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Fri, 31 Oct 08
Court limits 'business method' patents (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_on_hi_te/business_patents_court_case
AP - A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled against a man trying to patent a business idea, a decision with far-ranging implications for the financial services and high-tech industries, which have major players on both sides of the issue.

Fri, 31 Oct 08
Verizon told to sell assets with Alltel merger (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081031/ap_on_hi_te/verizon_alltel_merger
AP - The Justice Department on Thursday effectively gave Verizon Wireless the go-ahead to buy Alltel Corp. in a $28 billion deal that would create the nation's largest wireless carrier.

Fri, 31 Oct 08
Electronic Arts posts larger loss, cuts jobs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_on_hi_te/earns_electronic_arts
AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc., whose titles include "Rock Band," posted a wider quarterly net loss Thursday and said it is laying off about 6 percent of its work force to cut costs as it heads into the most lucrative season for the games industry.

Fri, 31 Oct 08
Motorola posts $397M 3Q loss; more job cuts (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_on_hi_te/earns_motorola


In this March 26, 2008 file photo, Motorola cell phones are displayed in a New York store. Motorola Inc. on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, posted a hefty loss in the third quarter due to the continued troubles of its cell phone division and said it is postponing the planned spin-off of the unit, originally planned for the third quarter of next year. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Motorola Inc. posted a hefty loss in the third quarter Thursday, citing the continued troubles of its cell phone division. The company will postpone the planned spin-off of the unit, and cut more jobs.

Fri, 31 Oct 08
Patent ruling good or bad for tech? (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081031/tc_cnet/83011357831007985938
CNET - Now that the U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that abstract processes, or business methods, cannot be patented, it's important to look at how this could affect the tech industry.

Fri, 31 Oct 08
MySpace poll shows Internet generation favors Barack Obama (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081031/tc_afp/usvoteitinternetcompanymyspace


US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks during a rally at the Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach amphitheatre in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Internet-age users overwhelmingly back Obama for US president, according to a poll at at the world's largest social networking website, MySpace said(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - Internet-age users overwhelmingly back Barack Obama for US president, according to a poll at at the world's largest social networking website, MySpace said Thursday.

Fri, 31 Oct 08
iPhone gaining ground with lower-income fans (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081031/tc_cnet/83011357931007972537
CNET - Apple and AT&T's decision to subsidize the price of the iPhone 3G is paying off with an increase in sales to lower-income folks.

Fri, 31 Oct 08
Motorola cuts 3,000 jobs, delays spinoff of cell phone unit (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081030/bs_afp/ustelecomequipearningscompanycutsmotorola


A customer checking out Motorola phones at a store. Motorola Inc. announced on Thursday that it was cutting its global workforce by 4.5 percent, or some 3,000 employees, and delaying the spinoff of its troubled cell phone unit.(AFP/File/Sam Panthaky)AFP - Motorola Inc. announced on Thursday that it was cutting its global workforce by 4.5 percent, or some 3,000 employees, and delaying the spinoff of its troubled cell phone unit.

Fri, 31 Oct 08
Q&A: Xen, the start-up in Citrix clothing (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081030/tc_cnet/8301100131007904492
CNET - It's been a year since Citrix bought XenSource, the company created by the founders of the Xen open-source hypervisor, and integrated the business into its lineup of products delivering applications to desktops.

Fri, 31 Oct 08
Former McAfee employ arrested (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081031/ap_on_hi_te/mcafee_money
AP - A California woman and her husband have been arrested on suspicion of misappropriating millions of dollars from software provider McAfee Inc.

Fri, 31 Oct 08
Sun posts $1.7B loss for fiscal 1Q (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_on_hi_te/earns_sun_microsystems
AP - Sun Microsystems Inc. posted a $1.7 billion loss for its latest quarter Thursday as the maker of servers and business software wrote down the value of the company because of the slow economy and a huge decline in its stock price.

Fri, 31 Oct 08
Electronics Arts cuts profit outlook, shares fall (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081030/bs_nm/us_electronicarts


A stack of Electronic Arts titles NBA Live 2008 (L) and NCAA March Madness 2008 can be seen stacked for sale in New York March 27, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc slashed its full-year profit forecast due to slowing demand at retail stores and a delay in the latest "Harry Potter" video game, driving its stock down 14 percent.

Thu, 30 Oct 08
Netflix, TiVo team up after 4-year courtship (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_on_hi_te/tec_netflix_tivo


This July 21, 2006 file photo shows an exterior view of Netflix headquarters is shown in Los Gatos, Calif. Home entertainment trendsetters Netflix Inc. and TiVo Inc. are finally joining forces to deliver more movies and old TV episodes to their mutual subscribers, consummating a relationship that was supposed to come together four years ago. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Home entertainment trendsetters Netflix Inc. and TiVo Inc. are finally joining forces to deliver more movies and old TV episodes to their mutual subscribers, consummating a relationship that was supposed to come together four years ago.

Thu, 30 Oct 08
Nintendo cuts annual profit forecast on strong yen (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earns_nintendo


A visitor walks by a Nintendo logo during a press event to unveil Nintendo DSi, the revamped version of its hit DS portable machine, in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. Nintendo Co. has cut its full-year net profit forecast by 15.9 percent as a surging yen undercut brisk sales of its popular Wii console and DS handheld device, the Kyoto-based company says Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. Nintendo also said net profit in the April-September half jumped 9.4 percent to 144.8 billion yen ($1.5 billion). (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - Nintendo Co. said Thursday it posted a 9.4 percent gain in first-half profit but cut its full-year outlook as a surging yen undercut brisk sales of its popular Wii console and DS handheld device.

Thu, 30 Oct 08
French try plane technology in artificial heart (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081029/ap_on_sc/eu_med_france_artificial_heart


The prototype of a fully implantable artificial heart is seen at the biomedical firm Carmat in Suresnes, west of Paris, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. French professor and leading heart transplant specialist Alain Carpentier presented the prototype on Monday, and said the prosthetic heart, successfully tested on animals, was ready to be manufactured and should be tested on humans within 18 months to two years. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - In the race to build a better artificial heart, French scientists have turned to technology from satellites and airplanes to create a heart that they say responds better to the human body. So far, the new device, shown at a news conference in Paris on Monday, has only been tested in animals. Its makers hope it might one day help people survive without needing a human heart transplant.

Thu, 30 Oct 08
FCC concerned at trend of pay-TV rate hikes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081029/ap_on_hi_te/cable_rates_rising
AP - The Federal Communications Commission expressed concern as several cable companies discussed plans to raise their rates for next year, including Cablevision Systems Corp., which on Wednesday announced an average hike for cable TV service of 3.5 percent.

Thu, 30 Oct 08
Facebook worm feeds off Google's reputation (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081029/tc_cnet/8301100931007835383
CNET - For most Facebook users, it's common to receive a message from a friend urging them to visit a page containing a video. But one video currently making the rounds appears on a Google page and will not play unless a new codec is downloaded and installed. The link provided on the Google page is not a video link, say researchers at Fortinet, but a link to a Trojan horse hosted on yet another server.

Thu, 30 Oct 08
AC/DC's Johnson 'overwhelmed' by CD's success (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081029/ap_en_mu/music_ac_dc


Angus Young, left, and Brian Johnson of AC/DC are photographed in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)AP - AC/DC made their new album, "Black Ice," available only at Wal-Mart and through their Web site, but that hasn't limited its success: The CD not only has topped the charts in more than two dozen countries, it debuts atop the latest U.S. album chart with sales of more than 780,000 copies.

Thu, 30 Oct 08
Banks, telcos to decide on wallet-phones (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081030/tc_nm/us_mobiles_wallets
Reuters - The potentially lucrative business of mobile phone wallets is waiting for banks and telecom operators to agree on each one's role and possible revenue flow in the future.

Thu, 30 Oct 08
Electronic Arts makes games for Android mobile phone (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081030/tc_afp/usitvideogamestelecomcompanyea


A customer looks at a demo model of the new G1 phone during a launch party at a T-Mobile store, on October 21, in San Francisco, California. Videogame titan Electronic Arts on Wednesday unveiled titles tailored for play on the freshly-launched AFP - Videogame titan Electronic Arts on Wednesday unveiled titles tailored for play on freshly-launched "Google phones" running on Android open-source software.

Thu, 30 Oct 08
Motorola to use Android for showcase phones: WSJ (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081029/tc_afp/ustelecomindustrymotorolagoogle


A man takes a look at a Motorola display at a convention in Hong Kong in 2006. Motorola Inc. plans to use Android, Google's open-source software platform, as the operating system for its showcase mobile phones, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Motorola Inc. plans to use Android, Google's open-source software platform, as the operating system for its showcase mobile phones, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Thu, 30 Oct 08
Motorola Adopts Android as One of Mobile Platforms (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081029/tc_nf/62720
NewsFactor - The Wall Street Journal reports Motorola Co-CEO Sanjay Jha has decided to adopt Google's Android mobile operating system as one of the company's three platforms for building next-generation cellular handsets and smartphones.

Thu, 30 Oct 08
LinkedIn Makes Professional-Style Apps Available (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081029/tc_nf/62721
NewsFactor - Apparently suffering from a bit of application envy, LinkedIn announced Tuesday that it has implemented its own platform for running apps on its professional-networking site. In keeping with LinkedIn's strong business focus, the new service is called Intelligent Applications, or InApps.

Thu, 30 Oct 08
Sci Fi game for videogame challenge (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081030/tc_nm/us_scifi
Reuters - Sci Fi Channel has ordered a reality competition that pits 12 contestants against one another in a series of video game challenges to find the best all-around gamer in the United States.

Wed, 29 Oct 08
Authors, publishers settle suit against Google (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081028/ap_on_hi_te/google_books


US technology giants Google, Microsoft and Yahoo and a coalition of human rights and other groups on Tuesday unveiled a code of conduct aimed at safeguarding online freedom of speech and privacy.(AFP/DDP/File/Torsten Silz)AP - Eager to cool the debate over copyrighted text online and anxious to make some money, Google and the publishing industry announced Tuesday that they have settled their three-year legal battle over the Internet giant's book search program.

Wed, 29 Oct 08
Microsoft says next Windows won't be as annoying (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081028/ap_on_hi_te/tec_microsoft
AP - The next version of Microsoft Windows, the software that defines the computing experience for most people, will nag users much less than its much-maligned predecessor, Vista. PC users will be able to test the new edition early next year.

Wed, 29 Oct 08
BlackBerry Partners makes first investments (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081029/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_blackberry_investments
AP - Location, location, location is the theme for the first investments made by a venture capital fund set up with money from BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd.

Wed, 29 Oct 08
FCC chairman faces growing pressure to delay votes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081028/ap_on_hi_te/fcc_telecom_rules
AP - Nearly 75 members of Congress are urging the head of the Federal Communications Commission to delay next week's vote on a proposal to overhaul key pieces of telecommunications regulation, arguing that the matter should get public review.

Wed, 29 Oct 08
Banking security on a USB stick (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081029/tc_cnet/8301100931007765583
CNET - IBM was set to unveil on Wednesday a prototype USB device designed to protect people doing online banking from having their data stolen or compromised.

Wed, 29 Oct 08
Yahoo lets outside developers play with its software (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081029/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwarecompanyyahoo


People use computer terminals in Mumbai, India. Internet giant Yahoo has followed through on a promise to give outside developers access to its software in order to jazz-up online services.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - Yahoo has followed through on a promise to give outside developers access to its software in order to jazz-up the website with fun, hip or functional programmes.

Wed, 29 Oct 08
SplashID password safe for iPhone improves search (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20081029/tc_macworld/splashidpasswordsafeforiphoneimprovessearch
Macworld.com - SplashData on Tuesday announced the release of SplashID 4.5, an update to its secure information manager for the iPhone. A free update for registered users, SplashID costs $9.99 and is available for download from the App Store.

Wed, 29 Oct 08
Softbank quarterly profit rises on iPhone sales (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081029/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earns_softbank
AP - Japan's No. 3 mobile carrier Softbank Corp. said Wednesday its net profit rose 1.9 percent in the July-September quarter thanks to steady demand for Apple's iPhone.

Wed, 29 Oct 08
Embarcadero, Compuware add .Net tools (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20081028/tc_infoworld/115587
InfoWorld - Embarcadero Technologies will preview its Delphi Prism .Net development product today at the 2008 Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles. It features a managed code database engine that targets Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

Wed, 29 Oct 08
Microsoft gives a peek at next-generation software (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081029/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwarecompanymicrosoft


Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie. The company has given the world a peek at a coming generation of software crafted to quell complaints about its Vista operating system and take on competition from arch-rival Google(AFP/Rene Macura)AFP - Microsoft has given the world a peek at a coming generation of software crafted to quell complaints about its Vista operating system and take on competition from arch-rival Google.

Wed, 29 Oct 08
Sony reports 72 pct plunge in quarterly profit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081029/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earns_sony


Sony Corp. headquarters building stands in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. Sony's second-quarter profits have plunged 72 percent with a surging yen wiping out the benefits of solid flat-panel TV and PlayStation 3 game machine sales. The Japanese electronics and entertainment company reported Wednesday Oct. 29, 2008 net profit of $214 million for the period from July through September, down 71.8 percent from the previous year. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - Sony reported a 72 percent plunge in quarterly profit on Wednesday as a surging yen wiped out perks from flat-panel TV and PlayStation 3 sales, as well as box office revenue from the movie "Hancock."

Tue, 28 Oct 08
Internet companies embrace human rights guidelines (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081028/ap_on_hi_te/internet_human_rights
AP - Leading Internet companies, long criticized by human rights groups for their business dealings in China, are agreeing to new guidelines that seek to limit what data they should share with authorities worldwide and when they should do so.

Tue, 28 Oct 08
Microsoft's Ozzie unveils `cloud computing' play (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_hi_te/tec_microsoft_ozzie


In this photograph released by Microsoft, Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect for Microsoft, unveils Window's Azure at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, in Los Angeles. The Azure Services Platform is an industry move by Microsoft aimed at helping developers build the next generation of applications that will deliver new experiences across the PC, Web and phone. (AP Photo/Microsoft, Rene Macura)AP - After more than two years as Microsoft's low-profile chief software architect, Ray Ozzie finally has something to say: Windows Azure.

Tue, 28 Oct 08
Microsoft unveils `cloud computing' product (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_hi_te/tec_microsoft_web_computing
AP - Microsoft Corp. is taking another step into the world of Web-based computing with a new system it's calling Windows Azure.

Tue, 28 Oct 08
Cable co. Cox to launch its own wireless service (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_hi_te/tec_cox_wireless
AP - Cable TV provider Cox Communications Inc. is set to announce Monday that it plans to have its own cellular network up and running next year, a move that intensifies cable's competition with phone companies.

Tue, 28 Oct 08
'Doom' creator wins first stage of lunar challenge (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081027/tc_cnet/83011138631007670276
CNET - Armadillo Aerospace, a team led by Doom video game creator John Carmack, has won $350,000 in prize money in a contest to improve lunar flight.

Tue, 28 Oct 08
Google looking to invest in energy sector: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081028/wr_nm/us_google


Google's Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, introduces the web browser dubbed Google Chrome, during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California September 2, 2008. (Kimberly White/Reuters)Reuters - Internet search and advertising leader Google Inc is increasingly looking at the energy sector as a potential business opportunity, the New York Times reported.

Tue, 28 Oct 08
And the Word became digital (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081028/wr_nm/us_bible


The image of Pope Benedict XVI reading the bible on a live television feed is projected inside the Holy Cross in Jerusalem's Basilica in Rome October 5, 2008. (Alessandro De Meo/POOL/Reuters)Reuters - An assembly of Catholic bishops on Monday called for the use of mass communications -- including television, cinema, DVDs and even iPods -- to be used to spread the Bible in as many languages as possible.

Tue, 28 Oct 08
Cox to provide wireless service (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081027/tc_afp/ustelecomwirelesscompanycox


Mobile phones on display. Cox Communications, the third largest US cable television company, announced plans Monday to provide wireless service next year.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - Cox Communications, the third largest US cable television company, announced plans Monday to provide wireless service next year.

Tue, 28 Oct 08
Ubuntu Updates Offer Mobility, Virtual Machine Building (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081027/bs_nf/62662
NewsFactor - Canonical has announced that it will release its latest Ubuntu updates for desktop and server editions on Oct. 30.

Tue, 28 Oct 08
Microsoft anti-piracy move irks Chinese official (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081028/wr_nm/us_china_microsoft


A woman sits in a shop where pirated software is displayed for sale in Shanghai, China April 19, 2006. (Aly Song/Reuters)Reuters - A top Chinese copyright official chided Microsoft for launching an anti-piracy tool that nags users of counterfeit software with a black computer screen and said the company's prices were too high.

Tue, 28 Oct 08
GM, Chrysler request $10 billion in aid: sources (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081028/bs_nm/us_chrysler_gm


Chrysler auto assembly workers leave the plant after their shift ends at the Chrysler Warren Truck Assembly in Warren, Michigan, October 14, 2008. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)Reuters - General Motors Corp and Cerberus Capital Management have asked the U.S. government for roughly $10 billion in an unprecedented rescue package to support a merger between GM and Chrysler LLC, two sources with direct knowledge of the talks said on Monday.

Tue, 28 Oct 08
Microsoft matches reward for missing Canadian teen (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081027/tc_nm/us_xbox
Reuters - Software giant Microsoft Corp has matched a reward being offered in the search for a missing Canadian teenager who ran away from home after his parents took away his Xbox 360 video game console.

Mon, 27 Oct 08
Google Earth brings virtual tourism to iPhone (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081027/tc_cnet/83011357931007554337
CNET - SAN FRANCISCO--Google already has customized some of its Web sites for display on the iPhone, but now the company also dived headlong onto Apple's highly regarded mobile phone with a full-fledge application, a handheld version of its Google Earth geographical software.

Mon, 27 Oct 08
U.S. Army warns of Twittering terrorists (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081026/tc_cnet/8301100931007548783
CNET - The U.S. intelligence community is concerned that terrorists might use micro-blogging tool Twitter to coordinate attacks, according to a purported draft Army intelligence report posted on the Web.

Mon, 27 Oct 08
Cox plans own cellular network: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081027/tc_nm/us_coxcommunications_network_plan
Reuters - Cox Communications is expected to announce later on Monday that it plans to have its own cellular network up and running next year, the Los Angeles Times said.

Mon, 27 Oct 08
Terrorist 'tweets'? US Army warns of Twitter dangers (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081025/tc_afp/usattacksmilitaryinternettwitter


A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter, Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing software as potential terrorist tools.(Twitter)AFP - A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter, Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing software as potential terrorist tools.

Mon, 27 Oct 08
Amazon Ends EC2 Beta, Adds Windows Services (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081024/bs_nf/62630
NewsFactor - Amazon Web Services (AWS) is reaching farther into the cloud. After two years in beta, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is now generally available. Amazon also announced a beta for hosted support running Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server.

Sun, 26 Oct 08
Depressed astronauts might get computerized solace (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081025/ap_on_hi_te/tec_depressed_in_space


Dartmouth psychologist Dr. Mark Hegel poses in his office with his laptop in Lebanon, N.H., Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. Hegel is working on a computer program, 'The Virtual Space Station,' that will guide astronauts through treatment for depression and other problems while in space. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Your work is dangerous and your co-workers rely on you to stay alive. But you can never get far from those colleagues. You can't see your family for months, even years. The food isn't great. And forget stepping out for some fresh air.

Sun, 26 Oct 08
VMware, IDC play virtualization hardball (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081025/tc_cnet/8301100131007538592
CNET - Virtualization company VMware has publicly disputed the way in which key research into the virtualization market was undertaken by analysts IDC, and disputed figures that appear to show a rapid growth by a competitive product from Microsoft.

Sun, 26 Oct 08
Terrorist 'tweets'? US Army warns of Twitter dangers (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081025/pl_afp/usattacksmilitaryinternettwitter


A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter, Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing software as potential terrorist tools.(Twitter)AFP - A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter, Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing software as potential terrorist tools.

Sun, 26 Oct 08
Lawmaker questions Google-backed spectrum plan (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081026/tc_nm/us_fcc_whitespace


A woman holds a Google T-Mobile G1 mobile telephone at a T-Mobile store in New York City, October 22, 2008. (Mike Segar/Reuters)Reuters - A senior U.S. lawmaker on Friday joined a growing chorus asking the head of the Federal Communications Commission to explain his plan to open unused airwaves for wireless devices, an approach backed by Google Inc.

Sun, 26 Oct 08
Q&A: Symbian's switch to open source (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081025/tc_cnet/8301103531007508594
CNET - Symbian, the U.K.-based maker of the world's most popular smartphone operating system, is going through big changes.

Sat, 25 Oct 08
Depressed astronauts might get computerized solace (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_hi_te/tec_depressed_in_space


Dartmouth psychologist Dr. Mark Hegel poses in his office with his laptop in Lebanon, N.H., Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. Hegel is working on a computer program, 'The Virtual Space Station,' that will guide astronauts through treatment for depression and other problems while in space. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Your work is dangerous and your co-workers rely on you to stay alive. But you can never get far from those colleagues. You can't see your family for months, even years. The food isn't great. And forget stepping out for some fresh air.

Sat, 25 Oct 08
E-tailers push e-mail discounts to lure shoppers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_hi_te/online_discounts
AP - Online retailers — grappling with a sharp drop in consumer spending from even their most gung-ho Web enthusiasts — are becoming pushier with e-mails that pitch the latest deals.

Sat, 25 Oct 08
Foundry postpones vote on Brocade merger, shareholder votes come up short (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081024/tc_cnet/8301100131007518192
CNET - Update at 4:45 p.m. PDT, with information from Foundry's proxy filing on adjourning the meeting to get more shareholder votes.

Sat, 25 Oct 08
Collecting with the stars: celeb trading cards (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081025/ap_en_mu/celeb_trading_cards


In this June 1, 2008 file photo, actress Megan Fox arrives at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - These days, most celebrities trade on their fame for fashion lines, fragrances, reality shows and blogs. Now, some 40 famous folks — from Scarlett Johansson to Jared Leto — will be able to trade their fame with each other.

Sat, 25 Oct 08
Report: North Korea restricting cell phone use (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081024/tc_cnet/8301103531007508394
CNET - North Korea has been restricting the use of cell phones to prevent its residents from sharing news about a worsening food crisis, according to a report on the The Times of London Web site.

Sat, 25 Oct 08
CELL PHONE USERS SHOULD GIVE IT A REST IN THE LADIES' ROOM (Dear Abby)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20081024/lf_ucda/cellphoneusersshouldgiveitarestintheladiesroom
Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: Unbelievable as it may seem, this actually happened. I was in the ladies' room in my office building when a woman came in talking on her cell phone. She went into the stall next to mine and continued carrying on a conversation throughout her visit -- even while washing her hands!

Sat, 25 Oct 08
Amazon Ends EC2 Beta, Adds Windows Services (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081024/tc_nf/62630
NewsFactor - Amazon Web Services (AWS) is reaching farther into the cloud. After two years in beta, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is now generally available. Amazon also announced a beta for hosted support running Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server.

Sat, 25 Oct 08
Maybe The Sweetest 'Guitar Hero' Axe You'll Ever See (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20081024/tc_zd/233378
PC Magazine - When Logitech announced its Logitech Wireless Guitar Controller Premiere Edition for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 versions of the "Guitar Hero" franchise, we did not bat an eye. That is, until we saw the thing.

Fri, 24 Oct 08
Microsoft profit up 2 percent, but outlook soft (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_hi_te/earns_microsoft


Microsoft Office is seen on display at Costco in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008. Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit edged up 2 percent, buoyed through economic uncertainty by corporate customers that renewed licenses for servers and other business programs. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Microsoft is still churning out big profits, but its decision to trim its sails shows that even the world's largest software maker is feeling the effects of the choppy economy.

Fri, 24 Oct 08
Samsung 3rd-quarter profit falls 44 percent (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_hi_te/as_skorea_earns_samsung
AP - Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday that its third-quarter net profit fell sharply due to the global economic downturn and lower prices for its mainstay semiconductors and flat screens.

Fri, 24 Oct 08
MySpace adds indie distributor to MySpace Music (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081023/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_music
AP - A month after irking part of the independent recording community by launching its online music service mostly with major labels, MySpace Music has made a deal to almost double the amount of indie tunes available through the service.

Fri, 24 Oct 08
Sun co-founder Bechtolsheim going part-time (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081023/ap_on_hi_te/sun_microsystems_bechtolsheim
AP - Andy Bechtolsheim, a revered technologist who co-founded Sun Microsystems Inc. and has been instrumental in designing the company's servers, is stepping down from his day-to-day role to help build a new networking startup.

Fri, 24 Oct 08
Report: Fake story about Steve Jobs planted by teenager (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081024/tc_cnet/83011357931007440137
CNET - The fake story submitted to CNN's iReport site that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack was the work of an 18-year-old, according to a report.

Fri, 24 Oct 08
Source: Yahoo to announce plans for Neb. facility (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_plans
AP - Yahoo Inc. is expected to unveil plans to build a new facility in Nebraska on Friday, just days after the California-based Internet company announced it will cut at least 1,500 workers as it deals with the economic downturn.

Fri, 24 Oct 08
Azada: Ancient Magic casual game released (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20081024/tc_macworld/azadaancientmagiccasualgamereleased
Macworld.com - Big Fish Games on Thursday announced the release of Azada: Ancient Magic, a new casual game for the Mac. It costs $19.99; a trial version is available for free download.

Fri, 24 Oct 08
Samsung Elec Q3 net down 44 percent on weak chips (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081024/bs_nm/us_samsung_results
Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Friday posted a 44 percent drop in third-quarter profit as persistent weakness in its memory business offset a solid performance in flat screens and mobile phones.

Fri, 24 Oct 08
MuleSource adds to open source SOA, ESB (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20081023/tc_infoworld/115275
InfoWorld - Furthering its open source SOA middleware, MuleSource this week upgraded both its SOA governance platform, enabling custom extensions, and its ESB, which offers REST (Representational State Transfer) support.

Fri, 24 Oct 08
Samsung Blu-ray Players Will Stream Netflix Videos (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081023/tc_nf/62606
NewsFactor - DVD-rental company Netflix has been working aggressively to expand its delivery options beyond the U.S. Postal Service. In its latest move, the company has struck a deal with Samsung Electronics to embed software in Blu-ray players that will allow consumers to stream video selections from Netflix's library of more than 12,000 titles. No financial terms were disclosed.

Fri, 24 Oct 08
Tech earnings shows some strength, led by Microsoft (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081023/bs_nm/us_microsoft


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. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp and a diverse group of technology companies posted quarterly results that met or beat Wall Street forecasts on Thursday in a good sign for the sector in the face of deepening economic gloom.

Fri, 24 Oct 08
Russian capsule carrying US tourist lands in Kazakhstan (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081024/en_afp/russiausspacetourism


US space tourist Richard Garriott is helped putting on his space suit at the Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, on October 12. A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying US millionaire video game guru, the world's sixth space tourist, undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and took course for Earth on Friday, according to space officials.(AFP/File/Dmitry Kostyukov)AFP - A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying US millionaire video game guru Richard Garriott, the world's sixth space tourist, and two Russian cosmonauts, landed in Kazakhstan as scheduled, the Russian mission control center said early Friday.

Thu, 23 Oct 08
Samsung Blu-ray players hooking up with Netflix (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081023/ap_on_hi_te/samsung_netflix


In this April 28, 2008 file photo, models unveil Samsung Electronics's new Blu-ray optical disc players and cameras in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics is equipping Blu-ray DVD players so they can retrieve movies and TV shows from Netflix Inc.'s Internet streaming service, accelerating Netflix's push to develop more delivery channels beyond the mail. (AP Photo/Bang Sung-hae)AP - Samsung Electronics Co. is equipping Blu-ray DVD players so they can retrieve movies and TV shows from Netflix Inc.'s Internet streaming service, accelerating Netflix's push to develop more delivery methods beyond the mail.

Thu, 23 Oct 08
Get real! Virtual campaign draws followers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081023/ap_on_el_pr/virtual_politics


Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., encourages his supporters to 'fight for America' at the conclusion of an airport campaign rally in Cincinnati, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - It's not just Earthbound voters who are intensely following the U.S. presidential campaign: The race also is a hot topic in the virtual world of Second Life.

Thu, 23 Oct 08
LinkedIn connects with investors for $22.7 million (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081023/ap_on_hi_te/linkedin_investment
AP - LinkedIn Corp. has raised an additional $22.7 million to help insulate the steadily growing online business network from the economic storm and provide more financial flexibility.

Thu, 23 Oct 08
Amazon.com profit soars but outlook and stock down (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_hi_te/earns_amazon
AP - Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday that its profit climbed 48 percent in the third quarter, but the company reduced its full-year sales outlook, showing that the online retailer cannot escape the weak economy. Its shares dived in after-hours trading.

Thu, 23 Oct 08
LinkedIn raises another $22.7 million (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081023/tc_cnet/8301102331007360193
CNET - LinkedIn announced Wednesday that it has raised an additional $22.7 million in funding, giving the business-networking site a little cushion in difficult economic times.

Thu, 23 Oct 08
Netflix, Samsung in streaming partnership (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081023/wr_nm/us_netflix_samsung


A DVD rental from Netflix is seen against the company's website in Medford, Massachusetts in this July 25, 2008 file photo. (Brian Snyder/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc said on Wednesday that some of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's Blu-ray DVD devices can now play video streamed over the Web from Netflix.

Thu, 23 Oct 08
Sony says to beat PSP sales forecast in 2008/09 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081023/tc_nm/us_sony_psp
Reuters - Sony Corp said on Thursday it expects to beat its sales forecast for its PlayStation Portable handheld game gear for the year to March.

Thu, 23 Oct 08
Strong iPhone 3G Sales Both Boost and Hurt AT&T (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081022/bs_nf/62573
NewsFactor - Telecommunications giant AT&T reported its earnings rose 5.5 percent during the third quarter, but profits fell short of analyst predictions. Ironically, the chief cause of both the rise in revenues and the disappointing profits was the same: The company's strong sales of Apple's iPhone 3G.

Thu, 23 Oct 08
Nokia Joins Open-Source Trend for Mobile Platforms (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081022/bs_nf/62574
NewsFactor - Google's recent decision to open its Android mobile-device platform is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to open-source plans for revolutionizing wireless environments worldwide.

Thu, 23 Oct 08
Microsoft Uses Black Screen To Fight Piracy in China (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081022/tc_nf/62576
NewsFactor - PC users in China running illegal versions of Microsoft Windows were greeted recently with black computer screens. It was a result of Microsoft putting some muscle behind its anti-piracy initiative in China.

Wed, 22 Oct 08
Yahoo to dump 1,500 workers as slump deepens in 3Q (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_hi_te/earns_yahoo


A Yahoo worker waves to another worker outside of Yahoo offices in Santa Clara, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008. Mired in a deep slump, Yahoo will fire at least 1,500 workers to cope with a crumbling economy that dented its third-quarter profit and turned up the heat on the Internet company's management as investors stew over a missed opportunity to sell to Microsoft Corp. for $47.5 billion. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Yahoo Inc.'s leaders still have jobs despite investor misgivings about their decision making, but at least 1,500 workers will be shown the door after the slumping Internet company's profits tumbled yet again in the third quarter.

Wed, 22 Oct 08
Apple's profit up 26 percent on iPhone boom (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_hi_te/earns_apple


Apple customer uses an Apple iPhone at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008. Apple Inc.'s fiscal fourth-quarter report, expected after the market close Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Booming sales of the newest iPhone led Apple to a stellar fiscal fourth-quarter report, defying predictions that the tumultuous U.S. economy would hold the company back.

Wed, 22 Oct 08
Samsung withdraws bid to acquire SanDisk (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_hi_te/as_skorea_samsung_sandisk
AP - Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it withdrew its bid to acquire U.S. flash memory card maker SanDisk Corp., citing "growing uncertainties" in SanDisk's business.

Wed, 22 Oct 08
SC prisons take on feds over jamming phone signals (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_hi_te/prisons_cell_phones
AP - South Carolina might already have started jamming cell phone signals in prisons to prevent convicts from committing further crimes, if it weren't for one significant problem with the plan: It's against the law.

Wed, 22 Oct 08
Yahoo earnings: It could be worse (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081022/tc_cnet/8301102331007204393
CNET - Response among in tech journalists to Yahoo's layoff announcement and profit drop runs the gamut. But on one thing they agree: it could have been worse.

Wed, 22 Oct 08
Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft black-outs (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081022/tc_nm/us_china_microsoft


A technician adjusts a spotlight at the exhibition stand of Microsoft in preparation for the CeBIT computer fair in the northern German town of Hanover March 12, 2007. (Christian Charisius/Reuters)Reuters - Chinese Internet users have expressed fury at Microsoft's launch of an anti-piracy tool targeting Chinese computer users to ensure they buy genuine software and not a copy.

Wed, 22 Oct 08
A new etiquette for the iPhone generation (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20081022/tc_infoworld/115028
InfoWorld - Armin Henreich's infamous "I Am Rich" iPhone application -- a $1,000 ruby-red screen saver -- was pulled from Apple App Store shelves months ago, but its message still resonates loudly.

Wed, 22 Oct 08
AT&T Launches All-Bands Samsung Epix Smartphone (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081021/bs_nf/62545
NewsFactor - AT&T has just launched yet another trendy 3G smartphone with advanced touchscreen capabilities. Called the Samsung Epix, the new enterprise-class handset will be exclusively available in the United States through AT&T, just like Apple's iPhone 3G.

Wed, 22 Oct 08
Google Makes Android Mobile Platform Open Source (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081021/bs_nf/62541
NewsFactor - "What will you do with Android?" That's the provocative question posed by Android software engineer Dave Bort on the new blog for the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), the new initiative launched by the Google-led Open Handset Alliance.

Wed, 22 Oct 08
Update: Adobe's Ichabod boosts Flash search (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20081021/tc_infoworld/114971
InfoWorld - Adobe Systems has developed technology called "Ichabod," to better enable search engines to index AJAX-based content, an Adobe official said on Tuesday morning.

Wed, 22 Oct 08
IBM works on next-gen Web collaboration (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20081021/tc_infoworld/115025
InfoWorld - IBM is working on a Web-conferencing platform dubbed OpusUna, which offers all participants the ability to collaborate using the same Web pages and features audio and video.

Wed, 22 Oct 08
Microsoft Will Delay Xbox Live Primetime Channel (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081021/tc_nf/62542
NewsFactor - It was touted as the "biggest virtual game show stage," but -- although the stage was being set -- Xbox Live Primetime is being delayed. The channel on the New Xbox Experience was supposed to be available this fall as the gaming industry's first attempt at competing in an area dominated by television.

Tue, 21 Oct 08
Netflix 3Q profit rises 30 pct as economy darkens (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081021/ap_on_hi_te/earns_netflix


In this May 16, 2008 file photo, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings smiles at Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos, Calif. Netflix will release its quarterly earnings report after the market close Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Netflix Inc.'s third-quarter profit surged 30 percent despite slowing subscriber growth, which is turning into a bigger problem for the online DVD rental leader as the rapidly unraveling economy prods more consumers to clamp down on entertainment expenses.

Tue, 21 Oct 08
TI profit down in 3Q, warns of slowing business (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081020/ap_on_hi_te/earns_texas_instruments
AP - Texas Instruments Inc., which makes chips for cell phones and other gadgets, warned Monday that orders are slowing down rapidly, and said it will cut jobs to save money.

Tue, 21 Oct 08
Sun Microsystems swings to big quarterly loss (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081020/ap_on_hi_te/sun_microsystems_outlook
AP - Battered by competition and slowing demand, Sun Microsystems Inc. swung to a big loss in its fiscal first quarter, dragging the server and software maker's results below Wall Street's forecast.

Tue, 21 Oct 08
Ebay to ban sales of ivory products in January (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081021/ap_on_hi_te/ebay_ivory_ban
AP - Online auction site eBay Inc. said Monday it will institute a global ban on the sale of all ivory products starting next year.

Tue, 21 Oct 08
GreenFuel Tech opens algae-growing greenhouse (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081021/tc_cnet/83011112831007067854
CNET - GreenFuel Technologies on Tuesday is expected to announce what few in the algae fuel business can claim--a paying customer.

Tue, 21 Oct 08
Optimism high for few saying US moving right way (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081021/ap_on_go_ot/ap_yahoo_poll_right_track
AP - They're almost an endangered species, the dwindling number of people who say the country is heading in the right direction. But they're out there.

Tue, 21 Oct 08
CapsuleThins hard case debuts for iPod nano 4G (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20081021/tc_macworld/capsulethinshardcasedebutsforipodnano4g
Macworld.com - SwitchEasy on Monday announced the release of CapsuleThins for the fourth-generation iPod nano. The new case is $19.99.

Tue, 21 Oct 08
TI outlook misses expectations, shares fall (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081021/bs_nm/us_texasinstruments


A view of the gate to a Texas Instruments plant in Loakan road in Baguio city, north of Manila, May 3, 2007. (STRINGER/Reuters)Reuters - Chip maker Texas Instruments Inc warned that its fourth-quarter results would fall far short of expectations, sending its shares down 5 percent, in the latest sign that the economic crisis is hurting demand for everything from cell phones to industrial equipment.

Tue, 21 Oct 08
Microsoft exec touts mixed source ventures (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20081020/tc_infoworld/114811
InfoWorld - Microsoft has been making moves on the licensing front and accommodations with open source, such as its controversial 2006 agreement with Novell pertaining to Suse Linux.

Tue, 21 Oct 08
Visa, Huawei, ARM to join Symbian group (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081021/tc_nm/us_symbian_group
Reuters - British chip designer ARM, card network Visa, Chinese technology group Huawei and nine others said on Tuesday they planned to join the Symbian Foundation to get free access to its software.

Tue, 21 Oct 08
OpenAjax moves on interoperability, security (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20081020/tc_infoworld/114887
InfoWorld - The OpenAjax Alliance plans in 2009 to finish off two interoperability technologies for AJAX developers, IBM officials said at the AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo on Monday.

Tue, 21 Oct 08
'Max Payne' tops box office, outshines Bush biopic (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081020/ennew_afp/entertainmentuscanadafilmboxoffice


Mark Wahlbergm who stars in the AFP - "Max Payne" marked a successful transition from video game star to movie hero as the film debuted atop the North American box office at the weekend, final figures showed Monday.

Mon, 20 Oct 08
The Internet is no 21st-century boob tube (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081019/tc_cnet/8301102331006737893
CNET - Remember when you were young and your family used to gather 'round the television eating dinner on TV trays, fixated by programs like M*A*S*H and All in the Family? Chit chat about what happened at school and work was relegated to commercial breaks. And then it was bedtime.

Mon, 20 Oct 08
US nuclear family also technology family (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081019/tc_afp/lifestyleusitinternettechnology


A woman uses free wireless internet access at a cafe in San Francisco, California. The typical American nuclear family is more likely than the rest of the population to own cellphones, use the Internet and have multiple computers at home, according to a survey released on Sunday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - The typical American nuclear family is more likely than the rest of the population to own cellphones, use the Internet and have multiple computers at home, according to a survey released on Sunday.

Mon, 20 Oct 08
"Max Payne" shoots to top of box office roster (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081019/en_nm/us_boxoffice


Cast member Mark Wahlberg, who stars in the movie 'Max Payne', poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, California October 12, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Action-packed "Max Payne" shot its way to the top of the North American box office, grossing $18 million during the video game adaptation's first weekend in theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday.

Sun, 19 Oct 08
Venture investing tops $7 billion in third quarter (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081018/tc_cnet/8301100131006952592
CNET - The final days of the third quarter may have marked the start of the freefalling economy, but the third quarter as a whole was a healthy one for venture capital investments.

Sun, 19 Oct 08
Axel Springer hit by new German data leak scandal (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081018/wr_nm/us_axelspringer


The logo of German publisher Axel Springer is pictured in front of the Company's head quarter in Berlin in this March 6, 2007 file photo. The personal details of thousands of people who placed classified advertisements in newspapers owned by Axel Springer made their way onto the Internet in the latest data leak scandal to hit Germany. A company spokeswoman confirmed October 18, 2008 a report in the magazine Der Spiegel that the names, addresses, mobile phone numbers and bank account details for customers of the free weekly papers could be viewed online before the leak was plugged last month. (Hannibal Hanschke/Files/Reuters)Reuters - The personal details of thousands of people who placed classified advertisements in newspapers owned by Axel Springer made their way onto the Internet in the latest data leak scandal to hit Germany.

Sat, 18 Oct 08
Future planes, cars may be made of `buckypaper' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081018/ap_on_hi_te/tec_buckypaper


Ben Wang, director of Florida State's High-performance Materials Institute, is shown in his lab, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008, in Tallahassee, Fla. Wang and researchers at Florida State University, are developing manufacturing techniques that soon may make buckypaper competitive with the best composite materials now available. Buckypaper is envisioned as a revolutionary material for making light, energy-efficient aircraft and automobiles, more powerful personal computers, improved television screens and a host of other products. On the computer screen, left, is a microscopic view of buckypaper. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)AP - It's called "buckypaper" and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don't be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from airplanes to TVs are made.

Sat, 18 Oct 08
NASA sees no quick fix for broken Hubble telescope (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_sc/nasa_hubble


This NASA file image shows the Hubble Space Telescope resting in the Space Shuttle Discoverys cargo bay during a repair mission in 1999. New technical problems on the telescope, which is currently undergoing more repairs, will further delay the resumption of the it's regular duties, according to NASA officials.(AFP/HO/File)AP - NASA's efforts to get the ailing Hubble Space Telescope working again have hit a snag, and engineers are trying to figure out their next step.

Sat, 18 Oct 08
NASA to launch probe to map solar system's edge (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_sc/sci_solar_system_probe


This artist rendering released by NASA shows the Interstellar Boundary Explorer or IBEX spacecraft in space. The small NASA spacecraft embarks on a two-year mission Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008, to give scientists their first view of the happenings at the edge of the solar system. The Ibex probe will study a chaotic region in space where the solar wind from the sun clashes with cold gases from interstellar space. (AP Photo/NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Walt Feimer)AP - A small NASA spacecraft embarks on a two-year mission this weekend to give scientists their first view of the happenings at the edge of the solar system. The Ibex probe, short for Interstellar Boundary Explorer, will study a chaotic region in space where the solar wind from the sun clashes with cold gases from interstellar space.

Sat, 18 Oct 08
Google, eBay up, but indexes down (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081017/tc_cnet/8301102331006913693
CNET - Despite a down day for the broader markets Friday, a handful of tech stocks swam against the tide, posting modest single-digit gains.

Sat, 18 Oct 08
Obama buys first video game campaign ads (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081017/tc_nm/us_usa_politics_videogames


An advertisement for Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is shown in a screen grab image from the EA Sports online video game 'NBA Live 08' for Xbox Live 360 in this publicity photo released to Reuters October 15, 2008. The Democratic senator from Illinois is using the ads, placed in 18 video game titles, as part of a larger promotion of his campaign's online voter registration and early balloting drive in 10 battleground states, a campaign spokesman said. (Courtesy of the Obama Campaign/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Barack Obama, flush with cash and ramping up his advertising in the final weeks before the November 4 election, is making U.S. political history by placing the first presidential campaign ads in online video games.

Sat, 18 Oct 08
Apple Is Greener, Greenpeace Says, But Has More To Do (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081017/tc_nf/62488
NewsFactor - At last Tuesday's laptop event on the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif., the environment got a lot of attention. CEO Steve Jobs, who has been pushing for a "greener Apple" for months, flatly declared that the new Mac laptops, with their unibody aluminum construction and less toxic parts, "are the industry's greenest notebooks."

Sat, 18 Oct 08
Qualcomm: Nokia to pay $2.5B in royalties dispute (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081018/ap_on_bi_ge/nokia_qualcomm
AP - Wireless semiconductor company Qualcomm Inc. will get an upfront payment of $2.5 billion from Nokia Corp. in a settlement of a royalties dispute, a spokeswoman said Friday.

Sat, 18 Oct 08
Adobe's Flash Player 10 Takes on Microsoft's Silverlight 2 (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081017/bs_nf/62481
NewsFactor - Just weeks after releasing the beta version of its Flash Player 10, code-named Astro, Adobe Systems this week released the final version for Linux, Windows and Macintosh computers. Flash Player 10 comes with a slew of new features and goes head-to-head with Microsoft's Silverlight 2, which was also released this week.

Sat, 18 Oct 08
Microsoft PDC to feature various technologies (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20081017/tc_infoworld/114756
InfoWorld - Microsoft bills its upcoming Professional Developers Conference as a gathering of developers and architects and a chance to understand the future of Microsoft's platform. From this backdrop, the Los Angeles conference, which begins on October 26, is set to feature insights on a host of technologies ranging from model-driven software development to cloud computing and the Windows OS.

Sat, 18 Oct 08
Social networking sites told to warn users of weak privacy controls (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081017/tc_afp/internetprivacydataeurope


The logo of social networking website 'Facebook' is displayed on a computer screen in London in 2007. Social networking websites were urged Friday to warn users about the low level of protection given to their profiles at a Council of Europe-organised conference on the issue.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Social networking websites were urged Friday to warn users about the low level of protection given to their profiles at a Council of Europe-organised conference on the issue.

Sat, 18 Oct 08
Video-Game Sales Slide, But Analysts Optimistic (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081017/bs_nf/62483
NewsFactor - Sales of the Nintendo Wii game console rose 37 percent in September, but the rest of the industry saw losses. It was the first time in more than two years that the market for consoles and games has seen an overall decline.

Fri, 17 Oct 08
Economy stalls, but Google's 3Q profit still rises (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_hi_te/earns_google


Google umbrellas at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. Google said Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008, it shook off the slowing economy to boost its third-quarter profit by 26 percent to $1.35 billion. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - The economy is sputtering, but Google Inc.'s profits are still accelerating at a rate that suggests the Internet search leader can remain a marketing magnet even when advertisers and consumers aren't in a spending mood.

Fri, 17 Oct 08
IBM's 3Q profit strong on global sales, cost cuts (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_hi_te/earns_ibm


Close up of an IBM storage system is shown at an IBM research facility in San Jose, Calif., Sept. 3, 2008. IBM Corp., which tipped its hand by reporting partial third-quarter results early, will flesh out its results Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008, after the market closes with the full report. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - A big question hanging over IBM Corp.'s third quarter was just how much new business it brought in during a period of economic strife.

Fri, 17 Oct 08
AMD heavily trims 3Q loss, revenue up 14 pct (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081016/ap_on_hi_te/earns_amd
AP - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. surprised investors with a sharply reduced loss for the third quarter, as the computer chip maker received a large lump sum for licensed technologies. Its shares soared in extended trading.

Fri, 17 Oct 08
Treasury office faults IRS computer security (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081016/ap_on_hi_te/irs_computer_security
AP - Two new IRS computer systems that will eventually cost taxpayers almost $2 billion are being put into service despite known security and privacy vulnerabilities, a Treasury watchdog said in a report coming out Thursday.

Fri, 17 Oct 08
Vista laptops not top sellers on Amazon (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081017/tc_cnet/83011386031006861656
CNET - Computer sales on Amazon.com are not exactly a proxy for the broader retail market. Still, I do think it is noteworthy that of the top 20 best-selling laptops on Thursday evening, just one was running Windows Vista.

Fri, 17 Oct 08
RIAA appeals mistrial in file-sharing case (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081017/tc_cnet/83011357831006854738
CNET - The Recording Industry Association of America is appealing a judge's decision last month to declare a mistrial in the case of Jammie Thomas, who was ordered to pay the recording industry $222,000 for allegedly sharing music online.

Fri, 17 Oct 08
Botnets on cell phones in 2009? (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081016/tc_cnet/8301100931006799483
CNET - About 15 percent of all online computers are infected with bots, says a new report (PDF) on emerging threats for 2009 from Georgia Tech Information Security Center. And according to Patrick Traynor, assistant professor at Georgia Tech's School of Computer Science, "We'll start to see the botnet problem infiltrate the mobile world in 2009."

Fri, 17 Oct 08
Nokia 3Q profit falls 30 percent, revenue slips (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081016/ap_on_hi_te/eu_finland_earns_nokia
AP - Nokia Corp., the world's largest cell phone maker, lost market share in the third quarter as profits dropped 30 percent because of falling sales and lower prices on the handsets that did sell.

Fri, 17 Oct 08
Google Open About Kill Switch in Android Phones (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081016/tc_nf/62475
NewsFactor - Although T-Mobile's G1 smartphone with Google's Android mobile operating system won't be formally launched until Oct. 22, observers are busy peering under the hood and reading the fine print. One feature is sure to cause some comment: A remote kill switch that will let Google wipe out any application that violates the developer distribution agreement for Android apps.

Fri, 17 Oct 08
IBM confident on profit, looks to emerging markets (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081017/bs_nm/us_ibm


View of IBM headquarters at la Defense in Paris, May 6, 2005. (Philippe Wojazer ABP/TC/Reuters)Reuters - International Business Machines Corp , the biggest technology services company, said it expects to meet long-term profit forecasts despite economic turmoil, partly due to continued growth in emerging markets.

Fri, 17 Oct 08
Style trumps substance in noir wannabe "Payne" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081017/film_nm/us_film_payne


Cast member Mark Wahlberg, who stars in the movie 'Max Payne', poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, California October 12, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - "Max Payne" is a banal revenge melodrama-cum-detective story, but fans of the video game on which it is based should not be alarmed. The crews on production design, cinematography, visual effects, costumes, makeup, prosthetics and pyrotechnics do everything in their power to disguise this fact.

Thu, 16 Oct 08
Review: Google's first phone smart, but needs work (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081016/ap_on_hi_te/tec_tech_test_google_phone


In this Sept. 23, 2008 file photo, the T-Mobile G1 Android-powered phone, the first cell phone with the operating system designed by Google Inc., is shown in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Given Google Inc.'s reputation as a trend setter on the Web, I expected great things from its first mobile phone — especially since it is emerging more than a year after Apple Inc. launched the enormously popular iPhone.

Thu, 16 Oct 08
FCC chair eyes fallow TV airwaves for broadband (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_hi_te/tec_fcc_white_spaces
AP - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday proposed opening up unused portions of the television airwaves known as "white spaces" to deliver wireless broadband service.

Thu, 16 Oct 08
EBay posts 3Q profit, but outlook below forecasts (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081016/ap_on_hi_te/earns_ebay


Brian Winer of Los Angeles uses an eBay kiosk to check on an item he has for sale during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 6, 2006. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)AP - EBay Inc. posted a third-quarter profit that beat analyst forecasts Wednesday, but its lower-than-expected fourth-quarter outlook indicated the online auction site operator is not immune to the slowing economy.

Thu, 16 Oct 08
FCC chairman backs use of 'white space' spectrum (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081015/tc_cnet/8301103531006733194
CNET - Companies lobbying the Federal Communications Commission to access unused spectrum known as "white spaces" won a big victory on Wednesday when Chairman Kevin Martin threw his weight behind the proposal citing findings in an FCC report that was also issued Wednesday.

Thu, 16 Oct 08
Wealthy Asians use phones to blog, take photos: study (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081016/tc_nm/us_mobiles_asia
Reuters - For wealthy Asians, mobile phones and Blackberrys are much more than a way to stay in touch, with a survey finding portable communication devices increasingly being used to watch videos, take pictures and surf the Web.

Thu, 16 Oct 08
SanDisk Stresses Convenience as SlotMusic Cards Debut (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081015/tc_nf/62466
NewsFactor - SanDisk is keeping good on its promise to bring music to its consumers. On Wednesday, the Milpitas, Calif.-based company, along with four music giants, said consumers this week can begin buying its SlotMusic microSD cards to be used in slot-enabled mobile phones, portable media players, computers and car stereos.

Thu, 16 Oct 08
AT&T seeks to make more non-phone gadgets wireless (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_hi_te/tec_at_t_gadgets
AP - Latching on to a trend in the wireless industry, AT&T Inc. said Wednesday it has started an initiative to encourage manufacturers to create more non-phone gadgets that connect to its wireless network.

Thu, 16 Oct 08
Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 for Public Testing (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081015/bs_nf/62468
NewsFactor - Mozilla's Firefox 3.1 beta 1, now available for public download, is loaded with new features that once again put the Firefox developer community on the cutting edge of browser development.

Thu, 16 Oct 08
Opera's MAMA Tells Devs What's Behind the Web (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20081015/tc_zd/233028
PC Magazine - Opera Software announced Wednesday that it has developed a search engine that allows users to search a Web page's structure as well as its content.

Thu, 16 Oct 08
Cisco, Tata open public video conferencing rooms: company (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081015/tc_afp/usindiaitcompanyciscotata


Cisco logo. US networking giant Cisco and India's Tata Communications, in a move targeting businesses hoping to save money on travel, opened public video conferencing rooms around the globe on Wednesday, Cisco said.(Cisco)AFP - US networking giant Cisco and India's Tata Communications, in a move targeting businesses hoping to save money on travel, opened public video conferencing rooms around the globe on Wednesday, Cisco said.

Thu, 16 Oct 08
Obama buys first video game campaign ads (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081016/tc_nm/us_media_obama


Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) smiles during the presidential debate with Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, October 15, 2008. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)Reuters - Barack Obama, flush with cash and ramping up his advertising in the final weeks before the November 4 election, is making U.S. political history by placing the first presidential campaign ads in online video games.

Wed, 15 Oct 08
Researchers expect hackers to prey on cell phones (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_hi_te/tec_zombie_phones
AP - Some of the most vicious Internet predators are hackers who infect thousands of PCs with special viruses and lash the machines together into "botnets" to pump out spam or attack other computers.

Wed, 15 Oct 08
FCC overhaul eyes broadband but could raise bills (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_hi_te/tec_fcc_telecom_overhaul
AP - The head of the Federal Communications Commission wants a massive overhaul of the fees that phone companies pay each other when they connect calls. Supporters say the reforms will help fund improved broadband Internet access for rural America, but consumer advocates question how much the plan will raise people's phone bills.

Wed, 15 Oct 08
Intel expects profits to hold up in 4Q (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_hi_te/earns_intel


In this April 14, 2008 file photo, a sign is shown in front of Intel Corp. headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. Intel Corp. on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 reported its third-quarter profit rose 12 percent, edging past Wall Street's estimates, but the chip maker cautioned that the pall the financial crisis has cast over the technology sector makes it hard to predict its results for the current period. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Intel Corp. has provided some insight into the state of global PC demand, telling Wall Street that while technology spending may be slumping, the chip maker fully expects its profits to hold steady.

Wed, 15 Oct 08
Apple to offer $999 entry laptop, better graphics (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081014/ap_on_hi_te/tec_apple_laptops


Apple CEO Steve Jobs gestures during a product announcement at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Apple Inc. touched up its line of laptop computers Tuesday with a minimal nod to the economic turmoil that might push consumers to be more frugal this holiday shopping season.

Wed, 15 Oct 08
Fake Microsoft e-mail contains Trojan virus (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081015/tc_cnet/8301100931006654183
CNET - Along with the vulnerabilities posed by the flaws for which Microsoft released patches on Tuesday, users of the software giant's products have a new obstacle to grapple with: a fake notification mailing that looks remarkably legitimate.

Wed, 15 Oct 08
MySpace Karaoke puts amateur crooners on camera (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081015/tc_afp/usitinternetmusiccompanymyspacekaraoke


A woman is pictured singing karaoke. MySpace has launched an overhauled karaoke channel that lets amateur crooners post online video of themselves in all their vocal glory.(AFP/File/Olivier Laban-Mattei)AFP - MySpace has launched an overhauled karaoke channel that lets amateur crooners post online video of themselves in all their vocal glory.

Wed, 15 Oct 08
Apple beefs up MacBook laptops, trims prices (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081015/tc_afp/usitinternetcompanyapple


Apple CEO Steve Jobs discusses a new version of the Mac Book during a AFP - Apple has unveiled a revamped line of Macintosh laptop computers made leaner, slicker, faster and a bit more affordable.

Wed, 15 Oct 08
Appeals court rules against ban on Qualcomm chips (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081014/ap_on_hi_te/qualcomm_broadcom
AP - A federal appeals court Tuesday ruled that the International Trade Commission's ban on imports of cell phones with chips made by Qualcomm Inc. overstepped the commission's authority.

Wed, 15 Oct 08
OpenOffice 3 Available for Mac, Windows and Linux (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081014/bs_nf/62460
NewsFactor - The OpenOffice business productivity suite is now available as a native Mac application for the first time.

Wed, 15 Oct 08
Adobe ships Flash Player 10 (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20081015/tc_infoworld/114363
InfoWorld - Adobe Systems is shipping Wednesday its Adobe Flash Player 10 software, featuring built-in 3D capabilities as well as the ability for developers to add their own special effects.

Wed, 15 Oct 08
Obama opens up new campaign front: videogames (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081015/tc_afp/usvoteobamavideogamescompanyeamicrosoft


US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama walks towards the press to make a statement on the economy at Maumee Bay Resort in Oregon, Ohio. Obama has made a play for online videogamers, placing campaign advertisements in a series of popular titles from videogame giant Electronic Arts.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has opened up a new front in his battle with Republican John McCain for the White House: videogames.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
Analog's twilight: Slowly, digital trumps physical (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081013/ap_on_hi_te/tec_analog_s_twilight


Founder and CEO of iMemories, Mark Rukavina holds up a photo of his family on his iPhone and behind him and online video appears at iMemories corporate headquarters facility Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, in Scottsdale, Ariz. The iMemories company converts videotape, old home movies motion pictures, film, vinyl or pictures into high quality digitized formats. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - Sometimes, in the decades after he came home from World War II, it seemed as if the movie camera was surgically attached to Christoffel Teeuwissen's hand.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
New service to stop loose lips from crashing cars (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081013/ap_on_hi_te/tec_cell_phones_driving
AP - When David Teater's 12-year-old son, Joe, was killed in 2004 by a driver who was talking on a cell phone, he tried to cut back on his own habit of driving and talking. It turned out to be very difficult.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
Joost relaunching TV site as online shows abound (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081013/ap_on_hi_te/tec_joost_relaunch
AP - Forget about the boob tube. Places to watch TV on the Internet are proliferating, from NBC Universal and News Corp.'s Hulu to Joost — a site that plans to relaunch Tuesday to make it a more interactive experience.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
UK university holds artificial intelligence test (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081013/ap_on_hi_te/eu_britain_artificial_intelligence
AP - Computers argued, cracked jokes and parried trick questions, all part of an annual test of artificial intelligence carried out at the University of Reading.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
Microsoft makes Windows 7 name final (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081014/tc_cnet/83011386031006497156
CNET - For the first time in recent memory, Microsoft has chosen to stick with its code name for a final Windows release.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
Google, Yahoo seek to avoid antitrust suit: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081014/wr_nm/us_google_yahoo


People ride their bikes past Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2008. (Kimberly White/Reuters)Reuters - Google Inc and Yahoo Inc are in talks with the U.S. Justice Department in an effort to head off an antitrust challenge to their proposed advertising agreement, The Wall Street Journal said citing lawyers close to the effort.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
Samsung re-enters U.S. notebook computer market (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081014/tc_nm/us_samsung_notebooks


Employees of Samsung Group work at the company's headquarters in Seoul April 22, 2008. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)Reuters - Diversified electronics maker Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it is re-entering the U.S. computer market with a range of branded products that build on its component supply strengths.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
3 UK to sell Nokia's N95 music phone: source (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081014/tc_nm/us_nokia3
Reuters - Mobile operator 3 UK is to sell Nokia's N95 Comes With Music handset which offers unlimited music downloads, an industry source told Reuters on Tuesday.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
Mozilla Labs pursues Web dev tools (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20081014/tc_infoworld/114291
InfoWorld - Dissatisfied with the Web development tools already available, researchers at the newly formed Developer Tools Lab at Mozilla Labs intend to find better options.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
Software thwarts mobile phone chatting while driving (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081014/tc_afp/uscanadaitinternetautoaccidentcompanyaegis


Barack Obama is driven whilst on the phone. A Canadian company has unveiled software crafted to prevent people, particularly mobile device-loving teenagers, from making telephone calls or text-messaging while driving(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - A Canadian company has unveiled software crafted to prevent people, particularly mobile device-loving teenagers, from making telephone calls or text-messaging while driving.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
Microsoft set to release Silverlight 2 (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20081013/tc_infoworld/114286
InfoWorld - Microsoft's Silverlight 2 browser plug-in technology for rich Internet applications will be generally available on Tuesday along with supportive development tools, the company said during a teleconference on Monday morning.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
Sony Says PS3 Price Will Remain Firm for Holidays (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081013/bs_nf/62430
NewsFactor - The Tokyo Game Show is, to put it mildly, a noisy event as game manufacturers crank up the volume on their latest racing or military combat products. But the loudest sound may have come from Kazuo Hirai, president and group chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment, who told the Financial Times that Sony has no plans to cut prices on its gaming consoles for the holiday season.

Mon, 13 Oct 08
Report: MP3 players threaten users' hearing (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081012/tc_cnet/8301102331006404193
CNET - People who listen to personal music players for only five hours a week at a high volume may be doing permanent damage to their hearing.

Mon, 13 Oct 08
MySpace gives little guys online ad muscle (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081013/tc_afp/usitinternetmusicadvertisingmyspace


File photo shows the homepage of the MySpace social networking website in Washington. MySpace on Monday unleashed a tool to let small operators with tight budgets easily target online advertising to preferred demographics on the world's leading social networking website.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - MySpace on Monday unleashed a tool to let small operators with tight budgets easily target online advertising to preferred demographics on the world's leading social networking website.

Mon, 13 Oct 08
DLO offers TransDock Direct for iPods (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20081013/tc_macworld/dloofferstransdockdirectforipods
Macworld.com - Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) on Friday announced it's shipping the TransDock Direct, a new dock and charging system for the iPod. It costs $59.99.

Mon, 13 Oct 08
Is the era of easy credit over for the long haul? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081013/ap_on_bi_ge/end_of_easy_credit


ADVANCE FOR MONDAY OCT. 13; graphic shows percentage of Americans by the value of their debt;AP - An inflatable gorilla beckoned from the roof of Don Brown Chevrolet in St. Louis, servers doled out free bowls of pasta and a salesman urged potential customers to "come on up under the canopy and put your hands on" a new set of wheels.

Mon, 13 Oct 08
New 'Xbox Experience' Too Much For Some 360s (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20081012/tc_zd/232941
PC Magazine - There's a lot to look forward to in the upcoming New Xbox Experience -- set to launch on November 19 -- but for those who own Xbox 360s without a hard drive or a 256MB memory card, you may have to go through a few headaches before you can download it.

Sun, 12 Oct 08
Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_re_af/af_kenya_texting_elephants


Kimani, a huge bull elephant, can be seen with his collar containing a sim card, Friday, Sept. 26, 2008 in the Ol Pejeta conservancy near Mt. Kenya. Save the Elephants has set up a project where they placed a mobile phone SIM card in an elephants collar, then set up a virtual 'geofence' using a global positioning system that mirrored the conservatory's boundaries. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)AP - The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.

Sun, 12 Oct 08
IBM invests in business partners' training (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081012/tc_cnet/8301100131006395392
CNET - IBM, which expects to unveil better-than-expected quarterly figures, has announced it will spend some of its cash on incentives to encourage some of its largest partners to invest more in training and other areas.

Sun, 12 Oct 08
Error puts data on 30 million German phone users on Internet (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081011/tc_afp/germanytelecomcrimecompanydeutschetelekom


The logo of German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom. Confidential data on 30 million German phone users could be consulted on the Internet as a result of an error until the phone company locked access, a spokesman for Deutsche Telekom said Saturday.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - Confidential data on 30 million German phone users could be consulted on the Internet as a result of an error until the phone company locked access, a spokesman for Deutsche Telekom said Saturday.

Sun, 12 Oct 08
DLO offers TransDock Direct for iPods (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20081012/tc_macworld/dloofferstransdockdirectforipods
Macworld.com - Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) on Friday announced it's shipping the TransDock Direct, a new dock and charging system for the iPod. It costs $59.99.

Sun, 12 Oct 08
US video game guru heads for space as tourist (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081012/tc_afp/russiausspacetourism


US space tourist Richard Garriott in his space suit at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on October 12. The American millionaire video game guru has followed in his astronaut father's footsteps by blasting off aboard a Russian rocket to become the world's sixth space tourist.(AFP/Dmitry Kostyukov)AFP - American millionaire video game guru Richard Garriott followed in his astronaut father's footsteps Sunday, blasting off aboard a Russian rocket to become the world's sixth space tourist.

Sat, 11 Oct 08
Flexible OLEDs could be part of lighting's future (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_hi_te/tec_sheets_of_light


Anil Duggal poses with an organic light emitting device at a General Electric Global Research laboratory in Niskayuna, N.Y., Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - On a bank of the Mohawk River, a windowless industrial building of corrugated steel hides something that could make floor lamps, bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every other household lamp obsolete.

Sat, 11 Oct 08
Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_hi_te/sony_bertelsmann


In this Sept. 28, 2008 file photo, Chris Martin of the British band Coldplay performs on stage at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland. (AP Photo/KEYSTONE, Alessandro Della Bella, file)AP - Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was badly out of sync.

Sat, 11 Oct 08
Sinking shares could make Yahoo a target again (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo


The headquarters of Yahoo Inc. is shown in Sunnyvale, California, May 5, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)AP - When Yahoo Inc. co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang spurned Microsoft Corp.'s rich buyout offer this spring, he promised brighter days in Sunnyvale were just over the horizon.

Sat, 11 Oct 08
Apple will repair MacBooks that have faulty Nvidia GPUs (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081011/tc_cnet/83011357931006384437
CNET - An investigation by Apple shows some MacBook Pros may have faulty Nvidia graphics processors after all, despite Nvidia's earlier assurances to the contrary, the computer maker has announced.

Sat, 11 Oct 08
President signs broadband data collection bill (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081010/tc_cnet/83011357831006373438
CNET - President Bush on Friday signed into law a bill that would facilitate the collection of data regarding broadband access in the United States, though most of the actions required by the law have already been accomplished by federal regulators.

Sat, 11 Oct 08
DLO offers TransDock Direct for iPods (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20081011/tc_macworld/dloofferstransdockdirectforipods
Macworld.com - Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) on Friday announced it's shipping the TransDock Direct, a new dock and charging system for the iPod. It costs $59.99.

Sat, 11 Oct 08
Apple Will Fix MacBook Pros with Faulty Nvidia Chips (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081010/bs_nf/62407
NewsFactor - When Apple released its MacBook Pro laptop, reviewers called it an evolutionary improvement and touted its new GeForce 8600 GT mobile graphics processor, made by Santa Clara, Calif.-based Nvidia. Now some models may have faulty chips.

Sat, 11 Oct 08
Firefox Plug-In Updated To Fight Clickjacking Attacks (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081010/bs_nf/62386
NewsFactor - Mozilla is doing its part in the battle against clickjacking. The open-source company is offering an updated plug-in for the Firefox browser that blocks what security researchers call one of the most dangerous problems on the Web.

Sat, 11 Oct 08
Microsoft elaborates on Oslo (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20081010/tc_infoworld/114083
InfoWorld - Shedding more light on its Oslo vision for model-based software development, Microsoft this week elaborated on plans to preview Oslo technologies, offering code names and citing the company's DSL (Domain Specific Languages) concept as a lynchpin of the platform.

Sat, 11 Oct 08
IBM builds online version of China's famed Forbidden City (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081010/tc_afp/uschinaitinternethistoryibmforbiddencity


IBM opened online doors to a virtual version of the famed Forbidden City in China that served for centuries as an exclusive realm for the nation's emperors. The US technology colossus spent more than three years working with Chinese officials and the Palace Museum to construct an interactive, animated replica of the 178-acre walled fortress in the Dongcheng District of Beijing.(AFPTV/IBM)AFP - IBM on Friday opened online doors to a virtual version of the famed Forbidden City in China that served for centuries as an exclusive realm for the nation's emperors.

Sat, 11 Oct 08
A virtual battle of the bands (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081010/en_nm/us_media_bands


A screenshot of new videogame 'Guitar Hero World Tour' is shown in this undated handout photo. Wannabe rock stars will have a greater choice of instruments and songs to choose from as videogames like 'Guitar Hero World Tour' and 'Rock Band 2' introduce new features. In addition to playing bass and guitar, 'Guitar Hero World Tour' will feature a drum set and microphone for a four-player band experience on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and PlayStation 2. To match Reuters Life! VIDEOGAMES-BANDS/ (Activision Blizzard/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Wannabe rock stars will have a greater choice of instruments and songs to choose from as videogames like "Guitar Hero World Tour" and "Rock Band 2" introduce new features.

Fri, 10 Oct 08
Despite IBM profits, a tech gloom still looms (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_hi_te/ibm_tech_spending
AP - Even after IBM Corp. surprised Wall Street with a healthy profit in the third quarter and a reaffirmation of its earnings outlook for the rest of the year, the broader technology sector dived again Thursday. There's just not enough of what lifted IBM to go around.

Fri, 10 Oct 08
Review: Tiny flash drives improve their security (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_hi_te/tec_tech_test_flash_drive_security


The Yoggie GateKeeper Pico ($149),top, the IronKey ($149), center, and Take Anywhere's Pocket Safe ($59.95) bottom are shown Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008, in Atlanta. These small flash drives offer added computer security for the user. The IronKey and Pocket Safe units offer data encryption and password protection to keep the stored data on them private. The Yoggie serves as a plugin firewall and anti-virus tool to secure the user's online activities. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)AP - Flash memory drives, the size of your thumb, are dirt cheap and offer gigabytes of storage. It's tempting to fill one of them with important computer files, clip it to a key chain and hit the road.

Fri, 10 Oct 08
Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_hi_te/as_tec_japan_sony_microsoft


People play a new driving game at Sony Corp.'s PlayStation booth during a media preview of the annual Tokyo Game Show in Chiba near Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Video game rivals Sony and Microsoft are going head-to-head in virtual worlds for their home consoles later this year. Both companies announced their services, which use graphic images that represent players called 'avatars,' Thursday at the Tokyo Game Show. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - Video game rivals Sony and Microsoft are going head-to-head in virtual worlds for their home consoles later this year.

Fri, 10 Oct 08
Micron Tech cuts global work force by 15 percent (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_hi_te/micron_restructuring
AP - Micron Technology Inc. will cut about 15 percent of its global work force as part of a restructuring of its computer memory chip operations, the company said Thursday.

Fri, 10 Oct 08
SkyFuel heats up solar thermal power race (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081010/tc_cnet/83011112831006245954
CNET - Even with the teetering economy, solar companies are bullish that tapping free energy from the sun is a solid financial move.

Fri, 10 Oct 08
SlingCatcher Outruns Digital Media Boxes (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081009/tc_nf/62381
NewsFactor - On Thursday, Sling Media pushed out its latest innovation -- the SlingCatcher. The SlingCatcher lets customers watch online video from a diverse spectrum of sites on the Internet, including network television venues like ABC.com, video content sites like Hulu.com and CollegeHumor.com, community video sites like YouTube, and even online movie rentals from popular services like Netflix.

Fri, 10 Oct 08
ezView Leather Case for iPhone 3G released (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20081010/tc_macworld/ezviewleathercaseforiphone3greleased
Macworld.com - ezGear has released its ezView Leather Case for the iPhone 3G. The new case costs $34.99.

Fri, 10 Oct 08
Save Money by Dumping Dud Deals (The Motley Fool)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/fool/20081009/bs_fool_fool/rx7826
The Motley Fool - Back when houses were making money hand over fist and everyone looked like a stock market genius, who had time to read all the fine print on that other stuff -- you know, like cell-phone contracts and car lease clauses?

Fri, 10 Oct 08
OpenOffice 3.0 to Launch Oct. 13 (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20081009/tc_zd/232890
PC Magazine - OpenOffice.org will host a launch party in Paris on October 13 to celebrate the eighth anniversary of OpenOffice and the release of version 3.0. The goal? As always, provide a free, open-source alternative to Microsoft Office.

Fri, 10 Oct 08
Hackers using fake YouTube pages to attack computers (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081010/tc_afp/usitinternetcrimeyoutube


View of the homepage of the YouTube website. Computer security specialists warn that hackers are using fake YouTube pages to trick people into opening their machines to diabolical software.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - Computer security specialists warn that hackers are using fake YouTube pages to trick people into opening their machines to diabolical software.

Fri, 10 Oct 08
IBM sells $3.9 billion in corporate bonds (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_hi_te/ibm_bond_sale
AP - IBM Corp. sold $3.9 billion in bonds on Thursday, a sign that the stalwarts of the corporate world are still finding lenders.

Fri, 10 Oct 08
Microsoft, Sony will Launch Competing Virtual Worlds (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081009/bs_nf/62380
NewsFactor - Microsoft is raising Xbox 360 forecasts in Japan amid rumors Sony might drop the price of its PlayStation 3 even more. Meanwhile, Microsoft is planning to release an Xbox 360 with a Blu-ray drive, putting it on more equal digital-media footing with its main rival.

Thu, 9 Oct 08
Microsoft tries for slice of Japan game market (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_hi_te/as_japan_microsoft_xbox360


People play new games at Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 booth during a media preview of the annual Tokyo Game Show in Chiba near Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Microsoft Corp. will be releasing games developed by top Japanese designers for its Xbox 360 console, a senior executive said Thursday, the latest effort by the U.S. software maker to make inroads in a market where it has long struggled. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)AP - Microsoft Corp. will be releasing games developed by top Japanese designers for its Xbox 360 console, a senior executive said Thursday, the latest effort by the U.S. software maker to make inroads in a market where it has long struggled.

Thu, 9 Oct 08
IBM 3Q profit a positive sign for tech sector (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_hi_te/ibm_outlook
AP - For the second time this year, IBM Corp. offered an early peek at its quarterly results, showing in a surprise announcement that it was still plenty prosperous in the third quarter despite the worsening economic climate.

Thu, 9 Oct 08
Fake YouTube pages used to spread viruses (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_youtube_spoofing


YouTube on Tuesday added links to online stores in a move crafted to pump more money from the hot video-sharing website Google bought nearly two years ago in a 1.65 billion dollar stock deal.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AP - Savvy Internet users know that downloading unsolicited computer programs is one of the most dangerous things you can do online. It puts you at great risk for a virus or another time bomb from a hacker.

Thu, 9 Oct 08
Big Blue sees sunny forecast (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081009/tc_cnet/8301100131006206692
CNET - While much of the tech sector is bemoaning a sluggish economy, Big Blue sees blue skies ahead. IBM on Wednesday announced positive preliminary earnings for the third quarter of 2008.

Thu, 9 Oct 08
Web TV shows porn, without the sex (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081009/wr_nm/us_internet_porn_life
Reuters - It started when three brothers joked about making pornography for fans of the genre who happen to be offended by on-screen sex. Out of that joke came an idea for a website, and they called it "PG Porn."

Thu, 9 Oct 08
iPhone 3G Feather case measures less than 1mm (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20081009/tc_macworld/iphone3gfeathercasemeasureslessthan1mm
Macworld.com - Incipio has introduced the Feather, a new case for the iPhone 3G. It costs $19.99.

Thu, 9 Oct 08
Social Networking Goes Mobile, Gets Corporate Face (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081008/tc_nf/62356
NewsFactor - As IBM sets out to launch its Bluehouse corporate social network to compete with Cisco and Google, word comes that Facebook and MySpace are the most popular social-networking sites for mobile-phone users.

Thu, 9 Oct 08
Firefox Introduces Plug-In with Geolocation Capability (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081008/tc_nf/62357
NewsFactor - Mozilla has introduced an experimental Firefox browser add-on featuring powerful geolocation capabilities. Called Geode, the technology allows the location of Web surfers to be fixed and then maintained as users move about their hometowns, across the nation, or even when traveling around the world.

Thu, 9 Oct 08
40 laid off at software company as execs arrested (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_hi_te/software_execs_charged
AP - Two former software executives grossly overstated their company's revenue to attract more than $50 million in private investment, prosecutors said Wednesday, adding that the fraud was uncovered late last month when a worker found a set of cooked financial books as she was cleaning out a desk.

Thu, 9 Oct 08
IBM's earnings strength calms tech jitters (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081009/bs_nm/us_ibm


A worker cleans a wall with the logo of IBM during preparations for the upcoming CeBIT fair inside a hall in Hanover, February 29, 2008. (Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)Reuters - IBM posted a higher-than-expected preliminary quarterly profit and affirmed its full-year outlook, calming some fears that the financial crisis is sparking a meltdown in technology demand.

Thu, 9 Oct 08
Sony says to launch 80-GB PlayStation 3 in Japan (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081009/tc_nm/us_sony_ps3


People play a game on the Sony Playstation 3 at a party held by Sony celebrating the new Playstation 3 game console in Berlin March 22, 2007. Japan's Sony Corp said on Thursday it will start selling PlayStation 3 game consoles with an 80 gigabyte hard disk drive, bigger than previous models, in Japan at the end of October for 39,980 yen ($398). (Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)Reuters - Japan's Sony Corp said on Thursday it will launch PlayStation 3 game consoles with an 80 gigabyte hard disk drive, bigger than previous models, in Japan at the end of October for 39,980 yen ($398).

Wed, 8 Oct 08
BlackBerry Storm has touch screen you can feel (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_hi_te/tec_blackberry_storm


This photo provided by Research in Motion Ltd., shows the company's new touch-screen phone, the Storm. With the new model being announced Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2008 the Storm, RIM is for the first time giving up the physical keypad in favor of a large screen, just like the one on Apple's iPhone. (AP Photo/Research in Motion Ltd.)AP - Research in Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry, is taking on Apple Inc. with a touch-screen phone that puts a new twist on the technology.

Wed, 8 Oct 08
Google gets into video games — with ads (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_google_game_ads
AP - Google Inc., the leader in online search and advertising, is muscling in on video game territory — though it won't exactly be in the form of a shoot 'em up game.

Wed, 8 Oct 08
YouTube flips switch on new sales channel (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_hi_te/tec_youtube_shopping
AP - Online video leader YouTube has opened up its version of a home shopping network in its latest effort to wring more revenue from its massive audience and justify the $1.76 billion that Google Inc. paid for the site two years ago.

Wed, 8 Oct 08
Click-to-buy links for songs, games added to YouTube (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081008/tc_cnet/8301102331006064093
CNET - Love that song in the latest "Where the hell is Matt?" video but have no idea what the hell it is? Wonder no more. Now YouTube will make it easier to identify songs and buy them instantly.

Wed, 8 Oct 08
YouTube links to online stores in money-making move (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081007/tc_afp/usitinternetfilmretailcompanyyoutube


YouTube on Tuesday added links to online stores in a move crafted to pump more money from the hot video-sharing website Google bought nearly two years ago in a 1.65 billion dollar stock deal.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - YouTube on Tuesday added links to online stores in a move crafted to pump more money from the hot video-sharing website Google bought nearly two years ago in a 1.65 billion dollar stock deal.

Wed, 8 Oct 08
Analysts cut 2009 cell phone growth estimates (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081007/tc_nm/us_cellphones_outlook


A woman poses next to cell phones at the 'Internationale Funkausstellung' (IFA) 2006 consumer electronics fair in Berlin, September 1, 2006. (Tobias Schwarz/Reuters)Reuters - The global cell phone market should grow at much slower-than-expected rates next year as consumers put off buying new devices due to deepening economic concerns, according to forecasts from analysts.

Wed, 8 Oct 08
Wario, Kirby, Sonic return in new adventures (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_en_ot/game_review_characters
AP - For a self-effacing, portly little plumber, Mario may be the most ambitious guy in video games. It's not enough that he has the most recognizable face in the industry; his parents at Nintendo have promoted him everywhere, from T-shirts and lunchboxes to cartoons and cell-phone ringtones. He's probably more familiar to kids of a certain generation than Mickey Mouse.

Wed, 8 Oct 08
Mono 2.0 Boosts Cross-Platform App Development (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081007/bs_nf/62337
NewsFactor - The Mono project has just released Version 2.0 of its open-source implementation of Microsoft's .NET framework. Mono is both a runtime environment for applications and a kit for developers writing applications with C, as well as other Common Language Infrastructure languages developed by the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA).

Wed, 8 Oct 08
Microsoft touts Touchless SDK (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20081007/tc_infoworld/113878
InfoWorld - Microsoft Office Labs released Tuesday its Touchless SDK for developers to experiment with multi-touch technology.

Wed, 8 Oct 08
MySpace-HP picture alliance (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081007/tc_afp/usitinternetcompanymyspacehp


A woman looks at the MySpace website. MySpace and Hewlett Packard on Tuesday announced an alliance aimed at getting people to print out more of the billions of pictures digitally stored at the world's leading social networking website.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - MySpace and Hewlett Packard on Tuesday announced an alliance aimed at getting people to print out more of the billions of pictures digitally stored at the world's leading social networking website.

Wed, 8 Oct 08
YouTube to sell music, games in revenue push (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081008/wr_nm/us_youtube_ecommerce
Reuters - YouTube, the world's most popular video-sharing site, will start to sell music and video games and experiment with new advertising formats to grow revenue, executives said on Tuesday.

Tue, 7 Oct 08
Report: AMD to spin off its manufacturing units (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_hi_te/amd_manufacturing
AP - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will announce Tuesday it is spinning off its manufacturing operations as part of a sweeping plan to cut cuts, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Tue, 7 Oct 08
EBay cutting 1,600 jobs, 10 percent of work force (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081006/ap_on_hi_te/ebay_job_cuts


A man walks in front of Ebay Inc. headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. EBay Inc. said on Monday it will cut about 1,000 employees, reducing its work force by about 10 percent. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - After a series of changes designed to draw more people to its online marketplace, eBay Inc.'s latest alteration is aimed at its own employees. The auction site operator said Monday it will cut about 1,600 jobs, 10 percent of its work force, in its largest round of dismissals ever.

Tue, 7 Oct 08
SAP says business turmoil hurting its revenue (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081006/ap_on_hi_te/eu_sap_outlook
AP - Shares of SAP AG plunged Monday after the business software maker said it saw a sudden drop in business at the end of September as global financial turmoil escalated.

Tue, 7 Oct 08
Ford's 2010 cars will let parents set speed limit for teens (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081006/ap_on_hi_te/ford_teen_drivers


An undated photo provided by Ford Motor Co., of a MyKey. Starting next year, Ford Motor Co. will roll out a new feature, controlled by a computer chip in the key, that allows parents to limit the car's speeds to 80 mph and set a maximum volume for the audio system on some 2010 models. (AP Photo/Ford Motor Co.)AP - So you think junior is a little too lead-footed when he drives the family car? Starting next year, Ford Motor Co. will give you the power to do something about it.

Tue, 7 Oct 08
OK, so I'm a tech Pollyanna. Sue me (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081006/tc_cnet/83011078731005954760
CNET - You know it's grim out there when the television talking heads report that the stock market only finished down 369 on a day when it fell as low as 800 points.

Tue, 7 Oct 08
U.S. official says online drug videos threaten teens (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081007/wr_nm/us_usa_drugs_internet
Reuters - The director of the White House war on drugs said on Monday that Internet videos that show people getting high pose a dangerous threat to teenagers by encouraging them to use drugs and alcohol.

Tue, 7 Oct 08
Dish to pay TiVo $104 million after court ruling (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081006/tv_nm/us_tivo
Reuters - Dish Network Corp and EchoStar Corp will pay $104 million in damages to TiVo Inc after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied Dish's appeal of a patent infringement case.

Tue, 7 Oct 08
iPhone 3G Entices Mobile-Carrier Defections (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081006/bs_nf/62305
NewsFactor - The NPD Group, a market-research firm, reports that 30 percent of the U.S. consumers who purchased Apple's iPhone 3G from its release on July 11 through August switched mobile carriers in order to join AT&T, which holds exclusive U.S. sales rights for the red-hot device.

Tue, 7 Oct 08
IBM Shifts Focus To Cloud Computing with New Services (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081006/bs_nf/62286
NewsFactor - IBM is getting in the cloud. After a string of announcements over the past few weeks from Citrix, Red Hat, VMware, Cisco and Hewlett-Packard, Big Blue is launching an initiative to extend its traditional software delivery model toward a mix of on-premise and cloud-computing applications with new software, services and technical resources for clients and independent software vendors (ISVs).

Tue, 7 Oct 08
Judge orders RealNetworks to pull copying software (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081006/ap_on_hi_te/hollywood_realnetworks
AP - RealNetworks Inc. said Monday it had temporarily stopped distributing its DVD copying software, RealDVD, at a federal judge's request in a copyright case brought by Hollywood studios.

Tue, 7 Oct 08
Facebook co-founder leaves for new venture (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081006/tc_afp/usinternetcompanyfacebook


The college roommate who helped Mark Zuckerberg start Facebook, Dustin Moskovitz, seen here in 2007, is leaving the fast-growing social networking website in a matter of weeks to create a new Internet technology firm.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kimberly White)AFP - The college roommate who helped Mark Zuckerberg start Facebook is leaving the fast-growing social networking website in a matter of weeks to create a new Internet technology firm.

Tue, 7 Oct 08
Game news: A new Nintendo portable (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081006/ap_en_ot/games_news_bytes
AP - Real news from the virtual world:

Mon, 6 Oct 08
Fraud plagues prepaid calling card market (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081005/ap_on_hi_te/tec_calling_card_fraud
AP - Rosalba Posada can tick off a list of problems she has encountered trying to use prepaid calling cards to stay in touch with family back in Colombia.

Mon, 6 Oct 08
Judge halts sales of RealDVD (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081006/tc_cnet/8301102331005857493
CNET - A judge has ordered RealNetworks to suspend the sale of RealDVD, the controversial software that hands users the ability to copy and store films to a hard drive, according to a report published by NewTeeVee.com, a technology-news blog.

Mon, 6 Oct 08
Apple cures the common cold and other stuff (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081005/tc_cnet/83011078731005848960
CNET - Seth Weintraub of 9to5Mac, a blogger with good sources within the Macintosh community, is reporting that Apple has invented a new manufacturing process for MacBooks.

Mon, 6 Oct 08
Verizon says $28.1B buyout of Alltel on track (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081006/ap_on_bi_ge/verizon_alltel
AP - Verizon Wireless says it is moving forward with plans to acquire Alltel Corp. for $28.1 billion, although the country's financial climate has worsened since the companies reached an agreement four months ago.

Sun, 5 Oct 08
Report: Palin, Obama lead in election-related spam (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081004/tc_cnet/83011357831005847038
CNET - Sen. Barack Obama and Gov. Sarah Palin are both winners when it comes to spam.

Sun, 5 Oct 08
Kids keep parents in the dark about cyberbullying (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081004/tc_cnet/8301102331005844493
CNET - Online bullying could be more pervasive than you think.

Sun, 5 Oct 08
ASEAN may slash mobile roaming fees by half next year: report (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081005/tc_afp/aseantelecom


Pedestrians pass a billboard advertising a handheld phone in central Kuala Lumpur. Roaming fees for mobile phone users in Southeast Asia making calls outside their own country may be cut by half early next year, according to reports citing a Malaysian minister.(AFP/File/Tengku Bahar)AFP - Roaming fees for mobile phone users in Southeast Asia making calls outside their own country may be cut by half early next year, according to report Sunday citing a Malaysian minister.

Sun, 5 Oct 08
T-Mobile admits losing data for 17 million customers: statement (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081004/bs_afp/germanytelecomcrimecompanydeutschetelekom


The logo of Deutsche Telekom. Europe's leading telecommunications company, Deutsche Telekom, admitted Saturday that it has lost confidential data belonging to 17 million T-mobile clients.(AFP/DDP/File/Henning Kaiser)AFP - Europe's leading telecommunications company, Deutsche Telekom, admitted Saturday that it has lost confidential data belonging to 17 million T-mobile clients.

Sun, 5 Oct 08
Family-friendly Wii out to win battle-loving gamers (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081004/ennew_afp/usjapanitinternetvideogamescompanynintendo


Mario Pirchala holds the Wii control as he participates in the Wiimbledon Wii Tennis tournamentin June 2008 at Barcade in Brooklyn, New York. A cadre of studios joined Nintendo in San Francisco on Friday to demonstrate that the Wii's motion-sensing controllers can simulate guns and swords as well as golf clubs and orchestra batons.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joshua Lott)AFP - Eric Nofsinger is betting that Nintendo's hot family-friendly Wii videogame consoles can win the hearts of "hardcore gamers" that lust for battle in action-packed virtual worlds.

Sat, 4 Oct 08
Ex-McAfee executive clear of illegal option dating (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081003/ap_on_hi_te/mcafee_stock_options
AP - A jury on Friday acquitted the former top lawyer at computer-security software maker McAfee Inc. of illegally tampering with his stock option grants to boost his pay package.

Sat, 4 Oct 08
RIM CEO: AT&T still testing delayed BlackBerry (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081003/ap_on_hi_te/tec_new_blackberry
AP - A delayed top-of-the-line BlackBerry phone from Research in Motion Ltd. is still undergoing testing by AT&T Inc., and RIM's co-CEO implied that the carrier wants to avoid the chorus of complaints about performance that greeted the new iPhone this summer.

Sat, 4 Oct 08
Labor report indicates squeeze on tech sector (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081003/ap_on_hi_te/economy_technology
AP - The economic slowdown has started to squeeze the technology sector. So far this has not led to wide-scale job cuts, but a slowing demand for computers and other electronics may already be weighing on some payrolls.

Sat, 4 Oct 08
Hack and tell: Teen hacker Mafiaboy writes memoir (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081004/tc_cnet/8301100931005834183
CNET - Michael Calce, aka "Mafiaboy," has written a memoir about how he temporarily shut down a handful of major Web sites and led the FBI and Royal Canadian Mounted Police on a manhunt when he was 15.

Sat, 4 Oct 08
Google postpones Yahoo online ad deal (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081004/tc_afp/uscompanyitcompetitioninternetyahoogoogle


Google said it is postponing a planned online advertising tie-up with Yahoo to allow more time for US anti-trust regulators to consider the ramifications of the deal.(AFP/DDP/File/Martin Oeser)AFP - Google said it is postponing a planned online advertising tie-up with Yahoo to allow more time for US anti-trust regulators to consider the ramifications of the deal.

Sat, 4 Oct 08
Hanky-panky distorts Obama iPhone app results (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081004/tc_cnet/83011357931005823137
CNET - It looks like either somebody drinks a lot of coffee and talks really fast, or somebody diddled with the results of the phone recruitment feature in the Barack Obama campaign's iPhone application.

Sat, 4 Oct 08
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Adds a 'Human Interface' (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081003/bs_nf/62256
NewsFactor - Nokia has taken the wraps off a new smartphone powered by the latest version of the company's Symbian S60 operating system for mobile devices. By adding the benefits of touchscreen technology to the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, the company is taking the familiar and giving it a human touch, according to Nokia Senior Vice President Jo Harlow.

Sat, 4 Oct 08
Obama takes campaign to the iPhone (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081003/tc_afp/usvotetelecomcompanyappleobamaiphone


The iPhone, seen in 2007, is displayed at an Apple store in Santa Monica, California. The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, in its latest bid to use Internet Age technology to trounce Republican rival John McCain and connect with supporters, has released free software that turns Apple iPhones into political rallying tools.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)AFP - The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, in its latest bid to use Internet Age technology to trounce Republican rival John McCain and connect with supporters, has released free software that turns Apple iPhones into political rallying tools.

Sat, 4 Oct 08
Skype Acknowledges Chinese Spying (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20081003/tc_zd/232705
PC Magazine - Skype's president has acknowledged that users in China have had instant messages both blocked and copied to servers owned by TOM Online, Skype's partner in the country.

Sat, 4 Oct 08
Nintendo's DSi: Everything You Need To Know (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20081003/tc_zd/232708
PC Magazine - We decided to compare notes and round up all the important info on the new Nintendo DSi handheld game console so far.

Fri, 3 Oct 08
Chinese snoop on Skype, but are they alone? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_hi_te/tec_skype_eavesdropping
AP - A Canadian researcher has discovered that a Chinese version of eBay Inc.'s Skype communications software snoops on text chats that contain certain keywords, including "democracy."

Fri, 3 Oct 08
Senator urges DOJ to monitor Google, Yahoo deal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_hi_te/tec_yahoo_google
AP - A key senator is urging the Justice Department to keep up its investigation into the antitrust implications of the Internet advertising partnership that Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. plan to launch this month.

Fri, 3 Oct 08
New Sony Reader has light, note-taking stylus (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081003/ap_on_hi_te/tec_sony_reader
AP - Sony Corp. unveiled a new e-book reader Thursday with a built-in light and a touch-sensitive display, features that set it apart from Amazon.com Inc.'s competing Kindle reader.

Fri, 3 Oct 08
Report: Adware supplies one third of all malware (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081002/tc_cnet/8301100931005691283
CNET - On Thursday, Panda Security released its report for the third quarter stating that adware is responsible for one third of all new malicious software. In particular, the security company cited increased use of fake antivirus scanners.

Fri, 3 Oct 08
Japan's election battle already underway on Internet (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081003/tc_afp/japanpoliticsinternet


Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is seen on a TV camera in Tokyo, on October 1. Aso, who took office last week to lead his conservative Liberal Democratic Party into elections, launched an emailed movie newsletter on Thursday -- a first for a Japanese premier.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - While snap elections appear to have been pushed back in Japan, the battle between the ruling and opposition camps is already well under way on the Internet.

Fri, 3 Oct 08
InstantAction 3D Web-based games go live for Mac (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20081003/tc_macworld/instantaction3dwebbasedgamesgoliveformac
Macworld.com - InstantAction, the 3D gaming site that runs in a Web browser, now works on the Mac. You can sign up and play now.

Fri, 3 Oct 08
Freescale looks to sell cell phone chip business (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081003/tc_nm/us_freescale_strategicoptions
Reuters - Freescale Semiconductor said on Thursday it was exploring strategic options for its cell phone chip business and intends to complete a sale, joint venture or other options in the coming months.

Fri, 3 Oct 08
Take-Two Interactive to remain independent (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081002/tc_nm/us_taketwo


Strauss Zelnick, chairman of Take-Two Interactive Software speaks in Los Angeles July 16, 2008. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc, until recently an acquisition target of bigger rival Electronic Arts Inc, plans to remain an independent company, the makers of the popular "Grand Theft Auto" series said on Thursday.

Fri, 3 Oct 08
Facebook to set up international base in Dublin (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081002/wr_nm/us_facebook_ireland
A Facebook profile page in an undated image courtesy of the company. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Online social networking site Facebook will set up its international operations center in Dublin, officials said on Thursday.

Fri, 3 Oct 08
Microsoft Xbox 360 outsells PS3 in Japan in Sept (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081003/tc_nm/us_microsoft_sony_game


A model stands at Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 display at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo September 20, 2007. (Issei Kato/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan in September, beating the rival machine in monthly unit sales for the first time in Sony's home market, a game magazine publisher said.

Thu, 2 Oct 08
Outsourcing aids many data thefts, Verizon says (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_hi_te/tec_data_breaches
AP - The reliance of restaurant chains and retail stores on outside companies to handle credit-card processing and other information-technology functions is partly to blame for a rash of consumer data breaches over the last few years, according to data sleuths at Verizon Communications Inc.

Thu, 2 Oct 08
New Nintendo DS portable will come with camera (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_hi_te/as_japan_nintendo
AP - Nintendo's hit DS portable machine will come with a digital camera that will allow players to mix images, scribble on photos and create new faces, the Japanese game maker said Thursday.

Thu, 2 Oct 08
Diller: IAC `extremely lucky' with split timing (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081001/ap_on_hi_te/iac_diller
Barry Diller, chairman and CEO of IAC/Inter Active Corp., and chairman of Expedia, speaks during an interview in New York, Monday Sept. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - Barry Diller is feeling very lucky right now.

Thu, 2 Oct 08
Allstate testing whether games can improve driving (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081001/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_allstate_games
AP - Could playing computer games enhance mental agility enough to turn people over 50 into better drivers? Allstate Corp. wants to find out, and if the answer is yes, it might offer insurance discounts to people who play the games.

Thu, 2 Oct 08
Senate passes bailout bill (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20081002/tc_cnet/83011386031005621856
CNET - The Senate on Wednesday did what the House of Representatives failed to do on Monday--pass a bailout bill.

Thu, 2 Oct 08
Microsoft steps up online search R&D in Europe (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081002/wr_nm/us_microsoft_europe_search


A technician adjusts a spotlight at the exhibition stand of Microsoft in preparation for the CeBIT computer fair in the northern German town of Hanover in this March 12, 2007 file photo. (Christian Charisius/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp is stepping up efforts to improve online search, where it considerably lags market leader Google, by establishing a three-center research facility in Europe, it said on Thursday.

Thu, 2 Oct 08
Nokia CEO wowed by iPhone, sights on BlackBerry (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081002/tc_nm/us_nokia_ceo


Nokia's President and Chief Executive Officer Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo speaks during a conference during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 12, 2008. (Albert Gea - /Reuters)Reuters - The chief executive of Nokia, the world mobile phone leader, gave credit to new competitors from the computer world on Wednesday, but said his company was set to respond to all challengers.

Thu, 2 Oct 08
Nokia to take on Apple in music, touch-screen phones (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081002/music_nm/us_nokia


The corporate logo hangs on a wall at Nokia world headquarters in Helsinki July 9, 2008. (Bob Strong/Reuters)Reuters - The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia will launch its free music package on Thursday, which analysts see posing a serious threat to Apple's dominance in the digital music business.

Thu, 2 Oct 08
Apple loosens reins on iPhone developers (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081001/tc_afp/usitinternettelecomcompanyapple


The iPhone, seen in 2007, is displayed at an Apple store in Santa Monica, California. Apple said Wednesday that it was dropping a controversial non-disclosure agreement that software developers who wanted to create applications for the iPhone mobile telephone had been forced to sign.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)AFP - Apple said Wednesday that it was dropping a controversial non-disclosure agreement that software developers who wanted to create applications for the iPhone mobile telephone had been forced to sign.

Thu, 2 Oct 08
IBM Offers Free Lotus iNotes for Apple's iPhone (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081001/bs_nf/62215
NewsFactor - IBM has launched an iPhone-specific version of the company's popular Lotus Notes collaboration software. Called Lotus iNotes ultralite, the free download gives mobile business users the ability to securely connect to Lotus Notes and Domino e-mail accounts.

Thu, 2 Oct 08
Nintendo announces new DS handheld console (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081002/tc_afp/entertainmentgamejapancompanynintendo


Japanese video game giant Nintendo unveils the company's new portable video game console, the AFP - Nintendo Co., riding high on the success of the Wii, said Thursday that it will launch a new version of its popular DS handheld console next month with a built-in camera and enhanced audio capabilities.

Wed, 1 Oct 08
Hollywood aims to block RealNetworks' DVD software (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080930/ap_on_hi_te/hollywood_realnetworks
AP - Hollywood's six major movie studios on Tuesday sued RealNetworks Inc. to prevent it from distributing DVD copying software that they said would allow consumers to "rent, rip and return" movies or even copy friends' DVD collections outright.

Wed, 1 Oct 08
NY regulators get tough on Verizon FiOS installs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080930/ap_on_hi_te/tec_verizon_fios
AP - New York regulators have raised the possibility of banning Verizon Communications Inc. from installing its fiber-optic FiOS service in New York City until the company makes sure it's doing enough to provide electrical grounding for its equipment in homes.

Wed, 1 Oct 08
Google stock fell on error; Nasdaq raises close (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081001/ap_on_hi_te/google_nasdaq
AP - The last-minute pounding Wall Street gave Google's shares was caused by "erroneous orders" that Nasdaq says it is canceling.

Wed, 1 Oct 08
Starz deal adds more streamed movies to Netflix (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081001/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_netflix_starz
AP - From "Spider-Man 3" to "No Country for Old Men," Netflix Inc. is making another 2,500 movies, TV shows and concerts available for instant viewing through a deal with Starz Entertainment LLC.

Wed, 1 Oct 08
Pandora, Webcasting see victory in Senate (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080930/tc_cnet/8301102331005505593
CNET - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday afternoon passed the Webcaster Settlement Act, the legislation that lays the groundwork for Web radio stations to negotiate reduced royalty rates for the songs they stream over the Web.

Wed, 1 Oct 08
Netflix to make Starz movies available for streaming (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081001/media_nm/us_starz_netflix
Reuters - DVD rental company Netflix Inc said on Tuesday it has reached a deal to provide about 2,500 titles from Starz Entertainment LLC's broadband subscription service to the Netflix's Web streaming service.

Wed, 1 Oct 08
DVD-copying software sparks legal battle with movie studios (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080930/tc_afp/usitinternetcopyrightfilmtrial


RealNetworks on Tuesday released software that lets people copy films on DVDs, sparking a heated legal battle with Hollywood film studios fearful of rampant piracy.(RealNetworks)AFP - RealNetworks on Tuesday released software that lets people copy films on DVDs, sparking a heated legal battle with Hollywood film studios fearful of rampant piracy.

Wed, 1 Oct 08
"Cell Phone" rings with comic invention (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081001/review_nm/us_stage_cellphone
Reuters - Sarah Ruhl's "Dead Man's Cell Phone," in its West Coast premiere, is wildly clever and very funny, like a frothy opera (without music, that is) by Rossini, tinged by campy overtones of Edward Gorey.

Wed, 1 Oct 08
RealNetworks Defends RealDVD with Hollywood Suit (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080930/tc_nf/62186
NewsFactor - RealNetworks is feeling heat from the movie studios involving its just-released RealDVD software, and is firing back with a lawsuit.

Wed, 1 Oct 08
WD Intros ShareSpace, a 4-TB NAS Device (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20080930/tc_zd/232573
PC Magazine - Hosted storage, like many other enterprise technologies and Web services from large data centers, is trickling down to small businesses. Western Digital has capitalized on the trend by offering ShareSpace, a four-terabyte storage system for small businesses.

Wed, 1 Oct 08
'Brothers,' 'Mercs 2' bring fresh attitude to war (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080930/ap_en_ot/game_review_warfare


In this photo released by Ubisoft shows a scene from “Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway” which recreates World War II's Operation Market Garden.(AP Photo/Ubisoft)AP - Is it possible for a video game to express an anti-war viewpoint? After all, most war games revel in jaw-dropping violence, from smoothly executed head shots to massive explosions. When you're mowing down hordes of aliens in "Halo" or "Gears of War," there isn't much time to reflect on the futility of the whole enterprise.

 

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