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Sat, 31 May 08
iPhone market share at 19 percent in 1Q, IDC says (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080530/ap_on_hi_te/tec_iphone_market_share
AP - Apple Inc.'s iPhone, a new model of which is widely expected this summer, took 19.2 percent of the U.S. market for "smart" phones in the first quarter of 2008, according to research firm IDC's vendor survey.

Sat, 31 May 08
Publisher offers 5,000 more books for Kindle (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080530/ap_on_hi_te/amazon_kindle
AP - Amazon.com said Friday that publisher Simon & Schuster Inc. will make 5,000 more books available for the Amazon Kindle wireless reader, bumping to 125,000 the number of titles users can download and read.

Sat, 31 May 08
Overstock.com sues New York over Internet tax law (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080531/wr_nm/overstock_newyork_dc
Reuters - Overstock.com said on Friday it filed a lawsuit to challenge a New York law requiring Internet retailers to collect and pay New York state taxes on sales to New York consumers even if the retailer does not have a physical presence in New York.

Sat, 31 May 08
BlackBerry Leads, iPhone Follows U.S. Smartphone Sales (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080531/tc_cmp/208401284
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The reason for RIM's success? It's been able to broaden the appeal of the BlackBerry to more than just professionals, an IDC report found.

Sat, 31 May 08
Laptop-Embedded Wireless Broadband Closer To Mainstream (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080531/tc_cmp/208401279
TechWeb - InformationWeek - New technologies and pricing due by the end of 2008 have the potential to eliminate the problems of embedded wireless 3G notebook purchases, Gartner now suggests.

Sat, 31 May 08
DISH, EchoStar Sue TiVo (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080531/tc_cmp/208401276
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The satellite companies have asked a Delaware court to find that their new DVR software does not infringe a TiVo patent.

Sat, 31 May 08
MySpace Music to stage its 150th Secret Show (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080530/wr_nm/myspace_dc


In this screen shot provided by Minggl, an example of one way Minggl's service works to aggregate one's various social networks is shown. Minggl and Fifth Generation Systems Inc.'s Zude both promise to help users aggregate their various networks, including MySpace and Facebook. With the attention on Google and each other, neither has blocked Minggl or Zude — yet. (AP Photo/Minggl)Reuters - The secret's out: MySpace Music Secret Shows are a hit. Social networking pioneer MySpace has created its most successful music program with the intimate Secret Shows series, whose 150th installment will feature Gnarls Barkley on June 8 at Irving Plaza in New York.

Fri, 30 May 08
Dell shares get boost from strong earnings report (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080530/ap_on_hi_te/earns_dell


In this Feb. 27, 2008 file photo, Julian Andino, left, and Chrisellda Arellano examine Dell computers at Best Buy in the Atwater Village section of Los Angeles. Dell on Thursday, May 29, 2008 said its profit and sales grew in its fiscal first quarter, beating Wall Street's expectations in a sign the computer maker's turnaround efforts may be starting to pay off. (AP Photo/Ric Francis, file)AP - Growth in Asia and strong sales of notebook computers helped Dell Inc. beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter sales and profit.

Fri, 30 May 08
Mom in Web bullying case turns grief into activism (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080530/ap_on_re_us/internet_suicide


Tina Meier, mother of Megan Meier, who committed suicide on October 16, 2007 after being victimized by cyber bullies, now works to teach others about the harmful effect of internet harassment. She has created the Megan Meier foundation, speaks at schools, and is working with stopcyberbullying.org to raise awareness about the issue. She is photographed in her home in O' Fallon, Mo. on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 with a chalk drawing of her daughter that was given to her by her aunt as a Christmas present the year that Megan died. (AP Photo/ Sarah Conard)AP - When Tina Meier's 13-year-old daughter committed suicide after being bullied on the Internet, her grief was so encompassing she felt at times she couldn't breathe. She had trouble being around loved ones who reminded her of her child. Even today, recollections of those first holidays after Megan's death are foggy at best.

Fri, 30 May 08
Safety tips for travelers' protections (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_hi_te/tec_traveling_laptops
AP - If you're traveling overseas, try to leave your computer at home. If you must have it, put only a few files on it and leave as many as possible behind. Encrypt the files you do bring.

Fri, 30 May 08
Comcast.net site is hacked briefly (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_hi_te/tec_comcast_web_hack
AP - Hackers took over Comcast Corp.'s Web portal for several hours overnight, denying 14.1 million subscribers access to the cable company's site for e-mail, news and technical support.

Fri, 30 May 08
Japanese scientists create microscopic noodle bowl (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_sc/odd_japan_smallest_ramen_bowl


In this Dec., 2006 photomicrograph released Thursday, May 29, 2008 by The Nakao Hamaguchi Laboratory of the University of Tokyo, a 'carbon nanotube ramen' in a bowl with diameter measuring one-thousandth of a millimeter (one-25,000th of an inch) produced by the university's mechanical engineering Prof. Masayuki Nakao and his students in a project aimed at developing nanotube-processing technology is shown. 'We believe it's the world's smallest ramen bowl, with the smallest portion of noodles inside, though they're not edible,' Nakao said. The microscopic bowl was first created in December 2006, but was only revealed Thursday after it was entered for a microphotography competition this month. (AP Photo/The Nakao Hamaguchi Laboratory of the University of Tokyo, HO)AP - Japanese scientists say they have used cutting-edge technology to create a noodle bowl so small it can be seen only through a microscope.

Fri, 30 May 08
Asus to Launch Laptops With Linux Net Software (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080530/tc_pcworld/146467
PC World - Asustek plans to equip its laptop PCs with Linux software that allows fast access to the Internet and multimedia files.

Fri, 30 May 08
Asustek to Launch Mini-PC With Blu-ray Disc Drive (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080530/tc_pcworld/146466
PC World - Asustek will launch new multimedia mini-PCs at Computex that come with Blu-ray Disc drives as an option.

Fri, 30 May 08
Marvell tops Wall St targets, shares leap 17 pct (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080530/bs_nm/marvell_dc
Reuters - Microchip design company Marvell Technology Group Ltd on Thursday posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit thanks to cost cuts and strong sales of wireless products, and its shares jumped 17 percent.

Fri, 30 May 08
Novell Posts 2Q Profit, Linux Sales Rise (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080530/tc_cmp/208401043
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Sales of Linux software and other programs in Novell's open platforms group rose 31% to $30 million.

Fri, 30 May 08
Web 2.0 Sites a Thriving Marketplace for Malware (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080530/tc_pcworld/146117
PC World - Malicious software makers are using social networks, video sites, and blogs to peddle their wares to other online criminals.

Fri, 30 May 08
MySpace Adopts Google's Gears To Search Messages (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080529/bs_nf/60024
NewsFactor - Google Gears --the search giant's open-source system for allowing offline access to Web applications -- celebrated its one-year anniversary Wednesday with an announcement by MySpace. The social-networking site, owned by News Corp., will use Gears to search and sort user messages. This is the largest implementation of the Gears technology.

Fri, 30 May 08
Schools eyeing virtual campuses (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080530/tc_afp/lifestyleitinterneteducationcompanylinden


A woman visits the Second Life website, a popular virtual world. An Internet fantasy universe teeming with faux worlds devoted to socializing and video games is expanding to include virtual classrooms and universities.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)AFP - An Internet fantasy universe teeming with faux worlds devoted to socializing and video games is expanding to include virtual classrooms and universities.

Thu, 29 May 08
Yahoo CEO says company is not 'under siege' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo


In this photo provided by D:All Things Digital, Yahoo Inc. CEO Jerry Yang, left speaks during the D6 Conference in Carlsbad, Calif., on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Yang rejected the image of his company as 'under siege' Wednesday, telling conference goers that executives are rallying to streamline Yahoo's offerings and make it more relevant to consumers and to advertisers. (AP Photo/D:All Things Digital, Asa Mathat)AP - Yahoo Inc. CEO Jerry Yang rejected the image of his company as "under siege" Wednesday, telling conference goers that executives are rallying to streamline Yahoo's offerings and make it more relevant to consumers and to advertisers.

Thu, 29 May 08
Digital printers pursuing more of world's pages (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_hi_te/commercial_printing


In this undated photo provided by Eastman Kodak Co., is Kodak's new commercial printer, Stream, a continuous-feed inkjet color printer capable of churning out more than 2,500 pages a minute of individually customized books, magazines, newspapers, brochures, catalogs, credit-card bills and direct mail. (AP Photo/Eastman Kodak Co.)AP - Commercial printing, where traditional offset still reigns, could be transformed with the introduction of a bevy of versatile, high-speed digital presses.

Thu, 29 May 08
New breed of robots could soon wander Antarctica (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_sc/tec_ice_robots


In this handout released by Georgia Tech, Ayanna Howard, an associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech, works on SnoMate Tuesday, May 8, 2008 in Atlanta. SnoMate is a robot designed to gather scientific data in icy environments. (AP Photo/Georgia Tech, Ron Felt)AP - Robotic rovers have patrolled deep space and the deepest seas, but scientists are still struggling to create drones that can overcome the multiple challenges of exploring Antarctica.

Thu, 29 May 08
Palestinians pin biz hopes on high-tech industry (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_re_mi_ea/palestinians_high_tech_hopes
AP - Hunched over their laptops, Palestinian software engineers are working on a program that makes desktop computers accessible from anywhere.

Thu, 29 May 08
Intel CEO: Smaller gadgets will expand market (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080528/ap_on_hi_te/intel_ceo


Paul Otellini, President and CEO of Intel, gives an interview at The Associated Press, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 in New York. Otellini talked about moving in directions that are unusual for the 40-year-old company, including investing in wireless networks and relying on software that isn't from Microsoft. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - Intel Corp.'s push to create and boost new categories of small, cheap Internet-connected devices is taking the world's largest chip maker in some unusual directions.

Thu, 29 May 08
Busted by Blogger, Dell Offers Peek at Low-cost Laptop (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080529/tc_pcworld/146422
PC World - Dell has released pictures of an upcoming laptop after a blogger caught Michael Dell carrying it around at a conference.

Thu, 29 May 08
Apple Gadgets, Tax Rebates, Vista's UAC (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080529/tc_pcworld/146387
PC World - Readers disagree with Apple predictions, complain about missing tax rebates, and learn that Vista's Account Control is actually useful.

Thu, 29 May 08
Infineon shares slump on revised outlook (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_hi_te/germany_infineon_outlook
AP - Germany's Infineon Technologies AG revised its outlook Thursday to reflect a diminished volume in wireless projects, sending its shares plunging nearly 10 percent.

Thu, 29 May 08
Mozilla Shooting for Record Books With Firefox 3 Release (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080528/tc_pcworld/146405
PC World - Mozilla is aiming to create what may be the geekiest world record ever with its upcoming Firefox 3 browser release.

Thu, 29 May 08
Researcher: Ad Software Maker Likely Violates Copyright (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080529/tc_pcworld/146421
PC World - Some videos offered by advertising software maker Zango are likely distributed without permission by the copyright holders...

Thu, 29 May 08
Lab Test: Xythos Enterprise Document Management Suite 7.0 builds on Web 2.0 tech (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080529/tc_infoworld/102034
InfoWorld - InfoWorld has watched Xythos mature impressively over the years, starting as a highly usable, economical document manager through Version 6.0, then broadening its appeal with records management. Enterprise Document Management Suite (DMS) has now reached Version 7.0, and with the number bump comes some important enhancements.

Thu, 29 May 08
"Metal Gear" creator cool under pressure (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080529/tc_nm/videogames_kojima_tech_dc
Reuters - The pressure on Hideo Kojima could hardly be greater, but the creator of the "Metal Gear Solid" video game series is cool as a cucumber.

Wed, 28 May 08
Microsoft demos future Windows with touch-screen (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080528/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft


Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer speaks during a luncheon and conference on technology and innovation in Madrid April 25, 2008. (Susana Vera/Reuters)AP - Microsoft Corp. said its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse, and its top executives reaffirmed interest in joining forces with Yahoo Inc.

Wed, 28 May 08
Agreement may mean end of cable set-top boxes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080527/ap_on_hi_te/cable_boxes
AP - The set-top box, a necessary appendage for millions of cable televisions for decades, is moving toward extinction.

Wed, 28 May 08
Borders returns to Web retailing after 7 years (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080527/ap_on_hi_te/borders_goes_online


This March 14, 2006 file photo, the interior of a Borders is shown in downtown Detroit. Borders Group is jumping back into online retailing with a Web site designed to evoke the feeling of browsing at a neighborhood bookstore, down to the popular shelves of staff picks that are familiar to its customers nationwide. The Tuesday May 27, 2008 launch of the site comes more than two months after Borders announced it may put itself up for sale. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)AP - Borders Group Inc. is returning to online retailing after seven years paired with Amazon.com, but analysts say it will be a challenge for the nation's second-largest bookseller to compete with established Web retailers.

Wed, 28 May 08
NY judge says Dell Inc. misled customers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080527/ap_on_hi_te/dell_lawsuit
AP - A New York judge concluded Tuesday that Dell Inc. engaged in repeated false and deceptive advertising of its promotional credit financing and warranties.

Wed, 28 May 08
Indian Company Develops Contextual Search Technology (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080528/tc_pcworld/146379
PC World - Sobha Renaissance Information Technology (SRIT) in India tests a contextual search engine.

Wed, 28 May 08
Blu-ray DVD recorder sales rising fast in Japan (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080528/tc_nm/bluray_dc
Reuters - Sales of high definition Blu-ray DVD recorders are zooming up in Japan as consumers take to the new generation of home movie entertainment after the end of a bitter format war.

Wed, 28 May 08
Microsoft Expects Explosive Growth for Windows Mobile (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080527/bs_nf/59976
NewsFactor - Microsoft expects its Windows Mobile software to grow by at least 50 percent worldwide in this and the next fiscal years. According to a report by Reuters news service, Eddie Wu, Microsoft's managing director of OEM embedded devices in Asia, projected the software giant will sell 20 million units with Windows Mobile in the fiscal year ending in June. In the last fiscal year, it sold more than 11 million units.

Wed, 28 May 08
Ruby on Rails upgrade eyed (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080527/tc_infoworld/102089
InfoWorld - Ruby on Rails 2.1, a planned upgrade to the popular open-source Web framework, could be released as soon as this weekend, the creator of the framework, David Heinemeier Hansson, said on Tuesday.

Wed, 28 May 08
Windows 7 to Have Touch-screen Interface (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080528/tc_pcworld/146378
PC World - Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system will have a touch-screen interface.

Wed, 28 May 08
Google Says Viacom Suit Threatens Social Networking (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080527/bs_nf/59978
NewsFactor - Viacom's $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube could mean the end of social networking as we know it, Google has told a U.S. court.

Wed, 28 May 08
'Penny Arcade,' 'Teenage Zombies' bring the funny (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080527/ap_en_ot/games_comedy
AP - Late last year, when I was playing Valve's brilliant puzzle game "Portal," I felt a weird sensation: Laughter. I'm not sure when I first noticed it; perhaps it was when GLaDOS, the insane artificial intelligence that was tormenting me, promised "grief counseling and cake" after my ordeal. What really threw me was the idea that a video game could make me laugh out loud.

Tue, 27 May 08
Borders returns to Web retailing after 7 years (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080527/ap_on_re_us/borders_goes_online


This March 14, 2006 file photo, the interior of a Borders is shown in downtown Detroit. Borders Group is jumping back into online retailing with a Web site designed to evoke the feeling of browsing at a neighborhood bookstore, down to the popular shelves of staff picks that are familiar to its customers nationwide. The Tuesday May 27, 2008 launch of the site comes more than two months after Borders announced it may put itself up for sale. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)AP - Borders Group is jumping back into online retailing with a Web site designed to evoke the feeling of browsing at a neighborhood bookstore, down to the popular shelves of staff picks that are familiar to its customers nationwide.

Tue, 27 May 08
Japan urges limiting kids' cell phones (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080527/ap_on_hi_te/japan_no_cell_phones
AP - Japanese youngsters are getting so addicted to Internet-linking cell phones that the government is starting a program warning parents and schools to limit their use among children.

Tue, 27 May 08
YouTube suit called threat to online communication (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080527/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_lawsuit


A screenshot of YouTube.com, taken on May 21, 2008. (www.youtube.com/Reuters)AP - A $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit challenging YouTube's ability to keep copyrighted material off its popular video-sharing site threatens how hundreds of millions of people exchange all kinds of information on the Internet, YouTube owner Google Inc. said.

Tue, 27 May 08
Carl's Jr. has appetite for online entertainment (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080527/media_nm/carls_dc
Reuters - Will Bud.TV get competition from Burger.TV? Fast-food chain Carl's Jr. is considering a foray into online branded entertainment, having met digital-minded production companies in recent weeks with help from ad-buying firm Initiative Media.

Tue, 27 May 08
TeliaSonera to roll out iPhone to Northern Europe (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080527/tc_afp/swedenfinlandtelecomequipcompanyteliasoneraapple


An iPhone on display at an Apple Store in San Francisco, California. Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera has announced a deal to bring Apple's iPhone to the Nordic and Baltic countries.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera announced a deal on Tuesday to bring Apple's iPhone to the Nordic and Baltic countries.

Tue, 27 May 08
Vodafone CEO to step down; company back to profit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080527/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_britain_vodafone
AP - Vodafone Group PLC Chief Executive Officer Arun Sarin will step down, he said Tuesday, as the world's largest cell phone operator reported a return to a full-year profitability.

Tue, 27 May 08
Open source on the wire (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080527/tc_infoworld/101926
InfoWorld - Once upon a time, using open-source servers and applications for business was frowned upon in many circles. Today, you???d be hard pressed to find any sizeable infrastructure that doesn???t leverage open-source code in some form or another, be it a few MySQL databases, Apache on the Web servers, or a pile of Perl, PHP, Ruby, or Python applications holding things together.

Tue, 27 May 08
Microsoft sees Windows Mobile unit sales up 50 pct (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080527/tc_nm/microsoft_dc


Willcom Inc's W-Zero3 handset using Windows Mobile is demonstrated for a photograph during an unveiling in Tokyo June 7, 2007. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp expects global unit sales of its Windows Mobile software for cellphones to grow at least 50 percent per year in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 as demand for smartphones rises rapidly.

Tue, 27 May 08
Hong Kong giant Sun Hung Kai ousts chairman after feud (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080527/bs_afp/hongkongbusinesspropertyfeudchairman


Businessmen pass the Sun Hung Kai Centre where a board meeting of Hong Kong's largest property firm was being held on May 27. The property giant has ousted Walter Kwok as its chairman, replacing him with his 79-year-old mother after a high-profile feud at the family-run firm(AFP/Mike Clarke)AFP - Hong Kong's largest property firm Sun Hung Kai said Tuesday it had ousted Walter Kwok as its chairman, replacing him with his 79-year-old mother after a high-profile feud at the family-run firm.

Mon, 26 May 08
J.R. Simplot, agribusiness giant, dies in Idaho (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080526/ap_on_re_us/obit_simplot


In this April 1, 1999 file photo, billionaire J.R. Simplot is seen at his office in the Simplot Building in downtown Boise, Idaho. A coroner says Simplot died Sunday, May 25, 2008, at his home in Boise at the age of 99. Simplot was known as the spud king of America whose wealth also helped create one of the world's biggest computer chip makers. (AP Photo/Troy Maben, File)AP - J.R. Simplot left home in 1923 at age 14 with four gold coins given to him by his mother. He ended his life as the spud king of America and one of the nation's richest men.

Mon, 26 May 08
Samsung Electronics unveils new SSD (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080526/tc_afp/skoreaelectronicsitsamsungchip


Samsung Electronics' new 256-gigabyte solid state drive (SSD) for data storage. The new SSD, which can read up to 200 megabytes of data per second, is 2.4 times faster than traditional hard drives.(AFP/Samsung Electronics/AFP)AFP - Samsung Electronics Co, the world's largest computer chip maker, said Monday it has developed a new solid-state drive which is expected to replace hard disk drives in laptop computers.

Mon, 26 May 08
India's Reliance Communications says in exclusive talks with MTN (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080526/bs_afp/indiasafricatelecommergercompanyreliancemtn


Chairman of India's Reliance Communcations Anil Ambani at a press conference in Mumbai in late April. India's Reliance Communications has said that it has entered into exclusive talks with South African mobile firm MTN after top cellular company Bharti Airtel pulled out of merger negotiations(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - India's Reliance Communications said on Monday that it had entered into exclusive talks with South African mobile firm MTN after top cellular company Bharti Airtel pulled out of merger negotiations.

Mon, 26 May 08
SAP CFO sees no out-of-court settlement with Oracle (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080525/bs_nm/sap_oracle_dc
Reuters - The chief financial officer of business software maker SAP does not believe an out of court settlement with Oracle is likely at present, he told German Sunday weekly Euro am Sonntag.

Mon, 26 May 08
UK's Tranquil PC Taking Orders for Atom-based Home Servers (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080526/tc_pcworld/146299
PC World - UK-based Tranquil PC is taking orders for two home servers based on Intel's upcoming Diamondville version of the Atom...

Sun, 25 May 08
Online communities open but still limit movement (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_hi_te/online_data_walls


In this screen shot provided by Minggl, an example of one way Minggl's service works to aggregate one's various social networks is shown. Minggl and Fifth Generation Systems Inc.'s Zude both promise to help users aggregate their various networks, including MySpace and Facebook. With the attention on Google and each other, neither has blocked Minggl or Zude — yet. (AP Photo/Minggl)AP - Online social networking today is more about hanging out with friends behind gated communities than exploring the World Wide Web: Visit another site and you'll have to rebuild your profile from scratch.

Sun, 25 May 08
Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_hi_te/data_walls_facebook_v_google


This image provided by Facebook shows the social networking site's new look, Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Facebook is about to undergo a housecleaning that's supposed to make the site more appealing to visitors who can't stand all the clutter. The site's new look, scheduled to debut at still-to-be-determined date next month, will sweep the disparate bits of personal information, pictures and computer programs into different categories that will be marked by tabs at the top of each user's customized home page. (AP Photo/Facebook, ho)AP - Google Inc.'s online communities have little traction in the United States, but the search leader continues to seek a spot in the social-networking hierarchy. First, it must contend with Facebook, the No. 2 online hangout behind MySpace.

Sun, 25 May 08
German police investigate mom who put baby on eBay (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080524/wr_nm/germany_baby_dc
Reuters - German police are investigating a couple after they offered their eight-month-old son for sale on internet auction site eBay.

Sun, 25 May 08
Indian company snaps merger talks MTN Group (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080525/ap_on_bi_ge/india_bharti
AP - An Indian telecommunications company has called off merger talks with South Africa's largest mobile phone network operator, MTN Group Ltd., a company statement said.

Sun, 25 May 08
Who's Afraid of Firefox 3.0 Bugs? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080524/tc_pcworld/146296
PC World - Users are grumbling about bugs in the upcoming version of the open source browser, but it's a must-have update nonetheless.

Sat, 24 May 08
Microsoft to shut down book scanning operations (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_book_search
AP - Microsoft Corp. is abandoning its effort to scan whole libraries and make their contents searchable, a sign it may be getting choosier about the fights it will pick with Google Inc.

Sat, 24 May 08
Online communities open but still limit movement (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080523/ap_on_hi_te/online_data_walls
AP - Online social networking today is more about hanging out with friends behind gated communities than exploring the World Wide Web: Visit another site and you'll have to rebuild your profile from scratch.

Sat, 24 May 08
Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080523/ap_on_hi_te/data_walls_facebook_v_google
AP - Google Inc.'s online communities have little traction in the United States, but the search leader continues to seek a spot in the social-networking hierarchy.

Sat, 24 May 08
Comcast trying to sell 46 outlying cable systems (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080523/ap_on_hi_te/comcast_sale
AP - Comcast Corp. is trying to sell 46 smaller cable systems serving 400,000 to 500,000 subscribers as it seeks to improve efficiency by shedding disparate operations.

Sat, 24 May 08
Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_hi_te/apfn_data_walls_facebook_v_google
AP - Google Inc.'s online communities have little traction in the United States, but the search leader continues to seek a spot in the social-networking hierarchy.

Sat, 24 May 08
Verizon seeks deal on cell phone cancellation fees (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/tc_nm/fcc_fees_dc


The sign for the Verizon Wireless store is seen in Lakewood, Colorado September 11, 2007. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Friday it is trying to forge a deal with consumer groups and regulators that would reduce the fees customers are charged when they cancel their cell phone service early.

Sat, 24 May 08
China to issue 3G licenses, merge telecoms majors (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080524/bs_nm/china_telecoms_dc


A train passenger talks on his mobile phone outside a railway station in China's southern city of Guangzhou February 1, 2008. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)Reuters - China will issue three licenses for high-speed third-generation mobile phone services and called for a merger of China Unicom (0762.HK) and Netcom (0906.HK), two of its four big telecoms providers, in a long-awaited industry revamp.

Sat, 24 May 08
5 Things You'll Love about Firefox 3 (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080524/tc_pcworld/146279
PC World - From the "Awesome Bar" to just plain better performance, the latest version of the open source browser includes some great improvements.

Sat, 24 May 08
Microsoft's ODF Support Points to OOXML Challenges (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080523/tc_pcworld/146251
PC World - Microsoft's plan to include ODF support in its Office suite next year reflects continued challenges for the OOXML file format...

Sat, 24 May 08
Google I/O conference set for developers (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080523/tc_infoworld/101945
InfoWorld - At its Google I/O developer conference next week, Google will shed light on technologies such as Google App Engine, for building and hosting Web applications, and OpenSocial, the Google-backed API for social networking.

Sat, 24 May 08
Rock acts ringing up sales via video games (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/wr_nm/games_dc
Reuters - Games like "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero III" have proved their ability to breathe new life into classic rock sales. But can they do the same for new music?

Fri, 23 May 08
Yahoo postpones annual meeting, battle with Icahn (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080523/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_annual_meeting


Striking Yahoo janitors and supporters hold signs during a rally in front of Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Hundreds of janitors walked off the job Tuesday in the Silicon Valley, leaving the local offices of technology giants like Cisco Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp. and Yahoo Inc. without their usual cleanup crews. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Yahoo Inc. on Thursday postponed a looming showdown for control of its board, giving itself more time to prepare a defense — or negotiate a sale to Microsoft Corp. that would cause activist investor Carl Icahn to call off the mutiny.

Fri, 23 May 08
Access to next-gen Internet may be uneven (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080522/ap_on_hi_te/next_generation_internet
AP - The lack of high-speed Internet access in some areas of the U.S. has been hotly debated, even as that digital divide has narrowed. But a new, wider gap is being created by technology that will make today's broadband feel as slow as a dial-up connection.

Fri, 23 May 08
EU adds document formats to its Microsoft concerns (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080522/ap_on_hi_te/eu_microsoft


Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer speaks during the launch ceremony of Microsoft's new research and development center in Herzliya near Tel Aviv May 21, 2008. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters)AP - European Union regulators said Thursday they will consider Microsoft Corp.'s promise to make its Office productivity programs work more seamlessly with competing software.

Fri, 23 May 08
'Indiana Jones' and the computer-generated jungle (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080522/ap_on_hi_te/film_indy_effects


In this image released by Industrial Light & Magic, the final product of a scene using special effects is shown from the film 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.' (AP Photo/Industrial Light & Magic)AP - In these hallowed halls, Indiana Jones almost seems out of place.

Fri, 23 May 08
Singapore bans two porn websites in symbolic move (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/wr_nm/singapore_internet_dc
Reuters - Singapore has banned access to two pornographic websites in a "symbolic statement" of the country's societal values, its media regulator said on Friday.

Fri, 23 May 08
MSI's Atom-based Laptop to Debut in US This June at $549 (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080523/tc_pcworld/146217
PC World - MSI will launch its Wind low-cost laptop in the U.S. this June, with the XP version at $549.

Fri, 23 May 08
Wireless Carriers To Cut Termination Fees (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080522/bs_nf/59931
NewsFactor - Consumer advocates have long argued that the steep early termination fees (ETF) that the U.S. wireless operators typically charge for an early cellular contract exit have made it difficult for consumers to change service providers. But that's about to change.

Fri, 23 May 08
EU says to study Microsoft's open-source step (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080522/tc_nm/eu_microsoft_dc


Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates speaks during a news conference in Tokyo May 7, 2008. Microsoft said on Wednesday that starting some time next year it will make it easier for users of an open-source rival to work with Microsoft Office. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - The EU executive will investigate if steps announced by Microsoft Corp to make it easier for users of an open-source rival to work with Microsoft Office would give consumers greater choice.

Fri, 23 May 08
Telelogic As Unit Of IBM Upgrades, Broadens Its Tools (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080523/tc_cmp/208200100
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Doors, for example, is a set of requirements management tools that track not only the software changes required in a product but any other changes as well

Fri, 23 May 08
Power Company Slammed For Weak Cyber Security (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080523/tc_cmp/208200096
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Almost all of the workstations and servers that GAO examined on the TVA's corporate network lacked key security patches or had inadequate security settings.

Fri, 23 May 08
Activision's "Guitar Hero" to get drums, microphone (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080522/tc_nm/activision_dc


Show attendee Brian Weinberg plays Guitar Hero III on a Dell laptop during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 8, 2008. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)Reuters - Activision Inc is adding drums, bass guitar, and microphone to its popular "Guitar Hero" video game, a move aimed at winning away fans of MTV's rival musical title "Rock Band."

Thu, 22 May 08
'Indiana Jones' and the computer-generated jungle (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080522/ap_on_en_mo/film_indy_effects


In this image released by Industrial Light & Magic, the final product of a scene using special effects is shown from the film 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.' (AP Photo/Industrial Light & Magic)AP - In these hallowed halls, Indiana Jones almost seems out of place.

Thu, 22 May 08
ID-protection ads come back to bite pitchman (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080522/ap_on_hi_te/identity_fraud_flap
AP - Todd Davis has dared criminals for two years to try stealing his identity: Ads for his fraud-prevention company, LifeLock, even offer his Social Security number next to his smiling mug.

Thu, 22 May 08
Facebook preparing for redesign to clear clutter (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_facelift


Facebook product manager Mark Slee shows off the new look of Facebook during product announcement meeting at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Facebook is about to undergo a housecleaning that's supposed to make the site more appealing to visitors who can't stand all the clutter. The site's new look, scheduled to debut at still-to-be-determined date next month, will sweep the disparate bits of personal information, pictures and computer programs into different categories that will be marked by tabs at the top of each user's customized home page. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Having nearly tripled its audience and added about 20,000 new applications over the past year, Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout is about to undergo a housecleaning.

Thu, 22 May 08
Microsoft lures search traffic with cash rebates (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_cashback
AP - Microsoft Corp. is offering cash rebates when people make purchases after using its search engine as the software maker begins to reveal how it plans to take on Google Inc. following the failure of its $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo.

Thu, 22 May 08
IT companies now largest sector in S&P 500 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_hi_te/s_p500_it
AP - Is the Internet boom back? No, but information technology companies have again overtaken the financial industry as the largest sector in the S&P 500 index, Standard & Poor's said Wednesday.

Thu, 22 May 08
Singaporean Blogger Arrested, Charged With Racism (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080522/tc_pcworld/146169
PC World - A Singaporean blogger has been arrested for allegedly making racist comments online.

Thu, 22 May 08
PC Not Expected To Be Crucial To Home Networks (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080522/tc_cmp/207801674
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Gartner predicts that networking functionality will soon become commonplace in consumer electronics, freeing entertainment-based home networks from the PC.

Thu, 22 May 08
AT&T To Finish Deploying Faster 3G Network In June (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080522/tc_cmp/207801696
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The HSUPA deployment is expected to put AT&T on par with Sprint and Verizon Wireless, which offer EVDO-based mobile broadband.

Thu, 22 May 08
EU says to study Microsoft's open-source step (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080522/tc_nm/microsoft_opensource_dc


Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates speaks during a news conference in Tokyo May 7, 2008. Microsoft said on Wednesday that starting some time next year it will make it easier for users of an open-source rival to work with Microsoft Office. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - The EU executive said on Thursday it would investigate if steps announced by Microsoft to make it easier for users of an open-source rival to work with Microsoft Office give consumers greater choice.

Thu, 22 May 08
Ahead of Rootkit Talk, Cisco Patches Router Flaw (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080522/tc_pcworld/146167
PC World - Cisco has issued patches for several products including the SSH server software used by its routers.

Thu, 22 May 08
Web News: P-to-P Blocking, Social Networking, CNET Buyout (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080522/tc_pcworld/146113
PC World - Readers discuss ISPs that filter peer-to-peer sharing, social networking tips, and CBS's buyout of CNET.

Thu, 22 May 08
Greenpeace Pushes for Greener Video Game Consoles (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080521/bs_nf/59909
NewsFactor - Greenpeace has released the results of its investigation into hazardous materials in next-generation video game consoles. The study reveals that the Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3 Elite and Microsoft Xbox 360 have all tested positive for hazardous chemicals.

Wed, 21 May 08
Carbon nanotubes mimic asbestos in early study (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080520/ap_on_hi_te/nanotechnology_asbestos
AP - Strong, versatile little "nanotubes" made out of carbon are considered future stars in nanotechnology research in medicine and industry. Now a study finds that longer threads of the stuff mimic the toxic qualities of asbestos, renewing questions about how carbon nanotubes can be used safely.

Wed, 21 May 08
Cisco Systems denies online censorship role in China (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080520/ap_on_hi_te/internet_freedom_congress
AP - A Cisco Systems Inc. executive told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday that comments in an internal document about China's goal to "combat" a religious group did not reflect the company's views on censorship.

Wed, 21 May 08
Hungarian student hurls eggs at Microsoft CEO Ballmer (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_ballmer_egged
AP - Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer scrambled for cover from an egg-hurling protester during a talk at a Hungarian university Monday.

Wed, 21 May 08
Laptop-for-kids project resumes donation program (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080520/ap_on_hi_te/hundred_dollar_laptop
AP - The One Laptop Per Child project plans to resume its Give One Get One program, in which people spend $400 to buy one of the nonprofit's rugged computers and donate a second one to a child in a developing country.

Wed, 21 May 08
HP's 2Q profit up on strong demand outside US (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080520/ap_on_hi_te/earns_hp


Hewlett Packard printer inks on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Monday, May 13, 2008. HP is expected to release quarterly earnings at the close trading Tuesday, May 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. cashed in on rising international demand again in its second quarter, but that performance may not be enough to ease worries about the company's exposure to the ailing U.S. economy as it prepares to digest the second largest acquisition in its 69-year history.

Wed, 21 May 08
Mag in cockfight dispute agrees to stay off Amazon (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_hi_te/amazon_cockfighting
AP - A magazine that the Humane Society of the United States says promotes cockfighting has agreed to ask Amazon.com to stop selling its publication online.

Wed, 21 May 08
AT&T's Laptop Mobile Broadband Subscribers Get Free Wi-Fi (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080521/tc_pcworld/146112
PC World - Free Wi-Fi from AT&T now extends to their mobile broadband subscribers using laptops and 3G network adapters.

Wed, 21 May 08
Microsoft Launches Mobile Display Ads (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080520/tc_pcworld/146114
PC World - Microsoft on Tuesday began letting advertisers display banner ads to mobile users of Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live...

Wed, 21 May 08
SugarCRM Launches Data Center Edition (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080521/tc_pcworld/146125
PC World - Customers and partners of open-source CRM (customer relationship management) vendor SugarCRM will be able to deploy and manage...

Wed, 21 May 08
Codie awards go to Red Hat, Adobe, Salesforce.com (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080521/tc_infoworld/101611
InfoWorld - Winners of this year's Codie awards, given by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIAA) Tuesday evening, include some familiar names in software as well as some lesser known and new companies.

Wed, 21 May 08
Startup Aster Offers Software For Clustering Commodity Servers (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080521/tc_cmp/207801432
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Aster says its technology can turn commodity servers into a massively parallel processing relational database for analytics.

Wed, 21 May 08
Electronic Arts Questions ESA Departures (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20080520/tc_zd/227740
PC Magazine - It may seem recently that there's been an exodus from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). First came Activision/Vivendi's departure, and then again more recently with LucasArts just last week. But not all agree that it was the right thing to do.

Tue, 20 May 08
Napster rolls out all-MP3 download store (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080520/ap_on_hi_te/napster_mp3s


Chris Gorog, Napster's Chairman and Chief Executive displays electronic devices at the Napster headquarters in Los Angeles on Monday, May 19, 2008. Napster Inc. begins selling MP3s Tuesday, a move the online music service hopes will lure iPod users and turn around Napster's sliding fortunes. The company is the latest to make the switch to the unrestricted file format, which makes it music tracks compatible with virtually any music player or other device. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Napster Inc. begins selling MP3s Tuesday, a move the online music service hopes will lure iPod users and turn around Napster's sliding fortunes.

Tue, 20 May 08
TV boxes let Netflix users bypass mail delivery (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080520/ap_on_hi_te/netflix_tv
AP - Preparing for the eventual extinction of its DVD-by-mail rental service, Netflix Inc. on Tuesday is introducing its first solution for subscribers who want entertainment delivered directly to their television sets with just a few clicks on a remote control.

Tue, 20 May 08
Microsoft-Yahoo talks driven by specter of Icahn, Google (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo


Combination photo of Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer (L) speaking during a news conference in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, April 24, 2008 and Jerry Yang, Yahoo CEO and co-founder, speaking at a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 7, 2008. (Sebastien Pirlet - L Rick Wilking/Reuters)AP - Just two weeks after breaking off merger talks, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have been pulled back to the bargaining table by their fears about what might happen if they don't work out a deal.

Tue, 20 May 08
Google makes health service publicly available (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080520/ap_on_hi_te/google_health


File photo shows a man walking past a Google logo in Frankfurt. Google on Monday launched Google Health, a long-anticipated medical records service letting US users store and manage their health care information online.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AP - Google's online filing cabinet for medical records opened to the public Monday, giving users instant electronic access to their health histories while reigniting privacy concerns.

Tue, 20 May 08
38 charged in international phishing scheme (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/phishing_busts
AP - Thirty-eight people were charged Monday with stealing names, Social Security numbers, credit card data and other personal information from unsuspecting Internet users as part of a global crime ring.

Tue, 20 May 08
Napster rolls out MP3 store in challenge to iTunes (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080520/wr_nm/napster_mp3_dc


The Napster 'Cat' logo is shown on the floor at a launch event for the new Napster online music service October 9, 2003 in New York City. (Jeff Cristensen/Reuters)Reuters - Napster Inc., the digital music service, on Tuesday opened the world's biggest MP3 download store with more than 6 million songs in a direct challenge to Apple Inc's iTunes store.

Tue, 20 May 08
India says RIM to resolve BlackBerry issue in 2 mths (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080520/tc_nm/india_telecoms_dc
Reuters - Research in Motion is expected to resolve in two months Indian security concerns about its BlackBerry wireless e-mail device, Indian Minister for Communications and Information Technology Andimuthu Raja said on Tuesday.

Tue, 20 May 08
WiMax Promises to Shake up Wireless Data Market (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080520/tc_pcworld/146081
PC World - Mobile operators may be counting on LTE (Long-Term Evolution) technology to offer high-speed mobile data access in coming...

Tue, 20 May 08
Open source code examined (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080520/tc_infoworld/101447
InfoWorld - A code analysis of popular open source software projects has revealed that the quality and security of open source software continues to improve.

Tue, 20 May 08
Application Acceleration Goes Virtual (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080520/tc_pcworld/146079
PC World - Virtualization has moved beyond applications themselves to software that makes those applications run faster over a network.

Tue, 20 May 08
Iogear Offers Latest, Cheapest Networked USB Server (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080519/tc_pcworld/146075
PC World - An inexpensive way to share USB peripherals over an Ethernet network removes the needs for carting equipment and cables around an office.

Tue, 20 May 08
Square Enix may take stakes in rivals (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080520/tc_nm/summit_square_enix_dc


Square Enix's President Yoichi Wada, creator of blockbuster game series Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy, speaks at the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in Tokyo May 20, 2008. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)Reuters - Japanese videogame maker Square Enix Co Ltd (9684.T) said it is considering taking stakes in game developers to combat rising competition from established game publishers and other entertainment companies.

Mon, 19 May 08
News Corp.'s Fox launching LatAm online ad network (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519/ap_on_hi_te/news_corp_ad_network
AP - News Corp. is pooling some of its Web sites, including the newly acquired Wall Street Journal properties, to better sell financial ads targeting Latin America.

Mon, 19 May 08
Researchers teach 'Second Life' avatar to think (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080518/ap_on_hi_te/smart_avatars
AP - Edd Hifeng barely merits a second glance in "Second Life." A steel-gray robot with lanky limbs and linebacker shoulders, he looks like a typical avatar in the popular virtual world.

Mon, 19 May 08
Study finds Internet influence small when buying (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080518/ap_on_hi_te/internet_shopping
AP - The Internet is routinely used when making buying decisions, but its influence is small compared with offline channels such as friends and sales personnel, a new study finds.

Mon, 19 May 08
China allows bloggers, others to spread quake news (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080518/ap_on_re_as/china_the_quake_online


In this May 14, 2008 file photo, a man waits for his mobile phone to charge after a generator was brought to a temporary outdoor shelter in Dujiangyan, in China's southwest Sichuan province. Almost nonstop, the uncensored opinions of Chinese citizens are popping up online, sent by text and instant message across a country shaken by its worst earthquake in three decades. Unlike in previous crises, the Chinese government has let most information flow freely this week, surprising some outside experts. It may have little choice. China is now home to the world's largest number of Internet and mobile phone users. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)AP - Almost nonstop, the uncensored opinions of Chinese citizens are popping up online, sent by text and instant message across a country shaken by its worst earthquake in three decades.

Mon, 19 May 08
Chinese Internet portal Sina launches English site (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080519/tc_afp/chinaquakemediainternetsina


A woman surfs the Internet at a wireless cafe in Beijing in January 2008. Leading Chinese Internet portal Sina.com has launched an English news site, amid intense global interest in China following last week's earthquake tragedy.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Leading Chinese Internet portal Sina.com has launched an English news site, amid intense global interest in China following last week's earthquake tragedy.

Mon, 19 May 08
Garmin is mystery bidder for Raymarine: paper (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080518/bs_nm/raymarine_garmin_dc
Reuters - U.S. mobile navigation device company Garmin Ltd is the mystery bidder behind a takeover approach for Britain's Raymarine Plc , the Sunday Telegraph reported, citing sources close to the deal.

Mon, 19 May 08
More than 200,000 demand Microsoft save XP (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080519/tc_infoworld/101321
InfoWorld - In the four months since InfoWorld asked businesses and individuals to sign a petition at SaveXP.com requesting Microsoft keep Windows XP for sale beyond the planned June 30 general end-of-sales date, more than 200,000 have signed up to add their voices. As of May 15, the count was 200,805 signatures, excluding duplicates and fake signups.

Mon, 19 May 08
Facebook stresses independence amid Microsoft talk (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080519/wr_nm/facebook_dc


A sample Facebook profile is seen in an undated handout image. (Facebook/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Facebook Inc founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stressed his company's independent spirit on Monday, after a report the social networking site might be sold to software giant Microsoft, which is hunting for ways to beef up its Internet business.

Mon, 19 May 08
Bears hunt video game stocks (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080518/en_nm/media_videogames_dc


Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 (PS3) game controller is pictured at a Sofmap electric store in Tokyo May 14, 2008. Apparently, 68% growth just isn't good enough, so investors sold shares of the video game software makers Friday. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Apparently, 68% growth just isn't good enough, so investors sold shares of the video game software makers Friday.

Sun, 18 May 08
AOL seeks growth in shift from mass site to niches (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080517/ap_on_hi_te/fragmentation_at_aol


An AOL Web site is shown on a monitor on a wall of the company's New York office on Monday, May 12, 2008. A company rooted in bringing the Internet to the masses, AOL is shifting its focus toward serving niche audiences with the launch of dozens of specialty Web sites. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - A company rooted in bringing the Internet to the masses, AOL is shifting its focus toward serving niche audiences with the launch of dozens of specialty Web sites.

Sun, 18 May 08
AOL sheds its brand to draw specialty audiences (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080517/ap_on_hi_te/aol_unbranding


Bill Wilson, Executive Vice President of Programming for AOL, talks during an interview at his New York office on Monday, May 12, 2008. A company rooted in bringing the Internet to the masses, AOL is shifting its focus toward serving niche audiences with the launch of dozens of specialty Web sites. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - Unless you're looking carefully, you'll likely miss the fact that the new Asylum Web site for young men is a creation of Time Warner Inc.'s AOL. Same for WalletPop on personal finance, Spinner on indie music and StyleList on fashion.

Sun, 18 May 08
Spain arrests 5 suspected of hacking US sites (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080517/ap_on_re_eu/spain_hackers_arrested
AP - Spanish police have arrested five people suspected of hacking into or outright disabling thousands of Internet pages, some of them run by government agencies in the U.S., Latin America and Asia, authorities said Saturday.

Sun, 18 May 08
Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 Now Available (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080518/tc_cmp/207800771
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Barring any serious bugs, RC1 will become the official release version of Firefox 3, set for release in June.

Sun, 18 May 08
Japan's arcade industry slumps as Wii takes off (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080518/tc_nm/japan_arcades_dc


A woman demonstrates a machine gun arcade shooting game at an international exhibition centre in Tokyo September 9. (Susumu Toshiyuki/Reuters)Reuters - Japanese superhero Ultraman vanquishes an evil enemy during a live performance at a Tokyo games arcade. But Ultraman's real battle is proving much harder -- enticing customers back to the nation's arcades.

Sun, 18 May 08
Dubai's Tecom in talks with Dell, plans buyouts (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080518/bs_nm/tecom_investment_dc
Reuters - Tecom Investments, a telecom investor owned by the ruler of Dubai, is mulling a joint venture with Dell Inc. and said it expects to make up to three acquisitions in the Middle East and Africa this year, including in a mobile phone firm.

Sun, 18 May 08
Strong prospects in software to spy on bank staff (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080518/tc_nm/crunch_technology_dc
A man works in the trading room of Shanghai Stock Exchange, October 27, 2006. (Nir Elias/Reuters)Reuters - If you work for a bank, a computer may be reading your e-mails, listening to your phone calls or analyzing chat conversations as you type.

Sat, 17 May 08
Routine conduct at risk with MySpace suicide case (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080517/ap_on_hi_te/internet_suicide_legal
AP - Think twice before you sign up for an online service using a fake name or e-mail address. You could be committing a federal crime.

Sat, 17 May 08
Cable companies to ramp up Web, HD, mobile service (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_on_hi_te/cable_show_preview
AP - Cable operators are riding high heading into this year's industry trade show, which kicks off this weekend.

Sat, 17 May 08
EchoStar to showcase first product for cable (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_on_hi_te/cable_show_sling_media


In this photo provided by Sling Media, the SlingModem is shown. EchoStar Corp. on Sunday, May 18, 2008 will be demonstrating its first product for cable companies at the industry's trade show: a unit that can tune in television and also acts as a cable modem. (AP Photo/Sling Media)AP - Former satellite TV provider EchoStar Corp. on Sunday will demonstrate its first product for cable companies at the industry's trade show: a unit that can tune in television and act as a cable modem.

Sat, 17 May 08
Lawmakers concerned over Charter's Web tracking (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_on_hi_te/charter_web_tracking
AP - Cable TV, phone and Internet service provider Charter Communications drew concern Friday from two congressmen and a privacy advocate over its plan to experiment with tracking its customers' Web use in collaboration with an online advertising firm.

Sat, 17 May 08
Nintendo's latest game wants you off the couch (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_on_hi_te/wii_fit_miyamoto


Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Wii Fit, does a yoga pose as he demonstrates the game Thursday, April 17, 2008 in New York. 'Our main premise in creating Wii Fit was (to) create a game that allows you to check your weight,' said Miyamoto. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)AP - Sumo wrestlers were the main inspiration behind Wii Fit, Nintendo's latest attempt at getting you off the couch when you play video games.

Sat, 17 May 08
Signs point to imminent Ashlee Simpson wedding (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080517/ap_en_mu/people_simpson_wentz


In this Sept. 8, 2007 file photo, Ashlee Simpson and her boyfriend Pete Wentz, of the band Fall Out Boy, arrive together at the Rolling Stone 40th anniversary party in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Though Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are keeping a tight lid on their nuptuals, it's looking like a wedding is imminent. Aerial photos posted Friday at several celebrity Web sites, credited to the Insight News & Features paparazzi photo agency, purport to show the Simpson family home near Los Angeles dotted with large white party tents.

Sat, 17 May 08
Apple's iPhone Continues its Worldwide March (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080516/tc_nf/59832
NewsFactor - The iPhone's reach is expanding. Orange, France Telecom's flagship brand, announced that it will sell Apple's phone in additional countries in Europe, as well as the Middle East and Africa.

Sat, 17 May 08
Say Goodbye to Muni-Fi (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080516/tc_pcworld/146010
PC World - The days of imagining Wi-Fi blanketing a city are over with the exit of the last major municipally focused Wi-Fi service provider.

Sat, 17 May 08
Microsoft Open Source, Standards Chiefs Tout 'Openness' (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080517/tc_cmp/207800663
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Interviews with Sam Ramji and Tom Robertson reveal Microsoft is strong on building open source business models and community as well as interoperability and industry standards.

Sat, 17 May 08
Deadline passes in EA bid to buy Take-Two Interactive shares (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080517/bs_afp/lifestyleusvideogamescomputertakeoverea


A window display advertises Grand Theft Auto IV in late April in New York. A deadline for Take-Two shareholders to agree to a buyout by video game giant Electronic Arts has passed without comment(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - A deadline for Take-Two Interactive Software shareholders to agree to a buyout by video game giant Electronic Arts has passed with neither firm commenting on the takeover bid's fate.

Sat, 17 May 08
New York Stock Exchange Ticks on Data Warehouse Appliances (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080517/tc_cmp/207800705
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Netezza deployment replaces mega data warehouses while cutting query times from hours to seconds.

Sat, 17 May 08
Nintendo set to launch "Wii Fit" exercise game (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080516/tc_nm/nintendo_dc


People try out Nintendo Co Ltd's 'Wii Fit' game console at a media event in Chiba October 10, 2007. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - For years, video games have been blamed for turning kids into idle layabouts who only venture off the couch to fill up on potato chips and soda.

Fri, 16 May 08
France's Orange signs new iPhone deal with Apple (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_on_hi_te/france_orange_iphone


In this Sept. 6, 2007 file photo, the Apple iPhone shown on display at an Apple Store in Los Gatos, Calif.. Apple Inc. says its online stores in the U.S. and U.K. are sold out of the iPhone, a sign supplies are being winnowed ahead of the launch of the device's next generation that will feature faster Internet surfing speeds. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - French wireless operator Orange said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell its iPhone in the Middle East, Africa and several European countries.

Fri, 16 May 08
'$100 laptop' nonprofit now teamed with Microsoft (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_on_hi_te/hundred_dollar_laptop_microsoft


In this Dec. 12, 2007 file photo, Renzo, 8, reads on his 'XO' laptop in Arahuay, an Andean hilltop village in Peru. Microsoft and the One Laptop Per Child project on Thursday, May 15, 2008 announced that the nonprofit's green-and-white 'XO' computers now can run Windows in addition to their homegrown interface, which is built on the open Linux operating system. That had been anticipated for months, but it amounts to a major shift. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, file)AP - The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers to schoolchildren.

Fri, 16 May 08
Icahn to Yahoo board: Sell to Microsoft or leave (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_icahn


In this Oct. 11, 2007 file photo, private equity investor Carl Icahn speaks at the World Business Forum in New York. Icahn on Thursday, May 15, 2008 officially launched a proxy contest to unseat Yahoo Inc.'s board, writing in a letter to Chairman Roy Bostock 'the board of directors of Yahoo has acted irrationally and lost the faith of shareholders' and Microsoft Corp. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang spent months fending off Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Now he may only have a few weeks to persuade the software maker to revive its last offer of $47.5 billion, or risk being fired in a shareholder mutiny led by activist investor Carl Icahn.

Fri, 16 May 08
Woman indicted in Missouri MySpace suicide case (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_on_hi_te/internet_suicide


A woman looks at the MySpace website. A US judge has ordered a pair of accused spammers to pay MySpace about 230 million dollars in what was being billed Wednesday as a record-setting punishment for such Internet abuses.(AFP/File/Nicolas Kamm)AP - A Missouri woman was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.

Fri, 16 May 08
Robotic suit could usher in super soldier era (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_hi_te/robotic_soldier_suit


Software engineer Rex Jameson, wearing a robotic soldier suit being made for the U.S. Army by Raytheon, poses next to a mockup statue of a future soldier on Monday, April 14, 2008, in Salt Lake City. The suit can multiply its wearer's strength and endurance as many as 20 times, with relatively little loss of agility, by sensing and almost instantly amplifying every movement the wearer makes. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)AP - Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds — that is, until he steps into an "exoskeleton" of aluminum and electronics that multiplies his strength and endurance as many as 20 times.

Fri, 16 May 08
Online publishers upbeat despite economic downturn (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080516/wr_nm/media_advertising_online_dc
Reuters - Online publishers are doing well despite an economic downturn, and the ones who are best positioned to succeed are strong brands with quality content, the head of the Online Publishers Association said on Friday.

Fri, 16 May 08
One Laptop Per Child Embraces Windows XP (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080516/tc_nf/59818
NewsFactor - One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has entered into an agreement with Microsoft governing the installation of Windows XP on the nonprofit organization's low-cost XO laptops for use by impoverished children around the world.

Fri, 16 May 08
Trends & Innovations - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080515/bs_ibd_ibd/20080515trends
Investor's Business Daily - Software installed on cell phones provides first responders basic medical information such as blood type, medications, allergies and emergency contacts. The application appears as an emergency logo on the screen of the user's cell phone, and it helps paramedics find the person's medical history in case of emergency, even in areas without cellular reception. The software was created by developer MyRapidMD in Calif. If the phone is broken, emergency workers can call an 800 number and access data remotely.

Fri, 16 May 08
Windows Coming on Dual-boot OLPC (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080516/tc_pcworld/145970
PC World - The One Laptop Per Child Project and Microsoft plan to make both Windows and Linux available on a version of the project's XO...

Fri, 16 May 08
Former Tech Executive Found Guilty of Securities Fraud (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080516/tc_pcworld/145979
PC World - The former chairman and CEO of PurchasePro.com, a business-to-business software broker that died during the dot-com bust, has...

Fri, 16 May 08
How Virtual Teams Can Succeed (BusinessWeek Online)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20080516/bs_bw/may2008tc20080515505734
BusinessWeek Online - Uniting the Virtual Workforce: Transforming Leadership and Innovation in the Globally Integrated Enterprise

Fri, 16 May 08
'GTA IV' needs just 5 days to run over competition in April (USATODAY.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080516/tc_usatoday/gtaivneedsjust5daystorunovercompetitioninapril
USATODAY.com - In making Grand Theft Auto IV the top selling game of April, despite its only being in stores five days, consumers opted for the Microsoft Xbox 360 version at a rate of almost two-to-one. The Xbox 360 version of GTA IV sold 1.85 million copies, according to market tracking firm The NPD Group. The Sony PlayStation 3 version sold 1 million copies, taking the month's No. 3 spot.

Thu, 15 May 08
Ask.com acquires Dictionary.com, other references (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_hi_te/ask_reference
AP - Ask.com has bought a stable of Internet reference sites that includes Dictionary.com in its latest effort to distinguish itself from online search leader Google Inc. and other much larger rivals.

Thu, 15 May 08
Report: Investor to lead fight against Yahoo board (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_icahn


Investor Carl Icahn speaks at the Wall Street Journal Deals and Deal Makers conference, held at the New York Stock Exchange, June 27, 2007. (Chip East/Reuters)AP - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn reportedly has decided to lead a mutiny against Yahoo Inc.'s board in an attempt to pressure the directors into reviving negotiations to sell Yahoo to Microsoft Corp.

Thu, 15 May 08
Nintendo hit with $21 million patent infringement (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_hi_te/nintendo_patent_dispute


In this photo of a screen grab released by Nintendo, the Coconut Mall racing course of the video game 'Mario Kart Wii' is shown. (AP Photo/Nintendo)AP - Nintendo of America Inc. was ordered to pay a small East Texas gaming company $21 million Wednesday for infringing on a patent while designing controllers for its popular Wii and GameCube systems.

Thu, 15 May 08
Electronics maker NEC's profit more than doubles (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_japan_nec


People walk past a corporate logo of NEC Corp. in Tokyo Thursday, May 15, 2008. NEC's profit for the fiscal year through March more than doubled on year as the Japanese electronics maker's mobile and computer-chip businesses swung into profit. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - NEC Corp.'s profit for the fiscal year through March more than doubled from the previous year as the Japanese electronics maker's mobile phone and computer-chip businesses swung to profit.

Thu, 15 May 08
Colonel suggests using hackers' tool against them (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_hi_te/military_botnet


Iraqi soldiers stand guard in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki took personal charge Wednesday of a military operation to rout al-Qaida in Iraq in what the U.S. has described as the terror group's last major stronghold in the town of Mosul. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)AP - Hackers often harness the combined power of thousands of virus-infected personal computers to pump out spam e-mail or disable targeted servers by overwhelming them with Internet traffic.

Thu, 15 May 08
Did Twitter Beat Media With Earthquake News? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080515/tc_pcworld/145923
PC World - Over the last few days the Web has been abuzz with discussion about how users on Twitter, the online social messaging system...

Thu, 15 May 08
GhostReader assistive software adds new voices (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080515/tc_macworld/ghostreaderassistivesoftwareaddsnewvoices
Macworld.com - ConvenienceWare/AssistiveWare on Wednesday announced the release of GhostReader 1.5, a significant update to their text-to-speech software for Mac OS X. It costs US$39.95, and the update is free for registered users.

Thu, 15 May 08
Philly Won't Fight to Save Wi-Fi Network (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080514/tc_pcworld/145915
PC World - The city of Philadelphia is moving on after its brief municipal Wi-Fi relationship with EarthLink, no longer trying to find a...

Thu, 15 May 08
New York Stock Exchange Runs Trades On Red Hat Linux (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080515/tc_cmp/207800195
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The conversion to Linux followed the acquisition of the Euronext exchange in 2007, and the open source operating system is now powering the NYSE's mission-critical trading systems.

Thu, 15 May 08
Adobe refreshes Flash Player (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080515/tc_infoworld/101061
InfoWorld - Facing serious challenges to its dominance in the RIA (rich Internet application) space, Adobe Systems will refresh its bread-and-butter Flash Player technology Thursday with capabilities that could provide an edge on the RIA battleground.

Thu, 15 May 08
Google social network ad business "improving": Brin (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080515/wr_nm/google_brin_dc


A man walks past Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View, California in this May 8, 2008 file photo. (Kimberly White/Reuters)Reuters - Google Inc co-founder Sergey Brin said on Thursday advertising on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace was getting better, but was still not perfect.

Thu, 15 May 08
Sony shares jump after profit forecast (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080515/bs_nm/sony_shares_dc


An employee dusts Sony Corp's Bravia flat panel LCD televisions at a Sofmap electric store in Tokyo May 14, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Shares of Sony Corp (6758.T) soared 9 percent to their highest in two and a half months on Thursday after it forecast an unexpectedly big operating profit this year as it aims to boost flat TV sales and wipe away losses on the PlayStation 3 game console.

Wed, 14 May 08
Verizon Wireless to introduce Linux phones (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_on_hi_te/verizon_wireless_linux
AP - Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. and expects it to become the "preferred" software on its network.

Wed, 14 May 08
3 in 10 get all or most calls on cell phones (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_on_hi_te/cell_phones_only


Kabrina Moton, 16, from Cincinnati, holds her cell phone that she receives a text-message that reminds her to take her asthma medicine. Need to get on your kid's case about taking medicine? Try speaking, er texting, their lingo: '4gt yr meds?' Cincinnati doctors are experimenting with text messages to tackle a big problem: Tweens and teens too often do a poor job of controlling chronic illnesses like asthma, diabetes or kidney disease. (AP Photo/David Kohl)AP - For nearly three in 10 households, don't even bother trying to call them on a landline phone. They either only have a cell phone or seldom if ever take calls on their traditional phone.

Wed, 14 May 08
MySpace wins $230 million anti-spam judgment (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_spam_award


In this May 8, 1997 file photo, Sanford Wallace, president of Cyber Promotions, poses with his computer and cans of Spam processed meat in Dresher, Pa. A notorious 'Spam King' and his partner now owe MySpace about $230 million in damages after a federal judge awarded the popular online hangout what is believed to be the largest anti-spam judgment ever. (AP Photo/Dan Loh)AP - A notorious "Spam King" and his partner now owe MySpace about $230 million in damages after a federal judge awarded the popular online hangout what is believed to be the largest anti-spam judgment ever.

Wed, 14 May 08
Reports: Carl Icahn considering attempt to oust Yahoo board (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_icahn


In this Oct. 11, 2007 file photo, private equity investor Carl Icahn speaks at the World Business Forum in New York. Circuit City on Friday, May 9, 2008 revealed that it has received a letter from Blockbuster indicating that Icahn, the company's largest shareholder, is prepared to buy Circuit City on his own if Blockbuster can't get financing or can't get shareholder approval. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is reportedly loading up on Yahoo Inc.'s stock in preparation for a possible attempt to shove aside the Internet icon's board and bring the company's disillusioned suitor, Microsoft Corp., back to the bargaining table.

Wed, 14 May 08
Craigslist countersues eBay, saying it broke antitrust laws (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_on_hi_te/craigslist_ebay_countersuit


In this April 14, 2005 file photo, Craigslist.org CEO Jim Buckmaster, left, and founder Craig Newmark, center, are photographed outside of their office in San Francisco. Craigslist countersued its minority owner, eBay Inc., on Tuesday, alleging the online auctioneer is competing illegally with the classified advertising Web site. Craigslist's complaint, filed in Superior Court in San Francisco, claims eBay broke laws in a series of actions relating to its own classifieds site Kijiji, which launched last year in the U.S. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)AP - Online classifieds giant Craigslist countersued its minority owner, eBay Inc., on Tuesday, alleging the online auctioneer is violating federal and state antitrust laws.

Wed, 14 May 08
Is the browser doomed? (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080514/tc_infoworld/100901
InfoWorld - Since its inception, the Web has been synonymous with the browser. Pundits hailed NCSA Mosaic as "the killer app of the Internet" in 1993, and today's browsers share an unbroken lineage from that humble beginning.

Wed, 14 May 08
Montage screenwriting software reworks styles (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080514/tc_macworld/montagescreenwritingsoftwarereworksstyles
Macworld.com - Mariner Software on Tuesday announced the release of Montage 1.5, a significant update to their screenwriting software for Mac OS X. A free update for registered users, Montage 1.5 costs $139.95.

Wed, 14 May 08
Pop and country unite to fight wireless proposal (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080514/wr_nm/media_wireless_dc


The MTV logo can be seen on a sign in front of the MTV studios in Times Square New York December 12, 2007. (Lucas Jackso/Reuters)Reuters - The Grand Ole Opry and MTV may be at opposite ends of the music spectrum, but they are part of a coalition urging federal regulators to stand up to a frequency grab by Microsoft and Google that could render wireless microphones useless.

Wed, 14 May 08
Verizon Wireless joins LiMo Foundation (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080514/tc_nm/verizon_linux_dc


The sign for the Verizon Wireless store is seen in Lakewood, Colorado September 11, 2007. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Wednesday it joined a consortium working on a Linux-based mobile operating system expected to rival a mobile system being developed by a group headed by Google Inc .

Wed, 14 May 08
Product review: Jive Software's social enterprise (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080514/tc_infoworld/100919
InfoWorld - If the many business-oriented blog and wiki solutions are starting to look like one big blur, you're not alone.

Wed, 14 May 08
HP To Challenge IBM with $13.9 Billion EDS Acquisition (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080513/bs_nf/59769
NewsFactor - Two king-pins in the technology industry announced Tuesday a merger agreement valued at $13.9 billion, with Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) set to acquire computer consulting firm Electronic Data Systems Corp. (NYSE: EDS) in an effort to compete more aggressively with rival IBM in the technology services business.

Wed, 14 May 08
King Conan pillages before online gaming debut (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080514/wr_nm/leisure_videogames_conan_tech_dc
Reuters - King Conan wins a bloody final battle against a menacing mix of barbarians, assassins and sorcerers in the hills above Oslo before retreating to his virtual home where a million online gamers await him.

Tue, 13 May 08
EarthLink to pull the plug on Wi-Fi in Philadelphia (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_philadelphia
AP - EarthLink Inc. is pulling the plug on its troubled wireless high-speed Internet network in Philadelphia, once touted as a model for how big cities should deploy Wi-Fi.

Tue, 13 May 08
Britain complains to EU about Microsoft file system (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_on_hi_te/eu_microsoft_complaint


In this photo provided by Xbox 360, super model Christie Brinkley and children from the local Boys and Girls Clubs of America play 'DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE 2' during Xbox 360's National Family Fitness Day, Monday, May 12, 2008 in New York. National Family Fitness Day is a free event designed to promote healthy and active lifestyles for children and families. This year, Boys & Girls Clubs in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and Seattle participated by playing 'DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE 2' on Xbox 360. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh/Microsoft/Handout)AP - A British watchdog agency said Tuesday it had complained to European Union regulators that Microsoft Corp.'s new file format for storing documents discouraged competition.

Tue, 13 May 08
Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope blasts off (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_worldwide_telescope


Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. Gates said Wednesday the company isn't pursuing other deals following the withdrawal of its US$47.5 billion (euro30.7 billion) takeover bid for Yahoo. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Microsoft Corp. launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday, bringing the free Web-based program for zooming around the universe to a broad audience.

Tue, 13 May 08
Google joins effort to make more Web sites more sociable (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_on_hi_te/google_friends


Exterior view of Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., during its annual shareholders meeting Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - The effort to make it easier for Web surfers to connect with their friends is attracting a crowd. Following similar moves by the two biggest online hangouts, Internet search leader Google Inc. is introducing tools that are supposed to make any Web site more sociable.

Tue, 13 May 08
MIT students show power of open cell phone systems (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_hi_te/android_class


In this rendering provided by the Locale team, Locale, an application designed for Google's upcoming Android mobile operating system, is shown. Locale, designed by a team of MIT students, lets users configure their phones to automatically adjust their settings when the devices detect themselves in certain zones. (AP Photo/The Locale Team)AP - What do you want your cell phone to be able to do?

Tue, 13 May 08
HBO Programs Will Be Sold on Apple's iTunes Store (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080513/tc_nf/59744
NewsFactor - On Tuesday, Apple and HBO struck a deal to offer popular cable programs for purchase and download at Apple's iTunes Store.

Tue, 13 May 08
iPhone Spreads to Carriers in Asia and Australia (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080513/tc_nf/59760
NewsFactor - Apple's iPhone continues its march around the world, with new announcements of deals with carriers in the Asia region and Australia.

Tue, 13 May 08
Sprint faces tough questions (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080513/bs_nm/sprint_shareholdermeeting_dc


Dan Hesse, president and CEO of Sprint Nextel, speaks during a keynote address at the CTIA Wireless convention in Las Vegas, Nevada April 1, 2008. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)Reuters - Sprint Nextel faced multiple questions about how it will turn itself around and stop customers from fleeing its cell phone service at its annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday.

Tue, 13 May 08
Sun to Clarify JavaFX Open-source Plan Later This Year (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080512/tc_pcworld/145788
PC World - While Sun executives have said that JavaFX, the company's nascent rich Internet application (RIA) development product family...

Tue, 13 May 08
Study: US Corporate Software Spending Slowing (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080513/tc_pcworld/145802
PC World - One in four respondents to a new US corporate IT spending survey by ChangeWave Research said their company will spend less on...

Tue, 13 May 08