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Sat, 28 Feb 09
Sidekicks might top a dubious category: theft (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090227/ap_on_hi_te/tec_stolen_sidekicks


Tatiana Mesa holds up her Blackberry, which recently replaced her missing Sidekick, at Boston Arts Academy in Boston, Tuesday Feb. 10, 2009. Boston police reported more than 300 stolen Sidekicks in 2008 -- 14 percent of all robberies in the city. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - Nisha Taylor was just about to put her beloved T-Mobile Sidekick in her bag. She thought the cell phone would be safer there than in her pocket. In the few seconds it took for the 18-year-old to unwind the string loop that held the Sidekick to her wrist, someone else eyed the device and made off with it.

Sat, 28 Feb 09
Newsday might end free Web access for some (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090227/ap_on_hi_te/newsday_online_fees
AP - Cablevision Systems Corp. is mulling plans to pull the plug on free online access for its Long Island daily Newsday, but details are sketchy as to how the cable operator expects to succeed in a strategy that has flummoxed the newspaper industry.

Sat, 28 Feb 09
Depeche Mode debuts season-pass model on iTunes (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090228/wr_nm/us_itunes
Reuters - iTunes has long been a double-edged sword for the music industry -- on one hand, it provided a model for selling digital music. On the other, the dominance of singles sales over album sales leaves a revenue gap that labels are still trying to close.

Sat, 28 Feb 09
iPhone Game Roundup: ExZeus, Shooter, Tamagotchi (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090228/tc_macworld/iphonegameroundupexzeusshootertamagotchi
Macworld.com - Just a small sampling of all the great iPhone and iPod touch games we’ve learned about this week, but we’re willing to bet there are a few items here that might catch your fancy.

Sat, 28 Feb 09
Alaska Becomes Latest Airline With Wi-Fi (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090227/tc_pcworld/alaskabecomeslatestairlinewithwifi
PC World - Alaska Airlines is the latest carrier to launch in-flight Wi-Fi, offering passengers on a specially equipped Boeing 737 a service that uses satellites instead of cellular towers to connect the plane to the Internet.

Sat, 28 Feb 09
Yahoo, Sony Shake It Up; Facebook Makes Nice (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090227/tc_pcworld/yahoosonyshakeitupfacebookmakesnice
PC World - We probably have not heard the last word on the management shakeups and reorganizations from Yahoo and Sony, who both made changes this week. And it's a safe bet we haven't heard the last about Facebook's policies and how it goes about implementing them. Ditto for Microsoft's decision to sue TomTom, setting off something of a firestorm in the open-source and Linux communities.

Sat, 28 Feb 09
Microsoft Expands Work With Hospitals in Asia (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090227/tc_pcworld/microsoftexpandsworkwithhospitalsinasia
PC World - Microsoft launched an online health users group for the Asia-Pacific region on Friday and said a software suite it developed after the purchase of a Thai software maker is now in use in nine hospitals throughout the region.

Sat, 28 Feb 09
Oracle to Release Major Enterprise Manager Upgrade (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090227/tc_pcworld/oracletoreleasemajorenterprisemanagerupgrade
PC World - Oracle is set to unveil Enterprise Manager 10g Release 5 on Tuesday, framing the upgrade as a major step forward for the company's wide-ranging application management platform.

Sat, 28 Feb 09
Will Sony's Next PSP Lose the UMD Drive? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090227/tc_pcworld/willsonysnextpsplosetheumddrive
PC World - After the former COO of game developer Acclaim David Perry Twittered about the new PSP2 and its lack of a UMD drive, the Internet started paying attention to Sony's oft-forgotten game handheld. Perry wrote, "I hear Sony FINALLY has the PSP 2. And thank goodness, they've removed the stupid battery-sucking UMD disc drive. I'm excited!"

Fri, 27 Feb 09
Dell 4Q profit dives, recession stunts tech spend (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090227/ap_on_hi_te/earns_dell
AP - Dell Inc. said Thursday its profit dove 48 percent during the fiscal fourth quarter as the recession forced consumers and businesses to spend less on technology. The company also said it expects to make further cuts to its work force.

Fri, 27 Feb 09
Facebook to let users give input on policies (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_principles
AP - Facebook is trying its hand at democracy.

Fri, 27 Feb 09
DoCoMo halts BlackBerry Bold sales due to overheating (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090227/tc_nm/us_docomo_blackberry
Reuters - NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's biggest mobile phone operator, said on Friday it has halted sales of Research In Motion's BlackBerry Bold because the phone can overheat while the battery is being recharged.

Fri, 27 Feb 09
Nuance to Acquire Zi (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090227/tc_pcworld/nuancetoacquirezi
PC World - Voice recognition developer Nuance announced plans to acquire Zi, a company that offers a variety of text input technologies designed for mobile users.

Fri, 27 Feb 09
Microsoft sues Linux-based vendor over patents (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090227/tc_infoworld/127066
InfoWorld - Microsoft's lawsuit against Linux-based technology vendor TomTom over alleged patent violations could signal a more aggressive stance by the software giant over intellectual property issues -- or it could be just an isolated case involving a dispute with one vendor.

Fri, 27 Feb 09
TomTom Sued for GPS Patent Infringement (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090226/tc_nf/64960
NewsFactor - Microsoft filed a patent-infringement lawsuit Wednesday against personal navigation device (PND) maker TomTom in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The software giant is seeking compensation for each alleged infringement, together with reasonable royalty, interest and court costs.

Fri, 27 Feb 09
Will Windows Server Foundation Edition Raise the Bar For Affordable Servers? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090226/tc_pcworld/willwindowsserverfoundationeditionraisethebarforaffordableservers
PC World - PC parts are so cheap, you could easily spend more on 10-user license for Windows Server than on the hardware on which it's installed. Steve Ballmer mentioned the disparity, noting the upcoming Foundation Edition server designed as a "low-cost, low-price, low-functionality Windows Server SKU." The skeleton server will be released in the next month or two, although Microsoft hasn't yet announced further details.

Thu, 26 Feb 09
Yahoo CFO leaving as new CEO shakes up management (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_shake_up


A visitor sitting near a Yahoo! logo at a trade fair. Internet pioneer Yahoo! is open to selling its Web search business or entering into a partnership with another company, but doing a deal would be hard, a top executive said on Wednesday.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Gottschalk)AP - Yahoo Inc.'s chief financial officer is leaving the troubled Internet pioneer in a management shake-up that signals the company's new chief executive is preparing to roll out her turnaround strategy.

Thu, 26 Feb 09
Microsoft cuts temp worker rates 10 pct (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_cutbacks
AP - Microsoft Corp. is slashing overtime, hours and pay for U.S. temporary workers as part of an overall push to curb expenses during the recession.

Thu, 26 Feb 09
Apple director says no change in Jobs' plans (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090225/ap_on_hi_te/apple_shareholders
AP - Apple Inc. co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs still expects to return from his medical leave at the end of June, according to an Apple director who responded to an investor at the company's annual shareholder meeting Wednesday.

Thu, 26 Feb 09
Review: TrialPay can help you get freebies online (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090225/ap_on_hi_te/tec_tech_test_trialpay


In this screen shot provided by TrialPay, a portion of the Fandango.com Web site featuring a free movie ticket offer through TrialPay is shown. (AP Photo/TrialPay)AP - With the economy in the dumps, you might hesitate before buying discretionary goodies like video games or pizza. But what if you could get those things for free by doing something you might already be inclined to do — like signing up for a trial of Netflix or buying coffee from Starbucks.com?

Thu, 26 Feb 09
Rare Superman comic to be auctioned online (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090226/wr_nm/us_comic_superman_tech
Reuters - A rare copy of the first Superman comic will be put up for auction online on Friday and bids could soar as high as the "man of steel," experts say.

Thu, 26 Feb 09
EVE Online: Apocrypha adds Mac premium graphics support (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090226/tc_macworld/eveonlineapocryphaaddsmacpremiumgraphicssupport
Macworld.com - CCP Games on Thursday revealed the full list of changes that will occur with the release of EVE Online: Apocrypha, the tenth expansion pack for its massively multiplayer online game for Mac OS X and Windows, scheduled for release on March 10, 2009. Among the enhancements is the long-awaited release of "Premium" graphics support for the Mac version of the game.

Thu, 26 Feb 09
Vodafone to offer Microsoft online services (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090226/wr_nm/us_vodafone_microsoft
Reuters - Vodafone, the world's largest mobile phone network operator by revenue, is to offer Microsoft online services to small and medium-sized businesses through the computer, phone and browser, it said on Thursday.

Thu, 26 Feb 09
IBM reaffirms strong 2009 outlook (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_hi_te/ibm_outlook
AP - IBM Corp. is standing by its surprisingly strong 2009 guidance, backing a $9.20-per-share profit forecast on momentum in emerging markets and services and software so far this year. Shares jumped nearly 5 percent.

Thu, 26 Feb 09
IBM keeps 2009 outlook and sees services growth (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090226/bs_nm/us_ibm
Reuters - IBM affirmed its full-year profit outlook on Thursday and forecast growth in its services business in the first quarter, in sharp contrast to many technology companies that have scaled back expectations.

Thu, 26 Feb 09
Puppy love -- at your fingertips (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090226/tc_nm/us_videogames_dogs_tech
Reuters - Sit, boy, and roll over -- all with the click of your thumb.

Wed, 25 Feb 09
Cable companies want a way to win with online TV (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_hi_te/tec_tv_online
AP - HBO on your PC? It could happen sooner than you think.

Wed, 25 Feb 09
Google pays for e-mail outage with 15-day credit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_hi_te/tec_google_e_mail_outage
AP - Google Inc. is making amends for an e-mail outage by giving 15 days of free service to businesses, government agencies and other subscribers who pay for an expanded version of the product.

Wed, 25 Feb 09
Google backs Europe case against Microsoft browser (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_hi_te/tec_microsoft_google
AP - Google Inc. is joining forces with European regulators in an attack on Microsoft Corp.'s dominance of the Web browser market, injecting more bad blood between two of computing's richest and most powerful companies.

Wed, 25 Feb 09
Microsoft reaffirms grim outlook for year (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_analyst_meeting
AP - Microsoft Corp. reiterated its belief that the economic crisis will persist at least into the second half of 2009 but attempted to reassure analysts Tuesday that it will continue to cut costs and spend wisely.

Wed, 25 Feb 09
British minister targeted by Internet fraudsters: report (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090225/tc_afp/britainpoliticsinternetfraudnigeriaoffbeat


British Justice Secretary Jack Straw (seen here in 2008) was targeted by Internet fraudsters who sent e-mails to his contacts claiming he was in need of emergency money while on a foreign trip, according to a report.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - British Justice Secretary Jack Straw was targeted by Internet fraudsters who sent e-mails to his contacts claiming he was in need of emergency money while on a foreign trip, according to a report.

Wed, 25 Feb 09
Conan O'Brien sidekick joins "Tonight Show" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090225/tv_nm/us_richter
Reuters - Conan O'Brien and former sidekick Andy Richter are reuniting after making TV audiences laugh through the 1990s on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien."

Wed, 25 Feb 09
Consumers Spend More on Apps Than on Smartphones (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090224/bs_nf/64904
NewsFactor - Watching their investment and retirement portfolios shrink and facing the recession has not stopped mobile-phone users from spending big on apps. More than 15 percent of 235 smartphone users who installed apps on their devices last year spent nearly $100. And 16.5 percent spent between $100 and $500 in the last 12 months.

Wed, 25 Feb 09
More specialty Linuxes to the rescue (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090224/tc_infoworld/126493
InfoWorld - The day of the mold-your-own OS has come, and Linux is the clay.

Wed, 25 Feb 09
Ballmer Says Microsoft Will Focus on R&D Amid Gloom (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090224/tc_nf/64905
NewsFactor - The news last month that Microsoft was issuing its first large-scale layoffs was a clear sign that the economic downturn is being felt even in Redmond, Wash. In a conference call with financial analysts Tuesday, CEO Steve Ballmer made it clear that the software giant doesn't expect things to improve anytime soon.

Wed, 25 Feb 09
Enterprise architecture groups merge (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090224/tc_infoworld/126748
InfoWorld - Two industry organizations focused on enterprise architecture have merged.

Wed, 25 Feb 09
Rubik's 360, a Next-Gen Handheld Mind-Bender (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090224/tc_pcworld/rubiks360anextgenhandheldmindbender
PC World - It's a brain teaser, requires precision dexterity, has better 3D visuals than Crysis, and here's the kicker — it's not a video game.

Tue, 24 Feb 09
Microsoft: Laid-off can keep extra pay after all (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090223/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_overpaid_severance
AP - A few weeks after launching the first wide-scale layoffs in its history, Microsoft Corp. admits it screwed up a key part of the plan.

Tue, 24 Feb 09
Amazon ships Kindle 2 a day earlier than planned (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090223/ap_on_hi_te/tec_amazon_kindle
AP - Amazon.com Inc. says it is shipping the new version of its Kindle electronic reading device a day earlier than it initially planned.

Tue, 24 Feb 09
Online layoff tracker captures economy's carnage (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_layoff_tracker
AP - In a sour economy like this, entrepreneurs inevitably dream up new ways to turn lemons into lemonade.

Tue, 24 Feb 09
Americans watch yet more TV, Nielsen reports (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090223/ap_on_hi_te/tv_screen_time
AP - Americans watched more television than ever in the fourth quarter, The Nielsen Co. reported Monday, even though the Internet is providing another way to watch.

Tue, 24 Feb 09
Canto-pop star in court over sex photos (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090224/en_afp/entertainmentmusiccanadahongkong


Edison Chen leaves Supreme Court building in Vancouver, Canada. The Hong Kong-Canadian pop star who took photos while having sex with a string of female celebrities told a court he was shocked when the images were plastered across the Internet.(AFP/Lyle Stafford)AFP - The Hong Kong-Canadian pop star who took photos while having sex with a string of female celebrities told a court Monday he was shocked when the images were plastered across the Internet.

Tue, 24 Feb 09
Why iPhone Service Prices Probably Won't Budge (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090224/tc_pcworld/whyiphoneservicepricesprobablywontbudge
PC World - There's no shortage of buzz over predictions that iPhone service costs are about to drop, but I wish to respectfully disagree with that expectation.

Tue, 24 Feb 09
Vodafone to cut hundreds of jobs (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090223/tc_nm/us_vodafone
Reuters - Vodafone , the world's largest mobile phone group by revenue, is to cut hundreds of jobs in Britain, according to a report on Sky News.

Tue, 24 Feb 09
Ingres, Alfresco Debut Open-source SharePoint Rival (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090224/tc_pcworld/ingresalfrescodebutopensourcesharepointrival
PC World - Open-source vendors Ingres and Alfresco are teaming up on a software appliance that bundles the Ingres database with Alfresco's content management platform, hoping the combination will prove to be an enticing alternative to Microsoft SharePoint.

Tue, 24 Feb 09
Adobe Flaw Has Been Used in Attacks Since Early January (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090224/tc_pcworld/adobeflawhasbeenusedinattackssinceearlyjanuary
PC World - A dangerous and unpatched vulnerability in Adobe's PDF-reading software has been around a lot longer than previously realized.

Tue, 24 Feb 09
Citrix Offers Management for XenServer and Hyper-V (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090223/bs_nf/64865
NewsFactor - Citrix Systems is working with Microsoft in the enterprise virtualization market with Citrix Essentials for XenServer and Hyper-V.

Tue, 24 Feb 09
Microsoft Entices Gamers To Go for the Gold (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090223/bs_nf/64869
NewsFactor - Microsoft is offering a shiny new deal for its Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers -- a little something extra to boost the game console's value.

Mon, 23 Feb 09
India Shatters Monthly Mobile Subscriber Record (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090223/tc_pcworld/indiashattersmonthlymobilesubscriberrecord
PC World - India added new mobile phone subscribers at a furious pace in January after telecom service provider Reliance Communications launched a new network.

Mon, 23 Feb 09
Vertu Opens First Japan Store (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090223/tc_pcworld/vertuopensfirstjapanstore
PC World - Vertu, the luxury cell phone brand created by Nokia, has opened its first store in Japan to sell hand-crafted cell phones to wealthy consumers despite the recession currently gripping the country.

Mon, 23 Feb 09
Sony counting on software; Nintendo's new portable (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090223/ap_en_ot/games_news_bytes
AP - Real news from the virtual world:

Sun, 22 Feb 09
Yahoo may reveal revamping next week: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090222/wr_nm/us_yahoo
A Yahoo! sign is seen in New York's Times Square November 18, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Carol Bartz could announce a major management reorganization as early as next week, according to the blog AllThingsD.

Sat, 21 Feb 09
Microsoft explores educational link to video games (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090220/ap_on_en_ot/tec_video_games_education


In this Oct. 11, 2007 file photo, Microsoft Corporation Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie looks on at the Microsoft Interoperability Conclave in Bangalore, India. Mundie said during a visit to the company's Fargo, N.D. campus that games could stimulate a child's educational abilities by helping them develop 'a higher-order cognitive capability.' (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, file)AP - Devin Krauter sits on the end of his bed, tapping buttons on his video game controller to shoot down alien beasts while chatting with other players through a headset, texting on his cell phone and talking to a visitor.

Sat, 21 Feb 09
Court strikes down California video game law (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090221/ap_on_hi_te/video_game_lawsuit
AP - A federal appeals court on Friday struck down a California law that sought to ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors.

Sat, 21 Feb 09
Adobe CEO'S 2008 compensation valued at $16.4M (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090221/ap_on_hi_te/adobe_systems_executive_compensation
AP - Shantanu Narayen, the chief executive of Acrobat software maker Adobe Systems Inc., was awarded compensation valued at $16.4 million in fiscal 2008, although the vast majority of that was in stock options that currently have little value.

Sat, 21 Feb 09
Proposed Law Might Make Wi-Fi Users Help Cops (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090221/tc_pcworld/proposedlawmightmakewifiusershelpcops
PC World - A proposed U.S. law would require Internet service providers to store information about every user of their services and keep that data for at least two years, in a bid to crack down on Internet-based predators and child pornographers.

Sat, 21 Feb 09
App Store Grows, but Apps Are Seldom Used (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090221/tc_pcworld/appstoregrowsbutappsareseldomused
PC World - IPhone users have short attention spans.

Sat, 21 Feb 09
Proposed Law Saves Internet User Data (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090220/tc_pcworld/proposedlawsavesinternetuserdata
PC World - In the most recent effort to thwart child predators online, both the U.S. House and Senate are considering bills that would require any Internet access provider -- possibly including public Wi-Fi hotspots -- to retain Internet user data for up to two years.

Sat, 21 Feb 09
Study: Federal Gov't Can Save Billions in IT Spending (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090220/tc_pcworld/studyfederalgovtcansavebillionsinitspending
PC World - The U.S. government could save billions of dollars by moving to more open-source software, cloud computing and virtualization, a recent study suggests.

Sat, 21 Feb 09
iWay Software enters EIM fray (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090220/tc_infoworld/126404
InfoWorld - Building on its ETL and integration history, iWay Software brought forth this week a new enterprise information management suite and two add-on products that expand the EIM capabilities.

Sat, 21 Feb 09
Cloud Computing Brings Challenges, Opportunities (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090220/bs_nf/64840
NewsFactor - IBM gave the cloud-computing industry a big boost last week when it validated the technology by partnering with Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) environment. And despite -- or even because of -- the current economic recession, research firm IDC expects spending on IT cloud services to grow almost threefold, reaching $42 billion by 2012 and accounting for nine percent of revenues in five key market segments.

Sat, 21 Feb 09
Microsoft: Online Gamers Still a Top Malware Target (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090221/tc_pcworld/microsoftonlinegamersstillatopmalwaretarget
PC World - What's the most common type of malware on the Internet? Viruses? Botnet code? How about password-stealing worms, designed to victimize online gamers?

Fri, 20 Feb 09
Facebook has removed 5,500 sex offenders since May (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090220/ap_on_bi_ge/sex_offenders_facebook
AP - Facebook has removed more than 5,500 convicted sex offenders from its social networking Web site since May, Connecticut's attorney general said Thursday.

Fri, 20 Feb 09
Skepticism arises over rural broadband stimulus (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_hi_te/tec_broadband_stimulus
AP - With the first concerted federal program to subsidize high-speed Internet services in rural areas, the new economic stimulus package will create some jobs and could get hundreds of thousands of households online.

Fri, 20 Feb 09
Sprint loses $1.6B but investors see rays of hope (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_hi_te/earns_sprint_nextel


A customer samples a Sprint Nextel BlackBerry Curve at a Sprint Nextel store in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. Sprint Nextel Corp. said Thursday, it lost $1.6 billion in the fourth quarter as it continued to lose subscribers and revenue. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Sprint Nextel Corp., the nation's third-largest wireless carrier, said Thursday it continued to lose customers and money in the fourth quarter and wrote down the remaining value of Sprint's 2005 purchase of Nextel Communications Inc.

Fri, 20 Feb 09
Review: Verizon Hub breathes life into home phone (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techtest_verizon_hub
In this illustration provided by Verizon Wireless, the Verizon Hub is shown. (AP Photo/Verizon Wireless)AP - Some companies are still trying to reinvent the basic home telephone.

Fri, 20 Feb 09
Ill, disabled Aussie kids get first online network (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090220/wr_nm/us_online_australia_illness
Reuters - Being a teenager can be hard, and even tougher if you're different, but an Australian organization hopes to ease these growing pains through an online social network dedicated to youth with illnesses or disabilities.

Fri, 20 Feb 09
Pixel Qi Readies Battery-saving Laptop Screens (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090220/tc_pcworld/pixelqireadiesbatterysavinglaptopscreens
PC World - One Laptop Per Child spin-off Pixel Qi on Thursday said it will soon start shipping low-power screens that could increase laptop battery life by up to 50 percent.

Fri, 20 Feb 09
T-Mobile Aims To Keep Subscribers with a $50 Plan (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090219/bs_nf/64820
NewsFactor - A price war is erupting as the nation's major wireless carriers struggle to attract new customers and keep the ones they have. Just last month, Boost Mobile (a subdivision of Sprint) announced it would offer an unlimited calling plan for a flat $50 fee.

Fri, 20 Feb 09
Intel Eyes Cloud Computing With New Hardware, Software (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090219/tc_pcworld/inteleyescloudcomputingwithnewhardwaresoftware
PC World - Intel is making a push into cloud computing with forthcoming changes in its Nehalem server line aimed at large data-center deployments.

Fri, 20 Feb 09
Meltdown 101: Will the sun soon power our homes? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_bi_ge/meltdown101_solar_power
AP - After 30 years of trying to squeeze electricity from sunlight, the solar energy industry is finally gaining some traction in its effort to compete with fossil fuels.

Thu, 19 Feb 09
HP turns to services as hardware sales falter (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_hi_te/earns_hewlett_packard


Hewlett Packard printers and inks are seen on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. Hewlett-Packard Co.'s quarterly profit dropped 13 percent and sales ticked up just 1 percent, as even the technology company's cash-cow printer ink business was hobbled by the recession. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - With sales of servers and personal computers and even printer ink taking a drubbing because of the recession, Hewlett-Packard Co. is banking on its newly beefed-up services division to help pick up some of the slack.

Thu, 19 Feb 09
Facebook backtracks on terms of use after protests (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_sharing


In this Jan. 30, 2009 file photo, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg participates in a plenary session at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland. In an about-face following a torrent of online protests, Facebook is backing off a change in its user policies while it figures how best to resolve questions like who controls the information shared on the social networking site. (AP Photo/KEYSTONE, Peter Klaunzer)AP - In an about-face following a torrent of online protests, Facebook is backing off a change in its user policies while it figures how best to resolve questions like who controls the information shared on the social networking site.

Thu, 19 Feb 09
Comcast 4Q profit falls with Clearwire write-down (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_hi_te/earns_comcast


Comcast Corp. Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts speaks at a panel discussion during the Beyond Primetime conference in New York February 5, 2007. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)AP - Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable TV provider, said Wednesday its fourth-quarter earnings fell 32 percent, hampered by a $600 million write-down of its investment in wireless technology provider Clearwire Corp.

Thu, 19 Feb 09
8 technology etiquette tips for job-seekers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_hi_te/job_search_tech


In this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo, a customer types on a BlackBerry Storm smartphone at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. While e-mail and smart phones make it easier to pitch yourself and set up appointments, think twice before picking up that BlackBerry and thumb-typing a message to the hiring manager whose e-mail address you so slyly uncovered online. In the end, landing the right job hinges on old-world skills. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - If there's any small solace when starting a job search in this recession, it's the proliferation of digital technology to help you re-enter the working world.

Thu, 19 Feb 09
Hollywood struggles to find wealth on the Web (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090219/en_nm/us_hollywood_web


The Hollywood sign is seen on a hazy afternoon in Los Angeles, California, November 4, 2007. (Danny Moloshok/Reuters)Reuters - After more than a decade of hype about the Internet being the next great stage for mass entertainment, it remains dominated by amateurs with most Hollywood stars watching from the wings.

Thu, 19 Feb 09
iPhone features everywhere in rivals' new phones (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090219/tc_nm/us_column_pluggedin


A sales assistant displays an Apple iPhone 3G during its launch at a SingTel store in Singapore early August 22, 2008. (Tim Chong/Reuters)Reuters - Copying a few pages from the playbook of Apple Inc's iPhone strategy, which brings many of the powers of the Internet to mobile phones, is no way to beat the computer interloper at its game.

Thu, 19 Feb 09
Mobile phones aim to be a 'doctor in your pocket' (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090219/tc_afp/spaintelecomtechnologyhealth


Vittorio Colao CEO of Vodafone attends a conference during the Mobile World Congress (GSMA) in Barcelona, on February 17. The Rockefeller Foundation, the UN Foundation and The Vodafone Foundation announced the Mobile Health (mHealth) Alliance this week, a partnership to advance the use of mobile technology in healthcare.(AFP/File/Lluis Gene)AFP - Not content with offering calls, texts and Internet access, the mobile phone industry is convinced it can help save lives and offer health services to millions worldwide.

Thu, 19 Feb 09
Microsoft-Red Hat Deal Shows Need for Virtualization Support (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090218/tc_pcworld/microsoftredhatdealshowsneedforvirtualizationsupport
PC World - A virtualization deal struck Monday between Microsoft and Red Hat shows the growing need for vendors to ensure customers can get cross-platform support for applications running in virtualized environments.

Thu, 19 Feb 09
Skype to be included on some Nokia smart phones (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_skype_nokia
AP - Skype's software for making free and cheap phone calls over the Internet will be built in to some Nokia Corp. smart phones.

Thu, 19 Feb 09
HP cuts full year outlook (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090219/bs_nm/us_hp


An employee walks past a Hewlett-Packard logo during the second day of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong December 5, 2006. (Paul Yeung/Reuters)Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co cut its full-year outlook after quarterly revenue missed expectations on weak sales of printers, personal computers and servers, sending its shares down 6 percent.

Thu, 19 Feb 09
Sony closing flagship US PlayStation store (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090219/tc_afp/usjapanitinternetretailsony


A man tries a game for Sony's game console Playstation 3 at a game show. Sony announced Wednesday it will close its US flagship PlayStation store in downtown San Francisco.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Sony announced Wednesday it will close its US flagship PlayStation store in downtown San Francisco.

Wed, 18 Feb 09
Recession could lengthen the twilight of dial-up (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_hi_te/tec_dial_up_sticks_around
AP - With the costs of home-schooling a special-needs child, Arlene Dawes of Raleigh, N.C., says dial-up Internet is more attuned to her budget than broadband. Chuck Hester says the high-speed Internet options available in his rural neighborhood near Little Rock, Ark., are too pricey.

Wed, 18 Feb 09
Liberty Media deal staves off Sirius bankruptcy (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_hi_te/sirius_liberty


In this Aug. 19, 2008 file photo, Mel Karmazin, Sirius XM Radio CEO, at a news conference in New York. Liberty Media Corp. will invest $530 million in financially struggling satellite radio company Sirius XM Radio Inc., the companies said Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)AP - Facing a likely bankruptcy, Sirius XM Radio Inc. found a savior in Liberty Media Corp., which will lend $530 million to the satellite radio provider and block a bid for control that had been waged by a rival both companies share: Dish Network Corp. CEO Charlie Ergen.

Wed, 18 Feb 09
How to go from analog to digital TV (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_hi_te/tec_digital_tv_checklist
AP - Here's a checklist to make sure you'll have TV reception after local stations cut their analog broadcasts. Some stations shut down analog transmissions Tuesday. Almost all will end analog after June 12.

Wed, 18 Feb 09
BlackBerry maker settles case with SEC (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090218/tc_afp/canadaustechnologytelecomsstocksjustice


The new Blackberry Bold. Executives from Ontario-based telecoms firm Research in Motion (RIM) -- makers of the BlackBerry -- have agreed to pay fines of at least 1.4 million US dollars following a financial watchdog's probe into its stock issuing practices.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Neilson Barnard)AFP - Executives from Ontario-based telecoms firm Research in Motion (RIM) -- makers of the BlackBerry -- have agreed to pay fines of at least 1.4 million US dollars following a financial watchdog's probe into its stock issuing practices.

Wed, 18 Feb 09
Alcatel, Ericsson seen as Verizon upgrade vendors (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090217/tc_nm/us_verizon_highspeedvendors
Reuters - Alcatel-Lucent is seen as a key supplier of network equipment for a big upgrade at Verizon Wireless, along with other top contenders such as Ericsson, Nokia Siemens and Huawei, according to analysts and experts.

Wed, 18 Feb 09
Early Mozilla Mobile Browser Has 'Showstopper' Flaw (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090217/tc_pcworld/earlymozillamobilebrowserhasshowstopperflaw
PC World - Perhaps pre-alpha was a bit too early for Mozilla to release its Fennec mobile browser for Windows Mobile.

Wed, 18 Feb 09
Outsourcer Aragon buys Krugle (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090217/tc_infoworld/126008
InfoWorld - Software outsourcing company Aragon Consulting Group has acquired Krugle, which has specialized in code search and analysis.

Wed, 18 Feb 09
Trend Micro unveils anti-virus software for routers (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090217/tc_nm/us_trendmicro
Reuters - Japan's Trend Micro Inc, the No 3 maker of computer security programs, introduced a new line of software on Tuesday that runs on home networking gear, protecting groups of PCs from viruses.

Wed, 18 Feb 09
G.I. Joe deployed in videogame for first time (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090217/ennew_afp/lifestyleusitinternetvideogamesea


G.I. Joe action figures are seen at the 2003 Hasbro International G.I. Joe Collectors' Convention in Burlingame, California. Classic soldier doll G.I. Joe is reporting for duty in videogame consoles and handheld devices.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Classic soldier doll G.I. Joe is reporting for duty in videogame consoles and handheld devices.

Tue, 17 Feb 09
TV stations get ready to cut analog signal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_hi_te/tec_digital_tv_transition


In a Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009 file photo, Earl Mostoles, right, helps Arlene Sato to set up her digital receiver for her old analog television, in Honolulu. About a quarter of full-power U.S. TV stations are turning off their analog TV signals Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 16 and 17, 2009, despite the deadline for the shutdown being extended to June 12. Viewers will lose those channels unless they have digital converter boxes, digital TV sets, cable or satellite dishes. (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman, File)AP - In theater superstition, a bad dress rehearsal is supposed to foretell a good opening night.

Tue, 17 Feb 09
Sleeping Lenovo laptops to get BlackBerry e-mail (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_hi_te/tec_lenovo_sleeping_e_mail
AP - Even with it is turned off, a new ThinkPad laptop will be able to talk to a BlackBerry phone so their owner will be able to read and send e-mail faster, the companies behind the devices planned to announce Monday.

Tue, 17 Feb 09
Product launches muted at wireless show (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_hi_te/eu_spain_mobile_conference


A new LG 'Arena' is seen at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. Some 50,000 industry officials from major cell phone makers, telecom companies and high-technology firms are converging in Barcelona for an annual four-day Mobile World Congress that opened Monday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)AP - The softness in the market for new mobile phones showed clearly Monday in a thin array of new product rollouts at the GSMA Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona — usually a smorgasbord of eye-catching gadgets.

Tue, 17 Feb 09
Nokia to sell phones with Skype software (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090217/wr_nm/us_mobile_fair_skype_interview
Reuters - Internet calling company Skype has secured a deal with Nokia under which the world's biggest phone maker will preload Skype software into some of its new smartphones starting from the third quarter of this year.

Tue, 17 Feb 09
Nokia and Qualcomm in cooperation pact (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090217/tc_nm/us_mobile_fair_qualcomm_nokia


The U.S. flag flies next to one of Qualcomm's many buildings in San Diego, California, July 22, 2008. (Mike Blake/Reuters)Reuters - Top global mobile phone maker Nokia said on Tuesday it would work with Qualcomm Inc to develop mobile phones.

Tue, 17 Feb 09
Bill Gates grant to extend mobile banking to poor (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090217/tc_afp/spaintelecomtechnologygatesbankingpoverty


Bill Gates in New Delhi in November. Microsoft founder Gates has agreed to help fund a massive rollout of projects enabling poor mobile phone users to transfer money using their handsets, an industry body announced Tuesday.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - Microsoft founder Bill Gates has agreed to help fund a massive rollout of projects enabling poor mobile phone users to transfer money using their handsets, an industry body announced Tuesday.

Tue, 17 Feb 09
Freescale aims to sell Google Android netbooks in Q2 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090217/tc_nm/us_mobile_fair_freescale


The new G1 phone running Google's Android software is displayed in New York September 23, 2008. (Jacob Silberberg/Reuters)Reuters - Chipmaker Freescale, which began making chips for small netbook laptop computers last month, plans to expand its offering to include chipsets for Google's Android operating system by next quarter.

Tue, 17 Feb 09
Facebook reassures users in wake of service terms change (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090216/tc_afp/usitinternetfacebook


The logo of social networking website 'Facebook' is displayed on a computer screen. Facebook on Monday said it is not usurping users' content despite changing service terms to claim AFP - Facebook on Monday said it is not usurping users' content despite changing service terms to claim "perpetual worldwide license" to anything posted at the social-networking website.

Tue, 17 Feb 09
Sony Says Xbox "Lacks Longevity," Microsoft Shrugs (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090216/tc_pcworld/sonysaysxboxlackslongevitymicrosoftshrugs
PC World - "Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men," according to some old dead Greek guy who took a fatal swig of hemlock. The latest attempt to massage our brainwaves with persuasive oratory comes from Sony Chairman Kazuo Hirai, who reportedly told CVG the Xbox 360 "lacks longevity" and that the PlayStation 3 will eventually pull ahead.

Mon, 16 Feb 09
Can all that Twitters turn to gold amid the gloom? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090215/ap_on_hi_te/tec_whither_twitter
AP - Twitter Inc. has spawned a new way to communicate by limiting messages to 140 keystrokes. So here's a way to describe the Internet's latest craze within Twitter's space restrictions:

Mon, 16 Feb 09
In pop culture, new heroes emerge in Arab world (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090215/ap_on_hi_te/ml_mideast_searching_for_heroes
AP - Abu Essam's footsteps echo loudly as he walks through the narrow alleys of Damascus' old city. Around him in 1930s Syria, tall stone buildings block the scorching sun.

Mon, 16 Feb 09
Nokia unveils online software shop (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090216/wr_nm/us_mobile_fair


The Nokia Research and Development Centre is seen in Helsinki in this April 11, 2008 file photo. The cell phone maker unveiled on Monday its new online software and media store, hoping to follow the runaway success of Apple's App Store. (Bob Strong/Reuters)Reuters - The world's top cell phone maker Nokia unveiled on Monday its new online software and media store, hoping to follow the runaway success of Apple's App Store.

Mon, 16 Feb 09
TI sees projectors as popular as cell cameras (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090216/tc_nm/us_mobilefair_texasinstruments
Reuters - Texas Instruments Inc has unveiled a new version of its mini-projector technology, which it sees as the next big thing in wireless after the now ubiquitous cell phone camera.

Mon, 16 Feb 09
Huawei says to sell 2-3 Android phones this year (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090216/tc_nm/us_mobile_fair_huawei
Reuters - China's Huawei Technologies said on Monday it aimed to start selling 2-3 phone models using Google's Android software platform while introducing more models next year.

Mon, 16 Feb 09
Google, Nvidia Bringing Android to Tegra Chips (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090216/tc_pcworld/googlenvidiabringingandroidtotegrachips
PC World - Nvidia on Monday said it is working with Google to build support for Linux applications on smartphones with its upcoming Tegra mobile chips.

Mon, 16 Feb 09
Nokia unveils media, apps store (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090216/wr_nm/us_mobile_fair_nokia


The Nokia Research and Development Centre is seen in Helsinki in this April 11, 2008 file photo. The cell phone maker unveiled on Monday its new online software and media store, hoping to follow the runaway success of Apple's App Store. (Bob Strong/Reuters)Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia unveiled on Monday its new online software and media store, hoping to follow the runaway success of Apple's App Store. Nokia said it would open the online 'Ovi' store in nine countries in May.

Mon, 16 Feb 09
Lenovo Uses BlackBerry to Sync Laptop E-mail (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090216/tc_pcworld/lenovousesblackberrytosynclaptopemail
PC World - PC maker Lenovo on Monday is expected to announce a partnership with Research In Motion that will make it easier for laptops to synchronize e-mail with servers with the help of BlackBerry smartphones.

Mon, 16 Feb 09
Gaming Industry Sales Grow In January (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090213/bs_nf/64693
NewsFactor - The NPD Group reports that video game console and software sales continued to grow respectably last month, despite tough economic conditions here at home and abroad.

Sun, 15 Feb 09
Electronic evidence firm grilled over absent memos (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090214/ap_on_hi_te/tec_guidance_s_missing_evidence
AP - Guidance Software Inc. bills itself as the leading provider of technology that helps companies dig up old e-mails and other electronic documents that might be evidence in a lawsuit. Yet when Guidance itself had to face a judge, it was accused of bumbling its internal digital search.

Sun, 15 Feb 09
Hong Kong airport fury makes online hit (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090215/tc_afp/hongkongaviationinternetyoutubeoffbeat


A man watches a YouTube video in Hong Kong. A video of a hysterical passenger screaming at airline staff and writhing on the floor after missing a flight at Hong Kong airport has become a YouTube hit.(AFP/AFP)AFP - A video of a hysterical passenger screaming at airline staff and writhing on the floor after missing a flight at Hong Kong airport has become a YouTube hit.

Sun, 15 Feb 09
Mobile phone industry gears up for Barca gathering (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090215/tc_afp/spainmobiletelecomforum


Indian soldiers take photographs on their mobile phones in Srinagar. The mobile phone industry recently reached the milestone of its four billionth connection worldwide, but the cold winds of economic crisis will chill celebrations at the sector's biggest annual gathering this week(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)AFP - The mobile phone industry recently reached the milestone of its four billionth connection worldwide, but the cold winds of economic crisis will chill celebrations at the sector's biggest annual gathering this week.

Sat, 14 Feb 09
For millions, digital TV deadline still is now (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090214/ap_on_hi_te/tec_digital_tv_transition


In this Feb. 4, 2009 file photo, a display of digital TV converter boxes is seen at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. Although the government delayed the mandatory shutdown of analog TV signals by four months to give people with older TVs more time to prepare, that's small comfort to people who live in cities where some broadcasters are switching to all-digital broadcasts Tuesday, as they had originally planned. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Isidro Diaz surfs channels on his old TV about three hours a night in the trailer he rents for $350 a month. Come Tuesday, his limited choice of programs will be much more limited.

Sat, 14 Feb 09
Backlog still large for TV converter box coupons (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090214/ap_on_hi_te/tec_dtv_where_s_my_coupon
AP - Though hundreds of TV stations are turning off their analog signals next week, households in line for their $40 coupons for digital converter boxes are likely to have to wait at least several weeks longer.

Sat, 14 Feb 09
Sirius could file bankruptcy as early as Tuesday (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090213/ap_on_hi_te/sirius_bankruptcy
AP - Financially strapped Sirius XM Radio Inc. said Friday that it could file for bankruptcy as early as Tuesday if it cannot successfully negotiate with the holders of its debt.

Sat, 14 Feb 09
US Congess Passes Huge Economic Stimulus Bill (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090214/tc_pcworld/uscongesspasseshugeeconomicstimulusbill
PC World - The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have both passed the final version of a huge economic stimulus package, including billions of dollars for broadband deployment and electronic health records.

Sat, 14 Feb 09
Google to offer paid smartphone apps in Apple challenge (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090213/wr_nm/us_google


The new G1 phone running Google's Android software is displayed in New York September 23, 2008. (Jacob Silberberg/Reuters)Reuters - Google Inc will allow developers to sell applications for its Android cell phone operating system beginning next week in the United States, as the search giant strives to expand in a smartphone arena dominated by Apple Inc.

Sat, 14 Feb 09
Bespin Web-based code editor effort launched (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090213/tc_infoworld/125759
InfoWorld - Mozilla Labs this week launched a preview of Bespin, a Web-based code editor intended to boost developer productivity, enable compelling user experiences and promote "open" standards.

Sat, 14 Feb 09
Gaming Industry Sales Grow In January (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090213/tc_nf/64693
NewsFactor - The NPD Group reports that video game console and software sales continued to grow respectably last month, despite tough economic conditions here at home and abroad.

Sat, 14 Feb 09
NPD January 09: Xbox 360 Sales Surge, PS3 Sales Slump (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090213/tc_pcworld/npdjanuary09xbox360salessurgeps3salesslump
PC World - Roll out the barrel and raise a couple flags for January 2009's video game sales, which pulled off a 13 percent revenue increase over the same period a year prior.

Fri, 13 Feb 09
Google pulling plug on radio advertising service (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_hi_te/tec_google_radio
AP - Google Inc. will stop selling ads on broadcast radio stations this spring, marking the Internet search leader's latest flop in off-line media.

Fri, 13 Feb 09
Note to cell phone junkies: Txtng + date :( (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_hi_te/texting_while_dating
AP - So you're on a first date and you notice your potential love interest looking down and fiddling with a cell phone under the table. Or maybe he or she isn't even attempting to hide it.

Fri, 13 Feb 09
Review: Asus `kitchen computer' does the job (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_hi_te/tec_tech_test_eee_top


In this photo illustration provided by AsusTek Computer Inc., a simulated demonstration of the Eee Top is shown. (AP Photo/AsusTek Computer Inc.)AP - AsusTek Computer Inc. upended the laptop market when it brought out the tiny, cheap Eee PC a year and a half ago. As a follow-up, the plucky Taiwanese company is trying something harder: conquering the kitchen.

Fri, 13 Feb 09
Microsoft to open own retail stores (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090213/ap_on_hi_te/tec_microsoft_retail_stores
AP - Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced plans to open its own stores despite the economic downturn that has left many retailers struggling.

Fri, 13 Feb 09
Nokia, others rush for mobile software sales (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090213/wr_nm/us_nokia
Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia will unveil its mobile software download service next week, hoping to follow the success of Apple's online App Store, two industry sources told Reuters on Friday.

Fri, 13 Feb 09
Report: China Unicom to Hold IPhone Talks With Apple (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090213/tc_pcworld/reportchinaunicomtoholdiphonetalkswithapple
PC World - China United Telecommunications (China Unicom) is reportedly sending top executives to meet with Apple in the U.S. next month as rumors that the operator plans to bring the iPhone to China gain steam.

Fri, 13 Feb 09
Telecom industry faces moment of truth (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090213/tc_nm/us_mobile_fair
Reuters - The world's mobile telecom industry will gather in the Spanish city of Barcelona next week, hoping to find ways to outwit the downturn, powerful new rivals and software developers threatening to steal their thunder.

Fri, 13 Feb 09
Qualcomm, HP Among New Symbian Partners (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090213/tc_pcworld/qualcommhpamongnewsymbianpartners
PC World - Hewlett-Packard, News Corp.'s MySpace.com division, Bank of America and even Nokia rival Qualcomm have joined the foundation that was formed last year to shepherd the new open-source version of the Symbian mobile operating system.

Fri, 13 Feb 09
US Gaming Market Sees 13% Growth in January (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090213/tc_pcworld/usgamingmarketsees13growthinjanuary
PC World - The U.S. market for video game software and hardware registered another month of year-on-year growth in January adding further weight to the theory that the sector is relatively insulated from recession.

Fri, 13 Feb 09
Microsoft Forms Posse, Sets Bounty for Worm Authors (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090212/bs_nf/64681
NewsFactor - Late last fall, Microsoft servers came under attack from a particularly vicious worm called Conficker/Downadup. The worm may have been specifically written to exploit a vulnerability that Microsoft revealed in Security Bulletin No. MS08-067.

Fri, 13 Feb 09
"Mortal Combat" videogame maker seeks bankruptcy protection (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090213/tc_afp/usitvideogamescompanymidway


US videogame veteran Midway Games on Thursday said it has filed for bankruptcy despite strong sales of hot titles such as AFP - US videogame veteran Midway Games on Thursday said it has filed for bankruptcy despite strong sales of hot titles such as "Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe."

Thu, 12 Feb 09
Verizon Wireless copies Alltel's My Circle (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_hi_te/tec_verizon_wireless_plan
AP - Verizon Wireless is set to announce Thursday that subscribers on some qualifying plans will be able to pick five or 10 phone numbers that they can call for free, without drawing down their plan's minutes.

Thu, 12 Feb 09
2 big satellites collide 500 miles over Siberia (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090211/ap_on_sc/satellite_collision
AP - Two big communications satellites collided in the first-ever crash of two intact spacecraft in orbit, shooting out a pair of massive debris clouds and posing a slight risk to the international space station.

Thu, 12 Feb 09
Facebook appraisal pegs company's value at $3.7B (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_settlement
AP - Facebook Inc. quickly concluded it wasn't worth anywhere near the $15 billion market value implied in a 2007 investment made by Microsoft Corp., according to confidential information obtained Wednesday from court documents.

Thu, 12 Feb 09
Dish Network CEO tries to one-up Sirius XM (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090211/ap_on_hi_te/sirius_bankruptcy
AP - A battle is brewing for control of Sirius XM Radio Inc., with uncertain consequences for the nearly 20 million people who use the satellite radio service to listen to music, sports and personalities from Howard Stern to Martha Stewart.

Thu, 12 Feb 09
Tata Communications investing 430 mln dlrs in Asia (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090212/tc_afp/asiasingaporeindiainternettata


File photo shows an Indian passing a Cyber Cafe in Bombay. Indian telecoms firm Tata Communications will invest 430 million US dollars in an Asian Internet data centre and cable system, a person familiar with the situation said Thursday.(AFP/File/Rob Elliott)AFP - Indian telecoms firm Tata Communications is investing 430 million US dollars in an Asian Internet data centre and cable system, the firm said Thursday.

Thu, 12 Feb 09
Phones and Cameras Lead February's Gadgets (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090212/tc_pcworld/phonesandcamerasleadfebruarysgadgets
PC World - As 2009 starts to pick up pace, the attention of the big gadget makers moves from January's International Consumer Electronics Show to February's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Thu, 12 Feb 09
Sun premiering JavaFX Mobile component (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090212/tc_infoworld/125513
InfoWorld - Proceeding to a critical phase in the rollout of its JavaFX platform for rich media client applications, Sun will ship on Thursday a mobile runtime component enabling JavaFX applications to run on handheld devices such as phones.

Thu, 12 Feb 09
Moonlight 1.0 puts Silverlight on Linux (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090212/tc_infoworld/125565
InfoWorld - Moonlight 1.0, an open source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight rich media application platform, was announced Wednesday for Unix and Linux systems, said Miguel de Icaza, the Novell developer who has been in charge of the project.

Thu, 12 Feb 09
IBM Floats Software in Amazon's Cloud (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090212/tc_pcworld/ibmfloatssoftwareinamazonscloud
PC World - IBM is delivering some of its infrastructure software as an on-demand service through Amazon Web Services, the companies said Wednesday, helping to validate the cloud computing model among enterprise customers.

Thu, 12 Feb 09
Google Extends FriendConnect With a 'social Bar' (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090211/tc_pcworld/googleextendsfriendconnectwithasocialbar
PC World - FriendConnect, the Google service that lets Web publishers add social networking features to their Web sites, has gained a new feature that aggregates basic social media functions in a toolbar that can be added to Web pages.

Thu, 12 Feb 09
"Guitar Hero" fails to save Activision (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090212/media_nm/us_activision


Participants watch and play the Guitar Hero video game in 3D wearing nVidia GeForce 3D Vision glasses at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 8, 2009. The GeForce 3D system was released January 8, 2009. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - The economy is so bad that even the company behind "Guitar Hero," the hottest video game franchise in the world, couldn't muster a profit in the holiday quarter.

Wed, 11 Feb 09
Inventors Hall honors chip technology (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090211/ap_on_hi_te/inventors_hall_of_fame
AP - A researcher who pioneered the first liquid crystal displays eventually used in computer screens and televisions is among 15 new members of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Wed, 11 Feb 09
To keep pace, Intel plans $7B on factory upgrades (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090210/ap_on_hi_te/intel_factories
AP - Intel Corp. plans to spend $7 billion upgrading its U.S. factories over the next two years, a sign that the recession hasn't extinguished chip makers' lust for cutting-edge equipment.

Wed, 11 Feb 09
EU signs pact with Internet networking sites (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090210/ap_on_hi_te/eu_eu_online_bullying
AP - The European Union has signed a pact with 17 social networking providers including Facebook, MySpace and Google to improve safeguards against the bullying of teenagers online.

Wed, 11 Feb 09
Report: Sirius Radio prepares bankruptcy filing (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20090211/tc_cnet/8301102331016118593
CNET - Sirius XM Satellite Radio, the financially troubled radio service, is busy preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing, according to a published report.

Wed, 11 Feb 09
Certicom agrees to RIM's sweetened takeover offer (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090211/wr_nm/us_certicom_verisign
Reuters - Security software company Certicom Corp agreed to be bought by BlackBerry maker Research In Motion for around C$131 million ($106.5 million), spurning a lower bid from VeriSign Inc.

Wed, 11 Feb 09
Dell Hurls out Another Adamo Teaser (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090211/tc_pcworld/dellhurlsoutanotheradamoteaser
PC World - Dell has launched a new teaser surrounding its highly anticipated Adamo ultraportable laptop, now inviting users to sign up for the launch of the laptop as its unfolds.

Wed, 11 Feb 09
Nokia cuts production, jobs in Finland (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090211/bs_nm/us_nokia_costs


The corporate logo hangs on a wall at Nokia world headquarters in Helsinki July 9, 2008. Picture taken July 9, 2008. (Bob Strong/Reuters)Reuters - Top cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said on Wednesday it would cut production at its Salo plant in Finland as demand for cellphones has dropped, and close a research site in the Finnish town of Jyvaskyla.

Wed, 11 Feb 09
Mozilla to weigh in on EU's Microsoft case (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20090210/tc_cnet/83011080531016039675
CNET - Mozilla has been granted a seat at the table in the European Commission's antitrust case against Microsoft, an EC source said Tuesday.

Wed, 11 Feb 09
Google tool helps consumers reduce energy usage (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090211/wr_nm/us_google_smartgrid


A home under construction in Temecula, California, July 19, 2008. (Mike Blake/Reuters)Reuters - Google Inc on Tuesday said it would use its software skills to help consumers track their home energy usage and thereby lower demand and the global warming emissions that come from producing electricity.

Wed, 11 Feb 09
IBM climbs further into the computing cloud (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090210/tc_afp/usitinternetcompanyibm


A fairgoer speaking on his mobile phone in front of a giant IBM logo in Hanover. IBM on Tuesday went deeper into cloud computing, expanding offerings aimed at businesses interested in taking advantage of software managed online as services.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - IBM on Tuesday went deeper into cloud computing, expanding offerings aimed at businesses interested in taking advantage of software managed online as services.

Wed, 11 Feb 09
Bob Marley family in licensing deal for clothes, food (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090210/en_nm/us_bobmarley
Bob Marley in an undated photo. (File/Reuters)Reuters - Bob Marley's family has teamed up with a private equity group to handle licensing of the late Jamaican reggae legend's likeness, trademarks and themes on retail products ranging from apparel to video games.

Tue, 10 Feb 09
Amazon's new Kindle e-book reader gets slimmer (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090209/ap_on_hi_te/tec_amazon_kindle


Author Stephen King reads from his latest book 'Ur' with the Kindle 2 electronic reader at a news conference for Amazon.com Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - Amazon.com Inc. is releasing a slimmer version of its Kindle electronic reading device, but it still costs $359 — making it unclear how mainstream even an improved Kindle can be during a brutal recession.

Tue, 10 Feb 09
Hundreds of Houston computers infected by virus (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090210/ap_on_hi_te/houston_computer_virus
AP - A virus is playing havoc with the municipal court operations in Houston.

Tue, 10 Feb 09
Pay TV providers fret over penny-pinching viewers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090208/ap_on_hi_te/tec_cutting_cable


In this May 30, 2007 file photo, a cable box is seen on top of a television in Philadelphia. The delay of the U.S. analog signal shutdown, which causes confusion for TV viewers and havoc for broadcasters, is a symptom of the unique way the U.S. is going about the shutdown: no other big country has dared to, or plans to, end its analog TV broadcasts all in one go. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)AP - Porter McConnell gave up on pay TV last summer after noticing that monthly rates kept creeping up.

Tue, 10 Feb 09
Google CEO advises right wing, too--in the U.K. (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20090210/tc_cnet/83011357831015999438
CNET - Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt advised Barack Obama during his presidential campaign, but apparently he's willing to diversify when it comes to his influence.

Tue, 10 Feb 09
Aster Data Launches Cloud Edition of Analytic Database (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090210/tc_pcworld/asterdatalaunchescloudeditionofanalyticdatabase
PC World - Aster Data Systems' nCluster relational database for high-end data analysis can now be deployed on the cloud infrastructure platforms from Amazon Web Services and AppNexus, Aster said Tuesday.

Tue, 10 Feb 09
Will the iPhone Kill the Kindle? No Way. (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090210/tc_pcworld/willtheiphonekillthekindlenoway
PC World - It's no secret that I've been a convert to the Amazon Kindle for more than a year now. And now that Amazon has announced its second generation of the Kindle, I'm even more impressed with the device than I was before. But some misguided souls, like my colleague Rick Broida, are throwing down the gauntlet on my favorite eBook reader, saying it's no match for that little all-in-one wonder from Apple, the iPhone. Here's why they're wrong.

Tue, 10 Feb 09
Google syncing Gmail, Calendar with iPhone (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090210/tc_infoworld/125222
InfoWorld - Google said on Monday it was releasing a beta version of Google Sync for the iPhone and Windows Mobile phones, providing the ability to synchronize Gmail contact information and Google Calendar events with handheld phones.

Tue, 10 Feb 09
Sun offers integrated Web platform (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090210/tc_infoworld/125245
InfoWorld - Sun will roll out on Tuesday a primarily open-source Web application platform based on the GlassFish Java application server.

Tue, 10 Feb 09
Google syncs online contacts and calendar with smart phones (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090210/tc_afp/usitinternettelecomgoogle


Google began synchronizing its free Web-based email service with smart phones using software licensed from arch-rival Microsoft.(Google)AFP - Google has begun synchronizing its free online calendars and Gmail contact lists with smart phones using software licensed from arch-rival Microsoft.

Tue, 10 Feb 09
IBM, Juniper Join in Cloud Strategy (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090210/tc_pcworld/ibmjuniperjoinincloudstrategy
PC World - IBM and Juniper on Monday provided a sneak peek at technology that lets enterprise IT managers easily reallocate computing resources between a private and a public cloud.

Tue, 10 Feb 09
Scholastic chided for selling toys in book clubs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090209/ap_en_bu/book_club_protest


This portion of a Scholastic Corp. school-based book clubs catalog, shows two video games, center and right, and a 3-D book, left, which school children can buy. Scholastic Corp., the U.S. publisher of the Harry Potter books, has come under criticism from a children's advocacy group for using its vast, venerable network of school-based book clubs to market toys and other non-educational items ranging from video games to lip gloss. Items pitched to elementary school students in the last 14 months include M&M's Kart Racing Wii video game, center, an American Idol event planner, the SpongeBob SquarePants Monopoly computer game, lip gloss rings, Nintendo's Baby Pals video game, Hannah Montana posters and the Spy Master Voice Disguiser.(AP Photo/Scholastic Corp.)AP - Scholastic Corp., the U.S. publisher of the Harry Potter books, has come under criticism from a children's advocacy group for using its vast, venerable network of school-based book clubs to market toys and other non-educational items such as video games to lip gloss.

Sun, 8 Feb 09
Salesforce.com president Cakebread departs (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20090207/tc_cnet/8301100131015912092
CNET - Salesforce.com this week disclosed that Steve Cakebread, its president and chief strategy officer, has left the company.

Sun, 8 Feb 09
Did Intel Score PlayStation 4 GPU? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090207/tc_pcworld/didintelscoreplaystation4gpu
PC World - Did Sony drop chipmaker Nvidia on the PlayStation 4's design specs in favor of Intel? That's what gossip site The Inquirer's claiming as signed, sealed, and delivered. The story's title includes the declarative "Intel will design." No question mark.

Sat, 7 Feb 09
Broadband funding in stimulus plan sparks debate (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_hi_te/tec_broadband_stimulus
AP - Among the economic stimulus proposals moving through Congress is one that fulfills an old dream of broadband boosters. It would offer substantial funding for high-speed Internet networks in corners of the country that still rely on dial-up connections or have only one broadband option.

Sat, 7 Feb 09
Some TV stations to end analog signal on Feb. 17 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_hi_te/tec_digital_tv_transition


Display of Digital TV Converter Boxes at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. Congress is giving consumers four more months to prepare for the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting but many stations still plan to cut off analog on the original date, less than two weeks away. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Television viewers who use antennas and were expecting a few more months to prepare for digital TV may not have much time left before their sets go dark: Many stations still plan to drop analog broadcasts in less than two weeks.

Sat, 7 Feb 09
US analog TV shutdown bolder, riskier than most (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_hi_te/tec_digital_tv_international


In this Oct. 12, 2006 file photo, a digital TV receiver on sale in a store in Milan, Italy, Thursday. Italy initially planned to complete its transition from analog to digital television in 2006, but had to postpone that by six years. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)AP - The U.S. has planned for more than a decade to have TV broadcasters turn off their analog signals, yet when the Feb. 17 deadline loomed, it flinched, delaying the mandatory shutdown for four months.

Sat, 7 Feb 09
Microsoft's Ballmer likens economy to depressions of 1837, 1873, and 1929 (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20090207/tc_cnet/83011357831015895938
CNET - Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer sketched a dire portrait of the world economy on Friday, likening it to market conditions in 1837, 1873, and 1929, each of which involved bank failures, high unemployment, and a depression.

Sat, 7 Feb 09
Cuba to keep Internet limits after fiber optic cable (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090207/tc_afp/cubaitinternetvenezuela


Cubans look at computers on display in a shop in Havana. Cuba will continue to limit Internet access even after a fiber optic cable linking the island with Venezuela comes online in 2010, a top official said(AFP/File/Adalberto Roque)AFP - Cuba will continue to limit Internet access even after a fiber optic cable linking the island with Venezuela comes online in 2010, a top official said.

Sat, 7 Feb 09
iPhone apps round-up: Future Apps roles out speech-based translators (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090207/tc_macworld/iphoneappsroundupfutureappsrolesoutspeechbasedtranslators
Macworld.com - When you’re trying to pick up the nuances of a different language, it’s one thing to see how a phrase translates from English to another tongue, but it’s quite another to hear how to pronounce something properly. That’s the idea behind Future Apps’ newly released line of iSpeak translation-language learning tools for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Sat, 7 Feb 09
Windows Mobile Online Storage Beta Coming Soon (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090207/tc_pcworld/windowsmobileonlinestoragebetacomingsoon
PC World - Microsoft has revealed some details of a forthcoming service that will allow Windows Mobile users to synchronize information between their phone and the Web.

Sat, 7 Feb 09
WSO2 offers open source, componentized SOA (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090206/tc_infoworld/124923
InfoWorld - Open source SOA vendor WSO2 on Monday will debut a componentized framework for SOA based on OSGi, with the intent of letting user sites assemble just what they need for their own deployments without having to carry excess software.

Sat, 7 Feb 09
Economy Could Slow Enterprise Adoption of Windows 7 (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090206/tc_pcworld/economycouldslowenterpriseadoptionofwindows7
PC World - The turbulent economy could hinder enterprise adoption of Windows 7, even though many companies opted to skip Windows Vista and are still running the outdated Windows XP OS, analysts said.

Sat, 7 Feb 09
Hospital Chain Sues Lawson Software Over Retiring ERP Apps (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090206/tc_pcworld/hospitalchainsueslawsonsoftwareoverretiringerpapps
PC World - A Kansas-based nonprofit hospital chain has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Lawson Software, saying its agreement with the ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor requires Lawson to provide -- for just a small fee -- replacements for two software modules that will be decommissioned next year.

Sat, 7 Feb 09
'Godfather' video game suit settled (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090207/ap_en_ot/games_the_godfather


The undated image from video, courtesy of publisher Electronic Arts, Inc., shows Don Vito Corleone, left, requesting a favor in 'The Godfather: The Game.'The estate of 'The Godfather' author Mario Puzo has tentatively settled a $1 million lawsuit against Paramount Pictures Corp. concerning profits from a video game with elements from the 1972 film, the plaintiffs' lawyer said Friday Feb. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Electronic Arts, Inc.File)AP - The estate of "The Godfather" author has accepted an offer it couldn't refuse.

Fri, 6 Feb 09
Some TV stations to end analog signal on Feb. 17 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090205/ap_on_hi_te/tec_digital_tv_transition


Display of Digital TV Converter Boxes at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. Congress is giving consumers four more months to prepare for the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting but many stations still plan to cut off analog on the original date, less than two weeks away. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Television viewers who use antennas and were expecting a few more months to prepare for digital TV may not have much time left before their sets go dark: Many stations still plan to drop analog broadcasts in less than two weeks.

Fri, 6 Feb 09
BlackBerry-maker settlement approved (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090205/ap_on_hi_te/canada_rim_settlement
AP - The co-executives of BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion will pay the brunt of about $77 million Canadian (US$62 million) in fines and restitution to settle allegations they participated in a practice known as stock option backdating.

Fri, 6 Feb 09
JuicyCampus, home to nasty school gossip, dries up (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090205/ap_on_hi_te/juicycampus_demise
AP - Critics hoped the better angels of human nature would kill off the popular campus gossip site JuicyCampus.com. Some prosecutors were trying to use the law to do the trick.

Fri, 6 Feb 09
FBI: Cloned debit cards used in worldwide scheme (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20090206/tc_cnet/8301100931015806283
CNET - The FBI is looking for suspects caught on video cameras who allegedly used cloned payroll debit cards to withdraw money from ATMs in a multi-city crime spree late last year, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Fri, 6 Feb 09
Dueling divas: Etta James 'can't stand' Beyonce (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_en_mu/people_etta_james


In this Nov. 24, 2008, file photo, Etta James arrives at the premiere of 'Cadillac Records' in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - We saw Beyonce play Etta James. We probably won't soon see the singing divas duet. The 71-year-old singer says in an audio clip that surfaced online Thursday that she would "whip" Beyonce for singing "her song" "At Last" at an inaugural ball for President Barack Obama.

Fri, 6 Feb 09
Samsung's Via Nano-based NC20 Laptop Coming Soon (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090206/tc_pcworld/samsungsviananobasednc20laptopcomingsoon
PC World - It's a done deal. Samsung Electronics' NC20 laptop based on Via Technologies' Nano processor will be available in the U.K. on Monday, Feb. 9, according to U.K. operator BT, which is accepting preorders.

Fri, 6 Feb 09
Microsoft Smartphone Rumors Gain Steam (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090206/tc_pcworld/microsoftsmartphonerumorsgainsteam
PC World - Rumors that Microsoft will launch its own smartphones have gained steam again, with one analyst predicting that the device may be introduced at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in two weeks.

Fri, 6 Feb 09
MySQL Co-founder Quits Sun (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090205/tc_pcworld/mysqlcofounderquitssun
PC World - Michael "Monty" Widenius, the original developer of the open-source MySQL database, has left Sun Microsystems and is starting his own company, Monty Program Ab, he said in a blog post Thursday.

Fri, 6 Feb 09
Microsoft Says Windows 7 UAC Vulnerability Fixed (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090205/tc_nf/64519
NewsFactor - Microsoft on Thursday elaborated on plans for the six versions of Windows 7 and said it fixed vulnerabilities in the User Account Control security feature. The software giant said the UAC problem has been fixed in post-beta builds not yet released.

Fri, 6 Feb 09
Four Security Updates Due From Microsoft Next Week (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090205/tc_pcworld/foursecurityupdatesduefrommicrosoftnextweek
PC World - Microsoft plans to patch critical flaws in its Internet Explorer and Microsoft Exchange Server software next week.

Fri, 6 Feb 09
Playing violent video games has risks: study (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090206/tc_nm/us_videogame_violence


A video game enthusiast stands near the pointed gun of the video game character Lara Croft of the game 'Tomb Raider' at the Electronic Entertainment Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center, May 13. SSM/JP/CLH/ (Reuters)Reuters - Among young college students, the frequency and type of video games played appears to parallel risky drug and alcohol use, poorer personal relationships, and low levels of self-esteem, researchers report.

Thu, 5 Feb 09
Congress postpones digital TV transition to June (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_hi_te/tec_digital_tv_transition
AP - After weeks of debate, Congress is giving consumers four more months to prepare for the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting.

Thu, 5 Feb 09
Teens who `sext' racy photos charged with porn (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_hi_te/tec_teen_sexting


In this May 22, 2008 file photo, parents listen to a seminar conducted by Connecticut State Police Sgt. Jim Smith of the state police cybercrimes unit in Windsor Locks, Conn. Teenagers' increasingly common habit of distributing nude self-portraits electronically — often called 'sexting' if it's done by cell phone — has parents and school administrators worried. And some prosecutors have begun charging teens who send and receive such images with child pornography and other serious felonies. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, file)AP - Though youth is fleeting, images sent on a cell phone or posted online may not be, especially if they're naughty.

Thu, 5 Feb 09
Cisco earnings down; January notably weak (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090205/ap_on_hi_te/earns_cisco
AP - Technology bellwether Cisco Systems Inc. said Wednesday that incoming orders declined dramatically in January, indicating that the shrinking economy has more pain in store for the industry.

Thu, 5 Feb 09
Review: Smart phones a bit smarter with Redfly (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_hi_te/tec_tech_test_redfly


The Redfly smartphone terminal, right, connected via Bluetooth to a Samsung BlackJack, is photographed in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - You might think your smart phone is pretty brainy, but is it clever enough to essentially replace your laptop while on the go?

Thu, 5 Feb 09
Obama's DOJ pick is RIAA lawyer who killed Grokster (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20090205/tc_cnet/83011357831015738138
CNET - President Obama is continuing to fill the senior ranks of the U.S. Department of Justice with the copyright industry's favorite lawyers.

Thu, 5 Feb 09
Threats to media freedom worry Thai Internet community (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090205/tc_afp/thailandinternetmediapoliticsroyalscensorship


A Thai couple surf the Internet at a web cafe in Bangkok. Thai activists say the blossoming of blogs and Internet chat rooms poring over the kingdom's tumultuous politics have unnerved authorities, prompting a crushing campaign of censorship to suppress a growing number of dissenting voices.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)AFP - Frustrated with what she saw as corporate influence and political bias in Thailand's print media, Chiranuch Premchaiporn helped launch a news website in 2004 to try and filter out the spin.

Thu, 5 Feb 09
Mobile phones fight disease, uncover news in developing lands (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090205/tc_afp/usitinternetcharityhealthtelecomted


An Indian truck driver talks near Hyderabad. As mobile phones spread rapidly around the world, activists and truth lovers are turning to them as tools for organizing and communicating(AFP/File/Noah Seelam)AFP - As mobile phones spread rapidly around the world, activists and truth lovers are turning to them as tools for organizing and communicating.

Thu, 5 Feb 09
Google launches software to track mobile users (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090205/wr_nm/us_google_tracking
Reuters - Google Inc released software on Wednesday that allows users of mobile phones and other wireless devices to automatically share their whereabouts with family and friends.

Thu, 5 Feb 09
Microsoft May Go Open Source With Danger (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090205/tc_pcworld/microsoftmaygoopensourcewithdanger
PC World - Microsoft may do the unthinkable with Danger, the mobile software and services developer it purchased last year: Go open source.

Thu, 5 Feb 09
IBM teams up with Google on health software (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090205/tc_nm/us_ibm_google


A worker is silhouetted in front of a huge screen with the IBM logo ahead of the CeBIT fair inside a hall in Hanover March 1, 2008. (Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)Reuters - IBM is teaming up with Google Inc on a new software to move data from remote personal medical devices into Google Health and other personal health records (PHRs).

Thu, 5 Feb 09
Solid quarter for Cisco but clouds on horizon (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090205/tc_afp/usittelecomearningscisco


US computer networking giant Cisco reported a solid quarterly performance but warned the global economic downturn would take its toll in the current quarter and layoffs cannot be ruled out.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)AFP - US computer networking giant Cisco reported a solid quarterly performance but warned the global economic downturn would take its toll in the current quarter and layoffs cannot be ruled out.

Thu, 5 Feb 09
THQ to cut 600 jobs (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090204/tc_nm/us_thq
Reuters - THQ Inc posted a big quarterly loss as sales fell more than expected and declined to provide an outlook for the current quarter, citing the uncertain economy, and plans to cut nearly a quarter of its workforce.

Wed, 4 Feb 09
Do you know where your kid is? Check Google's maps (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_hi_te/tec_google_people_tracker


A screen grab showing Google's upgraded mapping system is seen in this photo provided by Google Inc. The new software to be released Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, will enable people to use mobile phones and other wireless devices to automatically share their whereabouts with family and friends. (AP Photo Google Inc.)AP - With an upgrade to its mobile maps, Google Inc. hopes to prove it can track people on the go as effectively as it searches for information on the Internet.

Wed, 4 Feb 09
Microsoft streamlines Windows 7 options (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_hi_te/tec_microsoft_windows7
AP - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said it will heavily promote two main versions of the next Windows operating system in an attempt to avoid the problems it faced by marketing four tiers of the Windows Vista system.

Wed, 4 Feb 09
MySpace: 90,000 sex offenders removed from site (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_hi_te/sex_offenders_myspace
AP - About 90,000 sex offenders have been identified and removed from the social networking Web site MySpace, company and law enforcement officials said Tuesday.

Wed, 4 Feb 09
Electronic Arts posts wider loss, hurt by charges (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_hi_te/earns_electronic_arts
AP - Hurt by weak holiday sales and a slew of charges, video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. posted a wider net loss for its fiscal third quarter and fell short of analysts' expectations Tuesday.

Wed, 4 Feb 09
Judge postpones Rambus patent-infringement trials (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20090204/tc_cnet/8301100131015640492
CNET - A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday postponed indefinitely the coordinated patent-infringement cases filed by Rambus against a collection of rival memory chipmakers that were scheduled to go to trial later this month.

Wed, 4 Feb 09
Google launches software to track mobile users (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090204/tc_nm/us_google_tracking
Reuters - U.S. Internet search company Google Inc released software on Wednesday that allows users of mobile phones and other wireless devices to automatically share their whereabouts with family and friends.

Wed, 4 Feb 09
Panasonic warns of $4.2 billion loss, to cut 15,000 jobs (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090204/tc_nm/us_panasonic


A man looks at Panasonic flat screen televisions displayed at an electronics shop in Tokyo February 2, 2009. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Japan's Panasonic Corp, the world's No.1 plasma TV maker, warned it would post an annual loss of $4.2 billion and said it would cut 15,000 jobs as it grapples with a stronger yen and slowing demand.

Wed, 4 Feb 09
T-Mobile Issues Firmware Update for G1, Adds Voice Search (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090204/tc_pcworld/tmobileissuesfirmwareupdateforg1addsvoicesearch
PC World - T-Mobile began pushing out an update that adds a couple of new features and fixes some glitches in the G1, its phone that runs Google's Android software.

Wed, 4 Feb 09
Firefox 3.0.6 targets security issues (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20090204/tc_cnet/8301100931015637483
CNET - Mozilla on Tuesday released an update to Firefox that its developers said addresses several security and stability issues in the Web browser.

Wed, 4 Feb 09
Music helps fuel sales increase for video games (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090204/tc_nm/us_videogames


A screen shot from Madden NFL 09 is seen in a handout image. (EA/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Four major video-game franchise titles with music tie-ins sparked a record year for U.S. video-game and computer game software, representing more than 5 percent of the total 297.6 million units sold in 2008, according to the NPD Group.

Wed, 4 Feb 09
Intel Delays Itanium Upgrade to Add New Capabilities (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090204/tc_pcworld/inteldelaysitaniumupgradetoaddnewcapabilities
PC World - Intel on Tuesday said it has delayed the release of the quad-core Tukwila chip, its next-generation 64-bit Itanium processor designed for use in enterprise servers.

Wed, 4 Feb 09
Gamefly Gets a Shacknews Delivered Right to its Door (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090204/tc_pcworld/gameflygetsashacknewsdeliveredrighttoitsdoor
PC World - We've seen plenty of media and video game-related acquisitions this past year, including Ziff-Davis' sale of popular gaming site 1UP to Hearst Corporation's UGO Entertainment and the closing of the fabled Activision/Vivendi (and, by proxy, Activision/Blizzard) merger. You can now mark your scorecards for the second big gaming media acquisition of 2009, as Gamefly has picked up the gaming journalism site Shacknews.

Tue, 3 Feb 09
Satyam clients find that breaking up is hard to do (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090202/ap_on_hi_te/tec_stuck_with_satyam
AP - Outsourcing partnerships are built on trust, so when Satyam Computer Services Ltd. copped to inflating its books by $1 billion, its customers — some of the world's biggest companies — were burned.

Tue, 3 Feb 09
Google Earth allows exploration of oceans, Mars (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090203/ap_on_hi_te/tec_google_earth


Former Vice President Al Gore points at a screen showing the new Google Earth 5.0 at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. Google Inc. is launching a new version of Google Earth that will let users explore the oceans, view images of Mars and watch the Earth's surface change over time. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - Google Inc. on Monday launched a new version of Google Earth that allows users to explore the oceans, view images of Mars and watch regions of the Earth change over time.

Tue, 3 Feb 09
Ask.com turns to Symantec to secure more traffic (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090203/ap_on_hi_te/apfn_tec_techbit_ask_symantec
AP - Ask.com is counting on people's fear of online mischief to bring more traffic to its Internet search engine.

Tue, 3 Feb 09
IBM to send blazing fast supercomputer to Energy Dept. (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20090203/tc_cnet/8301100131015542092
CNET - IBM plans to announce on Tuesday that it will supply the world's fastest supercomputer to the U.S. Department of Energy in the next few years, according to numerous reports.

Tue, 3 Feb 09
US newspapers fight back (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090203/tc_afp/usmedianewspapersindustryinternetfacebook


The New York Times offices. US newspapers, reeling from sagging print advertising revenue, dropping circulation and the migration of readers online, are fighting back(AFP/Getty Images/File/Michael Nagle)AFP - US newspapers, reeling from sagging print advertising revenue, dropping circulation and the migration of readers online, are fighting back.

Tue, 3 Feb 09
India plans '10 dollar' laptop to promote computer skills (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090203/tc_afp/indiacomputereducation


A second-hand computer shop in New Delhi. India has unveiled plans to produce a laptop computer costing just 10 dollars in a bid to improve the skills of millions of students across the country(AFP/File/Christophe Archambault)AFP - India has unveiled plans to produce a laptop computer costing just 10 dollars in a bid to improve the skills of millions of students across the country.

Tue, 3 Feb 09
Vodafone raises forecasts on favorable currency (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090203/bs_nm/us_vodafone_results


A woman talks on a mobile telephone as she passes a Vodafone store in central London November 8, 2008. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)Reuters - Vodafone, the world's largest mobile phone group by sales, increased its full-year guidance on Tuesday due to favorable foreign exchange movements and said customers had continued to use mobiles during the downturn.

Tue, 3 Feb 09
IE's Loss is Firefox, Safari, Chrome's Gain (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090202/tc_zd/236593
PC Magazine - Internet Explorer's market share continued to drop last month as Mozilla's Firefox, Google's Chrome, and Apple's Safari saw small gains, according to data released Monday by Net Applications.

Tue, 3 Feb 09
Mac OS X Nears 10 Percent of Market as Windows Slips (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090202/tc_nf/64446
NewsFactor - While Microsoft's Windows 7 has been making tech news, Apple's Mac OS X has moved up the market-share ladder. Apple's operating system continued climbing for the third consecutive month, closing in on 10 percent of the operating-system market, according to Net Applications. Apple now claims 9.9 percent of the market.

Tue, 3 Feb 09
US Orders Massive Supercomputer to Manage Nuclear Stockpile (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090203/tc_pcworld/usordersmassivesupercomputertomanagenuclearstockpile
PC World - The U.S. government has commissioned IBM to build a massive supercomputer that will have 1.6 million processor cores and be 15 times faster than today's most powerful machine, IBM announced Tuesday.

Tue, 3 Feb 09
Electronic Arts playing spy games with Ludlum books (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090203/wr_nm/us_media_ludlum
Reuters - Electronic Arts has won an exclusive worldwide license from Ludlum Entertainment to create video games based on the works of author Robert Ludlum, including the popular Jason Bourne franchise.

Mon, 2 Feb 09
AP IMPACT: SWAT teams deployed in 911 fraud (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090202/ap_on_hi_te/tec911_swatting


This undated booking mug provided by the Orange County District Attorney's office shows Randal Ellis. Ellis is currently serving a three year sentence for placing 185 bogus calls to 911 operators around the country. (AP Photo/Orange County District Attorney)AP - Doug Bates and his wife, Stacey, were in bed around 10 p.m., their 2-year-old daughters asleep in a nearby room. Suddenly they were shaken awake by the wail of police sirens and the rumble of a helicopter above their suburban Southern California home. A criminal must be on the loose, they thought.

Mon, 2 Feb 09
Silicon Valley fixture Mike Homer dies at 50 (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20090202/tc_cnet/8301100131015427392
CNET - Former Netscape executive Mike Homer lost his battle with a rare brain disease on Sunday, reported Kara Swisher of All Things D. He was 50.

Mon, 2 Feb 09
Psychedelic Drugs Just a Click Away Online (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090202/tc_pcworld/psychedelicdrugsjustaclickawayonline
PC World - With a few drops of a liquid hallucinogen under his tongue and the smell of incense in the air, Texas resident Frank Ramirez says he can transport himself to a different world. Eyes shut and legs crossed, he first feels warm and flushed. Then the rush of the drug swirls into his head and, Ramirez says, he becomes "one with the room," able to see and talk with long-deceased relatives.

Mon, 2 Feb 09
Windows 7, Mac OS make gains in January (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20090201/tc_cnet/83011357931015413337
CNET - January was a good month for both the emerging Windows 7 and the venerable Mac OS, according to Web metrics company Net Applications.

Mon, 2 Feb 09
Nokia threat to quit Finland 'unless law changed' (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090201/bs_afp/finlandpoliticsrightstelecomequipcompanynokia


Nokia's headquarters in Espoo, Finland, January 2008. Mobile phone giant Nokia threatened to leave its native Finland if a change to laws blocking companies from monitoring employee emails was not introduced, a respected Finnish newspaper said Sunday.(AFP/Lehtikuva/File/Martti Kainulainen)AFP - Mobile phone giant Nokia threatened to leave its native Finland if a change to laws blocking companies from monitoring employee emails was not introduced, a respected Finnish newspaper said Sunday.

Mon, 2 Feb 09
Ex-Fannie Mae programmer says not guilty of virus (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090202/wr_nm/us_fanniemae_virus


The headquarters of mortgage lender Fannie Mae is pictured in Washington September 8, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)Reuters - A 35-year-old computer programer pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges that he planted a computer virus designed to destroy all the data on 4,000 Fannie Mae computer servers the day he was fired from the company.

Mon, 2 Feb 09
World Tech Update: Obama's BlackBerry, the Pope, and More... (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090130/tc_pcworld/worldtechupdateobamasblackberrythepopeandmore
PC World - In this week’s show: the European Commission considers hearing impairment risks caused by personal music players, Obama gets to keep his BlackBerry, the Gates Foundation donates money to eradicate polio, MIT creates a seeing machine, Japan launches a satellite, the Pope gets a YouTube channel, R4 Revolution comes back for Nintendo DS and Hitachi and Toshiba show off gesture controlled TVs.

Sun, 1 Feb 09
Google users get bogus warning on site searches (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090201/ap_on_hi_te/google_glitch
AP - Computer users doing Google searches during a nearly one-hour period Saturday morning were greeted with disturbing but erroneous messages that every site turned up in the results might be harmful.

Sun, 1 Feb 09
When you watch these ads, the ads check you out (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090131/ap_on_hi_te/tec_nosy_ads


Shoppers are shown near an advertising kiosk at the Hanes Mall in Winston-Salem, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Small cameras can now be embedded in the screen or hidden around it, tracking who looks at the screen and for how long. The makers of the tracking systems say the software can also determine the viewer's gender and approximate age range and, in some cases, ethnicity. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - Watch an advertisement on a video screen in a mall, health club or grocery store and there's a slim — but growing — chance the ad is watching you too.

Sun, 1 Feb 09
BART signs up for 20 years of Wi-Fi (CNET)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20090201/tc_cnet/8301103531015409394
CNET - materialize for Net-starved train riders." credit="Bart.gov" />

Sun, 1 Feb 09
Human error at Google sends the wrong message (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090131/wr_nm/us_google_message
Reuters - Google said that for nearly an hour on Saturday, users got an erroneous message when they did searches on many sites, saying, "This site may harm your computer."

 

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