones or flowers. They drift among the shadows of the people they used to be, and the pieces they left behind.

Sun, 29 Jul 07
Romanians lighten up Harry Potter game (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070730/tc_nm/romania_computers_dc


A screenshot from the video game 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' in an image courtesy of Entertainment Arts. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - In the mobile phone version of the "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" video game, the torches hanging along the dark walls of Hogwarts glow in an eerily realistic fashion.

Sat, 28 Jul 07
Bancrofts tussle ahead of Dow Jones decision (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070728/media_nm/dowjones_newscorp_dc


A copy of the Wall Street Journal is pictured in a newsstand in New York, June 26, 2007.Members of the family that controls Dow Jones and Co. Inc. jostled over their positions on News Corp.'s $5 billion bid on Friday, as a dark horse rival prepared a revised proposal. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)Reuters - Members of the family that controls Dow Jones & Co. Inc. jostled over their positions on News Corp.'s $5 billion bid on Friday, as a dark horse rival prepared a revised proposal.

Sat, 28 Jul 07
Kiss singer Paul Stanley suffers heart ailment (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070729/en_nm/kiss_singer_dc


In this file photo Paul Stanley (L) and Gene Simmons of the rock group 'KISS' pose backstage for photographers at the 29th annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles January 9, 2002. Stanley, a singer and guitarist with rock band Kiss, was forced to pull out of a show in California on Friday after his heart started beating at more than twice the normal level, he said on his Web site. RETUERS/Adrees Latif (Reuters)Reuters - Paul Stanley, a singer and guitarist with rock band Kiss, was forced to pull out of a show in California on Friday after his heart started beating at more than twice the normal level, he said on his Web site.

Sat, 28 Jul 07
Writers: Don't expect 'Simpsons' to slow (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070729/ap_en_tv/comic_con_the_simpsons


Creator and executive producer of the television show 'The Simpsons' Matt Groening, left, speaks to a crowd while head writer Al Jean, right, listens in during the third day of the Comic-Con International convention in San Diego, Saturday, July 28, 2007. (AP Photo/Chris Park)AP - TV's favorite animated family, "The Simpsons," already has a hit movie, a video game on the way, a new theme-park ride and the title of America's longest-running sitcom. So what's next? Plenty, according to creator Matt Groening and his team of writers, who spoke to a crowd of more than 6,500 fans at the Comic-Con entertainment expo on Saturday — just one day after "The Simpsons Movie" opened.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
YouTube preps video fingerprinting (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070727/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_lawsuit


In this video frame grab taken from CNN television, YouTube contributors identified only as Mary and Jen from Brooklyn, N.Y. pose a question to the Democratic presidential hopefuls on stage at the Citadel in Charleston, S.C. Monday July 23, 2007. At lower right is Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio. (AP Photo/CNN)AP - Google Inc.'s YouTube hopes recognition technology will be in place in September to stop the posting of copyrighted videos on the popular Web site, a lawyer Friday told a judge presiding over copyright lawsuits.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
Navteq charts digital map expansion (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070727/ap_on_hi_te/digital_mapmaker
AP - Getting lost is getting rarer nowadays, and any yahoo with a keyboard or a GPS device can find precise directions or pinpoint the location of an out-of-town landmark.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
Newspapers feel real estate woes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070727/ap_on_hi_te/newspapers_real_estate


Real estate advertisements are shown in Newsday, Friday, July 27, 2007 in New York. Whenever the housing market does recover, don't look for real estate ads to bounce back entirely in newspapers. That's because a good amount of that advertising may be gone for good, you guessed it, online. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - It's bad enough that a cratering housing market is leading to a slump in real estate advertising at newspapers, as a dreary series of earnings reports showed this week.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
Robots clear waterways of deadly mines (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070727/ap_on_hi_te/mine_destroying_robots
AP - As it slowly moves in the shallow water along a beach, the robot splashes its fins like a small child playing in the surf. But the prototype device has a serious mission: destroying mines that could kill Marines and Navy SEALs as they come on shore. Such technology is considered the future of underwater bomb detection.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
Online legislation-writing effort gets good reviews (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070727/tc_infoworld/90570
InfoWorld - A blog launched this month has teamed with a U.S. senator in an effort to write new broadband legislation, and so far, participants have given the process high marks.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
With Black Hat Near, a Rush to Patch iPhone (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070727/tc_pcworld/135156
PC World - With security researchers set to reveal details of a critical security flaw in the iPhone at the [

Fri, 27 Jul 07
Amp'd is latest mobile niche casualty (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070727/tc_infoworld/90573
InfoWorld - Mobile operators that target niche groups and resell minutes and bits from larger carriers are finding the going rough with the latest casualty a much-hyped contender that may shut down next week.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
Update: Wikia search engine gains a Web crawler (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070727/tc_infoworld/90563
InfoWorld - Wikia's project to develop an open source search engine got another boost with its acquisition of the Grub distributed Web crawler, the company announced Friday.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
P-to-P users expose US government secrets (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070727/tc_infoworld/90557
InfoWorld - Contractors and U.S. government employees are sharing hundreds of secret documents on peer-to-peer networks, in many cases overriding the default security settings on their P-to-P software to do so, according to a company that monitors the networks.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
Inside Sprint's WiMax Plans with Google (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070727/bs_nf/54192
NewsFactor - Like team members before a big game, the players in the race for high-speed mobile networks are lining up. On Thursday, Sprint Nextel announced that it had chosen Google to provide search, interactive communications, and social networking for the portal on its upcoming mobile WiMax network. And last week, Sprint announced that it would partner with rival Clearwire to jointly create the first U.S.-wide mobile broadband WiMax network.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
Comic-Con: Comics fans, film geeks unite (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070727/ap_en_mo/comic_con


Actress Jessica Alba answers a question during a panel discussion about the film 'Good Luck Chuck' on the first day of the Comic-Con International convention in San Diego, Thursday, July 26, 2007. The annual comic and popular culture convention attracts more than 100,000 people annually. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - They come for anime and original comic-book art. They come for video games, collectible figurines and to show off their "Star Wars" or "Lord of the Rings" costumes. They might even come to buy a winged helmet or a suit of armor.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
EU charges Intel with monopoly abuse (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070727/ap_on_hi_te/eu_intel


Shown is the Intel logo outside their Robert N. Noyce building in Santa Clara, Calif., in this July 16, 2007 file photo. EU regulators said Friday, July 27, 2007 they have charged Intel Corp. with monopoly abuse for customer rebates and below-cost pricing that undercut rival computer chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, file)AP - EU regulators said Friday they have charged Intel Corp. with monopoly abuse for blocking rival computer chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s access to customers.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
HBO to shutter comedy Web site, mulls new business (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070727/media_nm/media_hbo_dc
Reuters - Pay cable television network HBO plans to shut its free comedy Web site "This Just In" following a management shake-up and is considering launching another site tied more closely to the HBO brand, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
PlayStation 2 Is Most-Played Game Platform (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070727/tc_nf/54198
NewsFactor - While video game console makers climb over each other to show that they have the fastest or most innovative platform, a new video game report from Nielsen said that 42 percent of console playing in June was on the last generation's Sony PlayStation 2.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
Highfliers In Wireless Take A Fall (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20070727/bs_ibd_ibd/2007727tech01
Investor's Business Daily - Many highflying wireless phone companies in emerging markets are cruising at lower altitude after reporting lower-than-expected second-quarter earnings and sales last week, a rocky one on world stock markets.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
Windows Vista Hits the 60 Million Mark (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070727/tc_nf/54197
NewsFactor - At Microsoft's annual meeting with analysts, Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner announced that the software giant had sold 60 million copies of Windows Vista since the product's launch in late January.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
eBay can continue using 'Buy It Now' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070728/ap_on_hi_te/ebay_lawsuit


Meg Whitman, eBay President and CEO, delivers the keynote address at eBay Live! in Boston June 14, 2007 file photo. EBay disclosed on Friday that Germany's top court ruled several months ago that the world's largest online auctioneer must do more to halt the sale of counterfeit goods on its site. (Katie McMahon/Reuters)AP - A federal judge Friday denied a request from a small Virginia company to stop the online auction powerhouse eBay Inc. from using a feature that allows shoppers to purchase items at a fixed price.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
Xbox 360 Overtakes Wii In U.S. Searches (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070728/tc_cmp/201201640
TechWeb - While Microsoft's Xbox surpasses the Wii in overall sales volume, Nintendo's Wii has posted the fastest growth in market share.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
With Its Head In The 'Cloud,' Microsoft Talks Web Services (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070729/tc_cmp/201201617
TechWeb - Company leaders outline progress, promise more resources, in software-plus-services push.

Fri, 27 Jul 07
Cisco Sticks Its Foot In The Data Center Door (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070729/tc_cmp/201201651
TechWeb - New data center appliance houses network, server, and storage resources as virtual services.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Apple profits surge on sales of iPods and Macintosh computers (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070726/tc_afp/technologyusit


An iPod nano is on display at an Apple store in New York, 2006. Apple reported that blazing sales of iPods and Macintosh computers sent its profits rocketing to a record high in the recent quarter and that its iPhone is "off to a great start."(AFP/File/Chris Hondros)AFP - Apple reported that blazing sales of iPods and Macintosh computers sent its profits rocketing to a record high in the recent quarter and that its iPhone is "off to a great start."

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Sony net profit doubles despite PS3 losses (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070726/bs_afp/japanelectronics


Sony's Chief Financial Officer Nobuyuki Oneda speaks during a news conference in Tokyo. Japan's Sony Corp. said its quarterly net profit more than doubled as surging sales of cameras and televisions offset swelling losses from its beleaguered PlayStation 3.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - Japan's Sony Corp. said Thursday its quarterly net profit more than doubled as surging sales of cameras and televisions offset swelling losses from its beleaguered PlayStation 3.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Sprint in pact to develop mobile internet portal with Google (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070726/wr_nm/sprintnextel_google_dc


The Google booth is seen at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 5, 2006. Sprint Nextel Corp. said it is working with Google Inc. to offer search, interactive communications and social networking services though a new mobile portal. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp. said it is working with Google Inc. to offer search, interactive communications and social networking services though a new mobile portal.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Nintendo jumps in market value on earnings fever (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070726/tc_nm/nintendo_dc
Reuters - Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS) zipped passed telecoms giant NTT (9432.T) and a major financial group to become Japan's fifth-biggest company by market value on Thursday, propelled higher by a stellar earnings performance on demand for its Wii and DS game gear.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Apple Macs fuel record quarterly profit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_hi_te/earns_apple


Apple customers Jason Payne, right, and Loan Thach, left, try out the new Apple iPhone at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, July 24, 2007. AT&T Inc. wiped some of the glow off Apple Inc.'s iPhone on Tuesday, releasing numbers that showed fewer people than expected signed up for service in the first two days of the multimedia cell phone's release.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - All eyes have recently been on the iPhone, Apple Inc.'s newest family member, but the company's fiscal third-quarter results showed the elder Macintosh computer was still flexing its muscles, helping to drive record profits that blew past Wall Street's expectations.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Google ups value of big computing award (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_hi_te/google_turing_award
AP - New support from Google Inc. will help increase the cash prize for the annual Turing Award, one of the most prestigious honors in computing, to $250,000 from $100,000.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Microsoft cuts price of Xbox 360 add-on (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_xbox_hd_dvd


Xbox 360 video game console. Microsoft said Thursday its profit for the just-ended quarter rose 11 percent from a year ago to 3.03 billion dollars, boosted by the new Windows Vista operating system and the new Office software suite.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AP - Microsoft Corp. on Thursday said it would trim the price of an HD DVD player add-on for its Xbox 360 video game console and give away movies with the player, in a bid to support the format.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Test your knowledge of online scams (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_phishing_test
AP - Think you're smart at recognizing online scams? Take a quiz to find out.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Sony Q1 profit tripples on digicam sales, yen (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070726/tc_nm/sony_results_dc


The new 'Alpha 100' digital single lens reflex (SLR) camera by Sony Corp. is seen on display in Tokyo, Japan, June 6, 2006. Sony Corp. said its first-quarter profit more than trippled, beating expectations, after strong digital camera sales and a softer yen far outweighed losses on the struggling PlayStation 3 game console. (Toshiyuki Aizawa/Reuters)Reuters - Sony Corp. said its first-quarter profit more than trippled, beating expectations, after strong digital camera sales and a softer yen far outweighed losses on the struggling PlayStation 3 game console.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Mozilla Ponders Separate Organization for Thunderbird (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070726/tc_pcworld/135098
PC World - The Mozilla Foundation is thinking about creating a separate organization to take control of its Thunderbird e-mail application, allowing it to concentrate on development of the Firefox Web browser.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Hungary competition authority raids Microsoft office (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070726/tc_nm/microsoft_hungary_raid_dc
Reuters - Hungary's competition authority (GVH) said it had raided Microsoft Corp's Hungarian subsidiary because it suspected the firm had abused its market power when dealing with software distributors.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Stage set for battle of the bands among gamers (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070726/tc_nm/videogames_music_tech_dc


Guitarist Slash walks off stage at the end of the presentation of the new Activision game Guitar Hero III during the E3 Media and Business Summit in Santa Monica, California July 11, 2007. A battle of the bands is shaping up in the red-hot genre of musical video games, with a highly anticipated debut title set to take on Guitar Hero III for the collective rock 'n' roll soul of gamers. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - A battle of the bands is shaping up in the red-hot genre of musical video games, with a highly anticipated debut title set to take on a hit franchise for the collective rock 'n' roll soul of gamers.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Senators worried about TV 'train wreck' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_hi_te/digital_tv
AP - On Feb. 18, 2009, tens of millions of televisions that are not equipped to receive digital signals will become useless pieces of furniture. The government is spending $5 million to let owners know so they can do something about it — a sum critics say is too measly.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Dell expands retail presence to Japan (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_hi_te/dell_japan
AP - Dell Inc. is expanding its retail presence to Japan, where it will sell a variety of computers at Bic Camera stores.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Comcast 2Q profit rises 28 percent (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_hi_te/earns_comcast
AP - Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable TV operator, reported a 28 percent increase in second-quarter profit Thursday as it saw a surge in subscribers for digital TV and its promotionally priced package of TV, Internet and phone services reeled in customers.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Apple Earnings Go Through the Roof (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070726/tc_nf/54130
NewsFactor - There is a very shiny Apple in Cupertino, California today, with the Mac-iPod-iPhone-maker saying that its profits for the most recent quarter jumped by 73 percent, or $346 million, compared to last year.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Sprint Calls Google for WiMax Portal (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070726/bs_nf/54155
NewsFactor - In the ever-escalating war between wireless carriers, Sprint is hoping a new initiative with Google will help it win the battle over WiMax, a wireless communications system intended for large metropolitan networks.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Microsoft says Windows Vista sales reach 60 million (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070726/tc_nm/microsoft_meeting_dc


Microsoft Windows Vista software sit on display at a store in New York, January 30, 2007. Microsoft had sold 60 million Windows Vista licenses as of the end of June, including 20 million copies sold since mid-May, the company said on Thursday. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp. had sold 60 million Windows Vista licenses as of the end of June, including 20 million copies sold since mid-May, the company said on Thursday.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Google Earth Enterprise Data Now in Browsers (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070726/tc_pcworld/135097
PC World - Google Inc. will release on Thursday an upgrade to its Google Earth Enterprise mapping system that for the first time will let users display two-dimensional (2D) geospatial data from the product on a Web browser.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Microsoft Diggs Social News Ad Deal (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070726/bs_nf/54152
NewsFactor - Microsoft is on the move, inking advertising deals with fresh audiences. After striking an agreement earlier this week with Electric Arts to serve contextual ads inside a handful of video game titles, Microsoft turned its attention to the popular social news venue known as Digg.com.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
IBM guidelines govern virtual employees (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_hi_te/virtual_world_guidelines


In this photo provided by IBM Corp., a screen grab of a virtual world showing avatars is seen. IBM appears to be the first big corporation to create formal guidelines governing virtual worlds - often the haunt of gambling parlors and sexual fantasy theaters but increasingly home to mainstream companies advertising their brand or providing another communication outlet for employees spread around the world. (AP Photo/IBM Corp.)AP - Anything pretty much goes in online virtual worlds. Identities are nebulous. Online characters known as avatars chat it up, gamble or even have sex at first sight.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Government warns public on fake e-mails (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_hi_te/e_mail_scams_federal_agencies
AP - The federal agency charged with protecting consumers from Internet scams now finds itself wrapped up in one.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Man burns down trailer in online feud (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_hi_te/internet_feud
AP - A Navy man who got mad when someone mocked him as a "nerd" over the Internet climbed into his car and drove 1,300 miles from Virginia to Texas to teach the other guy a lesson.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Commuter writes book using mobile phone (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070726/tc_nm/commuter_dc


The book cover of Compagni di Viaggo (Fellow Travelers) is seen in an undated publicity image. An Italian writer decided to put his mobile phone to good use during his daily commute to and from work -- by writing a book. Robert Bernocco, an IT professional took advantage of his travel time by writing a 384-page science fiction novel, Compagni di Viaggo (Fellow Travelers), on his Nokia using the phone's T9 typing system. (Lulu.com/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - An Italian writer decided to put his mobile phone to good use during his daily commute to and from work -- by writing a book.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Aruba, Alcatel-Lucent deepen mobility partnership (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070727/tc_infoworld/90526
InfoWorld - Alcatel-Lucent plans to extend enterprise security into cellular networks through its own fixed-mobile convergence systems and Aruba Networks' "follow-me" security technology as part of a planned joint venture.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Dell to expand Linux PC offerings, partner says (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070726/bs_nm/dell_linux_dc


Michael Dell, chairman of Dell Inc., delivers his keynote address at the 2007 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, Nevada in this January 9, 2007 file photo. Dell Inc will soon offer more personal computers that use the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft Corp's Windows, said the founder of a company that offers Linux support services. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - Dell Inc will soon offer more personal computers that use the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft Corp's Windows, said the founder of a company that offers Linux support services.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Google Earth Enterprise data now in browsers (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070726/tc_infoworld/90510
InfoWorld - Google released an upgrade to its Google Earth Enterprise mapping system on Thursday that for the first time will let users display two-dimensional geospatial data from the product on a Web browser.

Thu, 26 Jul 07
Power on for "Heroes" video game (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070726/tc_nm/heroes_dc


Cast member Masi Oka poses at the wrap party for season one of his NBC television series 'Heroes' in Hollywood California in this April 17, 2007 file photo. 'Heroes' is powering up for a video game adaptation by French gamemaker Ubisoft. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - NBC's hit series "Heroes" is powering up for a video game adaptation by French gamemaker Ubisoft.

Wed, 25 Jul 07
Qualcomm posts higher profit, raises outlook (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070725/bs_nm/qualcomm_results_dc


Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm, is seen in an undated publicity photo. Qualcomm Inc posted a quarterly profit that rose 24 percent on Wednesday, handily beating Wall Street estimates on strong demand for high-end mobile phones using its chips and technology licenses. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Qualcomm Inc posted a quarterly profit that rose 24 percent on Wednesday, handily beating Wall Street estimates on strong demand for high-end mobile phones using its chips and technology licenses.

Wed, 25 Jul 07
Researcher Publishes Attack Code for Mozilla Flaw (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070725/tc_pcworld/135087
PC World - Mozilla Corp. is working on patching its Firefox browser after a hacker posted details of a flaw that could let criminals run unauthorized software on a victim's machine.

Wed, 25 Jul 07
E-mail Filtering to Block Porn from Corporate Networks (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070726/tc_pcworld/135088
PC World - Your organization's next e-mail filtering software may come equipped with a blocking component that prevents pornographic content from entering the corporate network.

Wed, 25 Jul 07
Judge calls on ConnectU to back its case against Facebook (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070726/tc_afp/technologyinternettrialcompanyfacebook


A computer user in Las Vegas. A US judge on Wednesday gave ConnectU creators two weeks to shore up their lawsuit accusing Facebook's founder of stealing their plan for a social networking website for college students(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AFP - A US judge on Wednesday gave ConnectU creators two weeks to shore up their lawsuit accusing Facebook's founder of stealing their plan for a social networking website for college students.

Wed, 25 Jul 07
Study: 1 in 5 adults watch Web videos (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_online_video
AP - One in five online Americans view video over the Internet on any given day, thanks to speedier Internet connections and a wider selection of clips, a study finds.

Tue, 24 Jul 07
MySpace deletes 29,000 sex offenders (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070724/tc_nm/myspace_sexoffenders_dc


A generic picture of a woman in an office using a computer mouse. MySpace said on Tuesday it detected and deleted 29,000 convicted sex offenders on its service, more than four times the figure it had initially reported. OFFPO (Catherine Benson/Reuters)Reuters - Popular Internet social network MySpace said on Tuesday it detected and deleted 29,000 convicted sex offenders on its service, more than four times the figure it had initially reported.

Tue, 24 Jul 07
You're never alone with Plone (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070724/tc_infoworld/90437
InfoWorld - Ask Plone users what they like best about the open source content management software and chances are a key feature they'll list along with ease of use and multilingual support is the community of experts that's grown around the product.

Tue, 24 Jul 07
Is Facebook the New MySpace? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070724/tc_pcworld/134635
PC World - MySpace has an impressive lead today, but things can change quickly in the fluid world of mass-market social networking sites. Just ask Friendster.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
New processors present problems, payoff (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070722/ap_on_hi_te/too_fast_computers
AP - A fundamental change in the design of microprocessors is presenting software developers with a challenge — and a huge financial opportunity.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
Microsoft curtails how long it stores Web searches (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070723/wr_nm/privacy_microsoft_dc


A technician adjusts a spotlight at the exhibition stand of Microsoft in preparation for the CeBIT computer fair in the northern German town of Hanover in this file photo from March 12, 2007. Microsoft said on Sunday the software maker was taking new steps to protect consumer privacy in the areas of Web search and online advertising and called on the Internet industry to support it. (Christian Charisius/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Sunday the software maker was taking new steps to protect consumer privacy in the areas of Web search and online advertising and called on the Internet industry to support it.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
Online summer school classes increasing (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_on_hi_te/online_summer_school
AP - When Scott Landry flunked a math class in his Townsend high school this year, he was told he would not make it into the 10th grade unless he went to summer school.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
School conducts anti-phishing research (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_on_hi_te/phony_phishing


Kevin McGrath, a 25-year-old doctoral student at Indiana University whose e-mail was secretly hijacked for a university experiment, surfs the internet from his parents home Thursday, July 12, 2007 in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)AP - The e-mail appeared to be a routine correspondence between two friends. "Check this out!" it read, then listed a Web address.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
Canadian valley aims to keep cell phone-free quiet (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070723/wr_nm/cellphones_dc
Reuters - Officials in a rural valley in British Columbia hope that keeping out cell phones will help attract residents and tourists who want to escape to the quiet of nature.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
Jaxtr overseas call service doubles users in month (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070723/wr_nm/phones_jaxtr_dc
Reuters - Jaxtr, a Silicon Valley-based service that enables cell phone users to place free international calls via the Web, said its membership has doubled to 500,000 users in the past month.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
PC maker Acer hits out at Windows' Vista operating system (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070723/tc_afp/germanyustaiwanitsoftwarecompanymicrosoftacer


Microsoft's Windows Vista operating-system software is on display at a store in Fairfax, Virginia. The head of Taiwan-based personal computer maker Acer, Gianfranco Lanci, hit out at the Vista operating system, saying that the "entire industry" was disappointed by it.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - The head of Taiwan-based personal computer maker Acer, Gianfranco Lanci, hit out at Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, saying that the "entire industry" was disappointed by it.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
The Consultant Is In (BusinessWeek Online)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20070723/bs_bw/mar2007bs20070321771419
BusinessWeek Online - It seems like everyone is a "consultant" these days -- including me. After graduating in 2004 with degrees in finance and management from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, I began working for MarketBridge, in Bethesda, Md. Though the firm has just under 100 employees, it works with Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT - News), IBM , Merck , and MasterCard . ...

Mon, 23 Jul 07
Nonprofit laptop group says rollout soon (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_on_hi_te/hundred_dollar_laptop
AP - Governments have ordered 3 million of the inexpensive yet rugged computers for schoolchildren through the One Laptop Per Child project, giving the nonprofit group enough volume to kick-start mass production.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
OLPC sends laptops to production, delays release (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070723/tc_infoworld/90397
InfoWorld - On Monday, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) moved a step closer to providing low-cost laptops to children in developing nations by giving the go-ahead to the mass production of its XO laptop. However, the computers are expected to be out in October, one month later than originally planned.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
Update: HP to acquire Opsware for $1.6 billion (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070723/tc_infoworld/90389
InfoWorld - Hewlett-Packard plans to buy datacenter automation software vendor Opsware for about $1.6 billion. It's the third-largest acquisition in HP's history after its multibillion-dollar purchases of Compaq and Mercury.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
Ultra-flexible fiber optics on the way (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_on_hi_te/corning_fiber
AP - Corning Inc. is finding its way around very tight corners to help high-speed Internet service reach high-rise apartments and condominiums.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
Microsoft, Yahoo tweak privacy policies (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070723/ap_on_hi_te/search_privacy
AP - Hopping on the privacy-protection bandwagon, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. are limiting how long their Internet search engines retain potentially sensitive data about their users.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
TI quarterly profit falls, rev outlook disappoints (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070723/bs_nm/texasinstruments_results_dc


President and Chief Executive Officer of Texas Instruments Inc. Richard Templeton speaks during a news conference in southern Indian city of Bangalore in this March 28, 2006 file photo. Texas Instruments Inc. posted a lower quarterly profit on weak demand for its calculators, and gave a disappointing revenue forecast for the third quarter, sending shares down 3 percent on Monday. (Jagadeesh Nv/Reuters)Reuters - Texas Instruments Inc. posted a lower quarterly profit on weak demand for its calculators and other products, and gave a disappointing revenue forecast for the third quarter, sending shares down 3 percent on Monday.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
Teens smarter about using MySpace than believed, says study (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070723/tc_afp/lifestyleinternet


Homepage of MySpace displayed on a computer monitor. Fears that teenagers using the social networking website MySpace are exposing themselves to sexual predators by disclosing too many personal details are probably overblown.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - Fears that teenagers using the social networking website MySpace are exposing themselves to sexual predators by disclosing too many personal details are probably overblown, researchers say.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
Nintendo Wii Exposed to Adobe Flash bug (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070723/tc_pcworld/134959
PC World - Symantec says a recently identified Adobe Flash vulnerability could affect the Nintendo Wii through the console's Opera internet browser.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
Nonprofit may launch $350 laptop by Christmas (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070724/tc_nm/usa_laptops_christmas_dc


Nigerian pupils work on computers at a primary school in Abuja, in this May 30, 2007 picture. A non-profit group that designs low-cost computers for poor children hopes to start selling multimedia laptops to consumers by Christmas, a foundation executive said on Monday. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)Reuters - A nonprofit group that designs low-cost computers for poor children may start selling $350 laptops on the commercial market by Christmas, an executive said on Monday.

Mon, 23 Jul 07
Insider Info on the First Fully Open-Source Cell Phone (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070724/tc_pcworld/134987
PC World - A Q&A with OpenMoko on its upcoming Neo 1973, called a hacker's answer to the iPhone.

Sun, 22 Jul 07
VoIP Woes: Lost Service Without Warning (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070722/tc_pcworld/134803
PC World - On Monday evening, my wife reached me on my mobile phone. She was spending a long weekend with her family in Maine.

Sun, 22 Jul 07
Wireless Standards Group Changes Rules for Parity (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070722/tc_pcworld/134828
PC World - The working group for the emerging IEEE 802.20 mobile broadband standard, which was suspended last year after a fight over members' real company affiliations, has changed its voting rules.

Sun, 22 Jul 07
Microsoft Didn't License GNU (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070722/tc_pcworld/134805
PC World - Microsoft has revealed that its patent deal with Linspire doesn't cover the new version of the GNU General Public License (GPL), the company's latest effort to distance itself from the GPLv3.

Sun, 22 Jul 07
Study: Red Hat Benefiting from MS-Novell Deal Fallout (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20070722/tc_zd/212038
PC Magazine - Alfresco's survey of 10,000 users finds Red Hat adoption tripling, while Novell usage stays stagnant.

Sat, 21 Jul 07
Microchip implants raise privacy concern (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070721/ap_on_hi_te/chipping_america
AP - CityWatcher.com, a provider of surveillance equipment, attracted little notice itself — until a year ago, when two of its employees had glass-encapsulated microchips with miniature antennas embedded in their forearms.

Sat, 21 Jul 07
Banned Spanish royal sex romp cartoon on sale on eBay (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070721/en_afp/spainroyalsmedia


Spain's Crown Prince and Princess Letizia are seen in January 2007. A Spanish satirical magazine that was ordered removed from newsstands because its cover featured a cartoon depicting the heir to Spain's throne having sex with his wife was for sale Saturday on eBay.(AFP/File/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)AFP - A Spanish satirical magazine that was ordered removed from newsstands because its cover featured a cartoon depicting the heir to Spain's throne having sex with his wife was for sale Saturday on eBay.

Sat, 21 Jul 07
Google Invests in Cellular Tech (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070721/tc_pcworld/134895
PC World - Femtocells, an emerging technology for improving cellular coverage in homes and enterprises, have attracted the interest of none other than Google Inc.

Sat, 21 Jul 07
Lotus Notes Goes Web 2.0 (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070721/tc_pcworld/134782
PC World - The next generation of the Lotus Notes client will integrate with the new range of Web 2.0-inspired technologies released with IBM's social software, dubbed Lotus Connections.

Fri, 20 Jul 07
Google to bid on wireless airwaves (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070720/ap_on_hi_te/google_wireless


Two women walk past a Google sign at the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, July 17, 2007. Google Inc. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Thursday, July 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - Google Inc. on Friday said it will bid at least $4.6 billion for wireless airwaves being auctioned off by the federal government — if certain conditions are met.

Fri, 20 Jul 07
Ready, steady... Sprint! Creating open-source ECM (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070720/tc_infoworld/90360
InfoWorld - Holding focused meetings, also known as "sprints," over several days to develop, test, and document software is proving very helpful to the open-source Plone community in quickly adding more functionality to its content management software.

Fri, 20 Jul 07
Ask.com Plans Anonymous Search (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070721/tc_cmp/201200282
TechWeb - AskEraser will provide Ask users with privacy controls that will prevent their searches from being retained on the company's servers.

Fri, 20 Jul 07
Sanyo's Eneloop Battery Gets a Boost From Wii (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070720/tc_pcworld/134862
PC World - Shipments of Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.'s Eneloop ready-to-use rechargeable battery will soon hit 30 million thanks in part to the popularity of Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii games console.

 

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