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Mon, 31 Mar 08
Yahoo launching site for women 25-54 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080331/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_women
AP - Yahoo Inc. is launching a new site for women between ages 25 and 54, calling it a key demographic underserved by current Yahoo properties.

Mon, 31 Mar 08
Vt. OKs phone deal, despite debt change (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080331/ap_on_bi_ge/fairpoint_verizon
AP - Vermont regulators scolded officials with FairPoint Communications Inc. Sunday for their slowness in sharing information about their increased cost of borrowing, but gave the firm the go-head to complete its purchase of Verizon Communications Inc.'s landline phone and Internet service in northern New England.

Mon, 31 Mar 08
Amateur sleuths name anonymous dead (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080330/ap_on_re_us/naming_the_dead


Todd Matthews spruces up around the grave marker of 'Tent Girl' is shown in the Georgetown Cemetery in Georgetown, Ky., Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP - Four days a week Todd Matthews earns $11.50 an hour working for an automotive parts supplier. He punches in at 4:15 a.m., punches out nearly 11 hours later, then drives half a mile to his little beige house on a hill where, in the distance, he can glimpse the Appalachian mountains.

Mon, 31 Mar 08
Sound monitors protect premature babies (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_hi_te/newborn_sound_protection


A sound level indicator of the Sonicu system hangs from the ceiling of the neonatal intensive care unit at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, Wednesday, March 19, 2008. The unit measures noise and displays a visual representation of measured sound levels. As decibels rise, the colors change from green to yellow to red, hushing chatty parents or doctors so the babies get the rest they need to develop. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - Warning lights hover over the snoozing patients in Riley Hospital for Children's neonatal intensive care unit, ready to flash whenever sound levels creep beyond normal conversation.

Mon, 31 Mar 08
Malware cited in supermarket data breach (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_hi_te/retail_data_breach
AP - Unauthorized software that was secretly installed on servers in Hannaford Bros. Co.'s supermarkets across the Northeast and in Florida enabled the massive data breach that compromised up to 4.2 million credit and debit cards, the company said Friday.

Mon, 31 Mar 08
EBay bids for durability in changing digital world (USATODAY.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080331/tc_usatoday/ebaybidsfordurabilityinchangingdigitalworld
USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - While Yahoo staves off a takeover bid from Microsoft - and Microsoft braces for life after Bill Gates - another high-tech pioneer, eBay, is at a digital crossroads.

Mon, 31 Mar 08
Sony films headed to mobile phones (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080331/tc_nm/sony_dc


In this file photo the Sony-Ericsson C702 cyber-shot mobile is displayed during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 14, 2008. Sony Pictures Television is looking to launch the first movie network on mobile phones in the United States. (Albert Gea/Reuters)Reuters - Sony Pictures Television is looking to launch the first movie network on mobile phones in the United States.

Mon, 31 Mar 08
Product review: Dell?s mighty mobile workstation rewards the strong-armed (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080331/tc_infoworld/96777
InfoWorld - The world of laptops is riven by pulls in two opposite directions.

Mon, 31 Mar 08
WSO2 boosts Spring developers with Web services (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080331/tc_infoworld/96625
InfoWorld - WSO2 is releasing Monday its open source WSO2 Web Services Framework for Spring 1.0 (WSF/Spring1.0), providing users of the Spring Java framework with an Apache Axis2/Java Web services engine for use in developing applications.

Mon, 31 Mar 08
Microsoft eyes doubling of mobile shipments to China in yr (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080331/tc_nm/microsoft_china_dc


In this file photo Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer gestures as he delivers a speech in Zurich October 4, 2007. Microsoft expects that shipments to China of handsets with its software will more than double in the next year amid an expected boom in demand for Web access once the country launches 3G wireless services. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp expects that shipments to China of handsets with its software will more than double in the next year amid an expected boom in demand for Web access once the country launches 3G wireless services.

Mon, 31 Mar 08
Microsoft Renames CRM Service (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080330/tc_pcworld/143951
PC World - Microsoft is changing the name of its on-demand CRM (customer relationship management) offering to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, according to a company official.

Mon, 31 Mar 08
Sports themes dominate new game releases (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080330/tc_afp/lifestylevideogamescomputer


Children look at new Wii games at a shop in Paris. New games releases for spring 2008 include a range of sport themes, with a new version of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 specially for Wii, a blue tennis-playing hedgehog, high-def racing cars and a AFP - New games releases for spring 2008 include a range of sport themes, with a new version of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 specially for Wii, a blue tennis-playing hedgehog, high-def racing cars and a "god of war" combat game, complete with high gore and ancient Greek mythology.

Wed, 26 Mar 08
WSJ: Comcast, Time Warner may fund WiMax (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080326/ap_on_hi_te/wimax_funding
AP - Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc. are discussing a plan to fund a new wireless Internet venture that would be run by Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp., The Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday.

Wed, 26 Mar 08
Yahoo joins Google's OpenSocial platform (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_opensocial
AP - Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday that it was joining rival Google Inc.'s initiative for creating photo-sharing and other social tools that work across the Web.

Wed, 26 Mar 08
Sony BMG developing online music service (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/ap_on_hi_te/germany_sony_bmg_online_music
AP - The CEO of Sony BMG Music Entertainment says that the company is developing an online music subscription service that would give users unlimited access to its music and be compatible with a host of digital music players.

Wed, 26 Mar 08
Dish Network spectrum buy perplexes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/ap_on_hi_te/spectrum_auction_dish
AP - A mystery surrounds satellite broadcaster Dish Network Corp.'s surprise, $712 million winning bid in the government's recent auction for radio spectrum reclaimed from television stations.

Wed, 26 Mar 08
Hi-tech census costs, accuracy in doubt (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/ap_on_hi_te/census_problems
AP - Big worries for the nation's first high-tech census should have been obvious when some of the door-to-door headcounters couldn't figure out their fancy new handheld computers.

Wed, 26 Mar 08
Will Yahoo Negotiate? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080325/tc_pcworld/143820
PC World - Sources tell the Wall Street Journal the Web giant may have no option but to call Microsoft to negotiate within weeks.

Wed, 26 Mar 08
Dell, HP confronting laptop battery shortage (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080326/tc_nm/computers_batteries_dc


Iranians attend an electronics and computer exhibition presenting services by U.S. company DELL in Tehran October 29, 2007. Dell Inc said on Tuesday the personal-computer industry was experiencing a shortage of laptop batteries partly because of a recent fire at a major supplier, but the company was working with other suppliers to limit any price increases. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)Reuters - Dell Inc said on Tuesday the personal-computer industry was experiencing a shortage of laptop batteries partly because of a recent fire at a major supplier, but the company was working with other suppliers to limit any price increases.

Wed, 26 Mar 08
U.S. cable companies discuss funding wireless venture (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080326/wr_nm/comcast_wireless_dc


Comcast CEO Brian Roberts speaks at his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 8, 2008. The two largest U.S. cable operators, Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc, are discussing a plan to fund a new wireless venture to be operated by Sprint Nextel Corp and Clearwire Corp, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc, the two largest U.S. cable operators, are discussing a plan to fund a new wireless company that would be run by Sprint Nextel Corp and Clearwire Corp, people familiar with the discussions said on Tuesday.

Wed, 26 Mar 08
SingleClick Links To Open Source Wireless Database (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080326/tc_cmp/206905711
TechWeb - The wireless technology company's adoption of WURFL means content gets served to more than 7,000 mobile devices in a format they can handle.

Wed, 26 Mar 08
Yahoo backs Google's push for open social networks (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080326/wr_nm/yahoo_google_dc


A screenshot of a website showing Google social networking applications, taken on March 25, 2008. Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday that it supports a program by archrival Google Inc to develop applications for social networks and will help create a joint foundation to keep it alive. (opensocial-examples.googlemashups.com/Reuters)Reuters - Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday it is backing a program by rival Google Inc to make software work fluidly across different social networks, and will create a joint foundation to promote the effort.

Wed, 26 Mar 08
Salesforce says CEO has "important announcements" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080325/tc_nm/salesforcecom_dc
Reuters - Salesforce.com Inc Chief Executive Marc Benioff will make "some important announcements" at a company gathering next month in San Francisco, the software maker disclosed in an invitation issued on Tuesday.

Wed, 26 Mar 08
VIDEO GAMES: You and what army? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/ap_en_ot/games_combat
AP - As the United States heads into the sixth year of the war in Iraq, Hollywood still hasn't figured out how to deal with the subject. Audiences have stubbornly avoided films like "Redacted" and "In the Valley of Elah." Steven Bochco's Iraq war TV series "Over There" flopped, while less ambiguous dramas like "24" and "The Unit" — where the bad guys are more clearly defined — have fared better.

Tue, 25 Mar 08
Writing for peanuts and loving it (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_on_hi_te/micro_freelance_online


Mark Ranalli, founder and CEO of Helium.com, sits in his conference room in Andover, Mass. Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Helium.com is one of several internet sites used as a platform by amateur and professional writers to post articles on a broad range of topics in hopes of marketing them. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)AP - In her spare time, away from her duties as a chemicals specialist in the Army, Angie Papple fires up her computer and writes an article about something close to her, like life in the military. Other times she'll analyze a piece of software. Or she'll churn out advice for travelers to Hawaii, where she lives, or Puerto Rico, where she's never been.

Tue, 25 Mar 08
Breakdown knocks out Netflix site (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_on_hi_te/netflix_outage
AP - Online DVD rental leader Netflix Inc. is suffering a technology breakdown that's knocked out its Web site, inconveniencing its 7.5 million subscribers.

Tue, 25 Mar 08
Security lapse exposes Facebook photos (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_public_photos
AP - A security lapse made it possible for unwelcome strangers to peruse personal photos posted on Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout, circumventing a recent upgrade to the Web site's privacy controls.

Tue, 25 Mar 08
Google wants TV 'white space' for wi-fi (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_on_hi_te/google_fcc
AP - Less than a week after losing in the latest U.S. spectrum auction, Google Inc. has started pitching its plan to use TV "white space" — unlicensed and unused airwaves — to provide wireless Internet.

Tue, 25 Mar 08
Money troubles stall green town project (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_on_hi_te/biotown_s_battle


Farmer Tonie Snyder stands with bales of unused corn stover in a field near Reynolds, Ind. Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Snyder helped provide thousands of bales of corn stover last fall that were supposed to be burned using technology that now may never be built. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)AP - This one-stoplight farming hamlet had big dreams in 2005 when it was christened BioTown USA.

Tue, 25 Mar 08
Reclusive Bhutan uneasy as Internet pushes edge (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080325/wr_nm/bhutan_election_internet_dc


Bhutanese voters stand in a queue outside a polling station to cast their ballot in Thimpu March 24, 2008. As the reclusive Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan opens up gradually to the outside world and embraces democracy, it is finding the freedoms of the Internet both exciting and dangerous. (Desmond Boylan/Reuters)Reuters - As the reclusive Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan opens up gradually to the outside world and embraces democracy, it is finding the freedoms of the Internet both exciting and dangerous.

Tue, 25 Mar 08
Satellite radio merger gets antitrust OK (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080325/tc_nm/xm_sirius_antitrust_dc


A satellite dish sits atop the headquarters of XM Satellite Radio in Washington February 20, 2007. (Jason Reed/Reuters)Reuters - Sirius Satellite Radio's $4.59 billion purchase of rival XM Satellite Radio was given antitrust clearance on Monday as the Justice Department concluded consumers have many alternatives, including mobile phones and personal audio players.

Tue, 25 Mar 08
Icahn sues for Motorola board records (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_on_hi_te/motorola_carl_icahn
AP - Motorola Inc. on Monday dismissed as an "unnecessary distraction" billionaire investor Carl Icahn's legal efforts to force it to turn over documents about its executives and its cell phone business.

Tue, 25 Mar 08
'Stealth' Safari Installation Draws Fire for Apple (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080324/bs_nf/58948
NewsFactor - Apple is under attack -- from a competing browser maker. Mozilla CEO John Lilly on Friday blasted Apple for including the Safari browser in its iTunes automatic update service for Mac and Windows operating systems. Mozilla makes the open-source Firefox Web browser.

Tue, 25 Mar 08
Turkey blocks Web site over insults to Ataturk (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080325/wr_nm/slide_turkey_dc


In this file photo a protester holds a sign as he stands behind a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of secular and modern Turkey, during a rally to support the ban on headscarves and to protest against the government in Ankara February 9, 2008. The Turkish government has been blocking access nationwide to Slide Inc and its popular multimedia Web software after a local court ruled the site let users post photos and stories insulting the Turkish republic's founder, the company said on Monday. REUTERS/Umit BektasReuters - The Turkish government has been blocking access nationwide to Slide Inc and its popular multimedia Web software after a local court ruled the site let users post photos and stories insulting the Turkish republic's founder, the company said on Monday.

Tue, 25 Mar 08
Trends & Innovations - Monday (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080324/bs_ibd_ibd/20080324trends
Investor's Business Daily - More Americans are listening to Internet-based radio, according to a study by research firms Arbitron and Edison Media. About 33 mil, or 13%, of Americans age 12 or older listen to a radio station via the Internet on a weekly basis, up from 29 mil, or 11%, a year ago. The study also found a strong link between online radio listening and the use of social networking Web sites. About 63% of online radio listeners age 12 or older have a profile on a social network site, while the rate is just 24% among the general U.S. population.

Tue, 25 Mar 08
Week in video-game news (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_en_ot/games_news_bytes
AP - News from the virtual world:

Mon, 24 Mar 08
Verizon's FiOS takes Manhattan (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_on_hi_te/verizon_fios
AP - Verizon's fiber-optic service, so far mainly available to suburbanites, is making a big push into Manhattan with a deal to connect an 11,232-unit apartment complex.

Mon, 24 Mar 08
Quanta, ooVoo to take on HD conferencing (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_on_hi_te/home_videoconferencing
AP - Will the HDTV set be the new picturephone? Quanta Computer Inc., a leading contract maker of laptop computers, and OoVoo, a maker of video chat software, are announcing plans Monday to take high-definition videoconferencing to the living room with a gadget that plugs into the HDTV and connects it to the Internet.

Mon, 24 Mar 08
Media cos. battle Web portals on ads (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080323/ap_on_hi_te/online_ad_showdown


Martha Stewart makes an appearance at Macy's in New York's Herald Square in this March 16, 2008 file photo. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. has reached out to dozen or two leading lifestyles sites that meet the company's editorial standards and selling higher-priced ads to Macy's, Ace Hardware and other brands. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)AP - Traditional media companies trying to stem the flow of advertising dollars to Google and other large Internet companies are increasingly building ad networks of their own, anchored by their brands.

Mon, 24 Mar 08
Web site for anti-Quran film blocked (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080323/ap_on_hi_te/netherlands_quran_film
AP - A Web site where a Dutch lawmaker was promoting an upcoming film that criticizes the Quran has been suspended by its U.S. hosting service.

Mon, 24 Mar 08
Blu-ray and Sony enhance their profile on DVD (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080324/tc_nm/bluray_dc


A shopper walks past a Blu-ray Disc logo at an electronic shop in Tokyo February 18, 2008. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is targeting April 8 as the date it will release its first batch of Blu-ray Disc titles that can be connected to the Internet for more bonus materials and features. (Issei Kato/Reuters)Reuters - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is targeting April 8 as the date it will release its first batch of Blu-ray Disc titles that can be connected to the Internet for more bonus materials and features.

Mon, 24 Mar 08
Techno-savvy Iraqis surf the cyber waves (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080323/tc_afp/iraqwar5yearstechnology


An Iraqi woman talks on her mobile phone as she walks on campus at Baghdad's Al-Mustansiriyah University on March 16, 2008. Saddam Hussein deemed Iraqis could live without modern technology such as mobile phones and the Internet. Now that his regime has been swept away, they are finding they just can't get enough of it.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AFP - Saddam Hussein deemed Iraqis could live without modern technology such as mobile phones and the Internet. Now that his regime has been swept away, they are finding they just can't get enough of it.

Mon, 24 Mar 08
"Shutter" a bland horror remake (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080323/review_nm/film_shutter_dc


Actor Joshua Jackson arrives for the premiere of the film 'National Treasure: Book Of Secrets' in New York December 13, 2007. Jackson plays star photographer Ben in the horror film 'Shutter'. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - The latest disappointing Hollywood redo of a J-horror film -- in this case, Thai -- "Shutter" demonstrates that the subject of spirit photography, which has been a point of speculation for more than a century, might have passed its peak. After all, once we've seen ghosts emerge via videotapes, cell phones, computers and nearly every other technological device known to man, seeing them appear through Polaroids feels a bit retro.

Mon, 24 Mar 08
Lotus Helps Power Smartphones, IBM Says (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080323/tc_pcworld/143638
PC World - IBM revealed that Lotus Expeditor lies at the heart of Sprint's Titan development platform.

Mon, 24 Mar 08
"Dead Space" cartoon heralds videogame release (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080324/film_nm/media_games_dc
Reuters - Electronic Arts and Starz Media are producing an animated prequel movie to the upcoming sci-fi horror video game "Dead Space."

Sun, 23 Mar 08
Gibson Guitar tangles with game makers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080322/ap_on_hi_te/rock_band_dispute
AP - Gibson Guitar Corp. has widened its attack on the video game industry with a second patent infringement lawsuit.

Sun, 23 Mar 08
DirecTV lobbied on digital TV switch (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080322/ap_on_hi_te/directv_lobbying
AP - Satellite-television provider DirecTV Group Inc. spent more than $1.2 million in 2007 to lobby on the nation's switch next year from an analog to a digital TV format.

Sun, 23 Mar 08
Yahoo! denies posting web photos of Tibetan protesters (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080322/tc_afp/chinaunresttibetrightsinternetyahoo


A visitor sits next to a laptop near the logo of Yahoo! at the trade fair for digital marketing OMD in Dusseldorf in 2007. Yahoo! denied Saturday posting on its websites pictures of 19 people wanted by the Chinese authorities for protesting in the Tibetan capital Lhasa.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Gottschalk)AFP - US Internet giant Yahoo! denied Saturday posting on its websites pictures of 19 people wanted by the Chinese authorities for protesting in the Tibetan capital Lhasa.

Sun, 23 Mar 08
Buyback programs turn electronic trash to cash (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080323/tc_nm/gadgets_dc


Members of Greenpeace protest against electronic waste outside an electronics company in Guadalajara, Mexico May 23, 2005. (Alberto Moreno/Reuters)Reuters - Leave it to the gadget industry to turn concern over electronic waste into a sales opportunity. Simply put, they're offering to buy back old devices to recycle or resell, in return for cash or in-store credit.

Sun, 23 Mar 08
Court Upholds Broadcom's Ban of Qualcomm Chips (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080322/tc_pcworld/143744
PC World - In the latest of many legal setbacks for Qualcomm, a federal court has turned down the company's request to postpone an injunction against sales of some of its mobile-phone chips.

Sun, 23 Mar 08
Gibson sues over "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080322/tc_nm/ba_gibson_guitarhero_dc


A frame grab from 'Guitar Hero: Aerosmith' is seen February 15, 2008. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Gibson Guitar said on Friday that it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Viacom Inc's (VIAb.N) MTV networks, Harmonix and Electronic Arts relating to the wildly popular "Rock Band" video game and Harmonix's previously developed game, "Guitar Hero."

Sat, 22 Mar 08
Gibson Guitar tangles with game makers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080321/ap_on_hi_te/rock_band_dispute
AP - Gibson Guitar Corp. has widened its attack on the video game industry with a second patent infringement lawsuit.

Sat, 22 Mar 08
Tribune said to consider sale of Newsday (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080321/ap_on_hi_te/tribune_newsday
AP - Just three months after taking Tribune Co. private, CEO Sam Zell already is considering selling off one of its biggest properties, the Long Island-based newspaper Newsday, according to news reports.

Sat, 22 Mar 08
Fans take "wiki" over MySpace for music info (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080322/wr_nm/music_wikipedia_dc


People use computers at an Internet cafe in Changzhi, north China's Shanxi province June 20, 2007. Search for an artist on any of the popular search engines, and the top three results are practically guaranteed: the artist's official Web site, Wikipedia entry and MySpace page -- often in that order. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Search for an artist on any of the popular search engines, and the top three results are practically guaranteed: the artist's official Web site, Wikipedia entry and MySpace page -- often in that order.

Sat, 22 Mar 08
SlySoft Offers Blu-ray Copy-Protection Cracker (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080321/tc_nf/58921
NewsFactor - SlySoft is at it again. The Caribbean firm says it has broken the copy-protection technology used on some Blu-ray discs to prevent consumers and bootleggers from copying movie content. SlySoft is offering a 20 percent discount on its latest version.

Sat, 22 Mar 08
Verizon, AT&T Are Big Winners in FCC Auction (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080321/bs_nf/58907
NewsFactor - The Federal Communications Commission auction for the 700-MHz wireless spectrum is over, and the winners are known. One obvious winner is the FCC itself, which exceeded its initial estimate of $10 billion with a $19.59 billion total.

Sat, 22 Mar 08
Mozilla CEO: Apple's Safari-To-Windows Distribution Scheme Is Wrong (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080322/tc_cmp/206905256
TechWeb - Apple made Safari version 3.1 available for Windows through its Software Update control panel and as a download from its Web site.

Sat, 22 Mar 08
HP To Ship ProLiant Servers With Virtualization Technology (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080322/tc_cmp/206905240
TechWeb - The move reflects a trend among hardware makers to offer computers with preinstalled software from Citrix and VMware for consolidating business applications.

Sat, 22 Mar 08
Novell Announces SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080321/bs_nf/58918
NewsFactor - Novell has announced plans for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11. While the actual launch won't happen for another year or so, Novell is highlighting the key themes of the new release to let developers in the open-source community know the feedback the company has gotten from customers and what the new release needs from developers.

Sat, 22 Mar 08
Gibson sues MTV, EA over "Guitar Hero" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080321/media_nm/ba_gibson_guitarhero_dc


A frame grab from 'Guitar Hero: Aerosmith' is seen February 15, 2008. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Gibson Guitar said on Friday that it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Viacom Inc's MTV networks and Harmonix as well as Electronic Arts relating to the wildly popular "Guitar Hero" video games.

Fri, 21 Mar 08
`Chocolate Rain' claims a YouTube award (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080321/ap_on_en_ot/youtube_awards


Amber Lee Ettinger arrives at the Sean John apparel party launching an underwear and lounge wear clothing line at Light nightclub at the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas in this Aug. 27, 2007, file photo. At midnight Friday, March 21, 2008, YouTube will announce the 12 winners in the video-sharing site's awards recognizing the top-user created videos of 2007. There were six nominees for each category: music, sports, comedy, instructional, short film, inspirational, commentary, creative, politics, series, eyewitness and 'adorable.' Ettinger, also known as Obama Girl, whose 'I Got A Crush On Obama' clip has been seen more than seven million times, is up for best political video. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, file)AP - And the winner for best music video: "Chocolate Rain."

Fri, 21 Mar 08
Wikipedia questions paths to more money (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080321/ap_on_hi_te/wikipedia_finances


Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, answers a question during an interview with the Associated Press in St. Petersburg, Fla. in this June 29, 2007 file photo. With 2 million articles in English alone, Wikipedia, the Internet encyclopedia 'anyone can edit,' stormed the Web's top ranks through the work of unpaid volunteers and the assistance of donors. But that means Wikipedia has far less financial clout than its Web peers, and doing almost anything to improve that situation invites scrutiny from the same community that proudly generates the content. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, file)AP - Scroll the list of the 10 most popular Web sites in the U.S., and you'll encounter the Internet's richest corporate players — names like Yahoo, Amazon.com, News Corp., Microsoft and Google.

Fri, 21 Mar 08
China orders video Web sites to close (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080321/ap_on_hi_te/china_internet_video


Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, right, greets Peru's President Alan Garcia in Beijing, Thursday March 20, 2008. Garcia is on an official visit to China from March 19 - 21.(AP Photo/Guang Niu, pool)AP - China has ordered more than two dozen video entertainment Web sites to shut down under new rules governing such sites, a broadcast regulator said on its Web site Friday.

Fri, 21 Mar 08
Losing wireless battle may be Google win (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080320/ap_on_hi_te/airwaves_auction_google
AP - Losing the battle for a prized piece of the airwaves isn't necessarily a setback for Google Inc.

Fri, 21 Mar 08
Hannaford breach raises new fears (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080321/ap_on_hi_te/retail_data_breach
AP - At first, it sounded like another in a long line of credit card breaches: Up to 4.2 million account numbers were stolen by thieves who cracked computers at Hannaford Bros. Co., an Eastern supermarket chain.

Fri, 21 Mar 08
How Much Excel Is Too Much? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080321/tc_pcworld/143498
PC World - What better way to kick off a blog about business software than to talk one of the most significant business productivity applications out there? Sometimes it seems like we writers spend entire days inside our word processors. But for the majority of you, I'm betting you might as well be married to Microsoft Excel.

Fri, 21 Mar 08
Verizon and AT&T dominate airwaves auction (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080321/wr_nm/wireless_auction_dc


The sign for the Verizon Wireless store is seen in Lakewood, Colorado September 11, 2007. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - Verizon Communications Inc and AT&T Inc, the two largest U.S. mobile phone companies, grabbed the lion's share of a $19.12 billion auction of airwaves being vacated by television broadcasters.

Fri, 21 Mar 08
Verizon, AT&T win FCC auction, Google wins open spectrum (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080321/bs_afp/usgovernmenttelecomauction


A Verizon Wireless store in San Francisco. US telecom giants Verizon Wireless and AT&T took home the big prizes in a record-setting US wireless spectrum auction while Google got the open access it eagerly craves.(AFP/GETTY IMAGES/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - US telecom giants Verizon Wireless and AT&T on Thursday took home the big prizes in a record-setting US wireless spectrum auction while Google got the open access it eagerly craves.

Fri, 21 Mar 08
Mozilla says Firefox 3 ready for prime-time (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080320/wr_nm/mozilla_firefox_dc


An undated handout image of Mozilla's current Firefox browser. A new version of Mozilla's popular Firefox Web browser is ready for download with improved security and memory use as the tiny company takes a stab at Microsoft Corp's dominant Internet Explorer. (Mozilla/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - A new version of Mozilla's popular Firefox Web browser is ready for download with improved security and memory use as the tiny company takes a stab at Microsoft Corp's dominant Internet Explorer.

Fri, 21 Mar 08
Welcome to Neil McAllister on Software (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080321/tc_pcworld/143497
PC World - In an earlier era, you might have said that your most important business tool was your warehouse, or your fleet of vehicles, or even your phone system. Today, there's scarcely any facet of any business-- from accounting, to shipping and receiving, to communications, to manufacturing-- that isn't touched in some way by IT. And that means software.

Fri, 21 Mar 08
Pennsylvania Voter Reg Site Leaked Personal Info (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080321/tc_cmp/206905007
TechWeb - Before the site shut down, PDFs containing names, dates of birth, and portions of Social Security numbers could be accessed through the state's servers.

Fri, 21 Mar 08
Sony To Update Blu-Ray Features In PlayStation 3 (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080321/tc_cmp/206904991
TechWeb - The upgrade to PS3's BD-Live will add interactive features to movies and also allow users to download video content, ring tones, and games.

Thu, 20 Mar 08
Apple said to weigh unlimited music deal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080320/ap_on_hi_te/apple_unlimited_bundle


Apple CEO Steve Jobs gestures in front of an image of the new iPhone during a news conference in Cupertino, Calif., in this March 6, 2008, file photo. Apple is mulling a plan to upend its iTunes business by giving people unlimited free access to the music library if they're willing to pay more for the iPod and iPhone devices they use for playing and storing the digital media, according to a report published Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Apple Inc. is mulling a plan to upend its iTunes business by giving people unlimited free access to the music library if they're willing to pay more for the iPod and iPhone devices they use for playing and storing the digital media, according to a report published Wednesday.

Thu, 20 Mar 08
US-Swedish carrier spat 'breaks' Net (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080319/ap_on_hi_te/broken_internet
AP - President Bush famously spoke of "the Internets" in 2004. Well, they're here.

Thu, 20 Mar 08
Blog catapults Japan's new literary star (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080319/ap_on_hi_te/japan_blog_star


Japanese writer Mieko Kawakami answers questions during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo Wednesday, March 5, 2008. Just a few months ago, Kawakami was just another obscure singer. Today, she is Japan's biggest literary star — all because of a blog she started, rather casually, to promote her concerts and CDs. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - Mieko Kawakami, a former bar hostess and bookstore clerk, was just another obscure singer until she started a blog.

Thu, 20 Mar 08
Wells Fargo to sell online safes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080319/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_wells_fargo_online_vault
AP - Recognizing not all banking customers want a safe deposit box, Wells Fargo & Co. plans to sell online vaults as a secure and convenient alternative for storing vital records.

Thu, 20 Mar 08
Review: New browser eases Web sharing (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080319/ap_on_hi_te/tech_test_web_browsers
AP - Many people now create and share content on the Internet or blend services from various sites in their daily tasks, reflecting the medium's clear evolution from a place for simply consuming Web sites.

Thu, 20 Mar 08
Google February search share down globally (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080319/wr_nm/google_search_dc


Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt speaks during a news conference in Beijing March 17, 2008. (Grace Liang/Reuters)Reuters - Google Inc's share of the global Web search market dipped in February from January, even as its U.S. share rose, Internet financial analysts said on Wednesday, citing market research data.

Thu, 20 Mar 08
Dell Smartphone Appears Imminent, Analysts Say (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080319/tc_pcworld/143615
PC World - Dell is primed to enter the mobile-phone arena with a smartphone, but it will need an Apple iPhone killer to really make a dent in the market, analysts said.

Thu, 20 Mar 08
Sony Ericsson Sees Slowing Mobile Phone Sales (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080319/bs_ibd_ibd/20080319general01
Investor's Business Daily - Sony Ericsson on Wednesday said cell phone sales growth is slowing, especially for higher-end phones, helping to send shares of handset makers plummeting.

Thu, 20 Mar 08
Windows XP vs. Vista: An Explosion of Opinion (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080320/tc_pcworld/143414
PC World - A thousand people told us how they felt about Microsoft's plans to discontinue Windows XP. Here's a sampling of their thoughts on XP's fate, the state of Vista, Linux, OS X, and more.

Thu, 20 Mar 08
Microsoft and HP to set up Taiwan R&D centre (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080320/bs_nm/hp_microsoft_dc


An employee walks past a Hewlett-Packard logo during the second day of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong December 5, 2006. Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard, the world's top software and PC firms, on Thursday announced plans for a new product development centre in Taiwan, the world's computer-manufacturing hub. (Paul Yeung/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard , the world's top software and PC firms, on Thursday announced plans for a new product development centre in Taiwan, the world's computer-manufacturing hub.

Thu, 20 Mar 08
Adobe Launches Media Rights Management Server (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080320/tc_cmp/206904804
TechWeb - The server integrates into Adobe's Flash media player and video applications that run on Adobe's runtime environment called AIR.

Thu, 20 Mar 08
McDonough takes to the "Street" as villain (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080320/film_nm/mcdonough_dc
Reuters - Neal McDonough has joined the ensemble cast of "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li," the film adaptation of the popular Japanese video game.

Wed, 19 Mar 08
Adobe profit up 52 pct, beats Wall St. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080319/ap_on_hi_te/earns_adobe


Adobe Systems Inc. software is for sale on a shelf at Best Buy in Clarence, N.Y., Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Adobe is expected to announce quarterly earnings after the closing bell. (AP Photo/David Duprey)AP - Demand for design tools like Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver and for its Acrobat publishing tool pushed Adobe Systems Inc.'s profit up 52 percent in the first quarter, but the software maker still forecast just 13 percent revenue growth for the year.

Wed, 19 Mar 08
College gossip site under scrutiny (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080319/ap_on_hi_te/campus_gossip
AP - New Jersey prosecutors have subpoenaed records of JuicyCampus.com, a Web site that publishes anonymous, often malicious gossip about college students.

Wed, 19 Mar 08
Supermarket data breach still unsolved (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080318/ap_on_hi_te/retail_data_breach


Customers make their way out of Hannaford Supermarket in Saco, Maine Tuesday March 18, 2008. Hannaford Bros. Supermarkets have announced that authorities are investigating the theft of credit and debit card numbers in Maine and other states. (AP Photo/Shawn Patrick Ouellette)AP - It was during the card approval process that more than 4 million customer accounts at grocery stores in the Northeast and Florida were exposed to fraud, even though the company meets the latest standards for data security, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Wed, 19 Mar 08
Facebook adds privacy features (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080318/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_privacy_tweaks
AP - Facebook Inc. is tweaking the privacy settings on its popular online hangout to let users exert greater control over which of their friends are allowed to see personal details they post.

Wed, 19 Mar 08
Yahoo sees rosy outlook for 2009, 2010 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080318/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_outlook


A Yahoo! billboard is seen on 6th Street in San Francisco, California. Yahoo on Tuesday assured investors the firm's revenues will soar to 8.8 billion dollars by 2010 and that it is smart to resist Microsoft's 44.6-billion-dollar takeover offer.(AFP/GETTY IMAGES/File/David Paul Morris)AP - Yahoo Inc. has released a rosy outlook for the next two years, hoping to give investors a better understanding why the slumping Internet pioneer isn't willing to sell to Microsoft Corp. for less than $45 billion.

Wed, 19 Mar 08
Apple talking to labels about unlimited music: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080319/tc_nm/apple_music_dc


In this file photo Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs introduces full-length, high resolution movie downloads from the iTunes website to the crowd at an Apple media event at the Yerba Buena Center of the Arts theater in San Francisco, California, September 12, 2006. Apple is in talks with major music companies to offer customers free access to its entire iTunes music library in exchange for paying a premium for its iPods and iPhones, the Financial Times said. (Dino Vournas/Reuters)Reuters - Apple Inc is in talks with major music companies to offer customers free access to its entire iTunes music library in exchange for paying a premium for its iPods and iPhones, the Financial Times said.

Wed, 19 Mar 08
Google sees surge in Web use on hot mobile phones (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080319/wr_nm/google_mobile_dc


A pedestrian stops to take a photo of falling snow in New York, March 5, 2007. Google has seen an acceleration of Internet activity among mobile phone users in recent months since the company has introduced faster Web services on selected phone models, fueling confidence the mobile Internet era is at hand, the company said on Tuesday. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - Google Inc has seen an acceleration of Internet activity among mobile phone users in recent months since the company has introduced faster Web services on selected phone models, fueling confidence the mobile Internet era is at hand, the company said on Tuesday.

Wed, 19 Mar 08
Sony Ericsson says slowing European market hits Q1 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080319/bs_nm/sonyericsson_dc
Reuters - Sony Ericsson, the world's No. 4 cellphone maker, warned that slower growth in its European markets would hit its first quarter sales, though its gross margin would remain the same on the year ago level.

Wed, 19 Mar 08
Apple's New Safari Runs Faster, Supports Windows (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080318/bs_nf/58863
NewsFactor - Apple released a 3.1 version of its Safari Web browser on Tuesday with several improvements. Apple said the new version loads Web pages 1.9 times faster than Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 and 1.7 times faster than the open-source Firefox 2 browser. It also said Safari 3.1 runs JavaScript up to six times faster than any other browser, and it is the first to support new Web standards.

Wed, 19 Mar 08
Adobe offers rights management server (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080319/tc_infoworld/96076
InfoWorld - Adobe Systems is announcing availability Wednesday of Adobe Flash Media Rights Management Server software, a content protection product to help safeguard video content created for Adobe Flash technology.

Wed, 19 Mar 08
Facebook enhances privacy controls (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080318/tc_afp/lifestyleusitinternetcompanyfacebook


Facebook logo displayed on a computer screen. Facebook said Tuesday it is giving users more control over who gets to see personal information posted in profiles at the hot social-networking website.(AFP/File)AFP - Facebook said Tuesday it is giving users more control over who gets to see personal information posted in profiles at the hot social-networking website.

Wed, 19 Mar 08
Bridges joins Wahlberg in "Payne" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080319/film_nm/bridges_dc


Actor Beau Bridges, one of the stars of the drama film 'The Good German', poses at the film's Los Angeles premiere in Hollywood December 4, 2006. Bridges has joined the cast of the dramatic thriller 'Max Payne,' based on the hit Rockstar video game. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - Beau Bridges has joined the cast of the dramatic thriller "Max Payne," based on the hit Rockstar video game.

Tue, 18 Mar 08
EU picks mobile TV standard (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080317/ap_on_hi_te/eu_mobile_tv
AP - The European Union on Monday chose a mobile TV broadcast standard and suggested that its member governments now ask cell carriers to favor it.

Tue, 18 Mar 08
Dish Network reopens TiVo patent dispute (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080318/ap_on_hi_te/tivo_patent
AP - Dish Network Corp. on Monday asked a federal appeals court to rehear a patent dispute with TiVo Inc., saying the court's earlier ruling in TiVo's favor relied on inaccurate testimony from a TiVo witness.

Tue, 18 Mar 08
Justices turn down Microsoft appeal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080317/ap_on_hi_te/scotus_microsoft


Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt attends a news conference in Beijing March 17, 2008. Google Inc, the world's leading search engine, said on Monday it was concerned about the free flow of information on the Internet if Microsoft Corp were to succeed in acquiring Yahoo Inc. (Grace Liang/Reuters)AP - The Supreme Court on Monday handed Microsoft Corp. a defeat by refusing to rule on the software giant's request to halt an antitrust suit against it.

Tue, 18 Mar 08
Breach exposes 4.2M credit, debit cards (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080317/ap_on_hi_te/retail_data_breach
AP - A security breach at an East Coast supermarket chain exposed more than 4 million card numbers and led to 1,800 cases of fraud, the Hannaford Bros. grocery chain announced Monday.

Tue, 18 Mar 08
Minn. can't bar kids from violent games (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080317/ap_on_hi_te/video_game_law
AP - A federal appeals court on Monday upheld an injunction against a Minnesota law that targeted at children under 17 who rent or buy violent video games.

Tue, 18 Mar 08
New technology triggers battle for information from Tibet (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080318/tc_afp/chinaunresttibetrightstechnologymediainternet


A photo taken off of a large television screen shows Chinese President Hu Jintao. Blogs, chatrooms and mobile phones have helped information about Tibetan protests to stream out faster than ever, but China is also harnessing technology, as well as fear, to stem the flow(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - Blogs, chatrooms and mobile phones have helped information about Tibetan protests to stream out faster than ever, but China is also harnessing technology, as well as fear, to stem the flow.

Tue, 18 Mar 08
Putting customers to work, Nokia takes on the Web (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080318/wr_nm/nokia_future_dc


A Nokia concept phone made of recycled material is seen at a trade show in Barcelona February 12, 2008. Developing and testing new phone models were once like state secrets. But now, the handset giant is starting to flash new concepts to selected consumers, testing their appetite for new services. (Tarmo Virki/Reuters)Reuters - A popular video on Youtube shows a 'concept phone' that could -- literally -- bend to fit your wrist. Called Nokia Morph, it's also an image of how the world's largest mobile phone maker wants to change.

Tue, 18 Mar 08
Apple Launches 802.11n Mobile Base Station (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080317/bs_nf/58847
NewsFactor - Apple is keeping up with the wireless times. On Monday, the company updated its AirPort Express mobile base station with 802.11n, the latest standard approved by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Tue, 18 Mar 08
Red Hat Will Buy Systems Integrator Amentra (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080317/bs_nf/58830
NewsFactor - Red Hat will acquire privately held Amentra, a provider of systems-integration services to smooth the transition to service-oriented architecture (SOA) and business process management (BPM) projects.

Tue, 18 Mar 08
Amazon: Vista SP1 to arrive Tuesday (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080318/ap_on_hi_te/microsft_sp1_available
AP - A major package of updates and security fixes for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista operating system will be available for download Tuesday, according to Amazon.com Inc.'s Web site.

Tue, 18 Mar 08
Intel to Shrink Upcoming Nehalem Chips for Laptops (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080318/tc_pcworld/143540
PC World - Intel says that its upcoming chip microarchitecture, Nehalem, will first be targeted at servers and high-end desktops but later will be scaled down for laptops.

Tue, 18 Mar 08
PlayStation 3 Sales Surpass Xbox 360 (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080318/tc_cmp/206904230
TechWeb - Surpassing both consoles, however, was the Wii as Nintendo shipped 432,000 of the lower-priced consoles, an NPD Group survey reveals.

Mon, 17 Mar 08
Net video ads: attention vs. annoyance (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080316/ap_on_hi_te/online_video_ads


Yum Brands provided this screenshot of directdaniella.com, a Taco Bell-sponsored Web site offering a virtual photo shoot with Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Daniella Sarahyba. Marketers and Web sites alike are struggling to bring to the Internet ads that resemble television without turning off viewers the way TV ads often do. (AP Photo/Yum Brands)AP - Frank Harper is well aware that all those free video clips on the Internet come at a price: advertising.

Mon, 17 Mar 08
Startup aims to broker customer feedback (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080316/ap_on_hi_te/managing_online_reputations
AP - One of the great things about the Internet is the way people post reviews on just about anything you're considering trying, whether it's a movie, a new restaurant or the local florist.

Mon, 17 Mar 08
China blocks YouTube over Tibet videos (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080316/ap_on_hi_te/china_youtube_blocked


Tibetan monks offer prayers to those killed in the ancient Tibetan capital of Lhasa during the Chinese crackdown there on protestors at a monastery in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 16, 2008. China has stepped up security along its border with Nepal and has asked Nepalese officials to be on the lookout for pro-Tibet protests, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)AP - Internet users in China were blocked from seeing YouTube.com on Sunday after dozens of videos about protests in Tibet appeared on the popular U.S. video Web site.

Mon, 17 Mar 08
Google says Microsoft's Yahoo buy might hurt Internet (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080317/wr_nm/google_microsoft_dc


Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt attends a news conference in Beijing March 17, 2008. Google Inc, the world's leading search engine, said on Monday it was concerned about the free flow of information on the Internet if Microsoft Corp were to succeed in acquiring Yahoo Inc. (Grace Liang/Reuters)Reuters - Google Inc, the world's leading search engine, said on Monday it was concerned about the free flow of information on the Internet if Microsoft Corp were to succeed in acquiring Yahoo Inc.

Mon, 17 Mar 08
"Borat" co-star joins Bernie Mac comedy (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080317/tv_nm/borat_dc
Reuters - Ken Davitian, who shot to prominence as the nude wrestling partner in "Borat," has been cast in Fox's Bernie Mac comedy "Starting Under."

Mon, 17 Mar 08
Microsoft licenses Adobe mobile software (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080317/ap_on_bi_ge/microsoft_adobe
AP - Microsoft Corp. has licensed Adobe's software for viewing online videos and other files on cell phones, the companies said Monday.

Mon, 17 Mar 08
New immigration points could hit software trade: Indian minister (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080317/bs_afp/britainindiaimmigration


A new points-based immigration system in Britain may make it harder for developing countries to export software systems to the country, Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath, pictured, said in an interview published Monday(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)AFP - A new points-based immigration system in Britain may make it harder for developing countries to export software systems to the country, India's trade minister said in an interview published Monday.

Mon, 17 Mar 08
SpringSource offers SpringSource Tool Suite for Java (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080317/tc_infoworld/96005
InfoWorld - SpringSource, keeper of the Spring Framework, is announcing Monday the planned April release of the personal edition of SpringSource Tool Suite, a toolset intended to reduce complexity of enterprise Java development.

Mon, 17 Mar 08
Mergers are in the Air (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080316/tc_pcworld/143490
PC World - Though many tech vendors are suffering as the widening U.S. financial crisis slows down consumer and business spending, IT mergers and acquisitions including bellwethers such as Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Electronic Arts and AOL continue to reshape the technology landscape and provide opportunities for investors.

Sun, 16 Mar 08
eBay's Meg Whitman to co-chair McCain's campaign (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080316/wr_nm/whitman_mccain_dc


Meg Whitman, President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay Inc., speaks at the Web. 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, California, October 18, 2007. (Kimberly White - /Reuters)Reuters - Meg Whitman, eBay Inc.'s outgoing chief executive officer, will co-chair the national presidential campaign of U.S. Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee.

Sun, 16 Mar 08
Indie labels take e-commerce into their own hands (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080315/wr_nm/indies_dc
Reuters - With their digital download sites, a growing number of indie rock labels have begun to answer the prayers of fans who would love to hear long-out-of-print singles on their iPods or other mobile devices.

Sun, 16 Mar 08
UAE telecom group launches mobile operation in Nigeria (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080315/bs_afp/nigeriatelecomuae


A woman speaks on the phone as she reads an advertisement for Etisalat.The main telecom operator in the United Arab Emirates, Etisalat, has launched mobile services in Nigeria, becoming the fifth operator in the oil-rich west African country, officials have said.(AFP/File/Khaled Kandel)AFP - The main telecom operator in the United Arab Emirates, Etisalat, has launched mobile services in Nigeria, becoming the fifth operator in the oil-rich west African country, officials said Saturday.

Sun, 16 Mar 08
Red Hat Buys Amentra (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080315/tc_pcworld/143491
PC World - Red Hat has purchased Amentra, an IT consulting firm with open-source expertise, to sell its JBoss Java infrastructure to enterprises as the basis for SOAs (service-oriented architectures).

Sun, 16 Mar 08
A Glimpse of Microsoft's Enterprise Goals (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080315/tc_pcworld/143486
PC World - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used his opening keynote at Microsoft's Convergence user conference to not only preview a number of updates to the company's Dynamics line of business software, but also to make a firm declaration of the software giant's enterprise market plans.

Sun, 16 Mar 08
IBM Joins The Startup Buying Binge In ID Management (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080316/tc_cmp/206903563
TechWeb - Encentuate gets it experience in a key industry and flexibility in two-factor authentication.

Sat, 15 Mar 08
Microsoft, Yahoo execs finally meet (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080315/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo


A man drives a Mini Cooper with a Yahoo logo in front of Yahoo Inc headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, February 1, 2008. Microsoft Corp and Yahoo met on Monday to discuss Microsoft's takeover offer for the Internet company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. (Kimberly White/Reuters)AP - Microsoft Corp. met with Yahoo Inc. to discuss the software maker's unsolicited takeover bid earlier this week, a breakthrough that could be the first step toward a friendly deal between the two rivals.

Sat, 15 Mar 08
Court upholds tossing Craigslist lawsuit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080315/ap_on_hi_te/internet_discrimination
AP - Craigslist should not be held liable for discriminatory housing ads posted on the popular Web site, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

Sat, 15 Mar 08
Woman to record industry: Stop spying (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080315/ap_on_hi_te/music_lawsuit
AP - A woman who claims the recording industry's anti-music piracy campaign threatens and intimidates innocent people has filed a new complaint accusing record companies of racketeering, fraud and illegal spying.

Sat, 15 Mar 08
Man pleads guilty in e-mail spam case (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080315/ap_on_hi_te/spam_arrest
AP - A man once described as one of the world's top e-mail spammers pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, and failure to file a tax return.

Sat, 15 Mar 08
Peer-to-peer networks go legit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080314/ap_on_hi_te/peer_to_peer_business
AP - The technology best known for pirating movies, music and software online is increasingly being adopted by businesses as a cheap way to get video content to customers.

Sat, 15 Mar 08
Japan to strip Internet for illegal downloaders: report (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080315/tc_afp/entertainmentjapaninternetpiracycopyrightmusic


Isamu Kaneko (F) a former research assistant at Tokyo University, inventor of popular file-swapping software Winny, was ordered to pay a 1.5-million-yen (13,000 USD) fine in Japan's first ruling on file-sharing software, in 2006. In a new move against online piracy, Japanese companies plan to cut off the Internet connection of anyone who illegally downloads files.(AFP/Jiji Press/File)AFP - Japanese companies plan to cut off the Internet connection of anyone who illegally downloads files in one of the world's toughest measures against online piracy, a report said Saturday.

Sat, 15 Mar 08
You Tell Us: What Goes in This Year's Tech Top 100? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080315/tc_pcworld/143478
PC World - It's time once again for PC World to rank the top 100 tech products available today. Share your picks with us in our 15-minute survey, and you might win an iPod Touch.

Sat, 15 Mar 08
Trends & Innovations - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080314/bs_ibd_ibd/20080314trends
Investor's Business Daily - Cell phone users have increasingly embraced using the devices for e-commerce, says a new survey by researcher Harris Interactive. Among mobile owners, 16% use their phones for banking, and 25% of cell owners with Internet-enabled devices use them to shop online. People also are more open to on-the-go e-commerce, with 20% of survey respondents interested in eventually using their phones like mobile wallets, where charges are billed to their cell accounts.

Sat, 15 Mar 08
Zend PHP framework upgraded (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080314/tc_infoworld/95997
InfoWorld - Zend Technologies plans to announce availability of the open source Zend Framework 1.5 for building PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) applications next week.

Sat, 15 Mar 08
Enterprises warm up to SaaS, but concerns remain (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080314/tc_infoworld/96017
InfoWorld - Adoption of hosted applications among large companies jumped last year, but many CIOs and IT managers will not consider these SaaS (software-as-a-service) products due to concerns about security, cost, and integration, according to a Forrester Research study.

Sat, 15 Mar 08
Stay Up On Newest Tech (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080314/bs_ibd_ibd/20080314lands01
Investor's Business Daily - Think social networking is just a way for college kids to chat online? Think again. Eastman Kodak , Johnson & Johnson and NASA all use social networking tools authored by Ektron to connect employees via corporate intranets.

Sat, 15 Mar 08
Chinese Game Maker Seeks To Conquer World With Ancient Myth (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080314/bs_ibd_ibd/20080314newamer
Investor's Business Daily - "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is to China what "Morte d'Arthur" or "Antony and Cleopatra" is to the West: a centuries-old telling of an even more ancient history of kings, slaves, battles, betrayals, marriages and intrigue. The tale has adapted readily to the modern media age, spawning movies, TV shows, comic books and -- inevitably -- video games.

Fri, 14 Mar 08
Verizon gets cozy with P2P file-sharers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080314/ap_on_hi_te/p2p_verizon


Sun glints off a Verizon store sign in a Portland, Ore. file photo Oct. 30, 2006. Verizon Communications Inc. has broken ranks with the industry and is set to announce Friday that it plans to help its users share files faster — at least those who do it legally. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, file)AP - Peer-to-peer file sharing, the primary vehicle for online piracy, has been as unpopular with Internet service providers as it has been popular with users.

Fri, 14 Mar 08
Rumors rise over Sprint Nextel's fate (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080314/ap_on_hi_te/sprint_nextel_speculation
AP - Sprint Nextel Corp.'s plummeting stock price and the expected exodus of millions of subscribers this year have yielded a fresh round of speculation about the company's future.

Fri, 14 Mar 08
Some viruses come pre-installed (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080314/ap_on_hi_te/factory_installed_viruses


Computer consultant Jerry Askew poses with a digital photo frame at Askew Network Solutions in Granada Hills, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008. The frame, bought at a Target, tried to load 4 different Trojan viruses into his computer. A string of popular gadgets, from iPods to hard drives to GPS car navigation systems, have been infected with viruses during manufacturing over the past two years, exposing thousands of people to the most unexpected computer attack of all: one that sneaks in through a shrink-wrapped package straight from the factory. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - From iPods to navigation systems, some of today's hottest gadgets are landing on store shelves with some unwanted extras from the factory — pre-installed viruses that steal passwords, open doors for hackers and make computers spew spam.

Fri, 14 Mar 08
MSN chief leaves Microsoft (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080313/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_personnel
AP - The top executive at Microsoft Corp.'s MSN media network is leaving for Los Angeles advertising startup Spot Runner, the software maker said Thursday.

Fri, 14 Mar 08
Nigerian patent suit still dogs OLPC (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080313/ap_on_hi_te/hundred_dollar_laptop_suit
AP - A potential $20 million problem for the group behind the "$100 laptop" isn't going away easily.

Fri, 14 Mar 08
China outsurfs the US: research firm (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080314/tc_afp/chinausinternet


Computer gamesrs in Hangzhou. China now has about 220 million Internet users, overtaking the number of web surfers in the United States for the first time ever, a research firm said Friday(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - China now has about 220 million Internet users, overtaking the number of web surfers in the United States for the first time ever, a research firm said Friday.

Fri, 14 Mar 08
Sharp to sell cell phones in China before Olympics (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080314/tc_nm/sharp_china_dc
Reuters - Sharp Corp (6753.T) will start selling cell phones in China ahead of the Beijing Olympics, targeting the high-end market in the rapidly growing economy.

Fri, 14 Mar 08
KPMG Expert: Wi-Fi Security Still Too Complicated (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080313/tc_pcworld/143422
PC World - Companies rarely use the 802.1x access protocol and thus leave the door open for hackers, according to KPMG.

Fri, 14 Mar 08
Red Hat Buys Amentra To Boost JBoss Middleware (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080314/tc_cmp/206903595
TechWeb - The consulting firm specializes in guiding companies' legacy modernization and SOA implementation.

Fri, 14 Mar 08
Game maker EA's Take-Two bid now hostile (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080314/ap_on_bi_ge/electronic_arts_take_two


This photo released by Electronic Arts shows' 'Spore,' which is one of the first big games announced for Apple's iPhone. The video game maker EA said Thursday that it has launched a hostile $2 billion tender offer for rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (AP Photo/Electronic Arts)AP - The heat is on: Electronic Arts Inc.'s $2 billion bid for "Grand Theft Auto" maker Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. turned hostile Thursday as EA took its $26-per-share offer directly to Take-Two shareholders.

Fri, 14 Mar 08
Sun, NSA Link Arms To Improve Solaris (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080314/tc_cmp/206903615
TechWeb - The joint development project is intended to add to the mandatory access controls already provided by Solaris Trusted Extensions.

Fri, 14 Mar 08
U.S. video game sales jump 34 percent in Feb (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080313/tc_nm/videogames_sales_dc
Reuters - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software hit $1.33 billion in February, up 34 percent from a year earlier, with Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 topping Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 for the second month in a row.

Thu, 13 Mar 08
New sales program pays Facebook members (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080313/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_friendly_marketing


The Facebook logo is displayed at a news conference in New York in this November 6, 2007 file photo. A new application is aiming to inject more commerce into the social playground by paying Facebook members who help make sales to their friends. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, file)AP - Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout so far has proven to be a better place for promoting fun and games than peddling products.

Thu, 13 Mar 08
AOL launches paperless coupons service (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080313/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_paperless_coupons
AP - AOL wants you to stop clipping coupons or even printing them out. The company is launching a new service, Shortcuts, for manufacturers to distribute coupons on the Internet.

Thu, 13 Mar 08
Researchers show off laser-guided robot (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_hi_te/laser_guided_robot


Using a laser pointer, Hai Nguyen, a research student in Georgia Tech's Ph.D. program in Robotics, instructs the EL-E, a laser-directed robot, to pick up a cup at the Health Systems Institute in Atlanta, Friday, March 7, 2008. The robot, which was unveiled Wednesday at an Amsterdam conference, will be tested this summer in a real-world setting involving patients with a degenerative disease. (AP Photo/Stanley Leary)AP - The El-E robot looks like something you'd see in a Hollywood sci-fi flick: It's got two lenses spaced together just like eyes and a slender 5 1/2-foot-tall body. It spurts out wacky catch phrases when it accomplishes its goals.

Thu, 13 Mar 08
'Guitar Hero' subject of patent dispute (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080313/ap_on_hi_te/guitar_hero_dispute
AP - Video game publisher Activision Inc. has asked a federal court to declare that its popular "Guitar Hero" game does not violate a patent held by real-guitar maker Gibson Guitar Corp.

Thu, 13 Mar 08
Apple sued over iTunes technology (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080313/ap_on_hi_te/apple_itunes_lawsuit


Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks about software updates for the iPhone at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Thursday, March 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Apple Inc. was sued Wednesday over allegations its iTunes online music store and iPod music players are illegally using a patented method for distributing digital media over the Internet.

Thu, 13 Mar 08
Google to unveil new ad service for publishers: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080313/wr_nm/google_ads_dc


A Google search page is seen through the spectacles of a computer user in Leicester, England July 20, 2007. Google plans to unveil a new service that Web publishers can use to manage their online ad sales and serve up ads each time a consumer pulls up a Web page, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. (Darren Staples/Reuters)Reuters - Web search giant Google Inc plans to unveil a new service that Web publishers can use to manage their online ad sales and serve up ads each time a consumer pulls up a Web page, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Thu, 13 Mar 08
Acer unveils multimedia-optimized notebooks (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080312/tc_infoworld/95943
InfoWorld - Acer unveiled a line of multimedia-optimized laptops in New York on Wednesday at its splashy, first-ever U.S. press conference, where it also announced the close of its acquisition of Dutch computer-maker Packard Bell.

Thu, 13 Mar 08
Oracles Certifies Nokia Products (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080313/tc_cmp/206903328
TechWeb - The collaboration is a blend of CRM, database software, and wireless intended to save money and increase operational efficiency.

Thu, 13 Mar 08
Linux Foundation: We'd love to work with Microsoft (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080312/tc_infoworld/95939
InfoWorld - Jim Zemlin is the executive director of the Linux Foundation.

Thu, 13 Mar 08
EA plans tender offer for Take-Two: source (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080313/tc_nm/electronicarts_dc


A screenshot from 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'. Electronic Arts Inc plans to make a $26-a-share tender offer for all outstanding shares of rival video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc, following its rejection of EA's unsolicited offer at the same price last month, according to a person familiar with the matter. (Rockstar Games/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Electronic Arts Inc plans to launch a tender offer for all outstanding shares of rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc , publisher of "Grand Theft Auto" video games, a person familiar with the matter said, indicating EA's $1.9 billion bid is turning hostile.

Thu, 13 Mar 08
IBM moves on secure mashups (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080313/tc_infoworld/95924
InfoWorld - IBM is unveiling technology to secure mashups Thursday and is donating it to the OpenAjax Alliance, an organization promoting AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) interoperability.

Thu, 13 Mar 08
EA to turn Take-Two bid hostile: WSJ (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080313/bs_nm/ea_taketwo_dc


A screenshot from 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'. Electronic Arts Inc plans to make a $26-a-share tender offer for all outstanding shares of rival video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc, following its rejection of EA's unsolicited offer at the same price last month, according to a person familiar with the matter. (Rockstar Games/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Electronic Arts Inc plans to make a tender offer to acquire all of rival video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc's outstanding shares for $26 each, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
Japan investigating Apple's iPod (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_hi_te/japan_ipod


A consumer examines an iPod nano. The Japanese industry ministry has said that an iPod nano overheated and discharged sparks -- part of a list of recent serious incidents involving consumer products.(AFP/GETTY IMAGES/chris hondros)AP - Japan is investigating a possible defect in Apple Inc.'s iPod after one of the popular digital music players reportedly shot out sparks while recharging, a government official said Wednesday.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
Researchers hack defibrillators (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_hi_te/heart_device_hacking
AP - A common new technology for monitoring defibrillators is vulnerable to hacking and even to reprogramming that could stop the devices from delivering a lifesaving shock, according to research to be released Wednesday.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
Google wraps up $3.1B DoubleClick deal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_hi_te/google_doubleclick


The Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. The internet giant has completed its acquisition of online ad group DoubleClick after clearance by European and US antitrust enforcers.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AP - Google Inc.'s long-anticipated acquisition of online ad service DoubleClick Inc. is expected to turn the Internet search leader into an even more powerful marketing vehicle that's fueled by better insights about consumers.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
Online video site brings TV shows to Web (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_hi_te/online_video


Screengrab of www.hulu.com. Hulu, the online video joint venture of News Corp and General Electric's NBC Universal, will make its public debut on Wednesday with programming from Time Warner Inc's Warner Bros Television Group, Lionsgate and from sports leagues. (Screengrab/www.hulu.com/Reuters)AP - Hulu.com, a joint venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal, plans to open its online library of ad-supported TV shows and movies to the public on Wednesday, the company announced.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
US upholds 2 more stem cell patents (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_hi_te/stem_cell_patents
AP - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has upheld a second and a third University of Wisconsin-Madison patent covering embryonic stem cell research at the school.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
17 Tips For Getting Bloggers To Write About You (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080312/tc_cmp/206903066
TechWeb - One of the best ways to get publicity and generate buzz is to get bloggers to write about what you're doing. Boing Boing co-author Cory Doctorow provides some tips on making it easy for bloggers to point to you.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
Office 2008 update improves security, stability (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080312/tc_macworld/office2008updateimprovessecuritystability
Macworld.com - Microsoft on Tuesday announced the release of Office 2008 for Mac 12.0.1, an update to its office software suite for Mac OS X. The update is available for download from Microsoft's Web site or using the Microsoft AutoUpdate application.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
Nortel set to launch faster network technology (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080311/tc_nm/nortel_dc_dc
Reuters - Nortel Networks Corp is about to roll out new technology that lets telecom companies immediately quadruple the capacity of their networks to help them cope with a boom in Internet video, high-definition programming and the use of mobile video phones.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
Wal-Mart Stops In-Store Sales of Linux-Based PCs (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080311/bs_nf/58735
NewsFactor - It seemed like the start of a brave new era. Last fall, Wal-Mart announced it had sold out its initial order of Everex's gPC, a super-cheap $200 computer running Ubuntu Linux and tuned to Google's online applications. Now Wal-Mart has opted not to reorder the machines for in-store sales, although it's still being sold online. "This really wasn't what our customers were looking for," spokesperson Melissa O'Brien told the Associated Press.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
Take-Two posts wider 1Q loss, no EA news (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_hi_te/earns_take_two
AP - Its biggest moneymaker is weeks away from hitting store shelves, but "Grand Theft Auto" publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. posted fiscal first-quarter results that topped Wall Street's expectations Tuesday.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes A Dozen Office Flaws (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080312/tc_cmp/206903046
TechWeb - Security researchers suggest client-side vulnerabilities are more likely to bear fruit for hackers than the server side vulnerabilities.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
"Sin City" video game goes straight to the source (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080312/media_nm/media_sincity_dc


A video game enthusiast plays a game on the HP Blackbird 002 system at the HP booth at the E for All video game expo in Los Angeles, California October 19, 2007. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - Some films seem so perfect for converting to video games that one wonders why that never happened. Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill," for example.

Tue, 11 Mar 08
Iger: Disney to reap $1 billion online (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_hi_te/disney_online
AP - The Walt Disney Co. expects to collect $1 billion in revenue from online content this fiscal year, a significant rise from estimates for fiscal 2007, CEO Robert Iger said Monday.

Tue, 11 Mar 08
Circuit City tries to reinvent itself (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_hi_te/circuit_city_s_future


The computer display area at the newly redesigned Circuit City store in Richmond, Va. is seen Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. Circuit City, which hasn't seen a quarterly profit since August 2006 reported a wider-than-expected loss for the third quarter and also anticipates a 'modest loss'' in the fourth quarter, the period that included the bulk of the crucial holiday-shopping season. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - Dressed in jeans and black T-shirts and armed with touch-screen laptops, Generation Y employees at "The City" help customers choose the latest gadgets.

Tue, 11 Mar 08
Spitzer interest slows NY Times Web site (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_hi_te/spitzer_times_web_site
AP - The Web site of The New York Times suffered substantial delays Monday as traffic spiked following its reports linking Gov. Eliot Spitzer to a prostitution ring.

Tue, 11 Mar 08
Texas Instruments cuts outlook (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_hi_te/texas_instruments_outlook
AP - Texas Instruments Inc., which makes chips used in about half the world's cell phones, lowered its range of expected profits and sales in the first quarter, citing a key customer's decision to cut orders.

Tue, 11 Mar 08
Wal-Mart ends test of Linux in stores (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_hi_te/wal_mart_linux_computer
AP - Computers that run the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows didn't attract enough attention from Wal-Mart customers, and the chain has stopped selling them in stores, a spokeswoman said Monday.

Tue, 11 Mar 08
Google to media companies: We're your friend (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080310/tc_infoworld/95885
InfoWorld - Traditional media companies should see Google as a friend willing to help them take advantage of online opportunities and not as an enemy that competes with them.

Tue, 11 Mar 08
Norton AntiVirus Dual Protection for Mac debuts (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080311/tc_macworld/nortonantivirusdualprotectionformacdebuts
Macworld.com - Symantec on Monday introduced Norton AntiVirus Dual Protection for Mac. It costs $69.95 (that price includes a one-year subscription for virus updates).

Tue, 11 Mar 08
Nokia shares to drop as TI points to 3G weakness (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080311/bs_nm/nokia_shares_dc


The factory of Nokia is pictured in Bochum January 18, 2008. Shares in Nokia were expected to open lower on Tuesday, analysts said, after Texas Instruments said one of its key clients has cut plans for 3G phone making for March. (Ina Fassbender/Reuters)Reuters - Shares in the world's top cell phone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) were expected to open lower on Tuesday, analysts said, after Texas Instruments said one of its key clients has cut plans for 3G phone making for March.

Tue, 11 Mar 08
Take-Two shareholders slash stakes (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080311/bs_nm/taketwo_oppenheimer_dc


A screenshot from 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'. The two biggest owners of shares in Take-Two Interactive Software said on Monday they drastically cut their stakes in the video game publisher, potentially undermining management's stance that a $1.9 billion buyout offer from Electronic Arts is too low. (Rockstar Games/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - The two biggest owners of shares in Take-Two Interactive Software Inc said on Monday they drastically cut their stakes in the video game publisher, potentially undermining management's stance that a $1.9 billion buyout offer from Electronic Arts is too low.

Tue, 11 Mar 08
IBM pledges $1 billion to unified communications (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080310/tc_infoworld/95887
InfoWorld - IBM has committed to investing $1 billion in its unified communications strategy in the next three years as it sharpens its sword to do battle with Microsoft in a fast-growing market.

Tue, 11 Mar 08
EU Probes U.S. Online Gaming Enforcement (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080310/tc_pcworld/143295
PC World - The European Commission has agreed to look into a complaint filed with it last year by a London gambling trade group that claims the U.S. is unfairly discriminating against European online gambling companies.

Mon, 10 Mar 08
Microsoft will not rush Yahoo merger says exec: FT (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080310/wr_nm/microsoft_yahoo_dc


Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (L) with Ray Ozzie, chief software architect at his side, speaks to reporters at a news conference at the company headquarters in Redmond, Washington, February 21, 2008. Microsoft would not rush to merge its technology platform with Yahoo Inc's after a takeover of the Internet company, according to the Financial Times, citing an interview with Ozzie. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp would not rush to merge its technology platform with Yahoo Inc's after a takeover of the Internet company, according to the Financial Times, citing an interview with Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie.

Mon, 10 Mar 08
Notebook Sales Get a Boost from Retailers (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080309/tc_pcworld/143243
PC World - The trend toward users buying notebook computers instead of desktop PCs is helping boost market share for companies that have a strong retail presence, such as Hewlett-Packard and Acer, according to analysts.

Mon, 10 Mar 08
Software Companies Want Patent Reform by Congress (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080309/tc_pcworld/143246
PC World - An overhaul of the patent system and other measures to promote tech development efforts are top priorities of the Business Software Alliance.

Mon, 10 Mar 08
Microsoft Takes Another Step Toward Software As A Service (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080310/tc_cmp/206902297
TechWeb - At MIX conference, Ray Ozzie introduces hosted versions of Exchange and SQL Server.

Sun, 9 Mar 08
Volcanic View of the Internet (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080309/tc_pcworld/143254
PC World - The view from Mauna Kea offers a perspective on the accomplishments and remaining challenges of technology.

Sun, 9 Mar 08
Game developers bullish on iPhone (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080309/tc_macworld/gamedevelopersbullishoniphone
Macworld.com - Thursday's introduction of an iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) has game developers everywhere excited about the possibilities of iPhone game development, especially after seeing game demonstrations during the event. Developers agreed that Apple is pushing the iPhone as a major portable gaming platform.

Sun, 9 Mar 08
Motorola's Mobile Division Loses Another Exec (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080308/tc_pcworld/143251
PC World - The door continues to revolve at Motorola, with the former head of the company's struggling mobile phone division stepping down on Friday.

Sun, 9 Mar 08
Novell Exec Gripes About Patent Deal with Microsoft (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080308/tc_pcworld/143247
PC World - Novell Vice President Miguel de Icaza criticizes choice of Microsoft technology over open-source options.

Sun, 9 Mar 08
Software Piracy Conviction Sends Two to Jail (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080308/tc_pcworld/143252
PC World - Two brothers were sentenced Friday to multiyear prison terms for selling what the U.S. Department of Justice called "massive" amounts of pirated software online, the DOJ announced.

Sun, 9 Mar 08
Microsoft Takes Another Step Toward Software As A Service (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080309/tc_cmp/206902297
TechWeb - At MIX conference, Ray Ozzie introduces hosted versions of Exchange and SQL Server.

Sat, 8 Mar 08
Nissan goes green in new US headquarters (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080308/ap_on_bi_ge/nissan_green_headquarters_photo_pkg


Sun shades are seen being installed on the outside of the new 10-story Nissan headquarters in Franklin, Tenn., on Jan. 25, 2008. The shades act like reflective visors and have computer-designed blades to reduce glare and heat in the Southern summer. The building, with features aimed at showing a concern for the environment, opens in July 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - Nissan wants to talk about more than a way to drive at its soon-to-be-finished Americas headquarters.

Sat, 8 Mar 08
Cell carriers fight backup power rule (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_hi_te/cell_towers_fcc


Nolan Parker, of the Triangle Telephone Coop, climbs the company's cell phone tower east of Chester, Mont., on a routine maintenance and inspection trip in this April 12, 2006 file photo. The Federal Communications Commission wants most cell transmitter sites in the U.S. to have at least eight hours of backup power in the event main power fails, one of several moves regulators say will make the nation's communication system stronger and more reliable. (AP Photo/Great Falls Tribune, Stuart White, file)AP - When Hurricane Katrina assaulted the Gulf Coast in 2005, wind and flooding knocked out hundreds of cell towers and cell sites, silencing wireless communication exactly when emergency crews and victims needed it.

Sat, 8 Mar 08
Greener cell power presents challenges (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080308/ap_on_hi_te/cell_towers_green
AP - When wireless industry technicians speak of "green" cell towers these days, they're not just talking about making them look more like trees.

Sat, 8 Mar 08
MobiTV seeks to shut down Web forum (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_hi_te/mobitv_web_leak
AP - MobiTV Inc., which provides TV services on Sprint Nextel Corp. cell phones, is trying to shut down a Web forum that is carrying instructions on how to get access to its channels for free.

Sat, 8 Mar 08
2 top Yahoo execs get bigger bonuses (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080308/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_bonuses


The Yahoo logo is seen in New York in this Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008 file photo. Yahoo Inc. has extended a deadline for nominating candidates to its board, giving the struggling Internet pioneer more time to search for a white knight to help it fight off an unwanted takeover bid from Microsoft Corp. The announcement Wednesday comes amid published reports that Yahoo has stepped up discussions with Time Warner Inc. about acquiring or forming a joint venture with its AOL online unit to fend off the world's largest software company.y. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Yahoo Inc. increased two top executives' bonuses last year amid a deepening slump that set the stage for Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited bid for the struggling Internet pioneer.

Sat, 8 Mar 08
Google's Doubleclick Bid Expected to Proceed Soon (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080308/tc_pcworld/143248
PC World - The European Commission is expected to approve Google's planned acquisition of Internet advertising company DoubleClick in the coming weeks, according to people following merger reviews by Europe's top competition authority.

Sat, 8 Mar 08
Game developers bullish on iPhone (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080308/tc_macworld/gamedevel