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Fri, 30 Nov 07
More Web surfing data helps ad targeting (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_hi_te/targeting_ads
AP - Based on the weather reports and restaurant listings you check out online, Yahoo Inc. has a good idea where you live. Based on searches you've done, the Web portal might also know where you want to go.

Fri, 30 Nov 07
Facebook retreat shows ad-targeting risk (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_hi_te/targeting_social_networking

AP - Facebook pushed the boundaries of ad targeting when the online hangout presumed users would want the site to mine their Internet activity.

Fri, 30 Nov 07
Targeting advances as online ads expand (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_hi_te/targeting_evolution
AP - Golf club manufacturers have long placed ads in printed golf magazines. Movie studios tend to run television spots before a weekend rather than after.

Fri, 30 Nov 07
Former Broadcom exec agrees to plea deal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_hi_te/broadcom_stock_options
AP - A former executive at chip maker Broadcom Corp. will plead guilty to obstruction of justice and cooperate in a federal probe of company stock option grants, the U.S. attorney's office said Friday.

Fri, 30 Nov 07
Google to bid for wireless spectrum (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_hi_te/google_spectrum
AP - Google Inc. confirmed its plans to bid for a prized piece of the airwaves in an upcoming government auction, further underscoring the Internet search leader's determination to shake up the wireless market and plumb more profits from mobile phones.

Fri, 30 Nov 07
Sony PS3 outsells Nintendo Wii in Japan (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_hi_te/japan_ps3_wii
AP - Monthly sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan topped the Nintendo Wii for the first time since the gaming consoles debuted late last year, according to a November survey.

Fri, 30 Nov 07
BYD set to list mobile division in HK (FT.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20071130/bs_ft/fto113020071858216144
FT.com - BYD, a Chinese battery maker, plans to list its mobile phone manufacturing unit in Hong Kong in an initial public offering that will raise up to $987m. The IPO comes as investors watch for signs of weaknesses in new listings after Hong Kong's benchmark index suffered its worst monthly drop in more than three years.

Fri, 30 Nov 07
Cloudsmith service pushes 'virtual distros' (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071130/tc_infoworld/93772
InfoWorld - A new company, Cloudsmith, has created a Web-based service meant to let developers access and exchange "virtual distros," or custom configurations, of open-source software.

Fri, 30 Nov 07
Serena to ship enterprise mashup platform (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071130/tc_infoworld/93773
InfoWorld - Serena Software will ship its enterprise business mashup software Monday with the goal of enabling quick deployment of simple applications that solve everyday business problems.

Fri, 30 Nov 07
Facebook adjusts ad platform after privacy protest (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071130/tc_afp/lifestyleitinternetadvertisingcompanyfacebook

AFP - Facebook has changed its three-week-old advertising platform to soothe members outraged by what they saw as an assault on their privacy at the popular social networking website.

Fri, 30 Nov 07
PS3 finally overtakes Wii in Japan sales: survey (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071130/ennew_afp/lifestylejapangamecompanysonynintendo

AFP - Sony's PlayStation 3 video game console finally outsold Nintendo's Wii in Japan in November, helped by a price cut and a stronger line-up of games, a survey showed Friday.

Fri, 30 Nov 07
Microsoft's Xbox 360 Fall Update Set For Release (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071201/tc_cmp/204400420
TechWeb - The changes include new parental controls that let parents set limits on the amount of time their children can spend playing Xbox games during a given period.

Fri, 30 Nov 07
Questions Abound With Verizon's Open Network Announcement (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071202/tc_cmp/204400400
TechWeb - Until details such as per-message use fees and CDMA access are answered, reaction is muted.

Thu, 29 Nov 07
TiVo posts narrower 3Q loss (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071129/ap_on_hi_te/earns_tivo

AP - TiVo Inc., the maker of digital video recorders, on Wednesday reported a narrower third-quarter loss than last year and beat expectations as revenue rose sharply and expenses fell.

Thu, 29 Nov 07
Mobile phone may have killed Korean quarry worker (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071129/tc_nm/korea_phone_death_dc

Reuters - A 33-year-old South Korean quarry worker was found dead with a burning mobile phone stuck to his chest, police and the doctor who examined the man said on Thursday.

Thu, 29 Nov 07
AMD sees chip market pricing remaining competitive (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071129/tc_nm/amd_dc
Reuters - U.S. microprocessor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) sees pricing in the chip market remaining competitive, and aims to return to profitability soon, Chief Executive Hector Ruiz said on Thursday. AMD, the No. 2 maker of computer processors, controls about a fifth of the market for the central processing units at the heart of the world's one billion personal computers and servers.

Thu, 29 Nov 07
Testers see Windows XP passing Vista (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_xp_sp3_performance
AP - Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system is about to get faster and Windows Vista isn't, according to a report that caused a stir online this week as industry watchers speculated that a zippier XP could keep customers from upgrading to Vista.

Thu, 29 Nov 07
Dell 3Q earnings up 27 percent (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071129/ap_on_hi_te/earns_dell

AP - Dell Inc. said earnings grew 27 percent in the third quarter, buoyed by growth in overseas markets like Brazil and by prices falling for memory chips and other components.

Thu, 29 Nov 07
Report: Sprint Nextel rejected $5B stake (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071129/ap_on_hi_te/sprint_nextel_ceo
AP - Sprint Nextel Corp., in need of a new chief executive, turned down a $5 billion investment proposal that would have brought the telecommunications company's former chairman back as CEO, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

Thu, 29 Nov 07
FBI arrests Penn student in cyber attack (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071129/ap_on_hi_te/cyber_attacks_arrests
AP - A University of Pennsylvania student and a New Zealand hacker hijacked a university computer server last year, the FBI charged Thursday, part of an investigation into cyber-attacks called "botnets."

Thu, 29 Nov 07
TiVo wins patent validation (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071129/ap_on_hi_te/tivo_echostar_patent_dispute
AP - TiVo Inc. on Thursday proclaimed itself winner of the latest round in its battle against EchoStar Communications Corp. after federal regulators validated the digital video recorder maker's patent that is central to the case.

Thu, 29 Nov 07
China disputes cyber crime report (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071129/ap_on_hi_te/mcafee_cybercrime_report
AP - The Chinese government on Thursday disputed a report labeling it the world's most aggressive offender in probing for holes in other nations' Internet security and encouraging a looming global cyber showdown.

Thu, 29 Nov 07
Media CEOs are Facebook, BlackBerry users (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071130/wr_nm/media_summit_habits_dc
Reuters - Facebook is good for keeping up with high-flying buddies, MySpace is for teenage offspring and the BlackBerry is a full-time addiction, according to top media executives who were quizzed on their personal media habits at this week's Reuters Media Summit.

Thu, 29 Nov 07
Microsoft Solves Office Mobile Incompatibility Issue (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071130/tc_pcworld/140131
PC World - Microsoft introduces an upgrade to Office Mobile that lets users work with documents created in Office 2007.

Thu, 29 Nov 07
GroundWork: Something old, something new (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071129/tc_infoworld/93675
InfoWorld - Zenoss Core isn't the only open source monitoring tool making waves. GroundWork Monitor Open Source is an excellent example of Zenoss' competition from other open source players.

Thu, 29 Nov 07
Microsoft Releases SP1 for Exchange Server 2007 (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071130/tc_pcworld/140126
PC World - The first service pack for Exchange Server 2007 fixes software bugs and adds some new features to make the product more stable and useful for business customers.

Thu, 29 Nov 07
Microsoft set to release SP1 for Exchange Server (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071129/tc_infoworld/93737
InfoWorld - On Friday, November 30, Microsoft will release Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 [SP1].

Thu, 29 Nov 07
"Rock Band" game sold "hundreds of thousands": EA (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071129/tc_nm/media_summit_electronicarts_rockband_dc

Reuters - MTV's music video game "Rock Band" sold hundreds of thousands of copies over Thanksgiving weekend, Electronic Arts Inc Chief Executive John Riccitiello said on Thursday.

Wed, 28 Nov 07
'Hillary haters' out in force as 2008 votes loom (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071128/pl_afp/usvote2008clinton

AFP - Prowling the Internet, spilling venom on blogs and dominating the airwaves on conservative talk radio, "Hillary haters" are back and out in force as 2008 presidential nominating contests loom.

Wed, 28 Nov 07
Shareholders file suit against Virgin Mobile USA (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071128/bs_nm/virginmobileusa_lawsuit_dc
Reuters - Shareholders who lost money after investing in Virgin Mobile USA Inc's IPO and stock have filed a class action lawsuit against the mobile service provider, Kahn Gauthier Swick, LLC said on Wednesday.

Wed, 28 Nov 07
News Web sites seek more search control (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071129/ap_on_hi_te/search_engine_access
AP - The desire for greater control over how search engines index and display Web sites is driving an effort by leading news organizations and other publishers to revise a 13-year-old technology for restricting access.

Wed, 28 Nov 07
Adobe, Yahoo partner on ads (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071129/ap_on_hi_te/adobe_yahoo_ads
AP - Adobe Systems Inc. and Yahoo Inc. plan to launch a service Thursday allowing publishers to insert advertisements into many online newsletters or other electronic documents.

Wed, 28 Nov 07
Robots dazzle at Japanese exhibit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071128/ap_on_hi_te/japan_robots

AP - A robot math whiz breezes through a Rubik's Cube, using metal hands to twist and turn the colorful toy. A panda robot uses sensors to detect when people are laughing, and joins in. A dentistry student peers into the mouth of a new patient — a humanoid practice robot with a complete set of pearly white teeth.

Wed, 28 Nov 07
New software detects Web interference (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071129/ap_on_hi_te/bc_tech_bit_comcast_data_discrimination
AP - Increasingly worried over Internet providers' behavior, a nonprofit has released software that helps determine whether online glitches are innocent hiccups or evidence of deliberate traffic tampering.

Wed, 28 Nov 07
Details on proposed search controls (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071129/ap_on_hi_te/search_engine_access_details
AP - Under the formal rules for "robots.txt," a Web site may refuse indexing of the entire site, specific directories or specific pages.

Wed, 28 Nov 07
US mobile ad firm claims Vodafone and Telefonica as investors (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071129/tc_afp/usspainbritaintelecomadvertisecompanyvodafone

AFP - Amobee Media Systems announced on Wednesday that European telecom powerhouses Vodafone and Telefonica have bought stakes in the US mobile advertising specialty firm.

Wed, 28 Nov 07
Law Center Steps Up GPL Defense, Seeks First U.S. Test Case (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071129/tc_cmp/204300545
TechWeb - So far, no GPL case has gone through the courts in the U.S.

Wed, 28 Nov 07
Adobe and Yahoo test running ads inside PDF documents (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071129/wr_nm/advertising_adobe_yahoo_dc

Reuters - Software maker Adobe Systems Inc and Internet company Yahoo Inc said on Wednesday they will offer a service to let publishers run advertisements in Adobe's popular document-reading format.

Wed, 28 Nov 07
Discovery to make animal-themed games (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071128/tc_nm/media_summit_discovery_activision_dc
Reuters - Might we see "Meerkat Manor: The Video Game?"

Tue, 27 Nov 07
NBC in pact to use TiVo's viewership data: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071127/tc_nm/tivo_nbc_dc
Reuters - General Electric Co unit NBC Universal has reached an agreement with TiVo Inc to become the first major broadcaster with the right to use the digital recorder company's research and interactive advertising products, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday in its online edition.

Tue, 27 Nov 07
Good Christmas sales ahead for cellphones: Gartner (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071127/tc_nm/cellphones_market_dc
Reuters - Fast growth in the cellphone industry, the largest consumer electronics sector in the world, is set to continue in the holiday-sales-fuelled fourth quarter, research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.

Tue, 27 Nov 07
JDS Uniphase wins shareholder lawsuit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071128/ap_on_hi_te/jds_uniphase_lawsuit

AP - A jury found Tuesday that JDS Uniphase Corp. and four former executives are not liable for shareholders' losses in the dot-com meltdown because the company could not have foreseen its staggering losses.

Tue, 27 Nov 07
FCC wants more data for cable TV report (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071128/ap_on_hi_te/fcc_cable
AP - The country's top communications regulator suffered a major defeat Tuesday night when fellow members of the Federal Communications Commission scuttled his effort to expand government control over cable programming.

Tue, 27 Nov 07
Google expands into alternative energy (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071127/ap_on_hi_te/google_green_power
AP - Google Inc. is expanding into alternative energy in its most ambitious effort yet to ease the environmental strain caused by the company's voracious appetite for power to run its massive computing centers.

Tue, 27 Nov 07
Samsung dismisses corruption probe fears (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071128/ap_on_hi_te/skorea_samsung_electronics

AP - A Samsung Electronics Co. official said Wednesday that a bribery scandal engulfing the Samsung Group conglomerate is no cause for concern as he outlined ambitious growth plans for the technology giant.

Tue, 27 Nov 07
Nintendo calls Wii sales 'fantastic' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071128/ap_on_hi_te/us_holiday_sales_wii
AP - A top Nintendo Co. executive said holiday sales of the Wii game consoles have gotten off to a "fantastic start" but warned Tuesday that Wiis would be scarce through the end of the year.

Tue, 27 Nov 07
NBC Uni time-shifts with TiVo data (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071128/tv_nm/nbc_tivo_dc

Reuters - For the next several years, NBC Universal will rely on TiVo to tell it how television viewers are using their digital video recorders and, presumably, to introduce interactive commercials to the masses.

Tue, 27 Nov 07
Firefox Fixes Three Security Flaws, Though More Remain (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071128/tc_cmp/204204083
TechWeb - The vulnerabilities could be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other windows or inject data or code into those sites, Mozilla said.

Tue, 27 Nov 07
Verizon Wireless opens network, in win for Google (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071128/wr_nm/verizonwireless_software_dc

Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Tuesday it will open its network to any phone or software application by the end of 2008, caving in to demands by Google Inc and other lobbyists for more open access.

Tue, 27 Nov 07
IBM Builds Tech Team That's 24/7 (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20071127/bs_ibd_ibd/20071127tech01
Investor's Business Daily - With 356,000 employees in 190 countries, IBM is as global as a business can be.

Tue, 27 Nov 07
Activision CEO sees $199 game consoles (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071128/tc_nm/media_summit_activision_dc

Reuters - Activision Inc Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said on Tuesday that prices on Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 video game consoles must fall to $199 in the next two years to reach mass-market appeal.

Mon, 26 Nov 07
Offshore gambling 'pioneer' details fall (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071126/ap_on_hi_te/gambling_guru
AP - He learned at the knee of his bookmaker father in New York, took street bets in his teens, and partied with Las Vegas high-rollers. He made millions of dollars as a self-proclaimed offshore sports gambling "pioneer," flirted with Internet gambling, and was pinched by the FBI.

Mon, 26 Nov 07
E-tailers launch holiday shopping season (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071126/ap_on_hi_te/holiday_online_sales
AP - After a long weekend of battling maddening crowds at the malls, the last thing most people want to do is go back to the stores after work to do more shopping.

Mon, 26 Nov 07
Arbitron delays new radio ratings system (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071126/ap_on_hi_te/arbitron_electronic_ratings
AP - Arbitron Inc. is delaying the rollout of a new ratings system for radio stations in nine markets following complaints from broadcasters that the system's samples were too small to provide reliable data.

Mon, 26 Nov 07
Intuit buys Homestead for $170 million (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071127/ap_on_hi_te/intuit_acquisition
AP - Intuit Inc. said Monday that it's buying Homestead Technologies Inc. for $170 million in a deal that will provide the financial management software maker with more online tools to sell to small businesses.

Mon, 26 Nov 07
Microsoft, Autodesk lose patent appeal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071127/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_patent_suit
AP - Microsoft Corp. must pay more than $140 million for infringing on software patents owned by a Michigan-based technology company, a federal appeals court has ruled.

Mon, 26 Nov 07
Qualcomm, Nokia Still Fighting On Mobile Technology Patents (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20071126/bs_ibd_ibd/20071126general
Investor's Business Daily - The largest maker of cell phone chips, Qualcomm, and the largest maker of cell phones, Nokia, on Monday took their latest step in an intense legal fight over licensing fees and issues of fair play.

Mon, 26 Nov 07
Handful of bugs squashed in Firefox security fix (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071127/tc_infoworld/93644
InfoWorld - Mozilla has released an update to its Firefox browser, fixing a widely publicized flaw in the open-source software.

Mon, 26 Nov 07
Handful of Bugs Squashed in Firefox Security Fix (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071126/tc_pcworld/139960
PC World - Mozilla has released an update to its Firefox browser, fixing a widely publicized flaw in the open-source software.

Mon, 26 Nov 07
Classmates.com plans US stock market debut (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071127/bs_afp/lifestyleitinternetcompanyclassmatesipo
AFP - The pioneering online social networking firm that operates Classmates.com has sought approval from US regulators to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of stock valued from 120 to 144 million dollars.

Mon, 26 Nov 07
Take-Two plans for growth, not sale (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071126/tc_nm/media_summit_taketwo_dc
Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc Chairman Strauss Zelnick, head of a new management team, said on Monday he prefers to run the publisher of the hit "Grand Theft Auto" video game series rather than sell it.

Sun, 25 Nov 07
Wary online retailers step up offers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071126/ap_on_hi_te/holiday_shopping_online_perks
AP - As consumers hold tight to their wallets, online retailers will work harder this year for their share of the holiday gift list.

Sun, 25 Nov 07
Software piracy fight makes enemies (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071125/ap_on_hi_te/software_watchdog
AP - Michael Gaertner worried he could lose his company. A group called the Business Software Alliance had written him to claim that his 10-person architectural firm in Galveston, Texas, was using unlicensed software.

Sun, 25 Nov 07
How the BSA nets piracy suspects (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071125/ap_on_hi_te/bsa_audits
AP - The Business Software Alliance collects tens of millions of dollars in settlements from companies it accuses of software piracy, but it doesn't have to file lawsuits to do it. Instead the BSA usually gets companies to convict themselves through a "self audit."

Sun, 25 Nov 07
Anti-copying programs may slow piracy (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071125/ap_on_hi_te/piracy_technology
AP - If the experience of the world's largest software vendor is any guide, the industry's best hope for reducing piracy rests with anti-copying technologies rather than in policing the legalistic user agreements that restrict how software can be used.

Sun, 25 Nov 07
Walmart.com offering online holiday deals all week (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071126/wr_nm/walmart_cybermonday_dc
Reuters - Walmart.com, hoping U.S. consumers did not get their fill of shopping over the long Thanksgiving weekend, will roll out more holiday deals online every day this week.

Sun, 25 Nov 07
Keep Selling the Cheap Laptop, Supporter Urges (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071125/tc_pcworld/139894
PC World - As commercial sales of One Laptop Per Child's XO laptop close Monday, a user tracking the nonprofit effort said continued commercial availability of the laptop could benefit OLPC's nonprofit effort, the XO manufacturer and children using it as a learning tool.

Sun, 25 Nov 07
Torvalds On Where Linux Is Headed In 2008 (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071126/tc_cmp/204202971
TechWeb - The creator of Linux is excited about solid-state drives, expects progress in graphics and wireless networking, and says the operating system is strong in virtualization despite his personal lack of interest in the area.

Sun, 25 Nov 07
Is Security Software Becoming a Security Risk? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071125/tc_pcworld/139890
PC World - Is the software we're using to protect ourselves from online attacks becoming a liability?

Sun, 25 Nov 07
Did Microsoft's Security Focus Hurt Vista Adoption? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071125/tc_pcworld/139893
PC World - Microsoft's emphasis on improvements to security features in Windows Vista may have undermined business adoption of the OS, as many business and enterprise customers are still holding off on upgrading to the OS nearly a year after its release to them.

Sat, 24 Nov 07
Web bidding help drives live auctions (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071124/ap_on_hi_te/auctions_booming
AP - His chanting is rhythmic and rapid, a staccato string of numbers that quickly grows hypnotic as auctioneer Kevin Teets scans the audience, eyes darting between buyers on opposite sides of the room.

Sat, 24 Nov 07
Apple retail stores revamp for holidays (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071124/ap_on_hi_te/apple_retail
AP - Not a cash register is in sight. The electronics on display are all powered up and ready for use. Personal trainers, specialists and newly minted concierges in aqua blue shirts make the Apple Store feel part salon, part Internet cafe — just without the espresso.

Sat, 24 Nov 07
Predictions Conflict on Online Holiday Shopping (PC World
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071124/tc_pcworld/139840
PC World - Researchers at comScore are expecting a solid online shopping season, but another research group isn't so sure.

Sat, 24 Nov 07
T-Mobile Bows to Pressure, Unlocks iPhone in Germany (PC World
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071124/tc_pcworld/139896
PC World - Rival Vidafone challenges Apple's policy of an exclusive deal, as the iPhone spreads through Europe.

Sat, 24 Nov 07
CELL PHONE CONVERSATIONS MAY BE OVERHEARD BY PRYING EARS (Dear Abby
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20071125/lf_ucda/cellphoneconversationsmaybeoverheardbypryingears
Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: While dining out these past couple of weeks, I have noticed something troubling. I have overheard several elderly people talking very loudly on their cell phones and giving out personal information.

Sat, 24 Nov 07
FIFA signs up India's Satyam as IT services provider (AFP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071124/bs_afp/fblwc2010indsatyamit
AFP - Software group Satyam has become FIFA's first major sponsor from India after being appointed as their official IT services provider for the next seven years.

Sat, 24 Nov 07
Teen's Suicide Spurs Anti-Cyberbullying Law (NewsFactor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071124/bs_nf/56869
NewsFactor - More than a year ago, in October 2006, a 13-year-old school girl named Megan Meier hanged herself in her home in Dardenne Prairie, Missouri. An investigation initially revealed that Meier, who had long battled depression, committed suicide after receiving some cruel messages on the MySpace.com social networking site. The messages were supposedly from a 16-year-old acquaintance named Josh Evans.

Fri, 23 Nov 07
Broadcom seeks new injunction vs. rival (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071123/ap_on_hi_te/qualcomm_broadcom
AP - Chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Friday it would try to stop rival Qualcomm Inc. from making, using, selling or developing cellular chips based on contested patents.

Fri, 23 Nov 07
Interactive Web videos clicking with bands (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071124/wr_nm/interactive_dc

Reuters - Indie rock band Arcade Fire recently unveiled the first video for a song from its sophomore album, "Neon Bible." Set to the record's title track, the clip -- which launched on the Internet in early October -- allows users to control the movement of images by mousing and clicking.

Fri, 23 Nov 07
T-Mobile Unlocks iPhone in Germany -- At A Price (NewsFactor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071123/tc_nf/56868
NewsFactor - Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile has bowed to the demands of a German court. On Monday, the court had ordered the company to change its marketing campaign for Apple's iPhone and issued a restraining order prohibiting the company from selling the Mac-maker's handset.

Fri, 23 Nov 07
Judge keeps Qualcomm vs. Broadcom verdict (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071123/tc_nm/broadcom_lawsuit_qualcomm_dc

Reuters - A federal judge affirmed a jury verdict that wireless chip developer Qualcomm Inc infringed Broadcom Corp patents but removed an award of double damages for Broadcom, the companies said on Friday.

Fri, 23 Nov 07
UK Kids Warned MySpace Isn't Private - OMG!! (PC World
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071123/tc_pcworld/139877
PC World - Young people are compromising their career prospects and opening the door to online fraud by posting personal information on social networking sites without thinking about the consequences, a U.K. privacy watchdog warned Friday.

Fri, 23 Nov 07
Diller's online conglomerate expanding (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071123/ap_on_hi_te/china_internet_diller
AP - Media mogul Barry Diller said Friday his Internet conglomerate, IAC/InterActiveCorp, will invest $100 million to expand in China by creating services designed for local users.

Fri, 23 Nov 07
One Laptop Per Child extends promotion (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071123/ap_on_bi_ge/hundred_dollar_laptop
AP - A promotion in which a customer buying a $188 computer in the U.S. and Canada automatically donates a second one to a child in a developing country was extended until year's end, organizers said Thursday.

Fri, 23 Nov 07
Open Source Is Making A Name For Itself In Systems Management (TechWeb
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071125/tc_cmp/204201133
TechWeb - Hyperic, Zenoss, GroundWork, and Qlusters are expanding what they can do.

Fri, 23 Nov 07
Shoppers seek bargains on Black Friday (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071123/ap_on_bi_ge/holiday_shopping
AP - The nation's shoppers — who have been hibernating in recent months because of worries about rising gas prices and falling home values — jammed malls and stores for pre-dawn discounts on everything from TVs to toys on the official start of Christmas shopping.

Thu, 22 Nov 07
Social networking sites drive advertising changes (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071123/wr_nm/internet_advertising_dc

Reuters - A hunt for Britain's top university is helping mobile firm O2 tap Facebook's burgeoning audience and reflects the innovation advertisers need to tap the potential of such sites, analysts said on Friday.

Thu, 22 Nov 07
Ecuador wants cell phones for the poor (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071122/tc_nm/ecuador_mobile_contracts_dc

Reuters - Ecuador has contacted foreign mobile firms to negotiate new contracts that would impose higher penalties over operational errors and push companies to create a fund that would provide cell phone service to the poor, a government official said on Thursday.

Thu, 22 Nov 07
Skype encryption stumps German police (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071122/wr_nm/security_internet_germany_dc
Reuters - German police are unable to decipher the encryption used in the Internet telephone software Skype to monitor calls by suspected criminals and terrorists, Germany's top police officer said on Thursday.

Thu, 22 Nov 07
Romantics sue video game maker over song (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071122/ap_en_mu/brf_guitar_hero_romantics
AP - The Romantics have filed a federal lawsuit against Activision Inc., the maker of "Guitar Hero," saying the popular video game infringes on the band's rights by featuring a soundalike recording of its 1980 hit "What I Like About You."

Wed, 21 Nov 07
Facebook users complain of new tracking (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071121/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_ads

AP - Some users of the online hangout Facebook are complaining that its two-week-old marketing program is publicizing their purchases for friends to see.

Wed, 21 Nov 07
Review: Amazon reader needs more juice (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071121/ap_on_hi_te/tech_test_amazon_kindle

AP - Making a successful reader for electronic books is one of the toughest tasks in consumer electronics. Many have tried and all have failed, defeated by something that's thousands of years old — the book.

Wed, 21 Nov 07
New Hitachi robot rolls around, crashes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071121/ap_on_hi_te/japan_robot_mishap

AP - Hitachi's new toddler-like robot rolled around and waved for reporters Wednesday, only to crash into a desk and demonstrate the challenge of turning automatons into everyday helpers.

Wed, 21 Nov 07
Making 'Second Life' more like real life (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071121/ap_on_hi_te/japan_virtual_reality

AP - You can always spot the novices in the virtual reality world of "Second Life": Their online characters — or avatars — stumble around awkwardly and walk into objects, as their real-world users fumble with the keyboard controls.

Wed, 21 Nov 07
T-Mobile offers iPhone without contract (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071121/ap_on_hi_te/germany_iphone
AP - Deutsche Telekom AG's mobile unit said Wednesday it would offer Apple's iPhone without a contract to comply with a court injunction, but consumers that opt out of a two-year contract will pay more than twice as much for it.

Wed, 21 Nov 07
Is security software becoming a security risk? (InfoWorld
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071122/tc_infoworld/93601
InfoWorld - Is the software we're using to protect ourselves from online attacks becoming a liability?

Wed, 21 Nov 07
Is Amazon's Kindle Destined To Be a Mass-Market Hit? (NewsFactor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071122/tc_nf/56836
NewsFactor - As folks in the U.S. begin to enjoy the long Thanksgiving weekend, there seems to be almost as much buzz about the Amazon Kindle as there was about the Apple iPhone being the next great thing. Well, almost.

Wed, 21 Nov 07
Qualcomm wins a round in patent battles with Nokia (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071121/tc_nm/qualcomm_nokia_patent_dc
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Qualcomm Inc won a round in its patent battles with wireless phone maker Nokia(NOK1V.HE) on Wednesday as a U.S. trade court tossed out a lawsuit asking for Qualcomm's chips to be barred from the United States.

Wed, 21 Nov 07
Mozilla Releases First Beta of Firefox 3 (NewsFactor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071121/bs_nf/56837
NewsFactor - Mozilla launched a new beta of Firefox this week, essentially a developer preview of the features and functions promised in the third major point release of the popular open-source browser. Firefox 3 Beta 1 is available for testing so Mozilla can gain feedback before the software advances to the next stage in the release process.

Wed, 21 Nov 07
SCO Drops Plan To Sell Unix Business (TechWeb
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071122/tc_cmp/204200964
TechWeb - The company withdrew a request to sell assets related to its Unix software and mobile technology businesses to York Capital Management for $36 million.

Wed, 21 Nov 07
One year later: Did Vista's focus on security pay off? (InfoWorld
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071121/tc_infoworld/93587
InfoWorld - Microsoft's emphasis on improvements to security features in Windows Vista may have undermined business adoption of the OS as many business and enterprise customers are still holding off on upgrading to the OS nearly a year after its release to them.

Wed, 21 Nov 07
"Rock Band" takes on "Guitar Hero" (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071121/music_nm/videogames_rockband_dc

Reuters - MTV's "Rock Band" video game took the stage on Tuesday, a new entrant in the fast-growing genre of musical games that could boost the fortunes of the flagging music industry.

Tue, 20 Nov 07
HP 4Q profit beats Wall Street forecasts (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071120/ap_on_hi_te/earns_hp

AP - Hewlett-Packard Co., which took the title of world's biggest PC seller a year ago from slumping rival Dell Inc., is warning investors that it does not expect its PC business to continue expanding as quickly as it has been.

Tue, 20 Nov 07
Halcyon game for "Terminator" adaptation (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071120/tc_nm/media_terminator_dc
Reuters - "The Terminator" will be back on video game consoles.

Tue, 20 Nov 07
SAP might sell US unit accused of stealing from Oracle (AFP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071120/bs_afp/germanyusitcorporatecrimecompanysap

AFP - The world's leading professional software group, SAP, might sell US subsidiary TomorrowNow, which has been accused of stealing computer code from US rival Oracle, SAP said in a statement released overnight.

Tue, 20 Nov 07
Profit dips at Enterprise Inns (FT.com
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20071120/bs_ft/fto112020070343234421
FT.com - The smoking ban and poor weather during the summer were behind a slump in annual profits and turnover at Enterprise Inns.

Tue, 20 Nov 07
Senators urge tougher rating for "Manhunt" game (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071120/tc_nm/media_videogames_dc

Reuters - A bipartisan group of lawmakers including a Democratic presidential hopeful is calling on the makers of video games to review the industry's ratings system.

Tue, 20 Nov 07
Drug firms cool to stem cell findings (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071121/ap_on_hi_te/stem_cells_biotech
AP - Despite excitement among some scientists — and at the White House — about an embryo-free technique for creating human stem cells, reaction from companies that might turn the research into treatments was muted.

Tue, 20 Nov 07
Shareholders to amend Apple options case (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071120/ap_on_hi_te/apple_shareholder_lawsuit
AP - Attorneys in a shareholder lawsuit against Apple Inc. over its backdating of stock options said Tuesday they plan to refile some of the claims.

Tue, 20 Nov 07
Wii is most-wanted widget in wintertime (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071121/ap_on_hi_te/holiday_wanting_the_wii

AP - Each holiday season, a couple hard-to-find toys send parents hunting from store to store. And, each season, they're soon forgotten: Has your Elmo gotten any tickles lately?

Tue, 20 Nov 07
IBM links researchers, African students (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071120/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_mentoring_africa
AP - When technology companies talk up the potential of the developing world, they usually mean places that already are hotbeds like China or India.

Tue, 20 Nov 07
Bookmark improvements new to Firefox 3 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071120/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_new_firefox
AP - A new version of the Firefox browser, now available for testing mainly by developers, offers improvements on finding frequently visited Web sites and tools for running Web applications without a live Internet connection.

Tue, 20 Nov 07
Sex, drugs and the Internet: Briton's murder probed in cyberspace (AFP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071121/tc_afp/italybritaincrimetechnology

AFP - The quintessentially low-tech murder of a British exchange student in Italy has turned up a preponderance of hi-tech clues, from cell phone technology to everything the Internet has to offer.

Tue, 20 Nov 07
Can PS3 and Xbox 360 Capitalize on Wii's Woes? (NewsFactor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071120/tc_nf/56833
NewsFactor - The smoke has barely cleared from the Nintendo Wii's first birthday candles, and already the next big challenge is looming: the 2007 holiday season. For Nintendo, the critical question is whether the revolutionary gaming platform will continue to be a consumer favorite or a lingering manufacturing hangover will stifle sales.

Tue, 20 Nov 07
Nokia Siemens adopts 'green' policy to cut costs (InfoWorld
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071120/tc_infoworld/93557
InfoWorld - Nokia Siemens announced an energy-efficient mobile network equipment package, the first announcement of more to come that show a commitment to improving the energy consumption of its network gear, the company said.

Tue, 20 Nov 07
Firefox 3.0 beta release adds security, search (InfoWorld
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071120/tc_infoworld/93555
InfoWorld - Mozilla has released a beta version of Firefox 3.0, moving its next-generation browser one step closer to general release.

Tue, 20 Nov 07
Oracle tops corporate software usage study (InfoWorld
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071120/tc_infoworld/93558
InfoWorld - Fresh off its annual OpenWorld conference, Oracle earned top rankings in a corporate software usage study released Tuesday by ChangeWave, an investment research firm.

Tue, 20 Nov 07
Balancing industrial enterprise with financial speculation (FT.com
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20071120/bs_ft/fto112020071628264538
FT.com - Porsche this month revealed it had made EU3.6bn from share options in the year to July, compared with about EU1bn from sales of its cars. The news provoked comments from some analysts that the German luxury marque was acting more like a hedge fund than a carmaker. Yet many managers regard derivatives as essential tools to manage the risks of volatility in exchange rates, interest rates and commodity prices. When is it acceptable for manufacturers to place big bets on the market? Should investors be pleased or dismayed when an industrial enterprise makes money from financial speculation?

Tue, 20 Nov 07
MTV's new music game set to rock music industry (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071121/tc_nm/videogames_rockband_dc

Reuters - MTV's "Rock Band" video game took the stage on Tuesday, a new entrant in the fast-growing genre of musical games that could boost the fortunes of the flagging music industry.

Mon, 19 Nov 07
China not fighting off e-waste nightmare (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071119/ap_on_re_as/china_toxic_electronics

AP - The air smells acrid from the squat gas burners that sit outside homes, melting wires to recover copper and cooking computer motherboards to release gold. Migrant workers in filthy clothes smash picture tubes by hand to recover glass and electronic parts, releasing as much as 6.5 pounds of lead dust.

Mon, 19 Nov 07
SAP shakes up TomorrowNow leadership (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071120/ap_on_hi_te/sap_tomorrownow
AP - Battling allegations of corporate espionage, business software maker SAP AG cut its ties with the leaders of a subsidiary that infiltrated rival Oracle Corp.'s computers to fetch information about Oracle's products.

Mon, 19 Nov 07
Amazon sells own gadget to boost e-books (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071119/ap_on_hi_te/amazon_e_book_reader

AP - Amazon.com Inc. is hoping to invigorate a nascent market for electronic books by introducing its own e-book reader with free wireless connectivity.

Mon, 19 Nov 07
Sony cuts fees for PS3 game developers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071119/ap_on_hi_te/japan_playstation
AP - Hoping to encourage more games for the PlayStation 3, Sony has cut in half the price of a software development kit for the struggling console.

Mon, 19 Nov 07
Get smart: a guide to spiffy phones (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071119/ap_on_hi_te/holiday_tech_gifts_smart_phones

AP - Apple Inc.'s iPhone has shaken up the "smart phone" business and set other manufacturers scrambling to add features and make it easier to get e-mail, surf the Web and enjoy music and movies on a cell phone.

Mon, 19 Nov 07
Google-funded 23andMe offers $999 DNA test (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071120/wr_nm/google23andme_dc

Reuters - 23andMe, a Google-funded online company selling a $999 DNA test, launched on Monday as a kind of genetics-based MySpace or Facebook that also has the more serious aim of allowing medicine someday to target Americans' ills more precisely.

Mon, 19 Nov 07
Nokia Siemens sees profit from "greener" networks (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071120/tc_nm/nokiasiemens_environment_dc

Reuters - Nokia Siemens Networks aims to cut the energy consumption of some of its mobile base stations by up to 40 percent by 2010 in a move that should also boost profits, the telecoms network group said on Tuesday.

Mon, 19 Nov 07
Google Mulls Bid for Wireless Spectrum (NewsFactor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071119/bs_nf/56806
NewsFactor - Google is getting ready to bid alone on wireless spectrum being auctioned in January, according to news reports that come on the heels of the search giant's recent launch of an open-source platform for mobile phones.

Sun, 18 Nov 07
"Lust, Caution" helping spread virus in China (AFP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071118/tc_afp/entertainmentchinafilminternet

AFP - Ang Lee's steamy "Lust, Caution" has become a massive hit in China, and the award-winning film is also helping spread online computer viruses, state media said Sunday.

Sun, 18 Nov 07
America ships electronic waste overseas (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071118/ap_on_re_us/exporting_e_waste
AP - Most Americans think they're helping the earth when they recycle their old computers, televisions and cell phones. But chances are they're contributing to a global trade in electronic trash that endangers workers and pollutes the environment overseas.

Sun, 18 Nov 07
Philly Wi-Fi network hits snags, delays (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071118/ap_on_hi_te/earthlink_municipal_wireless
AP - Alfred Zaccaria was finally going to leave the world of dial-up for high-speed access to the Internet without having to pay a lot more for service.

Sun, 18 Nov 07
Pioneer-backed online TV service launches test (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071119/wr_nm/onlinevideo_dc
Reuters - A new online television service aims to offer what U.S. cable TV companies have resisted for decades -- pay for only what you want.

Sun, 18 Nov 07
Google, Sun May Clash Over Android's Use of Java (PC World
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071118/tc_pcworld/139760
PC World - Google could be heading for a showdown with Sun over the way Android, Google's new mobile phone software platform, handles Java.

Sun, 18 Nov 07
China to grant fixed-line telecom operators mobile licences: report (AFP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071119/bs_afp/chinatelecom

AFP - China will soon allow its fixed-line telecom operators to venture into the faster-growing mobile market, state media reported Sunday, citing a senior official.

Sun, 18 Nov 07
VMWare Refutes Oracle's VM Performance Claims (PC World
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071118/tc_pcworld/139759
PC World - A VMWare official on Friday scoffed at Oracle's contention that its recent entry into the virtualization market performs better than "the existing leader server virtualization product."

Sat, 17 Nov 07
Blockbuster charts course to digital age (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071117/ap_on_bi_ge/reinventing_blockbuster

AP - In his corner office 32 floors above downtown, Blockbuster CEO James Keyes pulls out his phone and starts up last year's Oscar winner, "Crash," to demonstrate his vision of the movie-rental giant's future.

Sat, 17 Nov 07
Mom: Web hoax led girl to kill herself (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071117/ap_on_re_us/internet_suicide

AP - Megan Meier thought she had made a new friend in cyberspace when a cute teenage boy named Josh contacted her on MySpace and began exchanging messages with her.

Sat, 17 Nov 07
Singapore lifts ban on Xbox game with lesbian scene (AFP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071117/ennew_afp/entertainmentmediasingaporegamesgaymicrosoft

AFP - Singapore has lifted a ban on an Xbox video game featuring an intimate scene between two female characters, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Sat, 17 Nov 07
Wireless links give businesses an option (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071117/ap_on_hi_te/wimax_at_work

AP - Consumers chafe at having only two choices — phone line and cable — for high-speed Internet service. For businesses, there are often even fewer options — the offerings of the phone company — due to the limitations of cable.

Sat, 17 Nov 07
AMD sells 8.1 percent stake to Abu Dhabi (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071117/ap_on_hi_te/amd_mideast_investment

AP - With oil prices surging and U.S. stock prices slumping, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s sale of an 8.1 percent stake to the Abu Dhabi government's investment arm represents the latest plunge by a wealthy Middle Eastern nation into a troubled U.S. corporation.

Sat, 17 Nov 07
Scandal highlights Samsung's mixed image (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071117/ap_on_hi_te/skorea_samsung_scandal

AP - South Koreans take great pride in Samsung, known worldwide for sleek flat-screen TVs, high-tech mobile phones, hulking container ships and mega-construction projects.

Sat, 17 Nov 07
Google Readies Wireless Bid (PC World
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071117/tc_pcworld/139762
PC World - Google is making the necessary preparations to bid for wireless spectrum in an auction be held in the U.S. in January-- but it will likely need a carrier partner to help build a network to use it, analysts said Friday.

Sat, 17 Nov 07
Dubai Aerospace orders GE engines for Boeing fleet (AFP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071117/bs_afp/uaedubaiaviationgecompany

AFP - Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has ordered engines valued at more than 770 million dollars from US conglomerate General Electric to fit 15 Boeing planes, the company said on Saturday.

Sat, 17 Nov 07
Daptiv Partnership Is Tip of Cognos SaaS Iceberg (TechWeb
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071118/tc_cmp/203102239
TechWeb - BI vendor says more than 40 software partners are embedding its technology in software-as-a-service offerings and hosted applications.

Sat, 17 Nov 07
Facebookers, bloggers fight Pakistan emergency (AFP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071118/tc_afp/pakistanpoliticsitinternetfacebook

AFP - Defying a growing crackdown on dissent by President Pervez Musharraf, young Pakistanis are using blogs and social networking sites such as Facebook to hit back at a state of emergency.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
Dell, celebrities help with wish lists (AP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_hi_te/dell_virtual_wish_list

AP - Hoping it can boost holiday sales, Dell Inc. has enlisted Burt Reynolds, Ice T and other celebrities to help customers raise money to buy products for themselves or others.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
Samsung scandal revives image problems (AP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_hi_te/skorea_samsung_scandal
AP - South Koreans take great pride in Samsung, known worldwide for sleek flat-screen TVs, high-tech mobile phones, hulking container ships and major construction projects.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
GPS helps cities catch goof-offs (AP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_hi_te/gps_savings

AP - GPS tracking devices installed on government-issue vehicles are helping communities around the country reduce waste and abuse, in part by catching employees shopping, working out at the gym or otherwise loafing while on the clock.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
US control of Internet remains issue (AP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_hi_te/internet_governance

AP - A U.N.-sponsored Internet conference ended Thursday with little to show in closing the issue of U.S. control over how people around the world access e-mail and Web sites.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
Poll: IMs help teens avoid embarrassment (AP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_hi_te/instant_messaging_ap_poll

AP - Sure, instant messaging is fast and efficient. For many teenagers, it's also a great way to avoid those OMG moments — that's "omigod" — of mortifying face-to-face confrontations.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
Google gearing up for wireless spectrum bid: report (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071116/wr_nm/google_fcc_dc
Reuters - Google Inc is gearing up to make a serious run at buying wireless spectrum in a Federal Communications Commission auction in January, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday in its online edition.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
Singapore bans game over lesbian scene (AP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_hi_te/singapore_game_banned

AP - Singapore has banned an Xbox video game because it contains a sex scene between a woman and a female alien, the city-state's censors said Thursday.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
TV spectrum opening for wireless devices (AP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_hi_te/un_bandwidth_battle
AP - A U.N. telecoms meeting decided Thursday to give mobile service providers access to bandwidth currently reserved for terrestrial television broadcasts, offering the promise of high-speed Internet access on-the-move anywhere in the world by 2015.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
BEA 3Q earnings beat analysts' estimates (AP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_hi_te/earns_bea_systems
AP - BEA Systems Inc. exceeded analyst expectations in its first quarterly earnings report in 15 months, bolstering management's contention that the business software maker is headed for better times if it's not bought by rival Oracle Corp. or another suitor.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
EarthLink may exit Wi-Fi (AP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_hi_te/earthlink_municipal_wireless
AP - EarthLink Inc., which has been a chief evangelist for blanketing cities with wireless Internet service, said Friday that it plans to consider "strategic alternatives" for that business.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
Zune 80 in short supply (AP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071117/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_zunes_sold_out
AP - The 80-gigabyte Zune media player Microsoft Corp. launched Tuesday has sold out across the Web, to the dismay of online shoppers and delight of the world's largest software maker.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
AMD sells 8.1 percent stake to Abu Dhabi (AP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_hi_te/amd_mideast_investment
AP - With oil prices surging and U.S. stock prices slumping, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s sale of an 8.1 percent stake to the Abu Dhabi government's investment arm represents the latest plunge by a wealthy Middle Eastern nation into a troubled U.S. corporation.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
PC beats WWII computer in code challenge (AP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071117/ap_on_hi_te/britain_wwii_computer
AP - A rebuilt World War II code-cracking computer developed to intercept Nazi messages lost to a desktop computer Friday in a contest to decipher an encrypted radio message.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
Garmin withdraws $3.3B Tele Atlas bid (AP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_hi_te/netherlands_tomtom_tele_atlas
AP - Garmin, the world's largest maker of personal navigation devices, withdrew a $3.3 billion takeover bid for Dutch digital mapmaker Tele Atlas NV on Friday, clearing the way for rival bidder TomTom.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
Britney 'red light' video into evidence (AP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_en_mu/britney_spears_custody

AP - The video of Britney Spears apparently running a red light with her children in the car was submitted into court Friday, a week after anyone with an Internet connection could judge it for themselves.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
Slacker starts rolling out players to consumers (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071116/wr_nm/slacker_music_dc

Reuters - Slacker, a Web-based radio service, said on Friday it has started to take orders for its portable player which features free music channels personalized to the user's tastes.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
Google closer to mobile airwaves bid, sources say (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071116/wr_nm/google_mobileairwaves_dc
Reuters - Google Inc is considering bidding alone on coveted airwaves to launch a U.S. wireless network, as a deadline nears to declare bidding plans, sources familiar with the situation said.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
Bango Relays Web Content to Handsets (NewsFactor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071116/tc_nf/56792
NewsFactor - Mobile software developer Bango has introduced a new method for overcoming the technical challenge of getting digital content into the hands of mobile-phone users. The company's new technology -- which can be added to Web pages or inserted into e-mail messages -- is designed to enable mobile-phone users to receive multimedia content from friends and family members at the touch of a button.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
IBM Rational head: We're transforming (InfoWorld
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071116/tc_infoworld/93470
InfoWorld - When Danny Sabbah became general manager of IBM's Rational division in 2005, he set out to make changes in the organization. Sabbah said Friday that this transformation is well under way.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
Wii Retakes U.S. Lead Among Game Consoles (NewsFactor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071116/bs_nf/56776
NewsFactor - If the race between video game consoles were itself a video game, October would be when the Wii character recaptures the lead. According to news reports, sales figures from the NPD Group showed that Nintendo's Wii once again was No. 1 in the U.S. last month.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
Cisco to buy back $10B in stock (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071117/ap_on_hi_te/cisco_buyback
AP - Cisco Systems Inc. has boosted its stock buyback effort by $10 billion, a sign the Internet networking supplier still believes its shares are undervalued.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
NBC brings Web series "Quarterlife" to TV network (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071117/wr_nm/quarterlife_dc
Reuters - NBC on Friday said it will begin airing the highly touted Web series "Quarterlife" on its television network early next year, making the program the first to originate online and then move to a major U.S. broadcaster.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
Museum pays tribute to Beatles' 'Help!' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071117/ap_on_en_ot/rock_hall_beatles

AP - Ed Sullivan introduced Americans to the Beatles, but "Help!" was the first time they saw the Fab Four in color. It may not sound like a big deal in an age of HDTV, but in 1965, at the height of Beatlemania, it was something to shout about.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
Google closer to mobile airwaves bid: sources (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071117/wr_nm/google_mobileairwaves_dc

Reuters - Google Inc is considering bidding alone on coveted airwaves to launch a U.S. wireless network, as a deadline nears to declare bidding plans, sources familiar with the situation said.

Fri, 16 Nov 07
Microsoft's Bill Hilf Reveals Its Open Source Strategy (TechWeb
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071117/tc_cmp/203101554
TechWeb - The man in charge of Microsoft's strategy for living in harmony with Linux lays out the company's opportunities with open source and the open source business model.

Thu, 15 Nov 07
Poll: IMs help teens avoid embarrassment (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071115/ap_on_hi_te/instant_messaging_ap_poll

AP - Sure, instant messaging is fast and efficient. For many teenagers, it's also a great way to avoid those OMG moments — that's "omigod" — of mortifying face-to-face confrontations.

Thu, 15 Nov 07
Papa John's takes texted pizza orders (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071115/ap_on_hi_te/texting_for_pizza

AP - Michelle Kratschmer's family was craving the usual — a large pepperoni pizza and a small pie with black olives and cheese — but how she entered the phone order was entirely new.

Thu, 15 Nov 07
Oracle unlikely to pursue rival BEA (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071115/ap_on_hi_te/oracle_ellison

AP - Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison told analysts Wednesday that the business software maker is more likely to pursue other takeover targets instead of renewing its recent $6.7 billion bid for rival BEA Systems Inc.

Thu, 15 Nov 07
IBM in big push to build data centers for clients (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071115/tc_nm/ibm_cloud_dc

Reuters - IBM is staking out a major new source of business helping clients like banks or retailers manage data centers on a par with Internet players such as Google or Microsoft, a top official said on Wednesday.

Thu, 15 Nov 07
Singapore bans Xbox game over lesbian scene (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/tc_afp/entertainmentmediasingaporegamesgaymicrosoft

AFP - Singapore has banned the sale of an Xbox video game that features an intimate scene between two female characters, a statement received Thursday said.

Thu, 15 Nov 07
Internet veterans launch start-up investment fund (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071115/wr_nm/launchbox_dc
Reuters - Veteran Internet executives from AOL and IAC/InterActiveCorp plan to unveil on Thursday a new firm to coach early stage entrepreneurs in digital markets and invest in their start-up Internet and mobile companies.

Thu, 15 Nov 07
Sun Commits $2 Billion to Virtualization (NewsFactor
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071115/bs_nf/56757
NewsFactor - At the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco this week, Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced Sun's commitment of nearly $2 billion to the launch of a new open-source virtualization platform.

Thu, 15 Nov 07
Trends & Innovations - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20071116/bs_ibd_ibd/20071115trends
Investor's Business Daily - E-mail systems such as Yahoo and Google are gearing up to offer social networking through their users' mail. The companies are trying to make accounts into personalized home pages to challenge current social networking such as MySpace and Facebook. In people's pre-existing e-mail accounts already lies the key to a social network -- a social graph, which is the connections you make while you e-mail your friends. With that in place one's e-mail may soon offer much more.

Thu, 15 Nov 07
Sony PS3 weekly U.S. sales double after price cut (Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071116/tc_nm/sony_ps3_dc
Reuters - U.S. sales of Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 (PS3) more than doubled in the weeks following a price cut and the launch of a lower-priced version, the company said on Friday, in a sign of changing fortunes for the game console.

Wed, 14 Nov 07
Real estate lock boxes add panic button (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071114/ap_on_hi_te/ge_real_estate_security
AP - Entering an empty, unfamiliar house with a stranger is all in a day's work for real estate agents, most of them women.

Wed, 14 Nov 07
AT&T to sell equipment to monitor workplaces: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071114/tc_nm/att_monitoring_dc
Reuters - AT&T Inc plans on Wednesday to introduce a nationwide program giving owners of small- and medium-size businesses some of the same tools big security firms offer for remotely monitoring employees, customers and operations, the New York Times said in its online edition.

Wed, 14 Nov 07
Nokia unveils new N82 multimedia handset (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071114/tc_nm/nokia_n82_dc
Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) on Wednesday unveiled a new N-series multimedia phone, the Nokia N82.

Wed, 14 Nov 07
Comcast sued over Web interference (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071115/ap_on_hi_te/comcast_data_discrimination
AP - A San Francisco Bay area subscriber to Comcast Corp.'s high-speed Internet service has sued the company, alleging it engages in unfair business practices by interfering with subscribers' file sharing.

Wed, 14 Nov 07
Price cut boosts PlayStation 3 sales (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071115/ap_on_hi_te/sony_playstation_sales
AP - U.S. sales of the PlayStation 3 more than doubled in the weeks after the company slashed the video game console's price $100 and launched a low-end model, Sony Corp. CEO Howard Stringer told The Associated Press Wednesday.

Wed, 14 Nov 07
Ellison touts Fusion Applications (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071115/tc_infoworld/93428
InfoWorld - Oracle CEO Larry Ellison didn't display much of his traditional flamboyance Wednesday at Oracle's OpenWorld conference, but he did preview the company's next-generation Fusion Applications and said its Unbreakable Linux offering has met with initial success.

Wed, 14 Nov 07
Dell to offer Sun software in servers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071115/ap_on_hi_te/sun_dell

AP - Dell Inc. has agreed to install Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Solaris operating system in some of its servers, the companies announced Wednesday, signaling Sun's latest truce with a former rival.

Wed, 14 Nov 07
Microsoft Opens Up Customer Care Framework (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071115/tc_cmp/203100317
TechWeb - The latest version's WWF addition improves third-party application support but is best matched with Microsoft SharePoint Server.

Wed, 14 Nov 07
Singapore bans Microsoft's video game for sex scene: paper (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071115/tc_nm/microsoft_singapore_ban_dc
Reuters - Singapore has banned a Microsoft Corp video game which contains a scene showing a human woman and an alien woman kissing and caressing each other, a local newspaper reported on Thursday. The Straits Times said "Mass Effect" -- a highly anticipated futuristic space adventure game from Microsoft -- was banned by Singapore's Media Development Authority.

Tue, 13 Nov 07
"Millionaire" maven eyes TV game show for masses (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071113/wr_nm/davies_dc
Reuters - Reality TV producer Michael Davies, the man behind "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," is developing a quiz show that would allow hundreds of thousands of viewers to play simultaneously via cell phone, land line or the Internet.

Tue, 13 Nov 07
Yahoo expands mobile carrier deals across Asia (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071113/wr_nm/yahoo_mobile_asia_dc
Reuters - Yahoo Inc has struck new deals to offer mobile phone Web services through nine network operators across Asia, bolstering its increasing lead in the fastest growing regional market for mobile services by users.

Tue, 13 Nov 07
Vodafone helps limit FTSE losses (FT.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20071113/bs_ft/fto111320070400003240
FT.com - Vodafone helped limit overall losses on the London equities market on Tuesday, after the world's biggest mobile phone operator lifted guidance for 2008.

Tue, 13 Nov 07
Sun Capital bid for Kellwood may become hostile: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071113/bs_nm/kellwood_hostile_bid_dc

Reuters - Investment firm Sun Capital Partners Inc is threatening to take its $544 million buyout offer for Kellwood Co to the company's shareholders unless the apparel maker's board reconsiders its rejection of the bid, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday in its online edition.

Tue, 13 Nov 07
Yahoo, jailed journalists settle lawsuit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071113/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_chinese_journalists

AP - Yahoo Inc., reeling from a growing backlash over human rights and its China operations, settled a lawsuit Tuesday that accused it of illegally helping the Chinese government jail and torture two journalists.

Tue, 13 Nov 07
EU to deepen Google-DoubleClick inquiry (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071113/ap_on_hi_te/eu_google_doubleclick

AP - European Union antitrust regulators launched an in-depth probe Tuesday into Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion bid for online ad broker DoubleClick, saying an initial investigation showed the deal would raise competition concerns.

Tue, 13 Nov 07
Microsoft patches a 'critical' hole (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071114/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security

AP - Microsoft Corp. issued two security fixes in a regular monthly update Tuesday, including one that removes a dangerous bug in all versions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

Tue, 13 Nov 07
Zillow.com, newspapers team up for ads (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071114/ap_on_hi_te/zillow_newspapers
AP - Faced with the threat of losing more classified ads to online competitors, some newspaper publishers are looking to a Web real-estate information company to help them stay in the game.

Tue, 13 Nov 07
China tests Mt. Everest cell station (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071113/ap_on_hi_te/china_everest_cell_station
AP - China's largest cell phone service provider successfully tested a transmission station on Mount Everest on Tuesday, making it possible for people in the area for next year's Olympic torch relay to make calls, a state news agency reported.

Tue, 13 Nov 07
Google Offers $10M to Android Developers (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071114/bs_nf/56700
NewsFactor - Google has announced official details of the Android Developer Challenge, with $10 million in awards for developers who build mobile apps for the new open-source platform for mobile devices. In addition to announcing the cash prizes, Google said that the Android software developer kit (SDK) is now available.

Tue, 13 Nov 07
IBM: Most Symphony users are Microsoft customers (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071113/tc_infoworld/93387
InfoWorld - IBM released the second beta of its Symphony rival suite to Microsoft Office Tuesday, claiming that 88 percent of its users are Microsoft customers.

Tue, 13 Nov 07
Sun to herald virtualization plan at Oracle show (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071114/tc_infoworld/93388
InfoWorld - Sun President/CEO Jonathan Schwartz will focus on Sun's virtualization strategy during a keynote presentation at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Wednesday.

Tue, 13 Nov 07
New video games for young girls (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071113/ap_en_ot/games_girls
AP - The conventional wisdom on gender differences and play is that girls like to create things, boys like to destroy them. A girl can enjoy building a house out of Legos, while half the fun for a boy is demolishing the thing.

Mon, 12 Nov 07
Disney to launch cell phones in Japan (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071112/bs_afp/usjapanentertainmenttelecomcompanydisneysoftbank

AFP - US entertainment giant Disney said Monday it will launch a mobile phone service in Japan in a tie-up with Softbank Corp., hoping to use its popular characters to win a slice of the cutthroat market.

Mon, 12 Nov 07
DEA Capital to buy 100 Airbus planes for 13.5 billion dollars (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071112/bs_afp/uaedubaiaviationshowairbus

AFP - DAE Capital, a subsidiary of public company Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, announced on Monday it would purchase 70 Airbus A320 and 30 A350 planes for a total of 13.5 billion dollars.

Mon, 12 Nov 07
Marvel, other comics go online (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071113/ap_on_hi_te/comics_online
AP - Marvel is putting some of its older comics online Tuesday, hoping to reintroduce young people to the X-Men and Fantastic Four by showcasing the original issues in which such characters appeared.

Mon, 12 Nov 07
Advertisers leery of TV strike fallout (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071112/ap_on_hi_te/hollywood_labor_advertisers

AP - As the Hollywood writers strike enters a second week, advertisers are worrying it could seriously disrupt the TV schedule — and the number of eyeballs viewing their ads — in coming months.

Mon, 12 Nov 07
Google offers $10M in software prizes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071112/ap_on_hi_te/google_mobile
AP - Google Inc. is offering $10 million in prizes for people who build the best software to enhance the company's upcoming cell phone operating system.

Mon, 12 Nov 07
Many parents avoid video games with kids (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071112/ap_on_hi_te/video_games_ap_poll

AP - Jesse Lackman says his son spends a dozen hours a week waging medieval combat across the dreary dreamscapes of computer games. Just don't expect to find Lackman sitting beside him battling ogres and dragons.

Mon, 12 Nov 07
US Internet control discussed in Brazil (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071112/ap_on_hi_te/brazil_internet_governance
AP - U.S. control over how Internet addresses are assigned — and thus how people around the world access e-mail and Web sites — dominated discussions as a major U.N. conference on the Internet opened here Monday.

Mon, 12 Nov 07
Google Releases Android SDK, Offers $10 Million Developer Challenge (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071113/tc_cmp/202805233
TechWeb - Developers will need an x86-based computer running Windows XP or Windows Vista, Mac OS 10.4.8 or later, or the Linux Ubuntu Dapper Drake OS.

Mon, 12 Nov 07
Adobe CEO Chizen leaves in surprise move (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071113/bs_nm/adobe_outlook_dc

Reuters - Adobe Systems Inc said on Monday that Chief Executive Bruce Chizen is stepping down, a surprise move that comes as the software maker seeks to develop new ways to tap the Internet.

Sun, 11 Nov 07
Suitcase nuclear bomb unlikely to exist (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071111/ap_on_go_ot/tale_of_the_suitcase_nuke

AP - Members of Congress have warned about the dangers of suitcase nuclear weapons. Hollywood has made television shows and movies about them. Even the Federal Emergency Management Agency has alerted Americans to a threat — information the White House includes on its Web site.

Sun, 11 Nov 07
One Laptop Per Child: the dream starts to deliver (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071111/tc_afp/technologyitinternetchildren

AFP - Low-cost computers meant to usher poor children worldwide into the digital age are being mass produced in China as US nonprofit One Laptop Per Child strives to deliver on its promise.

Sun, 11 Nov 07
Disney to launch cell phone carrier services in Japan: report (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071111/bs_afp/usjapanentertainmentmediatelecomcompanydisney

AFP - US media and entertainment giant Disney will launch cell phone carrier services in Japan early next year by leasing local telecommunications networks, a press report said Sunday.

Sun, 11 Nov 07
Project seeks to track terror Web posts (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071111/ap_on_hi_te/dark_web
AP - The quivering images and militant writings are frightening: an exploding Humvee blankets passing cars with dust; a lab technician makes explosives, step by step; hatred oozes from "A guide to kill Americans in Saudi Arabia."

Sun, 11 Nov 07
Intel launching new chip lineup (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071111/ap_on_hi_te/intel_chip_launch

AP - Intel Corp. plans to roll out its newest generation of processors Monday, flexing its manufacturing muscle with a sophisticated new process that crams up to 40 percent more transistors onto the company's chips.

Sun, 11 Nov 07
Online MinnPost offers local coverage (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071111/ap_on_bi_ge/internet_newspaper

AP - The first lead story on MinnPost.com, a new daily news site, is a 1,400-word report on the Minnesota Democratic Party's finances.

Sun, 11 Nov 07
China's "citizen" reporters dodge censors and critics (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071112/wr_nm/china_media_citizens_dc

Reuters - China's muzzled press and burgeoning Internet have given citizen reporters an audience and an opportunity -- however fleeting -- to spread news quicker than government censors can control it.

Sun, 11 Nov 07
Cyber bullying bedevils Japan (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071112/wr_nm/japan_cyberbullying_dc

Reuters - For many Japanese children, a cell phone is a social lifeline they can't imagine being without. For high school student Makoto, it became an instrument of mental torture that nearly drove him to suicide.

Sat, 10 Nov 07
Modern-day tech startups tread carefully (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071110/ap_on_hi_te/startup20

AP - There are a few hurdles between Landy Ung and her dream of growing her startup into a household name. One is the fact that her only outside funding comes from her mom's fried chicken restaurant, another is that her only full-time programmer is her boyfriend, who has a day job.

Sat, 10 Nov 07
US Internet control lead topic in Rio (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071110/ap_on_hi_te/internet_governance

AP - Debate over U.S. control of core Internet systems threatens to overtake an international meeting in Brazil next week that was meant to cover topics including spam, free speech and cheaper access.

Sat, 10 Nov 07
IPhone goes on sale in Europe (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071110/ap_on_hi_te/europe_apple_iphone

AP - Customers in Germany and Britain lined up to buy the iPhone as it debuted there Friday, with Apple Inc. hoping to replicate the success that the combination cell phone, music player and Web browser has seen in the United States.

Sat, 10 Nov 07
Digital TV transition chief resigns (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071110/ap_on_hi_te/digital_tv

AP - The Bush administration official who heads the agency charged with ensuring the smooth transition of the television industry to digital broadcasting is leaving that post.

Sat, 10 Nov 07
Sprint and Clearwire cancel tie-up plans (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071110/ap_on_hi_te/sprint_clearwire

AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. on Friday said they have canceled their plan to combine the high-speed wireless networks they are building.

Sat, 10 Nov 07
Most of Broadway darkened by stagehands' strike (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071110/media_nm/broadway_strike_dc

Reuters - A strike by Broadway stagehands will shutter the majority of Broadway shows starting on Saturday, theater owners and producers said.

Sat, 10 Nov 07
MySpace Hacks Predate Recent Hijack of Alicia Keys Site (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071110/tc_pcworld/139506
PC World - The widely reported problems with pop singer Alicia Keys' MySpace profile have been cropping up on the social networking site for the past ten days and are likely to continue, a security expert said Friday.

Fri, 9 Nov 07
Paper: Sprint and Clearwire splitting up (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071109/ap_on_hi_te/sprint_clearwire

AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. are canceling their plan to combine the high-speed wireless networks the companies are building, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Fri, 9 Nov 07
Sony CEO sees 'stalemate' in disc fight (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071109/ap_on_hi_te/sony_ceo
AP - The head of Sony Corp., Howard Stringer, said Thursday that the Blu-ray disc format the company has developed as the successor to the DVD is in a "stalemate" with the competing HD DVD format, chiefly backed by Toshiba Corp. and Microsoft Corp.

Fri, 9 Nov 07
Tech stocks drop after Cisco warning (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071109/ap_on_hi_te/high_tech_comedown

AP - Technology stocks made an abrupt U-turn Thursday, reducing the gains that had been piling up as investors sought refuge from the lending and housing morass weighing on the U.S. economy.

Fri, 9 Nov 07
Don't get off at "P2" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071109/film_nm/film_p2_dc
Reuters - "P2" exploits all sorts of paranoid disorders experienced by urban dwellers: Fears about cars that won't start in underground garages; office buildings that lock people inside after hours; cell phones that get no service when they're needed the most; 911 calls put on hold; and a security guard whose hero is Travis Bickle.

Fri, 9 Nov 07
Mark Wahlberg to undergo "Payne" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071109/film_nm/wahlberg_dc

Reuters - Mark Wahlberg is in negotiations to star in "Max Payne," Fox's adaptation of the hit video game.

Fri, 9 Nov 07
Apple fans brave rain for European iPhone launch (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071110/wr_nm/deutschetelekom_iphone_dc

Reuters - Hundreds of Apple fans braved rain and wind in the German city of Cologne early Friday morning to be among the first in Europe to get their hands on the coveted iPhone.

Fri, 9 Nov 07
Wireless Gets Good Reception (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20071109/bs_ibd_ibd/20071109industry
Investor's Business Daily - Forget everything you know about the cellular phone market. As the recent arrival of Apple and Google suggest, everything is about to change.

Fri, 9 Nov 07
Open-source Java could result in port to iPhone (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071110/tc_infoworld/93321
InfoWorld - With the first anniversary of open-source Java coming up November 13, a Sun official believes the project could bear a sought-after fruit in the Java community: The porting of Java to the Apple iPhone.

Fri, 9 Nov 07
Microsoft Introduces Windows License For Refurbished PCs (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071110/tc_cmp/202804475
TechWeb - The company hopes to extend the life of older corporate desktops with two versions of Windows XP by revising its Authorized Refurbisher program.

Fri, 9 Nov 07
Trends & Innovations - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20071109/bs_ibd_ibd/20071109trends
Investor's Business Daily - Two-thirds of IT managers don't stop company employees from downloading music online, and only 1 in 5 block them from social networking Web sites. While a study found managers are worried about lost productivity and security issues, they also are concerned that blocking access to sites might hurt staff morale. The study, funded by antivirus software maker McAfee, also found that about 20% of workers let their friends and family use company computers, about 50% connect their own gadgets to their workstations and about 60% store personal content on company PCs.

Fri, 9 Nov 07
EA Donates SimCity to OLPC Laptops (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071109/bs_nf/56638
NewsFactor - With the launch of a limited-time "Give 1, Get 1" sales effort for the groundbreaking XO computer slated for Monday, Electronic Arts added to the momentum behind the green machine by announcing it is donating the original SimCity game to the One Laptop Per Child project.

Fri, 9 Nov 07
Linux On Half Of All New Servers? Red Hat's Got Plans (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071111/tc_cmp/202804403
TechWeb - It's a goal, says the company. Offering more ways to run Linux-based apps, like its recent deal with Amazon, will help.

Thu, 8 Nov 07
TiVo to offer advertisers viewer demographic data: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071108/wr_nm/tivo_demographics_dc

Reuters - U.S. digital video recorder company TiVo Inc is offering a new service giving advertisers detailed profiles of its users, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday in its online edition.

Thu, 8 Nov 07
U.S. Internet control lead topic in Rio (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071108/ap_on_hi_te/internet_governance

AP - Debate over U.S. control of core Internet systems threatens to overtake an international meeting in Brazil next week that was meant to cover topics including spam, free speech and cheaper access.

Thu, 8 Nov 07
Qualcomm 4Q profit nearly doubles (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071109/ap_on_hi_te/earns_qualcomm
AP - Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. reported Thursday that its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings nearly doubled, but heightened competition and legal troubles hurt profit forecasts — and that sent its shares tumbling.

Thu, 8 Nov 07
Six Days Later, 90% Of Navisite Servers Back Up (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071109/tc_cmp/202804047
TechWeb - Caused by a server migration that went spectacularly awry, the Navisite outage has kept tens of thousands of Web sites dark.

Thu, 8 Nov 07
Red Hat Taps Amazon Compute Cloud (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071108/bs_nf/56578
NewsFactor - On Wednesday, Red Hat announced that Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is available on Amazon. Red Hat is releasing a beta version of its OS on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), a Web service that hosts business software applications.

Thu, 8 Nov 07
XP inventor talks about agile programming (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071108/tc_infoworld/93285
InfoWorld - Recognized as the inventor of XP (Extreme Programming) and a co-author of the Agile Manifesto, Kent Beck has been a prominent advocate of agile programming and its use of shorter release cycles in software development projects.

Thu, 8 Nov 07
Tech Stocks Plunge After Cisco Warns Of Weak Orders By Big U.S. Companies (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20071109/bs_ibd_ibd/20071108general
Investor's Business Daily - Cisco (NasdaqGS:CSCO - News) soured investors on tech stocks Thursday after the networking giant warned that spending by financial giants and some other large U.S. firms was floundering.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
Facebook unveils ad targeting program (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071107/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_ads

AP - Now that Facebook has unveiled plans to target advertisements by injecting them into its members' conversations, the popular online hangout must persuade its users to embrace the initiative.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
Google to offer drivers help at gas pump (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071107/ap_on_hi_te/google_gas_pumps

AP - Lost drivers soon will be able to Google for help at the pump. As part of a partnership to be announced Wednesday, the online search leader will dispense driving directions at thousands of gasoline pumps across the United States beginning early next month.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
Microsoft makes anti-piracy move (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071107/ap_on_hi_te/china_microsoft

AP - Microsoft Corp. and China's No. 2 personal computer maker signed an agreement Wednesday to pre-install Microsoft's Windows operating system in PCs to combat widespread Chinese product piracy.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
Windows Live emerges from beta (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071107/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_windows_live

AP - After a trickle of updates and "betas" bearing the Windows Live moniker, Microsoft Corp. is ready to start promoting its official package of free desktop programs for e-mail, instant messaging, blogging and sharing photos.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
Most fans paid $0 for Radiohead album (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071107/ap_on_hi_te/radiohead_download_study

AP - Radiohead let its fans decide how much to pay for a digital copy of the band's latest release, "In Rainbows," and more than half of those who downloaded the album chose to pay nothing, according to a study by a consumer research firm.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
Yahoo executives defend role in arrest (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071107/ap_on_hi_te/congress_yahoo

AP - Two top Yahoo Inc. officials on Tuesday defended their company's role in the jailing of a Chinese journalist but ran into withering congressional criticism over information Yahoo gave the Chinese government about the man's online activities.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
Microsoft CEO plays down Google threat (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071108/ap_on_hi_te/japan_microsoft

AP - Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, in Tokyo to launch new Windows Live services, played down the threat of Google on Thursday, denying the rival was ahead in any way but in online searches.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
NY indicts 17 on trafficking, ID thefts (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071108/ap_on_hi_te/internet_crime
AP - A grand jury has indicted 17 people and a corporation on charges of identity theft, worldwide trafficking in stolen credit card numbers and other crimes committed using the Internet, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
Target pulls violent video game (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071107/ap_on_hi_te/games_manhunt2_target

AP - Target Corp. said Wednesday it has pulled the "Manhunt 2" video game from its stores due to particularly gruesome content that can be unlocked by hackers.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
Ultra-fast Internet networks won't merge (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071107/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_faster_internet
AP - The on-again, off-again talks to merge two ultra-fast nonprofit Internet networks have ended again — for good this time, it appears.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
Photobucket advances tagging concept (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071107/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_photobucket_tags
AP - The media-sharing site Photobucket is introducing a search mechanism that lets users append labels to specific faces and objects in photos.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
Mobile gaming revenue down: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071108/tc_nm/mobile_games_dc
Reuters - Worldwide mobile phone gaming revenue slid 9 percent during the three months ended in June, sparking concern about slowing demand in the category, research firm iSuppli said on Wednesday.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
Cisco And Aruba Begin Clash Of The Wi-Fi Titans (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071108/tc_cmp/202803593
TechWeb - The two companies have invested millions in new 802.11n gear which is becoming attractive in the enterprise as a wireless alternative.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
Red Hat, Amazon Deliver Linux on Demand (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071108/tc_pcworld/139398
PC World - Red Hat Wednesday made its Enterprise Linux OS available on demand by releasing it for the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service that hosts business applications.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
TomTom Ups the Ante on Tele Atlas (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071107/tc_nf/56573
NewsFactor - TomTom, the world's No. 1 maker of personal navigation devices, has increased its bid to $4.2 billion in cash for digital map provider Tele Atlas. TomTom announced it would immediately begin purchasing and acquiring 25.8 million Tele Atlas shares, which represent about 28.3 percent of the software provider's share capital.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
Sun eyes consumer focus for upcoming Java kit (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071108/tc_infoworld/93260
InfoWorld - Sun is working on a long list of potential features for the planned JDK (Java Development Kit) 7, which is based partially on the upcoming Java Standard Edition (SE) 7.

Wed, 7 Nov 07
Sony may quit advanced chip project (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071107/tc_afp/japanelectronicschipcompanysonytoshibaibm

AFP - Sony Corp. may withdraw from joint research on next-generation computer chips after agreeing to sell its production operations for the brains inside the PlayStation 3, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Tue, 6 Nov 07
Rosanne Cash to have brain surgery (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071106/en_nm/cash_dc

Reuters - Country music singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash will undergo brain surgery for a "rare but benign condition" at a New York hospital, she said on her Web site on Monday.

Tue, 6 Nov 07
Sony to launch new PlayStation 2 model in Japan (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071106/tc_nm/sony_ps2_dc

Reuters - Sony Corp. said it plans to launch a lighter version of its PlayStation 2 game console later this month, in a bid to drive sales of the seven-year-old machine heading into the crucial holiday season.

Tue, 6 Nov 07
TV moves to digital age (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071106/tv_nm/advertising_television_dc

Reuters - Americans can watch television shows on anything from a computer to an iPod these days, but media companies and advertisers have yet to figure out how best to take advantage of all the new ways to reach audiences.

Tue, 6 Nov 07
Changing Faces: New hires for Arieso (FT.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20071107/bs_ft/fto110620072215192156
FT.com - Arieso, a planning software company, has appointed two US wireless specialists to its management team. Keith Radousky and Steve Smith are now VP of sales and marketing Americas and program director of Americas, respectively.

Tue, 6 Nov 07
XAware Takes Integration Middleware Open Source (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071107/tc_cmp/202803169
TechWeb - Commercial vendor opens up its standards-based middleware for ETL, application integration and information integration.

Tue, 6 Nov 07
Microsoft rolls out Web services to link to Windows (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071107/tc_nm/microsoft_windowslive_dc

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. released on Tuesday a suite of free Web services that connect to its Windows operating system, delivering a major element of its strategy to maintain the dominance of its software while extending its reach on the Internet.

Tue, 6 Nov 07
Facebook launches ad platform (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071107/bs_afp/lifestyleitinternetadvertisingcompanyfacebook

AFP - Facebook on Tuesday began delivering ads to members based on what they do and who they know, following in the footsteps of social networking rival MySpace and triggering Internet privacy concerns.

Tue, 6 Nov 07
World of Warcraft, meet Visual Studio (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071107/tc_infoworld/93183
InfoWorld - A top official from Microsoft's developer division showcased an array of new development technologies on Tuesday, including a demo of the game World of Warcraft running within the company's Visual Studio integrated development environment.

Mon, 5 Nov 07
Microsoft adds ESPN programing to Xbox (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071105/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_xbox_espn
AP - Microsoft Corp. has added college basketball and other ESPN programming to the growing lineup of video content available for download to its Xbox 360 video game console.

Mon, 5 Nov 07
MySpace expands program for targeted ads (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071105/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_targeted_ads
AP - The popular online hangout MySpace is expanding its program for letting advertisers target their pitches using personal details on users' profile pages.

Mon, 5 Nov 07
RIM launches software aimed at smaller firms (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071105/tc_nm/rim_software_dc
Reuters - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd is rolling out a professional software package aimed at small and medium businesses with up to 30 wireless users, the company said on Monday.

Mon, 5 Nov 07
Sun Microsystems sees 1Q profit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071106/ap_on_hi_te/earns_sun_microsystems

AP - Once one of Silicon Valley's most bellicose technology companies, Sun Microsystems Inc. struck new alliances during the first quarter with two of its fiercest former foes, Microsoft Corp. and IBM Corp.

Mon, 5 Nov 07
BEA to give confidential info to Icahn (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071106/ap_on_hi_te/bea_systems_icahn
AP - BEA Systems Inc. is sharing confidential information with billionaire investor Carl Icahn in hopes of persuading its largest stockholder that the business software maker is worth the $8.2 billion sales price sought by its board of directors.

Mon, 5 Nov 07
Feds fight ruling on security letters (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071106/ap_on_hi_te/patriot_act_lawsuit
AP - The U.S. government on Monday appealed a ruling that it shouldn't be able to get personal phone, e-mail and financial records without a judge's approval, as now allowed under the USA Patriot Act.

Mon, 5 Nov 07
Google dials into the cell phone market (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071105/ap_on_hi_te/google_mobile

AP - Google Inc. wants to become as influential in the mobile market as it is on the Internet — and the online search leader thinks it can do that without sticking its prized brand on a cell phone.

Mon, 5 Nov 07
Dell to pay $1.4B for EqualLogic (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071105/ap_on_hi_te/dell_equallogic
AP - Personal computer maker Dell said Monday it has agreed to pay $1.4 billion in cash for EqualLogic Inc., which makes data-storage network systems, in another move to boost growth by looking outside its traditional PC business.

Mon, 5 Nov 07
Google Phone FAQ: Android Platform for Mobile Phones (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071106/tc_pcworld/139293
PC World - When will you be able to buy a Google phone? We'll answer your questions about everything surrounding Android, the Google phone, and the Open Handset Alliance in this continually evolving FAQ.

Mon, 5 Nov 07
Google's Android boosts enterprise mobile Linux (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071106/tc_infoworld/93130
InfoWorld - Google's introduction of its Android device operating system and Open Handset Alliance on Monday could help create just the breed of mobile Linux platform that many enterprise IT managers have been waiting for, industry experts contend.

Mon, 5 Nov 07
Apple posts QuickTime security fix (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071106/tc_infoworld/93128
InfoWorld - Apple has released an update to its QuickTime media player, fixing a number of critical security bugs in the software.

Mon, 5 Nov 07
Strong server sales lift Sun to profitable Q1 (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071106/tc_infoworld/93129
InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems reported net income of $89 million on strong hardware sales for its first quarter of fiscal 2008 with the company posting its fourth consecutive profitable quarter after several years of financial loss and instability.

Mon, 5 Nov 07
Hackers spark new protests vs video game "Manhunt 2" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071105/tc_nm/manhunt_dc
Reuters - Family groups renewed calls on Friday to clamp down on video game "Manhunt 2" after hackers accessed scenes of bloody killings that were scaled back to let the game go on sale in the United States.

Sun, 4 Nov 07
PCs being pushed aside in Japan (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071104/ap_on_hi_te/bye_bye_pcs

AP - Masaya Igarashi wants $200 headphones for his new iPod Touch, and he's torn between Nintendo Co.'s Wii and Sony's PlayStation 3 game consoles. When he has saved up again, he plans to splurge on a digital camera or flat-screen TV.

Sun, 4 Nov 07
Time change bug hits some Alltel phones (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071104/ap_on_hi_te/alltel_hour_ahead
AP - Most of the country moved their clocks back one hour when daylight saving time ended Sunday, but some Alltel Corp. customers saw their cellular phone clocks jump forward an hour instead.

Sun, 4 Nov 07
Cheap Linux PCs may Rival One Laptop Per Child (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071104/tc_pcworld/139232
PC World - As component prices drop, the aggressive pricing of commercial Linux notebooks could hamper efforts by One Laptop Per Child to supply inexpensive laptops to children in developing markets.

Sun, 4 Nov 07
First Windows Home Server Systems Ship (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071105/tc_pcworld/139242
PC World - HP MediaSmart, other systems provide preinstalled OS, big storage capacity designed for the living room.

Sat, 3 Nov 07
Warner stays out of online store deal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071103/ap_on_hi_te/nokia_online_music

AP - Nokia Corp.'s new Britain-based online music service launched this week with more than 2 million songs, including tracks from every major record label except one: Warner Music Group Corp., home to artists such as Green Day, Linkin Park and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Sat, 3 Nov 07
Cops learning how to extend beats online (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071103/ap_on_hi_te/cops___computers

AP - Raise your hand if you've heard of "Second Life," police Lt. Charles Cohen asks a room of about 75 law enforcement officers from around the country. "Second Life," a sprawling online universe, has had technology circles abuzz for a while. But here, it might as well be a watch repair shop. Only a few hands go up. Cohen has some explaining to do.

Sat, 3 Nov 07
Glitch mismatches photos, news on Google (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071103/ap_on_hi_te/google_news_glitch

AP - Engineers at Google Inc. are working to resolve a problem on the company's Google News site that has resulted in some photos and news stories being mismatched.

Sat, 3 Nov 07
Hollywood writers set strike for Monday (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071103/ap_en_bu/hollywood_labor

AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Film and TV writers prepared to go on strike Monday for the first time in two decades to break what has become a high-stakes stalemate with the world's largest media companies over profits from DVDs and programming on the Internet.

Sat, 3 Nov 07
ICANN Picks Cerf's Successor (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071103/tc_pcworld/139234
PC World - ICANN sought to allay fears that come with leadership change as it announced a new chairman for the group, replacing the charismatic Vint Cerf.

Sat, 3 Nov 07
Google to Announce Mobile Platform on Monday (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071103/tc_pcworld/139240
PC World - Google negotiators this weekend continue to hammer out agreements with wireless carriers, handset makers, software developers and hardware providers, as the company prepares to announce on Monday an ambitious platform for creating mobile applications.

Fri, 2 Nov 07
MySpace gets social with Google (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_on_hi_te/google_myspace

AP - Internet social networking leader MySpace is joining Google Inc.'s platform for sharing applications across the Web — a concept that threatens to undermine the rapid growth of their common rival, Facebook Inc.

Fri, 2 Nov 07
Rate your fitness routine with GPS (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_on_hi_te/gps_sports

AP - After a race through 15 miles of rock-laden, hilly trails in Wyandotte County Lake Park, Byron Rieper went online to discuss the competition with other runners.

Fri, 2 Nov 07
Online crooks target Macs with porn ruse (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_on_hi_te/mac_porn_trojan
AP - In a backhanded compliment to Apple Inc., online criminals are apparently so impressed with its scorching sales they are sending Macintosh computers an attack typically aimed at machines running Microsoft Corp.'s dominant Windows operating system.

Fri, 2 Nov 07
AP urges news industry to embrace online (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_on_hi_te/ap_curley

AP - Tom Curley, CEO of The Associated Press, called on news executives Thursday to "stop pining" for the past and adapt to the new ways that news is being distributed and consumed.

Fri, 2 Nov 07
Warner Music withholds content from Nokia: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071102/wr_nm/warner_nokia_dc
Reuters - Warner Music Group Corp is withholding its content from Nokia Corp's new music Web site over concerns about illegal downloads, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday in its online edition.

Fri, 2 Nov 07
Advice for cops seeking online clues (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_on_hi_te/police_online_tips
AP - Some advice that Indiana State Police Lt. Charles Cohen and other investigators offer to police new to exploring the Internet:

Fri, 2 Nov 07
ESRB sticks by 'M' rating on 'Manhunt 2' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_on_hi_te/games_manhunt2

AP - The board that assigns age ratings to video games will keep the "Mature" label on "Manhunt 2," resisting calls to raise it after hackers defeated measures that blur some of the game's violence.

Fri, 2 Nov 07
LCD, Plasma TVs Found Highly Reliable (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071103/tc_cmp/202801834
TechWeb - Among the tiny percentage of sets with problems, most repairs were free, presumably because they were covered by the manufacturer's standard warranty.

Fri, 2 Nov 07
Google to unveil mobile strategy: sources (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071103/bs_nm/google_wireless_dc

Reuters - Google Inc will unveil its mobile strategy on Monday, including a phone operating system and a broad alliance with multiple wireless service providers and handset vendors, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Fri, 2 Nov 07
Mozilla Offers Stability Update to Firefox (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071102/tc_pcworld/139218
PC World - It doesn't include planned Leopard enhancements, but Firefox developers have released an update to their open-source software, fixing bugs that had been causing the browser to crash at startup, render Web pages improperly or disable add-ons for some users.

Fri, 2 Nov 07
Electronic Arts posts 2Q net loss (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_on_hi_te/earns_electronic_arts

AP - Video-game software publisher Electronic Arts Inc. swung to a fiscal second-quarter net loss, hurt by an accounting change, but shares climbed almost 3 percent after the company outlined a promising product lineup and said it expected to see a "great" holiday season.

Fri, 2 Nov 07
Two charged with hacking PeopleSoft to fix grades (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071103/tc_infoworld/93101
InfoWorld - Two California men are facing 20 years in prison on charges they hacked into a California state university's PeopleSoft system to change their grades.

Fri, 2 Nov 07
Alien and robot on mission for PS3 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071102/tc_nm/videogames_ratchet_life_tech_dc

Reuters - A fox-like alien and his robot sidekick on a mission to save the galaxy could also help save sales of Sony's PlayStation 3, which has struggled to find a game so good that it gives people reason to buy the pricey console.

Fri, 2 Nov 07
VMS Operating System Is 30 Years Old; Customers Believe It Can Last Forever (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20071104/tc_cmp/202801794
TechWeb - Created by DEC, now sold as HP's OpenVMS, it's used by the Deutsche Brse in Germany, the Australian Stock Exchange, and Amazon.com.

Thu, 1 Nov 07
Shell station customers 'pay by touch' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071101/ap_on_hi_te/pay_by_touch

AP - Chicago drivers have a new way to pay for gasoline: with their fingertips.

Thu, 1 Nov 07
Cisco announces $16B China expansion (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071101/ap_on_hi_te/china_cisco

AP - Network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc. on Thursday announced a multiyear, $16 billion series of initiatives to expand in China with investments in manufacturing, venture capital and education efforts.

Thu, 1 Nov 07
Internet the battleground for Australia's election (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071101/wr_nm/australia_election_dc

Reuters - Australia's election has become a war of bytes, with Labor challenger Kevin Rudd swooping on the Internet's high ground to build an army of young supporters and a Facebook fanclub on a promise of "fresh thinking."

Thu, 1 Nov 07
IBM launching major data security initiative: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071101/bs_nm/ibm_initiative_dc
Reuters - International Business Machines Corp is launching a "major initiative" to drive sales in the data security market, including $1.5 billion in spending next year on marketing and product development, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday in its online edition.

Thu, 1 Nov 07
Nintendo's classic Famicom faces end of road (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071101/tc_afp/lifestyletechnologyjapangamecompanynintendo

AFP - It could soon be game over for the Famicom, the vintage family computer that two decades ago set Japan's Nintendo on a path to become a global video game icon.

Thu, 1 Nov 07
Napster posts narrower quarterly loss (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071102/tc_nm/napster_results_dc

Reuters - Napster Inc , on Thursday reported a narrower quarterly loss as revenue increased from new mobile phone-based and existing personal computer-based services.

Thu, 1 Nov 07
Sprint loses customers, profit down, shares fall (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071101/bs_nm/sprint_results_dc

Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp's quarterly profit fell 77 percent as the No. 3 U.S. mobile service lost subscribers and withdrew its 2008 profit growth forecast, sending shares down 2 percent on Thursday.

Thu, 1 Nov 07
Mozilla, Microsoft At Odds Over Next JavaScript (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071102/tc_pcworld/139188
PC World - Mozilla Chief Technology Officer Brendan Eich and Microsoft's Chris Wilson are trading heated rhetoric over the proposed next version of ECMAScript, better known as JavaScript.

Thu, 1 Nov 07
Google lures MySpace for social network platform (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071101/wr_nm/google_myspace_dc

Reuters - Google Inc has lured MySpace, the world's largest online social network, to its system courting independent software developers, raising its challenge to fast-growing Facebook.

Thu, 1 Nov 07
IBM says it may acquire security companies (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071102/wr_nm/ibm_initiative_dc

Reuters - IBM, which plans to spend a record $1.5 billion next year to develop and market security products, is seriously looking at using acquisitions to help beef up its offerings in that area, a company executive told Reuters on Thursday.

Thu, 1 Nov 07
Alien and robot on mission for Playstation 3 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071101/tc_nm/videogames_ratchet_life_tech_dc

Reuters - A fox-like alien and his robot sidekick on a mission to save the galaxy could also help save sales of Sony's PlayStation 3, which has struggled to find a game so good that it gives people reason to buy the pricey console.