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Wed, 31 Oct 07
Facebook to speak Chinese with .cn domain name (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071031/wr_nm/facebook_china_domain_dc
Reuters - Facebook, the social networking Internet site that is sweeping the globe with a quarter million new members every day, has targeted the world's second-largest Internet market, registering a local Web address in China.

Wed, 31 Oct 07
New "Simpsons" video game spoofs industry (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071031/wr_nm/simpsons_videogame_dc
Reuters - In the latest antics of "The Simpsons," Bart chases a giant ape through a video game factory, Lisa destroys a logging camp and Marge storms city hall with an angry mob.

Wed, 31 Oct 07
IBM plans major security initiative (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071101/ap_on_hi_te/ibm_security
AP - IBM Corp. plans to announce Thursday that it will boost what it spends developing computer security products to $1.5 billion in 2008, reflecting an intensifying focus for the company.

Wed, 31 Oct 07
Google stock barrels through $700 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071031/ap_on_hi_te/google_stock


A visitor walks past the logo of internet search engine giant Google at a trade fair. Shares in Internet search behemoth Google surpassed 700 dollars for the first time Wednesday, cementing the technology firm's position as one of America's most valuable companies.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Gottschalk)AP - Google Inc.'s stock price barreled through $700 for the first time Wednesday, propelled by a belief that the Internet search leader will become even more profitable as it plants its products and services in new markets.

Wed, 31 Oct 07
Whois studies approved, privacy deferred (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071031/ap_on_hi_te/internet_names_privacy
AP - A panel on Internet names voted Wednesday to defer long-simmering questions on whether names, phone numbers and other private information on domain name owners should remain public in open, searchable databases called Whois.

Wed, 31 Oct 07
Google shares break $700 on reports of wireless talks (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071031/tc_infoworld/93026
InfoWorld - Google's stock broke through the $700 mark on Wednesday, after press reports that the search engine giant is in advanced talks with U.S. wireless carriers over adoption of mobile phone software Google is reportedly developing.

Wed, 31 Oct 07
Vodafone could face $2bn tax bill (FT.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20071101/bs_ft/fto103120072304001278
FT.com - The Indian government on Wednesday scored an early win in its efforts to force Vodafone to pay what lawyers estimate could be $2bn in capital gains tax on its acquisition of domestic mobile phone operator Hutchison Essar this year.

Wed, 31 Oct 07
Wal-Mart sells $199 Linux computer (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071031/ap_on_hi_te/wal_mart_linux_computer
AP - Linux, the free operating system that's a perpetual underdog in the desktop market, is showing up in computers in Wal-Mart stores this week for the first time.

Wed, 31 Oct 07
Microsoft sees Windows Vista growth phase underway (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071031/wr_nm/microsoft_windows_dc


Microsoft Windows Vista software sits on display at a store in New York, January 30, 2007. Windows Vista is starting to see mass adoption from businesses nearly a year after it was released, the company said while predicting a strong first holiday season for the product. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp's Windows Vista is starting to see mass adoption from businesses nearly a year after it was released, the company said while predicting a strong first holiday season for the product.

Tue, 30 Oct 07
Yahoo adds media playing, languages to messaging (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071030/wr_nm/yahoo_messenger_dc


Women walk past Yahoo office in Santa Monica, California, October 3, 2007. Internet media company Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday it is adding media-playing features, large file transfers, new languages and other tools to its instant messaging service. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)Reuters - Internet media company Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday it is adding media-playing features, large file transfers, new languages and other tools to its instant messaging service.

Tue, 30 Oct 07
Google sets up distribution network (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071031/ap_on_hi_te/google_social_networking
AP - Google Inc. is setting up a distribution network for social networking applications, adding a new twist in the Internet search leader's brewing rivalry with rapidly maturing startup Facebook Inc.

Tue, 30 Oct 07
Is U.S. stuck in Internet's slow lane? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071030/ap_on_hi_te/broadband_gap


Graphic shows international broadband statistics; 2c x 3 1/4 inches; 96.3 mm x 82.6 mmAP - The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet. Examples abound of countries that have faster and cheaper broadband connections, and more of their population connected to them.

Tue, 30 Oct 07
MIT researchers improve `tractor beam' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071030/ap_on_hi_te/miniature_tractor_beam
AP - Taking up the sci-fi staple of "tractor beams," scientists have developed a way to use light to grab and move minuscule particles on a microchip. The research could lead to fine-grained biological sensors and other precisely built nanoscale devices.

Tue, 30 Oct 07
Cerberus capital reviewing ACS purchase (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071031/ap_on_hi_te/affiliated_computer_sale
AP - A $6.2 billion buyout offer for Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has been withdrawn by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, according to a published report.

Tue, 30 Oct 07
Restated Dell profits down $92 million (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071030/ap_on_hi_te/dell_restatement
AP - Dell Inc. reduced profits by $92 million in restated earnings filed with federal regulators on Tuesday.

Tue, 30 Oct 07
Intel, Microsoft sell 150,000 laptops to Libya (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071031/tc_nm/intel_libya_dc


Intel Corporation Chairman Craig Barrett speaks during a news conference in New Delhi September 5, 2007. Intel Corp and Microsoft Corp are supplying Libya's government with 150,000 rugged laptop computers that cost $200 to build and are designed to meet the needs of children in developing countries. (Tanushree Punwani/Reuters)Reuters - Intel Corp and Microsoft Corp are supplying Libya's government with 150,000 rugged laptop computers that cost $200 to build and are designed to meet the needs of children in developing countries.

Tue, 30 Oct 07
Google in talks with Verizon Wireless: sources (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071030/wr_nm/google_phones_dc


A Google search page is seen through the spectacles of a computer user in Leicester, England July 20, 2007. Google Inc is in active talks with number-two U.S. mobile carrier Verizon Wireless about putting Google applications on phones it offers, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. (Darren Staples/Reuters)Reuters - Google Inc is in active talks with number-two U.S. mobile carrier Verizon Wireless about putting Google applications on phones it offers, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

Tue, 30 Oct 07
Van Wyk aims to transform Red Hat for future growth (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071031/tc_infoworld/93004
InfoWorld - Having established itself as the leading enterprise Linux vendor, Red Hat is in a pivotal phase of reinventing itself as a broader open-source software provider and a long-term technology leader a la Microsoft and Oracle. It's a tall order, and among other things it will take a business plan that lets the company move smoothly through this make-or-break stage.

Tue, 30 Oct 07
Judge extends Microsoft timeframe (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071031/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_antitrust


Intel Corporation Chairman Craig Barrett speaks during a news conference in New Delhi September 5, 2007. Intel Corp and Microsoft Corp are supplying Libya's government with 150,000 rugged laptop computers that cost $200 to build and are designed to meet the needs of children in developing countries. (Tanushree Punwani/Reuters)AP - A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has extended the timeframe for considering several states' arguments for five additional years of oversight of Microsoft Corp.'s competitive practices, and the software maker's arguments against that extension.

Tue, 30 Oct 07
Van Wyk Aims to Transform Red Hat for Future Growth (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071030/tc_pcworld/139101
PC World - Having established itself as the leading enterprise Linux vendor, Red Hat is in a pivotal phase of reinventing itself as a broader open-source software provider and a long-term technology leader a la Microsoft and Oracle. It's a tall order, and among other things it will take a business plan that lets the company move smoothly through this make-or-break stage.

Mon, 29 Oct 07
Internet pioneer leaves oversight group (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071029/ap_on_hi_te/internet_names_cerf


In a file photo Vinton 'Vint' Cerf, member of the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), talks with a participant during a break from an ICANN conference Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2000, in Marina Del Rey, Calif. Cerf is stepping down this week as chairman of the ICANN. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - In the 1970s, Vint Cerf played a leading role in developing the Internet's technical foundation. For the past seven years, he's faced the more daunting task of leading a key agency that oversees his creation.

Mon, 29 Oct 07
Internet guru Cerf has 5 books to write (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071029/ap_on_hi_te/internet_names_cerf_future
AP - After leaving the helm of the Internet's key oversight agency, Vint Cerf plans to stay busy as an executive, advocate and author.

Mon, 29 Oct 07
Legal immigrant high-tech workers speak (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071029/ap_on_bi_ge/high_tech_squeeze
AP - The placards made clear this was not your typical immigrant rights march: "We played by the rules, now it's your turn," read one. "Legal immigrants keep America competitive," read another.

Mon, 29 Oct 07
70-year-old candidates shake up US presidential race (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071029/pl_afp/usvotecandidates


Ron Paul (L) with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. As the high-octane US election campaigns continue, two seventy-somethings, Paul and Mike Gravel's lively, iconoclastic stances have mobilized support among young people on the Internet(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)AFP - As the high-octane US election campaigns continue, two seventy-somethings, Ron Paul and Mike Gravel's lively, iconoclastic stances have mobilized support among young people on the Internet.

Mon, 29 Oct 07
IBM offers "SOA Healthcheck" workshops (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071029/tc_infoworld/92935
InfoWorld - IBM's global services organization is adding "health check" services to its repertoire of technical services for SOA deployments, looking to assist users dealing with issues resulting from poor planning or partnerships with inexperienced or so-called proprietary IT vendors.

Mon, 29 Oct 07
Whois may be scrapped to break deadlock (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071029/ap_on_hi_te/internet_names_privacy


Tucows Inc. Director of Retail Services Ross Rader poses in the company's Toronto offices, Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Rader, a member of ICANN's generic names council and the sunset proposal's chief sponsor, said many negotiators are stalling because they prefer the status quo, which gives them the access to Whois that they desire. (AP Photo/J.P. Moczulsk, The Canadian Press)AP - Tech industry lawyer Mark Bohannon frequently taps a group of searchable databases called Whois to figure out who may be behind a Web site that distributes pirated software or tricks visitors into revealing passwords.

Mon, 29 Oct 07
IBM has greener way to reuse silicon (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071030/ap_on_hi_te/silicon_recycling
AP - IBM Corp. says it has developed a greener method for recycling precious silicon that is wasted during computer chip manufacturing.

Mon, 29 Oct 07
Charges dropped in dual-use tech case (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071029/ap_on_hi_te/dual_use_indictment
AP - The Justice Department has dropped all criminal charges against a Chinese national accused of selling technology made by his Silicon Valley employer to a Chinese cruise missile laboratory, court records show.

Mon, 29 Oct 07
Child advocates upset over "Manhunt 2" (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071029/ap_on_hi_te/manhunt2_violence
AP - Child advocates are urging parents not to buy "Manhunt 2," a video game whose characters kill and torture using implements ranging from glass and shovels to a fuse box and a toilet.

Mon, 29 Oct 07
BEA Systems digs in for fight with Icahn (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071029/ap_on_hi_te/bea_systems_icahn
AP - After shooing away Oracle Corp.'s $6.7 billion takeover bid, business software maker BEA Systems Inc. dug in its heels for a potentially disruptive battle with its largest shareholder, activist investor Carl Icahn.

Mon, 29 Oct 07
"$100 laptop" hits $200 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071030/wr_nm/laptop_cost_dc


Nigerian pupils work on computers at the LEA primary school in Abuja in this May 30, 2007. The school is a pilot site for the 'One laptop per child' project. The computer developed for the world's poor children, dubbed 'the $100 laptop', has reached a milestone: It is now selling for $200. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)Reuters - A computer developed for the world's poor children, dubbed "the $100 laptop," has reached a milestone: It is now selling for $200.

Mon, 29 Oct 07
3 reveals low-cost Skypephone handset (FT.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20071030/bs_ft/fto102920072219540954
FT.com - Mobile phone operator 3on Monday took a large bet on using disruptive technology to woo new customers in the UK and other big markets.

Mon, 29 Oct 07
SP1 for Microsoft's Project may drive upgrades (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071030/tc_infoworld/92977
InfoWorld - Microsoft executives said they are working hard to finish up its Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office Project 2007, an update that some users have been waiting for before deploying the most recent version of the software.

Mon, 29 Oct 07
Microsoft Says Sorry (Again) For Unauthorized Installs (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071030/tc_cmp/202603016
TechWeb - The glitch occurred when Microsoft updated the Windows Desktop Search tool for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP 1+.

Mon, 29 Oct 07
Trends & Innovations - Monday (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20071029/bs_ibd_ibd/20071029trends
Investor's Business Daily - Playing online games just five or 10 minutes before work helps reduce stress, a study of McGill Univ. found. In the study, a group of telemarketers was asked to play a game before their shift started. The game, MindHabits, is designed so that players must find the smiling faces quickly among different faces. After a week, the group that played the game were rated as being more confident in their phone calls and made more sales. They also showed higher self-esteem, and less stress.

Sun, 28 Oct 07
NBC, Fox to launch online video site (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071029/ap_on_hi_te/online_video


Television personality Jay Leno, left, and cast member Jerry Seinfeld share a moment while arriving at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Bee Movie,' Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007, in the Westwood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Weeks)AP - NBC and Fox are set to launch an advertising-supported online video site that hosts programming from varied entertainment companies in a bid to seize viewers from Google Inc.'s YouTube, the broadcasters said.

Sun, 28 Oct 07
Da Vinci's 'Last Supper' goes online (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071028/ap_on_hi_te/the_last_supper_online


Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece 'The Last Supper' is shown on a giant screen at the Bramante Sacristy in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007. Officials put the 'Last Supper'' on-line at a large file size of 15 billion pixels, and the high resolution will allow people to examine details they otherwise couldn't see, including traces of drawings Da Vinci put down before painting the masterpiece, curator Alberto Artioli said. The original painting The Last Supper was painted by Leonardo da Vinci on the back wall of the dining hall at the Dominican convent of Sta Maria delle Grazie in Italy. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)AP - Can't get to Milan to see Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece "The Last Supper?" As of Saturday, all you need is an Internet connection. Officials put online an image of the "Last Supper" at 16 billion pixels — 1,600 times stronger than the images taken with the typical 10 million pixel digital camera.

Sun, 28 Oct 07
First Look: T-Mobile's Shadow Stands Out as Ray of Light (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071029/tc_pcworld/139001
PC World - New T-Mobile handset strikes a strong balance between cell phone and smart phone.

Sun, 28 Oct 07
C&W in talks about sale of pension fund (FT.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20071029/bs_ft/fto102920070034480778
FT.com - Cable and Wireless is in preliminary talks with pensions buy-out firms over the possible sale of its £2bn ($4.1bn) pension fund, which would clear the way for a demerger of the company's UK and international businesses.

Sun, 28 Oct 07
Oracle withdraws BEA offer as deadline expires (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071029/bs_nm/bea_oracle_dc


A view of the Oracle OpenWorld exhibit floor in an image courtesy of Oracle. The company withdrew a $6.7 billion bid for business software maker BEA Systems Inc on Sunday, setting the stage for a proxy battle between activist investor Carl Icahn and the BEA board. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Oracle Corp withdrew a $6.7 billion bid for business software maker BEA Systems Inc on Sunday, setting the stage for a proxy battle between activist investor Carl Icahn and the BEA board.

Sat, 27 Oct 07
AT&T scales back St. Louis Wi-Fi plan (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071027/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_st__louis
AP - AT&T Inc. has scaled back its plan to blanket the city's 62 square miles with Wi-Fi signals, the wireless Internet service now found in airports and coffee shops.

Sat, 27 Oct 07
Senators want probe on content blocking (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071027/ap_on_hi_te/data_discrimination_senate


A sign bearing Comcast's name hangs in the lobby of its state headquarters in Sandy, Utah. in this Nov. 3, 2005 file photo. Comcast Corp., the nation's biggest cable TV systems operator, said Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007 that its third-quarter profit fell 54 percent and new customer additions slowed amid intensified competition from phone and satellite TV companies. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, file)AP - Two Senators on Friday called for a congressional hearing to investigate reports that phone and cable companies are unfairly stifling communications over the Internet and on cell phones.

Sat, 27 Oct 07
Alibaba.com raises $1.5 billion in IPO (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071027/ap_on_hi_te/china_alibaba_ipo


A staff distributes copies of the prospectus and brochures for the IPO of Alibaba, for the first day public offering at a local Hong Kong bank Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. Chinese e-commerce portal Alibaba.com could raise up to US $1.5 billion (euro1 billion) in its Hong Kong listing next month, the company said Monday, describing it as the biggest Internet IPO since Google. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Alibaba.com Ltd., one of China's fastest-growing technology companies, reached its goal of raising $1.5 billion in its initial public offering Saturday, people close to the deal said.

Sat, 27 Oct 07
Apple imposes new limits on iPhone sales (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071027/ap_on_hi_te/apple_iphone


Hundreds waited in the rain for the Apple Store to open their doors as Apple released the new Apple next-generation software, OS X Leopard, at the store at 59th Street in New York City Friday, October 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - Apple Inc. no longer accepts cash for iPhone purchases and now limits sales of the cell phone to two per person in a move to stop people from reselling them.

Sat, 27 Oct 07
Softbank to spend $350 mln on data center: Nikkei (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071028/tc_nm/softbank_data_centre_dc
Reuters - Internet and telecoms giant Softbank Corp (9984.T) will spend about 40 billion yen ($350 million) to start operations next year at a new data centre in southwestern Japan, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.

Sat, 27 Oct 07
Could Cows Power Cheap Laptops? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071027/tc_pcworld/138918
PC World - The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) is toying with a novel source of power for its low-cost XO laptops: cows.

Sat, 27 Oct 07
China Chooses Homegrown Mobile Tech for Olympics (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071028/tc_pcworld/139006
PC World - China will put its homegrown 3G (third-generation) mobile technology to use during the 2008 Olympic Games, the country's state-owned broadcaster said in a news report.

Sat, 27 Oct 07
Asian Governments Promote Open Source Development (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071028/tc_pcworld/139003
PC World - Asian governments are pivotal to Red Hat Inc.'s goal of earning 60 percent of its revenue from outside the US by the end of 2009, said Matthew Szulik, the company's chairman, chief executive officer, and president, in a conference call on Thursday.

Sat, 27 Oct 07
Web Apps Won't Kill the Desktop, Microsoft Says (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071027/tc_pcworld/138766
PC World - A top Microsoft Corp. executive defended desktop application software, the source of the company's revenue for three decades, arguing on Tuesday that even services-based companies such as Google Inc. still need it.

Sat, 27 Oct 07
MySpace to Add Free Games (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071027/tc_pcworld/138767
PC World - Users of the MySpace.com social networking Website will be able to add multiplayer games to their personal profile pages, and play them for free, from next year. MySpace has struck a deal with Oberon Media Inc. to make available hundreds of casual games from its portfolio, the companies said Tuesday.

Fri, 26 Oct 07
Apple sets Leopard operating software loose on Friday (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071026/tc_afp/lifestyleitcompanysoftwareapple


Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Apple's upgraded Leopard operating system will be set loose on Friday as trend-setting iPods and iPhones cause the ranks of Macintosh computer lovers to swell(AFP/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Apple's upgraded Leopard operating system will be set loose on Friday as trend-setting iPods and iPhones cause the ranks of Macintosh computer lovers to swell.

Fri, 26 Oct 07
Activision poised to score with new guitar game (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071026/wr_nm/activision_guitarhero_dc


A screenshot from 'Guitar Hero 2' in an image courtesy of Activision. The company is set to launch 'Guitar Hero 3' amid expectations that the latest installment of its music-themed franchise will be a platinum hit for the second-biggest U.S. video game publisher. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Activision Inc is set to launch "Guitar Hero 3" amid expectations that the latest installment of its music-themed franchise will be a platinum hit for the second-biggest U.S. video game publisher.

Fri, 26 Oct 07
BEA rebuffs Oracle again, angering Icahn (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071026/ap_on_hi_te/oracle_bea_systems


An exterior view of Bea Systems headquarters in San Jose, Calif. is seen Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. Business software maker BEA Systems Inc. plans to let rival Oracle Corp.'s $6.7 billion takeover offer expire this Sunday, a move likely to intensify the pressure on management to prove the company is worth a more than the money that's being left on the table. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Business software maker BEA Systems Inc. signaled its intent to let Oracle Corp.'s $6.7 billion takeover bid expire Sunday, setting the stage for a showdown with its largest shareholder, billionaire investor Carl Icahn.

Fri, 26 Oct 07
Pentagon robot challenge goes corporate (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071026/ap_on_hi_te/robot_challenge


Decal worker Todd Martin puts on a Google sticker on a VW Passat called Junior, the Stanford University team's self-driving car entered into the DARPA Urban Challenge, at a decal shop in Redwood City, Calif., Monday, Oct. 22, 2007. While past contests evoked the Wild West, with teams working in the open desert on a shoestring budget, this year's is modern: The field is more savvy, the terrain is urban and corporate sponsors and public relations machines have entered the fray. Junior now sports the rainbow trademark of Internet search leader Google Inc., one of three new sponsors this year for Stanford. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - When the Pentagon's research arm first called for innovators to design and race a self-driving car to make warfare safer, a ragtag bunch of garage tinkerers, computer geeks and even high school students answered.

Fri, 26 Oct 07
Sprint Nextel agrees to unlock phones (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071026/ap_on_hi_te/sprint_nextel_phone_locking
AP - Wireless subscribers of Sprint Nextel Corp. may no longer have to buy a new phone if they jump to a new carrier.

Fri, 26 Oct 07
Scion Web Strategy Takes Stealth Approach (AdWeek.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/adweek/20071026/ad_bpiaw/scionwebstrategytakesstealthapproach
AdWeek.com - NEW YORK For Internet ad giants like Google and Yahoo, the Toyota Scion brand should be a dream marketer. With an 18-24-year-old trendsetter target audience, the carmaker sees the Internet as key to its marketing efforts. But while other auto brands buy up keywords and run banners and pre-roll spots online, Scion takes a decidedly alternative route, relying instead on virtual worlds, its own broadband video site and viral gaming to reach an audience averse to ads, offline or online.

Fri, 26 Oct 07
Apple unleashes Leopard operating system (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071027/ap_on_hi_te/apple_leopard


A customer uses an Apple MacBook with an advertisement for Leopard at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Friday, Oct. 19, 2007. Apple Inc.'s delayed update to the Mac OS X operating system hits store shelves later on Friday, Oct. 26, 2007, as consumers are increasingly snapping up Macintosh computers to complement their iPods and iPhones. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Apple Inc.'s delayed update to the Mac OS X operating system is hitting store shelves as consumers are increasingly snapping up Macintosh computers to complement their iPods and iPhones.

Fri, 26 Oct 07
FCC approves $24.7 billion Alltel buyout (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071026/ap_on_bi_ge/alltel_buyout
AP - The Federal Communications Commission on Friday approved a $24.7 billion buyout of Alltel Corp., the nation's fifth-largest wireless carrier, to a private investment group.

Fri, 26 Oct 07
Microsoft sees progress in getting Windows on XO (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071026/wr_nm/microsoft_laptops_dc


Nigerian pupils work on nonprofit One Laptop per Child Foundation's XO laptops at the LEA primary school in Abuja in this May 30, 2007 picture. Microsoft Corp has made progress in getting its Windows software to work on the small green-and-white laptop that currently runs on rival Linux software, an executive said on Thursday. (Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp has made progress in getting its Windows software to work on a low-cost laptop computer for poor children that currently runs on rival Linux software, an executive said on Thursday.

Fri, 26 Oct 07
Icahn threatens proxy fight if BEA unsold (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071027/bs_nm/bea_oracle_dc


Investor Carl Icahn pictured at a conference at the New York Stock Exchange, June 27, 2007. Icahn threatened on Friday to launch a proxy battle for control of BEA Systems Inc if the software maker does not begin an auction process to sell itself. (Chip East/Reuters)Reuters - Activist investor Carl Icahn threatened on Friday to launch a proxy battle for control of BEA Systems Inc if the software maker does not begin an auction process to sell itself.

Fri, 26 Oct 07
Microsoft extends software support to 10 years (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071026/tc_infoworld/92947
InfoWorld - Taking a page from major enterprise software providers like Oracle and SAP, Microsoft announced this week Business Ready Customer Care, an initiative that includes major enhancements to its maintenance and support program for Microsoft Dynamics, ERP and CRM, applications.

Fri, 26 Oct 07
Sony upbeat on electronics, sees larger game loss (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071027/bs_nm/sony_outlook_dc


Sony Corp's headquarters is seen in Tokyo July 6, 2007. Sony Corp said the operating margin at its electronics operations is expected to beat its target for the year to March, but operating loss at its videogame unit will likely be double its initial forecast. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) said the operating margin at its electronics operations is expected to beat its target for the year to March, but operating loss at its videogame unit will likely be double its initial forecast.

Thu, 25 Oct 07
Microsoft deal values Facebook at $15B (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071025/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_microsoft


Facebook.com's mastermind Mark Zuckerberg smiles at his office in Palo Alto, Calif. in this Feb. 5, 2007 file photo. Rapidly rising Internet star Facebook Inc. has sold a 1.6 percent stake to Microsoft Corp. for $240 million, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google Inc. The deal announced on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007 after several weeks of negotiation values Palo Alto-based Facebook at $15 billion — less than four years after Mark Zuckerberg started the online social networking site in his Harvard University dorm room. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - It's hard to determine what's more surprising about Microsoft Corp.'s investment in Facebook Inc. — the appraisal that valued a 3 1/2-year-old Internet hangout at $15 billion or the rare snub of online search leader Google Inc.

Thu, 25 Oct 07
VMware's strong 3Q impresses Wall Street (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071025/ap_on_hi_te/earns_vmware


The Exterior view of VMware headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007. Newly public software company VMware Inc. announced third-quarter profit Wednesday that blew past Wall Street expectations as a growing number of companies adopted its 'virtualization' technology. In its first quarter as a public company, Palo Alto-based VMware posted a profit of $64.7 million or 18 cents per share, up from $19.2 million, or 6 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue rose 90 percent to $357.8 million from $188.8 million. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Geopolitical instability, a looming economic slowdown, competition from startups and a rivalry with the world's largest software company haven't dampened Wall Street's enthusiasm for newly public VMware Inc.

Thu, 25 Oct 07
Intel, scholars explore tech frontier (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071025/ap_on_hi_te/intel_future_tech
AP - On university campuses in three states, teams funded by Intel Corp. are exploring the future of computing — and of the market for Intel's industry-driving microprocessors.

Thu, 25 Oct 07
Google shows off upgraded products, ad growth (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071025/tc_nm/google_outlook_dc
Reuters - Google Inc has hit its stride with a strategy that focuses on Web search, advertising and applications, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday, as he downplayed possible threats.

Thu, 25 Oct 07
Nintendo raises full-year forecast (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071025/tc_nm/nintendo_results_dc


Journalists are silhouetted during Nintendo Co Ltd's news conference in Chiba, east of Tokyo, October 10, 2007. Nintendo Co Ltd nearly tripled its first-half profit and boosted its annual earnings outlook, as its popular Wii and DS game machines outsell rival Sony Corp's PlayStation. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd nearly tripled its first-half profit and boosted its annual earnings outlook on Thursday as its popular Wii and DS game machines outsell rival Sony Corp's PlayStation.

Thu, 25 Oct 07
Britain lobbied against mobile roaming price caps (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071025/bs_afp/eutelecommobileregulateconsumerbritain


File picture shows a sign prohibiting the use of mobile phones while driving on an approach road to Vodafone headquarters in Britain. Britain lobbied against European Union plans to impose price caps on mobile phone roaming rates which were put into place earlier this year, The Times reported on Thursday(AFP/File/Martyn Hayhow)AFP - Britain lobbied against European Union plans to impose price caps on mobile phone roaming rates which were put into place earlier this year, The Times reported on Thursday.

Thu, 25 Oct 07
Microsoft to take stake, expand alliance with Facebook (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071025/bs_afp/lifestyleuscompanyitmicrosoftfacebook


Dustin Moskovitz, co-founder of the Facebook social networking website, delivers his keynote address at the CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2007 conference in San Francisco. Microsoft will take a 240-million-dollar stake in the wildly popular social-networking website Facebook as part of an expansion of the strategic alliance of the two firms, the companies announced Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/Kimberly White)AFP - Microsoft will take a 240-million-dollar stake in the wildly popular social networking website Facebook as part of an expansion of the two firms' strategic alliance, the companies said Wednesday.

Thu, 25 Oct 07
CORRECTED: Nintendo raises full-year forecast (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071025/tc_nm/nintendo_results_correction_dc
Reuters - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd nearly tripled its first-half profit and boosted its annual earnings outlook on Thursday as its popular Wii and DS game machines outsell rival Sony Corp's PlayStation.

Thu, 25 Oct 07
Ambitious Microsoft posts strong profit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071026/ap_on_hi_te/earns_microsoft


Stacks of copies of Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 are prepared for the midnight release of the game at the Best Buy store in Bellevue, Wash., in this September 24, 2007 file photo. Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to report fiscal first-quarter earnings after the closing bell on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. Analysts expect the world's largest software maker to post a profit of 39 cents per share on $12.57 billion in sales. (AP Photo/Marcus R. Donner, file)AP - After Microsoft Corp. executives laid out plans in July to win at Web search, online advertising, Web-based software and video games, analysts wondered if the world's largest software maker had too many balls in the air. Microsoft's answer, in the form of its fiscal first-quarter results announced Thursday, was a resounding "no."

Thu, 25 Oct 07
Vonage settles Verizon's patent suit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071025/ap_on_hi_te/vonage_verizon_suit
AP - Vonage Holdings Corp., the beleaguered provider of Internet-based telephone service, said Thursday it has settled a patent lawsuit brought by Verizon Communications Inc. for a maximum of $120 million.

Thu, 25 Oct 07
CNet sells Webshots for $45 million (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071026/ap_on_hi_te/cnet_webshots
AP - Online technology news and entertainment provider CNet Networks Inc. has sold photo-sharing site Webshots to American Greetings Corp. for $45 million, substantially less than the service cost to acquire three years ago.

Thu, 25 Oct 07
Teen's ticket hinges on GPS vs. radar (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071025/ap_on_hi_te/gps_ticket_challenge
AP - Given the option of contesting a traffic ticket, most motorists — 19 out of 20 by some estimates — would rather pay up than pit their word against a police officer's in court.

Thu, 25 Oct 07
Baidu.com says 3Q profits double (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071026/ap_on_hi_te/earns_china_baidu_com
AP - Search engine Baidu.com Inc. said Friday its third-quarter profits more than doubled on strong traffic growth despite search giant Google Inc.'s efforts to expand in China.

Thu, 25 Oct 07
Senate passes Internet tax moratorium (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071026/ap_on_go_co/internet_tax
AP - The Senate on Thursday night approved a seven-year extension of a moratorium on state and local taxes on Internet access.

Thu, 25 Oct 07
New Ways to Solve Your Cell Phone Dead Spots (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071025/tc_pcworld/138835
PC World - If using your cell phone in your house is an exercise in frustration, one of these three growing technologies could fix the problem.

Thu, 25 Oct 07
Oracle says no to BEA's $8.2 bln pricetag (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071026/bs_nm/bea_oracle_dc


Oracle CEO Larry Ellison speaks at a news conference at Oracle's headquarters in Redwood Shores. BEA Systems Inc said on Thursday it is prepared to sell itself for $8.2 billion, which is a 24 percent premium to a bid from Oracle. (File/Reuters)Reuters - BEA Systems Inc said on Thursday it is willing to sell itself for $8.2 billion, but the price was rejected as "impossibly high" by Oracle Corp , the only company that has publicly expressed interest in the software maker.

Thu, 25 Oct 07
Microsoft Earnings Boosted By Windows Vista, Office, Halo (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071026/tc_cmp/202601716
TechWeb - The combined revenue of Microsoft's client, business, and server and tools divisions grew by more than 20%, the company said.

Wed, 24 Oct 07
MySpace, HarperCollins collaborate on book (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071024/ap_on_hi_te/books_myspace
AP - MySpace is getting into the book business. The online social network, an increasingly popular venue for authors, booksellers and publishers, is collaborating with a children's imprint of HarperCollins on an environmental handbook coming out April 22, Earth Day.

Wed, 24 Oct 07
Amazon.com 3rd-quarter profit skyrockets (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071024/ap_on_hi_te/earns_amazon
AP - Amazon.com Inc. made more money in the third quarter than Wall Street had expected, but investors must have been looking for perfection.

Wed, 24 Oct 07
Kazakhstan shuts down opposition Web sites (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071024/wr_nm/kazakhstan_internet_dc
Reuters - Kazakhstan has blocked access to a number of opposition Web sites in a move Internet users condemned on Wednesday as a crackdown on freedom of speech.

Wed, 24 Oct 07
Early Adopters Pay for Bragging Rights (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071024/tc_pcworld/138700
PC World - In the wake of Apple's swift--and steep--iPhone price cuts, early adopters may have to live with shorter windows of joy.

Wed, 24 Oct 07
Intel opening new chip plant in Arizona (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071025/ap_on_hi_te/intel_chip_factory


Intel Corp. chief executive Paul Otellini gestures as he talks about future Intel chips using lower power at the Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco in this Sept. 18, 2007, file photo. Intel is opening a new $3 billion factory in Arizona, widening its lead over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in the industry's switch to a new chip-making technique. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - In the latest display of its manufacturing might, Intel Corp. is opening a new $3 billion factory in Arizona, widening its lead over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in the industry's switch to a new chip-making technique.

Wed, 24 Oct 07
Intel to pay $250M in Transmeta truce (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071025/ap_on_hi_te/intel_transmeta_settlement
AP - Intel Corp. has agreed to pay $250 million over five years to Transmeta Corp. to settle a patent-infringement lawsuit over chip designs and power management technology, the two companies said Wednesday.

Wed, 24 Oct 07
Microsoft, Turbolinux Push Single Sign-on (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071024/tc_pcworld/138776
PC World - Microsoft Corp. and Turbolinux Inc., a Tokyo-based Linux distributor, are cozying up with a patent cross-licensing deal and agreement to work more closely together, the companies said Tuesday.

Wed, 24 Oct 07
Update: Symantec earnings show lackluster enterprise growth (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071025/tc_infoworld/92876
InfoWorld - Two years after its acquisition of enterprise software vendor Veritas, Symantec's consumer division remains the company's fastest-growing product line.

Tue, 23 Oct 07
Internet deal triggers cyber storm in China (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071023/tc_afp/oly2008chninternet


Workers install a billboard advertising the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, 07 August 2007. Competition in China's booming Internet sector has turned nasty ahead of the Beijing Olympics, with Sohu.com upsetting its rivals through a lucrative sponsorship deal that is now being challenged.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Competition in China's booming Internet sector has turned nasty ahead of the Beijing Olympics, with Sohu.com upsetting its rivals through a lucrative sponsorship deal that is now being challenged.

Tue, 23 Oct 07
Vista Is Still Plagued by Incompatibilities (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071023/tc_pcworld/138693
PC World - Nine months since its release, lots of hardware and software products still don't work with Microsoft's operating system, including some that are certified as Vista compatible.

Tue, 23 Oct 07
MySpace in deal to let users play on-line games (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071023/wr_nm/myspace_oberon_dc
Reuters - MySpace, the social networking site, on Tuesday said it formed a partnership with Oberon Media to create a new gaming channel on the site.

Tue, 23 Oct 07
Xbox alive with family-friendly TV content (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071023/media_nm/media_xbox_dc


Microsoft co-founder shadow falls on the company logo during a press conference. Microsoft said Monday it would cut the prices of its Xbox 360 consoles in Japan as it ramps up competition with rivals Sony and Nintendo ahead of the key year-end shopping season.(AFP/File/Arko Datta)Reuters - Microsoft will make more than 100 family-friendly TV episodes, ranging from Looney Tunes classics to "The Backyardigans," available on Xbox Live for the first time, under deals announced Monday with Warner Bros. and Nickelodeon.

Tue, 23 Oct 07
Google to buy Nielsen data (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071024/ap_on_hi_te/google_nielsen
AP - Determined to sell more television ads, Internet search leader Google Inc. is sharpening its focus on the medium with demographic data from the influential Nielsen Co.

Tue, 23 Oct 07
Comcast admits delaying some traffic (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_on_hi_te/comcast_data_discrimination
AP - Comcast Corp. on Tuesday acknowledged "delaying" some subscriber Internet traffic, but said any roadblocks it puts up are temporary and intended to improve surfing for other users.

Tue, 23 Oct 07
JDS Uniphase trial begins (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071024/ap_on_hi_te/jds_uniphase_lawsuit
AP - JDS Uniphase Corp., a telecommunications star that suffered crippling losses in the dot-com collapse, hid plunging sales while insiders cashed out, lawyers for investors said as a trial opened on their claims Tuesday.

Tue, 23 Oct 07
STT fights competition probe (FT.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20071024/bs_ft/fto102320072209310016
FT.com - Singapore Technologies Telemedia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, the state investment body, criticised Indonesian authorities on Tuesday for not dropping an investigation into alleged violations of competition law in the mobile phone sector.

Tue, 23 Oct 07
Microsoft, Turbolinux to push single sign-on (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071023/tc_infoworld/92811
InfoWorld - Microsoft and Turbolinux, a Tokyo-based Linux distributor, are cozying up with a patent cross-licensing deal and agreement to work more closely together, the companies said Tuesday.

Tue, 23 Oct 07
Nokia welcomes Motorola back to Symbian camp (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071024/tc_nm/nokia_motorola_symbian_dc


A customer looks at Nokia's line of electronic products at their flagship store in Helsinki August 16, 2007. Nokia welcomed on Tuesday Motorola's decision to return to the Symbian phone operating software venture by buying half of rival handset maker Sony Ericsson's UIQ venture last week. (Bob Strong/Reuters)Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE) welcomed on Tuesday Motorola's decision to return to the Symbian phone operating software venture by buying half of rival handset maker Sony Ericsson's (6758.T) (ERICb.ST) UIQ venture last week.

Tue, 23 Oct 07
Dell Launches XPS 420 Multimedia PC To Take On HP, Apple (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071024/tc_cmp/202600842
TechWeb - The desktop is preloaded with Adobe's Elements Studio and Dell's Xcelerator technology, which converts video to a format suitable for uploading to social networking sites.

Tue, 23 Oct 07
Xbox 360 launches Arcade model to challenge Wii (AFP/File)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071024/bs_afp/lifestyleitgamescompanymicrosoft


People walk past a Nintendo Wii display at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Microsoft on Tuesday began US sales of a scaled-down Xbox 360 model billed by some analysts as a doomed bid to unseat Nintendo's Wii console as ruler of the casual video game market.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AFP/File - Microsoft on Tuesday began US sales of a scaled-down Xbox 360 model billed by some analysts as a doomed bid to unseat Nintendo's Wii console as ruler of the casual video game market.

Mon, 22 Oct 07
SanDisk to debut USB drive, video service (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071022/ap_on_hi_te/sandisk_tv_flash_drive
AP - Flash memory maker SanDisk Corp. on Monday will debut an online video service and a USB flash drive that can carry television programs and videos from a computer for playback on TVs.

Mon, 22 Oct 07
Alibaba.com to unveil listing to investors (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071022/tc_afp/hongkongchinacompanyipotechnologyinternetalibaba


File photo shows a woman walking past a sign advertising an Internet bar in Shanghai. Chinese online trading firm, Alibaba.com, was Monday set to give retail investors details of its Hong Kong listing, in what is expected to be the largest Internet IPO ever by a mainland firm.(AFP/File/Jin Liu)AFP - Chinese online trading firm, Alibaba.com, was Monday set to give retail investors details of its Hong Kong listing, in what is expected to be the largest Internet IPO ever by a mainland firm.

Mon, 22 Oct 07
Nokia says starts shipping N81 multimedia phones (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071022/tc_nm/nokia_n81_dc
Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's largest cellphone maker, said on Monday it had begun global shipments of N81 and N81 8GB multimedia phones.

Mon, 22 Oct 07
E3 video game trade show in radical downsizing (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071022/tc_nm/media_e3_dc


A visitor makes his way on a striped carpet past a mural at the Xbox 360 booth at the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles May 11, 2006. When the annual trade show once known simply as E3 kicks off this week, attendees will discover a distinctly downsized event. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)Reuters - When the annual trade show once known simply as E3 kicks off this week, attendees will discover a distinctly downsized event.

Mon, 22 Oct 07
Samsung develops new flash memory chip (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_on_hi_te/skorea_samsung_new_chip


An employee of Samsung Electronics shows the world's first 30-nanometer 64-gigabit NAND flash memory device during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP - Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has developed a more advanced flash memory chip that will allow increased data storage in digital products such as music players.

Mon, 22 Oct 07
Microsoft blinks in European legal fight (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071022/ap_on_hi_te/eu_microsoft


Blackberry devices are used in Los Angeles March 3, 2006. Microsoft Corp. introduced software on Monday to manage advanced mobile phones much like personal computers, taking aim at a business dominated by Research in Motion's BlackBerry. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)AP - Microsoft Corp. dropped a nearly decade-long legal battle with European regulators Monday, agreeing to key parts of an antitrust ruling that has already led to hundreds of millions in fines.

Mon, 22 Oct 07
Regulators avoiding Intel investigation? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071022/ap_on_hi_te/intel_ftc
AP - Federal regulators appear to be resisting a formal probe of alleged anticompetitive practices of semiconductor giant Intel Corp., despite requests from members of Congress and corporate rivals.

Mon, 22 Oct 07
Texas Instruments profit up 11 percent (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_on_hi_te/earns_texas_instruments
AP - Texas Instruments Inc., the largest maker of chips used in wireless phones, said Monday that its third-quarter earnings rose 11 percent as demand for analog chips and lower manufacturing costs overcame a drop in revenue.

Mon, 22 Oct 07
Apple 4Q earnings beat analyst views (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071022/ap_on_hi_te/earns_apple


A customer leaves an Apple store with her new Apple MacBook in Palo Alto, Calif., Friday, Oct. 19, 2007. Apple Inc. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Monday, Oct. 22, 2007. Wall Street is expecting Apple Inc. to blow past its earnings target when it reports its fourth fiscal quarter results after the bell on Monday, Oct. 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Apple Inc.'s fiscal fourth-quarter profits jumped 67 percent to cap a year that saw unprecedented momentum in its Macintosh computer business, continued demand for iPods and the successful launch of the iPhone.

Mon, 22 Oct 07
Microsoft launches new family-oriented Xbox bundle (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071023/tc_nm/microsoft_xbox_dc


Microsoft co-founder shadow falls on the company logo during a press conference. Microsoft said Monday it would cut the prices of its Xbox 360 consoles in Japan as it ramps up competition with rivals Sony and Nintendo ahead of the key year-end shopping season.(AFP/File/Arko Datta)Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it is launching a reworked low-end version of its Xbox 360 in a bid to widen the game console's appeal to a broader audience that has flocked to rival Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii.

Mon, 22 Oct 07
New Microsoft software takes aims at RIM customers (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071023/wr_nm/microsoft_mobile_dc


Blackberry devices are used in Los Angeles March 3, 2006. Microsoft Corp. introduced software on Monday to manage advanced mobile phones much like personal computers, taking aim at a business dominated by Research in Motion's BlackBerry. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp. introduced software on Monday to manage advanced mobile phones much like personal computers, taking aim at a business dominated by Research in Motion's BlackBerry.

Mon, 22 Oct 07
EU Win Over Microsoft Gives Ball To Linux -- Can It Run With It? (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071023/tc_cmp/202600181
TechWeb - European businesses that have thus far shied away from Linux might not be more inclined to go open source as a result of the restrictions imposed by the commission.

Sun, 21 Oct 07
Presidential Cabinet members start blogs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071022/ap_on_hi_te/cabinet_bloggers


Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt is seen in this May 31, 2007 file photo in Washington. Leavitt is one of the first two members of President Bush's Cabinet who are blogging. His is among the more than 61 million Internet blogs. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file)AP - It was late on Aug. 22 when Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt wrapped up 1,250 words on his experiences in Mozambique. There was more he wanted to write about online, but he had to be up early.

Sun, 21 Oct 07
AT&T to offer Napster music catalog (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071022/ap_on_hi_te/at_t_napster
AP - AT&T Inc. is making Napster Inc.'s entire music catalog of more than 5 million songs available for wireless download starting early next month.

Sun, 21 Oct 07
Permira to buy Japan's Arysta for $2.2 billion (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071022/bs_nm/japan_permira_arysta_dc
Reuters - Global private equity firm Permira , said it had won the race to buy agrichemical company Arysta LifeScience Corp for about 250 billion yen ($2.2 billion) enterprise value, marking its first deal in Japan.

Sat, 20 Oct 07
Spears apparently runs over man's foot (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071020/ap_en_mu/britney_spears_foot_flap


This image provided by TMZ.com reportedly shows a vehicle driven by Britney Spears running over the foot of a photographer working for the celebrity web site TMZ.com. Spears was driving away from a Beverly Hills, Calif., medical building, her car surrounded by photographers, when the incident occurred Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007 according to reports. (AP Photo/TMZ.com)AP - It might just be Britney Spears' latest hit. Hours after losing visitation rights with her two young sons, the struggling pop star apparently ran over the foot of a photographer for celebrity Web site TMZ.com. Spears was driving away from a Beverly Hills medical building, her car surrounded by photographers, when the incident occurred about 5 p.m. Thursday.

Sat, 20 Oct 07
Rugby enthusiasm prompts online marriage bid (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071020/wr_nm/rugby_engagement_dc
Reuters - Rugby World Cup fever led to a proposal of marriage on a rugby fan Web site on Saturday.

Sat, 20 Oct 07
RealPlayer Attack Circulating (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071020/tc_pcworld/138706
PC World - One day after Symantec Corp. researchers discovered software that attacked a critical unpatched vulnerability in RealNetworks Inc.'s media player, Real says that a fix for the issue is imminent.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
Google rides ad wave to sparkling 3Q (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/earns_google


A Google sign inside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., June 18, 2007. Google Inc. reports earnings for the fiscal third quarter on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Less than two weeks after its stock price smashed through $600 for the first time, Google Inc. showed why it might not be long before the Internet search leader's shares are flirting with $700.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
Patriots get ticket sellers' names (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/patriots_scalping


New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss (81) leads receivers through a drill at the start of football practice at the team's training facility in Foxborough, Mass., Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - The New England Patriots have won a bid to get the names of all the fans who bought or sold — or tried to buy or sell — tickets to home games through online ticket reseller StubHub Inc., a move one technology group sees as an invasion of privacy.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
Media, Web companies set copyright rules (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/online_video


Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman gestures as he speaks at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007. Media companies Walt Disney Co., Viacom Inc., CBS Corp., NBC Universal and News Corp. joined Internet companies Microsoft Corp., MySpace, Veoh Networks and Dailymotion to issue the guidelines, which would require sites to use filtering technology to block copyrighted clips from being posted without permission. Dauman said Thursday he was surprised when Google's announcement of new filtering technology came out just days before the coalition announced its guidelines. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - A coalition of major media and Internet companies Thursday issued a set of guidelines for handling copyright-protected videos on large user-generated sites such as MySpace.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
AMD posts 3Q loss, but investors hopeful (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/earns_amd


Advanced Micro Devices CEO Hector Ruiz is seen in this undated photo provided by AMD. AMD is expected to release quarterly earnings Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Advanced Micro Devices, ho)AP - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has lost more than $1 billion so far this year, but investors appear optimistic that stronger microprocessor sales and better cost controls are helping the slumping chip maker improve its financial health.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
Review: Accessorizing the iPhone (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/tech_test_iphone_accessories


This photo provided by Aliph shows Aliph's Jawbone Bluetooth Headset. For those more than one million people who've snatched up the iPhone, there are a multitude of accessories meant to help you get the most out of the all-in-one device and, most importantly, keep it clean and protected. (AP Photo/Aliph)AP - Anyone who owns Apple Inc.'s iPhone knows that it can be mighty difficult to keep the sleek smart phone shining. But is it necessary to shell out more money to keep the gadget in pristine condition?

Fri, 19 Oct 07
Apple to open iPhone for developers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/apple_iphone


OtterBox for iPhone Defender(TM) Series offers sleek protection for your delicate iPhone! (Photo: Business Wire)AP - In an apparent about-face, Apple Inc. will allow third-party applications to work directly on the iPhone, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in a posting on the company's Web site Wednesday.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
Sony announces new, cheaper PS3 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/sony_playstation


The PlayStation PS3 gaming console is on display in March 2007. Sony Corp said Thursday that it had agreed to sell its production facilities for the powerful computer chip at the heart of its struggling PlayStation 3 game console to rival Toshiba Corp.(AFP/File/John MacDougall)AP - Sony Corp. on Thursday cut the price of its PlayStation 3 game console in the U.S. and announced an even cheaper model that will arrive before the holiday shopping season.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
SAP 3Q rises on license sales (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/earns_germany_sap
AP - SAP AG, the world's largest maker of business-software applications, said Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 10 percent thanks to increased license sales.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
Comcast blocks some Internet traffic (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/comcast_data_discrimination


Matthew Elvey, Chief Technical Officer for Elvey Partnership, is photographed in San Francisco, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - Comcast Corp. actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online, a move that runs counter to the tradition of treating all types of Net traffic equally.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
AP tests Comcast's file-sharing filter (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/comcast_data_discrimination_tests
AP - To test claims by users that Comcast Corp. was blocking some forms of file-sharing traffic, The Associated Press went to the Bible.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
4 more states seek Microsoft oversight (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_antitrust


Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation, speaks at the Web. 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, October 18, 2007. (Kimberly White/Reuters)AP - Four states concerned about Microsoft Corp.'s market power are pressing a federal court to extend by five years oversight of the software company that began in 2002 as part of a landmark antitrust settlement.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
Vonage targeted by AT&T patent suit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/vonage_holdings_suit
AP - Internet telephone company Vonage Holdings Corp. disclosed Friday that it's the target of yet another patent lawsuit from a telephone company, in this case AT&T Inc.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
WiMax gets nod as wireless standard (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/un_wimax
AP - The broadband technology WiMax has been added to a global standard for mobile devices, boosting its chances of becoming the preferred system for the next generation of high-speed wireless Internet access.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
Microsoft offers Latin market a Zune of their own (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071020/tc_nm/zune_dc


Wisin and Yandel of Puerto Rico arrive at the 2007 Billboard Latin Music Awards in Coral Gables, Florida, April 26, 2007. Wisin and Yandel, the reggaeton duo with an uncanny knack for delivering hit singles, will become the first act to get its own customized Zune player, Billboard has learned. (Marc Serota/Reuters)Reuters - Wisin & Yandel, the reggaeton duo with an uncanny knack for delivering hit singles, will become the first act to get its own customized Zune player, Billboard has learned.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
Skype to sell first cell phone through 3: source (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071019/tc_nm/skype3_dc
Reuters - EBay Inc's Skype is expected to announce a deal soon with wireless service provider 3 to sell the Internet telephony company's first mobile phone, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
Firefox Tries Again for URI Fix, Adds Leopard Support (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071019/tc_pcworld/138690
PC World - Mozilla Corp. has released a critical security update to Firefox, taking a third shot at patching bugs in the way the browser can be used to launch programs from Web links.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
SMB Telecommuters Boost Opportunities For Mobile, Network, Software Markets (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071020/tc_cmp/202404880
TechWeb - On average, 7% of the SMB workforce stays home one or more days a week and 90% of SMBs reported that one or more employees travel on business at least one day a week, according to AMI-Partners.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
Collect, Track Right Data To Spot Strategic Trends (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20071019/bs_ibd_ibd/20071019managing02
Investor's Business Daily - When Anita Campbell began noticing that corporate America was embracing social networking Web sites, she pounced.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
Special vest lets players feel video game blows (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071019/tc_afp/lifestyleusithealthgame


Video gamers at a computer game fair in August 2007. A US surgeon working on a AFP - A US surgeon working on a "tele-health" breakthrough has devised a way for video game warriors to feel shots, stabs, slams, and hits dealt to their on-screen characters.

Fri, 19 Oct 07
ITU Approves WiMax as Global Standard (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20071019/tc_zd/217677
PC Magazine - WiMax proponents claim the ITU decision will hasten the deployment of the wireless technology.

Thu, 18 Oct 07
EBay reorganizes Skype phone unit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071018/ap_on_hi_te/earns_ebay


eBay mugs are seen on sale at eBay Inc. headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007. eBay Inc. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Wednesday after the market closes. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - EBay Inc.'s Skype division has let down eBay executives, but they're confident they can reorganize the troubled Internet phone unit and make it more useful to people outside of the online marketplace.

Thu, 18 Oct 07
Murdoch marvels at MySpace acquisition (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071018/ap_on_hi_te/murdoch_web20


Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, right, and Chris DeWolfe, left, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, MySpace answers questions during a talk at Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007.The Web 2.0 Summit, a conference for startups and other companies focused on social networking and other new ways of communicating using the Internet. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)AP - News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said Wednesday he had no idea when he bought online hangout MySpace.com two years ago how explosive social networks would become.

Thu, 18 Oct 07
"Daily Show" finally gets its own Web site (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071018/wr_nm/dailyshow_dc


Jon Stewart holds his two Emmys backstage at the 56th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, September 19, 2004. After more than a decade on the air, Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart' has its own online home. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)Reuters - After more than a decade on the air, Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" has its own online home.

Thu, 18 Oct 07
Sony to sell new 40GB PlayStation 3 in U.S. (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071018/tc_nm/sony_playstation3_dc


Visitors play on Sony's PlayStation 3 game console at the company's display at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo September 20, 2007. Sony will launch a cheaper model of its PlayStation 3 in the United States, hoping to attract more buyers as it goes up against rival game consoles from Microsoft and Nintendo this holiday. (Issei Kato/Reuters)Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) will launch a cheaper model of its PlayStation 3 in the United States, hoping to attract more buyers as it goes up against rival game consoles from Microsoft and Nintendo this holiday.

Thu, 18 Oct 07
First Look: The AT&T Tilt Smart Phone (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071018/tc_pcworld/138572
PC World - Whether you use the Tilt to type notes or to watch videos, its revolutionary adjustable, angled screen makes viewing a pleasure. And hey, it's also a versatile cell phone.

Thu, 18 Oct 07
Oldsters see video, computer games as exercise for brain (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071018/tc_afp/lifestyleusitgamesdemographics


Photo provided by Nintendo shows Ethel Bockman, (R), 94 and Stella Zielecki, 88, playing Brain Age 2 on Nintendo DS, in New York. Based on growing scientific evidence, certain types of game-playing are increasingly being viewed as calisthenics for the brain that can especially be useful for seniors at risk of memory loss, dementia and various vision problems.(AFP/Nintendo/File/Diane Bondareff)AFP - Move over, junior. Grandma and grandpa are joining the wave in video and computer games as makers step up efforts to promote the software as brain-healthy exercises.

Thu, 18 Oct 07
China keeps 3G schedule on hold (FT.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20071018/bs_ft/fto101820071917269225
FT.com - China has no timetable for issuing third-generation mobile telephone licences, a senior regulator announced on Thursday, saying 3G services still lacked a clear business model.

Thu, 18 Oct 07
Facebook site grows businesses (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071019/tc_infoworld/92726
InfoWorld - Facebook has become such a popular social networking site that some companies are betting their businesses on it.

Thu, 18 Oct 07
Sony to sell PS3 chip lines to rival Toshiba (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071018/bs_afp/japanelectronicschipcompanydivestsonytoshiba


The PlayStation PS3 gaming console is on display in March 2007. Sony Corp said Thursday that it had agreed to sell its production facilities for the powerful computer chip at the heart of its struggling PlayStation 3 game console to rival Toshiba Corp.(AFP/File/John MacDougall)AFP - Sony Corp said Thursday that it had agreed to sell its production facilities for the powerful computer chip at the heart of its struggling PlayStation 3 game console to rival Toshiba Corp.

Wed, 17 Oct 07
SAP buys BPM vendor to boost NetWeaver (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071017/tc_pcworld/138536
PC World - SAP AG is buying a small Indian software company to help beef up the business process management capabilities in its NetWeaver applications platform.

Wed, 17 Oct 07
PCs shipping at fastest rate in 2 years (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071017/ap_on_hi_te/pc_shipments
AP - Computer shipments rose this summer at the fastest rate in nearly two years, and Hewlett-Packard Co. pulled still farther ahead of Dell Inc. as the world's largest maker of PCs, two technology research firms reported Wednesday.

Wed, 17 Oct 07
Ann Arbor to replace lights with LEDs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071017/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_city_s_bright_idea
AP - How many Ann Arbor city workers does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Wed, 17 Oct 07
Nokia releases new version of Linux tablet (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071017/tc_infoworld/92668
InfoWorld - Nokia announced on Wednesday the latest version of its Linux-based tablet device, this time with a full keyboard.

Wed, 17 Oct 07
Lonelygirl15 Goes Hollywood: Web 2.0 Stars Grapple With Success (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071018/tc_cmp/202403950
TechWeb - Crashed servers, agitated fans, and even corporate sponsorship sometimes follow instant online success, producers recall

Wed, 17 Oct 07
Study: Online games more captivating (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071017/ap_on_hi_te/online_games
AP - Role-playing games with an Internet element are so much more captivating than equivalent electronic games that they change users' lives, cutting into their sleep and boosting the time they spend playing, a new study shows.

Tue, 16 Oct 07
AOL to cut 2,000 jobs; one-fifth of global staff (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071016/tc_afp/uscompanymediaitaollayoffslead


This 12 January, 2001, file photo shows the new AOL Time Warner corporate logo on the former Time Warner Building in New York's Rockefeller Center. AOL is planning to cut 2,000 jobs or around one-fifth of its global workforce in a reorganization aimed at improving online advertising, a memo showed Monday.(AFP/File/Henny Ray Abrams )AFP - AOL, the Internet division of Time Warner Inc., is planning to cut 2,000 jobs or around one-fifth of its global workforce in a reorganization aimed at improving online advertising, a memo showed Monday.

Tue, 16 Oct 07
Apple says iPhone complies with eco standards (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20071016/tc_macworld/appleiphone20071016
Macworld.com - The iPhone meets the restrictions placed on hazardous substances, Apple said in the wake of a Greenpeace report published on Monday.

Tue, 16 Oct 07
YouTube launches long-awaited video piracy blocker (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071016/tc_afp/lifestyleitinternetfilmcopyrightcompanyyoutube


File picture shows the YouTube homepage. YouTube on Monday put in place software to block the posting of pirated videos and appease content owners that accuse the popular website of being a willing accomplice to copyright abuses(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - YouTube on Monday put in place software to block the posting of pirated videos and appease content owners that accuse the popular website of being a willing accomplice to copyright abuses.

Tue, 16 Oct 07
Yahoo 3Q report encourages investors (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071017/ap_on_hi_te/earns_yahoo


Exterior view of Yahoo! offices in Santa Clara, Calif., Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. Yahoo Inc. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Jerry Yang has investors feeling better about Yahoo Inc. again, four months after taking over as chief executive in an attempt to revive the struggling Internet icon that made him a billionaire.

Tue, 16 Oct 07
Intel 3Q earnings beat expectations (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071017/ap_on_hi_te/earns_intel


Intel Corp. Chief Executive Paul Otellini announces that Intel will begin selling 45-nanometer chips code-named Penryn in November at the Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007. Intel Corp. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Intel Corp.'s soaring sales of microprocessors helped the company overcome flat prices for those chips and reap a 43 percent boost in profits in the third quarter.

Tue, 16 Oct 07
IBM 3Q earnings up 6 pct., beating views (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071016/ap_on_hi_te/earns_ibm


The IBM logo at the main campus in Research Triangle Park, N.C. is seen in this July 31, 2007 file photo. International Business Machines Corp. is expected to release quarterly earnings on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Karen Tam, file)AP - Strength in services overcame a surprising slide in hardware and helped third-quarter earnings rise 6 percent at International Business Machines Corp., enough to narrowly beat Wall Street expectations Tuesday.

Tue, 16 Oct 07
MySpace, Skype announce partnership (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071017/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_skype_deal
AP - News Corp.'s MySpace will offer members of its popular social network free Internet phone calls with a new feature based on eBay Inc.'s Skype service, the companies announced Tuesday.

Tue, 16 Oct 07
Seagate Technology 1Q profit, sales soar (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071017/ap_on_hi_te/earns_seagate_technology


Seagate Technology CEO Bill Watkins holds up a Seagate 160GB hard drive at Seagate offices in Fremont, Calif., Monday, Jan. 22, 2007. Seagate Technology, the world's largest maker of hard drives, on Tuesday reported a stronger-than-expected profit for its fiscal first quarter, as demand drove up its sales 18 percent. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Seagate Technology, the world's largest maker of hard drives, on Tuesday reported a stronger-than-expected profit for its fiscal first quarter, as demand drove up its sales 18 percent.

Tue, 16 Oct 07
Disney to spend $1 bln on Calif. park: paper (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071017/en_nm/disney_californiaadventure_dc


The stage is filled with Disney characters during the finale at Disneyland's 50th anniversary celebration ceremony, at the Disneyland theme park as 'The Happiest Homecoming on Earth' begins in Anaheim, California, May 5, 2005. The Walt Disney Co is planning to spend $1.1 billion over five years to overhaul its California Adventure theme park, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Tuesday. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - The Walt Disney Co is planning to spend $1.1 billion over five years to overhaul its California Adventure theme park, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Tuesday.

Tue, 16 Oct 07
Asustek's low-cost Eee PC will sport Windows XP (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071017/tc_infoworld/92625
InfoWorld - Microsoft's Windows XP OS will be on a version of Asustek Computer's ultra-low-cost laptop, Eee PC, by the end of this year, the companies announced Tuesday.

Tue, 16 Oct 07
UIQ plans to expand after Motorola deal (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071017/tc_infoworld/92626
InfoWorld - UIQ Technology, the company behind one of the two user interfaces for the Symbian mobile OS, will continue expanding after Motorola takes a 50 percent stake in the company.

Tue, 16 Oct 07
OSI Approves Two Microsoft Shared-Source Licenses (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071016/tc_pcworld/138519
PC World - The board of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) has approved two Microsoft Corp. licenses that allow proprietary source code to be shared, a move that is likely to inspire protest and spur controversy for die-hard open-source proponents.

Tue, 16 Oct 07
Google: Urchin Analytics Software Lives (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071017/tc_pcworld/138523
PC World - After an almost three-year delay, the next major version of Google Inc.'s Urchin Web analytics server software is entering a beta testing period, at a time when some customers have been openly wondering if the product would be discontinued.

Tue, 16 Oct 07
The week in video-game news (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071017/ap_en_ot/games_news_bytes
AP - News from the virtual world:

Mon, 15 Oct 07
Pentagon, FBI misusing secret info requests: ACLU (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071015/pl_afp/usintelligencejusticeinternet


US Department of Defense handout photo shows an aerial view of the River Entrance of the Pentagon. The Pentagon has misled Congress and the US public by conniving with the FBI to obtain hundreds of financial, telephone and Internet records without court approval, civil-rights campaigners said Sunday.(AFP/DOD-HO/File/Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway)AFP - The Pentagon has misled Congress and the US public by conniving with the FBI to obtain hundreds of financial, telephone and Internet records without court approval, civil-rights campaigners said Sunday.

Mon, 15 Oct 07
Nokia starts shipping N95 with 8 gigabyte memory (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071015/tc_nm/nokia_n95_dc


People visit Nokia's stand during the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, February 15, 2007. (Albert Gea/Reuters)Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said on Monday it had started shipments of a new version of its top-of-the-range mobile phone model N95 with an 8 gigabyte memory and improved battery life.

Mon, 15 Oct 07
YouTube unveils anti-piracy filters (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071016/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_copyright_controls
AP - Online video leader YouTube on Monday rolled out long-awaited technology to automatically remove copyrighted clips, hoping to placate movie and television studios fed up with the Web site's persistent piracy problems.

Mon, 15 Oct 07
Court continues Microsoft antitrust case (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071015/ap_on_hi_te/cotap_microsoft_novell
AP - Two antitrust claims brought against Microsoft Corp. by Novell Inc. can proceed, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

Mon, 15 Oct 07
Notices confuse some Verizon customers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071015/ap_on_hi_te/verizon_wireless_privacy
AP - Several online sites were buzzing this weekend with suspicion that Verizon Wireless was getting going to share its customers' calling records with third parties.

Mon, 15 Oct 07
AOL to cut work force 20 percent (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071015/ap_on_hi_te/aol_layoffs


An America Online trailer is seen at the AOL headquarters complex in Dulles, Va., Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. AOL is reducing its global work force by 2,000 employees, or 20 percent, as it continues a transition from Internet access provider to online advertising company. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - AOL is eliminating another 2,000 jobs worldwide as it tries to cut costs and make room to grow in online advertising.

Mon, 15 Oct 07
Judge asked to reconsider $222,000 award (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071015/ap_on_hi_te/downloading_music


Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn. walks out of the U.S. District Court in Duluth, Minn. Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, after jury selection on the first day of her civil trial for alleged music pirating through illegal sharing of song files. Thomas, a 30-year-old mother of two, is the first of 26,000 people sued by the industry whose case has gone to trial. An industry group and three recording companies claim she illegally offered 1,702 songs for free on a file-sharing network. (AP Photo/Julia Cheng)AP - A woman facing a $222,000 music-sharing verdict asked a judge on Monday to overturn it.

Mon, 15 Oct 07
California Court Lets Class-Action Suit Against T-Mobile Go Forward (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071016/tc_cmp/202402978
TechWeb - The suit seeks to prevent the carrier from collecting money for early termination fees and from locking cell phones.

Mon, 15 Oct 07
Sun offers potpourri of open-source plans (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071016/tc_infoworld/92613
InfoWorld - Sun offered informational updates Monday on several ongoing efforts in the open-source arena, including product plans for the OpenSolaris version of the Solaris OS, Java, and the GlassFish application server.

Mon, 15 Oct 07
IBM, Linden Lab Aim for Business-Friendly Virtual Worlds (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071016/tc_pcworld/138450
PC World - IBM and Linden Lab, creator of the popular virtual world Second Life, last week announced a partnership under which the two companies will work to develop open-standards based technologies and methodologies to enhance the Internet's various virtual worlds and build interoperability between them.

Mon, 15 Oct 07
"Lost" reruns land at Sci Fi, G4 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071016/media_nm/lost_dc


Actress Evangeline Lilly poses at the red carpet event for the hit TV show 'Lost' during their Season 3 World Premiere in Honolulu, Hawaii on September 30, 2006. Sci Fi Channel and videogame-oriented outlet G4 have snapped up off-network cable rights to ABC's 'Lost,' and will star airing the drama next fall. (Hugh Gentry/Reuters)Reuters - Sci Fi Channel and videogame-oriented outlet G4 have snapped up off-network cable rights to ABC's "Lost," and will star airing the drama next fall.

Sun, 14 Oct 07
Google skimps on its own advertising (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071014/ap_on_bi_ge/google_marketing_miser


A Google search page is seen through the spectacles of a computer user in Leicester, central England July 20, 2007. Random House, the world's biggest book publisher, is considering joining a book-search project run by Google, once considered an arch-enemy by the paper publishing industry. (Darren Staples/Reuters)AP - Like a gourmet chef who rarely eats out, Google Inc. feeds advertising services to hordes of other businesses while skimping on its own marketing.

Sun, 14 Oct 07
Hitachi: Hard drives are getting better (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071015/ap_on_hi_te/hitachi_hard_drives
AP - Multimedia stockpilers need not worry about laptops, digital video recorders or portable music players hitting a storage capacity ceiling any time soon.

Sun, 14 Oct 07
China plans virtual world for commerce (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071015/ap_on_hi_te/china_s_virtual_world
AP - Your favorite pants are fraying? You may soon be able to order replacements directly from the factory where they were made, according to the chief scientist of an ambitious Chinese Internet project.

Sun, 14 Oct 07
SAP reiterates would make more takeovers: paper (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071014/bs_nm/sap_takeovers_dc


Chief Executive Officer of software maker SAP AG Henning Kagermann attends a news conference in New Delhi August 28, 2007. SAP would consider more acquisitions following the largest takeover in the company's history, Kagermann reiterated in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper. (Vijay Mathur/Reuters)Reuters - Software maker SAP would consider more acquisitions following the largest takeover in the company's history, SAP's chief executive reiterated in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper.

Sun, 14 Oct 07
Eclipse offers AJAX server (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071015/tc_infoworld/92576
InfoWorld - The Eclipse Foundation will make available Monday Eclipse RAP (Rich Ajax Platform) 1.0, an AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) server for building and deploying rich Internet applications.

Sun, 14 Oct 07
Nintendo market value tops 10 trillion yen on Wii (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071015/bs_nm/nintendo_market_value_dc


Journalists are silhouetted during Nintendo Co Ltd's news conference in Chiba, east of Tokyo, October 10, 2007. Nintendo Co Ltd surpassed the 10 trillion yen ($85.08 billion) mark in market value on Monday, joining Toyota Motor Corp and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group -- the bluest of the blue-chip stocks in Japan. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) surpassed 10 trillion yen ($85 billion) in market value on Monday, joining Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (8306.T) as one of the bluest of Japanese blue-chip stocks.

Sat, 13 Oct 07
Trend Micro Updates Security Suites (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071013/tc_pcworld/138346
PC World - Trend Micro has released it's 2008 Internet security suite, comprising three separate offerings aimed at various levels of Internet usage.

Sat, 13 Oct 07
Tech Group, Broadcasters Slug it Out Over Spectrum (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071013/tc_pcworld/138367
PC World - A technology trade group has accused U.S. television executives of conducting a "misinformation campaign" about wireless devices designed to operate in unused portions of the television spectrum.

Sat, 13 Oct 07
Mac OS, Linux May Share a Windows Flaw (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071013/tc_pcworld/138428
PC World - This week Microsoft Corp said it would patch Windows to reduce the risk of a new kind of Web-based security vulnerability, but security researchers say that other operating systems are probably at risk too.

Sat, 13 Oct 07
Seeking to save shelter dogs from death (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071014/ap_on_re_us/canine_countdown