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Thu, 31 Jul 08
Nokia to beef up venture fund, expand in China (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080731/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_nokia_venture_fund
AP - Nokia Corp. is more than doubling the size of its direct venture investment fund with an injection of $150 million, with a view to putting some of the money to use in India and China.

Thu, 31 Jul 08
Review: In an iPod Nano world, some rivals lure (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/ap_on_hi_te/tec_tech_test_nano_rivals


In this photo provided by iRiver, the Lplayer media player is shown. (AP Photo/Sandisk)AP - It's easy to understand the appeal of Apple Inc.'s iPod Nano music and video player: It's slim and simple to use, and it has a crisp 2-inch LCD screen. Its brand name is considered synonymous with hip tech gear.

Thu, 31 Jul 08
Project to rebuild Internet gets $12M, bandwidth (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_rebuilding_the_internet
AP - A massive project to redesign and rebuild the Internet from scratch is inching along with $12 million in government funding and donations of network capacity by two major research organizations.

Thu, 31 Jul 08
Next space tourist spending bulk of fortune to fly (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/ap_on_re_us/father_son_astronaut


Space tourist Richard Garriott of Britain attends a training session in the Star City space centre outside Moscow July 14, 2008. REUTERS/Sergei Remezov (RUSSIA)AP - The world's next space tourist, a computer game wizard, said Wednesday he's spending the bulk of his fortune on his $30 million adventure this fall.

Thu, 31 Jul 08
Report: Google developing VC arm (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080731/tc_cnet/8301102331000336793
CNET - Google is revisiting efforts to create a venture capital arm, according to a report on The Wall Street Journal's Web site Wednesday night.

Thu, 31 Jul 08
Media not told of censorship plan: IOC (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080731/wr_nm/olympics_censorship_dc


Paramilitary policemen march into the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, at the Olympic Green in Beijing, July 30, 2008. (Joe Chan/Reuters)Reuters - The international media should have been told they would not have completely free access to the internet before they arrived to report the Beijing Olympics, IOC press chief Kevan Gosper told Reuters on Thursday.

Thu, 31 Jul 08
Sony Begins Accepting Applications for PlayStation Home Beta (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080731/tc_pcworld/149185
PC World - Sony Computer Entertainment began accepting applications on Thursday for a closed beta test of its PlayStation Home virtual...

Thu, 31 Jul 08
Sprint Updates Its Mobile Web Browser (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080731/tc_cmp/209900675
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Dubbed "Sprint Web," the interface includes an adaptive homepage and a Google search bar.

Thu, 31 Jul 08
Cloud Computing Dream Team (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080731/tc_cmp/209900028
TechWeb - I'm still sorting through the last bits of my OSCON trip notes, but one striking conversation I had was with Byrne Reese of SixApart about people who violate the end-user licensing of for-pay editions of OSS apps. Do we sic the open source cops on them? I'd like to think not.

Thu, 31 Jul 08
Rebooting Windows: How To Recover From Vista Crashes (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080731/tc_cmp/209900674
TechWeb - InformationWeek - We've pulled together a passel of little-known software backup and repair techniques so you won't have to reinstall Vista from scratch, if it gets trashed or hits a fatal startup error.

Thu, 31 Jul 08
Toshiba's Former CEO to Join IBM Board (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080731/tc_pcworld/149178
PC World - IBM's board of directors has appointed Taizo Nishimuro, former president and CEO of Toshiba, to serve on the board from later...

Thu, 31 Jul 08
Nintendo Clear Winner in Second Quarter Game Shipments (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080731/tc_pcworld/149182
PC World - Nintendo easily beat competition from Microsoft and Sony to ship more consoles and handhelds in the second quarter of the...

Wed, 30 Jul 08
Nintendo reports jump in quarter profit on hit Wii (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/ap_on_hi_te/japan_earns_nintendo


A seventh-grader at Tokyo Joshi Gakuen all-girl junior high school gets a response to her answer and is advised to do it again on a screen of Nintendo DS game console during an English class in Tokyo, Thursday, June 26, 2008 as the portable video game machine is used as a key teaching tool at the school. Nintendo Co., the Japanese maker of Pokemon and Super Mario video games, said Wednesday, July 30, 2008 its profit for the first fiscal quarter rose 34 percent from a year ago as sales of its hit Wii video game consoles shot up. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - Nintendo Co.'s profit for the fiscal first quarter surged 34 percent from a year ago as sales of its hit Wii shot up, underlining the success of the wand-wielding video game console in attracting novice players.

Wed, 30 Jul 08
Reuters loses right to use crucial IM technology (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/ap_on_hi_te/thomson_reuters_instant_messaging


In this May 4, 2007 file photo the Reuters headquarters building is seen in Singapore. Thomson Reuters Corp. must remove a crucial layer of software from its instant messaging service beginning Friday under a federal court order that threatens to disrupt communications within dozens of stock brokerages and banks. (AP Photo/File)AP - Thomson Reuters Corp. must remove a crucial layer of software from its instant messaging service beginning Friday under a federal court order that threatens to disrupt communications within dozens of stock brokerages and banks.

Wed, 30 Jul 08
Electronic Arts posts smaller loss, misses targets (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_hi_te/earns_electronic_arts
AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. posted a smaller net loss for its fiscal first quarter Tuesday and more than doubled its revenue thanks to soaring sales of games such as "Rock Band" — even as it spent more on marketing and development.

Wed, 30 Jul 08
Judge ruling on Sprint fees is blow to industry (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_hi_te/cell_phone_fees
AP - The fees that cell phone carriers charge customers who break service contracts took a big hit in a California courtroom when a judge said such charges by Sprint Nextel Corp. likely violate state law.

Wed, 30 Jul 08
Video game company to put gamers' DNA in space (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080730/tc_cnet/83011377231000230752
CNET - If you've every wanted to live forever, legendary game designer Richard Garriott--also known in the video game community as "Lord British"--may give you the chance.

Wed, 30 Jul 08
Some Web Sites Blocked at China Olympic Press Center (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080730/tc_pcworld/149138
PC World - Journalists connecting to the Internet at the Beijing International Media Center are discovering China is still blocking...

Wed, 30 Jul 08
Nintendo Sales, Profit Surge on Wii, DS (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080730/tc_pcworld/149137
PC World - Nintendo reported strong growth in its sales and profits during the April to June quarter on the popularity of its Wii console...

Wed, 30 Jul 08
LG to Use Dolby Mobile Audio System in Cell Phones (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080730/tc_pcworld/149127
PC World - LG Electronics plans to start adding Dolby Mobile to high-end phones later this year, it said Wednesday.

Wed, 30 Jul 08
Inside The OSCON 2008 Open Source Conference (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080730/tc_cmp/209800293
TechWeb - InformationWeek - We round up our coverage of the open source OSCON 2008 conference. Don't miss Q&As with Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth and The Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin. Check out the photo gallery, too.

Wed, 30 Jul 08
Nintendo, Software Makers Target DS Game Piracy (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080730/tc_pcworld/149130
PC World - Nintendo and major Japanese software companies are going after 5 companies they say sold devices to play pirated DS games.

Wed, 30 Jul 08
HP, Intel and Yahoo To Research Cloud Computing (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080729/bs_nf/61031
NewsFactor - Industry giants Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Yahoo announced Tuesday a joint project to research large-scale cloud computing, the ability to use applications, servers, storage and other computing services on the Internet without hosting, maintaining or configuring them locally. Early cloud applications include desktop office suites, but have rapidly grown to include enterprisewide services such as storage and network management.What's in the Cloud?

Wed, 30 Jul 08
Nintendo Q1 profit up 32 pct on Wii demand (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080730/bs_nm/nintendo_results_dc


A woman demonstrates an interactive hula hoop 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 - Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) quarterly profit rose 31.5 percent on the runaway success of its Wii game console, but the Japanese video game maker kept its annual outlook well short of market expectations.

Tue, 29 Jul 08
Oracle expands theft allegations against rival SAP (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_hi_te/oracle_sap
AP - Escalating its rancor with rival SAP AG, business software maker Oracle Corp. accused SAP on Monday of knowingly buying and then embracing an illegal operation set up to steal Oracle's products and customers.

Tue, 29 Jul 08
Online threats materializing faster, study shows (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_hi_te/tec_internet_threats
AP - The bad guys on the Internet are narrowing the time frame they need to unleash computer attacks that take advantage of publicly disclosed security holes, new research shows.

Tue, 29 Jul 08
Virgin Galactic shows off mothership aircraft (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_hi_te/tec_space_tourism


Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson, left, and Scaled Composites LLC founder Burt Rutan wave from the mothership aircraft White Knight Two 'Eve' during an unveiling ceremony at Scaled Composites hangar in Mojave, Calif. Monday, July 28, 2008. More than 250 customers have paid $200,000 or put down a deposit for the chance to be one of Virgin Galactic's first space tourists. A date for the first launch has yet to be announced. (AP Photo/Stefano Paltera)AP - The space tourism race marked a milestone Monday as British mogul Sir Richard Branson and American aerospace designer Burt Rutan waved to a crowd from inside the cabin of an exotic jet that will carry a passenger spaceship to launch altitude.

Tue, 29 Jul 08
Report: Matsushita works on new display (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_hi_te/japan_matsushita_displays
AP - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will begin test production of next-generation displays for TVs next year with plans for commercial output as early as 2011, Japan's top business newspaper reported Tuesday.

Tue, 29 Jul 08
'New car smell' becoming less toxic, report says (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080729/tc_cnet/83011112831000106054
CNET - Car interiors and car seats are becoming less toxic, although "new car smell" continues to carry poisons linked to allergies and cancer, according to a report last week by the Ecology Center.

Tue, 29 Jul 08
IOC to investigate apparent Internet censorship (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080729/wr_nm/olympics_media_dc


A policeman stands guards in front of a gate of the National Olympic Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing July 29, 2008. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)Reuters - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will investigate apparent censorship of the Internet service provided for media covering the Beijing Olympics, press chief Kevan Gosper said on Tuesday.

Tue, 29 Jul 08
Sony Q1 Profits Halved on Electronics, Cell Phones (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080729/tc_pcworld/149067
PC World - The effects of tough price competition in the electronics and cell phone businesses hit Sony's profits during the April to...

Tue, 29 Jul 08
Sony Q1 profit down 39 pct on weak mobile phone sales (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080729/bs_nm/sony_dc


The Sony-Ericsson G900 mobile is displayed during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 14, 2008. (Albert Gea/Reuters)Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) posted a 39 percent fall in quarterly operating profit on Tuesday, hit by losses in its mobile phone joint venture with Sweden's Ericsson (ERICb.ST) and a firmer yen.

Tue, 29 Jul 08
Facebook Hires Mozilla Engineering VP Mike Schroepfer (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080729/tc_cmp/209800021
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Schroepfer brings with him years of experience as CTO of Sun's data center automation business, not to mention his role overseeing the launches of Firefox 1.5, 2, and 3.

Tue, 29 Jul 08
Oracle touts proof SAP stole software (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080728/tc_afp/usgermanyitinternetsoftwaretrialcompanyoraclesap


The Oracle headquarters is seen in Redwood Shores, California. Business software giant Oracle claimed Monday that it has new proof that its German rival SAP looted its software libraries for competitive advantage.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Business software giant Oracle claimed Monday that it has new proof that its German rival SAP looted its software libraries for competitive advantage.

Tue, 29 Jul 08
Competitors React to the Microsoft-DatAllegro Deal (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080729/tc_cmp/209602294
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Oracle stays quiet while Greenplum, Netezza and Teradata say data scalability alone won't satisfy customers.

Tue, 29 Jul 08
Nintendo sues 5 Japan firms over game equipment (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080729/tc_nm/nintendo_suit_dc
Reuters - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) said on Tuesday it had filed a lawsuit against five Japanese firms for importing and selling equipment that enables illegal game programs to be played on Nintendo's popular DS portable video game player.

Mon, 28 Jul 08
Ex-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_hi_te/google_challenger


Computers displaying Google's search engine on display at the Digitallife show at New York's Jacob K. Javitz convention center in this Oct. 14, 2004 file photo. Cuill, a startup search engine backed by $33 million in venture capital, plans to begin processing requests for the first time Monday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)AP - Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system.

Mon, 28 Jul 08
An un-American feel aids expanding US Web firms (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_hi_te/world_online_expansion


AOL international chief Maneesh Dhir poses for a photo at AOL's headquarters in New York, Monday, June 30, 2008. AOL has launched about two dozen international sites over the past 18 months. As the one-time Internet access powerhouse transforms itself into an advertising business, executives decided to push into several emerging markets that they knew wouldn't pay off for another few years. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - AOL splashes images of Bollywood celebrities on its new home page for India. MySpace accepts sign-ups from mobile phones in Japan. Google departs from its customarily spartan home page and peppers its Korean site with colorful, animated icons.

Mon, 28 Jul 08
Cancer warning adds wrinkle to parenting debate (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080727/ap_on_he_me/parenting_cell_phones


This Jan. 25, 2008 file photo shows Meghan Mulvany, 12, left, and her mother, Kate Mulvany, as they look at Meghan's cell phone at their home in Stamford, Conn. Kate says that although Meghan wanted the phone for social and status reasons, ultimately Kate got her the phone for safety reasons. (AP Photo/Bob Child, FILE)AP - When Amy Morris' twin boys, then 11, went on an academic trip to Washington last year, she agreed to give them cell phones at the program's request. But this summer she was dismayed to learn that girls at her 8-year-old daughter's day camp were using cell phones they'd taken along in their backpacks.

Mon, 28 Jul 08
Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080727/ap_on_hi_te/tec_web_maps_for_walking


A bicyclists rides down a path along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. As more commuters ditch their cars to save money on gas, the push is on for online mapping services, cities and community groups to lay out the best routes for biking and walking from one place to another.(AP Photo/Justin Maxon)AP - With the old gas-guzzler in the garage, you've got your bicycle ready and your sneakers laced up. Now all you need is a map of the quickest, safest routes for riding around town. Well, not so fast.

Mon, 28 Jul 08
Report: FCC expected to rule against Comcast (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080728/tc_cnet/8301102331000041793
CNET - The Federal Communications Commission is expected to announce this week that Comcast for wrongly blocked access to file-sharing traffic, according to a report Sunday night on The Wall Street Journal's Web site.

Mon, 28 Jul 08
New PlayStation 3 Console Gains FCC Approval (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080728/tc_pcworld/148999
PC World - A new PlayStation 3 console was approved by the U.S. FCC last week, according to the agency's online filings database.

Mon, 28 Jul 08
New Cell Phones Help Keep You Healthy (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080728/tc_pcworld/148997
PC World - New cell phone services in Japan are aimed at helping users keep healthly.

Mon, 28 Jul 08
Motorola to reorganize home and networks unit (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080728/tc_nm/motorola_dc
Reuters - Motorola Inc will create three businesses within its home and networks mobility business to focus on the sectors' growth potential, the cell phone maker said.

Mon, 28 Jul 08
Professionals find jobs back in rural hometowns (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_bi_ge/going_home


Keith Brown and his daughter Wendy Brown play with their pet dog Dido on the front porch of their home in Lebanon Va., April 10 2008. Brown is one of a growing number of professionals returning to small-town America thanks to Web-based recruitment campaigns by rural regions beckoning with quality of life. (AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Matt Gentry)AP - Software engineer Keith Brown was conducting a meeting by teleconference at home when he had to call an abrupt halt. Dido, one of the family's two dogs, had just brought in a dead opossum.

Mon, 28 Jul 08
Rackable to Sell IBM Blades in Modular Data Centers (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080728/tc_pcworld/148994
PC World - Rackable Systems will resell IBM's blade servers in its ICE Cube modular data centers under a deal unveiled on Monday.

Sun, 27 Jul 08
New space race heats up with unveiling of aircraft (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080726/ap_on_sc/tec_space_tourism
AP - Aerospace engineers have been holed up in a Mojave Desert hangar for four years, fashioning a commercial spaceship to loft rich tourists some 62 miles above Earth. Now the wraps come partially off the top-secret project.

Sun, 27 Jul 08
HP-EDS merger gets OK in Europe (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080727/tc_cnet/8301100131000036392
CNET - A proposed acquisition by Hewlett-Packard of computer services company EDS has won approval from the European Commission.

Sun, 27 Jul 08
Top Handheld GPS Devices (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080727/tc_cmp/209400563
TechWeb - InformationWeek - If you like your car's GPS receiver, try a handheld GPS unit from Spot, Garmin, Magellan, GolfLogix, or DeLorme, and see what it can do for your next bike ride, hike, golf game, kayaking, or geocaching adventure.

Sun, 27 Jul 08
Nokia to reimburse German state to end plant closure row (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080726/bs_afp/finlandgermanytelecompublicaidcompanynokia


A photo taken in 2004 shows Nokia headquarters in Espoo, the neighboring town of the capital Helsinki. Nokia will reimburse a German state over 1.3 million euros (two million dollars) to resolve a plant closure dispute that has cost the mobile phone giant tens of millions already, officials said Saturday.(AFP/LEHTIKUVA/File/Jussi Nukari)AFP - Nokia will reimburse a German state over 1.3 million euros (two million dollars) to resolve a plant closure dispute that has cost the mobile phone giant tens of millions already, officials said Saturday.

Sun, 27 Jul 08
SourceForge Award Winners Announced (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080726/tc_pcworld/148989
PC World - Open source software projects took center stage at a ceremony to honor the best and brightest of free software.

Sat, 26 Jul 08
Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_hi_te/tec_web_maps_for_walking


A bicyclists rides down a path along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. As more commuters ditch their cars to save money on gas, the push is on for online mapping services, cities and community groups to lay out the best routes for biking and walking from one place to another.(AP Photo/Justin Maxon)AP - With the old gas-guzzler in the garage, you've got your bicycle ready and your sneakers laced up. Now all you need is a map of the quickest, safest routes for riding around town. Well, not so fast.

Sat, 26 Jul 08
FCC poised to punish Comcast over Web blocking (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080726/ap_on_go_ot/internet_regulation
AP - A majority of members of the Federal Communications Commission have cast votes in favor of punishing Comcast Corp. for blocking subscribers' Internet traffic, an agency official said Friday.

Sat, 26 Jul 08
Prof whose 'last lecture' became a sensation dies (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_hi_te/obit_pausch


This undated photo provided by the Pausch family shows Jai and Randy Pausch, and their children Logan, front left, Dylan and Chloe. The computer scientist died early Friday, July 25, 2008, at his home in Virginia. He was 47. (AP Photo/The Pausch family collection)AP - Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47.

Sat, 26 Jul 08
AOL shutting 3 services to cut costs, focus on ads (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_hi_te/aol_services_closed


The AOL offices in Beverly Hills, California are pictured November 12, 2007. REUTERS/Fred ProuserAP - AOL is shutting three data-storage services, including one of the Internet's earliest photo-sharing sites, as it seeks to cut costs and focus resources on its advertising opportunities.

Sat, 26 Jul 08
FCC approves Sirius-XM satellite radio merger (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080726/tc_cnet/8301103531000024194
CNET - The Federal Communications Commission on Friday formally approved Sirius Satellite Radio's $3.3 billion buyout of former competitor XM Satellite Radio with conditions.

Sat, 26 Jul 08
Broadband Innovations, Part 4: The Doctor Isn't In but Can Still See You (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080726/tc_pcworld/147905
PC World - How telehealth is changing the way America gets well.

Sat, 26 Jul 08
iPhone Software Update May Fix Frustrating Bugs (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080725/tc_nf/60982
NewsFactor - When Apple released its iPhone 2.0 software earlier this month, CEO Steve Jobs said it would provide the best user experience and the most advanced software platform for a mobile device. However, glitches in the software are leaving users frustrated, with a laundry list of complaints.

Sat, 26 Jul 08
Activist shareholder nominees to join CSX board (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_bi_ge/csx_shareholder_vote
AP - Railroad giant CSX said it has asked two nominees of activist hedge fund shareholders TCI and 3G Capital to join its board, but said it will await a vote review and court action before seating its two remaining members.

Sat, 26 Jul 08
Symbian Talks Open-Source Strategy (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080726/tc_cmp/209601154
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Vendor neutrality and greater transparency will increase adoption of the soon to be open mobile platform, executives point out.

Sat, 26 Jul 08
Label merges software to build Fanbase (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080725/wr_nm/fanbase_dc
Reuters - Fans of Atlantic Records acts like T.I., Shinedown and Simple Plan need only start up their computer to connect with their favorite artist, via Fanbase, a new application created by the label, Billboard has learned.

Sat, 26 Jul 08
Yahoo To Reimburse Customers Of DRM-Protected Music (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080726/tc_cmp/209601121
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The company said its digital rights management servers would be taken down, severely limiting the use of the files.

Sat, 26 Jul 08
Rock titles drive revolution in games (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080725/music_nm/videogames_dc


Video game store owner Alex Solomon and sons Josh (L) and Stephen (R) from Saint Joseph, Missouri play a guitar video game at the E for All video game expo in Los Angeles, California in this October 19, 2007 file photo. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - Record first-half sales of video and computer games got a big boost from Rockstar Games' "Grand Theft Auto IV" and Activision's "Guitar Hero III."

Fri, 25 Jul 08
China says has more people surfing the Web than US (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_hi_te/china_internet_boom


In this July 2, 2007 file photo, visitors play on-line shooting game at an international animation, cartoon and game fair in Shanghai, China. China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday, July 25, 2008. (AP Photo/ Eugene Hoshiko, File)AP - China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday.

Fri, 25 Jul 08
Creators of Scrabble knockoff on Facebook sued (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_scrabble


Toy-makers Hasbro and Mattel have demanded that social networking website Facebook remove the online game Scrabulous due to alleged copyright infringement(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AP - T-R-O-U-B-L-E could loom for a Scrabble knockoff that has become one of the most popular activities on Facebook.

Fri, 25 Jul 08
Japanese Internet mogul found guilty in appeal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_bi_ge/japan_internet_trial


In this Dec. 20, 2006 file photo, former dot-com star Takafumi Horie listens to questions during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo. A Japanese appeals court upheld Friday, July 25, 2008 the conviction of flamboyant former Internet mogul Horie in an ongoing case that has come to symbolize this nation's effort to deal with white collar crime at emerging dot.coms. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)AP - A Japanese appeals court upheld the conviction of flamboyant former Internet mogul Takafumi Horie on Friday in an ongoing case that has come to symbolize this nation's effort to deal with white collar crime at emerging dot-coms.

Fri, 25 Jul 08
Microsoft defends search investments to analysts (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080725/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_analysts


Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer speaks during the launch ceremony of Microsoft's new research and development centre in Herzliya near Tel Aviv May 21, 2008. Ballmer on Thursday defended the company's need to make steep investments in its Internet business in order to compete with Google Inc and said such moves could boost its value in time. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters)AP - Microsoft's CEO defended the software maker's decision to invest heavily in its unprofitable online business, but shed minimal light Thursday on specific steps it will take to challenge Google in the wake of the failed bid to buy Yahoo.

Fri, 25 Jul 08
California utilities lead in solar energy, report says (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080725/tc_cnet/8301111283999882354
CNET - Southern California Edison is leading the way as utilities become the solar industry's largest customers, according to a report Wednesday by the Solar Electric Power Association, whose members include solar tech companies and more than 300 utilities.

Fri, 25 Jul 08
China's Web users top 250m on back of disasters, Olympics (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080725/tc_afp/lifestylechinatechnologyinternetitoly2008


A woman surfs the internet at a cafe in Beijing in January 2008. China's online population, already the world's largest, has swelled to 253 million, an official report said, driven by news events such as natural disasters and the Beijing Olympics.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China's online population, already the world's largest, has swelled to 253 million, an official report said, driven by news events such as natural disasters and the Beijing Olympics.

Fri, 25 Jul 08
Post.Office mail server compatible with Leopard (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080725/tc_macworld/postofficemailservercompatiblewithleopard
Macworld.com - Tenon Intersystems has announced the release of Post.Office 3.8.4, an update to its mail server for Mac OS X. Post.Office costs $349 for a 100 mailbox/10 list system; updates for current users are free.

Fri, 25 Jul 08
Samsung Elec Q2 net disappoints, outlook grim (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080725/bs_nm/samsung_dc


Employees of Samsung Group work at the company's headquarters in Seoul in this April 22, 2008 file photo. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit and faces a tough second half with a sluggish memory chip market and lower margins in flat screens and mobile phones.

Fri, 25 Jul 08
Microsoft To Buy DATAllegro (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080725/tc_cmp/209600642
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The data warehouse appliance maker's software is typically used with Ingres' open source database, but could be easily be optimized for Microsoft's SQL Server.

Fri, 25 Jul 08
MS Plots iPhone Rival, Vista PR, as MobileMe Draws Flak (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080724/tc_nf/60961
NewsFactor - Apple has been boosting sales of Macs with its Mac OS X operating system -- seemingly at Microsoft's expense, as more PC users turn up their noses at Microsoft's Windows Vista. Apple also has had great success with its iPhone, but now that Apple is taking flak because of problems with its MobileMe service, an admiring Microsoft appears ready to go after some of Apple's revenue.

Fri, 25 Jul 08
It's art, for the Facebook generation (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080725/wr_nm/exhibitions_electronicart_life_dc


The art installation 'DIY GORI: seed_1216944000' by South Korean artist Jee Hyun Oh, being displayed at the 'International Symposium on Electronic Art 2008' in Singapore, is seen in this undated handout. (International Symposium on Electronic Art 2008/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - If like many people in our technology-ruled world you can't live without Google, video games, digital media and social networking sites like Facebook,

Fri, 25 Jul 08
'Wallace & Gromit' to become episodic video game (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_en_mo/games_wallace_and_gromit


This image provided by Telltale Inc. shows a scene from the 'Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventure' game. Telltale Inc., the leader in interactive episodic entertainment, is announcing that development is underway for Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures, a new series based on Aardman Animations Wallace & Gromit. The new series will join Telltale's all-star lineup. (AP Photo/Telltale Inc.)AP - "Wallace & Gromit" are going on a new adventure.

Thu, 24 Jul 08
Facebook to help some programmers, punish others (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_programmers


Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, gestures while delivering the keynote address during the annual Facebook f8 developer conference in San Francisco, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Facebook announced that 24 Web sites and applications have joined its efforts to make the Web more open and connected through Facebook Connect. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - Facebook Inc. is introducing more tools to help the software applications fueling the online hangout's popularity and is promising to intensify its efforts to weed out programs that violate its rules for protecting users' privacy.

Thu, 24 Jul 08
Amazon shrugs off high gas prices, weak economy (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_hi_te/earns_amazon


A box from Amazon.com is pictured on the porch of a house in Golden, Colorado July 23, 2008. Amazon.com will report second-quarter results later Wednesday. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES)AP - Amazon.com Inc. doesn't seem to be bothered by high gas prices or the sputtering U.S. economy.

Thu, 24 Jul 08
Sony opens up e-book Reader to other booksellers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_hi_te/tec_sony_reader
AP - With the market for electronic books still relatively sleepy, Sony Corp. is trying a new tack: untethering the latest model of its e-book reading device from its own online bookstore.

Thu, 24 Jul 08
Nokia, Qualcomm settle long-running dispute (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_hi_te/nokia_qualcomm


In this Jan. 9, 2008 file photo, show attendees trying out Nokia phones at the Nokia booth at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The world's No. 1 mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. on Thursday, July 17, 2008, said profit fell 61 percent in the second quarter from the same period a year ago, when the company booked a large gain from its network joint venture with Siemens AG. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)AP - The legal salvos between Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. stopped months ago, part of what officials at the wireless industry heavyweights described as a truce in a long-running battle that spanned three continents.

Thu, 24 Jul 08
Ballmer's memo on Johnson's departure (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080724/tc_cnet/8301108053999838675
CNET - CEO Steve Ballmer's message to Microsoft employees on the departure of senior executive Kevin Johnson and a divisional reorganization. The e-mail was first published by All Things D.

Thu, 24 Jul 08
Attack Code Released for New DNS Attack (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080724/tc_pcworld/148854
PC World - Attack code has been released for a major flaw in the Internet's DNS software.

Thu, 24 Jul 08
Sanyo Develops Contactless Charger for Wii-mote (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080724/tc_pcworld/148855
PC World - A new charger developed by Sanyo makes replenishing the batteries in Nintendo Wii controllers as easy as placing them in a...

Thu, 24 Jul 08
Nokia shares rise on Qualcomm deal (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080724/bs_nm/nokia_qualcomm_dc


The U.S. flag flies next to one of Qualcomm's many buildings in San Diego, California, July 22, 2008. (Mike Blake/Reuters)Reuters - Shares in the world's top cellphone maker, Nokia (NOK1V.HE), rose on Thursday after it signed a patent agreement with U.S. firm Qualcomm , ending three years of legal battles.

Thu, 24 Jul 08
Intel Releases Moblin Into the Wild (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080723/tc_pcworld/148839
PC World - One year after announcing its homegrown mobile Linux project, Intel prepares to hand Moblin over to the open source community.

Thu, 24 Jul 08
Facebook expands winning open platform formula (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080724/tc_afp/lifestyleusitinternetcompanyfacebook


Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, pictured last year, painted a vision of an Internet future with the website in its soul to a faithful throng of software developers at the Internet firm's annual AFP - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg painted a vision of an Internet future with the website in its soul to a faithful throng of software developers at the Internet firm's annual "F8" conference..

Thu, 24 Jul 08
Trends & Innovations - Wednesday (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080723/bs_ibd_ibd/20080723trends
Investor's Business Daily - Open-source software, such as Linux, often claims enterprise-class capabilities, but it isn't adopting enterprise-class security standards, according to a study by security tools supplier Fortify Software. Fortify says the free software often comes with hidden costs because businesses end up having to fix unexpected security problems. The security concerns come amid increased adoption of open-source programs, with more than half of CIOs saying their enterprises run such software.

Thu, 24 Jul 08
Digital Comics Coming to the Wii in Japan (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080724/tc_pcworld/148852
PC World - Four of Japan's biggest comic book publishers are coming together to bring digital versions of their magazines to Nintendo's...

Wed, 23 Jul 08
Yahoo CEO remains upbeat despite lackluster 2Q (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_hi_te/earns_yahoo


A laptop is seen under the logo of Yahoo at a trade fair in Dusseldorf. Struggling Internet pioneer Yahoo reported on Tuesday that its second-quarter profit slipped to 131 million dollars and called on investors to have faith in better times ahead.(DDP/AFP/File/Michael Gottschalk)AP - With Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover bid off the table and his company's stock price down 20 percent during his 13-month reign as Yahoo's CEO, Jerry Yang has a message for his exasperated shareholders: Things aren't as bleak as they look.

Wed, 23 Jul 08
Electronics giants to create wireless HD standard (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_hi_te/tec_wireless_hd
AP - Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a single set-top box to screens around the home.

Wed, 23 Jul 08
IAC to take $170M in charges for spinoffs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_hi_te/iac_spinoffs_charges
AP - Internet conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp, preparing to spin off four of its operating units, said late Tuesday it plans to take about $170 million in charges because the housing crisis has diminished the value of its mortgage and real estate businesses.

Wed, 23 Jul 08
Court affirms online content law unconstitutional (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_hi_te/internet_blocking
AP - A federal appeals court Tuesday agreed with a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a 1998 law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet.

Wed, 23 Jul 08
SF mayor gets codes to hijacked city network (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080723/tc_cnet/830110093999717783
CNET - The computer network hostage crisis in San Francisco is over, thanks to the city's mayor.

Wed, 23 Jul 08
Netflix exiting indie movie distribution (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080723/media_nm/netflix_dc
Reuters - In a move that could have a big impact on indie film sales and distribution, online film rental service Netflix is shuttering its film financing and acquisition arm Red Envelope Entertainment.

Wed, 23 Jul 08
iPhone and iPod case roundup (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080723/tc_macworld/iphoneandipodcaseroundup
Macworld.com - Speck on Tuesday announced their PixelSkin cases for the iPhone 3G. iSkin has announced its new DuoBand for the iPod nano, and Ivyskin is offering its iPhone 3G XyloT3 case.

Wed, 23 Jul 08
Vodafone plans share buy-back worth 1.0 billion pounds (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080723/bs_afp/britaintelecommobilecompanyearningsstocksvodafone


A man speaking on his cellphone walks past a Vodafone sign. The British mobile phone giant Wednesday said it planned to repurchase 1.0 billion pounds (1.3 billion euros, 2.0 billion dollars) worth of shares from current investors(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - British mobile phone giant Vodafone on Wednesday said it planned to repurchase 1.0 billion pounds (1.3 billion euros, 2.0 billion dollars) worth of shares from current investors.

Wed, 23 Jul 08
Sun readies Web stack featuring choice of OSes (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080723/tc_infoworld/107203
InfoWorld - Sun is announcing on Wednesday availability of Sun Web Stack, which puts the company???s own twist on the popular open-source LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL Perl/Python or PHP) stack.

Wed, 23 Jul 08
DNS Security Flaw Leaked Before Patches Applied (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080722/tc_nf/60907
NewsFactor - A major flaw in the Internet infrastructure was leaked to the public Monday before many IT directors had the chance to apply security patches. The flaw was discovered weeks ago by Dan Kaminsky, a security expert at IOActive, who has worked with industry leading software developers investigating Internet vulnerabilities.

Wed, 23 Jul 08
Sun Moves to Indirect Sales for Most US Customers (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080723/tc_pcworld/148785
PC World - Sun plans to stop selling directly to all but its very largest customers in the US, and will rely on its channel partners...

Wed, 23 Jul 08
New York state passes video game labeling law (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080723/tc_nm/newyork_videogames_dc
Reuters - Video games sold in New York state must clearly label ratings for violent content under a law signed on Tuesday, which rights groups criticized as likely unconstitutional.

Tue, 22 Jul 08
Apple stock drops despite jump in Q3 profit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_hi_te/earns_apple


A model shows a new iPhone during its launch and sale in Hong Kong on July 11. The computer giant has reported its third-quarter profits topped a billion dollars on strong sales of its computers, iPods, and iPhones(AFP/File/Andrew Ross)AP - Shares of Apple Inc. fell sharply as investors focused more on the company's cautious guidance for the current quarter than on the blockbuster Macintosh and iPod sales during the previous three-month period.

Tue, 22 Jul 08
Yahoo settles with Icahn to avert August showdown (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080721/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_microsoft


In this May 7, 2007 file photo, billionaire financier Carl Icahn, right, and his wife, Gail, arrive at the Motorola annual meeting in Chicago. Yahoo has reached a settlement, Monday, July 21, 2008, with activist investor Carl Icahn. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP - Yahoo Inc. averted a showdown with rabble-rousing investor Carl Icahn on Monday by giving him three seats on its board of directors in a truce that still leaves the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp.

Tue, 22 Jul 08
Brocade deals for Foundry Networks in Cisco salvo (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_hi_te/brocade_foundry_networks
AP - Brocade Communications Systems Inc., dominant in an obscure corner of the data storage market, wants a piece of a bigger pie: Cisco Systems Inc.'s cash cow business of networking equipment that shuttles Internet traffic.

Tue, 22 Jul 08
Texas Instruments hit by weak 2Q wireless sales (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_hi_te/earns_texas_instruments
AP - Shares of Texas Instruments Inc. took a beating after its second-quarter earnings missed Wall Street estimates.

Tue, 22 Jul 08
AOL expands health site (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080722/tc_cnet/830110233999633093
CNET - AOL announced partnerships to bolster its AOL Health site with content from Caring.com, Health.com, and HealthCare.com, the Time Warner subsidiary said Monday.

Tue, 22 Jul 08
Web's Blue Collar Comedy site goes out of business (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080722/en_nm/media_bluecollar_dc
Reuters - Funny or Die, the Will Ferrell-fronted online humor hub, has suffered a death in the family.

Tue, 22 Jul 08
Blu-ray Disc Rapidly Gaining Popularity in Japan (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080722/tc_pcworld/148727
PC World - Shipments of Blu-ray Disc-based video recorders and players are increasing fast in Japan and hit 122,000 in June, according to...

Tue, 22 Jul 08
Vodafone dims sales outlook amid economic gloom (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080722/bs_afp/britaintelecommobilecompanyearningsexecutivevodafone


A worker puts up a Vodafone sign in Mumbai. British mobile phone giant Vodafone said on Tuesday that full-year sales would be at the lower end of expectations because of difficult trading conditions, despite a rise in first-quarter sales(AFP/File/Sajjad Hussain)AFP - British mobile phone giant Vodafone said on Tuesday that full-year sales would be at the lower end of expectations because of difficult trading conditions, despite a rise in first-quarter sales.

Tue, 22 Jul 08
Linux set to make mobile splash (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080721/tc_infoworld/107044
InfoWorld - Linux is set to make a major impact in the mobile computing realm, the executive director of the Linux Foundation stressed at a conference Monday morning.

Tue, 22 Jul 08
Hackers Post Software to Jailbreak Apple's iPhone 3G (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080721/tc_nf/60884
NewsFactor - According to an online community, the latest iPhone operating system 2.0 has been hacked less than a week after its release. The iPhone Dev Team, a portal for iPhone hacks, cracks and comments, announced in a blog entry that it had broken the code.

Tue, 22 Jul 08
Facebook asks US court to unplug German website StudiVZ (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080722/bs_afp/usgermanyitinternettrialcompanyfacebookstudivz


The logo of Facebook. The company is asking a US court to shut down German website StudiVZ on the grounds it is an illegal AFP - Facebook is asking a US court to shut down German website StudiVZ on the grounds it is an illegal "knockoff" of the online social networking superstar.

Tue, 22 Jul 08
Gamers Are Big Sellers On iPhone App Store (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080722/tc_cmp/209400242
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Led by Sega's "Super Monkey Ball," seven of the top 10 paid applications from Apple's App Store are video games.

Mon, 21 Jul 08
Facebook gets a facelift to help users share (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080721/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_facelift
AP - The popular online hangout Facebook is sporting a new look to reflect changes in how its members communicate with each other and how they share photos and updates about their lives.

Mon, 21 Jul 08
Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on the Web (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080721/ap_on_hi_te/wired_seniors


Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., waves as he boards his campaign plane at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Sunday, July 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help.

Mon, 21 Jul 08
Report: Yahoo shareholder seeks compromise (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080721/tc_cnet/8301108053999542075
CNET - A dissident shareholder is pushing Yahoo to accept a mixed board of directors drawn from company nominees and those presented by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, according to a report by Reuters.

Mon, 21 Jul 08
"Dark Knight" tickets are hot sellers on eBay (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080721/media_nm/darkknight_dc
Reuters - It seems that 4,366 theaters weren't quite enough.

Mon, 21 Jul 08
zCover ships iSAglove 3G cases for iPhone (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080721/tc_macworld/zcovershipsisaglove3gcasesforiphone
Macworld.com - zCover on Friday announced that it is shipping its iSAglove 3G cover for the iPhone. It costs $29.99 and joins zCover's line of iPhone accessories.

Mon, 21 Jul 08
LG Elec posts strong Q2 profit on handsets, LCD (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080721/bs_nm/lgelectronics_dc
Reuters - LG Electronics Inc (066570.KS) increased quarterly earnings by 84 percent with strong results in mobile phones and at its LCD joint venture, but the South Korean firm faces a tougher second half amid a global economic downturn.

Mon, 21 Jul 08
Kalido Extends Data Warehouse Support To More Microsoft Software (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080721/tc_cmp/209101958
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - The additional support stems from the latest version of Kalido Universal Information Director, which makes it possible to get data from Kalido's data warehouse to Microsoft Office, PerformancePoint and SharePoint.

Mon, 21 Jul 08
Home servers will render CD racks obsolete (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080721/tc_nm/servers_dc
Reuters - Converting to a fully digitized entertainment library is a good way to cut down on clutter in the house. So what replaces the CD rack once you do?

Sun, 20 Jul 08
Web networking photos come back to bite defendants (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080720/ap_on_hi_te/tec_facebook_evidence


This photo released by the State of Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General shows Joshua Lipton, right, posing at a 2006 Halloween party while wearing a prisoner costume of a striped shirt and orange jumpsuit labeled 'Jail Bird.' The photo was made two weeks after Lipton was charged in a drunk driving car crash that seriously injured a woman. It was posted on the social networking Web site Facebook, which made it available to the prosecutor who used the image to paint Lipton as an unrepentant partier who lived it up while his victim recovered in the hospital. A judge agreed and sentenced Lipton in May 2008 to two years in prison. (AP Photo/State of Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General)AP - Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird."

Sun, 20 Jul 08
Facebook sues German rival (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080720/tc_cnet/830110233999518893
CNET - Social networking giant Facebook has filed a copyright infringement suit against a German counterpart, according to the Financial Times.

Sun, 20 Jul 08
Ebadi rights group warns Iran on Internet crime bill (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080719/tc_afp/iranparliamentrightsnobel


Iranian Nobel peace laureate and women rights activist Shirin Ebadi speaks during a press conference in Tehran. Ebadi has condemned a draft bill on Internet crime, warning that it could boost the number of executions in the Islamic republic.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - The rights group headed by Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Saturday condemned a draft bill on Internet crime, warning that it could boost the number of executions in the Islamic republic.

Sun, 20 Jul 08
zCover ships iSAglove 3G cases for iPhone (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080720/tc_macworld/zcovershipsisaglove3gcasesforiphone
Macworld.com - zCover on Friday announced that it is shipping its iSAglove 3G cover for the iPhone. It costs $29.99 and joins zCover's line of iPhone accessories.

Sun, 20 Jul 08
India's RCom and SAfrica's MTN call off merger talks (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080719/bs_afp/indiasafricatelecomcompanyreliancemtn


Anil Ambani, chairman of India's second largest telecom firm Reliance Communications, at the 2007 company's annual general meeting Mumbai. The Indian mobile phone group and Africa's largest cellular firm MTN have called off talks for a tie-up because of AFP - Indian mobile phone group Reliance Communications and Africa's largest cellular firm MTN have called off talks for a tie-up because of "legal and regulatory issues", the companies said.

Sun, 20 Jul 08
Videogames getting minds of their own (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080720/tc_afp/lifestyleusitvideogamessmart


File photo shows a man playing an Xbox 360 game at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Videogames are getting smarter with virtual enemies improvising during battles, storylines shifting based on moral choices and in-game characters sending players text messages for help.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AFP - Videogames are getting smarter with virtual enemies improvising during battles, storylines shifting based on moral choices and in-game characters sending players text messages for help.

Sat, 19 Jul 08
Web networking photos come back to bite defendants (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_hi_te/tec_facebook_evidence
AP - Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird."

Sat, 19 Jul 08
Black market iPhones being sold for $1,200 in Russia (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_hi_te/black_market_iphones


In this July 11, 2008 file photo, models hold the new iPhones during the first day of the release in Hong Kong. The new iPhone, which is faster because it works on third-generation (3G) data networks, went on sale in 21 countries on July 11 and will soon be available in 70 countries. But Russia is not one of them, and neither is China. Apple is still negotiating with mobile service providers in both countries. A number of Russian Web sites were offering the new 3G iPhone for about US$1,200, more than six times the US$199 base price in the U.S. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, file)AP - In the Soviet days, Russians asked their American friends to bring blue jeans, rock records and other Western goods into the country. Today Russians can buy almost anything they want here — but they are still begging for one item: Apple Inc.'s slick iPhone.

Sat, 19 Jul 08
Big shareholder backs Yahoo board over Icahn (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_microsoft


The headquarters of Yahoo Inc. is shown in Sunnyvale, California May 5, 2008. . REUTERS/Robert GalbraithAP - One of Yahoo Inc.'s largest shareholders is supporting the re-election of the Internet company's incumbent board, delivering a significant blow to an attempted coup being led by activist investor Carl Icahn.

Sat, 19 Jul 08
GM researches high-tech windshields to aid vision (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080717/ap_on_hi_te/windshields_older_drivers


In an undated photo provided by General Motors Corp., a futuristic windshield that combines lasers, infrared sensors and a camera to take what's happening on the road and enhance it is shown. Researchers are working on a windshield so aging drivers with vision problems are able to see a little more clearly. (AP Photo/General Motors)AP - When Coke bottle glasses just won't cut it for safe driving, a futuristic windshield might do the trick.

Sat, 19 Jul 08
Pondering Microsoft's 'Everett Dirkson moment' (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080718/tc_cnet/8301107873999496260
CNET - Illinois Sen. Everett Dirkson is remembered for the quip, "A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon, you're talking real money." (Truth be told, it's unclear whether those were his exact words, but he's got that tagline for posterity.)

Sat, 19 Jul 08
Google shares plummet after disappointing earnings (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080719/ap_on_hi_te/google_stock


In this April 8, 2008 file photo, the Google booth is shown at the RSA conference in San Francisco. Google Inc. shares tumbled more than 9 percent in early trading Friday, July 18, 2008, after the Internet search leader's second-quarter earnings missed analysts' expectations. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Google Inc. shares plunged nearly 10 percent Friday after the Internet search leader's second-quarter earnings missed analysts' expectations.

Sat, 19 Jul 08
zCover ships iSAglove 3G cases for iPhone (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080719/tc_macworld/zcovershipsisaglove3gcasesforiphone
Macworld.com - zCover on Friday announced that it is shipping its iSAglove 3G cover for the iPhone. It costs $29.99 and joins zCover's line of iPhone accessories.

Sat, 19 Jul 08
Going Mobile with Windows Live Mesh (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080719/tc_pcworld/148668
PC World - Microsoft's new, networked file synchronization service can keep your files in order across multiple devices.

Sat, 19 Jul 08
Dell Upgrades Linux PCs To Ubuntu's Hardy Heron (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080719/tc_cmp/209101341
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The computer maker has launched two notebooks and a desktop with Hardy Heron, the version of Ubuntu Linux that was released in April.

Sat, 19 Jul 08
European Researchers Developing Touchy-Feely Robots (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080719/tc_cmp/209101275
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Feelix Growing project is developing software, cameras, and sensors that help robots detect facial expressions, voice, proximity, and other parameters to determine a person's emotional state.

Sat, 19 Jul 08
RIM Fixes BlackBerry Enterprise Server Vulnerability (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080719/tc_cmp/209101357
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The flaw could let malicious PDFs cause problems with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

Sat, 19 Jul 08
Nintendo Leads in Sales of Video-Game Consoles (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080718/bs_nf/60853
NewsFactor - In the wake of the big E3 trade show in Los Angeles, sales reports show the Nintendo Wii is the leading video-game console in the U.S. this year.

Fri, 18 Jul 08
AMD changes CEO as turnaround pressure intensifies (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_hi_te/earns_amd


Advanced Micro Devices CEO Hector Ruiz leaves the stage during a conference in San Francisco, Nov. 12, 2007. Ruiz was pushed aside Thursday, July 17, 2008, after six tumultuous years as CEO of Advanced Micro Devices Inc., as the chip maker tries to pull itself out of a deep financial hole caused by a questionable acquisition and a major product gaffe. AMD also reported its second-quarter loss widened as the computer chip maker was hurt by a large asset impairment charge from discontinued operations. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Under Hector Ruiz's leadership, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. rose to challenge larger rival Intel Corp. as never before in AMD's nearly 40-year history.

Fri, 18 Jul 08
Economic worries loom over Google's 2Q earnings (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_hi_te/earns_google


In this May 8, 2008 file photo, a Google worker rides a company bike in front of Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.. Google Inc. is expected to release quarterly earnings after market close Thursday, July 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Google Inc. has successfully tackled a lot of complex problems during its first decade in business, but even the Internet search leader may be hard pressed to find a way to sustain its rapid earnings growth amid a sputtering economy in the United States and parts of Europe.

Fri, 18 Jul 08
Microsoft 4Q profit rises; Web ad business rocky (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_hi_te/earns_microsoft


Teddy Copeland, 15, left, and Nicholas Sella, 14, work on an exercise using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to calculate interest rates at Camp Cash at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Friday, June 20, 2008. The two-week camp was meant to teach kids money management skills. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback)AP - With a Yahoo Inc. search deal uncertain at best, Microsoft Corp. plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more than expected in the next year to whip its unprofitable online operations into shape.

Fri, 18 Jul 08
IBM 2Q profit soars on services strength (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_hi_te/earns_ibm


In this April 16, 2008 file photo, the entrance to the IBM manufacturing plant in Essex Junction, Vt. is seen. IBM reports quarterly earnings after the closing bell Thursday, July 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, file)AP - IBM Corp.'s earnings, used to gauge the health of global technology spending, were a bright spot in an otherwise dreary economic landscape.

Fri, 18 Jul 08
HOPE conference highlights everyday hacking (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080718/tc_cnet/830110093999395883
CNET - NEW YORK--From sessions on how-to create fluorescent mice and crack safes to discussions on losing your privacy in a taxi and complaints about Wikipedia, the Last HOPE conference starting here on Friday has something for just about everyone.

Fri, 18 Jul 08
Russia's Rambler sells ad unit to Google (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080718/wr_nm/rambler_sale_dc
Reuters - Rambler Media, the British-registered owner of Russia's Rambler Internet portal, said on Friday it has agreed to sell the Begun advertising agency to Google Inc for $140 million.

Fri, 18 Jul 08
Nokia's single-chip phones sales volumes high: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080718/tc_nm/nokia_singlechip_dc
Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE) has reached high volumes in single-chip mobile phone sales, the company's head was quoted in a newspaper as saying on Friday.

Fri, 18 Jul 08
Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta Available (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080718/tc_cmp/209100718
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The latest version aimed at Windows Mobile touchscreen phones offers a redesigned user interface, integrated debugging tool, and improved standards support.

Fri, 18 Jul 08
SCO ordered to pay Novell for software royalties (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080717/ap_on_hi_te/sco_group_novell
AP - The SCO Group has been ordered to pay Novell Inc. more than $2.5 million in royalties in a dispute over the Unix computer operating system.

Fri, 18 Jul 08
U.S. video game sales seen up 53 percent in June (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080718/wr_nm/videogames_dc
Reuters - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 53 percent in June from a year ago, with Konami Corp's "Metal Gear Solid 4" helping to fuel a dramatic increase in the number of Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 units sold, market researcher NPD reported on Thursday.

Fri, 18 Jul 08
Wall Street Beat: Google, Microsoft Disappoint, IBM Pleases (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080718/tc_pcworld/148601
PC World - Earnings at Google and Microsoft disappointed, while IBM pleased.

Fri, 18 Jul 08
Wii becomes top-selling video game console in US (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080718/tc_afp/lifestyleusjapanvideogamescompanynintendo


Participants play tennis on a Nintendo Wii in June in New York. Nintendo said Thursday that its globally popular Wii has become the top-selling video game console in the United States, a crown coveted by rivals Microsoft and Sony.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joshua Lott)AFP - Nintendo said Thursday that its globally popular Wii has become the top-selling video game console in the United States, a crown coveted by rivals Microsoft and Sony.

Thu, 17 Jul 08
Big 3 mimic each other at E3: more, more and more (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080717/ap_on_hi_te/games_e3_big_three


Satoru Iwata, President and CEO of Nintendo Co. Ltd., speaks at a news conference where Nintendo unveiled an enhancement for its Wii Remote controller and new games at the E3 Media and Business Summit Tuesday, July 15, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)AP - One word sums up the announcements made by the Big Three gaming companies at the E3 this week: more.

Thu, 17 Jul 08
'Star Wars' video game bridges gap between films (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080717/ap_on_hi_te/games_e3_star_wars


Attendees at the E3 Media and Business Summit gather at the PlayStation 3 booth Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)AP - Consider it "Star Wars III and a Half" — complete with a pivotal plot twist.

Thu, 17 Jul 08
Video game industry tries to broaden its appeal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080716/ap_on_hi_te/tec_casual_games


An show attendee plays the game 'De Blob' in the showroom of video game publisher THQ Inc. at the E3 Media and Business Summit, Tuesday, July 15, 2008, in Los Angeles. With 'De Blob,' designed by a group of college students, THQ Inc. wants to offer a game that 'succeeds in a mix of accessibility and challenge' and attract both a casual and core gamer audience, said Brad Carraway, vice president of global brand management. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)AP - A tough little blob must splash color over a town wallowing in gray. Bug-eyed rabbits do a dance routine. And then there's the "perfect equine farm" of wild horses for little girls to tame and train.

Thu, 17 Jul 08
PC shipments grew faster than expected in 2Q (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080716/ap_on_hi_te/tec_pc_shipments
AP - Computer shipments rose faster than expected in the second quarter, fueled by exceptional demand in emerging markets and a decline in prices in the U.S. and Western Europe, two research groups said Wednesday.

Thu, 17 Jul 08
Amazon launches new video store (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080717/tc_cnet/830110233999309693
CNET - Update: 11:10 p.m. To correct that Amazon customers do not need to purchase the Sony Bravia TV before accessing the new Video on Demand download store.

Thu, 17 Jul 08
Amazon.com to launch new online TV, movie store: NYT (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080717/wr_nm/amazon_videostore_dc


Amazon.com chairman Jeff Bezos speaks to the media during the company's annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington May 28, 2003. REUTERS/Anthony P. BolanteReuters - Web retailer Amazon.com Inc will introduce a new online store of TV shows and movies on Thursday, called Amazon Video on Demand, The New York Times said.

Thu, 17 Jul 08
TiVo to stream YouTube videos (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080717/tc_nm/tivo_youtube_dc
Reuters - Just what the television industry needs, increased competition from those wacky YouTube videos that 68 million people watch every month.

Thu, 17 Jul 08
iPhone Madness--Plus Great Keyboards (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080717/tc_pcworld/148467
PC World - Readers discuss the pros and cons of Apple's iPhone 3G, and gush over their favorite PC keyboards.

Thu, 17 Jul 08
Microsoft Opens Live Mesh (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20080716/tc_zd/229866
PC Magazine - The Live Mesh software/service is now available to all--okay, anyone with a Windows Live ID--as of today. It is currently limited to Windows users, but Mac and Linux are promised for the future.

Thu, 17 Jul 08
Nintendo wins over outside game publishers with Wii (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080717/wr_nm/nintendo_videogames_dc
Reuters - In the video game industry, the spoils of the console wars come in the form of support from third-party software publishers selling games to run on your machine.

Thu, 17 Jul 08
SAP To Migrate Customers To More Expensive Support Service (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080717/tc_cmp/209100547
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - The software company plans to move customers from their current agreements to the new service's pricing model of 22% of license fees by 2012.

Thu, 17 Jul 08
Videogames getting more social (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080717/ennew_afp/lifestyleusjapanitvideogamese3


People wait to buy a Sony Play Station 3 in Rockville, Maryland. Videogame makers are riding the social-networking wave with a flood of soon-to-be-released titles that let friends play online as teams and even create their own characters.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Videogame makers are riding the social-networking wave with a flood of soon-to-be-released titles that let friends play online as teams and even create their own characters.

Wed, 16 Jul 08
Japan cautious in iPhone's bid for world dominance (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080716/ap_on_hi_te/tec_japan_iphone


In this July 11, 2008 file photo, customers waiting in line to buy the iPhone 3G celebrate as sales begin in Tokyo. Japan has a cloistered mobile system, with its own icons for e-mail and other unique tools. That means many people, even iPhone fans, are likely to stick to their old-style phones lest they be left out of the familiar communication circles. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, file)AP - Kentaro Tohyama is proud of his new iPhone. He stood overnight in line to get it when the device became available in Japan for the first time. But the 29-year-old computer engineer isn't about to part with his made-in-Japan cell phone either.

Wed, 16 Jul 08
Intel 2Q profit jump reflects healthy PC demand (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080716/ap_on_hi_te/earns_intel


In this April 14, 2008 file photo, an Intel sign is shown in front of Intel Corp. headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. Intel Corp. is scheduled to report second-quarter results after the market close Tuesday, July 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Worried that the ailing U.S. economy has spilled abroad and hurt global PC sales, investors had subdued expectations for Intel Corp. in the second quarter. Intel is the world's largest computer chip maker, and its fortunes rise and fall with swings in PC demand.

Wed, 16 Jul 08
Criminal probe ended, Apple CEO still has hurdles (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080715/ap_on_hi_te/apple_stock_options


In this July 11, 2008 file photo, customers waiting in line to buy the iPhone 3G celebrate as sales begin in Tokyo. Japan has a cloistered mobile system, with its own icons for e-mail and other unique tools. That means many people, even iPhone fans, are likely to stick to their old-style phones lest they be left out of the familiar communication circles. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, file)AP - A criminal probe of Apple Inc.'s co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs over stock options tampering is now over, but the potential legal shadow over him and the company isn't going away just yet.

Wed, 16 Jul 08
YouTube, Viacom agree to mask viewer data (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080715/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_lawsuit


A deal struck Tuesday lets Google cloak identities of YouTube users while complying with a court order to show Viacom the video-viewing habits of everyone who has ever used the popular website.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AP - In a nod to privacy complaints, Viacom Inc. won't be told the identities of individuals who watch video clips on the popular video-sharing site YouTube.

Wed, 16 Jul 08
Microsoft opens up Live Mesh (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080716/tc_cnet/8301138603999238256
CNET - It just got a little easier to get into Ray Ozzie's cloud.

Wed, 16 Jul 08
Australia unveils online code of conduct (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080716/tc_afp/entertainmentaustraliainternetmedia


A girls uses her mobile phone in this 2004 picture. Australia has unveiled a new code of conduct to regulate online and mobile phone content which will call for classifications similar to those for films.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Australia on Wednesday unveiled a new code of conduct to regulate online and mobile phone content which will call for classifications similar to those for films, a government spokesman said.

Wed, 16 Jul 08
Netflix To Stream Videos To Microsoft's Xbox 360 (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080716/tc_nf/60808
NewsFactor - Microsoft and Netflix have forged an exclusive partnership under which Netflix will begin streaming feature films and TV programs to owners of Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming console. Beginning this fall, Netflix subscribers who also have an Xbox Live Gold membership will be able to download and view movies at no additional cost, said Microsoft Corporate Vice President John Schappert.

Wed, 16 Jul 08
CSX says hedge funds win 4 out of 5 seats (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080716/ap_on_bi_ge/csx_board_vote
AP - CSX Corp. says preliminary results of the railroad's contentious board vote show that four out of five directors nominated by activist hedge fund shareholders TCI and 3G Capital have been elected to its board.

Wed, 16 Jul 08
CyberLink Sees Opportunities in Netbooks, Linux (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080716/tc_pcworld/148475
PC World - Cyberlink is putting more emphasis on Linux and netbooks since the Eee PC craze began.

Wed, 16 Jul 08
India's TCS first quarter net profit up seven pct (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080716/bs_afp/indiaitcompanytcsearnings


Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) chief executive S. Ramadorai addresses a press conference in Mumbai. India's largest software exporter TCS said that its first quarter net profit rose by seven percent despite weak economic conditions across global markets.(AFP/Sajjad Hussain)AFP - India's largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services said Wednesday its first quarter net profit rose by seven percent on weak economic conditions across global markets, dealers said.

Wed, 16 Jul 08
SAP Customers Forced to Move to Pricier Support (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080716/tc_pcworld/148481
PC World - SAP is set to force all customers to use its more costly enterprise support service.

Wed, 16 Jul 08
Sony Cuts Price on High-End Playstation 3 (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20080716/tc_zd/229798
PC Magazine - Sony unveiled new hardware packages for each of their systems during their E3 Press conference on Tuesday, including a new 80GB PlayStation 3 bundle for $399.

Tue, 15 Jul 08
Outraged Icahn refocuses on ousting Yahoo board (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080714/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_microsoft


In this May 4, 2007 file photo of Times Square news ticker flashes a headline about Microsoft above a billboard for Yahoo in New York. After more than five months of sparring, the battle for control of Yahoo Inc. has turned into a bare-knuckles brawl with a whiff of desperation hanging over all the key combatants. The showdown intensified late Saturday July 12, 2008 after Yahoo revealed that it had spurned Microsoft's latest attempt to buy its online search engine in a joint proposal made with activist investor Carl Icahn, who is leading a shareholder rebellion aimed at removing Yahoo's current board. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - Apparently abandoning hopes for a truce with Yahoo Inc., investor Carl Icahn sharpened his focus on replacing the Internet company's board Monday after his attempt to negotiate a deal with Microsoft Corp. was angrily rejected.

Tue, 15 Jul 08
XBox 360 to stream Netflix movies (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080714/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_netflix
AP - Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal announced Monday with Netflix Inc. that highlights the way gaming devices are expanding into all-purpose home-entertainment hubs.

Tue, 15 Jul 08
Apple sells 1 million iPhones in first 3 days (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080714/ap_on_hi_te/tec_apple_iphone_sales


Palm's new Treo 800w smartphone is seen in an undated handout photo. Palm Inc on July 14, 2008 introduced a new high-end Treo mobile phone, hoping to challenge the BlackBerry's dominance with business users, but its debut fell in the shadow of the launch of Apple Inc's debut of its less pricey new iPhone which sold more than 1 million units over the weekend. REUTERS/Palm/Handout (UNITED STATES). NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.AP - Apple Inc. said Monday it sold 1 million iPhones in the first three days its newest model was on the market.

Tue, 15 Jul 08
eBay beats Tiffany in court case over trademarks (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080714/ap_on_hi_te/ebay_tiffany


Visitors walk past the eBay at a trade fair in Dusseldorf, 2007. A French court ordered online auctioneer eBay to pay nearly 40 million euros in damages to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury goods, in a ruling cheered as a victory for copyright protection.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Gottschalk)AP - EBay Inc. scored an important victory in court Monday, as a federal judge said companies such as jeweler Tiffany & Co. are responsible for policing their trademarks online, not auction platforms like eBay.

Tue, 15 Jul 08
eBay wins counterfeit-sales suit filed by Tiffany (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080714/tc_cnet/830110233999054393
CNET - eBay cannot be forced to police its auction listings to identify counterfeit Tiffany & Co. products, a federal judge ruled on Monday in a lawsuit brought by the iconic 171-year-old jewelry company.

Tue, 15 Jul 08
BT to invest 1.5 bln in super-fast broadband (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080715/tc_nm/bt_group_dc
A BT phonebox is seen in front of the British Telecom tower in central London February 6, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - Telecoms group BT plans to invest 1.5 billion pounds to roll out super-fast broadband to up to 10 million homes by 2012, it said on Tuesday.

Tue, 15 Jul 08
On the Road--Fuel Cost Calculators, Phone Headsets (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080715/tc_pcworld/148396
PC World - It's summer and Steve Bass has travel on his mind: gasoline stats, California's cell phone law, and sleazy marketing tactics.

Tue, 15 Jul 08
Pope's message goes hi-tech in Australia (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080715/tc_afp/australiavaticanpopetechnology


File photo shows a nun using her mobile phone while waiting for Pope Benedict XVI in southern Germany. The pontiff has taken a new hi-tech road to spreading his message by sending a mobile phone text to pilgrims attending World Youth Day celebrations in Australia(DDP/AFP/File/Thomas Lohnes)AFP - Pope Benedict XVI took a new hi-tech road to spreading his message Tuesday, sending a mobile phone text to pilgrims attending World Youth Day celebrations in Australia, organisers said.

Tue, 15 Jul 08
Open-source Quality Tester out in Alpha (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080714/tc_pcworld/148383
PC World - An early version of an open-source tool for checking the quality of open-source software is now available.

Tue, 15 Jul 08
Microsoft-Icahn fire back at Yahoo as tie-up drama continues (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080715/bs_afp/uscompanyittakeovermicrosoftyahoo


A Yahoo sign is seen in Times Square in New York. Microsoft and Carl Icahn fired back at Yahoo on Monday as the corporate raider continues a quest to overthrow the struggling Internet firm's board and form an alliance with the software giant.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros)AFP - Microsoft and Carl Icahn fired back at Yahoo as the corporate raider continues a quest to overthrow the struggling Internet firm's board and form an alliance with the software giant.

Tue, 15 Jul 08
Microsoft Buys Zoomix to Add Data Quality to SQL Server (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080714/tc_pcworld/148376
PC World - Microsoft is purchasing Zoomix to add data-quality capability to its SQL Server database.

Tue, 15 Jul 08
Video-game news: Metallica's 'Guitar Hero' album (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080715/ap_en_mu/games_news_bytes
AP - Real news from the virtual world:

Mon, 14 Jul 08
Cell phone companies scramble to halt trafficking (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080713/ap_on_re_us/cell_phone_trafficking


In this undated surveillance photo provided by TracFone Wireless, a man is seen checking cheap cell phones. You can buy these phones for less than $15, loaded with a set amount of minutes. And when the time is used, you can add more time to the phone. Traffickers have figured out they can make big profits by purchasing thousands of these phones and tweaking the software, so that the phones can be used on any network, thus costing the phone companies tens of millions of dollars. (AP Photo/TracFone Wireless)AP - For less than $15, you can buy a cell phone loaded with minutes. You can buy more as you go whenever those minutes run out. Best of all, you aren't locked into a long-term contract.

Mon, 14 Jul 08
Game characters get smarter — and less predictable (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080713/ap_on_hi_te/tec_games_intelligence
AP - In the upcoming video game "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed," the evil Stormtroopers are smart enough to keep players guessing.

Mon, 14 Jul 08
Tensions escalating in battle for Yahoo's board (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080713/ap_on_bi_ge/yahoo_microsoft


In this May 4, 2007 file photo, a Times Square news ticker flashes a headline about Microsoft above a billboard for Yahoo in New York. Yahoo Inc. late Saturday rejected Microsoft's latest attempt to buy its online search operations in a 'take or leave it' proposal that Yahoo said would have dismantled its Internet franchise. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - After more than five months of sparring, the battle for control of Yahoo Inc. has turned into a bare-knuckles brawl with a whiff of desperation hanging over all the key combatants.

Mon, 14 Jul 08
Microsoft cuts Xbox price by $50, plans 60GB model (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080713/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_xbox_sale
AP - Microsoft Corp. is trimming the price of its Xbox 360 video game console to make way for a new model with a bigger hard drive.

Mon, 14 Jul 08
Microsoft cuts price of Xbox 360 (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080713/tc_cnet/830110784399899397
CNET - Microsoft on Sunday cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model game console with a 20GB hard drive from $349 to $299.

Mon, 14 Jul 08
World's oldest blogger signs off singing aged 108 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080714/wr_nm/blogger_oldest_dc
Reuters - An Australian woman renowned as the world's oldest blogger has died at the age of 108, with her last posting talking about her ailing health but also how she still sings a happy song every day.

Mon, 14 Jul 08
Activating Your iPhone 3G: What You Need to Know (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080713/tc_pcworld/148349
PC World - Should you go to an Apple Store or AT&T outlet? Can you pay cash? We answer those and other iPhone questions.

Mon, 14 Jul 08
3G iPhone's Mediocre Battery Life Still Beats Rivals (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080713/tc_pcworld/148348
PC World - The 3G iPhone's sub-6-hour battery life gets a word score of fair from the PC World Test Center, but it still beats out other 3G handsets.

Mon, 14 Jul 08
Hands on With Acer's Aspire One Netbook (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080714/tc_pcworld/148351
PC World - Acer's Aspire one netbook combines excellent software, great screen quality and typing pad with a price that makes it tough to...

Mon, 14 Jul 08
Chordiant 'Listens' In On Call-Center Conversations (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080714/tc_cmp/209000024
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Chordiant Recommendation Advisor 6.1 monitors call-center conversations and offers agents recommendations on what actions to take.

Mon, 14 Jul 08
Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 model price (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080714/ennew_afp/lifestyleusitvideogamescompanymicrosoft


Microsoft said it is cutting the price of its 20-gigabyte Xbox 360, seen here, video game consoles and rolling out a model with three times the memory space to take its place(AFP/Getty Images/David Paul Morris)AFP - Microsoft said it is cutting the price of its 20-gigabyte Xbox 360 video game consoles and rolling out a model with three times the memory space to take its place.

Sun, 13 Jul 08
Yahoo spurns Microsoft again as bad blood boils (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080713/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_microsoft


In this May 4, 2007 file photo, a Times Square news ticker flashes a headline about Microsoft above a billboard for Yahoo in New York. Yahoo Inc. late Saturday rejected Microsoft's latest attempt to buy its online search operations in a 'take or leave it' proposal that Yahoo said would have dismantled its Internet franchise. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - Yahoo Inc. has rejected Microsoft's latest attempt to buy its online search operations in a "take or leave it" proposal that Yahoo said would have dismantled its Internet franchise.

Sun, 13 Jul 08
Yahoo rejects a new Microsoft deal (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080713/tc_afp/uscompanyittakeovermicrosoftyahoo


File photo shows corporate raider Carl Icahn on AFP - Yahoo said Saturday it has rejected a "ludicrous" deal with Microsoft orchestrated by corporate raider Carl Icahn, who is bent on overthrowing the struggling Internet search pioneer's board.

Sun, 13 Jul 08
Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 price, releases new model (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080713/tc_nm/microsoft_xbox360_dc


XBox 360 video game consoles at a Best Buy store in Bellevue, Washington November 22, 2005. (Chris Goodenow/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp cut on Sunday the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model game console with a 20 gigabyte hard drive to $299 from $349.

Sun, 13 Jul 08
Yahoo rejects joint Microsoft, Icahn proposal (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080713/wr_nm/yahoo_dc


A combination image showing the (L) Microsoft and Yahoo logos. (Sebastien Pirlet - L/Rick Wilking - R/Reuters)Reuters - Yahoo Inc on Saturday rejected a proposal to sell its search business to Microsoft Corp and hand over the remainder of the company to activist investor Carl Icahn.

Sun, 13 Jul 08
RedOctane execs on a roll with "Guitar Hero" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080713/tc_nm/guitarhero_dc


Show attendee Brian Weinberg plays Guitar Hero III on a Dell laptop during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada in this January 8, 2008 file photo. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)Reuters - There were a lot of questions surrounding the "Guitar Hero" videogame when it first came out. Would gamers agree to pony up extra money for the special guitar-shaped controller needed to play it? Would the music industry agree to license master tracks? Would the addition of downloadable content be successful?

Sat, 12 Jul 08
Software problems bug Apple's launch of new iPhone (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080712/ap_on_hi_te/apple_iphone


An Apple Store employee rings up orders for the new iPhone in New York, Friday July 11, 2008. Apple Inc.'s new iPhone went on sale Friday to eager buyers worldwide, but there were problems getting the phones to work. (AP Photo/Ed Ou)AP - The launch of Apple Inc.'s much-anticipated new iPhone turned into an information-technology meltdown on Friday, as customers were unable to get their phones working.

Sat, 12 Jul 08
Asia underground market awaits iPhone (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_on_hi_te/hong_kong_iphone_underground


The first buyer in Hong Kong Ho Kak-yin holds his new iPhone during the first day of the release in Hong Kong, Friday July 11, 2008. As Apple rolled out its newest iPhone in Asia Friday, dealers and buyers said it's only a matter of time — maybe as little as a few days — before the popular device hits the region's thriving underground marketplace. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - As Apple Inc. rolled out its newest iPhone on Friday, dealers and buyers were anticipating the popular device in Asia's thriving underground marketplace in as little as a few days.

Sat, 12 Jul 08
Fmr HP exec pleads guilty in trade secrets case (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_on_hi_te/hp_ibm_trade_secrets
AP - An executive who worked at IBM Corp. for nearly a decade pleaded guilty Friday to stealing trade secrets about the company's pricing and trying to pass them off to his superiors at rival Hewlett-Packard Co. when he took a job there.

Sat, 12 Jul 08
Mariah Carey single at center of online contest (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080712/en_nm/carey_dc


Singer Mariah Carey gestures to fans at an unveiling ceremony of a chair named 'Mariah'after her in Tokyo in this file photo from June 1, 2008. Professionals and amateurs alike will have the chance to remix the third single from Mariah Carey's platinum-plus album 'E=MC2' via a contest hosted on a startup social network Web site for musicians, Billboard has learned. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)Reuters - Professionals and amateurs alike will have the chance to remix the third single from Mariah Carey's platinum-plus album "E=MC2" via a contest hosted on a startup social network Web site for musicians, Billboard has learned.

Sat, 12 Jul 08
iPhone 3G launch draws crowds in San Francisco (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080712/tc_macworld/iphone3glaunchdrawscrowdsinsanfrancisco
Macworld.com - iPhone fans camped out for as long as 3 days with tents, chairs, and pillows. Joe Brown opted for a portable hammock.

Sat, 12 Jul 08
Apple iPhone 3G Dies Hard (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080712/tc_pcworld/148315
PC World - Apple's new multimedia handset is the Timex of phones. Here's a blow-by-blow account of how it took PC World's mauling and kept on calling (until we literally drove it into the ground).

Sat, 12 Jul 08
Microsoft Software Update Service More Reliable Than Apple, Ubuntu (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080712/tc_cmp/208808738
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Web monitoring firm Pingdom says Windows Update was up 100% of the time in the second quarter, Apple's Software Update was up 99.9% of the time, and Ubuntu was up 98.64% of the time.

Sat, 12 Jul 08
IBM Slims Down the Web for Your Phone (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080712/tc_pcworld/148316
PC World - Researchers at IBM's Almaden labs have developed software that lets you created slimmed-down versions of Web sites for mobile...

Sat, 12 Jul 08
iPhone 2.0 Brings Enterprise Features (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080711/tc_pcworld/148311
PC World - The latest iPhone operating system update makes the device usable in enterprises by adding better networked security options and global configuration profiles.

Sat, 12 Jul 08
"Madden Football" marks 20 years with new offerings (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080712/media_nm/madden_dc


The EA Sports studio which is used in the production of many video games released by the company is seen here in Burnaby, British Columbia, May 7, 2008. (Andy Clark/Reuters)Reuters - With the "John Madden Football" videogame franchise nearing its 20th anniversary, publisher Electronic Arts is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the occasion.

Fri, 11 Jul 08
Apple iPhone goes on sale in Japan (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_on_hi_te/apple_iphone


People in line celebrate the start of selling Apple Inc.'s iPhone in Tokyo Friday morning, July 11, 2008. The 3G wireless connecting iPhone went on sale Friday at Japanese carrier Softbank Corp.'s store, making its debut in Japan. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - The new iPhone model went on sale in the Asia-Pacific region Friday, making its debut in Japan amid swirling smoke after a 30-second countdown chanted by hundreds of people lined up, some for days, snaking around the block.

Fri, 11 Jul 08
Apple Web service falters on eve of iPhone launch (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_on_hi_te/apple_mobileme_glitch


Bruno Afonso reacts as he is handed two iPhones to choose the color after Apples new phone went on sale for the first time in Portugal in the first minutes of Friday, July 11 2008, at a shop of carrier Vodafone in Lisbon. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)AP - Apple Inc.'s new data synching service got off to a rocky start Thursday, as some users were denied access to their accounts just hours before the next-generation iPhone is slated to go on sale.

Fri, 11 Jul 08
FCC chief says Comcast violated Internet rules (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_on_hi_te/internet_regulation
AP - The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday he will recommend that the nation's largest cable company be punished for violating agency principles that guarantee customers open access to the Internet.

Fri, 11 Jul 08
Schmidt: Independent Yahoo better for competition (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_on_hi_te/media_conference_google_execs


In this May 5, 2008 file photo, workers walk outside of a Microsoft campus in Mountain View, Calif. Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board next month, saying Monday, July 7, 2008, that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate another deal. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Google Inc. backs Yahoo in its effort to stave off an unsolicited takeover by Microsoft Corp. because an independent Yahoo will increase competition in the Internet search and advertising markets, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said here Thursday.

Fri, 11 Jul 08
China's Video Site Back Online After More Than a Month (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080711/tc_pcworld/148239
PC World - One of China's top three online video sites resumed service Friday, after an unexplained interruption of over a month.

Fri, 11 Jul 08
Apple's new iPhone lights up Asian shelves (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080711/wr_nm/iphone_dc


The first buyer of the new 3G iPhone in Hong Kong shows off his phone July 11, 2008. The new iPhone is expected to attract hordes of buyers when it goes on sale on Friday in more than 20 countries and regions, helping Apple Inc handily beat its target to sell 10 million of them by the end of 2008. REUTERS/Bobby YipReuters - Apple's new iPhone made its hotly awaited debut on Friday in Asia as buyers, many of whom had camped in line for days, stormed outlets to get their hands on the latest gadget to hit shelves.

Fri, 11 Jul 08
Apple opens 'extras' store as iPhone 3G hits shelves (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080711/tc_afp/lifestyleusitinternettelecomcompanyapple


Apple has opened the virtual doors of an AFP - Apple's international launch of iPhone 3G began in New Zealand and Japan on Friday, as a freshly-opened "App Store" tempted fans with independently created mini-programs for the coveted devices.

Fri, 11 Jul 08
Best Buy Offers Ubuntu Linux With OpenOffice (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080711/tc_cmp/208808496
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Version 8.04, also known as the Hardy Heron release, is shrink wrapped for $19.99 and includes other open source software.

Fri, 11 Jul 08
iPhone killer-app is letting users choose software (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080711/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc
Reuters - The first iPhones won praise for their sleek design and elegant touchscreen, but Apple's new computer phones, arriving this week, will use the power of software to make the device like no phone ever seen.

Fri, 11 Jul 08
Cuomo: AT&T and AOL block child porn newsgroups (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_on_hi_te/child_pornography
AP - Two more Internet access providers have agreed to eliminate certain newsgroups that contain child pornography and purge their servers of child pornography Web sites in an agreement with state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

Fri, 11 Jul 08
Microsoft to cut price of Xbox 360 to $299 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080711/tc_nm/microsoft_xbox360_dc


A model stands at Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 display at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo September 20, 2007. REUTERS/Issei KatoReuters - Microsoft Corp is set to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model to $299 from $349, a source briefed on the matter said on Friday.

Thu, 10 Jul 08
iPhone debuts to lines in Japan (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080710/ap_on_hi_te/japan_iphone


'Butch' sits in a camping chair in line outside Japanese mobile carrier Softbank's flagship store in Tokyo's Omotesando shopping district Wednesday, July 9, 2008 before the first sales of Apple's iPhone in Japan Friday. Gadget lovers are already camped out at a Tokyo store ahead of the global rollout Friday of the next-generation iPhone. But whether the Japan debut for the hit cell phone will score with anyone beyond a niche crowd remains to be seen, analysts say. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)AP - Gadget lovers are already camped out at a Tokyo store ahead of the global rollout Friday of the next-generation iPhone. But whether the debut for the hit cell phone in Japan will score with anyone beyond a niche crowd remains to be seen.

Thu, 10 Jul 08
Yahoo opens search toolkit in quest for more ads (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080710/ap_on_hi_te/tec_yahoo_search


Exterior view of Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board next month, saying Monday that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate another deal. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Having fallen so far behind Google Inc. that it became a takeover target, Yahoo Inc. is banking on the creativity of other Web developers to help preserve its independence and regain ground in the lucrative Internet search advertising market.

Thu, 10 Jul 08
Japan backs joint display-technology research (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080710/ap_on_hi_te/japan_tv_alliance


Howard Stringer, chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation, arrives for the annual Allen & Co.'s media conference Tuesday, July 8, 2008, in Sun Valley, Idaho. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)AP - The Japanese government said Thursday it will support Sony Corp., Sharp Corp. and other domestic companies in joint development of super-thin TVs based on organic light-emitting diodes.

Thu, 10 Jul 08
Japan to scrap iPod copyright fee (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080710/ap_on_hi_te/japan_ipod_fee


An older Apple iPhone is shown next to an advertisement for the new iPhone 3G at an AT&T store in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, July 8, 2008. To sustain the momentum of the original iPhone's success and keep fickle consumers and Wall Street happy, Apple Inc. needs a dramatic second act with the next generation of iPhones, which roll out Friday with faster Internet access and lower retail prices. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Japan will stop pushing for legislation to charge royalties on the sales of iPods and other portable digital music players, giving in to opposition from electronics makers, officials said Thursday.

Thu, 10 Jul 08
Online baseball game teams players from past, present (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080710/tc_cnet/830110784399870857
CNET - A new online baseball game may finally help put to rest an age-old debate: how would Babe Ruth do at the plate facing Nola Ryan's fastball?

Thu, 10 Jul 08
App Store for iPhone already a hit with developers (USATODAY.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080710/tc_usatoday/appstoreforiphonealreadyahitwithdevelopers
USATODAY.com - Apple CEO Steve Jobs expected to launch his App Store - the online venue for third-party iPhone and iPod Touch applications - with 200 software offerings; he ended up with more than 500.

Thu, 10 Jul 08
IPhone's security features may lure businesses (USATODAY.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080710/tc_usatoday/iphonessecurityfeaturesmaylurebusinesses
USATODAY.com - Businesses have loved their RIM BlackBerrys and Palm Treos. Now, Apple is hoping they'll take a shine to the iPhone.

Thu, 10 Jul 08
HTC's IPhone 3G Rival, the Touch Diamond (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080710/tc_pcworld/148156
PC World - There's no getting away from comparisons to Apple's upcoming iPhone 3G these days, so here it is: The HTC Touch Diamond was...

Thu, 10 Jul 08
Linux build service offered (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080709/tc_infoworld/106003
InfoWorld - The Novell-sponsored openSuse project for Linux released openSuse Build Service 1.0 on Wednesday, providing developers with access to code repositories for the openSuse Linux distribution and making it easier for developers to contribute code.

Thu, 10 Jul 08
Nokia says 9 more firms sign up for Symbian pact (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080710/wr_nm/symbian_nokia_dc
Reuters - Nine more firms, including telecom operators "3" and TIM, have lined up to support the new open mobile software alliance Symbian Foundation, the world's top cellphone maker, Nokia, said on Thursday.

Thu, 10 Jul 08
IBM Open Sources Web Accessibility (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080709/tc_pcworld/148149
PC World - A new service from IBM's AlphaWorks takes a collaborative approach to improving Web accessibility for the visually impaired.

Thu, 10 Jul 08
Sony Ships Fix For Flawed PlayStation Firmware Update (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080710/tc_cmp/208807945
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Version 2.41 corrects defects in v2.40, released about a week ago, that caused some PlayStation 3 systems to stop working.

Wed, 9 Jul 08
Google ventures into virtual reality with 'Lively' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080708/ap_on_hi_te/tec_google_virtual_reality


A woman walks past the logo of Internet search engine giant Google at a trade fair. Google expressed disappointment and privacy groups voiced outrage Thursday after a judge ordered Google to give entertainment giant Viacom details of video-watching habits of visitors to its popular video-sharing website YouTube.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Gottschalk)AP - In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web.

Wed, 9 Jul 08
NebuAd to come under spotlight at Senate hearing (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080708/ap_on_hi_te/advertising_privacy
AP - Executives from major Internet players — Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. — are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc.

Wed, 9 Jul 08
Court keeps cell tower backup rules on hold (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080708/ap_on_hi_te/cell_towers_fcc
AP - More than a year after they were introduced, federal rules intended to keep cell phone towers operating during natural disasters remain in limbo.

Wed, 9 Jul 08
VMware shares plunge on CEO change, slowing growth (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080708/ap_on_hi_te/vmware_personnel
AP - VMware Inc. abruptly replaced co-founder Diane Greene as chief executive Tuesday and lowered its sales outlook, triggering alarms that pounded the business software maker's shares to their lowest depths since the company's lucrative public offering 11 months ago.

Wed, 9 Jul 08
Bank of America may finally embrace Firefox (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080709/tc_cnet/830110784399862017
CNET - The largest bank in the United States has officially ignored the second most popular Web browser--until recently.

Wed, 9 Jul 08
Internet flaw could let hackers take over the Web (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080709/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwarecrime


A man tries to access a website at an Internet cafe during a disruption of Internet service. Computer industry heavyweights are hustling to fix a flaw in the foundation of the Internet that would let hackers control traffic on the World Wide Web.(AFP/File/Amro Maraghi)AFP - Computer industry heavyweights are hustling to fix a flaw in the foundation of the Internet that would let hackers control traffic on the World Wide Web.

Wed, 9 Jul 08
Hands on With Giga-byte's M912X Mini-laptop (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080709/tc_pcworld/148105
PC World - Giga-byte's M912 mini-notebook has what few other netbooks do, a touchscreen that swivels 180 degrees.

Wed, 9 Jul 08
Japan's Apple fans queue days before iPhone 3G launch (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080709/tc_afp/japanustelecomcompanyapplesoftbank


Apple fans form a queue at a Softbank Mobile shop in Tokyo on July 9. iPhone afficionados have traded sleep and comfort for the thrill of being one of the first to buy the coveted handset in Tokyo(AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - Japan's Apple fans traded sleep and comfort for the thrill of being first to buy the latest iPhone as they began queueing Wednesday, two days before it officially goes on sale here.

Wed, 9 Jul 08
IBM, Second Life Demo Virtual World Interoperability (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080709/tc_cmp/208803274
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The extensions used to connect Second life to the OpenSim server will be made available to the open source community and the OpenSim community.

Wed, 9 Jul 08
Google lets people create custom virtual realms (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080709/bs_afp/lifestyleusitinternetcompanygoogle


File photo shows a virtual rendition of US Congressman Edward Markey on Second Life for the UNs climate change convention in Bali, Indonesia. Web firm Google has rolled out a challenge to virtual world giant Second Life with free software that lets people create their own online 3D worlds(AFP/OneWorld.net/File)AFP - Google has rolled out a challenge to virtual world giant Second Life with free software that lets people create their own online 3D worlds that can be embedded on websites and melded with other online functions.

Wed, 9 Jul 08
Real Software, Veryant bolster dev tools (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080708/tc_infoworld/105889
InfoWorld - Real Software and Veryant are upgrading development tools this week, with Real Software focused on its RealBasic platform and Veryant on Cobol.

Wed, 9 Jul 08
Scrabble poised for Facebook face-off with Scrabulous (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080709/bs_afp/lifestyleitinternetgamecompanyfacebook


Toy-makers Hasbro and Mattel have demanded that social networking website Facebook remove the online game Scrabulous due to alleged copyright infringement(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Videogame colossus Electronic Arts has said an online Scrabble game customized for Facebook will be released this month to challenge the popular unauthorized version Scrabulous.

Tue, 8 Jul 08
Pioneer Corp. to sell Blu-ray disc recorders (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080708/ap_on_hi_te/japan_blu_ray
AP - Pioneer Corp. will start selling Blu-ray disc recorders in Japan sometime before March 2009, the company said Tuesday, the latest in a string of Japanese electronics makers entering the increasingly competitive sector.

Tue, 8 Jul 08
Microsoft backs Icahn's bid to oust Yahoo board (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080708/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo


Exterior view of Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board next month, saying Monday that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate another deal. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to dump Yahoo Inc.'s board, saying Monday that a successful shareholder rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its bid to buy Yahoo's Internet search engine or possibly the entire company.

Tue, 8 Jul 08
Video-game news: Best of 2008, so far (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080708/ap_on_en_ot/games_news_bytes
AP - Real news from the virtual world:

Tue, 8 Jul 08
Digital threat prompts movie industry downgrade (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080707/ap_on_hi_te/entertainment_stocks
AP - A Lehman Brothers analyst downgraded the entertainment industry Monday and slashed forecasts for its five major companies, saying digital downloads of movies and TV shows posed a huge threat to profits from DVD sales that the companies rely on.

Tue, 8 Jul 08
Reiser reportedly leads police to wife's body (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080708/tc_cnet/830110784399851267
CNET - Hans Reiser, the Linux programmer convicted in April of murdering his estranged wife, has led police to what is believed to be her body, authorities told the San Francisco Chronicle on Monday.

Tue, 8 Jul 08
Next Gen JBoss App Server Appears As Early Release Code (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080708/tc_cmp/208803054
TechWeb - InformationWeek - With the re-engineering, JBoss Application Server may take on distinct personalities, since the core microkernel has been stripped down to essentials.

Tue, 8 Jul 08
Square Enix launches its first iPod game (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080708/tc_nm/square_enix_ipod_dc


Shoppers make their way past the Apple Store at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Illinois, October 22, 2007. (John Gress/Reuters)Reuters - Japanese videogame maker Square Enix Co Ltd said on Tuesday it had launched its first game for Apple Inc's iPod, broadening its target hardware to the top-selling media player.

Tue, 8 Jul 08
Brothers' Squabble May Scupper Reliance, MTN Merger (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080708/tc_pcworld/148049
PC World - A merger deal between MTN and Reliance Communications, both large communications companies, now seems unlikely.

Tue, 8 Jul 08
Giga-byte, Chunghwa to Launch Linux M528 MID in August (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080708/tc_pcworld/148048
PC World - Giga-byte and Chunghwa will launch the M528 MID in Taiwan this August.

Tue, 8 Jul 08
Microsoft Plans To Ship Service Pack 3 Of Windows XP Soon (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080708/tc_cmp/208803051
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft is apparently trying to prevent problems similar to the ones that followed the release of the software to the general public in May.

Tue, 8 Jul 08
IBM offering beta of second Jazz product (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080707/tc_infoworld/105789
InfoWorld - IBM began on Monday an open beta program for the second product based on its Jazz ALM (application lifecycle management) platform, IBM Rational Requirements Composer.

Tue, 8 Jul 08
Activision-Vivendi merger will shake gaming biz (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080708/tc_nm/media_activision_dc
People crowd into the Activision Inc. booth at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, May 23, 2002 in Los Angeles. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - Let the games begin.

Mon, 7 Jul 08
'Public' online spaces don't carry speech, rights (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080706/ap_on_hi_te/tec_disappearing_freedoms
A man looks at YouTube's web site in a file photo. (Peter Jones/Reuters)AP - Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.

Mon, 7 Jul 08
NBC Universal to buy The Weather Channel for $3.5B (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080706/ap_on_hi_te/nbc_weather_channel
AP - NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process that had attracted interest from several major media companies.

Mon, 7 Jul 08
Confessions of a Bluetooth convert (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080707/tc_cnet/830110784399843267
CNET - Thanks to California hands-free phone law, I have been dragged into Bluetooth land. It's not somewhere I really ever saw myself landing. I never really saw a need; I don't use my cell as frequently as anyone I know, and my car tends to sit in the garage undriven for days, sometimes weeks.

Mon, 7 Jul 08
Technology reshapes America's classrooms (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080707/tc_nm/usa_education_technology_dc


Students at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School use their laptops during a class in Dorchester, Massachusetts June 20, 2008. From online courses to kid-friendly laptops and virtual teachers, technology is spreading in America's classrooms, reducing the need for textbooks, notepads, paper and in some cases even the schools themselves. (Adam Hunger/Reuters)Reuters - From online courses to kid-friendly laptops and virtual teachers, technology is spreading in America's classrooms, reducing the need for textbooks, notepads, paper and in some cases even the schools themselves.

Mon, 7 Jul 08
Media moguls gather for summer camp (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080707/wr_nm/nc_media_sunvalley_dc


A woman prepares tables for lunch at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 2007. Major media executives packed their bathing suits, BlackBerrys and iPods this weekend and headed for their version of summer camp -- the annual gathering put together by financier Herb Allen in this exclusive resort. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - Major media executives packed their bathing suits, BlackBerrys and iPods this weekend and headed for their version of summer camp -- the annual gathering put together by financier Herb Allen in this exclusive resort.

Mon, 7 Jul 08
Economy casts pall on Sun Valley media fest (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080706/tc_nm/media_sunvalley_dc
Reuters - The deteriorating U.S. economy and slumping stock prices will frame discussions among top media and technology executives at the 26th annual Allen & Co confab in Sun Valley, Idaho, next week.

Sun, 6 Jul 08
Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_lawsuit


A screenshot of YouTube.com, taken on July 3, 2008. (www.youtube.com/Reuters)AP - Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.

Sun, 6 Jul 08
Terra gets Olympic Internet rights (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080706/ap_on_hi_te/mexico_olympic_games


China's National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, left, is seen from the Olympic Forest Park in Beijing Thursday July 3, 2008. 580-hectare (1,433-acre) Olympic Forest Park is part of efforts to create a 'Green Olympics'. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America.

Sun, 6 Jul 08
2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_hi_te/odd_oniontown_youtube_video
AP - Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said.

Sun, 6 Jul 08
iPhone 3G queue forms in Manhattan (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080705/tc_cnet/830110784399841977
CNET - The line for the Apple iPhone 3G began to form Friday--an entire week before the device goes on sale.

Sun, 6 Jul 08
WITNESS: Virtual friends in a cancer world (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080706/wr_nm/cancer_internet_dc
Reuters - Janet Guttsman is bureau chief for Reuters in Canada, and has worked for the company in Germany, Russia and the United

Sun, 6 Jul 08
Review: SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20080706/tc_macworld/reviewsohoorganizer702
Macworld.com - For personal organization, Apple has focused on the basics with its Address Book and iCal programs, which are included with Mac OS X. These are fine light-duty programs, but they lack power for anything more than simple contact and calendar management. Chronos's SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 suite provides a feature-rich alternative that will appeal to business and power users for whom Apple's offerings are insufficiently powerful or versatile.

Sun, 6 Jul 08
Apple's iPhone could find Asia tough to crack (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080706/bs_afp/lifestyleasiatechnologytelecom


A woman holds up an iPhone handset along a street in Hong Kong on July 5. The updated and cheaper version of the iPhone is set to be released in cities from Tokyo to Sydney on July 11, 2008 but in Asia, where ownership of the latest brand is crucial social currency, the sleek original has already become the must-have accoutrement trendsetters.(AFP/Andrew Ross)AFP - The iPhone 3G, which Apple is billing as twice as fast and half as expensive as the debut model, will roll out in cities from Tokyo to Sydney on Friday -- but it could face challenges in Asia it will not have elsewhere.

Sun, 6 Jul 08
Lithuania: Attacks Focused on Hosting Company (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080704/tc_pcworld/147960
PC World - A vulnerability in a Web server contributed to the attacks on some 300 Web sites in Lithuania earlier this week, a computer...

Fri, 4 Jul 08
Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_lawsuit


A woman walks past the logo of Internet search engine giant Google at a trade fair. Google expressed disappointment and privacy groups voiced outrage Thursday after a judge ordered Google to give entertainment giant Viacom details of video-watching habits of visitors to its popular video-sharing website YouTube.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Gottschalk)AP - Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.

Fri, 4 Jul 08
Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_hi_te/domain_name_attack
AP - This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.

Fri, 4 Jul 08
Police wnt u to fight crime w/txt msgs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_hi_te/police_text_messages
AP - Police in the 1970s urged citizens to "drop a dime" in a pay phone to report crimes anonymously. Now in an increasing number of cities, tipsters are being invited to use their thumbs — to identify criminals using text messages.

Fri, 4 Jul 08
Daily Debrief: Celebrating America's independence, questioning our own online (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080703/tc_cnet/830110784399838627
CNET - A day before the United States celebrates its independence, we continue to question our individual freedoms online. In Thursday's Daily Debrief, CNET News.com Editor in Chief Dan Farber and I discuss a federal judge's recent ruling in the ongoing Google-Viacom lawsuit that orders Google to turn over YouTube user activity. This will include videos watched, IP addresses, and usernames as part of an ongoing copyright infringement case.

Fri, 4 Jul 08
Kate Moss hair extension sells for 805 euros in eBay: report (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080704/en_afp/germanybritainpeopleoffbeat


A blonde hair extension that British supermodel Kate Moss, pictured in May, reputedly lost in Berlin has been auctioned on eBay for 805 euros (1,264 dollars), Bild newspaper said on Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Lovekin)AFP - A blonde hair extension that British supermodel Kate Moss reputedly lost in Berlin has been auctioned on eBay for 805 euros (1,264 dollars), Bild newspaper said on Friday.

Fri, 4 Jul 08
Lenovo Seeks Prestige in Price-sensitive Market (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080703/tc_pcworld/147954
PC World - The perception of Lenovo as a laptop innovator has paid dividends in the enterprise space, but the reputation may not...

Fri, 4 Jul 08
Asustek to Offer Eee PC With Built-in 3G Wireless (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080704/tc_pcworld/147955
PC World - Asustek will offer an Eee PC later this year with built-in 3G connectivity.

Fri, 4 Jul 08
Openmoko's Neo FreeRunner Smartphone Really Is Open (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080703/bs_nf/60618
NewsFactor - Openmoko has taken the wraps off its Neo FreeRunner, a Linux-based smartphone based on the company's open mobile-computing platform. Before you yawn about reading yet another product-introduction story -- especially about a handset that lacks 3G capability -- what sets the Neo FreeRunner apart is that it really is open, literally and figuratively.

Fri, 4 Jul 08
'Containers' Out Perform Virtualization For KV Pharmaceuticals (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080704/tc_cmp/208802705
TechWeb - InformationWeek - With a container approach from Parallels' Virtuozzo, memory consumption and processor overhead are reduced through the use of one operating system per host.

Fri, 4 Jul 08
IBM Develops Audio Masking Technology To Protect Call Center Recordings (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080704/tc_cmp/208802677
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Using speech analytics, the technology identifies and masks credit card numbers and other sensitive information in audio recordings.

Fri, 4 Jul 08
Chipmaker Connects A Wireless World And Makes It Run Faster (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080703/bs_ibd_ibd/20080703newamer
Investor's Business Daily - Now televisions, digital cameras and game consoles commonly link to the world without those physical ties.

Thu, 3 Jul 08
Study says many dial-up users don't want broadband (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_hi_te/tec_broadband_study
Graphic shows results of poll on Internet connectivity method; 1c x 4 1/4 inches; 46.5 mm x 108 mmAP - A new study suggests that attitude rather than availability may be the key reason why more Americans don't have high-speed Internet access.

Thu, 3 Jul 08
Report: Microsoft seeks help for another Yahoo bid (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo_report


In this May 5, 2008 file photo, Yahoo worker leaves Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif.. Shares of Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. rose Wednesday, July 2, 2008, as The Wall Street Journal reported Microsoft has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc.

Thu, 3 Jul 08
Adobe releases tools to improve Flash video search (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_video_search
AP - Internet users will now have an easier time finding sites that rely heavily on the popular Flash video format.

Thu, 3 Jul 08
Microsoft to sell Office, OneCare for $70 a year (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_office_subscription
AP - Microsoft Corp. will begin selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting mid-July, in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software.

Thu, 3 Jul 08
Yahoo and Microsoft making the rounds with old lovers? (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080703/tc_cnet/830110784399835697
CNET - A bit of deja vu is creeping into recent media reports of Microsoft whispering into the right ear of News Corp. and Time Warner's AOL about potential partnerships, while Yahoo is whispering in their left.

Thu, 3 Jul 08
Writers set slate for Strike.tv (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/wr_nm/strike_dc


Members of the Writers Guild of America carry signs on the picket line at NBC studios in Burbank, California February 8, 2008. An online network formed by professional TV and film scribes during the Hollywood writers' strike earlier this year unveiled a slate Wednesday featuring contributions from the minds behind the likes of 'The Office' and 'Die Hard.' (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - An online network formed by professional TV and film scribes during the Hollywood writers' strike earlier this year unveiled a slate Wednesday featuring contributions from the minds behind the likes of "The Office" and "Die Hard."

Thu, 3 Jul 08
Nintendo Wii outsells Sony's PS3 in Japan in June (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/tc_nm/sony_nintendo_dc
Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii game console outsold Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 for the seventh consecutive month in Japan in June, a game magazine publisher said.

Thu, 3 Jul 08
Hedge fund scammer surrenders in Massachusetts (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_bi_ge/fugitive_executive


Fugitive investor Samuel Israel leaves U.S. District Court in Springfield, Mass., after turning himself to authorities on Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Israel walked into the police station in Southwick, Mass., Wednesday morning and said he was a fugitive wanted by the federal government, officials said. Israel disappeared June 9 just hours before he was to report to prison in Massachusetts to begin serving a 20-year sentence handed down in April for his role in the collapse of the Bayou hedge funds. (AP Photo/The Springfield Republican, Christopher Evans)AP - A hedge fund swindler who set off a national manhunt when he faked his suicide to avoid reporting to prison rode his scooter to a small-town police station in Massachusetts on Wednesday and turned himself in while talking to his mother on his cell phone.

Thu, 3 Jul 08
Mozilla claims Guinness Record for downloads (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/wr_nm/mozilla_record_dc
Reuters - Mozilla, developer of open-source Web browser Firefox, said on Wednesday it set a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours.

Thu, 3 Jul 08
Windows XP, Vista--and Windows 7? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080703/tc_pcworld/147719
PC World - Readers debate merits of XP and Vista, and speculate on Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7.

Thu, 3 Jul 08
IBM Develops Audio-masking Technology (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080703/tc_pcworld/147914
PC World - IBM India has developed audio masking technology that could protect confidential information in audio recordings.

Thu, 3 Jul 08
Sony Confirms Pulling PS3 Firmware Update (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080703/tc_cmp/208802265
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The company released firmware 2.40 Tuesday, and reports of problems started flowing in soon after on the official PlayStation 3 message board.

Wed, 2 Jul 08
Calif's hands-free cell law for drivers in effect (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_re_us/california_hands_free


A man talks on his cell phone while driving in Los Angeles, Monday June 30, 2008 prior to a hands-free cellphone law that takes effect July 1. California's crackdown is part of a nationwide movement to get drivers' attention focused on the road rather than their conversations and their gadgets. Lawmakers in 33 states have introduced 127 bills related to driver distraction this year alone, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)AP - Millions of California motorists have had to put down their cell phones or risk a ticket as a new law takes effect requiring hands-free devices for those behind the wheel.

Wed, 2 Jul 08
Citibank ATM breach reveals PIN security problems (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_hi_te/tec_atm_breach


A Citibank ATM machine is shown at 7-Eleven in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, July 1, 2008. A security breach in Citibank ATMs at 7-Eleven stores has led to hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent cash withdrawals from hijacked accounts and a criminal indictment that points to an international crime ring. Especially troubling is that the ring apparently found a new way to grab PINs, the most sensitive part of a consumer's banking record. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Hackers broke into Citibank's network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores and stole customers' PIN codes, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing security hole in the most sensitive part of a banking record.

Wed, 2 Jul 08
Bayreuth's Wagner festival will offer opera online (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_hi_te/digital_wagner


View at the portal of the 'Festspielhaus', the festival opera house in Bayreuth, southern Germany, July 17, 2007. Germany's annual Bayreuth opera festival is going digital next month, streaming video and audio of its opening performance of 'Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg' live via the Internet. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz, file)AP - Germany's annual Bayreuth opera festival is going digital, streaming video and audio of its opening performance of "Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg" live via the Internet. The catch is the price — $77.

Wed, 2 Jul 08
Monster founder sets sights on online obituaries (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_hi_te/business_of_life


Jeff Taylor, a founder of Monster.com, visits The Associated Press on Thursday, June 5, 2008 in New York. Taylor left Monster in 2005 and has started Tributes.com, an online obituary site. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - Fourteen years ago, Jeff Taylor helped set off a tectonic shift in recruitment advertising by founding Monster.com, one of the first online companies to challenge a big profit source of newspapers.

Wed, 2 Jul 08
Blockbuster abandons Circuit City bid (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080702/tc_cnet/830110784399826187
CNET - Movie-rental chain Blockbuster announced Tuesday that it has withdrawn its $1 billion bid for consumer electronics chain Circuit City.

Wed, 2 Jul 08
Microsoft seeks allies for new Yahoo move: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080702/wr_nm/microsoft_allies_dc
Reuters - Microsoft Corp is preparing a new bid for Yahoo Inc's search business and has approached other media companies about joining it in a deal that would effectively lead to Yahoo's breakup, the Wall Street Journal said.

Wed, 2 Jul 08
Sony's U.S. gadget demand good despite rising costs (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080702/tc_nm/sony_usa_dc
Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) is seeing little or no sign of softer demand among U.S. consumers for its range of digital TVs, cameras and computer goods despite a weakening economy, a top regional executive said on Tuesday.

Wed, 2 Jul 08
Japan firms step up mobile security after stabbing rampage (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/tc_afp/japantelecominternetsecurity


File photo shows a Japanese man talking on his mobile phone in Tokyo. Japanese mobile telephone content providers are setting up safeguards to protect young people amid shock after a disgruntled young man used his phone to document his plans for a Tokyo stabbing rampage(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Japanese mobile telephone content providers are setting up safeguards to protect young people amid shock after a disgruntled young man used his phone to document his plans for a stabbing rampage.

Wed, 2 Jul 08
Making desktop Linux work for business (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080701/tc_infoworld/104794
InfoWorld - Today's IT managers face tough choices. PCs that run fine today have an uncertain upgrade path, now that Microsoft has chosen to discontinue Windows XP. Upgrade costs associated with Vista, coupled with the ever-escalating cost of application licenses, make switching to desktop Linux an increasingly attractive option.

Wed, 2 Jul 08
Alliance Aims To Welcome Macs into Enterprises (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080701/tc_nf/60565
NewsFactor - Five software companies announced Monday that they have created the Enterprise Desktop Alliance to help welcome Macs into Windows-based enterprises.

Wed, 2 Jul 08
Oracle reveals BEA roadmap (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080701/tc_infoworld/105381
InfoWorld - Oracle presented on Tuesday a comprehensive roadmap for its recently acquired BEA Systems middleware technologies, making BEA's application server Oracle's strategic Java container and pledging continued support for BEA customers.

Wed, 2 Jul 08
Xbox 360 Price Cut Coming, Report Says (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080702/tc_cmp/208801954
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft is looking to maintain recent Xbox sales' momentum in the face of stiff competition from Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii unit.

Tue, 1 Jul 08
eBay told to pay $61M to fashion brand for fakes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_hi_te/france_ebay


The Louis Vuitton boutique in Paris, 2005. A French court ordered online auctioneer eBay to pay nearly 40 million euros in damages to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury goods, in a ruling cheered as a victory for copyright protection.(AFP/Damien Meyer)AP - A French court ordered eBay Inc. to pay more than $61 million to a high-end fashion company Monday because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site.

Tue, 1 Jul 08
Yahoo takes its defense against Icahn to investors (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_shareholders


Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang (left) and co-founder David Filo speak at an international electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January. The web giant has sent a letter to stockholders defending its alliance with Google and criticizing Carl Icahn's campaign to install a Microsoft-friendly board of directors(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)AP - Yahoo Inc. began pressing a case to major shareholders Monday that its board and management deserve a chance to prove they made the right move when they rejected a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft Corp.

Tue, 1 Jul 08
Swedes protest sweeping e-mail eavesdropping law (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_hi_te/sweden_e_mail_spying
AP - A public outcry against Sweden's eavesdropping law reached new heights Monday with protesters sending more than 1 million e-mails to lawmakers, parliamentary officials said.

Tue, 1 Jul 08
Adobe to help reveal 'invisible' Flash Web content (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080701/tc_cnet/830110784399816167
CNET - Adobe Systems is helping Google and Yahoo to uncover Web content that was previously "invisible" to Web searches.

Tue, 1 Jul 08
Hollywood studio, Google forge new ground on Web (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/wr_nm/internet_dc


A Google sign is seen at its headquarters in Mountain View, California May 22, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Reuters - A major Hollywood studio and online search engine Google Inc on unveiled separate moves on Monday to put movie and TV-like content on the Web, highlighting the way in which both see the Internet as critical to reaching customers.

Tue, 1 Jul 08
Warner Music Group to offer music through Nokia phones (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080701/tc_afp/finlandtelecomequipcompanynokiamusicwarner


File photo of flags with the Nokia logo in Bochum, western Germany. Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia said Tuesday that the Warner Music Group had agreed to join its soon-to-be launched music service programme, giving its device users access to music published by Warner.(DDP/AFP/File/Volker Hartmann)AFP - Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia said Tuesday that the Warner Music Group had agreed to join its soon-to-be launched music service programme, giving its device users access to music published by Warner.

Tue, 1 Jul 08
Nokia signs Warner to music deal (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/media_nm/nokia_warner_dc


The Nokia Research and Development Centre is seen in Helsinki April 11, 2008. (Bob Strong/Reuters)Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia signed a deal with Warner Music Group to make Warner titles available through its "Comes With Music" service and Nokia music store, Nokia said on Tuesday.

Tue, 1 Jul 08
Netgear Debuts Open-Source Router (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20080630/tc_zd/229225
PC Magazine - On Monday, Netgear announced the WGR614L, what might be the world's first native open-source consumer router.

Tue, 1 Jul 08
Goodbye To Bill Gates And Windows XP (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080701/tc_cmp/208801493
TechWeb - Microsoft marks the end of an era as Bill Gates and Windows XP -- two icons of the company at its zenith -- head for the sunset. Can Redmond survive this transitional moment, or will June 30 be the day Microsoft died?

Tue, 1 Jul 08
Put to the Test: Best Smartphone Platforms For Business (TechWeb)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080701/tc_cmp/208801572
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - A smartphone's OS drives its productivity-enhancing powers. Here's a guide to choosing among Windows Mobile, Blackberry, iPhone, Nokia S60, and Google Android.

Tue, 1 Jul 08
Game makers set September release for "Rock Band 2" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/tc_nm/rockband_dc
Reuters - The makers of video game "Rock Band 2" said on Monday the sequel to last year's best-selling predecessor "Rock Band" will be released for the Xbox in September, months ahead of key rival "Guitar Hero."

 

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