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Mon, 30 Jun 08
Verizon Wireless gets Rhapsody music subscriptions (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_hi_te/tec_verizon_wireless_rhapsody
The sign for the Verizon Wireless store is seen in Lakewood, Colorado September 11, 2007. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)AP - Cell phones are becoming more useful devices for listening to music.

Mon, 30 Jun 08
Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP on Monday (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_xp


In this photo provided by Microsoft, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, right, speaks to employees as CEO Steve Ballmer looks on, during a farewell event celebrating Gates years at Microsoft, on his last day as a full-time employee, at company headquarters in Redmond, Washington, June 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Microsoft, Robert Sorbo)AP - Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista.

Mon, 30 Jun 08
New Wash. law bans hand-held phones while driving (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080629/ap_on_hi_te/cell_phone_driving
A woman talks on her cell phone while driving in Burbank, California June 25, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)AP - Driving with one hand on the wheel and the other on a cell phone is no longer an option for Washington state drivers.

Mon, 30 Jun 08
AP Interview: Ex-Intel head pushes electric cars (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080629/ap_on_hi_te/grove_plug_ins
AP - Former Intel Corp. Chairman Andy Grove has a knack for sensing when circumstances should force changes at a company or an industry — and how to respond.

Mon, 30 Jun 08
Tech giants form group to buy patents (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080630/tc_cnet/830110784399803437
CNET - Google is part of a group of tech heavyweights going on the offensive against the threat of patent-infringement lawsuits, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site Sunday evening.

Mon, 30 Jun 08
Rhapsody to challenge iTunes by embracing the iPod (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/wr_nm/rhapsody_dc


A customer checks out Apple's iTunes in a file photo. Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)Reuters - Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.

Mon, 30 Jun 08
Hands on With ECS's G10IL Mini-laptop With 3G (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080630/tc_pcworld/147726
PC World - Of the many Taiwanese companies developing mini-laptops for global markets, only Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) was...

Mon, 30 Jun 08
Vodafone in music deal with MySpace (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/tc_nm/vodafone_myspace_dc
Reuters - Shares in Vodafone rose after the UK mobile operator announced a deal with News Corp's (NWSa.N) MySpace under which footage from Vodafone-sponsored music events will be made available to users of the social networking website.

Mon, 30 Jun 08
Oracle Still Top Dog in Tough Database Market (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080630/tc_pcworld/147720
PC World - The leading database vendor retained strong market share in 2007, but faces increasing competition from low-cost, open source alternatives.

Sun, 29 Jun 08
NBC offers wide online access for Beijing Olympics (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080628/ap_on_hi_te/oly_nbc_computer_coverage
AP - NBC is making more than 2,200 hours of live competition from Beijing available online, giving Olympic junkies more action than they could ever devour in a day.

Sun, 29 Jun 08
EMI sues Hi5, VideoEgg over user-uploaded videos (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080629/tc_cnet/830110784399799227
CNET - Some people might be embarrassed if their friends found an old copy of Mr. Big's "To be with you" or Paula Abdul's "Cold hearted (snake)" stashed away in their CD collection. But not EMI. They own those songs, and they want the world to know it.

Sun, 29 Jun 08
U.S. escalating covert operations against Iran: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080629/pl_nm/bush_iran_report_dc


U.S. President George W. Bush arrives to deliver remarks at the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives National Conference in Washington, June 26, 2008. .S. congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush's funding request for a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The New Yorker magazine published online on Sunday. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush's funding request for a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The New Yorker magazine published online on Sunday.

Sun, 29 Jun 08
Bill Gates signs off at Microsoft (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080628/tc_afp/lifestyleusitsoftwareinternetcompanymicrosoft


Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, seen in May, spends his last day at the office on Friday. After decades devoted to Microsoft, Gates turns his attention full time to the philanthropic Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation he established with his wife.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - Bill Gates spent his last day at Microsoft Friday, bidding a teary goodbye to the company he built into a global software colossus.

Sun, 29 Jun 08
Progress Buys Two SOA Tool Vendors In Two Days (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080629/tc_cmp/208801507
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Mindreef and Iona Technologies are expected to bolster Progress' portfolio which includes management tools and business process management software.

Sat, 28 Jun 08
Ballmer and Gates bid farewell with tears (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_hi_te/gates_last_day


In this photo provided by Microsoft, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, right, speaks to employees as CEO Steve Ballmer looks on, during a farewell event celebrating Gates years at Microsoft, on his last day as a full-time employee, at company headquarters in Redmond, Washington, June 27, 2008. AP Photo/Microsoft, Robert Sorbo)AP - On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present.

Sat, 28 Jun 08
Wards didn't tell consumers about credit card hack (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_hi_te/unreported_data_breach
AP - An old name in retail was hit by a modern scourge — a hack of its customers' credit card numbers — but didn't inform the consumers, revealing how data breaches might be heavily undercounted even with new notification laws.

Sat, 28 Jun 08
Google Grab bag: Gmail limits and more (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080628/tc_cnet/830110784399796977
CNET - Here's a roundup of recent juicy Google tidbits:

Sat, 28 Jun 08
300 Internet death threats since Tokyo killing spree (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080628/tc_afp/japancrimeinternet


An undated recent picture shows Tomohiro Kato. As many as 300 Internet warnings of mass murder and other death threats have been posted online in Japan after a knifing rampage in Tokyo left seven people dead.(AFP/Jiji Press/File/Files)AFP - As many as 300 Internet warnings of mass murder and other death threats have been posted online in Japan after a knifing rampage in Tokyo left seven people dead, media said Saturday.

Sat, 28 Jun 08
Virgin Mobile to buy Helio for $39M (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_hi_te/virgin_mobile_helio
AP - Virgin Mobile USA Inc. is buying Helio LLC, a struggling cell phone carrier that was founded to bring the advanced features of South Korean phones to the U.S. market.

Sat, 28 Jun 08
Virgin Mobile USA Buys Helio for $39 Million in Equity (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080627/bs_nf/60523
NewsFactor - Virgin Mobile USA on Friday said it has agreed to acquire Helio, a joint venture between SK Telecom and EarthLink, for $39 million in equity.

Sat, 28 Jun 08
Bill Gates Retires, Symbian Goes Open Source (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080627/tc_pcworld/147681
PC World - Microsoft, usually a source of software patch updates and claims about Vista adoption rates, produced a bit of sentimental...

Sat, 28 Jun 08
Progress Buys Two SOA Tool Vendors In Two Days (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080628/tc_cmp/208801494
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Mindreef and Iona Technologies are expected to bolster Progress' portfolio which includes management tools and business process management software.

Sat, 28 Jun 08
Sun sponsors social apps platform (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080627/tc_infoworld/105092
InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems is sponsoring a collaborative environment for building and hosting social applications that would run on environments like Facebook and OpenSocial.

Sat, 28 Jun 08
Activision launches Aerosmith-only "Guitar Hero" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080628/tc_nm/aerosmith_activison_dc


Aerosmith's Steven Tyler (L) and Joe Perry attend a press conference for the new video game 'Guitar Hero: Aerosmith' in New York, June 27, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - Aerosmith fans can finally get their chance to step into the shoes of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry as video game developer Activision Inc released its Guitar Hero: Aerosmith game on Friday.

Fri, 27 Jun 08
Gates moves on, but Microsoft keeps 'quests' alive (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_gates


In this May 22, 1990 file photo, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates introduces the company's Windows software in New York. Microsoft's iconic frontman is finally giving up his full-time gig at the company to devote more time to world health charity work. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, file)AP - It is almost unthinkable that any one human could pick up where Bill Gates leaves off when he ends his full-time tenure Friday as Microsoft's leader.

Fri, 27 Jun 08
Bill Gates to dive deeper into foundation strategy (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_hi_te/gates_foundation
AP - Now that Bill Gates is stepping away from his daily duties at Microsoft Corp., he's going to dive deeper into the work of his $38 billion charitable foundation, established a decade ago.

Fri, 27 Jun 08
Important dates in Microsoft's history (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_chronology
AP - Some key dates in the history of Microsoft Corp.:

Fri, 27 Jun 08
Yahoo shakes up management amid shareholder unrest (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_shake_up
Yahoo President Susan Decker in New York, June 4, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)AP - Yahoo Inc. is setting up a new chain of command amid the turmoil triggered by the embattled Internet icon's snub of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.

Fri, 27 Jun 08
Internet group paves way for hundreds of new domains (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_hi_te/tec_new_internet_names


Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush, left, and President Paul Twomey, right, of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), look on during a meeting in Paris, Thursday, June 26, 2008. The Internet's key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join '.com,' making the first sweeping changes in the network's 25-year-old addressing system. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - The Internet's key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join ".com," making the first sweeping changes in the network's 25-year-old address system.

Fri, 27 Jun 08
Up and Atom for new MTV comedy Web site (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080627/wr_nm/mtv_dc


Paris Hilton arrives at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday June 1, 2008 in Los Angeles. The socialite made an 'extremely generous' donation toward the construction of a medical building at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, hospital officials said Thursday, June 26, 2008 although they did not specify the amount of the gift. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Reuters - MTV Networks on Thursday officially launched comedy destination Atom.com, a re-branding of its AtomFilms property.

Fri, 27 Jun 08
The Missing Sync for iPhone available for Windows (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080627/tc_macworld/themissingsyncforiphoneavailableforwindows
Macworld.com - Mark/Space released a Windows version of its data transfer software, The Missing Sync for iPhone.

Fri, 27 Jun 08
Microsoft to Buy Mobile Software Maker MobiComp (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080627/tc_pcworld/147640
PC World - Microsoft plans to buy MobiComp to expand its mobile Internet offerings.

Fri, 27 Jun 08
Mobile Linux Groups Join Forces To Advance OS (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080627/tc_cmp/208801207
TechWeb - InformationWeek - In the face of increasing competition from Nokia and Google, mobile Linux group LiPS has merged with the LiMo Foundation.

Fri, 27 Jun 08
Hospital Implements High-Tech Emergency Response System (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080627/tc_cmp/208800932
TechWeb - I've had occasion to chat with Bill Gates a number of times over the years, and there's often a point when something unexpected happens. He's been brutally honest, occasionally evasive, and surreptitiously a nice guy. As Gates gets ready to ride off into the software sunset, here are a few anecdotes that stand out.

Fri, 27 Jun 08
Cloud9 Analytics Brings Forecasting to Salesforce.com Users (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080627/tc_cmp/208801213
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Data warehouse in the cloud gains forecasting app, Excel-based visual report builder.

Fri, 27 Jun 08
Sony pledges return to glamour and profit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_hi_te/japan_sony


Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Thursday, June 26, 2008. Sony outlined its strategy for growth Thursday geared at regaining its lead in TVs, wiping out the red ink in video games and rolling out movie services to woo Net-savvy consumers. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)AP - Chief Executive Howard Stringer said Sony Corp. will win back its electronic leadership by improving its Internet-linked gadgets, wiping out losses in video games and TVs and pushing services and software, not just hardware.

Thu, 26 Jun 08
Nintendo DS teaches English in school (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_hi_te/japan_nintendo_in_schools


A seventh-grader at the all-girls Tokyo Joshi Gakuen, writes an Alphabet on screen of Nintendo DS game console during an English class in Tokyo, Thursday, June 26, 2008. The Nintendo DS isn't just fun and games anymore as the portable video game machine gets used as a key tool in an English class at the Japanese junior high school.(AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - The Nintendo DS isn't just fun and games anymore for English students at Tokyo's Joshi Gakuen all-girls junior high school. The portable video game console is now being used as a key teaching tool, breaking with traditional Japanese academic methods.

Thu, 26 Jun 08
Sony to start US movie service for PS3 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_hi_te/japan_playstation


Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer, center, poses with Sony President & Electronics CEO Ryoji Chubashi, right, and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President & Group CEO Kazuo Hirai before a press conference in Tokyo, Thursday, June 26, 2008. Sony outlined its strategy for growth Thursday geared at regaining its lead in TVs, wiping out the red ink in video games and rolling out movie services to woo Net-savvy consumers. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)AP - Sony says it will start a movie download service for its PlayStation 3 home console this summer in the U.S.

Thu, 26 Jun 08
Oracle throws wet blanket on strong 4Q results (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_hi_te/earns_oracle


This Sept. 19, 2007, file photo, shows the exterior of Oracle Corp. headquarters in Redwood City, Calif. The business software maker said Wednesday, June 25, 2008, that it earned $2.04 billion, or 39 cents per share, in the three months ending in May, up 27 percent from $1.6 billion or 31 cents per share at the same time last year. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Oracle Corp. finished its fiscal year with an impressive flourish, then pulled out a wet blanket.

Thu, 26 Jun 08
Review: Robot romance `Wall-e' has heart of gold (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_en_mo/film_review_wall_e


In this image released by Disney/Pixar Animation Studios, a scene from the animated film, 'WALL-E,' is shown. (AP Photo/Disney/Pixar Animation Studios)AP - Within the rumbling, stumbling hunk of junk that is WALL-E beats the sweetest, warmest heart — a robotic representation of humanity's highest potential.

Thu, 26 Jun 08
BlackBerry makers' shares falter on outlook (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_hi_te/earns_research_in_motion
AP - Smart phone maker Research In Motion Ltd.'s fiscal first-quarter profit and revenue more than doubled, fueled by strong sales of its BlackBerry devices, but the company's forecast for the current period sent its shares down nearly 8 percent.

Thu, 26 Jun 08
Shaolin Temple Launches E-commerce Site (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080626/tc_pcworld/147578
PC World - Shaolin Temple, regarded as the site where Chinese martial arts originated, has opened an online store on Alibaba.com's Taobao...

Thu, 26 Jun 08
SoftRAID update stores backup header info (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080626/tc_macworld/softraidupdatestoresbackupheaderinfo
Macworld.com - SoftRAID has announced the release of an update to its eponymous RAID software for Mac OS X, SoftRAID. The new 3.6.7 update is a free upgrade for all 3.x users; SoftRAID costs $129 to download ($149 on CD).

Thu, 26 Jun 08
China's mobile phone accounts reach 592 million (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_bi_ge/china_mobile_phones
AP - China's fast-growing number of mobile phone accounts has risen more than 8 percent since the start of the year to 592 million, while demand for traditional fixed-line service is falling, a state news agency reported Thursday.

Thu, 26 Jun 08
Red Hat expects steady growth (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080626/tc_nm/redhat_dc
Reuters - Red Hat Inc , the world's largest publicly traded provider of Linux software, reported on Wednesday a quarterly profit that met Wall Street expectations as its revenue grew 32 percent.

Thu, 26 Jun 08
Google Sued Over Apps E-mail Migration Tool (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080626/tc_pcworld/147579
PC World - A small Chicago-based software company is accusing Google of ripping off a tool it developed that allows Microsoft Outlook...

Thu, 26 Jun 08
Sweet deal: Companies and U.S. team up to map cocoa DNA (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080626/bs_nm/cocoa_genes_dc


Pieces of chocolate and roasted cocoa beans are displayed in a farm near Puerto Cabello, about 180 km (115 miles) west of Caracas, May 15, 2008. (Susana Gonzalez/Reuters)Reuters - Chocolate maker Mars Inc, computer giant IBM and the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday they would team up to map the DNA of the cocoa tree to try to sweeten the crop's $5 billion market.

Thu, 26 Jun 08
Sony aims for profitability in TV, games by March (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_bi_ge/japan_sony


Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Thursday, June 26, 2008. Sony outlined its strategy for growth Thursday geared at regaining its lead in TVs, wiping out the red ink in video games and rolling out movie services to woo Net-savvy consumers. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)AP - Sony outlined its strategy for growth Thursday geared at regaining its lead in TVs, wiping out the red ink in video games and rolling out movie services to woo Net-savvy consumers.

Mon, 23 Jun 08
Console makers embrace indie game developers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_on_hi_te/tec_indie_games
AP - In the second grade, James Silva didn't just play "Mario" and "Zelda" on his Nintendo but drew pictures of new levels and cooked up ideas for future games. While other kids dreamed of becoming an astronaut or president, he felt destined to be a video game designer.

Mon, 23 Jun 08
Nokia buys social networking site Plazes (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/wr_nm/nokia_location_dc
Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Monday it has agreed to buy social networking start-up Plazes as part of its major push into offering Internet services.

Mon, 23 Jun 08
Toshiba Unveils Laptop With Cell-derived Chip (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080623/tc_pcworld/147415
PC World - The first laptops to make use of the SpursEngine, a co-processor derived from the Cell chip that powers the PlayStation 3...

Mon, 23 Jun 08
Motorola, Kodak Launch 5-megapixel ZN5 Handset (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080623/tc_pcworld/147414
PC World - Motorola and Kodak on Monday launched the ZN5, a new candy bar-style mobile phone with a 5.0-megapixel camera, the first...

Mon, 23 Jun 08
Google's mobile phone plans hit delays: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/tc_nm/google_android_dc
Reuters - New mobile phones being developed by Google Inc and more than 30 partners based on software called Android will arrive in the fourth quarter, a schedule that some cellular carriers and program makers are struggling to meet, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

Sun, 22 Jun 08
Cable ads attacking Verizon confuse consumers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_hi_te/tec_cable_vs_fiber_ads


Verizon president and COO Denny Strigl delivers a keynote speech during the NXTcomm08 telecommunications show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - Avery Axel was annoyed with his cable company, Comcast, and was considering switching to Verizon's new FiOS fiber-optic TV and Internet service.

Sun, 22 Jun 08
N.M. school tries to reach students via podcast (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_hi_te/podcast_campus


Incoming sophomore Kyla Walraven listens to her Zune on the bus ride home in Fort Sumner, N.M., on May 13, 2008. The commute for nearly 50 percent of Fort Sumner High Schools students is about an hour bus ride. This past semester, nearly every one of the roughly 100 students at Fort Sumner High School was outfitted with the Microsoft media player, similar to Apple's iPod, enabling them to watch videos and listen to podcasts created or recommended by teachers and fellow students. It was one of two schools nationwide taking part in the project. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)AP - Students at a rural New Mexico school made a unique pledge last winter: Right hands raised, they promised to take care of their Zunes.

Sun, 22 Jun 08
SKorea ponders closer watch on web after surge of protests (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080622/tc_afp/skoreaprotestsmediainternet


South Korean web-based journalists, using the WiBro (wireless broadband) Internet service broadcast live demonstrators' candle-lit vigils in Seoul on June 20. After weeks of tumultuous protests inspired largely by South Korea's netizens, the country which claims to be the world's most wired society is considering new ways to monitor the Internet(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)AFP - After weeks of tumultuous protests inspired largely by South Korea's netizens, the country which claims to be the world's most wired society is considering new ways to monitor the Internet.

Sun, 22 Jun 08
Logo Design Studio Pro improves SVG support (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080622/tc_macworld/logodesignstudioproimprovessvgsupport
Macworld.com - Macware on Friday announced the release of Logo Design Studio Pro 1.8, an update to their logo design software for Mac OS X users. It costs $59.99, though updates for registered users are free.

Sun, 22 Jun 08
Speed Sticks: Three Wireless USB Modems Reviewed (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080622/tc_cmp/208404374
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Stay online while on the road with wireless USB modems from Sierra Wireless and Novatel combined with services from AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and Sprint, but be prepared for a few bumps in the road.

Sat, 21 Jun 08
Canadian court allows largest ever leveraged buyout (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_hi_te/canada_bce_sale
AP - BCE Inc. on Friday won the right to go ahead with the largest leveraged buyout in history, a US$35 billion deal that the telecommunications company's bondholders fought, saying it would reduce their holdings to junk.

Sat, 21 Jun 08
Microsoft must pay Alcatel-Lucent $512M for patents (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_alcatel_lucent
AP - A federal judge ordered Microsoft Corp. to pay Alcatel-Lucent $511.6 million in damages and interest, letting stand a jury's decision that the software maker infringed on two patents.

Sat, 21 Jun 08
Cable ads attacking Verizon confuse consumers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_hi_te/tec_cable_vs_fiber_ads
AP - Avery Axel was annoyed with his cable company, Comcast, and was considering switching to Verizon's new FiOS fiber-optic TV and Internet service.

Sat, 21 Jun 08
AP, blogger resolve dispute over copyright (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_hi_te/ap_blogger
AP - A news discussion site and The Associated Press have resolved a dispute over an AP demand that the site remove some of the news agency's content.

Sat, 21 Jun 08
Microsoft Security Fix Clobbers 2 Million Password Stealers (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080620/tc_pcworld/147375
PC World - Microsoft's latest security update has detected and removed more online game password-logging software from 2 million PCs.

Sat, 21 Jun 08
Logo Design Studio Pro improves SVG support (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080621/tc_macworld/logodesignstudioproimprovessvgsupport
Macworld.com - Macware on Friday announced the release of Logo Design Studio Pro 1.8, an update to their logo design software for Mac OS X users. It costs $59.99, though updates for registered users are free.

Sat, 21 Jun 08
Delta Airlines Tests Cell Phone Boarding Pass (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080621/tc_cmp/208800035
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The program, in partnership with the Transportation Security Administration, is being tested at New York's LaGuardia Airport on some flights.

Sat, 21 Jun 08
Mac-Clone Maker Sets Sights On Apple Xserve (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080621/tc_cmp/208800039
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Two rack-mount products offered this week can apparently run Mac OS X Leopard Server as well as Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Ubuntu Server, and CentOS.

Sat, 21 Jun 08
Microsoft Reissues Critical Security Fix For Windows XP (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080621/tc_cmp/208800001
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The original patch worked on Windows Vista, but failed to accomplish its task in Windows XP SP2 and SP3, the Microsoft Security Response Center said.

Sat, 21 Jun 08
Data Warehouse Alternatives Make a Hit in India and Europe (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080621/tc_cmp/208701028
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Telco Reliance scales with DW appliances. Web marketer TradeDoubler loads and queries faster, cuts cost with a column-store database.

Fri, 20 Jun 08
3 more Yahoo execs reportedly jumping ship (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_departures


The headquarters of Yahoo Inc. is pictured in Sunnyvale, California, May 5, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)AP - Yahoo Inc.'s management ranks are rapidly thinning as the Internet pioneer fends off a shareholder mutiny threatening to culminate in the firing of Chief Executive Jerry Yang.

Fri, 20 Jun 08
Text-message ruling could change corporate policies (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_hi_te/tec_electronic_privacy_employer_s_responsibility
AP - Most employees know their bosses are usually within their rights snooping on workers' e-mail, but text messaging has been in murkier territory.

Fri, 20 Jun 08
MetroFi ending Wi-Fi service in Calif., Ore., Ill. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_hi_te/metrofi_wireless
AP - With no buyers in sight, MetroFi Inc.'s free wireless projects in Portland and in cities in California and Illinois appear to be ending.

Fri, 20 Jun 08
EBay to strengthen PayPal's anti-fraud provisions (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_hi_te/ebay_paypal
AP - EBay Inc. hopes to attract more online traders by expanding the protections available to people who use its PayPal payment service for transactions on eBay's Internet marketplaces.

Fri, 20 Jun 08
Unhappy Yahoo shareholder reaches out to Microsoft (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_microsoft


A man runs past the headquarters of Yahoo Inc. in Sunnyvale, California May 5, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)AP - One of Yahoo Inc.'s disgruntled shareholders is urging Microsoft Corp. to make a more compelling case for its bid to buy the Internet pioneer's search operations — a proposal that was trumped by an advertising deal Yahoo reached with Google Inc.

Fri, 20 Jun 08
Microsoft rules out slew of Internet buys - report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080620/tc_nm/microsoft_internet_dc


Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer speaks during a luncheon and conference on technology and innovation in Madrid April 25, 2008. (Susana Vera/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp's CEO said the company will not seek to make a spate of other Internet acquisitions in the wake of its failed bid for Yahoo Inc , the Financial Times reported on Friday.

Fri, 20 Jun 08
SecureMac discovers Trojan horse targeted at Mac OS X (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080620/tc_macworld/securemacdiscoverstrojanhorsetargetedatmacosx
Macworld.com - SecureMac claims to have discovered several variants of a Trojan horse in the wild targeted at users of Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5. The Trojan is being distributed from a hacker Web site through iChat and Limewire, the company said.

Fri, 20 Jun 08
Watch superheros fight evil -- on your mobile phone (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080620/tc_nm/japan_mobile_comics_life_dc


A booth assistant looks at a mobile phone during the Tokyo Game Show 2006 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo, September 22, 2006. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)Reuters - After taking on the big and small screens, comic book heroes like Spiderman and Superman may soon be appearing on an even smaller screen -- your mobile phone.

Fri, 20 Jun 08
Red Hat To Embed Hypervisor In Linux, Add Management Capabilities (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080620/tc_cmp/208700808
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Such a move could spur the use of Linux as the operating system of choice in virtual machine environments.

Fri, 20 Jun 08
Chinese Agency Denies Microsoft Monopoly Investigation (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080619/tc_nf/60372
NewsFactor - China's State Intellectual Property Office has denied a flurry of media reports suggesting the government agency was investigating Microsoft for discriminatory software pricing. In a statement briefly posted at its official Web site, according to media sources, the SIPO noted that it has never undertaken any market-monopoly investigations before, and has no plans to do so because its mandate from Chinese government agencies is "to investigate and research domestic piracy issues."

Fri, 20 Jun 08
Arm to Duel With Intel in the Server Space (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080619/tc_pcworld/147317
PC World - Arm is getting ready to challenge Intel by moving its mobile chip architecture into servers.

Fri, 20 Jun 08
PS3 Pluses, Broadband Caps, Yahoo News (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080620/tc_pcworld/147327
PC World - Readers discuss Sony's game console, broadband usage limits, and the Google-Yahoo deal.

Thu, 19 Jun 08
Yahoo addresses e-mail concerns with new domains (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_hi_te/tec_yahoo_mail


This Jan. 7, 2008 file photo shows the Yahoo tent at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Yahoo Inc. is offering free e-mail accounts Thursday under two new designations in an effort to attract Web surfers unhappy with their current addresses. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Yahoo Inc. is offering free e-mail accounts under two new designations in an effort to attract Web surfers unhappy with their current addresses.

Thu, 19 Jun 08
YouTube opens screening room for indie filmmakers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_youtube_filmmakers
Chad Hurley, co-founder and CEO of YouTube (Photo: Business Wire)AP - Google Inc.'s YouTube is setting up a virtual screening room to bring the work of independent filmmakers to a global audience.

Thu, 19 Jun 08
China denies Microsoft monopoly reports (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_hi_te/china_microsoft


Wang Qishan, vice premier of the People's Republic of China, center, raises a glass of champagne after a signing ceremony formalizing business deals between U.S. companies and China, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Washington, Monday, June 16, 2008. He is flanked by China's Commerce Minister Chen Deming, right, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J. Donohue at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - China's anti-piracy bureau on Thursday denied reports it is investigating possible monopoly behavior of large software companies including Microsoft Corp.

Thu, 19 Jun 08
Sweden adopts law allowing official eavesdropping (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_hi_te/sweden_e_mail_spying
AP - Sweden's Parliament narrowly approved a law Wednesday that gives authorities sweeping powers to eavesdrop on all e-mail and telephone traffic that crosses the Nordic nation's borders.

Thu, 19 Jun 08
Job cuts likely in HP's overhaul of printing group (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_hi_te/tec_hp_overhaul
AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. is reshuffling a highly profitable division that makes computer printers and ink cartridges in a shake-up likely to trigger job cuts.

Thu, 19 Jun 08
Yahoo delivers new free email addresses (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080619/tc_afp/lifestyleitinternetcompanymailyahoo


Chinese staff at work in a computer shop in Shanghai in early December. Yahoo has tripled the size of its globally-popular free online email service by adding two new domains(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - Yahoo on Thursday is tripling the size of its globally-popular free online email service by adding two new domains as options to "@yahoo.com" addresses.

Thu, 19 Jun 08
Hands on With MSI's Wind Low-cost Laptop (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080619/tc_pcworld/147282
PC World - MSI's Wind, with its 10-inch screen, long battery life and comfortable keypad is a nice new mini-laptop.

Thu, 19 Jun 08
Sprint Hopes New Instinct Will Stop Subscriber Churn (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080618/bs_nf/60355
NewsFactor - Sprint Nextel is hoping to knock the iPhone off its lofty perch with the launch this month of Instinct -- a new smartphone it codeveloped with Samsung Electronics. Like Apple's new 3G handset, Instinct combines full touch-screen functionality and fast wireless speeds with live TV, stereo Bluetooth, and GPS with turn-by-turn navigational capabilities.

Thu, 19 Jun 08
Red Hat Network to Be Open-sourced (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080618/tc_pcworld/147258
PC World - Red Hat is open-sourcing its Red Hat Network system management platform, according to the company's CEO.

Thu, 19 Jun 08
Engineer is first sentenced for economic espionage (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080618/ap_on_hi_te/economic_espionage
AP - An engineer who admitted he tried to sell fighter-pilot training software to the Chinese Navy was sentenced Wednesday to 24 months in federal prison, in the first sentencing for a newly defined intellectual property crime.

Thu, 19 Jun 08
Google Suffers Outage On App-Hosting Platform (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080619/tc_cmp/208700509
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Google App Engine outage was the result of a flaw in Google's data-store servers and was trigged by a particular class of queries, engineers said.

Thu, 19 Jun 08
Son of 'Godfather' creator sues over profits (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_en_mo/godfather_game_lawsuit
AP - The son of "The Godfather" creator Mario Puzo sued Paramount Pictures on Wednesday, claiming the studio failed to pay royalties from a 2006 video game based on the book and movie characters.

Wed, 18 Jun 08
Verizon Communications Inc. speeds up FiOS Internet (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080618/ap_on_hi_te/tec_verizon_fios
AP - Verizon Communications Inc. is boosting the speed of its FiOS fiber-optic Internet service in 10 states.

Wed, 18 Jun 08
High hopes: VCs betting LinkedIn worth $1 billion (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080618/ap_on_hi_te/linkedin_investment
AP - Four venture capital firms are betting Internet startup LinkedIn Corp. is worth $1 billion, highlighting the lofty hopes riding on online services that connect people with their friends, family and business associates.

Wed, 18 Jun 08
Local investors to run Philadelphia Wi-Fi network (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080618/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_philadelphia
AP - A group of local investors said Tuesday they have bought Philadelphia's wireless Internet network, a week after EarthLink Inc. gave up on the system because it failed to make a profit.

Wed, 18 Jun 08
AP to meet with blogging group to form guidelines (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_hi_te/ap_bloggers
AP - The Associated Press, following criticism from bloggers over an AP assertion of copyright, plans to meet this week with a bloggers' group to help form guidelines under which AP news stories could be quoted online.

Wed, 18 Jun 08
Firefox 3 Web browser is now out as free download (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_hi_te/new_firefox_browser
AP - The new version of the Firefox Web browser became available as a free download Tuesday.

Wed, 18 Jun 08
Video game sales on winning streak, study projects (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080618/media_nm/videogames_dc


Video game enthusiasts play Nintendo's new 'Super Smash Bros. Brawl' game for the Wii system at the E for All video game expo in Los Angeles, California October 19, 2007. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - The video game industry is expected to shoot from $41.9 billion in global sales last year to $68.3 billion in 2012, a compound annual growth rate of 10.3 percent and better than all other media sectors except for online advertising and access.

Wed, 18 Jun 08
Morgan Stanley says Apple's iPhone sales may double in '09 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080618/tc_nm/apple_research_morganstanley_dc


Apple Corporation CEO Steve Jobs speaks about the price of the new iPhone 3G during his keynote speech at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California June 9, 2008. (Kimberly White/Reuters)Reuters - Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Apple Inc shares to $210 from $185, saying it expects the company's iPhone unit sales to double in 2009 at the new $199 price point.

Wed, 18 Jun 08
Emerging markets to drive mobile broadband: Ericsson (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080618/wr_nm/ericsson_singapore_dc
Reuters - Telecom equipment maker Ericsson said on Wednesday mobile broadband Internet subscribers could rise to 2.2 billion in five years' time from 250 million, fuelled by exponential growth in emerging markets.

Wed, 18 Jun 08
Updated Firefox browser eyes world download record (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080618/tc_afp/lifestyleusinternetcompanymozilla


This file photo shows the logo for Mozilla Foundation. Mozilla on Tuesday released an improved version of its Firefox web browser that has gained popularity as a free alternative to Microsoft's ubiquitous Internet Explorer.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Mozilla on Tuesday released an improved version of its Firefox web browser that has gained popularity as a free alternative to Microsoft's ubiquitous Internet Explorer.

Wed, 18 Jun 08
China in anti-monopoly probe of Microsoft: state media (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080618/bs_afp/chinausmicrosoftcompetitioncompany


File photo shows Chinese visitors looking at new Microsoft window mobile phones at a convention in Beijing. China has begun an anti-monopoly investigation into US software giant Microsoft and lawsuits by local companies could follow(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - China has begun an anti-monopoly investigation into US software giant Microsoft and lawsuits by local companies could follow, state media reported on Wednesday.

Wed, 18 Jun 08
New funding values LinkedIn at $1 billion (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080618/wr_nm/linkedin_funding_dc
Reuters - LinkedIn, an online destination for professional networking, raised $53 million from investors in a fourth round of financing, giving the company an estimated valuation of just over $1 billion, LinkedIn Chief Executive Dan Nye said.

Wed, 18 Jun 08
IBM's Cell-based RoadRunner Supercomputer Is World's Fastest (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080618/tc_pcworld/147220
PC World - A supercomputer based on Cell chips like those in the PlayStation 3 has been named the world's fastest in a ranking published...

Tue, 17 Jun 08
Calif. cracks down on 13 genetic testing startups (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_hi_te/genetic_testing_crackdown
AP - California health regulators have demanded that 13 direct-to-consumer genetic testing startups halt sales in the state until they prove they meet state standards.

Tue, 17 Jun 08
AP to meet with blogging group to form guidelines (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_hi_te/ap_bloggers
AP - The Associated Press, following criticism from bloggers over an AP assertion of copyright, plans to meet this week with a bloggers' group to help form guidelines under which AP news stories could be quoted online.

Tue, 17 Jun 08
Cheap PC gadget for Internet calls selling well (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_hi_te/tec_magicjack
AP - What's the fastest-growing fixed-line phone company in the United States?

Tue, 17 Jun 08
Ex-CEO of Broadcom pleads not guilty to 25 charges (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_hi_te/broadcom_indictment


Broadcom co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III leaves the Ronald Reagan Federal Building after a hearing Monday, June 16, 2008, in Santa Ana, Calif. Nicholas pleaded not guilty Monday to federal drug and securities fraud charges alleging wrongdoing inside and outside the microprocessor company. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III of Broadcom Inc. pleaded not guilty Monday to federal drug and securities fraud charges alleging wrongdoing inside and outside the microprocessor company.

Tue, 17 Jun 08
Adobe second-quarter earnings jump 41 percent (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_hi_te/earns_adobe
AP - Adobe Systems Inc. reported Monday its profit rose 41 percent in the second quarter because of strong sales and booming demand in international markets.

Tue, 17 Jun 08
Bangladesh makes Internet use free for primary schools (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080617/tc_afp/bangladeshtechnologyinterneteducation


This file photo shows a Bangladeshi saleswoman (R) talking with children at a computer fair in Dhaka. Bangladesh on Tuesday made the use of broadband Internet services free for nearly 40,000 state-run primary schools to boost the number of users in rural areas, the telecom regulator said.(AFP/File/Farjana Khan Godhuly)AFP - Bangladesh on Tuesday made the use of broadband Internet services free for nearly 40,000 state-run primary schools to boost the number of users in rural areas, the telecom regulator said.

Tue, 17 Jun 08
Nokia launches new phones, vows to stay number one (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080617/tc_afp/asiaittelecommobilenokiafinland


Flags with the Nokia logo are seen fluttering at the company's plant in Bochum, Germany, in January 2008. Finnish telecom giant has launched two new email-capable handsets for business users and vowed to defend its position as the world's leading mobile phone maker.(AFP/DDP/File/Volker Hartmann)AFP - Finnish telecom giant Nokia has launched two new email-capable handsets for business users and vowed to defend its position as the world's leading mobile phone maker.

Tue, 17 Jun 08
Alcatel signs $1 billion deal with China Mobile (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080617/tc_nm/alcatel_chinamobile_dc


Alcatel Lucent Chief Executive Officer Patricia Russo attends the company's annual shareholders meeting in Paris, May 30, 2008. Alcatel-Lucent said it had signed a $1 billion agreement with China Mobile to provide mobile communication equipment and services. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)Reuters - French telecoms equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent said it had signed a $1 billion agreement with China Mobile (0941.HK) to provide mobile communication equipment and services.

Tue, 17 Jun 08
Birth of a Standard: The Intel 8086 Microprocessor (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080617/tc_pcworld/146957
PC World - Thirty years ago, Intel released the 8086 processor, introducing the x86 architecture that underlies every PC--Windows, Mac, or Linux--produced today.

Tue, 17 Jun 08
EU stumbles on buying Microsoft alternatives (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080617/bs_nm/microsoft_eu_dc


Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates speaks during a news conference in Tokyo May 7, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - The European Commission, a thorn in Microsoft's side for its antitrust campaigns against the software giant, is falling short in its own internal attempt to promote more competition in the technology sector.

Tue, 17 Jun 08
Adobe updates LiveCycle process automation (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080617/tc_infoworld/103850
InfoWorld - Adobe Systems on Tuesday plans to announce an upgrade to its process automation software, Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite (ES) Update 1, featuring an open-source content repository and capabilities to convert data to Adobe's PDF format.

Tue, 17 Jun 08
Director chosen for "Gears of War" feature (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080617/film_nm/gears_dc
Reuters - New Line is putting "Gears of War" in motion, setting Len Wiseman ("Live Free or Die Hard") to direct the video-game adaptation.

Mon, 16 Jun 08
Study: Americans use Net to look beyond sound bite (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080615/ap_on_hi_te/internet_politics


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at the Apostolic Church of God service about fatherhood in Chicago, Sunday, June 15, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Americans dissatisfied with political sound bites are turning to the Internet for a more complete picture, a new study finds.

Mon, 16 Jun 08
Skype CEO reiterates has eBay's full support (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080616/wr_nm/skype_ebay_dc


A man uses a Skype internet phone next to a laptop in Taipei November 11, 2005. (Richard Chung/Reuters)Reuters - The chief executive of Internet calling company Skype reiterated Monday that his unit enjoyed the full support of parent firm eBay and expressed optimism about the company's potential.

Mon, 16 Jun 08
Broadband Providers Cap Monthly Usage (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080615/tc_pcworld/146752
PC World - Unlimited isn't what it used to be, as providers test monthly caps, with Sprint's mobile broadband service being the latest to restrict monthly transfers.

Mon, 16 Jun 08
Microsoft Now Sponsor of Open Source Census (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080616/tc_pcworld/147110
PC World - Microsoft is now a sponsor of the Open Source Census, an effort to track open-source installations worldwide.

Mon, 16 Jun 08
App replay extended to Java (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080616/tc_infoworld/103729
InfoWorld - Replay Solutions is set to ship Monday a version of its software recording and replay technology for Java applications, helping users to find execution errors.

Mon, 16 Jun 08
IBM links with Japan's TOK to develop solar technology (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080616/tc_nm/ibm_solar_dc
Reuters - IBM has joined forces with semiconductor process company Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK) (4186.T) to develop more efficient solar power technologies to cut the cost of the clean energy source, the companies said on Monday.

Mon, 16 Jun 08
GTA IV, Wii Lead Video Games To New Heights (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080613/bs_nf/60289
NewsFactor - The economy may be trending downward, but video-game software and hardware sales in the U.S. keep going up. Game sales are up 37 percent over the same time last year, according to the NPD Group, a leading market-research firm. Hardware sales are up 34 percent.

Sun, 15 Jun 08
Training helps bloggers hone professionalism (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080614/ap_on_hi_te/citizen_journalism


In this May 6, 2005 file photo, Kirk Johnson of The Heritage Foundation instructs a class of bloggers on how to access government statistical databases and analyze the material at a conference in Nashville, Tenn. Many bloggers are turning to professional journalists for help with dilemmas they're facing, such as determining when something is libelous. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, file)AP - Miami real estate agent Lucas Lechuga began blogging to share his knowledge of the local market. He didn't bargain for a $25 million defamation lawsuit when he wrote that a Miami developer had gone bankrupt decades ago.

Sun, 15 Jun 08
No teams here but UK tops internet users' poll (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080614/wr_nm/soccer_euro_website_dc
Reuters - The four British teams may have all missed out on Euro 2008 but their fans cannot get enough of the tournament and are leading the way in hits on the official UEFA website, organizers said on Saturday.

Sun, 15 Jun 08
HDTV Home Theater Summer Blockbusters (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080615/tc_cmp/208402109
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Now playing: HDTV movies in your home, with a little help from Apple TV, Blu-ray, Netflix Player by Roku, Vudu, and Xbox Live Marketplace.

Sat, 14 Jun 08
Google grows stronger in Microsoft-Yahoo fallout (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080614/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_fallout


A laptop is seen under the logo of Yahoo at a trade fair in 2007. Yahoo and Google on Thursday announced a much-rumored alliance to put the Internet search king's expertise to work pumping money from its floundering rival's online advertising.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Gottschalk)AP - Microsoft Corp.'s abandoned takeover bid for Yahoo Inc. appears to have culminated with a disheartening thud for those two companies but amounted to yet another coup for online search leader Google Inc.

Sat, 14 Jun 08
Training helps bloggers hone professionalism (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080614/ap_on_re_us/citizen_journalism


In this May 6, 2005 file photo, Kirk Johnson of The Heritage Foundation instructs a class of bloggers on how to access government statistical databases and analyze the material at a conference in Nashville, Tenn. Many bloggers are turning to professional journalists for help with dilemmas they're facing, such as determining when something is libelous. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, file)AP - Miami real estate agent Lucas Lechuga began blogging to share his knowledge of the local market. He didn't bargain for a $25 million defamation lawsuit when he wrote that a Miami developer had gone bankrupt decades ago.

Sat, 14 Jun 08
Verizon to give discounts for landline-less bundles (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080614/ap_on_hi_te/tec_verizon_bundles


LG Decoy from Verizon Wireless is the world's first phone to have a Bluetooth(R) hands-free headset integrated into the design. The headset slips into the back of the device for easy transport and charging. The slider phone also sports a five-way directional joystick for easy navigating through all of Verizon Wireless' multimedia features such as V CAST Music and V CAST Video. (PRNewsFoto/Verizon Wireless)AP - For the first time, Verizon Communications Inc. is set to give discounts to wireless customers who don't have landlines but order Internet or TV service from the phone company.

Sat, 14 Jun 08
House of Lords reaching out to young with YouTube (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_on_re_eu/britain_lords_tv
AP - It may not challenge the new Indiana Jones or "Sex and the City" movies, but Britain's House of Lords is debuting five new YouTube videos Friday in hopes of updating its image as a sleepy haven for elderly, affluent gentlemen.

Sat, 14 Jun 08
Australian regulator signals no deal on eBay plan (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_on_hi_te/australia_ebay_paypal
AP - EBay said Friday it will postpone plans to make its PayPal system the only way to pay for deals on its auction site in Australia after the antitrust regulator said it would reduce competition.

Sat, 14 Jun 08
Kevin Spacey to teach at Oxford (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080614/en_nm/spacey_dc


Kevin Spacey poses at The South Bank Show Awards at Dorchester Hotel in London January 29, 2008. (Anthony Harvey/Reuters)Reuters - Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has accepted a year-long position as a theater professor at Oxford University, the institution said in a posting on its Web site on Friday.

Sat, 14 Jun 08
Motorola to halve research labs (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080614/tc_nm/motorola_researchjobs_dc


A Motorola logo is seen on their building at an industrial estate in Singapore April 3, 2008. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)Reuters - Motorola Inc , the No. 3 mobile phone maker, said on Friday it would roughly halve the size of its research labs to about 300 people as it plans to halt some projects and move at least 180 people to other units.

Sat, 14 Jun 08
MTN says will pursue Reliance talks amid Ambani family feud (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080614/bs_afp/indiasafricatelecomcompanyreliancemtn


Chairman of India's Reliance Dhirubhai Anil Ambani Group (ADAG) Anil Ambani, seen in Mumbai in April. South African telecom giant MTN said Saturday it was still pursuing merger talks with Reliance Communications amid a family feud over who has the first right to buy the Indian cellular operator.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - South African telecom giant MTN said Saturday it was still pursuing merger talks with Reliance Communications amid a family feud over who has the first right to buy the Indian cellular operator.

Sat, 14 Jun 08
Trend Micro: Barracuda Suit Not About Open Source (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080614/tc_pcworld/147085
PC World - Trend Micro may have received more than it bargained for in its software patent dispute with rival Barracuda Networks. In the...

Sat, 14 Jun 08
GTA IV, Wii Lead Video Games To New Heights (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080613/tc_nf/60289
NewsFactor - The economy may be trending downward, but video-game software and hardware sales in the U.S. keep going up. Game sales are up 37 percent over the same time last year, according to the NPD Group, a leading market-research firm. Hardware sales are up 34 percent.

Sat, 14 Jun 08
Coming To The iPhone: Enterprise Apps (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080614/tc_cmp/208403972
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Analysts say the latest iPhone has the security and speed businesses seek in a smartphone, and the enterprise applications they depend on aren't far behind.

Sat, 14 Jun 08
Microsoft Loses Creative Force Behind Halo 3 Launch (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080614/tc_cmp/208403984
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Jeff Bell's departure has sparked a shakeup in the company's Xbox-related business groups.

Fri, 13 Jun 08
Yahoo seeks Google's aid after Microsoft talks die (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_microsoft


In this April 21, 2008, file photo, a sign in front of the Yahoo offices in Santa Clara, Calif. Yahoo says it has ended all talks about any kind of business deal with Microsoft, burying lingering hopes that Microsoft might revive its attempt to buy the Internet pioneer. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Yahoo Inc. became Microsoft Corp.'s takeover prey largely because Google Inc. established such a commanding lead in the Internet's lucrative search advertising market.

Fri, 13 Jun 08
Video game sales up 37 percent to $1.12B in May (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_on_hi_te/video_game_sales
AP - U.S. retail sales of video games, consoles and game accessories hit $1.12 billion in May, a 37 percent rise over the same month last year, driven by the chart-topping Grand Theft Auto video game, market researcher NPD Group reported Thursday.

Fri, 13 Jun 08
China denies hacking into US computers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080612/ap_on_hi_te/china_us_hacking


In this image from video, Rep. Frank Wolf., R-Va., speaks in the House Gallery on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. Wolf said Wednesday the FBI has found that four of his government computers have been hacked by sources working out of China.(AP Photo/APTN)AP - China denied accusations by two U.S. lawmakers that it hacked into congressional computers, saying Thursday that as a developing country it wasn't capable of sophisticated cybercrime.

Fri, 13 Jun 08
AT&T looking at charging heavy Internet users extra (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080612/ap_on_hi_te/tec_at_t_internet
AP - AT&T Inc., the country's largest Internet provider, is considering charging extra for customers who download large amounts of data.

Fri, 13 Jun 08
Santa Fe City Council OKs plan for wireless (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080612/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_sensitivity
AP - The City Council has unanimously approved a plan to provide wireless Internet service in libraries and other city buildings, over the objections of those who say they are electrically sensitive.

Fri, 13 Jun 08
Obama combats darker side of Internet politics (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080613/tc_afp/usvote


Presidential candidate Barack Obama greets supporters in Kaukauna Wisconsin. Obama has shown the stunning power of the Internet for political fundraising. Now he is fighting its darker side as a vehicle for AFP - Democrat Barack Obama has shown the stunning power of the Internet for political fundraising. Now he is fighting its darker side as a vehicle for "smears" against his bid for the White House.

Fri, 13 Jun 08
Korea protests a proving ground for gadgets and geeks (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080613/wr_nm/column_pluggedin_dc


Protesters chant slogans at a candle-lit vigil on a street leading to the U.S. Embassy and the presidential Blue House in central Seoul June 10, 2008. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)Reuters - When tens of thousands of Koreans converged in the center of Seoul on Tuesday for a mass protest against the new president, many were clutching two vital items: a candle and a mobile phone loaded with snazzy features.

Fri, 13 Jun 08
FCC chief lays out plan for cell phone fees (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_on_bi_ge/cell_phone_fees


Samsung Z400 (Photo: Business Wire) Download Formats Thumbnail JPEG, 23x72, 2.1 KBPreview JPEG, 46x144, 5.0 KBLow Resolution JPEG, 96x300, 13.9 KBHigh Resolution JPEG, 966x3000, 596.4 KBMoreAP - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission laid out a plan Thursday to regulate the high fees that cellular phone companies charge consumers for canceling their contracts early.

Fri, 13 Jun 08
Mozilla Ready to Launch Firefox 3 into Browser Wars (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080612/bs_nf/60269
NewsFactor - Just more than 10 years ago, Mozilla threw its open-source code into the public domain. Today, its browser -- Firefox -- is preparing to launch its third major release in hopes of continuing to eat away at Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

Fri, 13 Jun 08
U.S. video game sales up 37 percent in May: NPD (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080612/tc_nm/videogames_dc
Reuters - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software were $1.12 billion in May, up 37 percent from a year earlier, with Take-Two Interactive Software Corp's "Grand Theft Audio 4" the best-selling title for the month, market researcher NPD said in a report on Thursday.

Fri, 13 Jun 08
MySpace plans redesign for next week (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080613/wr_nm/myspace_redesign_dc


MySpace.com is seen in a screen grab. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)Reuters - News Corp's MySpace plans to launch a global redesign next week in an attempt to widen its demographic and boost user engagement on the site, the social networking site said on Friday.

Fri, 13 Jun 08
U.S. videogame sales up 37 percent in May: NPD (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080612/tc_nm/videogames_sales_dc
Reuters - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software were $1.12 billion in May, up 37 percent from a year earlier, with Take-Two Interactive Software Corp's "Grand Theft Audio 4" the best-selling title for the month.

Thu, 12 Jun 08
Monster Cable goes wireless with HD kit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080612/ap_on_hi_te/tec_monster_cable_wireless


In this April 16, 2008 file photo, a model stands by Panasonic's 150-inch high-definition plasma TV display, claimed to be the world's largest to date, at the 4th International Flat Panel Display Expo 'Display 2008' in Tokyo. On Thursday, Monster Cable Products Inc. is introducing a set of two boxes: a receiver that plugs into the back of a high-definition TV and a transmitter that connects to a DVD player or other components of a home entertainment center. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, file)AP - Monster Cable Products Inc., the company that's synonymous with expensive video and audio cables, is going wireless.

Thu, 12 Jun 08
Google co-founder reserves seat to outer space (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_hi_te/space_tourism


This photo provided by Image Box Inc. shows Google co-founder Sergey Brin, center, as he trains in zero gravity in airspace above northern California, Feb. 2, 2008. Space Adventures, the company that sends wealthy tourists to the International Space Station, said Wednesday, June 11, 2008, that Brin has paid $5 million to reserve a seat on a future flight. Eric Anderson, President and CEO of Space Adventures is pictured lower right. (AP Photo/ Image Box Inc., Steve Boxall)AP - A company that sends wealthy tourists into space aboard Russian rockets announced Wednesday that it has a new client, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and a new plan for the first entirely private flight to the international space station.

Thu, 12 Jun 08
Google CEO: 'Moral imperative' to help newspapers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_hi_te/google_schmidt
AP - Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said Wednesday that the Internet search leader hopes its recently acquired advertising service DoubleClick will aid newspapers as they struggle to corral more online revenue.

Thu, 12 Jun 08
We've gotten smart: Movie's spy gadgets do exist (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_hi_te/film_get_smart_gadgets


In this image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Steve Carell, who portrays Maxwell Smart, right, holds a a tricked-out Swiss Army Knife equipped with a flame-thrower and a mini crossbow, as he talks with Anne Hathaway, who plays Agent 99, in a scene from 'Get Smart.' (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Tracy Bennett)AP - The shoe phone on TV's "Get Smart" wasn't just a sneaky spy gadget, it was a technological marvel: a wireless, portable telephone that could be used anywhere — though it did require a dime to make a call.

Thu, 12 Jun 08
Casino debuts new touch-screen bar table (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_surface_harrah_s
AP - Microsoft Corp. and Harrah's Entertainment Inc. introduced a high-tech interactive bar table Wednesday that lets patrons order drinks, watch YouTube videos, play touch-screen games and even flirt with each other.

Thu, 12 Jun 08
Brad Garrett into online "Dating" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080612/wr_nm/garrett_dc


Brad Garrett, star of the new Fox television network comedy series ' 'Til Death' about a middle aged married couple and their newlywed neighbors, answers questions during a panel discussion at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Pasadena, California July 24, 2006. The show premieres Fall 2006. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - Brad Garrett is making his foray into digital entertainment with "Dating Brad Garrett," an online reality show he is starring in and executive producing.

Thu, 12 Jun 08
Jillian Michaels brings fitness know-how to Wii (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080612/tc_nm/media_michaels_dc


A woman demonstrates an interactive yoga game on Nintendo's Wii Fit, a new interactive fitness game for Wii system, during the product launch in New York May 19, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - Game publisher Majesco Entertainment has announced a partnership with celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels for an exercise-themed video game for the Nintendo Wii.

Thu, 12 Jun 08
Academia Sees Case Studies in iPhone Marketing (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080611/bs_nf/60230
NewsFactor - Apple is making headlines with the new iPhone 3G, and the academic world is seeing some opportunities for business case studies.

Thu, 12 Jun 08
Red Hat Settles Patent Suit for Open-Source Community (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080611/bs_nf/60249
NewsFactor - Linux vendor Red Hat announced Wednesday that it has settled patent-infringement claims filed against it by two companies. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Thu, 12 Jun 08
New Version of OpenOffice.org Fixes Critical Bug (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080611/tc_pcworld/146970
PC World - OpenOffice.org has issued a patch for a security vulnerability affecting several versions of the open-source office suite.

Thu, 12 Jun 08
Study: SOA Deployments on Rise (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080611/tc_pcworld/146974
PC World - A new IBM study finds added momentum for SOA.

Thu, 12 Jun 08
TECHBITS: Red Players; GlassDoor.com; Big Rigs; Airport Park (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_hi_te/techbits
AP - It's better to be on the red team than on the blue team in an online multiplayer shooting game, according to researchers.

Wed, 11 Jun 08
Gov't tries to revive Web porn law called outdated (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_bi_ge/internet_blocking
AP - Government lawyers tried Tuesday to revive a 1998 law designed to keep online pornography from children, amid questions that it is significantly outdated and blocks too much legal speech while having no effect on content posted from overseas.

Wed, 11 Jun 08
Yahoo facing possible trial before Icahn showdown (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_shareholder_suit


A Yahoo sign in New York's Times Square, in April 2008. In the latest tit-for-tat over Yahoo, billionaire Carl Icahn renewed accusations Friday that the Internet giant misled shareholders and suggested a joint search deal with Google if Yahoo cannot be sold to Microsoft.(AFP/Getty Images/File)AP - Yahoo Inc. may have to defend its response to Microsoft Corp.'s takeover attempt in a trial that could sway the outcome of the Internet pioneer's August showdown with investor activist Carl Icahn.

Wed, 11 Jun 08
New iPhone's business model is tough on unlockers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_hi_te/tec_iphone_lockdown


The Apple 3G iPhone is shown in this publicity photo released to Reuters June 9, 2008. (Apple/Handout/Reuters)AP - The new iPhone and the way it will be sold look set to shut down a small industry that arose to make the first version of the iconic phone available around the world.

Wed, 11 Jun 08
Major ISPs agree to block child porn newsgroups (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_hi_te/cuomo_child_pornography


Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, center, glances at an anti-child porn display during a press conference in New York, Tuesday June 10, 2008. Cuomo announced a deal with three of the nations largest internet service providers, Verizon, Time Warner and Sprint, to block major sources of child pornography. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)AP - Online forums where thousands of child-porn images have been posted have been stricken from three Internet providers, including two of the nation's five largest, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday.

Wed, 11 Jun 08
France blocks online child porn, terrorism, racism (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_hi_te/france_child_pornography
AP - France is joining at least five other countries where Internet service providers block access to child pornography and to content linked to terrorism and racial hatred, the French interior minister said Tuesday.

Wed, 11 Jun 08
Intel Waiting for a Hit Product to Get MID Market Rolling (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080611/tc_pcworld/146959
PC World - Intel is counting on a hit product to get demand rolling for mobile Internet devices based on Centrino Atom.

Wed, 11 Jun 08
Apple IPhone Faces Challenges in Enterprise Bid (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080611/tc_pcworld/146900
PC World - Apple's new enterprise focus for the iPhone has promise, but the company has to work through a number of software and hardware...

Wed, 11 Jun 08
Pearl Jam and Verizon go mobile for live bootlegs (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080611/wr_nm/pearljam_dc


Eddie Vedder, lead singer of Pearl Jam, opens with his band for U2 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, December 9, 2006. (Lucy Pemoni/Reuters)Reuters - Pearl Jam has struck a deal with Verizon Wireless' V Cast service to sell select tracks from the authorized live bootlegs that will be available in conjunction with the band's upcoming summer tour, which begins Wednesday (June 11) in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Wed, 11 Jun 08
Red Hat settles 2 patent lawsuits filed against it (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080611/tc_nm/redhat_litigation_dc


Dan Cox of Hewlett-Packard talks about Red Hat Linux at the Linux Expo in New York on January 23, 2003. (Chip East/Reuters)Reuters - Business software maker Red Hat Inc said on Wednesday that it has settled two of three pending patent lawsuits that the company has been fighting.

Wed, 11 Jun 08
SQS eyes France, Benelux after Scandinavian deal (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080611/tc_nm/sqssoftware_acquisitions_dc
Reuters - SQS Software Quality Systems (SQSGn.DE) , a German software-testing company, said France and Benelux were its next targets, after it entered the Scandinavian market through the acquisition of Validate Technology Svenska on Wednesday.

Wed, 11 Jun 08
Apple's iPhone 3G Rounds Out Enterprise Coverage (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080611/tc_cmp/208402996
TechWeb - A new survey puts responsibility for managing an organization's energy consumption primarily on the CEO, then on the CIO. There's a difference between responsibility and liability, but either way CIOs have to do more to influence corporate energy use.

Wed, 11 Jun 08
Upcoming Xbox 360 RPGs Previewed in Tokyo (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080610/tc_pcworld/146908
PC World - Microsoft previewed several upcoming role-playing games for its Xbox 360 in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Tue, 10 Jun 08
AOL revamps online radio, adds CBS stations (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_hi_te/aol_cbs_online
AP - AOL is revamping its popular online radio service Tuesday, adding streams from all 140 CBS Corp.-owned radio stations and upgrading its player to add more functions and expand the service's reach.

Tue, 10 Jun 08
Apple unveils faster new iPhone, chops price (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_hi_te/apple_iphone


Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs announces a number of new languages that the updated Apple iPhone will work with during his keynote speech at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Monday, June 9, 2008. Jobs announced innovations to the Mac OS X Leopard operating system and a long-awaited update to the iPhone. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - The iPhone will soon be $200 cheaper and support satellite navigation and faster Internet access, but higher monthly service charges are likely to erase most of the savings.

Tue, 10 Jun 08
AT&T to take earnings hit from iPhone subsidies (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080609/ap_on_hi_te/at_t_iphone
AP - AT&T Inc.'s profits for the next two years will take a hit as it subsidizes the new low price of the latest iPhones, the company said Monday.

Tue, 10 Jun 08
Amazon.com Web site faces more trouble Monday (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080609/ap_on_hi_te/amazon_outage
AP - Amazon.com Inc.'s Web site suffered sporadic outages Monday, just days after unspecified issues knocked the online retailer offline for more than two hours.

Tue, 10 Jun 08
Some retailers give vinyl records a spin (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_hi_te/vinyl_retailers
AP - It was a fortuitous typo for the Fred Meyer retail chain.

Tue, 10 Jun 08
Internet companies to block child porn sites: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080610/wr_nm/isps_cuomo_dc


The headquarters for Verizon Communications Inc. is shown in midtown Manhattan Saturday, April 9, 2005 in New York file photo. Verizon Wireless is in talks to buy Alltel Communications LLC, the country's fifth-largest wireless carrier by subscribers, for $27 billion, according to news reports Thursday June 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, FILE)Reuters - Verizon , Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block Internet bulletin boards and Web sites nationwide that disseminate child pornography, The New York Times reported on Monday.

Tue, 10 Jun 08
Apple IPhone Faces Challenges in Enterprise Bid (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080610/tc_pcworld/146900
PC World - Apple's new enterprise focus for the iPhone has promise, but the company has to work through a number of software and hardware...

Tue, 10 Jun 08
Softbank bringing iPhone to Japan (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080610/bs_afp/japanustelecomcompanyapplesoftbank


President of communication giant Softbank, Masayoshi Son, seen here in September 2006, at a press conference in Tokyo. The company has announced it will introduce a new version of Apple's iPhone next month(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Japan's number three mobile cellphone operator Softbank Mobile announced on Tuesday it will introduce a new version of Apple's iPhone next month as rival NTT DoCoMo said it had no plan to offer the handset.

Tue, 10 Jun 08
VMware Updates Application Virtualization Software (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080610/tc_pcworld/146901
PC World - VMware has announced an upgrade to its application virtualization software, which aims to reduce the cost of deploying new...

Tue, 10 Jun 08
Apple's iPhone 3G Rounds Out Enterprise Coverage (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080610/tc_cmp/208402986
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Apple is making the right promises to companies and their mobile workforces, but analysts suggest the devil is in the details.

Tue, 10 Jun 08
PS3 Components Used To Build World's Fastest Computer (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080609/bs_nf/60205
NewsFactor - A supercomputer with components originally developed for Sony's PlayStation video-game console has become the world's fastest computer.

Mon, 9 Jun 08
Beer makers increasingly turning to viral ads (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080608/ap_on_hi_te/viral_beer_ads
AP - Anheuser-Busch is generating lots of buzz with an ad equal parts bawdy and hilarious, but you won't see it on television, and it barely mentions the beer it's advertising.

Mon, 9 Jun 08
Astronauts breeze through their final spacewalk (AP)
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In this video image taken from NASA TV, an astronaut is seen during a spacewalk during the STS-124 mission Sunday, June 8, 2008. Spacewalkers were scheduled to perform space station assembly and maintenance. (AP Photo/NASA TV)AP - Shuttle Discovery's astronauts breezed through their third and final spacewalk Sunday, replacing an empty gas tank at the international space station and collecting a sample of dusty debris.

Mon, 9 Jun 08
Iliad set to buy Tel Italia's Alice France (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080609/wr_nm/alice_dc
Reuters - Iliad, the parent of French internet service provider (ISP) Free, said on Monday it was in exclusive talks to buy Telecom Italia's Alice France ISP unit.

Mon, 9 Jun 08
Singulus says Blu-ray take-up faster than DVD (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080609/tc_nm/singulus_dc


Trademark of Blu-Ray DVD technology is displayed at an electronic shop in Tokyo February 17, 2008. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)Reuters - Singulus received orders for 21 Blu-ray dual-layer machines in the first quarter and said on Monday the figure showed the new technology was being adopted faster than its predecessor, DVD, 11 years ago.

Mon, 9 Jun 08
Sun bolsters SOA software with data management (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080609/tc_infoworld/103159
InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems is updating its SOA and business integration software Monday, adding a data management option and leveraging enterprise service bus capabilities based around the JBI (Java Business Integration) specification. Event processing and business process management are featured as well.

Mon, 9 Jun 08
Panorama Launches Online BI Service (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080609/tc_cmp/208402696
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - PowerApps is a Web-based hosted online analytical processing (OLAP) platform that offers application programming interfaces to create scorecards, dashboards, and reports from within Google Apps.

Sun, 8 Jun 08
Amazon.com has problems for more than 2 hours (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080608/ap_on_hi_te/amazon_down
AP - Amazon.com's Web site experienced problems in North America for more than two hours in the middle of the day Friday because of system issues, the online retailer said.

Sun, 8 Jun 08
Leaders of No. 2 union OK Hollywood labor contract (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080608/ap_en_bu/hollywood_labor


In this April 22, 2008 file photo, 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' star Larry David arrives at the Vanity Fair party for the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Leaders of Hollywood's second-largest actors union approved a new contract with studios that grants actors more money for Internet work — an issue that sparked a crippling writers strike this year. 'Curb' is one of the shows affected by the agreement. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)AP - Leaders of Hollywood's second-largest actors union approved a new contract with studios that grants actors more money for Internet work — an issue that sparked a crippling writers strike this year.

Sun, 8 Jun 08
Taiwan says pioneering WiMAX points way to the future (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080608/tc_afp/lifestyletaiwanitshowwimax


A visitor walks past two base stations made by Alcatel-Lucent on display at a WiMAX exhibition at the Taipei World Trade Centre, on June 4. Residents in Taipei have been able to access wireless mobile Internet services in much of the city since a programme launched by former mayor Ma Ying-jeou was completed in 2006.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)AFP - Residents in Taipei have been able to access wireless mobile Internet services in much of the city since a programme launched by former mayor Ma Ying-jeou was completed in 2006.

Sun, 8 Jun 08
Open Source Awards Accepting Nominations (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080607/tc_pcworld/146852
PC World - SourceForge.net's annual Community Choice awards highlight the most promising open source projects-- and the most troubled.

Sat, 7 Jun 08
FTC opens formal probe of Intel chip business (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080607/ap_on_hi_te/intel_ftc


In this April 14, 2008 file photo, an Intel sign is shown in front of Intel Corp. headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. Intel on Friday, June 6, 2008 said it had received a subpoena from the Federal Trade Commission concerning its practices in the microprocessor market. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Escalating the world's largest computer chip maker's legal woes, the Federal Trade Commission has opened a formal probe into Intel Corp.'s sales tactics, a victory for its much smaller rival, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Sat, 7 Jun 08
Amazon.com Web site has problems for more than 2 hours (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080606/ap_on_hi_te/amazon_down


Amazon.com chairman Jeff Bezos speaks to the media during the company's annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington in this May 28, 2003 file photo. (Anthony P. Bolante/Reuters)AP - Amazon.com's Web site experienced problems in North America for more than two hours in the middle of the day Friday because of system issues, the online retailer said.

Sat, 7 Jun 08
Gartner: Smart phone sales double in North America (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080606/ap_on_hi_te/tec_smart_phones
AP - Sales of "smart" phones doubled in North America in the first quarter, outstripping the category's growth in the rest of the world, according to a report by research firm Gartner.

Sat, 7 Jun 08
New play explores what search reveals about us (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080606/ap_on_hi_te/theater_internet_search


Director Michael Alltop and playwright Katharine Clark Gray are seen during a rehearsal of Brat Productions' 'User 927' in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 4, 2008. Performances are scheduled to run June 11-22 at The Studio at St. Stephen's Theater, an intimate venue in a downtown Philadelphia church basement. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - They are an unquestionably bizarre set of Internet search terms: Mange. Human mold. White camellia. Dying Elmo.

Sat, 7 Jun 08
Icahn recommends Yahoo set a $49.5B sale price (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080606/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. Activist investor Carl Icahn wants Yahoo to tell Microsoft it's willing to be sold for $49.5 billion, about $2 billion above the Microsoft's last offer, Friday, June 6, 2008, for the Internet pioneer. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Hoping to negotiate a compromise, activist investor Carl Icahn urged Yahoo Inc. to declare it is willing to accept a takeover offer of $49.5 billion — about $2 billion above Microsoft Corp.'s last bid for the Internet pioneer.

Sat, 7 Jun 08
Malaysians turn to Internet to fight fuel hike (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080607/tc_nm/malaysia_fuel_internet_dc
Reuters - Malaysians have turned to the Internet to vent their anger at one of the biggest hikes in fuel prices, and some are using it to rally support against the measure in a country with tight restrictions on street protests.

Sat, 7 Jun 08
Apple Expected to Address IT Concerns at WWDC (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080606/tc_nf/60183
NewsFactor - Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference next week in San Francisco is widely expected to serve as the forum for Apple CEO Steve Jobs' unveiling of a new 3G iPhone.

Sat, 7 Jun 08
T-Mobile sues Starbucks over AT&T Internet deal (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080607/wr_nm/t_mobile_suit_dc
Reuters - T-Mobile USA is suing Starbucks, saying the coffee shop chain secretly colluded with AT&T to offer free WiFi Internet access in its cafes despite an exclusive agreement with T-Mobile.

Sat, 7 Jun 08
Symbian, Microsoft Not Fearing Linux Inroads In Cellular Market (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080606/bs_ibd_ibd/20080606tech01
Investor's Business Daily - The efforts of Google and others to push open-source software in cellular networks are nothing new and won't have a big impact, say executives with Microsoft and Nokia, the largest providers of smart phone software.

Sat, 7 Jun 08
Ending the Hardware/Software Rat Race (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080606/tc_pcworld/146841
PC World - Could Microsoft's decision to extend the sales deadline for Windows XP signal a major strategic shift?

Sat, 7 Jun 08
Serving up Life in an Online World (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080606/tc_pcworld/146838
PC World - Thomas John Watson Sr. was the president of IBM during its years of spectacular growth in the 1920s through the 1950s. It was...

Sat, 7 Jun 08
Ninjas, Legos a good summer start for gamers (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080606/wr_nm/media_videogames_dc


A screenshot from 'Ninja Gaiden 2'. The game is not for gaming novices since it retains the punishing difficulty of its predecessor. It is also not for the faint of heart, as players hack through hordes of enemies. (Xbox 360/Microsoft/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - The start of summer is often bittersweet for gamers: there is lots of free time to play, but typically few new releases to fill the long days.

Fri, 6 Jun 08
Alltel customers worry about Verizon deal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080606/ap_on_hi_te/verizon_wireless_alltel


Alltel Corp. President and CEO Scott Ford answers questions in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, June 5, 2008, about Verizon Wireless' agreement to buy Alltel for $5.9 billion. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - Verizon Wireless' deal to buy Alltel Corp. for $5.9 billion was applauded by investors and should mean a greater range of choices for Alltel subscribers, but some worried that Alltel's commitment to rural coverage will get lost.

Fri, 6 Jun 08
Most Comcast Web service 100 Mbps-capable by 2010 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605/ap_on_hi_te/comcast_internet_speeds
AP - Comcast Corp. said Thursday that by early 2010 it plans to offer consumers in most of its markets Internet service so fast they will be able to download a high-definition movie in minutes.

Fri, 6 Jun 08
Sony TV Internet module tunes into YouTube (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605/ap_on_hi_te/tec_sony_youtube
AP - Coming to late-model Sony LCD flat panels: YouTube videos.

Fri, 6 Jun 08
Review: Finally a useful digital pen (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605/ap_on_hi_te/tec_tech_test_digital_pens


A LiveScribe Pulse digital pen is demonstrated on Thursday, June 5, 2008 in New York. The pen, once mightier than the sword, has been getting trounced by the keyboard in the computer era. But a test of four 'digital' pens finds one that complements the keyboard in a meaningful way. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - The pen, once mightier than the sword, has been getting trounced by the keyboard in the computer era. Now and then there's a push toward "pen-based computing" that doesn't get very far.

Fri, 6 Jun 08
FCC chief's free broadband plan delayed (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080606/ap_on_hi_te/free_broadband
AP - A plan by the nation's top telecommunications regulator to provide free wireless high-speed Internet service hit a snag this week over concerns about possible interference and a proposed censoring feature that upset free speech advocates.

Fri, 6 Jun 08
AOL to expand European advertising business (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080606/media_nm/aol_dc
Reuters - Time Warner Inc's AOL plans to expand its Internet advertising business, Platform-A, in Europe as it aims to stake a bigger claim in the global display ad business.

Fri, 6 Jun 08
BlackBerry Defies Stagnant Tech Spending (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080606/tc_cmp/208402436
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Despite expecting to spend less on IT overall, companies will still buy smartphones, a new ChangeWave survey reveals.

Fri, 6 Jun 08
FCC delays consideration of free Internet plan (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080606/wr_nm/fcc_auction_freeinternet_dc
Reuters - The top U.S. communications regulator on Thursday postponed consideration of a plan to auction a piece of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband Internet service without pornography.

Fri, 6 Jun 08
Delta Dental Signs Up For Open Source Business Intelligence Software (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080606/tc_cmp/208402396
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The dental benefits provider chose Pentaho's open source BI after comparing it with SAP Business Objects.

Fri, 6 Jun 08
Last call for Windows XP PCs is mid-June (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080606/tc_infoworld/102991
InfoWorld - It???s last call for consumers to buy PCs pre-loaded with Windows XP.

Fri, 6 Jun 08
IBM Shows Water-Cooled Chips Will Give Big Power Boost (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080605/bs_nf/60162
NewsFactor - Chip designers have been in a furious race against Moore's Law -- the observation by Intel cofounder Gordon Moore that the number of transistors that can be placed on an integrated circuit doubles every two years -- with some experts suspecting the industry will soon be unable to maintain that rate of growth.

Fri, 6 Jun 08
"Grand Theft Auto" boosts Take-Two profit (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080605/tc_nm/taketwo_dc
Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc raised its profit forecasts and posted higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday, citing the success of its criminal action video game "Grand Theft Auto 4."

Thu, 5 Jun 08
E-Trade makes it easier to trade on the BlackBerry (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605/ap_on_hi_te/tec_e_trade_blackberry


In this Jan. 9, 2008 file photo, an E-Trade office is shown in Palo Alto, Calif. E-Trade Financial Corp. is giving its account holders an application that will let BlackBerry users get real-time stock quotes and trade on their phones. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)AP - As if BlackBerry users needed one more excuse to be glued to their screens, E-Trade Financial Corp. is giving its account holders an application that will let them get real-time stock quotes and trade on their phones.

Thu, 5 Jun 08
As Icahn grumbles, Yahoo sets plans for ad growth (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_decker


Susan Decker, president of Yahoo, speaks at the Advertising 2.0 conference on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - In the latest effort to placate restless investors, Yahoo Inc. president Sue Decker laid out plans Wednesday for building the company's online advertising operations, and Yahoo announced a slew of new partnerships.

Thu, 5 Jun 08
Study secretly tracks cell phone users outside US (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605/ap_on_sc/sci_cell_phone_tracking


Chart shows results of a tracking study based on cell phone use ; 3c x 1 1/2 inches; 146 mm x 38.1 mmAP - Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home.

Thu, 5 Jun 08
Koreans hit Intel with $25 million antitrust fine (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605/ap_on_hi_te/skorea_intel


A model display's a MSI laptop containing Intel Corporation's new 'Atom' chip at Computex Taipei, the biggest information technology trade show in Asia, in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, June 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - South Korea's antitrust regulator said Thursday it will order Intel Corp. to pay $25.4 million for violating fair trade rules.

Thu, 5 Jun 08
Google seals deal for new offices at NASA center (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605/ap_on_hi_te/google_expansion


A detail of Google Finance's web page is shown Monday, June 2, 2008 in New York. Nasdaq, Google, CNBC and the Wall Street Journal have collaborated on the launch of Nasdaq Last Sale, which offers free real-time online stock quotes from the Nasdaq stock exchange. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - In the latest sign of its ambitious growth plans, Google Inc. has signed a 40-year lease to secure space for a huge office complex that will be built on a federal government research center near the Internet search leader's Silicon Valley headquarters.

Thu, 5 Jun 08
MSI Plans Next Wind Mini-laptop, Smaller Devices (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080605/tc_pcworld/146742
PC World - MSI is already planning the next generation of its Wind mini-laptop, and will make a mobile Internet device (MID) too.

Thu, 5 Jun 08
SoftBank to sell iPhone in Japan this year (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080604/ap_on_hi_te/japan_iphones


Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son speaks during a news conference, unveiling Japan's third largest mobile carrier's new lineup for this summer at a Tokyo hotel Tuesday, June 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank Corp. said Wednesday it has a deal with Apple Inc. to start selling the iPhone later this year — the first such agreement in Japan for the hit cell phone.

Thu, 5 Jun 08
Indian Services Company Tanla Acquiring Openbit (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080605/tc_pcworld/146740
PC World - Tanla, an Indian provider of mobile products and services, has acquired Openbit, a Finnish provider of mobile payments...

Thu, 5 Jun 08
Microsoft Gets Mixed Ruling in Latest Alcatel-Lucent Case (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080605/tc_pcworld/146731
PC World - A San Diego court ruled mostly in Microsoft's favor in an ongoing dispute between the software giant and Alcatel-Lucent.

Thu, 5 Jun 08
IBM developing miniature pipes for chip cooling (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605/ap_on_hi_te/pipes_in_chips
AP - Since a computer microprocessor is veined with electric circuitry, it might seem like a bad place to put water. But IBM Corp. researchers believe that sloshing water through hair-thin pipes inside chips will solve a vexing problem facing next-generation computers.

Thu, 5 Jun 08
Retired justice O'Connor unveils video game (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080604/tc_nm/usa_videogames_judge_dc


Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor gives a speech on her first day of retirement from court at the Kerr Cultural Center in Scottsdale, February 1, 2006. (Jeff Topping/Reuters)Reuters - America's first female Supreme Court justice unveiled a videogame project on Wednesday to teach children how courts work, saying she wanted to counter partisan criticism that judges are "godless" activists.

Wed, 4 Jun 08
AMD rolls out new laptop chip package (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080604/ap_on_hi_te/tec_amd_laptop_chip
AP - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. rolled out a new package of chips for laptops Wednesday, a major overhaul of its mobile lineup the chip maker hopes will help it climb out of a deep financial trough.

Wed, 4 Jun 08
New report identifies dangerous Web domains (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080604/ap_on_hi_te/tec_dangerous_domains
AP - When surfing the Internet for safe Web sites, not all domains are equal.

Wed, 4 Jun 08
Report: Icahn more determined to oust Yahoo board (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080603/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_icahn


Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang (L) and activist investor Carl Icahn in a composite image. Yahoo set plans on Tuesday to hold its annual shareholder meeting on August 1, setting the stage for a showdown with Icahn, who is mounting a proxy fight for control of the company. (Files/Reuters)AP - Outraged by new details about Yahoo Inc.'s efforts to complicate Microsoft Corp.'s takeover bid, activist investor Carl Icahn says he believes Yahoo's board will have to be fired to lure Microsoft back to the bargaining table.

Wed, 4 Jun 08
Comcast to test new way to manage Internet jams (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080603/ap_on_hi_te/tec_comcast_internet
AP - Comcast Corp., under fire for the way it treats subscriber Internet traffic, will start tests this week to see if it can avoid traffic jams by targeting neighborhood bandwidth hogs rather than file-sharing programs.

Wed, 4 Jun 08
Grandfather builds Web browser for autistic boy (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080603/ap_on_hi_te/business_of_life


Six year old Zackary Villeneuve, who is autistic, uses the 'Zac browser' at his home in Saint Remi, Quebec, Sunday, June 1, 2008. The Web browser was developed by his grandfather John LeSieur for use by autsitic children. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes)AP - John LeSieur is in the software business, so he took particular interest when computers seemed mostly useless to his 6-year-old grandson, Zackary. The boy has autism, and the whirlwind of options presented by PCs so confounded him that he threw the mouse in frustration.

Wed, 4 Jun 08
Rare Marley, Hendrix performances sold online (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080604/wr_nm/rare_dc


A reggae fan looks at photographs of Bob Marley at an exhibition in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, February 4, 2005. (Antony Njuguna/Reuters)Reuters - Vintage concert performances by such acts as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix will soon join the nearly 500 recordings already available for download purchase at the music and memorabilia site Wolfgang's Vault (http://www.wolfgangsvault.com).

Wed, 4 Jun 08
Softbank says to bring iPhone to Japan this year (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080604/tc_afp/japanustelecomcompanyapplesoftbank


Apple's iPhone is an Internet-enabled mobile telephone, portable digital media player and digital camera. Japan's third-largest cellphone operator Softbank Mobile has clinched a deal to bring Apple's iPhone to Japan.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Japan's third-largest cellphone operator Softbank Mobile said Wednesday it had clinched a deal to bring Apple's iPhone to Japan.

Wed, 4 Jun 08
Softbank to offer iPhones in Japan (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080604/ap_on_bi_ge/japan_iphones


Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son speaks during a news conference, unveiling Japan's third largest mobile carrier's new lineup for this summer at a Tokyo hotel Tuesday, June 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - Japanese mobile carrier Softbank Corp. said Wednesday it has a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone later this year — the first such agreement in Japan for the hit cell phone.

Wed, 4 Jun 08
Acer, MSI Launch Ultra-Portable Notebooks Powered By Intel's Atom (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080604/tc_cmp/208401883
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The sub-$500 mobile Internet devices will be available with Windows XP or Linux.

Wed, 4 Jun 08
Ballmer: Software Makers Face Big Challenges (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080604/tc_pcworld/146666
PC World - Microsoft Steve Ballmer predicts a major revolution in IT in the next 10 years.

Wed, 4 Jun 08
CRM Systems to Get Free Company Contact Data (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080604/tc_pcworld/146669
PC World - Contact-list provider Jigsaw is now providing company data for free to a number of CRM systems.

Wed, 4 Jun 08
Bruce Willis game for "Kane" thriller (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080604/film_nm/willis_dc


Actor Bruce Willis (R) and actress Emma Heming watch Game 2 of the NBA basketball playoff series between the Boston Celtics and the Atlanta Hawks in Boston, Massachusetts April 23, 2008. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)Reuters - Bruce Willis is in negotiations to play a death row inmate in "Kane & Lynch," a thriller based on a video game.

Tue, 3 Jun 08
Spiralfrog.com to offer downloads from EMI artists (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080603/ap_on_hi_te/tec_spiralfrog_emi
AP - SpiralFrog Inc., which operates an ad-supported, free music and video download Web site, said Monday it will soon begin offering content from Coldplay, Keith Urban and other recording artists as part of a new licensing deal with EMI Music.

Tue, 3 Jun 08
New documents illuminate Yahoo-Microsoft saga (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_lawsuit


Jerry Yang, Co-Founder & CEO of Yahoo! Inc.in April at Georgetown University's Healy Hall in Washington, DC. Yang said Wednesday that Microsoft is AP - Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang pushed for an employee severance program that made it more expensive for Microsoft Corp. to engineer a takeover even after an outside consultant questioned the plan's generous benefits, according to previously sealed documents in a shareholder lawsuit against Yahoo.

Tue, 3 Jun 08
AT&T settles suit over 3rd-party cell phone fees (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_hi_te/tec_at_t_mobility_settlement
AP - AT&T customers who have seen mysterious charges for ringtones and other content show up on their cell-phone bills will be eligible for refunds as part of the settlement of a group of class-action lawsuits, a lawyer for the class said Monday.

Tue, 3 Jun 08
Brocade to pay $160M to settle options lawsuit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_hi_te/brocade_stock_options
AP - Brocade Communications Systems Inc. has agreed to pay the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit $160 million to settle allegations the networking equipment maker hurt investors by tampering with stock options, the company said Monday.

Tue, 3 Jun 08
Microsoft signs search distribution deal with HP (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_hp


Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates speaks during a news conference in Tokyo May 7, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)AP - In a bid to boost its Web search traffic, Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced a deal that will make its Live Search the default on Hewlett-Packard Co. personal computers shipped in the U.S. and Canada, starting in January.

Tue, 3 Jun 08
Google lets sites tailor what searches users see (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080603/wr_nm/google_sites_dc


A screenshot taken on May 30, 2008 shows how eHealth Insurance has integrated Google-like search resluts inside its site. (Google/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Internet search leader Google Inc is expanding an existing service to let businesses customize the search results that visitors see when they search for information within their own sites.

Tue, 3 Jun 08
Plasma TVs, gaming consoles guzzle electricity: study (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080603/tc_nm/power_electronics_study_tech_life_dc
Reuters - Don't blame the fridge for your steep power bills -- an Australian consumer agency study has found that videogame consoles and plasma flat-screen TVs are major electricity guzzlers, even when left on stand-by.

Tue, 3 Jun 08
China Unicom, Netcom in 56-bln-dlr merger (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080603/bs_afp/chinatelecommergerunicomnetcom


File photo shows customers looking at products in a China Unicom telecom shop in Beijing. The telecom giant will take over fixed-line operator China Netcom in a share swap valued at US$56 billion(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Wireless telecom provider China Unicom will take over fixed-line operator China Netcom in a share swap valued at 56 billion dollars, Unicom officials have said.

Tue, 3 Jun 08
Facebook Open Sources Parts of Its App Dev Platform (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080602/tc_pcworld/146590
PC World - Facebook is releasing as open-source software parts of its application development platform in order to make it easier for...

Tue, 3 Jun 08
Sun Microsystems' sales chief resigns (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_hi_te/sun_microsystems_personnel
AP - The global sales chief of Sun Microsystems Inc. resigned Monday as the slumping server and software maker revealed plans to restructure its sales force to focus more on emerging markets.

Tue, 3 Jun 08
IBM agrees to $20M settlement of options-related lawsuit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_hi_te/ibm_shareholder_lawsuit
AP - IBM Corp. has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit by shareholders who claimed the technology company misled the public about employee stock-option expenses in 2005.

Mon, 2 Jun 08
Adobe launches new version of Acrobat with Flash (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_hi_te/tec_adobe_acrobat
AP - Adobe Systems Inc. is launching a new version of its document sharing software Acrobat on Monday, and this time it can package videos.

Mon, 2 Jun 08
Ad network strives to make coupons more meaningful (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_hi_te/tec_online_coupons
AP - While most forms of advertising are getting better at targeting likely customers, coupons rarely hit the mark. To wit: U.S. consumers redeemed less than 1 percent of the estimated 285 billion coupons issued last year for groceries and various packaged goods.

Mon, 2 Jun 08
Best Buy testing free e-waste recycling program (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_hi_te/best_buy_recycling


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 - Under pressure to help dispose some of the electronic waste it helped create, Best Buy Co. is testing a free program that will offer consumers a convenient way to ensure millions of obsolescent TVs, old computers and other unwanted gadgets don't poison the nation's dumps.

Mon, 2 Jun 08
Blu-ray DVD format may not dominate for years (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080601/ap_on_hi_te/blu_ray_sales
AP - Blu-ray stomped HD DVD to become the standard format for high-definition movie discs, but years may pass before it can claim victory over the good old DVD.

Mon, 2 Jun 08
2008 InfoWorld CTO 25: Bill Maguire, Virgin America (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080602/tc_infoworld/101924
InfoWorld - CIO Bill Maguire knows how open source technology can give flight to a startup. He joined fledgling airline Virgin America before it even had planes in the air in early 2006, with the mission to quickly and cheaply create an entire IT infrastructure and Web site to handle online ticket sales by the summer of 2007.

Mon, 2 Jun 08
Qualcomm Says Windows Mobile 7 Key for Mini-laptops (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080602/tc_pcworld/146550
PC World - Mobile phone chip makers hope Windows Mobile 7 will help them win market share in mini-laptops.

Mon, 2 Jun 08
China Unicom buys China Netcom in $56B stock swap (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_bi_ge/hong_kong_china_unicom_china_netcom
AP - Mobile service provider China Unicom Ltd. is acquiring fixed-line China Netcom Group Corp. in a share swap valued at $56.3 billion, based on Unicom's stock last traded price.

Mon, 2 Jun 08
2008 InfoWorld CTO 25: Bud Mathaisel, Achievo (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080602/tc_infoworld/101947
InfoWorld - Basing IT services overseas is no longer a novelty to Bernard "Bud" Mathaisel, CIO of software development services provider Achievo. After all, he'd been working with outsourced IT and manufacturing for many years as CIO of Ford, Solectron, and others.

Mon, 2 Jun 08
2008 InfoWorld CTO 25: Greg Papadopoulos, Sun Microsystems (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080602/tc_infoworld/102397
InfoWorld - Having proved in 2001 that those who fly highest fall hardest, Sun Microsystems spent much of the new decade searching for a new identity, or so it seemed to outsiders.

Mon, 2 Jun 08
What to Expect from Asus at Computex (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20080602/tc_zd/228116
PC Magazine - Unsurprisingly, Asus confirmed that it would launch the Eee Box at Computex, backing it with a Nintendo Wii-like controller.

Sun, 1 Jun 08
Students skip slime, stink with virtual dissection (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080601/ap_on_hi_te/virtual_dissection


In this handout photo provided by Digital Frog International, a screen shot is shown of a frog dissection image from a virtual dissection program that includes the frog and instructions to the student. This is part of a virtual dissection program, which could save schools money. It's also an alternative to students who find live dissection repulsive. (AP photo/Digital Frog International)AP - It's not just concern for the squeamish biology students who wince at the feel and smell of cutting into a formaldehyde-soaked animal.

Sun, 1 Jun 08
Canada launches privacy probe into Facebook (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080531/ap_on_re_ca/canada_facebook_probe
AP - Canada's federal privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into Facebook after four students complained that the popular Web site violates Canadian law by disclosing personal information to advertisers without proper consent.

Sun, 1 Jun 08
Hacker changes Phoenix Mars Lander Web site (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080531/ap_on_re_us/phoenix_mars_hacker
AP - A spokeswoman for the Phoenix Mars Lander mission says a hacker took over the mission's public Web site during the night and changed its lead news story.

Sun, 1 Jun 08
Publisher offers 5,000 more books for Kindle (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080601/ap_on_hi_te/amazon_kindle


Amazon.com chairman and CEO Jeff Bezos holds the Kindle, a portable reading device with the ability to wirelessly download books, blogs, magazines, and newspapers at the Book Expo America at the Los Angeles Convention Center Friday, May 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)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.

Sun, 1 Jun 08
Zombies and botnets: OECD warns of hidden armies in cyber wars (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080601/tc_afp/oecditsoftwarecomputercrimeinternet


Anti-virus software on sale in Miami, Florida. The simple act of using a computer for email or the Internet can mobilise armies of hidden agents and criminals out to subvert the system and business, the OECD says in a study on cyber crime.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP - The simple act of using a computer for email or the Internet can mobilise armies of hidden agents and criminals out to subvert the system and business, the OECD says in a study on cyber crime.

Sun, 1 Jun 08
Bangladesh to cut off unregistered mobile phones (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080601/tc_nm/bangladesh_telecoms_dc


A pile of destroyed Nokia mobile phones lies on the ground in front of the Nokia plant in Bochum May 16, 2008. (Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)Reuters - Bangladesh's mobile telephone operators must deactivate more than one million unregistered SIM cards from Sunday as deadline for registration ended last night, telecoms watchdog officials said.

Sun, 1 Jun 08
EUROPEANS PRACTICE COURTESY WHEN USING THEIR CELL PHONES (Dear Abby)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20080531/lf_ucda/europeanspracticecourtesywhenusingtheircellphones
Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: On a recent trip to Europe I learned firsthand the meaning of the term "ugly American," which stems partly from the loud, obnoxious voices we sometimes use in public.

Sun, 1 Jun 08
Dubai's DAE in talks on $2.5 bln aircraft order (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080601/bs_nm/dubaiaerospace_acquisitions_dc


The first Boeing 777 freighter is displayed outside a hangar prior to its debut ceremony at the company's factory in Everett, Washington, May 21, 2008. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)Reuters - State-controlled Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) said it was in talks to buy 50 aircraft worth a total of about $2.5 billion to expand its leasing business.

 

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