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Wed, 30 Apr 08
Time Warner net falls 36 pct; Will separate cable business (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_hi_te/earns_time_warner
AP - Time Warner Inc. reported a 36 percent decline in first-quarter profits Wednesday following an asset sale a year ago and said it would spin off the rest of its cable business.

Wed, 30 Apr 08
Alcatel-Lucent reports Q1 loss amid stiff competition (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_hi_te/earns_france_alcatel_lucent
AP - Telecommunication equipment titan Alcatel-Lucent on Wednesday reported a fifth straight quarterly loss and said it expected annual revenues to fall while scaling back its market forecast for 2008.

Wed, 30 Apr 08
New CEO named at 3Com in wake of failed buyout (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_hi_te/3com_ceo
AP - Edgar Masri was removed as chief executive of data network equipment maker 3Com Inc. on Tuesday and immediately replaced by Robert Mao, a fluent Mandarin speaker who will be based in China, which the Massachusetts-based company sees as its biggest market.

Wed, 30 Apr 08
Electronics makers to create home networking standard (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_hi_te/home_network_standard
AP - Several electronics manufacturers said Tuesday they are working to create a worldwide standard for how their devices will talk with each other in people's homes.

Wed, 30 Apr 08
Tibco backing Microsoft Silverlight (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080430/tc_infoworld/99572
InfoWorld - Tibco Software is throwing its support behind Microsoft's new Silverlight browser plug-in technology for rich Internet applications and also is offering users of Microsoft Web services technology an alternative message platform.

Wed, 30 Apr 08
Asus: Eee PC Shipments to Soar in Second Quarter (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080430/tc_pcworld/145324
PC World - Asustek Computer on Wednesday forecast it will nearly double shipments of the popular Eee PC low-cost laptop in the second...

Wed, 30 Apr 08
Sony Ericsson Combines Java and Flash (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080430/tc_pcworld/145322
PC World - Sony Ericsson is hoping to promote "wow" mobile-phone applications by enabling developers to combine the best of Java and...

Wed, 30 Apr 08
Microsoft Uses Open Source To Extend Systems Management To Linux (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080430/tc_cmp/207402971
TechWeb - Microsoft is extending its management software to Linux and Unix by integrating some of the open source OpenPegasus project's code into System Center Operations Manager.

Wed, 30 Apr 08
'CSI' sleuths out Microsoft's latest technology (USATODAY.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080430/tc_usatoday/csisleuthsoutmicrosoftslatesttechnology
USATODAY.com - This episode of the CBS crime drama CSI: NY, scheduled to run Wednesday night, is fiction. But the technology at its core, Microsoft's Photosynth software, is real. It analyzes scores of images for similarities and stitches them into a three-dimensional reconstruction.

Wed, 30 Apr 08
SpringSource Launches Java Application Server (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080430/tc_pcworld/145323
PC World - SpringSource, maker of the Spring Framework for Java development, will announce a new application server on Wednesday that it...

Wed, 30 Apr 08
Microsoft Cuts Xbox Prices In Four Asian Markets (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080430/tc_cmp/207403172
TechWeb - The reductions will take effect this week in South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Tue, 29 Apr 08
IBM increases dividend 25 percent, reasserting confidence (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_hi_te/ibm_shareholders
AP - IBM Corp. increased its dividend payout 25 percent Tuesday, reflecting the technology company's confidence that it can thrive even with an uncertain economy.

Tue, 29 Apr 08
Yahoo to outsource Messenger phone calls to Jajah (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_jajah
AP - Yahoo Inc. is outsourcing the Internet telephone functions of its instant messaging program to the startup Jajah.

Tue, 29 Apr 08
Media co. Cox eyes online ad growth, buys startup for $300M (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080429/ap_on_hi_te/cox_online_ads
AP - Media conglomerate Cox Enterprises Inc., betting its future on Internet advertising as newspaper and television audiences shrink, plans to spend $300 million to buy a startup that helps Web sites pool their ad space.

Tue, 29 Apr 08
Warner Bros. pushes shows online with 2 new Web sites (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080428/ap_on_hi_te/warner_bros_online
AP - Warner Bros. is launching two Web sites to capture new ad revenue and a younger generation of viewers, the company said Monday.

Tue, 29 Apr 08
Microsoft, Yahoo aren't talking as investors await next move (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080428/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo


Graphic shows AP-Yahoo News surveys and exit poll results showing how Democrats feel about their preferred candidate?fs rival; 2c x 3 inches; 96.3 mm x 76.2 mmAP - The top executives at Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. haven't held any recent discussions to break an impasse that threatens to turn Microsoft's 3-month-old takeover bid into a slugfest.

Tue, 29 Apr 08
AOL and Yahoo Make IM VoIP Moves (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080429/tc_pcworld/145268
PC World - AOL and Yahoo separately on Tuesday made changes to the Internet telephony features within their IM (instant message)...

Tue, 29 Apr 08
'GTA IV' and 'Mario' will have a lock on video-game sales (USATODAY.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080429/tc_usatoday/gtaivandmariowillhavealockonvideogamesales
USATODAY.com - With the arrival in stores this week of long-awaited titles Grand Theft Auto IV and Mario Kart Wii, the already hot video game industry is headed for the stratosphere.

Tue, 29 Apr 08
Product review: Critical Links EdgeBox Business (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080429/tc_infoworld/99259
InfoWorld - Critical Links' EdgeBox line includes three Asterisk-based appliances: Office (40 users), Business (100 users), and Enterprise (300 users). The 2U rack-mount servers vary in disk space (80GB to 250GB), connectivity (such as integrated Wi-Fi), and redundancy options.

Tue, 29 Apr 08
Product review: Fonality PBXtra 4.0 (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080429/tc_infoworld/99294
InfoWorld - Fonality takes a different approach with PBXtra, which, like cousin Trixbox and Critical Links' EdgeBox, incorporates the open source Asterisk.

Tue, 29 Apr 08
Product review: Allworx 24x (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080429/tc_infoworld/99254
InfoWorld - Allworx's trio of product lines include two VoIP telephone handsets, three combination telephony and network servers, plus five software packages that are separately licensed for unlimited use.

Tue, 29 Apr 08
LinkedIn Prepares for Lucrative Push Into Europe (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080429/tc_pcworld/145265
PC World - LinkedIn is building up its European operations in order to carve out a larger piece of the social-networking pie.

Tue, 29 Apr 08
'Grand Theft Auto IV' is exhilarating adventure (USATODAY.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080429/tc_usatoday/grandtheftautoivisexhilaratingadventure
USATODAY.com - Let's cut right to the chase: Grand Theft Auto IV is not a video game for kids, tweens or even young teenagers. As with its controversial predecessors, the latest in the 70 million unit-selling series is a Mature-rated adventure, created for players 17 years of age and older as it gives you a virtual taste of the criminal underworld. Think of it as an interactive episode of The Sopranos, if you will.

Mon, 28 Apr 08
Bloggers offer glimpse of uncensored Cuba (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080427/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cuban_bloggers
AP - Only a month has passed since ordinary Cubans won the right to own computers, and the government still keeps a rigid grip on Internet access.

Mon, 28 Apr 08
Miley Cyrus says Vanity Fair photo spread embarrasses her (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080428/ap_en_mu/people_miley_cyrus


In this April 14, 2008 file photo singer and actress Miley Cyrus arrives at the 2008 CMT Awards in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)AP - Miley Cyrus is taking issue with a photo of herself that's going around, and it's not another amateur, truth-or-dare Internet snapshot — it's the handiwork of Annie Leibovitz.

Mon, 28 Apr 08
Nokia unveils 3 new mid-range phone models (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080428/tc_nm/nokia_phones_dc


A man talking on his mobile phone walks past Nokia's flagship store in Helsinki in this August 16, 2007 file photo. Nokia, the world's top cell phone maker, unveiled three new phone models on Monday, targeting the highly competitive market for mid-priced phones. (Bob Strong/Reuters)Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's top cell phone maker, unveiled three new phone models on Monday, targeting the highly competitive market for mid-priced phones.

Mon, 28 Apr 08
Freenet signs agreement to buy Debitel for $2.5B (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080427/ap_on_bi_ge/freenet_debitel
AP - German Internet and telecommunications provider Freenet AG said Sunday that it has agreed to acquire mobile telephone operator Debitel for about 1.63 billion euros ($2.54 billion).

Mon, 28 Apr 08
Black Duck Buying Koders for Code Search (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080428/tc_pcworld/145187
PC World - Black Duck Software plans to announce Monday that it has purchased the assets of Koders, maker of a code search engine and...

Mon, 28 Apr 08
Social networking applications can pose security risks (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080427/ap_on_hi_te/not_so_private


University of Virginia computer science student Adrienne Felt poses for a photo on Thursday, April 17, 2008, in Charlottesville, VA. Felt has researched the issue of online privacy as it relates to third-party applications that people routinely download on Web sites such as Facebook. (AP Photo/Andrew Shurtleff)AP - Sarah Brown is unusually cautious when it comes to social networking. The college sophomore doesn't have a MySpace page and, while she's on Facebook, she does everything she can to keep her page as private as she can.

Mon, 28 Apr 08
Cheers and fears as Grand Theft Auto IV revs at starting line (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080427/ennew_afp/lifestylevideogamesusitchildrencompanyrockstar


An earlier version of the AFP - "Grand Theft Auto IV" hits streets on Tuesday and is expected to race into record books as the fastest-selling video game ever despite being tailed by critics condemning its violent themes.

Sun, 27 Apr 08
Saudi blogger freed after 4 months jail: colleague (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080426/wr_nm/saudi_blogger_dc
A generic picture of a computer keyboard. OFFPO (Catherine Benson CRB/Reuters)Reuters - A Saudi blogger detained without charge for more than four months after expressing pro-reform opinions has been released, a colleague said on Saturday.

Sun, 27 Apr 08
Parliant adds pro voice services to telephony tools (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080427/tc_macworld/parliantaddsprovoiceservicestotelephonytools
Macworld.com - Parliant on Friday announced the availability of professional voice recording services for its PhoneValet and PhoneHerald Mac telephony products.

Sun, 27 Apr 08
Urban miners look for precious metals in cell phones (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080427/tc_nm/japan_metals_recycling_dc


Printed circuit boards, collected from discarded electronic items, are piled up at Dowa Holdings Co's Eco-System Recycling Co, a recycling plant, in Honjo, north of Tokyo March 28, 2008. Thinking of throwing out your old cell phone? Think again. Maybe you should mine it first for gold, silver, copper and a host of other metals embedded in the electronics -- many of which are enjoying near-record prices. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Thinking of throwing out your old cell phone? Think again. Maybe you should mine it first for gold, silver, copper and a host of other metals embedded in the electronics -- many of which are enjoying near-record prices.

Sun, 27 Apr 08
Microsoft takeover deadline for Yahoo expires (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080427/bs_afp/usitinternettakeovercompanyyahoomicrosoftexpire


A Microsoft deadline for Internet service company Yahoo to accept its 44.6-billion-dollar (28.5-billion-euro) acquisition offer expired at midnight Saturday, setting the stage for a hostile takeover bid by the software giant.(AFP/File)AFP - A Microsoft deadline for Internet service company Yahoo to accept its 44.6-billion-dollar (28.5-billion-euro) acquisition offer expired at midnight Saturday, setting the stage for a hostile takeover bid by the software giant.

Sun, 27 Apr 08
Cheers and fears as Grand Theft Auto IV revs at starting line (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080427/tc_afp/lifestylevideogamesusitchildrencompanyrockstar


An earlier version of the AFP - "Grand Theft Auto IV" hits streets on Tuesday and is expected to race into record books as the fastest-selling video game ever despite being tailed by critics condemning its violent themes.

Sat, 26 Apr 08
Microsoft in quandary over Yahoo bid as key deadline looms (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo


Microsoft's unwanted courtship of Yahoo hits a critical point Saturday as a deadline arrives for the Internet pioneer to accept the software giant's 44.6 billion dollar takeover offer(AFP/File/AFP)AP - Microsoft Corp. is no closer to buying Yahoo Inc. than when it made its $44.6 billion bid nearly three months ago, leaving the software maker in a quandary over whether the deal is still worth pursuing.

Sat, 26 Apr 08
GPS market at turning point with sliding prices, demand off (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/ap_on_hi_te/gps_challenge


A woman using a cell phone walks past tourists looking at a city map in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Some analysts believe that as stand-alone GPS devices are overtaken by cell phones and other devices with navigation technology built in, GPS devices will become low-margin commodity products, like pocket calculators. (AP Photo/Peter DeJong)AP - Consumer navigation devices have gone from expensive gadgets to mainstream gear in just three years, but Europe's largest maker is struggling.

Sat, 26 Apr 08
E-Trade CFO and general counsel resign (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080426/ap_on_hi_te/e_trade_executives_resign
AP - An executive exodus from troubled online brokerage E-Trade Financial Corp. is continuing, with the chief financial officer's and general counsel's departures announced Friday as the company grapples with massive losses stemming from its hemorrhaging mortgage business.

Sat, 26 Apr 08
Multimedia guide tracks Berlin Wall (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/ap_on_hi_te/germany_berlin_wall_gps_guide


A woman poses for photographers with a new audio wall-guide for tourists in the German capital Berlin, on Thursday, April 24, 2008. The GPS device automatically gives information on the course, surrounding and sites of the former Berlin Wall depending on where the tourist is standing. (AP Photo/Miguel Villagran)AP - It can be hard to find what remains of the Berlin Wall, a divisive landmark that for 28 years split the German capital and an entire generation.

Sat, 26 Apr 08
Web 2.0: Whatever Google Knows About Spam, It Isn't Saying (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080426/tc_cmp/207402226
TechWeb - Trust and reputation systems are a great way to reduce spam, but Google avoids talk of an ongoing flood of malware-infected porn on Google Groups pages.

Sat, 26 Apr 08
Parliant adds pro voice services to telephony tools (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080426/tc_macworld/parliantaddsprovoiceservicestotelephonytools
Macworld.com - Parliant on Friday announced the availability of professional voice recording services for its PhoneValet and PhoneHerald Mac telephony products.

Sat, 26 Apr 08
Report clears adviser's role in wireless auction (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080425/wr_nm/wireless_auction_dc
Reuters - An investigation has cleared a for-profit adviser of any blame for tripping up U.S. government plans to create a wireless network that could be shared with emergency workers.

Sat, 26 Apr 08
One Laptop Per Child Controversy Centers on Windows (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080425/bs_nf/59479
NewsFactor - The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative wants more kinds of Sugar, and some developers are not sweet on that idea. Sugar is the user interface created for the low-cost laptop developed by a team headed by MIT Media Lab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte. The XO laptop, originally intended for a price point of $100 and incorporating an open-source Linux operating system, is designed for use by children in third-world countries.

Sat, 26 Apr 08
US targets China, Russia, 7 other nations on copyrights (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080426/ap_on_bi_ge/copyright_piracy


President Bush waves upon his returns to the White House in Washington, Friday, April 25, 2008, after a day trip to Connecticut. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The Bush administration is accusing China, Russia and seven other nations of failing to protect American producers of movies, computer software and other copyrighted material from widespread piracy.

Sat, 26 Apr 08
Networking Fest Stakes New Claims (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080426/tc_pcworld/145156
PC World - This year marks a watershed for the Interop trade show in Las Vegas, as the granddaddy of enterprise networking events adds a...

Sat, 26 Apr 08
Crime pays for music biz with new Grand Theft Auto (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080426/en_nm/grandtheft_dc


In this screenshot provided by Rockstar Games, a scene from the best-selling video game 'Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas' is shown. Beatings, carjackings, drive-by shootings, drunk driving and hookers. For video game fans, it can only mean one thing: 'Grand Theft Auto 4' is here, with all the subtlety of a shotgun blast. The latest chapter in the wildly popular and controversial criminal action franchise from Take-Two Interactive Software Inc is poised to be the biggest entertainment product of the year, with expected first-week sales of up to $400 million. (Rockstar Games/Handout/Files/Reuters)Reuters - When "Grand Theft Auto IV" reaches stores on Tuesday, the latest chapter in the wildly popular and controversial videogame franchise will make history on several levels.

Fri, 25 Apr 08
Scanning world's every book means turning many, many pages (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/ap_on_hi_te/google_book_search


Courtney Mitchel looks over a page scan of a rare, centuries-old Bible in Ann Arbor, Mich., March 21, 2008. Mitchel is among hundreds of librarians from Minnesota to England helping Google Inc.'s Book Search create digital versions of all the estimated 50 million to 100 million books in the world and make them readily available online for free for people everywhere. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - In a dimly lit back room on the second level of the University of Michigan library's book-shelving department, Courtney Mitchel helped a giant desktop machine digest a rare, centuries-old Bible.

Fri, 25 Apr 08
Microsoft 2009 outlook rosy, but investors trip on near-term (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/ap_on_hi_te/earns_microsoft


Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., talks to the crowd of scientists as the keynote speaker for the seventh annual Institute for Systems Biology International Symposium in Seattle in this April 21, 2008, file photo. Microsoft Corp. is expected to report fiscal third-quarter earnings, Thursday, April 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey, File)AP - Microsoft Corp. is looking ahead to a strong fiscal 2009, with or without Yahoo.

Fri, 25 Apr 08
Toshiba's net profit plunges (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/ap_on_hi_te/earns_japan_toshiba
AP - Japan's Toshiba Corp. said Friday its net profit plummeted a staggering 95 percent in the January-March quarter due to losses related to its exit from next-generation video HD DVD business.

Fri, 25 Apr 08
Yahoo plans makeover with elements of social network (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/ap_on_hi_te/open_yahoo
AP - Yahoo Inc. plans to make its Web site a social hub by hosting applications from other online services, part of the Internet pioneer's effort to spawn more advertising opportunities.

Fri, 25 Apr 08
Qwest introduces 20 megabit DSL in some areas (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_hi_te/qwest_dsl
AP - Qwest Communications International Inc. on Thursday introduced DSL plans with faster download speeds, including one that is the fastest DSL service from a major U.S. phone company.

Fri, 25 Apr 08
China Tops US for Internet Population Lead (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080425/tc_pcworld/145108
PC World - China has proclaimed itself the world's largest Internet market, with 221 million Internet users, state media reported...

Fri, 25 Apr 08
Nintendo: no plan to cut Wii, DS prices this year (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080425/tc_nm/nintendo_dc


Nintendo Co's Wii game console is displayed as a woman looks at a game software title for Wii at at a Sofmap store in Tokyo's Akihabara district April 24, 2008. Nintendo said it has no plan to cut the prices of its Wii console and DS handheld players this year, underscoring its confidence in continued demand for the Japanese videogame maker's two growth engines. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) said it has no plan to cut the prices of its Wii console and DS handheld players this year, underscoring its confidence in continued demand for the Japanese videogame maker's two growth engines.

Fri, 25 Apr 08
People's decisions to cut back add up to weaker economy (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/ap_on_bi_ge/doing_without


Paula Rockwell poses for a portrait, Thursday, April 24, 2008, in Baltimore. Rockwell described the current economic climate as being fraught with insecurity. Sixty percent of the U.S. public says they are now less comfortable about making a a big-ticket financial commitment, such as buying a home or a car, than just six months ago, underscoring their more circumspect behavior, according to the RBC Cash poll conducted by Ipsos, an international polling firm, in early April. A year ago, 48 percent said they were less comfortable about making a major purchase. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - Monique Blake won't be shopping for new clothes. William Acosta got rid of his cell phone. Paula Rockwell put off buying a home.

Fri, 25 Apr 08
VCs Pour On Investments For Open-Source Leaders (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080424/bs_ibd_ibd/20080424tech01
Investor's Business Daily - Makers of open-source software received more venture funding last quarter than ever, according to a new report, but the youngest open-source startups also set a record -- for their dearth of funding.

Fri, 25 Apr 08
Microsoft sticks to its bid for Yahoo (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080425/bs_afp/usitinternettakeovercompanyyahoomicrosoft


This file photo shows Microsoft office in Herndon, Virginia, and Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Microsoft's chief financial officer said Thursday that the US software giant is standing by its 44.6 billion dollar bid for Yahoo and the April 26 deadline it gave the struggling Internet pioneer to decide.(AFP/File)AFP - Microsoft's chief financial officer said Thursday that the US software giant is standing by its 44.6 billion dollar bid for Yahoo and the April 26 deadline it gave the struggling Internet pioneer to decide.

Fri, 25 Apr 08
Sun Buys Processor Startup Montalvo Systems (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080425/tc_pcworld/145105
PC World - Sun Microsystems acquired microprocessor startup Montalvo Systems for an undisclosed sum, the company confirmed Thursday.

Fri, 25 Apr 08
Asian history inspires new online games (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080424/wr_nm/column_pluggedin_dc


South Korean traditional art of sword-fighting 'Haedong Gumdo' master Youn Ja-kyung holds a sword during training north of Seoul April 9, 2004. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)Reuters - After exhausting just about every elf, dragon and knight featured in Western cultures, makers of popular online games are turning to ancient Asian history and war heroes for new inspiration.

Thu, 24 Apr 08
China ties US for most Web users at 221 million people (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_hi_te/china_internet_boom


In this March 6, 2008 file photo, people surf the web at an Internet cafe in Shenyang in northeast China's Liaoning province. China's booming population of Internet users has soared to 221 million, tying the United States for the biggest number of people online, according to data reported Thursday April 24, 2008. (AP Photo/File)AP - China's fast-growing population of Internet users has soared to 221 million, tying the United States for the largest number of people online, according to government data reported Thursday.

Thu, 24 Apr 08
Apple's 2Q results beat Wall Street views, but stock wobbles (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_hi_te/earns_apple


Apple CEO Steve Jobs speaks at the Apple headquarters in March 2008 in Cupertino, California. Apple on Wednesday reported profits in the first three months of the year topped one billion dollars as sales of Macintosh computers climbed more than 50 percent.(AFP/GETTY IMAGES/File/David Paul Morris)AP - Apple Inc.'s fiscal second quarter was another blowout, with results that easily surpassed Wall Street's expectations, but it wasn't enough for investors to warm up to the company's stock any further.

Thu, 24 Apr 08
Amazon 1Q profit rises; investors still worry about economy (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_hi_te/earns_amazon


Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, introduces the Kindle at a news conference in New York in this Nov. 19, 2007 file photo. Investors are looking past Amazon's double-digit growth in first-quarter earnings to spot signs that the Web retailer is not immune from broader economic uncertainty. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - Eagle-eyed investors are looking past Amazon.com Inc.'s double-digit growth in first-quarter earnings to spot signs that the Web retailer is not immune from broader economic uncertainty.

Thu, 24 Apr 08
Lolcat site hiring; spelling skillz optional (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080423/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_i_can_has_cheezburger
AP - "I can haz dream Job? My rezumez! let me showz u thm"

Thu, 24 Apr 08
Research: Security gaps open when ISPs hire third parties (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080423/ap_on_hi_te/internet_provider_vulnerability
AP - When Internet providers hire third-party companies to serve up advertisements on unused Web pages, that creative attempt to make money can open major security vulnerabilities they can't control, a researcher has found.

Thu, 24 Apr 08
China becomes world's largest Internet population (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080424/tc_nm/china_internet_dc


An Internet cafe in China's northwestern Qinghai province in a 206 photo. China has surpassed the United States to become the world's largest Internet-using population, reaching 221 million by the end of February, state media said on Thursday. (Simon Zo/Files/Reuters)Reuters - China has surpassed the United States to become the world's largest Internet-using population, reaching 221 million by the end of February, state media said on Thursday.

Thu, 24 Apr 08
Nintendo Q4 jumps 60 pct on Wii boom, outlook modest (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080424/tc_nm/nintendo_results_dc


An employee arranges Nintendo Co's game software titles at a Sofmap store in Tokyo's Akihabara district, April 24, 2008. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)Reuters - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS), maker of the hit Wii game machine, said on Thursday fourth-quarter profit jumped 60 percent but it forecast only modest annual growth of 9 percent as sales of its DS handheld machine slow.

Thu, 24 Apr 08
Vodafone in venture to boost mobile Internet (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080424/wr_nm/vodafone_dc


Passer-by walks past a Vodafone store in central London May 30, 2006. Vodafone said on Thursday it was linking up with China Mobile and Softbank to help accelerate the commercial deployment of mobile Internet services. (Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters)Reuters - British mobile phone group Vodafone said on Thursday it was linking up with China Mobile and Softbank to help accelerate the commercial deployment of mobile Internet services.

Thu, 24 Apr 08
OLPC Switch to Windows on XO Is 'muddled,' Developers Say (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080423/tc_pcworld/145022
PC World - Open-source developers should stop bickering, unite and jointly develop a Windows user interface to make XO laptops more...

Thu, 24 Apr 08
Web Apps Developers Told to Aim for Lofty Goals (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080424/tc_pcworld/145040
PC World - Beyond commercial success, developers of social applications must aspire to trigger significant change via their software and...

Thu, 24 Apr 08
So What Is an Enterprise Mashup, Anyway? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080424/tc_pcworld/145039
PC World - Big vendors like Oracle, IBM and Microsoft are all over the show floor at the Web 2.0 Expo this week, testimony that new...

Thu, 24 Apr 08
Nintendo operating profits double amid brisk Wii sales (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080424/bs_afp/japangamecompanyearningsnintendo


A woman plays with the Nintendo Wii controller at the Riderwood Retirement Community in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, January 2008. Japanese video game giant Nintendo Co. has said that its annual operating profit had more than doubled as sales hit a record high on surging demand for its Wii and DS consoles.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - Japanese video game giant Nintendo Co. said Thursday that its annual operating profit had more than doubled as sales hit a record high on surging demand for its Wii and DS consoles.

Wed, 23 Apr 08
Microsoft's Tellme launches BlackBerry voice search (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080423/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_tellme_for_blackberry
AP - Microsoft Corp.'s Tellme subsidiary launched an application for the BlackBerry on Tuesday that lets people speak commands into their smart phones to search for businesses, look up movie times, check traffic and make other queries.

Wed, 23 Apr 08
Craigslist fires back, blasts eBay actions as unethical (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080423/ap_on_hi_te/ebay_craigslist
A screen grab of Craigslist's San Francisco Bay Area site. REUTERS/www.craigslist.orgAP - Craigslist is firing back at its rival and minority owner eBay, scolding the online auctioneer's actions as unethical and smelling of a hostile takeover.

Wed, 23 Apr 08
Robotic vigilante: Homemade 'Bum Bot' patrols in Atlanta (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080422/ap_on_hi_te/bum_busting_robot
AP - Cars passing O'Terrill's pub screech to a halt at the sight of a 300-pound, waist-high robot marked "SECURITY" rolling through downtown long after dark.

Wed, 23 Apr 08
It's no LOL: Few US doctors answer e-mails from patients (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080423/ap_on_he_me/doctor_e_mail


Graphic shows the number of patients and doctors communicating using online services; 1c x 4 1/4 inches; 46.5 mm x 108 mmAP - Suzanne Kreuziger is a registered nurse who uses e-mail almost exclusively to communicate with friends. But when it comes to reaching her doctor, there's a frustrating firewall.

Wed, 23 Apr 08
Google accused of deception in selling AdSense keyword ads (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080422/ap_on_hi_te/google_lawsuit


Google Inc. Vice President and Internet Evangelist chief Vinton G. Cerf, second left, and his wife Sigrid, left, are congratulated by Japan's Empeor Akihito, second left, and Empress Michiko, right, during an award ceremony in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Cerf shared the 2008 Japan Prize in Information Communication Theory and Technology with Corporation for National Research Initiatives Chairman, CEO and President Robert E. Kahn. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - An advertiser sued Google Inc. in federal court Tuesday claiming the company deceived him and charged for ads displayed on third-party Web sites, even though he left blank an "optional" box that seemed to address the issue.

Wed, 23 Apr 08
In a flash, Strobist blog about lighting photos hit it big (USATODAY.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080423/tc_usatoday/inaflashstrobistblogaboutlightingphotoshititbig
USATODAY.com - COLUMBIA, Md. - He jotted down some ideas and posted a blog - Strobist - to show how any beginning photographer could get beyond ordinary shots by using inexpensive, $300 flashes, just like pros. Then the world found out about him. Hobby now has 200,000 mostly amateur photographers as devoted readers. His site attracts 1.6 million page views a month.

Wed, 23 Apr 08
Hamilton savings bond calculator adds import/export (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080423/tc_macworld/hamiltonsavingsbondcalculatoraddsimportexport
Macworld.com - Steven Huey Software on Tuesday announced the release of Hamilton 1.1, an update to its savings bond management software for Mac OS X. A free update for registered users, Hamilton costs $19.95. A demo is available.

Wed, 23 Apr 08
Sony Ericsson sees profits halved in first quarter (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080423/bs_afp/swedenjapantelecomequipcompanyearningssonyericsson


Sony Ericsson's factory in Ribeauville, eastern France. Sony Ericsson, the Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker, said its profits plunged in the first quarter as its average selling price dropped due to its reorientation towards low and mid-end phones.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)AFP - Sony Ericsson, the Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker, said on Wednesday its profits plunged in the first quarter as its average sale price fell due to its reorientation towards low and mid-end phones.

Wed, 23 Apr 08
Low-cost laptop program sees a key leadership defection (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080422/ap_on_hi_te/hundred_dollar_laptop


In this Dec. 12, 2007 file photo, Exadith Solis, 8, looks up while using her 'XO' laptop in Arahuay, an Andean hilltop village in Peru. Walter Bender, a key person behind the '$100 laptop' for schoolchildren has left the project as the organization overhauls its operations and prepares to tweak its open-source approach by welcoming Microsoft Corp.'s Windows. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, file)AP - A key person behind the "$100 laptop" for schoolchildren has left the project as the organization overhauls its operations and prepares to tweak its open-source approach by welcoming Microsoft Corp.'s Windows.

Wed, 23 Apr 08
Microsoft CEO stands by bid for Yahoo (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080423/bs_nm/yahoo_microsoft_dc


Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer walks past a poster in Zurich, October 4, 2007. Ballmer reiterated on Wednesday that the software giant stood by its bid for Yahoo and would 'move forward' if the Internet company's board rejected it. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is standing by its $44 billion bid for Yahoo Inc and will "move forward" if it is rejected, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.

Wed, 23 Apr 08
Sun gears JavaFX for consumer move (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080423/tc_infoworld/99052
InfoWorld - JavaFX, introduced by Sun last year as a Java-based platform for building visually oriented applications, will be leveraged in the growing consumer application space.

Wed, 23 Apr 08
EU to Set Guidelines on Video Game Sales to Children (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080422/tc_pcworld/144945
PC World - The video gaming industry must do more to protect minors from unsuitable material and cooperate better with national...

Tue, 22 Apr 08
Writers push for laws to maintain Internet freedom (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080422/ap_on_go_co/internet_regulation


In this Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008 file photo, Patric Verrone, president of the Writers Guild of America, West, speaks to reporters at news conference in Los Angeles. During the recent writers strike that virtually paralyzed television production for three months, Verrone learned the value of the Internet. It was his job to keep his members unified during the highly public, 100-day strike, and the Internet proved invaluable. (AP Photo/Nick Ut/FILE)AP - During the recent writers strike that virtually paralyzed television production for three months, Patric Verrone learned the value of the Internet.

Tue, 22 Apr 08
Yahoo's first-quarter earnings could sway Microsoft battle (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080421/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_microsoft


News Corp Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch smiles during a news conference before the 2008 Atlantic Council Awards Dinner in Washington April 21, 2008. News Corp's Rupert Murdoch left the door open on Monday to a joint bid with Microsoft Corp to buy Yahoo Inc, a day ahead of Yahoo's quarterly financial report. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)AP - After two years of crumbling profits, Yahoo Inc. can't afford another letdown Tuesday when the Internet icon reports its first-quarter earnings.

Tue, 22 Apr 08
China's Huawei jumping into US market one step at a time (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080421/ap_on_hi_te/huawei


A man passes the Huawei booth during the CTIA wireless show at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 in Las Vegas. With the Chinese economy blossoming, Huawei could be a forerunner of a wave of Chinese companies bringing cheap products and competition for incumbent manufacturers — in Huawei's case, companies like Alcatel-Lucent and Nortel Networks Corp. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - While many of the high-tech goods found in U.S. stores are "Made in China," most are designed and marketed by U.S. companies.

Tue, 22 Apr 08
Texas Instruments 1Q profit rises, but outlook weighs shares (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080421/ap_on_hi_te/earns_texas_instruments
AP - Texas Instruments Inc. said Monday its first quarter profit rose 28 percent despite weaker sales of chips for high-end cell phones, but the company offered a cautious outlook for the second quarter due to the slowing economy.

Tue, 22 Apr 08
Netflix's recently rising stock sinks on cautious outlook (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080422/ap_on_hi_te/earns_netflix


Nexflix customer Brent Yamashita holds the return mailer for the movie 'Match Point' at his home in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, April 21, 2008. Netflix is expected to report first quarter earnings after the market closes Monday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Netflix Inc. got off to a rousing start during the first three months of the year, but investors are worried about the online DVD rental service's script for the rest of 2008.

Tue, 22 Apr 08
Sony Delays PlayStation Home Again (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080422/tc_pcworld/144924
PC World - The delayed PlayStation Home community online service for the PlayStation 3 console is to be delayed again, Sony Computer...

Tue, 22 Apr 08
Asustek to Share Eee PC at Taiwan Open Source Summit (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080422/tc_pcworld/144927
PC World - Asustek Computer plans to share its experience with open-source software in its popular Eee PC low-cost laptop at the...

Tue, 22 Apr 08
Nokia unveils two new music phones (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080422/wr_nm/nokia_phones_dc


Show attendees talk in front of the Nokia booth during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 8, 2008. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia unveiled on Tuesday two new music phones to add to its XpressMusic range, the Nokia 5320 and the Nokia 5220.

Tue, 22 Apr 08
Ubuntu Linux Takes Aim At Larger Role For Itself In Enterprise (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080422/tc_cmp/207401090
TechWeb - Ubuntu Server 8.04 will be supported for five years, only the second version of Ubuntu to be guaranteed Long Term Support.

Tue, 22 Apr 08
Mashups a hot item at Web 2.0 show (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080421/tc_infoworld/98903
InfoWorld - Mashups, which unite disparate data sources in quickly developed Web applications, are a hot topic at the Web 2.0 Expo conference in San Francisco this week, with companies including Serena Software, JackBe, and Kapow Technologies offering new products geared to mashup development.

Tue, 22 Apr 08
Asus, Intel Team up for PC Recycling in Taiwan (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080422/tc_pcworld/144925
PC World - Asustek Computer and Intel have teamed up with electronics retailer Tsann Kuen Enterprise to promote PC recycling in Taiwan...

Tue, 22 Apr 08
GAMES REVIEW: Wii suffers glut of weak games (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080421/ap_en_ot/games_wii_glut
AP - Nintendo's Wii has dominated video-game hardware sales since its debut in November 2006, and it shows no sign of slowing down. In March, U.S. stores sold more Wii consoles than Xbox 360s and PlayStation 3s combined.

Mon, 21 Apr 08
Skype to sell unlimited international calls for $9.95/month (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080421/ap_on_hi_te/skype_international_calls


AP Business Writer Matt Moore uses a Voice over Internet Protocol telephone in the Frankfurt, Germany, office of The Associated Press in this April 7, 2005, file photo. Internet calling provider Skype on Monday is introducing its first plan for unlimited calls to overseas phones for $9.95 per month. (AP Photo/Wolfram Steinberg, file)AP - Skype, the Internet calling subsidiary of eBay Inc., is introducing its first plan for unlimited calls to overseas phones on Monday.

Mon, 21 Apr 08
HD enthusiasts crying foul over cable TV's crunched signals (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080421/ap_on_hi_te/compressed_hd


Brent Swanson sits in front of a screen projection in his basement home theater in Minneapolis on Thursday, April 10, 2008. He and other HD viewers question whether they are getting the quality they paid for, as cable providers pack more HD channels into a limited bandwidth. (AP Photo/Janet Hostetter)AP - In Brent Swanson's basement home theater, there should be nothing drab about "Battlestar Galactica." He's got a high-end projector that beams the picture onto a wall painted like a silver screen, and speakers loom in the corners, flanking two big subwoofers.

Mon, 21 Apr 08
Japan Communications plans Net cellphone: source (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080421/tc_nm/japan_communications_dc
Reuters - Japanese wireless data communications provider Japan Communications Inc (9424.OJ) plans to launch Internet mobile phones as early as July, a source with detailed knowledge of the matter said on Monday.

Mon, 21 Apr 08
Acer Making WiMax Laptop for Sprint (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080421/tc_pcworld/144868
PC World - Acer on Monday showed off a new Acer Aspire with a built-in WiMax module that it plans to sell through Sprint Nextel and other...

Mon, 21 Apr 08
Motorola Invests in Mobile Virtualization Company (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080421/tc_pcworld/144865
PC World - Can't decide between a BlackBerry and Windows Mobile? In the future you might be able to buy a phone with both operating...

Mon, 21 Apr 08
Microsoft-Novell take open-source software alliance to China (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080421/tc_afp/uschinaitsoftwarecompanymicrosoftnovell


File photo shows an exhibitor displaying a new mouse device in Las Vegas, Nevada. Microsoft and Novell have announced they are expanding their interoperable computer programmes into the China market(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AFP - Microsoft and Novell have announced they were expanding their alliance in making patent-protected and open-source programs interoperable into the hot China market.

Mon, 21 Apr 08
Microsoft Mulls Subscriptions, Ads for Office Apps (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080420/tc_pcworld/144861
PC World - New business models could have you paying monthly fees for productivity software-- or nothing at all.

Mon, 21 Apr 08
Web guru targets malaria with social network site (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080420/wr_nm/britain_malaria_dc
Reuters - The British entrepreneur who sold a soccer Web site at the age of 17 for $40 million has switched his attention to help launch a social networking site on Sunday designed to fight malaria.

Sun, 20 Apr 08
Hackers Cancel Attack on CNN (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080419/tc_pcworld/144850
PC World - A planned cyberattack against CNN's Web site fizzled out Saturday as the group backing the event called it off.

Sun, 20 Apr 08
Ecuador rejects second America Movil bid (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080420/ap_on_bi_ge/ecuador_america_movil
AP - President Rafael Correa warned Saturday that Mexican telecommunications company America Movil must leave Ecuador unless it boosts an insufficient second bid to keep its mobile phone service contract in the country.

Sun, 20 Apr 08
MySQL And Sun: Match Made In Heaven? (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080420/tc_cmp/207400416
TechWeb - Open source database VP Marten Mickos enjoys "honeymoon" as release date slips.

Sun, 20 Apr 08
EarthLink Redirect Service Poses Security Risk, Expert Says (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080419/tc_pcworld/144849
PC World - A vulnerability in servers used by EarthLink to handle mistyped Web page requests may have allowed attackers to launch...

Sun, 20 Apr 08
'Sims' creator lets people play god in new computer game (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080420/tc_afp/lifestyleusvideogamestechnology


Will Wright, creator of hit computer game SimCity, in Emeryville in late March. AFP - Computer buff Will Wright created a multi-billion-dollar franchise with "The Sims" video games that let people play at real life affairs such as dating, working and raising children.

Sat, 19 Apr 08
Facebook asks users to translate new versions for free (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080419/ap_on_hi_te/translating_facebook


In this frame grab image from Facebook Website, the Turkish glossary of Fracebook in work is shown Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Facebook is going global, but with a little help from its friends. In an aggressive push to expand beyond English, the social networking giant has begun rolling out international versions of its site. First came Spanish in early February, followed by German and then French in March. Nearly two dozen other languages are in the works, including Japanese, Turkish, Chinese, Portuguese, Swedish and Dutch. The twist is that all the translating is being done by Facebook users themselves — for free. (AP Photo/Facebook)AP - The three-year-old social networking phenomenon Facebook, worth more than $15 billion by many estimates, got a good deal on going global.

Sat, 19 Apr 08
Back in the USSR: Soviet Internet domain name resists death (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080419/ap_on_hi_te/soviet_union_online


The front page of the ussr.su Web site seen on a computer screen, in Moscow, Thursday, April 3, 2008. The site belongs to a Russian cyber squatter who wants to sell it - or any other domain name listed on the page - for USD $3,000. The .su country code domain that belongs to the defunct Soviet Union has witnessed a flood of new customers attached by nostalgia to Soviet past or just a chance to have a Web site with an easily recognizable name. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - The Soviet Union may be in the dustbin of history, but there's one place the socialist utopia lives on: cyberspace.

Sat, 19 Apr 08
Amazon.com CEO promotes Kindle reader in shareholder letter (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080418/ap_on_hi_te/amazon_kindle
AP - Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle has arrived. Again.

Sat, 19 Apr 08
Google shares soar 20 percent to record 1-day gain (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080418/ap_on_hi_te/google_fever
AP - Google Inc.'s stock soared 20 percent Friday, restoring $28 billion in shareholder wealth as Wall Street renewed its love affair with the Internet search leader after weeks of worry about an online advertising slowdown.

Sat, 19 Apr 08
Google's strong showing renews debate over Web tracker (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080418/ap_on_hi_te/google_comscore
AP - Google's strong first-quarter results threw into question the weight many investors place on data from a leading Web measurement company that had shown slowing growth in Google's U.S. paid clicks. That data can be misread or simply wrong.

Sat, 19 Apr 08
Music Web site Buzznet expands online portfolio (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080419/wr_nm/buzznet_dc
Reuters - Not content to let MySpace, iLike and Facebook take all the online music thunder, Buzznet is roaring into the Music 2.0 market with a vengeance.

Sat, 19 Apr 08
Nintendo Wii Sales Trounce Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080419/tc_cmp/207400644
TechWeb - Sales were sparked by the recent launch of the hit game Super Smash Bros. Brawl -- a Wii exclusive.

Sat, 19 Apr 08
Boston Settles For Hotspot Patchwork After Municipal Wi-Fi Fades Away (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080419/tc_cmp/207400704
TechWeb - The latest addition to the hodgepodge of restaurants, coffee shops, and libraries offering free Wi-Fi is FreeFi Networks' hotspot at Roxbury Community College.

Sat, 19 Apr 08
MySQL 5.1 Coming In June, Adds Partitioning, Replication (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080419/tc_cmp/207400449
TechWeb - The new release will be supplemented with MySQL Workbench, a database design tool built from the open source DBDesigner4 project.

Sat, 19 Apr 08
IRS asks for charges against former Mercury Interactive CFO (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080419/ap_on_hi_te/mercury_interactive_stock_options
AP - Government investigators have filed a criminal complaint against the former chief financial officer of software maker Mercury Interactive accusing her of tax evasion in connection with a stock options backdating scheme.

Sat, 19 Apr 08
Social networks prepare own music services (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080419/wr_nm/widgets_dc


A screen grab of MySpace.com. One of the biggest new-media sensations to emerge from last year were music-related widgets -- mini-applications that allowed members of social networking services like MySpace or Facebook to customize their profiles with such music features as streamed playlists and tour calendars with links to ticket sales. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)Reuters - One of the biggest new-media sensations to emerge from last year were music-related widgets -- mini-applications that allowed members of social networking services like MySpace or Facebook to customize their profiles with such music features as streamed playlists and tour calendars with links to ticket sales.

Sat, 19 Apr 08
'Grand Theft Auto IV' Should Rev Engine For Video Game Retailer (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080418/bs_ibd_ibd/20080418newamer
Investor's Business Daily - The much-awaited release of the "Grand Theft Auto IV" video game is just around the corner -- April 29.

Fri, 18 Apr 08
FCC wrangles over 'Net neutrality' issue (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080418/ap_on_hi_te/internet_regulation


Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin listens to a question during an Industry Insider session during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 8, 2008. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)AP - A divided Federal Communications Commission on Thursday grappled further with the thorny issue of how to relieve increasing online congestion, disagreeing sharply over whether government regulations are needed.

Fri, 18 Apr 08
Google sagging stock soars after strong 1Q showing (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080418/ap_on_hi_te/earns_google


The Google booth at the RSA convention in San Francisco is shown Tuesday, April 8, 2008. Google Inc. reports earnings for the first quarter after the market closes on Thursday, April 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Investors appear ready to embrace Google Inc. again after weeks of hand wringing over whether the faltering U.S. economy would bog down the Internet search leader's moneymaking machine.

Fri, 18 Apr 08
Advanced Micro Devices' 1Q loss matches analysts' estimates (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080418/ap_on_hi_te/earns_amd


Advanced Micro Devices CEO Hector Ruiz gestures during a talk in San Francisco, Nov. 12, 2007. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is expected to report first-quarter financial results after the market closes Thursday, April 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Bracing for more bad news from Advanced Micro Devices Inc., investors were relieved the slumping chip maker posted a first-quarter loss no worse than what Wall Street expected.

Fri, 18 Apr 08
UK advertising-tech fight shows complexity of privacy battle (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080417/ap_on_hi_te/online_advertising_privacy


NebuAd CEO Bob Dykes poses at NebuAd headquarters in Redwood City, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007. While Internet policy analysts in Britain, where online advertising company Phorm Inc. operates, argue that the company violates wiretap laws, NebuAd Inc., a company with a similar technology and arguably slightly weaker privacy controls, has been active in the U.S. without much furor. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - As Phorm Inc. built a system that watches consumers' Web surfing in order to deliver targeted advertising, CEO Kent Ertugrul believed the British company was doing everything possible to respect, and actually enhance, Internet privacy.

Fri, 18 Apr 08
Blockbuster sued over Facebook ad feature (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080418/ap_on_hi_te/blockbuster_facebook


A shopper walks out of a Blockbuster video store in Richmond, Va., Monday, April 14, 2008. Blockbuster Inc. said Monday it has offered to pay more than $1 billion for struggling Circuit City Stores Inc., but the nation's second biggest consumer electronics chain questioned whether the movie-rental company can finance the deal. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - A Texas woman has sued Blockbuster Inc. alleging the video rental company transmitted her personal information to Facebook.com through the Web site's Beacon marketing program.

Fri, 18 Apr 08
Chinese Blogs Detail Zero-day Flaw in Microsoft Works (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080418/tc_pcworld/144803
PC World - Chinese-language blogs are detailing a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Works, the company's lower-end office productivity...

Fri, 18 Apr 08
You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080418/tc_infoworld/98587
InfoWorld - This week's quiz features a rich milk chocolate coating surrounding a nuggetycluster of curious business deals, Mac clones, tortured corporate mottoes and -- yes -- an actual reason to use Twitter. Correct answers are worth 10 points, and no, you may not have a candy bar before dinner. Ready? Then start unwrapping.

Fri, 18 Apr 08
Use of Touch Screens Soaring in Mobiles, UMPCs Next (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080418/tc_pcworld/144795
PC World - The use of touch screens on mobile phones is already soaring, and the introduction of a new line of small computing devices...

Fri, 18 Apr 08
No Consumer Linux from Novell or Red Hat (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080418/tc_pcworld/144799
PC World - The "Big Two" Linux distributors will continue to court enterprise customers but see no profit in a consumer desktop product.

Fri, 18 Apr 08
U.S. video game sales rise 57 percent in May (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080418/tc_nm/videogames_sales_dc


Nintendo Co's Wii game console is displayed at an electronic shop in Tokyo's Akihabara district January 24, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 57 percent from a year earlier, industry data showed on Thursday, evidence that the industry has so far been immune to wider economic woes.

Fri, 18 Apr 08
Wall Street Beat: Google, IBM, Intel Lift Gloom (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080417/tc_pcworld/144782
PC World - Quarterly earnings from IBM, Intel and Google are allaying some of the worst fears of IT investors facing a U.S. economic...

Fri, 18 Apr 08
Take-Two shareholders approve incentive package (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080418/ap_on_hi_te/take_two_electronic_arts
AP - Shareholders of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. easily passed a proposal Thursday to grant ZelnickMedia, the company's management, 1.5 million shares of restricted stock.

Thu, 17 Apr 08
China defends anti-piracy efforts (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080417/ap_on_hi_te/china_product_piracy


A street vendor sells pirated DVDs and CDs on a motor scooter in Chengdu, China, in this April 11 2007 file photo. Officials defended China's efforts to stop rampant copying of movies and other goods, saying Thursday, April 17, 2008, that 4,322 people were convicted of product piracy last year and promising special efforts to protect Olympics-related trademarks. (AP Photo/Color China Photo/File)AP - Officials defended China's efforts to stop rampant copying of movies and other goods, saying Thursday that 4,322 people were convicted of product piracy last year and promising special efforts to protect Olympics-related trademarks.

Thu, 17 Apr 08
New music video Web site features major label artists (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080417/ap_on_hi_te/music_pluggedin
AP - A company backed by investors including Will Smith and major record labels has launched a new Web site offering 10,000 free, high-definition music videos.

Thu, 17 Apr 08
New data reveal online video views are soaring (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080417/ap_on_hi_te/networks_online


In this image released by FunnyOrDie.com, Will Ferrell is shown in a still from his video called 'The Landlord.' (AP Photo/FunnyOrDie.com)AP - New data released Wednesday show online views of videos soared 66 percent in the U.S. in February from a year earlier, with TV networks grabbing just a pittance of those eyeballs.

Thu, 17 Apr 08
Dell expanding China presence via large retailers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080417/ap_on_hi_te/dell_china


Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor for the lidded proc and Quad-Core AMD (Photo: Business Wire)AP - Dell Inc. will expand its presence in China by selling desktop and notebook computers at Suning, the country's second-largest electronics chain, and doubling the number of Gome stores that carry Dell machines.

Thu, 17 Apr 08
EBay CEO sees more change ahead after profitable 1st quarter (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080417/ap_on_hi_te/earns_ebay


An sign outside eBay headquarters in San Jose, Calif. is seen Tuesday, April 15, 2008. EBay is expected to release quarterly earnings Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - More change is in store at eBay, its CEO said after the online auction company reported its profit climbed 22 percent in the first quarter despite anger from its sellers over fee and feedback adjustments.

Thu, 17 Apr 08
Yahoo closer to Google ad outsourcing deal: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080417/wr_nm/yahoo_microsoft_google_dc


Employees at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, March 3, 2008. Yahoo is looking to turn over Web search advertising to Google following a successful test using Google's service to deliver ads alongside its Web search results, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. (Erin Siegal/Reuters)Reuters - Yahoo Inc is looking to turn over Web search advertising to Google Inc following a successful test using Google's service to deliver ads alongside its Web search results, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.

Thu, 17 Apr 08
Universal joining Blu-ray bandwagon in the summer (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080417/tc_nm/bluray_dc


Trademark of Blu-Ray DVD technology is displayed at an electronic shop in Tokyo February 17, 2008. Universal Studios, once Hollywood's top backer of the doomed HD DVD video format, will soon release all its new videos on the victorious Blu-ray rival at the same time as its standard DVDs. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)Reuters - Universal Studios, once Hollywood's top backer of the doomed HD DVD video format, will soon release all its new videos on the victorious Blu-ray rival at the same time as its standard DVDs.

Thu, 17 Apr 08
Survey: 12 Percent of Consumers 'borrow' Free Wi-Fi (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080416/tc_pcworld/144727
PC World - Although it is illegal in some parts of the world, 12 percent of U.S. and U.K. respondents to an Accenture survey have logged...

Thu, 17 Apr 08
Red Hat Skips Consumer Linux Desktop (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080417/tc_pcworld/144749
PC World - Red Hat has no plans to create a traditional desktop product for the consumer market, but will continue to place its bets on a...

Thu, 17 Apr 08
CEO Subpoena Scam Fires up Anew (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080417/tc_pcworld/144746
PC World - After tricking several thousand executives into downloading malicious software earlier this week, online scammers started up...

Thu, 17 Apr 08
IBM's 1Q earnings jump 26 percent; company raises outlook (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080417/ap_on_hi_te/earns_ibm


The entrance to the IBM manufacturing plant in Essex Junction, Vt. is seen Wednesday, April 16, 2008. IBM reports quarterly earnings after the closing bell Wednesday. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Shares of IBM Corp. surged to a six-year high after the technology company surprised analysts by reporting a 26 percent jump in quarterly earnings and boosting its full-year forecast.

Thu, 17 Apr 08
Cartoon Network taking time with multiplayer game (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080417/tc_nm/media_videogames_dc
Reuters - They are two ends of the video game spectrum: the tiny, personal-sized casual game on one end and, on the other, the complex, massive multiplayer online game (MMOG) which can support thousands of players simultaneously. Rarely, if ever, do the twain meet. Until now.

Tue, 15 Apr 08
Survey: Online banking satisfaction up (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080415/ap_on_hi_te/online_banking_survey
AP - Banks have been disappointing customers many ways lately — tightening mortgage lending standards, paring back home-equity and credit-card lines and lowering savings interest rates — but they're receiving higher marks for at least one thing: their Web sites.

Tue, 15 Apr 08
Cubans line up for cell phone service (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_hi_te/cuba_cell_phones


A woman speaks on her cell phone as others line up outside a phone center to buy cell phone service in Havana, Monday, April 14, 2008. The government of new President Raul Castro has begun selling cellular service to all citizens for the first time. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Lines stretched for blocks outside phone stores Monday as ordinary Cubans were allowed to sign up for cellular phone service for the first time.

Tue, 15 Apr 08
Ericsson deals with China worth $1.44B (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_hi_te/sweden_ericsson_china
AP - LM Ericsson AB signed contracts with Chinese mobile operators China Mobile and China Unicom worth a total of $1.44 billion, the wireless equipment maker said Monday.

Tue, 15 Apr 08
The Filter's mission: Refine music, video and movie tastes (USATODAY.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080415/tc_usatoday/thefiltersmissionrefinemusicvideoandmovietastes
USATODAY.com - Peter Gabriel's latest venture isn't a new album but a better way to serve up music and other entertainment on the Internet.

Tue, 15 Apr 08
Local TV station owners push mobile TV (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080415/ap_on_hi_te/mobile_tv


Dan Harb, of Knoxville, Tenn. checks out Panasonic Varicam during the National Association of Broadcasters convention at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Monday, April 14, 2008 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - Owners of more than 800 local TV stations where ad revenue has plunged recently said they've formed a group that's testing three standards for sending local digital TV signals to cell phones, laptops and other mobile devices.

Tue, 15 Apr 08
Nokia launches new phone with electronic wallet (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080415/tc_nm/nokia_nfc_dc


Show attendees talk in front of the Nokia booth during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 8, 2008. Nokia, the world's top cellphone maker, said on Tuesday it would start selling a new handset, the 6212 Classic, with integrated Near Field Communication (NFC). (Steve Marcus/Reuters)Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's top cellphone maker, said on Tuesday it would start selling a new handset, the 6212 Classic, with integrated Near Field Communication (NFC).

Tue, 15 Apr 08
Mandriva Tailors Linux For Budget PC Market (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080415/tc_cmp/207200374
TechWeb - The 2008 Spring distribution includes Elisa multimedia center with drag-and-drop tools for storing and managing digital content such as photos, music, and videos.

Tue, 15 Apr 08
Slow growth at India's Infosys (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080415/ap_on_hi_te/earns_india_infosys_technologies
AP - Indian software company Infosys Technologies Ltd. said Tuesday its January-March net profit rose 9.2 percent from a year ago.

Tue, 15 Apr 08
A new way to monitor your Windows systems' performance (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080415/tc_infoworld/96445
InfoWorld - They're everywhere in your organization: Windows desktops and Windows servers. Optimizing their performance is a key task for IT administrators, whether they support desktops, e-mail servers, SQL servers, databases, or file shares. And understanding the performance effects on these Windows systems of new software loads, hardware configurations or operating system updates is yet another job in and of itself.

Tue, 15 Apr 08
Motley Crue to release single on Rock Band game (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080415/wr_nm/motleycrue_dc


Members of the rock group Motley Crue (L-R) Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Tommy Lee and Mick Mars pose with their newly unveiled star in a ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California January 25, 2006. In a nod to the ascendancy of video games, rock 'n' roll bad boys Motley Crue will become the first group to release a new single through Rock Band, said the developer of the wildly popular game. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - In a nod to the ascendancy of video games, rock 'n' roll bad boys Motley Crue will become the first group to release a new single through Rock Band, said the developer of the wildly popular game.

Mon, 14 Apr 08
Users fight to save Windows XP (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_save_xp
AP - Microsoft Corp.'s operating systems run most personal computers around the globe and are a cash cow for the world's largest software maker. But you'd never confuse a Windows user with the passionate fans of Mac OS X or even the free Linux operating system. Unless it's someone running Windows XP, a version Microsoft wants to retire.

Mon, 14 Apr 08
Salesforce.com to sell Google apps (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_hi_te/salesforce_google


The Google booth is shown at the RSA conference in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 8, 2008. Online software service Salesforce.com Inc. is becoming a sales channel for Google Inc.'s e-mail and other widely used office applications, deepening a relationship likely to revive speculation that Google eventually will buy its smaller partner. Besides selling Google's programs to its 41,000 business customers, Salesforce.com also will integrate the suite of applications into its own software service, which helps companies track and identify customers' needs. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Salesforce.com Inc.'s online software service is becoming a showcase for Google Inc.'s e-mail and other widely used applications, deepening a relationship that has spurred speculation Google eventually will buy its smaller partner.

Mon, 14 Apr 08
You won't guess who's the bad guy of ID theft (USATODAY.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080414/tc_usatoday/youwontguesswhosthebadguyofidtheft
USATODAY.com - "Identity theft" has become a well-known term in the new century, the subject of news reports and talk shows. Its specter worries consumers as they use their credit cards, write checks, show a driver's license to a store clerk or order merchandise online.

Mon, 14 Apr 08
Fujitsu to show laptop with wooden case (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080414/tc_infoworld/98158
InfoWorld - Could this be the environmentally friendly laptop PC of the future? Fujitsu will unveil later this week a laptop PC with a case manufactured from wood rather than the more traditional plastic or metal.

Mon, 14 Apr 08
You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080414/tc_infoworld/98049
InfoWorld - Once again the Microsoft-Yahoo fandango dominates the quiz this week, but we also find time to dwell on the Webby Awards, smelly cell phones, and things Wal-Mart would rather you not know. Correct answers are worth 10 points, and remember, there's no such thing as a stupid question, just stupid quiz masters. Ready? Then get crackin'.

Mon, 14 Apr 08
Updated Web Browsers: Which One Works Best? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080414/tc_pcworld/144338
PC World - Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox 3, and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 duke it out to be the program you use most on your PC.

Mon, 14 Apr 08
Salesforce adds Google e-mail, office programs (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080414/wr_nm/salesforce_google_dc
Reuters - Salesforce.com Inc, a maker of business software for tracking sales calls, on Monday started integrating its products with Google Inc's e-mail service.

Mon, 14 Apr 08
Citrix sets price and release date for XenDesktop (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080414/tc_infoworld/98167
InfoWorld - Citrix has set a launch date and pricing for its desktop virtualization platform. XenDesktop will start shipping May 20, at the Citrix Synergy conference. The company will offer three versions: Standard, Enterprise, and Platinum. The latter will include more advanced management tools, including EdgeSight Monitoring, to keep track of how the system performs.

Mon, 14 Apr 08
WoW exceeds 1 million concurrent Chinese players (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080414/tc_macworld/wowexceeds1millionconcurrentchineseplayers
Macworld.com - Blizzard Entertainment reported Friday that its game World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade recently surpassed one million concurrent users in China. That's the highest concurrency since the game was launched in China in 2005.

Sun, 13 Apr 08
Mobile devices stoke 'micro-blogging' fervor (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080413/tc_afp/lifestyleusitinternettelecommedia


A woman is seen using her mobile phone in this file photo. Mobile Internet devices and online communities are merging to a new kind of web diary: AFP - Mobile Internet devices and online communities are merging to a new kind of web diary: "micro-blogging," where people fire off terse missives about what they are doing or thinking at any given moment.

Sun, 13 Apr 08
China Mobile seeking small stakes in global peers (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080412/tc_nm/china_telecom_china_mobile_dc


Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of China Mobile Limited Wang Jianzhou in Hong Kong March 19, 2008. (Garrige Ho/Reuters)Reuters - China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone operator, said on Saturday that it was seeking small stakes in global telecom firms because controlling stakes had become too expensive.

Sun, 13 Apr 08
Linux Is No Longer The Cool New Kid On The Block. So Now What? (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080413/tc_cmp/207100950
TechWeb - At summit, vendors, kernel developers, and IT pros get together to discuss the fate of everyone's favorite open source OS.

Sun, 13 Apr 08
WoW exceeds 1 million concurrent Chinese players (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080413/tc_macworld/wowexceeds1millionconcurrentchineseplayers
Macworld.com - Blizzard Entertainment reported Friday that its game World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade recently surpassed one million concurrent users in China. That's the highest concurrency since the game was launched in China in 2005.

Sat, 12 Apr 08
TV networks seek formula for online ads (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080412/ap_on_hi_te/networks_online


This image provided by CBS Entertainment shows 'The Dumpling Paradox' episode of the CBS series, the 'Big Bang Theory.' Pictured, from left, are Simon Helberg as Wolowitz, Jim Parsons as Sheldon, Kunal Nayyar as Koothrappali and Johnny Galecki as Leonard. CBS Corp. executives faced a challenging reality last fall before the debut of 'Big Bang Theory': TV viewership was flat. So the network debuted the show in its entirety for a week online despite risks that the giveaway would sap viewership for the TV premiere. (AP Photo/CBS, Cliff Lipson)AP - CBS Corp. executives took an unusual risk last fall before its series debut of "Big Bang Theory" — it offered the entire episode online despite the chance it would sap viewership for the TV premiere.

Sat, 12 Apr 08
AMD's chief technology officer resigns (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080412/ap_on_hi_te/amd_personnel


In this undated photo provided by Advanced Micro Devices, AMD Chief Technology Officer and Vice President Phil Hester is seen. Hester has resigned from AMD. He joined the Sunnyvale, Calif.,-based company in 2005 after working for IBM Corp. for more than 20 years. His resignation comes as AMD struggles amid intense competition from Intel Corp. and delays in the role out of key products. (AP Photo/Advanced Micro Devices)AP - Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s top technology executive is stepping down as the world's No. 2 microprocessor maker tries to recover from a sales slump triggered by prolonged product delays and tougher competition.

Sat, 12 Apr 08
Samsung chief to ponder resigning (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080412/ap_on_hi_te/skorea_samsung_probe


Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, center, arrives for a second round of questioning by special prosecutors probing alleged corruption at the business conglomerate at the special prosecutor's office in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - The corruption scandal shaking South Korea's largest conglomerate could lead to a major change in its leadership, Samsung's leader said late Friday, indicating he will consider resigning.

Sat, 12 Apr 08
Video of teen beating raises questions (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080411/ap_on_hi_te/teen_beating_ethics
AP - Eight Florida teenagers charged with beating another teen so they could post the "animalistic" attack on YouTube got exactly what they had wanted — worldwide exposure.

Sat, 12 Apr 08
Grants, tax relief continue for Dell (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080411/ap_on_hi_te/dell_tax_incentives
AP - Computer maker Dell Inc. will keep getting more than $300 million in state and local grants and tax breaks in North Carolina after the state's Supreme Court declined Friday to hear a lawsuit challenging the incentives.

Sat, 12 Apr 08
Australia requests bids for $8.8 bln broadband network (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080412/wr_nm/australia_broadband_dc
Reuters - The Australian government has called for bids for a A$9.4 billion ($8.8 billion) high-speed broadband network that will help the country catch up in competitiveness with its peers.

Sat, 12 Apr 08
"Tonight Show's" John Melendez aims at film career (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080411/tv_nm/melendez_dc


(L-R) Cast members John Melendez and Bellamy Young poses with director Michael DeLorenzo as they arrive for the premiere of 'National Lampoon Presents One, Two, Many' in Los Angeles April 10, 2008. (Danny Moloshok/Reuters)Reuters - It is a long way from television talk show sidekick to Hollywood movie stardom but next week John Melendez, the announcer on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," takes a step in that direction.

Sat, 12 Apr 08
Nikon S52c Still Limits Transfers over Wi-Fi (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080412/tc_pcworld/144462
PC World - Thinking of buying a camera with Wi-Fi built in? Think again. Camera makers still largely want you in their walled garden, and forget about security when transferring photos. Eye-Fi breaks some of the barriers with its unique alternative.

Sat, 12 Apr 08
Sun claims big leap with MySQL upgrade next week (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080411/tc_infoworld/98147
InfoWorld - MySQL developers should be able to get their hands on a major update to the open-source database next week when Sun hosts its first MySQL conference since acquiring the company earlier this year.

Sat, 12 Apr 08
Colombian Man Sentenced for Computer Fraud (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080412/tc_pcworld/144473
PC World - A Colombian man who used keylogging software in a lucrative identity theft scheme has been sentenced to nine years in prison...

Sat, 12 Apr 08
Sun Claims Big Leap With MySQL Upgrade Next Week (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080411/tc_pcworld/144472
PC World - MySQL developers should be able to get their hands on a major update to the open-source database next week when Sun...

Sat, 12 Apr 08
WoW exceeds 1 million concurrent Chinese players (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080412/tc_macworld/wowexceeds1millionconcurrentchineseplayers
Macworld.com - Blizzard Entertainment reported Friday that its game World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade recently surpassed one million concurrent users in China. That's the highest concurrency since the game was launched in China in 2005.

Fri, 11 Apr 08
Yahoo-Microsoft battle bolsters Google (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080411/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_microsoft


The building that houses AOL's New York offices, 770 Broadway, is seen in New York, Thursday, April 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Microsoft Corp.'s attempt to take over Yahoo Inc. has become so tortured it may help Internet search and advertising leader Google Inc. grow stronger, undermining Microsoft's main reason for pursing the deal in the first place.

Fri, 11 Apr 08
Indonesia ends ban on YouTube over film (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080411/ap_on_hi_te/indonesia_quran_internet


Indonesian Muslim women shout slogans as they stage a protest against 'Fitna,' a film by a Dutch lawmaker that links Islam to violence in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, April 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)AP - Indonesian Internet providers have stopped blocking YouTube and other file-sharing Web sites showing an anti-Islam film made by a Dutch politician after complaints from Web users.

Fri, 11 Apr 08
Israeli army puts limits on Facebook (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080411/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_facebook_rules


Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addresses a meeting of his Kadima Party in Petah Tikva near Tel-Aviv, Israel, Thursday April 10, 2008. Olmert said Israel will hit Hamas hard after Palestinians killed two Israelis at the depot where fuel is shipped into the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Moti Milrod)AP - Israeli defense officials say they have identified an unlikely new threat to national security — Facebook.

Fri, 11 Apr 08
Genentech reports jump in 1Q earnings (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080411/ap_on_hi_te/earns_genentech


The exterior of Genentech Inc. headquarters in South San Francisco, Calif. is seen in this Dec. 5, 2007 file photo. Genentech Inc. is scheduled to report first-quarter earnings after the close of trading on Thursday, April 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Biotechnology giant Genentech Inc. is reporting a jump in its first-quarter profit of 12 percent compared to last year, but sales of its top-selling cancer drug disappointed Wall Street analysts.

Fri, 11 Apr 08
Brazil judge bans video game 'Bully' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_hi_te/brazil_games_bully
AP - "Bully" has taken a beating in Brazil, where a judge suspended sales of the video game on the grounds it is too violent for young children and teenagers, a prosecutor said Thursday.

Fri, 11 Apr 08
'Suicide' Internet search turns up 'how to' advice: study (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080411/tc_afp/healthinternetsuicide


A person uses a computer mouse. People searching the Internet for information about suicide methods are more likely to find sites encouraging suicide than those offering help or support, according to a study in the British Medical Journal.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AFP - People searching the Internet for information about suicide methods are more likely to find sites encouraging suicide than those offering help or support, according to a study released Friday.

Fri, 11 Apr 08
You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080411/tc_infoworld/98046
InfoWorld - Once again the Microsoft-Yahoo fandango dominates the quiz this week, but we also find time to dwell on the Webby Awards, smelly cell phones, and things Wal-Mart would rather you not know. Correct answers are worth 10 points, and remember, there's no such thing as a stupid question, just stupid quiz masters. Ready? Then get crackin'.

Fri, 11 Apr 08
More cities offer WiFi on buses (USATODAY.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080411/tc_usatoday/morecitiesofferwifionbuses
USATODAY.com - CINCINNATI - More cities across the USA now offer wireless Internet connections on buses, according to the American Public Transportation Association.

Fri, 11 Apr 08
Linux Ecosystem Spending To Exceed $49 Billion (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080410/bs_nf/59228
NewsFactor - IDC researchers predict that spending on the Linux ecosystem will rise from $21 billion in 2007 to more than $49 billion in 2011, driven by rising enterprise deployments of Linux server operating systems.

Fri, 11 Apr 08
Microsoft, HCL Team on Training and Software Development (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080411/tc_pcworld/144437
PC World - Microsoft will work with Indian IT company HCL Infosystems to develop system integration frameworks for the deployment of...

Fri, 11 Apr 08
IBM lays claim to cheaper, faster memory (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080411/tc_infoworld/98057
InfoWorld - IBM is developing a type of memory that it says could one day be faster and more reliable than today's hard drives and flash memory.

Thu, 10 Apr 08
Internet, media stars line up for Yahoo (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo


Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang poses for a photo in front of the Yahoo booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in this Jan. 7, 2008 file photo. Internet icon Yahoo Inc., under pressure of a three-week deadline from Microsoft to accept its $41 billion buyout bid, on Monday, April 7, 2008 said it doesn't oppose a deal with the world's largest software maker but wants a better offer. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Yahoo Inc.'s last-ditch efforts to avoid a takeover by Microsoft Corp. appear to be setting the stage for a dramatic finale featuring a rich cast of Internet and media stars.

Thu, 10 Apr 08
Omron shows smile-measuring technology (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_hi_te/japan_smile_measure


A woman smiles as she demonstrates Japanese electronics and health-care company Omron Corp.'s Okao Catch, or 'face catch,' that can measure how big your smile is during a newly opened technology exhibition space TEPIA in Tokyo Thursday, April 10, 2008. The software technology scans a video image to detect faces. It can find up to 100 faces in an image, according to Yasushi Kawamoto of Omron. Okao Catch then analyzes curves of the lips, eye movements and other facial expressions to decide how much a person is smiling using data collected from a million people and their smiles, he said. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - The breadth of a smile can be measured by new technology from Japanese electronics and health care company Omron Corp.

Thu, 10 Apr 08
MySpace inks global TV distribution deal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_tv_deal


A frame grab from MySpace taken in August 2006 shows South Carolina's Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer's site that he is using in his re-election bid. MySpace has given a British media company exclusive rights to distribute video programming from the social networking site on broadcast television outside the U.S. and to sell DVDs and related merchandise. (AP Photo/MySpace, File)AP - News Corp.'s MySpace has given a British media company exclusive rights to distribute video programming from the social networking site on broadcast television outside the U.S. and to sell DVDs and related merchandise.

Thu, 10 Apr 08
Feds blame Lieberman for Web site crash (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_hi_te/lieberman_web_site


Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn. addresses the Vets For Freedom, Tuesday, April 8, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - Sen. Joe Lieberman's re-election campaign caused its own Web site to crash on the eve of the August 2006 Connecticut primary, federal investigators have found — not supporters of Democratic challenger Ned Lamont, whom Lieberman implied were responsible.

Thu, 10 Apr 08
Google to help curb Web porn in Brazil (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_hi_te/brazil_google


Head of Google Earth Outreach, Rebecca Moore, speaks at the launch of the new Google Earth Outreach programme in London April 10, 2008. The programme is designed to help charities and NGOs highlight their work and cause to a mass audience using Google Earth maps and satellite imaging. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN)AP - The head of Google in Brazil said Wednesday the Internet giant will take actions to stop child pornography and hate crimes on a social-networking Web site used here — but he did not offer to provide user information to officials.

Thu, 10 Apr 08
Yahoo, Time Warner in AOL Talks (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080410/tc_pcworld/144373
PC World - Yahoo is in talks with Time Warner on a deal to combine Internet operations with AOL, while News Corp. is in talks with...

Thu, 10 Apr 08
New Sony SLR complicates the Canon vs. Nikon choice (USATODAY.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080410/tc_usatoday/newsonyslrcomplicatesthecanonvsnikonchoice
USATODAY.com - When looking for a digital camera, many people ask: Canon or Nikon? Now, Sony enters the mix with its Alpha A300.

Thu, 10 Apr 08
U.S. Regional Carrier to Offer WiMax (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080410/tc_pcworld/144375
PC World - A Massachusetts company that sells wireless broadband to enterprises is one of the latest service providers to get a...

Thu, 10 Apr 08
Summit: Linux Advances Into Enterprise, Seeks Better Fix For Bugs (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080410/tc_cmp/207100528
TechWeb - Business users and Linux kernel developers hashed out issues like reliability, kernel patches, and bugs at the second Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit in Austin, Texas.

Thu, 10 Apr 08
Startup pushes virtual labs as a service (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080410/tc_infoworld/97875
InfoWorld - Seattle startup Skytap is set to debut virtual labs-as-a-service software that will let development teams create multiple test machines in various configurations without tying up much hardware.

Thu, 10 Apr 08
Sun to tout hosting platform (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080409/tc_infoworld/97831
InfoWorld - Sun will discuss on Thursday a research and development project intended to provide a hosting platform for delivering Internet-based services.

Thu, 10 Apr 08
Video game review: You can't tilt this (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080409/ap_on_hi_te/games_pinball_hof


In this undated screen shot released by Crave Entertainment, a portion of the Funhouse pinball table in the Wii game 'Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection' is shown. (AP Photo/Crave Entertainment)AP - Purists who play the silver ball might say pinball should be enjoyed on full-sized machines, but few of us have the money or den space to house an arcade-size collection.

Wed, 9 Apr 08
Yahoo's Flickr expands into online video (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_hi_te/flickr_video
AP - Yahoo Inc. will begin showing homemade videos on its online photo-sharing site, Flickr, in a long-anticipated move that may be too late to lure most people away from the Internet's dominant video channel, Google Inc.'s YouTube.

Wed, 9 Apr 08
Thousands of posts flood Starbucks site (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_hi_te/starbucks_online_suggestions


Starbucks Corp. Chief Technology Officer Chris Bruzzo holds hand-written comment cards as he stands in front of a live screen of the new Web site 'mystarbucksidea.com' Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at Starbucks' annual shareholders meeting in Seattle. Coffee-obsessed consumers started chiming in as soon as the Web site inviting customers to pitch ideas for reviving its struggling U.S. business went live. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - Hundreds of coffee-obsessed consumers chimed in moments after Starbucks Corp. launched a Web site asking customers to pitch changes the company should make to revive its struggling U.S. business.

Wed, 9 Apr 08
TomTom blames price pressures in warning (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_hi_te/netherlands_tomtom_outlook
AP - Personal navigation device maker TomTom NV shocked the market with a profit warning on Tuesday, blaming weak pricing power and European retailers for stocking fewer of its products.

Wed, 9 Apr 08
Study: Editor-reader gap in news sites (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_hi_te/media_credibility
AP - Newspaper readers agree with editors on the basics of what makes good journalism, but they are more apt to want looser rules for online conversations, a new study on news credibility has found.

Wed, 9 Apr 08
Chertoff pushes cybersecurity goals (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080409/ap_on_hi_te/chertoff_cybersecurity


Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff speaks about cybersecurity at the RSA conference in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Federal cybersecurity officials are trying to develop an early warning system that alerts authorities to incoming computer attacks targeting critical U.S. infrastructure, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday.

Wed, 9 Apr 08
Adobe debuts Media Player, video content (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080409/tc_infoworld/97791
InfoWorld - Adobe Systems debuted a new media playing software, Adobe Media Player 1.0 (AMP) along with online programming instructional video content on how to use the company's products, it said Wednesday.

Wed, 9 Apr 08
iPhone is already the top mobile browser (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080409/tc_macworld/iphoneisalreadythetopmobilebrowser
Macworld.com - It's been on the market for just six months, and already the iPhone (plus its Wi-Fi-only variant, the iPod Touch) is the most used mobile browser for Internet access in the U.S., according to Irish researcher StatCounter. At No. 2 is the Symbian OS used in Nokia's devices. Globally, the two positions are reversed. In either case, Windows Mobile -- in all its versions -- is just a blip.

Wed, 9 Apr 08
Motorola names David Dorman as chairman (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080409/ap_on_bi_ge/motorola_personnel
AP - Cell phone maker Motorola Inc., which recently settled a proxy battle with activist investor Carl Icahn, said Wednesday it named former AT&T chief executive David Dorman as non-executive chairman.

Wed, 9 Apr 08
Mainsoft supports Microsoft technology for Java, Linux (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080408/tc_infoworld/97648
InfoWorld - Mainsoft on Tuesday is launching a product that supports Microsoft's ASP.Net AJAX technology on Java-supported platforms such as Linux.

Wed, 9 Apr 08
Anti-virus software isn't the only computer security tool (USATODAY.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080409/tc_usatoday/antivirussoftwareisnttheonlycomputersecuritytool
USATODAY.com - Mike Saign smelled something fishy about the e-mail he received - purportedly from an eBay auctioneer - accepting his lowball offer for a high-end golf club.

Wed, 9 Apr 08
Lab test: Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080409/tc_infoworld/97722
InfoWorld - The Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway P840 (v5.0) had excellent overall anti-spam performance, third in filtering and fifth in false positives, with a fair number of bulk false positives, but more than 97 percent of spam caught. And the feature set is extensive, including application-layer firewall features for the back-end mail server, policy-based encryption, and capable outbound content protection.

Wed, 9 Apr 08
Horror writer King blasts banning violent videogames (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080409/tc_nm/videogames_king_dc


Author Stephen King attends a news conference before a charity reading event in New York, August 1, 2006. (Mike Segar/Reuters)Reuters - Horror writer Stephen King has criticized plans by a U.S. state to ban violent video games, saying such a move would be undemocratic and it was up to parents to monitor their children's entertainment.

Tue, 8 Apr 08
HP unveils small laptop for schoolkids (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_hi_te/hewlett_packard_small_laptops


Christine Wright of Hewlett Packard Company holds a new class of miniaturized HP laptops called 'netbooks' in San Francisco, Thursday, April 3, 2008. The machines are so new the industry hasn't settled on a name for low-cost and scaled-down laptops used primarily for surfing the Internet and performing other basic functions like word processing. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - One more of the world's biggest technology companies is clamoring to enter the growing market for pint-sized computers targeted mainly for pint-sized customers.

Tue, 8 Apr 08
Online crooks face tough competition (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_hi_te/internet_security_threats
AP - Fierce competition among identity thieves has driven the prices for stolen data down to bargain-basement levels, which has forced crooks to adopt mainstream business tactics to lure customers, according to a new report on Internet security threats.

Tue, 8 Apr 08
Online sales to grow 17 percent in '08 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_hi_te/online_sales
AP - Online spending is expected to rise a robust 17 percent this year, despite a sluggish economy that has bruised many brick-based retailers, according to an annual survey to be released Tuesday.

Tue, 8 Apr 08
Yahoo still wants Microsoft to raise bid (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080407/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo


Jerry Yang, Co-Founder Yahoo! Inc, at an event in Washington, DC on April 3. Yahoo has rejected Microsoft's three-week deadline to accept a US$44.6 billion takeover bid.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)AP - Brushing aside the threat of a disruptive takeover battle that could batter its shaky stock, Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc. on Monday reiterated its refusal to sell to Microsoft Corp. for less than $45 billion.

Tue, 8 Apr 08
UN links up with Google Earth to help refugees (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080408/tc_afp/unrefugeeinternetcompanygoogle


A screen grab of Google Earth. The United Nations refugee agency has unveiled a new partnership with Internet giant Google to help track refugees from Iraq to Darfur and raise public awareness of its work.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)AFP - The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday unveiled a new partnership with Internet giant Google to help track refugees from Iraq to Darfur and raise public awareness of its work.

Tue, 8 Apr 08
When roses won't do, e-mail a fragrance (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080408/tc_infoworld/97640
InfoWorld - After satisfying the senses of sight and sound through video streams and music downloads, NTT Communications aims to tap into the sense of smell with a new system that allows users to send fragrances from their cell phones.

Tue, 8 Apr 08
Nokia to open research center in Switzerland (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080408/tc_nm/nokia_research_dc


The factory of Nokia is pictured in Bochum January 18, 2008. (Ina Fassbender/Reuters)Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said on Tuesday it would establish a research center in Lausanne, Switzerland, in collaboration with two Swiss federal institutes of technology.

Tue, 8 Apr 08
Spring Users To Get Assist In Building Java Web Services (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080408/tc_cmp/207001980
TechWeb - WSO2's grafted approach to Spring's Web services may appeal to open source developers eyeing rapid, lightweight Java developments.

Tue, 8 Apr 08
Adobe Merges Business Units Serving PCs, Mobile (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080408/tc_cmp/207100169
TechWeb - The move represents the further consolidation of its 2005 Macromedia acquisition and the market need for software that can run on multiple devices.

Tue, 8 Apr 08
IBM confident of victory in patent spat with Asustek (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080408/tc_infoworld/97639
InfoWorld - IBM believes it will prevail both with the U.S. International Trade Commission and in U.S. courts in a patent spat with Asustek Computer of Taiwan.

Tue, 8 Apr 08
Week in video-game news (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_en_ot/games_news_bytes
AP - News from the virtual world:

Mon, 7 Apr 08
Yahoo promises to 'amp' up ad platform (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080407/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_advertising


Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer addresses a news conference in Hanover, March 3, 2008. Yahoo is not opposed to a deal with Microsoft but Microsoft should pay more than $31 a share if it wants to buy the company, Yahoo plans to say in a letter to Microsoft, a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday. (Christian Charisius/Reuters)AP - Yahoo Inc. believes it's poised to revolutionize online advertising after years of being outmaneuvered by rival Google Inc.

Mon, 7 Apr 08
US cyberwarfare prep includes offense (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080406/ap_on_hi_te/cyberwarfare
AP - U.S. military officials seeking to boost the nation's cyberwarfare capabilities are looking beyond defending the Internet: They are developing ways to launch virtual attacks on enemies.

Mon, 7 Apr 08
Va. schools teach 'Net safety lessons (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080406/ap_on_hi_te/internet_safety_classes


Assistant Attorney General Gene Fishel, chief of the computer crimes section in the Virginia attorney general's office, talks to students in Shari Hayward's business and information class at James River High School on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, in Chesterfield, Va. (AP Photo/Lisa Billings)AP - On a screen at the front of a classroom, Gene Fishel flashed an online social-networking profile of "hotlilflgirl," which said she was 15, enjoys being around boys and wants to meet new people.

Mon, 7 Apr 08
Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline on offer (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080406/ap_on_bi_ge/microsoft_yahoo


Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer addresses a news conference in Hanover, March 3, 2008. Yahoo is not opposed to a deal with Microsoft but Microsoft should pay more than $31 a share if it wants to buy the company, Yahoo plans to say in a letter to Microsoft, a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday. (Christian Charisius/Reuters)AP - Microsoft set the clock ticking for Yahoo to accept its $41 billion buyout offer in a letter to the Internet pioneer's board Saturday, warning that if a deal wasn't reached by April 26 the software maker would launch a hostile takeover at a less attractive price.

Mon, 7 Apr 08
ISPs hog rights in fine print (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080405/ap_on_hi_te/isp_funny_print


A man with a cell phone walks past a Verizon Wireless store in Philadelphia in this Aug. 1, 2006 file photo. In their subscriber contracts, some Internet providers explicitly absolve themselves of obligations that, it seems, no one would imagine they had in the first place. (AP Photo/George Widman, File)AP - In their subscriber contracts, some Internet providers explicitly absolve themselves of obligations that, it seems, no one would imagine they had in the first place.

Mon, 7 Apr 08
Kroenke buys ITV stake in Arsenal Broadband (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080407/wr_nm/arsenal_itv_dc
Reuters - U.S. sports tycoon Stan Kroenke has strengthened his links with English soccer club Arsenal by buying a 50 percent stake in Arsenal Broadband Ltd from British broadcaster ITV for 22.7 million pounds ($45.4 million).

Mon, 7 Apr 08
Free Trade Advocates Face 'Difficult Time' (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080406/tc_pcworld/144095
PC World - The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and other groups pushing for free trade pacts have a sales job to do with the U.S. public, even if they have statistics on their side, a former congressman and free trade supporter said.

Mon, 7 Apr 08
EU to harmonize takeoff of in-flight mobile calls (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080407/tc_nm/eu_telecoms_dc
Reuters - "Honey, I'm on a plane" will be increasingly overheard on flights -- much to the annoyance of some passengers -- as the European Commission on Monday unveils a pan-EU approach to licensing in-flight calls.

Mon, 7 Apr 08
Linux Kernel Community Grows (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080406/tc_pcworld/143997
PC World - While Linus Torvalds' name is synonymous with the Linux kernel, Al Viro's may be one day, too.

Mon, 7 Apr 08
Borland touts Web 2.0 for lifecycle management (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080407/tc_infoworld/97468
InfoWorld - Borland Software has announced Borland Silk 2008, an application lifecycle management product line featuring capabilities for Web 2.0. It is intended to break down barriers among business, development and quality assurance, the company said. Enhancements to Silk products improve the quality process by delivering better manual testing, expanded automation, and improved enterprise support of the quality lifecycle, according to Borland.

Mon, 7 Apr 08
Taiwan's Asustek Computer sues IBM (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080407/bs_afp/taiwanusitcompanypatentasustekibm


The IBM logo. Taiwan's Asustek Computer Inc. said Monday it had filed a patent infringement suit against International Business Machines Corp (IBM) in a US court earlier this month.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)AFP - Taiwan's Asustek Computer Inc. said Monday it had filed a patent infringement suit against International Business Machines Corp (IBM) in a US court earlier this month.

Mon, 7 Apr 08
Violent video games make people more relaxed (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080404/tc_macworld/violentvideogamesmakepeoplemorerelaxed
Macworld.com - Holy irony, Batman! People who play violent games online actually feel relaxed after they have played a round of bloody fun.

Fri, 4 Apr 08
Qualcomm aims to expand TV service (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080404/ap_on_hi_te/spectrum_auction_qualcomm
AP - Qualcomm Inc. said Thursday that it will use the radio spectrum it won in a recent government auction to double the capacity of its mobile television service on swaths of both coasts.

Fri, 4 Apr 08
AT&T wanted unrestricted spectrum (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080404/ap_on_hi_te/spectrum_auction_at_t
AP - AT&T Inc. sought unrestricted portions of wireless spectrum in the recent auction by the Federal Communications Commission because they better complimented the company's existing holdings, executives said Thursday.

Fri, 4 Apr 08
Navajo Nation to lose Internet signal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080404/ap_on_hi_te/navajo_internet_shutdown
AP - The thousands of Navajo Nation residents who rely on the Internet to work, study and communicate across their 27,000-square-mile reservation will be out of luck Monday, if their service provider is shuttered as planned.

Fri, 4 Apr 08
Kindle helps tiny e-book market (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_on_hi_te/the_state_of_e_books


The Kindle device is shown in this photograph released by Amazon.com on Monday, Nov. 19, 2007. The $399 electronic book device will allow downloads of more than 90,000 book titles, blogs, magazines and newspapers. More than four months after Amazon.com released the Kindle, no one is sure whether the latest e-book reader is really hot, or not. But publishers believe that the Kindle has helped, if not revolutionized, the tiny electronic market. (AP Photo/Amazon.com,File)AP - More than four months after Amazon.com released the Kindle, no one is sure whether the latest e-book reader is really hot — or not. But publishers believe that the Kindle has helped, if not revolutionized, the tiny electronic market.

Fri, 4 Apr 08
Projectors to magnify cell-phone cinema (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_show_projectors


Russell Hannigan, of Microvision Inc., demonstrates a handheld projector hooked up to an iPod during the CTIA wireless show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in this Tuesday, April 1, 2008 file photo. Recognizing it's not much fun to watch movies on a tiny cell phone, a number of companies are racing to develop gadgets that project what's playing on the small screen onto walls, table cloths and other handy surfaces. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, file)AP - Recognizing that it's not much fun to watch movies on a tiny cell phone, a number of companies are racing to develop gadgets that project what's playing on the small screen onto walls, table cloths and other handy surfaces.

Fri, 4 Apr 08
Former Vanity Fair editor to launch Web site (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080404/wr_nm/media_website_dc
Reuters - Move over, Matt Drudge.

Fri, 4 Apr 08
India firms see solution on BlackBerry by next week (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080404/wr_nm/blackberry_india_dc
Reuters - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) is expected to provide a solution by early next week to India's security concerns on emails send through the services that could not be traced or intercepted, an official for mobile operators said on Friday.

Fri, 4 Apr 08
Nokia opens mobile gaming service N-Gage (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080404/wr_nm/nokia_gaming_dc


Game enthusiasts flock to the booth of hardware developer and game publisher Nokia during the first day the exhibit floor is open at the Electronic Entertainment Expo E3, in Los Angeles May 18, 2005. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker, launched its N-Gage gaming service on Thursday, hoping to energize an ailing market for mobile gaming.

Fri, 4 Apr 08
Linux Contributor List Grows Longer; Many Paid (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080404/tc_cmp/207001694
TechWeb - Red Hat is at the top of the list thanks to two contributors who are its employees, Al Viro, with 1,571 changes in the most recent kernel, and David Miller with 1,520.

Fri, 4 Apr 08
Microsoft Extends XP Through 2010 for Ultra-Low-Cost Laptops (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080404/tc_pcworld/144135
PC World - Microsoft will extend the sales of Windows XP Home to OEMs beyond the current deadline of June 30, 2008.

Fri, 4 Apr 08
IBM expert: IT risk is opaque (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080404/tc_infoworld/97374
InfoWorld - Just as many financial services firms failed to predict the meltdown of the sub-prime lending sector and its ripple effect on the overall U.S. economy, IT and data security teams won't be able to sufficiently secure their assets and information unless they become far more progressive in assessing risk, according to IBM's top expert in the field.

Fri, 4 Apr 08
Nintendo Wii outsells PS3 3-to-1 in Japan in March (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080404/tc_nm/sony_nintendo_dc
Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii game console outsold Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 by 3-to-1 in Japan in March but its DS handheld machine fell behind the PlayStation Portable for the first time in six months, a game magazine publisher said.

Thu, 3 Apr 08
Intel unveils new Classmate PCs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_on_hi_te/intel_low_cost_laptops


This photo provided by Intel Corp shows the company's low cost computers. Intel's new Classmate PCs slated to go on sale in April, 2008, for between $300 and $500 — reflect the company's growing efforts to sell computers equipped with its own chips to schools in developing countries, a battleground for technology companies because of the millions of people there just coming online. (AP Photo/Intel Corp.)AP - Intel Corp. unveiled new features for its line of low-cost laptops for schools Wednesday, adding bigger screens and more data storage capacity as the chip maker ratchets up its rivalry with the One Laptop per Child organization, which sells a competing machine.

Thu, 3 Apr 08
Paramount to open virtual movie vault (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_on_en_mo/film_paramount_there


A scene from the virtual world of There.com is shown in this photo released by Makena Technologies. Paramount Pictures' film vault is opening up in a virtual way. Thousands of video clips from Paramount's movie library — ranging from 'Footloose' to 'Beverly Hills Cop' to 'Clueless' — will be available inside the virtual three-dimensional online world There.com, Paramount Digital Entertainment and Makena Technologies Inc. announced Wednesday to The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Makena Technologies)AP - Paramount Pictures' film vault is opening up in the virtual world.

Thu, 3 Apr 08
Zillow launches mortgage marketplace (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_on_hi_te/zillow_mortgage_web_site
AP - Armed with market research that showed Americans spend as much time researching a vacation as they do a mortgage loan (answer: five hours), Zillow.com is launching a mortgage marketplace that allows consumers to anonymously receive custom loan quotes and rate their lenders.

Thu, 3 Apr 08
Cell boosters coming for the home (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080402/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_show_femtocells


Airvana's femtocells are pictured at the CTIA wireless show at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 in Las Vegas. The devices will allow consumers to use their mobile phones on their home cable or dsl networks. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - Verizon Wireless is joining Sprint Nextel Corp. in jumping on the latest craze in the wireless world: little boxes called femtocells that boost cell-phone coverage in subscribers' homes.

Thu, 3 Apr 08
iPhone popularity spurs Blackberry sales (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_on_hi_te/earns_research_in_motion


A Blackberry Pearl waves to passersby at the CTIA wireless show at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 in Las Vegas. Research In Motion Ltd. says its fiscal fourth-quarter profit and sales more than doubled as the Blackberry maker boosted its subscriber base and shipped about 4.4 million of its smart phones. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - Not only did Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry smart phone, see its profit more than double last quarter, it may have gotten a boost from a top competitor's strong sales.

Thu, 3 Apr 08
Radiohead allows fans to remix new single (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080403/tc_nm/radiohead_dc


Radiohead's Thom Yorke performs at the Glastonbury Festival in a file photo. Radiohead is using the Internet for another initiative built around its chart-topping album, 'In Rainbows.' (Toby Melville/Reuters)Reuters - Radiohead is using the Internet for another initiative built around its chart-topping album, "In Rainbows."

Thu, 3 Apr 08
Intel Gves Its Classmate PC a Makeover (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080403/tc_pcworld/144100
PC World - Intel unveiled an updated version of its Classmate PC laptop, but changes made to the device are largely cosmetic--at least for now.

Thu, 3 Apr 08
LG Telecom may offer 3G service on Google platform (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080403/bs_nm/lgtelecom3g_dc


A South Korean woman uses her mobile phone in front of a sign promoting LG Telecom in Seoul September 2, 2003. (Rhee Dong-Min LJW/PB/Reuters)Reuters - LG Telecom Co Ltd (032640.KQ), South Korea's third-biggest mobile service operator, may offer its third-generation service on phones using Google's mobile software platform, LG's chief executive said on Thursday.

Thu, 3 Apr 08
Adobe, RealNetworks Join Intel to Boost Mobile Linux (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080402/tc_pcworld/144050
PC World - RealPlayer and Air will ship for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) running Linux, Intel said at IDF.

Thu, 3 Apr 08
Yahoo adds voice search to mobile Internet service (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080403/tc_afp/lifestyleusitinternettelecomcompanyyahoo


A model holds a mobile phone showing the Yahoo! website in Japan. Yahoo on Wednesday unveiled enhanced oneSearch software that lets people surf the Internet by speaking into their mobile telephones.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Yahoo on Wednesday unveiled enhanced oneSearch software that lets people surf the Internet by speaking into their mobile telephones.

Thu, 3 Apr 08
Trends & Innovations - Wednesday (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080402/bs_ibd_ibd/20080402trends
Investor's Business Daily - A company has created a 3-D virtual chat room that lets users add chat to their social networking sites. The technology, created by startup Vivaty, turns a flat Facebook site into a live 3-D chat room. About 15 people can pick characters and enter the same room to chat. Similar services are offered by Second Life, but Vivaty users don't have to install any new software on their PCs and can just log on through a Web browser.

Thu, 3 Apr 08
Sony to cut costs, boosts orders to fight strong yen (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080403/bs_nm/sony_dc


A woman is seen in front of a Sony advertisement wall in Taipei April 3, 2008. (Pichi Chuang/Reuters)Reuters - Japan's Sony Corp (6758.T), the maker of PlayStation game gear and Vaio PCs, said on Thursday it would cut costs and attract more orders to offset the negative impact of the yen's strength on its profit.

Wed, 2 Apr 08
Amazon launches text-message shopping (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080402/ap_on_hi_te/amazon_text_message_shopping
AP - Amazon.com Inc.'s brick-and-mortar competitors have yet another reason to fear the Web: a new service that lets shoppers compare prices and buy things with a few quick taps on their cell phones.

Wed, 2 Apr 08
Australia cancels broadband deal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080402/ap_on_hi_te/australia_broadband
AP - The Australian government has terminated a 958 million Australian dollar ($869 million) agreement with a Singapore-backed consortium to build a rural broadband network, officials said Wednesday.

Wed, 2 Apr 08
Time is right for Linux PCs to emerge (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080401/ap_on_hi_te/linux_pcs


The EeePC, a $400, fully functioning 2 pound notebook computer that uses the Linux operating system, is seen in New York in this Dec. 27, 2007 file photo. The free Linux operating system handles big tasks like running supercomputers, cell phones and ATMs. Now Linux has a chance to finally crack Microsoft Corp.'s hold on computing's most visible domain — mainstream PCs — because of the rise of innovative, inexpensive machines. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)AP - The free Linux operating system handles big tasks like running supercomputers and ATMs. Now Linux has a chance to finally crack Microsoft Corp.'s hold on computing's most visible domain — mainstream PCs — because of the rise of innovative, inexpensive machines.

Wed, 2 Apr 08
Microsoft file format gets ISO signoff (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080402/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_ooxml
AP - The format Microsoft Corp.'s Office 2007 programs use to save documents was approved as an international standard Tuesday, a step the company touted as proof it is willing to make once-proprietary technology work openly with competing programs.

Wed, 2 Apr 08
Sprint to sell iPhone-like device (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080401/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_show_sprint


In this undated photo provided by Sprint, the Samsung Instinct is shown. The Samsung Instinct will be available in June for an as yet undetermined price, Sprint announced at cell-phone industry trade show CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas on Tuesday, April 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Sprint)AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. on Tuesday said it is betting heavily on a touch-screen phone that appears to be the closest thing the U.S. market has seen to Apple Inc.'s vaunted iPhone.

Wed, 2 Apr 08
MIDs will run Windows XP and Vista, Intel says (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080402/tc_infoworld/97122
InfoWorld - Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) based on Intel's Centrino Atom  chip package will be available with Microsoft's Windows operating system in addition to Linux, according to the chip maker.

Wed, 2 Apr 08
Memory makers hope Intel Centrino 2 spurs DDR3 (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080402/tc_infoworld/97114
InfoWorld - Global memory chip makers are hurrying DDR3 (double data rate, third generation) DRAM (dynamic RAM) into Intel validation labs in hopes the processor giant's Centrino 2 laptop chips will spur DRAM demand  amid a market glut.

Wed, 2 Apr 08
Deal puts 'Sopranos' on Canadian cell phones (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080402/tv_nm/sopranos_dc


Actor James Gandolfini accepts the award for best actor in a drama series for 'The Sopranos' at the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles January 27, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Bell Canada on Tuesday began delivering full episodes of "The Sopranos" to its mobile phone subscribers as part of an agreement with HBO.

Wed, 2 Apr 08
VC Funds Pour Into Commercial Open Source (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080402/tc_cmp/207001103
TechWeb - Investment in open source startups hits an all-time high, but questions remain over what's next.

Wed, 2 Apr 08
UTV founders in news content tie up with Disney-ABC (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080402/tc_nm/utv_tieup_dc
Reuters - The founder group of UTV Software Communications said on Wednesday it has tied up with a unit of Walt Disney Co to source ABC's news programming for its new business news channel in India.

Wed, 2 Apr 08
Curl joins the Eclipse Foundation (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080401/tc_infoworld/97074
InfoWorld - Curl has joined the Eclipse Foundation and detailed plans to base its rich Internet application development tools on the Eclipse framework.??

Wed, 2 Apr 08
GAMES: Week in video-game news (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080331/ap_en_ot/games_news_bytes
AP - News from the virtual world:

 

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