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Wed, 29 Apr 09
Companies mine Web clues for signs of pandemics (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090429/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_swine_flu_digital_detectives


FILE - In this April 27, 2009, file photo, Veractect's Verasight Global, an interface that identifies and tracks emerging civil unrest events around the world, is shown on a monitor at the company's Kirkland, Wash. offices as it tracks swine flu-related events. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey, file)AP - Weeks before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization alerted the public to a growing number of swine flu cases, a startup based in Seattle's suburbs already had a hunch something was up.

Wed, 29 Apr 09
'Harry Potter' among those missing from e-library (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_hi_te/us_books_still_unplugged


FILE - In this 1967 file photo, J.R.R. Tolkien. author of 'The Lord of the Rings' is shown. (AP Photo, file)AP - The latest J.R.R. Tolkien project lasted six years, more than half as long as the author needed to complete his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

Wed, 29 Apr 09
Judge delays Google book settlement hearing (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090429/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_book_settlement
AP - The federal court overseeing Google Inc.'s settlement over its book-scanning program is giving authors four more months to opt out of the deal and review its potential pitfalls.

Wed, 29 Apr 09
Company pulls plug on `Fallujah' war video game (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_hi_te/us_iraq_video_game
AP - The publisher behind a video game based on one of the Iraq war's fiercest battles has pulled the plug on the title, called "Six Days in Fallujah."

Wed, 29 Apr 09
Review: Looking for gems in iPhone's game library (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_hi_te/game_review_iphone


In this computer image released by Publisher X, a screen image from 'Magnificent Gizmos & Gadgets,' a game for the IPhone, is shown. (AP Photo/Publisher X)AP - Nintendo has owned the portable video-game market — first with the Game Boy, now with the DS — for so long that most of us gave up hope of ever seeing a viable competitor. But it's become impossible to ignore the new kid on the block: Apple's iPhone, whose game library has quickly overwhelmed Nintendo's.

Wed, 29 Apr 09
Internet abuzz with swine flu chatter (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090429/tc_afp/usitinternethealthflutwittergoogle


People in a cyber-cafe, in Mexico City on April 28. Swine flu chatter has been criss-crossing the Internet as the global spread of the virus became the hottest subject at micro-blogging service Twitter.(AFP/Alfredo Estrella)AFP - Swine flu chatter has been criss-crossing the Internet as the global spread of the virus became the hottest subject at micro-blogging service Twitter.

Wed, 29 Apr 09
Microsoft Responds to Verizon 'Pink' Rumor (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090429/tc_pcworld/microsoftrespondstoverizonpinkrumor
PC World - Microsoft may be wielding a new weapon in the war against Apple. The company's rumored to be working on a top-secret smartphone with Verizon. The mission: take out the iPhone. The code-name: "Pink."

Wed, 29 Apr 09
Windows Mobile to Get Voice Command Capability (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090429/tc_pcworld/windowsmobiletogetvoicecommandcapability
PC World - Microsoft has high hopes that a new speech-recognition application for the forthcoming Windows Mobile operating system will be attractive enough to draw people to the phone platform.

Wed, 29 Apr 09
EU says Microsoft replies to antitrust charges (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090429/tc_nm/us_microsoft_eu


A sign hangs at the Microsoft booth at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 9, 2009. REUTERS/Rick WilkingReuters - Microsoft has responded to EU antitrust charges that it sought to thwart rivals by bundling its web browser with its Windows PC operating system, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

Wed, 29 Apr 09
SAP Agrees to Delay Full Enterprise Support Price Rise (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090429/tc_pcworld/sapagreestodelayfullenterprisesupportpricerise
PC World - SAP has ceded to pressure from user groups, agreeing to slow the rate at which it applies a new tariff for software support. At the same time, SAP announced a series of key performance indicators (KPIs) agreed upon with the user groups to measure the value for money offered by the Enterprise Support program.

Wed, 29 Apr 09
Konami spikes release of Fallujah videogame (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090429/tc_afp/usjapaniraqvideogamesitwarinternetcompanykonami


US Marines carry out a house-to-house search in Fallujah in 2004. Japanese videogame maker Konami confirmed that it spiked plans to publish a videogame based on a fierce battle between US Marines and insurgents in the Iraq city of Fallujah.(AFP/File/Hrvoje Polan)AFP - Japanese videogame maker Konami confirmed that it spiked plans to publish a videogame based on a fierce battle between US Marines and insurgents in the Iraq city of Fallujah.

Wed, 29 Apr 09
Apple's WWDC sold out (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090428/tc_macworld/appleswwdcsoldout
Macworld.com - Apple announced on its Web site Tuesday that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) has sold out for this year. The conference sold out a few weeks earlier than last year, which marked the first time WWDC sold out in its history. WWDC09 will take place in San Francisco from June 8-12. Last year's conference was the first to sell out

Wed, 29 Apr 09
McAfee Launches Cybercrime Self-help Site (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090428/tc_pcworld/mcafeelaunchescybercrimeselfhelpsite
PC World - Antivirus software maker McAfee today launched a new Web site intended to provide advice and services to those who suspect they may be victims of cybercrime.

Wed, 29 Apr 09
Linux Group Investigates Microsoft Patents in TomTom Case (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090428/tc_pcworld/linuxgroupinvestigatesmicrosoftpatentsintomtomcase
PC World - A Linux group is hoping to discredit three Microsoft patents that were at the heart of a recent lawsuit with GPS device maker TomTom.

Wed, 29 Apr 09
AP sources: Joost seeks cable TV operator as buyer (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_cable_joost
AP - Online video site Joost is shopping itself around to different cable TV operators, but at least one has declined to buy it, according to people with knowledge of the talks.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
Cablevision has fastest Internet speeds for cable (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_cablevision_broadband
AP - Cablevision Systems Corp. is set to unveil Tuesday the fastest Internet speeds available from any cable or phone company.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
Brocade deepens IBM ties, steps up attack on Cisco (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_hi_te/us_brocade_ibm
AP - Brocade Communications Systems Inc. is deepening its ties with a powerful ally, IBM Corp., forging a new distribution deal for Internet routers and switches at a time when bigger rival Cisco Systems Inc. is straining some of its old relationships.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
Amazon.com buys Stanza e-book app maker Lexcycle (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_hi_te/amazon_lexcycle
AP - Kindle e-book retailer Amazon.com Inc. has purchased Lexcycle, a year-old company that makes the iPhone e-book application Stanza, in a move that ratchets up Amazon's presence in the electronic book market.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
AP sources: Joost seeks cable TV operator as buyer (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090427/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_cable_joost
AP - Online video site Joost is shopping itself around to different cable TV operators, but at least one has declined to buy it, according to people with knowledge of the talks.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
Cablevision rolls out super-fast Internet access (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090428/wr_nm/us_cablevision
Reuters - Cablevision Systems Corp plans to roll out super-fast Internet access connections that can allow a customer to download a full-length high-definition movie in less 10 minutes.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
Far EasTone to Release Two Google Android Phones This Year (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090428/tc_pcworld/fareastonetoreleasetwogoogleandroidphonesthisyear
PC World - Taiwanese mobile phone service provider Far EasTone is working with a "leading" local handset maker to develop two new smartphones that use Google's Android software.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
Japan, China eye cooperation on mobile services (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090428/tc_nm/us_japan_china_wireless
Reuters - Japan and China are looking at cooperating on next-generation cellphone services, which would help China develop its wireless technology and Japanese makers expand in China, a Japanese government official said.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
Samsung plans first Android phone for Europe (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090428/tc_nm/us_samsung_android


The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at the company headquarters in Seoul in this file photo from March 13, 2009. REUTERS/Lee Jae-WonReuters - Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday that its first phone based on Google Inc's Android operating system would be available in major European countries Europe in June.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
Cassatt Is Almost out of Business, CEO Says (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090428/tc_pcworld/cassattisalmostoutofbusinessceosays
PC World - Cassatt, which developed an innovative technology for managing server use in data centers, is close to going out of business, the company's CEO has said.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
Konami Abandons 'Six Days in Fallujah' War Game (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090428/tc_pcworld/konamiabandonssixdaysinfallujahwargame
PC World - Sayonara Six Days in Fallujah, said video game publisher Konami earlier today, after former soldiers and activist groups tightened the rhetorical thumbscrews to the point the Japan-based company finally cried "Uncle." Konami had been set to publish the game sometime next year.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
Apple sued for stifling iPod tricks (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090428/tc_afp/usitinternetmusictrialcompanyappleodioworks


Internet rights champions have accused Apple of stifling free speech by bullying OdioWorks into ending online sharing of ways to get iPods to work with music websites other than iTunes. Attorneys from nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) teamed with OdioWorks lawyers to file a lawsuit against California-based Apple in a US federal court.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)AFP - Internet rights champions have accused Apple of stifling free speech by bullying OdioWorks into ending online sharing of ways to get iPods to work with music websites other than iTunes.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
McAfee Launches 'online 911' for Cybercrime Victims (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090428/tc_pcworld/mcafeelaunchesonline911forcybercrimevictims
PC World - McAfee has launched a new Web site designed to help cybercrime victims recover from hacker attacks.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
Apple Is Sued After Pressuring Open-source ITunes Project (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090427/tc_pcworld/appleissuedafterpressuringopensourceitunesproject
PC World - The operator of a technology discussion forum has sued Apple, claiming that the company used U.S. copyright law to curb legitimate discussion of its iTunes software.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
Suburban NYC family settles music piracy suit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090427/ap_on_en_mu/us_music_download_suit
AP - The recording industry has agreed to accept $7,000 to settle a piracy lawsuit it brought against a suburban New York family.

Mon, 27 Apr 09
Qualcomm to pay $891M to settle suit with Broadcom (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090427/ap_on_hi_te/broadcom_qualcomm
AP - Chip maker Qualcomm Inc. said late Sunday it will pay Broadcom Corp. $891 million over four years to settle a longstanding dispute over patents and royalties.

Mon, 27 Apr 09
Cost-cutting saves Microsoft stock after rough 3Q (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090424/ap_on_hi_te/us_microsoft_stock
AP - Shares of Microsoft Corp. jumped more than 10 percent Friday, the first trading session since the software maker said sinking personal computer shipments pushed sales and earnings down significantly from a year ago.

Mon, 27 Apr 09
Facebook plans to give developers more access: source (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090427/wr_nm/us_facebook
Reuters - Internet social media company Facebook plans to allow outside developers access to core parts of the website so they can build new services, a person familiar with the situation said.

Mon, 27 Apr 09
Toshiba to Ship Higher Capacity Flash Chips From July (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090427/tc_pcworld/toshibatoshiphighercapacityflashchipsfromjuly
PC World - Toshiba plans to begin shipping from the middle of this year flash memory chips that are more tightly packed than current models and will make possible even smaller gadgets.

Mon, 27 Apr 09
Qualcomm to Pay Broadcom US$891 Million in Patent Settlement (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090427/tc_pcworld/qualcommtopaybroadcomus891millioninpatentsettlement
PC World - Qualcomm, the world's largest maker of mobile phone chips, agreed to pay chip designer Broadcom US$891 million to settle a long running patent dispute to end all courtroom proceedings globally.

Mon, 27 Apr 09
Eight Reasons Your Next Computer Should Be a PC (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090427/tc_pcworld/eightreasonsyournextcomputershouldbeapc
PC World - Let's just say it: For the vast majority of computer shoppers, buying a Windows PC doesn't quite qualify as a decision. Around nine out of ten computers run one version of Windows or another, making it the world's default option in operating systems. It's opting for something else, like a Mac, that always represents a conscious choice.

Mon, 27 Apr 09
Microsoft, R.I.P. (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090426/tc_pcworld/microsoftrip
PC World - I've long thought it funny when Microsoft-fans would tell me how Linux, open-source, the Mac, whatever would never be important because Microsoft products were clearly better. Now, everyone can get on the joke as Microsoft's earnings plummeted in the last quarter by over 30%.

Sun, 26 Apr 09
Blogs rule as Fiji regime cracks down on media (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090426/tc_afp/fijipoliticscoupmediainternet


File photo soldiers force back the media during the military coup in Suva in 2006. Fijians keeping up with political developments since the media clampdown by Voreqe Bainimarama's military regime this month are turning to a growing band of Internet blogs.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - Fijians keeping up with political developments since the media clampdown by Voreqe Bainimarama's military regime this month are turning to a growing band of Internet blogs.

Sat, 25 Apr 09
Charities see potential, risk with social networks (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090425/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_social_fundraising_online
AP - Meredith Bowen was getting tired of requests from Facebook friends to exchange make-believe pansies, daffodils and tiny cartoon characters for her "(Lil) Green Patch," a virtual garden that sprouted on her social-networking page about a year ago.

Sat, 25 Apr 09
Hollywood in showdown over DVD 'ripper' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090424/ap_on_hi_te/hollywood_realnetworks
AP - Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market — software that allows you to copy a film without paying for it.

Sat, 25 Apr 09
Former Facebook exec Van Natta to be MySpace CEO (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090424/ap_on_hi_te/us_myspace_ceo
AP - With MySpace falling behind Facebook as the world's largest online social network, MySpace tapped a former Facebook executive Friday as its new chief executive.

Sat, 25 Apr 09
Macintosh botnet on the march (Yahoo! Tech)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/ytech_rss/rss_ytechblog_tc/macintoshbotnetonthemarch/31771244/*http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/140226/macintosh-botnet-on-the-march/
Yahoo! Tech -

A common refrain when I post about Windows security vulnerabilities like Conficker is "Get a Mac!" thanks to their long history of being comparatively secure next to Windows PCs.

Those days may be about to change. Already this year a

Sat, 25 Apr 09
Twitter a global sensation: Hitwise (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090425/tc_afp/usaustraliaitinternetcompanytwitter


With celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher and Oprah Winfrey helping fuel Twitter mania, the micro-blogging website is soaring to stardom around the world, according to Hitwise.(Twitter)AFP - With celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher and Oprah Winfrey helping fuel Twitter mania, the micro-blogging website is soaring to stardom around the world, according to Hitwise.

Sat, 25 Apr 09
News of Mac Botnets Doesn't Mean an Increased Threat (Yet) (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090424/tc_pcworld/newsofmacbotnetsdoesntmeananincreasedthreatyet
PC World - Writing in the latest issue of Virus Bulletin (registration required), two Symantec researchers report what they believe is the first evidence of a major botnet consisting of compromised Macs.

Sat, 25 Apr 09
Lost laptops cost companies dearly: study (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090424/tc_afp/usitinternettheftresearchlaptop


The logo of US semi-conductor company Intel can be seen on a transparent computer in March 2009. Today's mobile workforce is putting precious business secrets at risk, with lost or stolen laptop computers costing companies dearly, according to the Ponemon Institute.(AFP/DDP/File/Lennart Preiss)AFP - Today's mobile workforce is putting precious business secrets at risk, with lost or stolen laptop computers costing companies dearly, according to the Ponemon Institute.

Sat, 25 Apr 09
Windows 7 RC Adds New Remote Media Streaming, Virtual Windows XP Mode (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090425/tc_pcworld/windows7rcaddsnewremotemediastreamingvirtualwindowsxpmode
PC World - The Windows 7 Release Candidate leaked earlier today contains a lot of minor tweaks to previous beta versions of the new operating system, but Microsoft says that it also has a couple of new features: A Windows 7 PC will now be able to stream media from your home to any Internet-connected Windows 7 PC, and for the first time the OS supports (via an optional download) a virtual Windows XP environment for running legacy Windows XP apps.

Sat, 25 Apr 09
Oracle Snags Sun, Microsoft Earnings Dip (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090424/tc_pcworld/oraclesnagssunmicrosoftearningsdip
PC World - Oracle kicked off a busy week in IT news, announcing plans to buy Sun Microsystems for US$7.4 billion.

Sat, 25 Apr 09
'Madden NFL 10' to cover Polamalu, Fitzgerald (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090424/ap_on_hi_te/games_madden_nfl


In this video game cover photo released by EA Sports, 'Madden NFL 10,' is shown. For the first time in its storied history, the cover of EA Sports' 'Madden NFL' video game will feature two cover athletes: Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu and Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald. It arrives in stores Aug. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/EA Sports)AP - For the first time in its storied (some say cursed) history, the cover of EA Sports' "Madden NFL" video game will feature two cover athletes: Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu and Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald.

Sat, 25 Apr 09
Apple's Big Profits Don’t Protect Staff from Recession (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090425/tc_pcworld/applesbigprofitsdontprotectstafffromrecession
PC World - Early this year, while millions of American businesses were struggling to hold on to their employees, Apple Computer was cutting staff. Why? So that the best non-holiday quarter in the company's history could be just a teensy bit better. So that the $29 billion that Apple has on hand would remain totally secure.

Sat, 25 Apr 09
Conficker virus begins to attack PCs: experts (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090424/wr_nm/us_security_virus
Reuters - A malicious software program known as Conficker that many feared would wreak havoc on April 1 is slowly being activated, weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, security experts said.

Fri, 24 Apr 09
Hollywood, RealNetworks square off on DVD copying (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090424/ap_on_hi_te/us_hollywood_realnetworks


FILE -- A Dec. 19, 2003, file photo shows the RealNetworks headquarters in Seattle. On Friday, April 24, 2009, in federal court in San Francisco, lawyers representing Hollywood will argue that RealNetworks Inc.'s DVD 'ripper' is an illegal digital piracy tool.. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren/FILE)AP - Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market — software that allows you to copy a film without paying for it.

Fri, 24 Apr 09
Microsoft's sales show fallout of recession (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090424/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_microsoft


FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2008 file photo, desktop PCs running Microsoft's Windows operating system are seen on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. Microsoft Corp. on Thursday, April 23, 2009 said its quarterly revenue fell from the previous year for the first time in its 23-year history as a public company, and its profit fell more sharply than Wall Street was expecting. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - The link between Microsoft Corp.'s fortune and the health of the personal computer market has rarely been clearer than in the software maker's fiscal third quarter.

Fri, 24 Apr 09
Amazon 1Q profit, revenue jump on strong sales (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090423/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_amazon


FILE - In this March 4, 2009 file photo, an Apple iPhone equipped with Amazon.com's Kindle for iPhone book reader is shown in New York. Amazon.com on Thursday said that during the first three months of the year, earnings and revenue climbed thanks to strong sales of products such as books, DVDs and electronics. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - The recession may mean consumers are cutting discretionary spending, but Amazon.com didn't seem to feel much of a pinch in its first quarter.

Fri, 24 Apr 09
Yahoo to close GeoCities, other services in revamp (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090424/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_geocities
AP - Yahoo Inc. said Thursday it plans to close GeoCities, a Web site publishing and hosting service it bought in May 1999 at the height of the dot-com boom for around $3 billion in stock.

Fri, 24 Apr 09
Rocky start for fledgling online news ventures (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090424/tc_afp/usmediaindustrynewspapersinternetseattlepi


Front pages of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (L) and The Seattle Times (R) on March 17. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper appeared in print for the last time on March 17, and was reborn as an online publication. First traffic numbers released this week for SeattlePI.com, the website of the Post-Intelligencer, saw it losing ground to The Seattle Times website.(AFP/Newseum/File)AFP - When the Seattle Post-Intelligencer folded its print edition last month and went online only, it became the first major US metropolitan newspaper to make the leap into a solely digital future.

Fri, 24 Apr 09
Samsung Electronics Q1 Earnings Plunge but Beat Expectations (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090424/tc_pcworld/samsungelectronicsq1earningsplungebutbeatexpectations
PC World - Samsung Electronics reported better first quarter earnings than analysts expected on Friday, led by its mobile phone division, but remained cautious about business going forward due to the global recession.

Fri, 24 Apr 09
Boom times ahead for mobile Web access (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090424/bs_afp/internettelecommobileitmedia


A woman walks in front of a mobile phone company advertisement in Islamabad. After a slow start, mobile Web access has finally taken off, thanks in large part to better technology, and it will drive growth in Internet use in the future, industry leaders say.(AFP/File/Farooq Naeem)AFP - After a slow start, mobile Web access has finally taken off, thanks in large part to better technology, and it will drive growth in Internet use in the future, industry leaders say.

Fri, 24 Apr 09
Conficker Hype a 'problem,' Says FBI Cyber-chief (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090424/tc_pcworld/confickerhypeaproblemsaysfbicyberchief
PC World - Mainstream media hype leading up to the Conficker worm's April 1 software update may have distracted people from legitimate cyber threats, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's head of cyber security said Thursday.

Fri, 24 Apr 09
Sun co-founder hails database possibilities in Oracle deal (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090423/tc_infoworld/72851
InfoWorld - Andreas von Bechtolsheim, a Sun Microsystems co-founder and the person who holds the distinction of being employee No. 1 at the company, expressed optimism Thursday about the planned Oracle-Sun merger's impacts on database technologies, but he stayed silent about the deal otherwise.

Fri, 24 Apr 09
MacProVideo releases iPhone app, Premiere tutorials (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090424/tc_macworld/macprovideoreleasesiphoneapppremieretutorials
Macworld.com - Mac video tutorial company, MacProVideo, on Friday released its iPhone app, allowing customers to transfer and watch video tutorials on the iPhone. The company also released a new set of tutorials for users of Adobe's professional video software, Premiere.

Fri, 24 Apr 09
Cyberspace Director Urges National Dialogue on Threats (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090423/bs_nf/66158
NewsFactor - A little over two months ago, President Barack Obama appointed Melissa Hathaway as the acting senior director for cyberspace for the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council. Her primary task, the president said, was a two-month review of the nation's cybersecurity readiness and to propose improvements.

Fri, 24 Apr 09
Canonical Optimizes Linux Distribution for Netbooks (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090423/tc_pcworld/canonicaloptimizeslinuxdistributionfornetbooks
PC World - Canonical on Thursday released a Linux distribution optimized for netbooks with features to improve battery life and rapidly access programs.

Fri, 24 Apr 09
YouTube lets users see what friends are watching (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090424/tc_afp/usitinternetfilmyoutube
YouTube unveiled a test version of a service that tells people which videos their friends are watching.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - YouTube unveiled a test version of a service that tells people which videos their friends are watching.

Thu, 23 Apr 09
Apple pulls plug on 'Baby Shaker' iPhone program (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090423/ap_on_hi_te/us_apple_shaking_babies


In this April 21, 2009 photo, a customer holds an Apple iPod Touch at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif. Apple Inc. says its profit jumped 15 percent in the last quarter, well ahead of Wall Street's expectations despite the global economic downturn. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Apple Inc. pulled a 99-cent iPhone game called "Baby Shaker" from its iTunes store Wednesday after its premise — quiet a crying baby with a vigorous shake — prompted outrage.

Thu, 23 Apr 09
MySpace co-founder DeWolfe to step down (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090423/ap_on_hi_te/news_corp_myspace


In this Jan. 24, 2009 file photo, Vanguard Award recipients MySpace Co-CEO's Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson, right, pose during the 20th Annual Producers Guild Awards in Los Angeles. MySpace co-founder DeWolfe will step down soon as the social networking site's chief executive, amid the site's stalled user growth and the rapid rise of Facebook, according to a report Wednesday April 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas, File)AP - MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe will step down soon as the social networking site's chief executive, amid the site's stalled user growth and the rapid rise of rival Facebook.

Thu, 23 Apr 09
US adviser says cybersecurity must be joint effort (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090423/ap_on_hi_te/us_cyber_security
AP - The challenge of protecting the government's computer networks is too big for any one agency to handle alone, a top adviser to President Barack Obama said Wednesday. That suggests the administration doesn't intend to consolidate control of U.S. cybersecurity under a single department like the National Security Agency, as some have feared.

Thu, 23 Apr 09
It's official: Amazon Video on Demand goes HD (Yahoo! Tech)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/ytech_rss/rss_ytechblog_tc/itsofficialamazonvideoondemandgoeshd/31749178/*http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/44906/its-official-amazon-video-on-demand-goes-hd/
Yahoo! Tech - More than 500 HD movies and TV shows are (finally) available from Amazon, starting today, and you can watch then over select TiVo DVRs, the Roku Player, and Sony or Panasonic HDTVs.

Thu, 23 Apr 09
Apple 2Q profit gains 15 percent, beats Street (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090423/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_apple


In this April 21, 2009 photo, a customer enlists the help of a store employee at the Genius Bar at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif. Apple Inc. says its profit jumped 15 percent in the last quarter, well ahead of Wall Street's expectations despite the global economic downturn. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Strong sales of the iPhone helped Apple Inc. lift its quarterly profit 15 percent, well ahead of Wall Street's expectations Wednesday despite the global economic downturn.

Thu, 23 Apr 09
eBay wins regulator approval for Gmarket deal (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090423/wr_nm/us_ebay_korea


A photograph of a computer screen showing the website eBay is shown here in Encinitas, California April 22, 2009. REUTERS/Mike BlakeReuters - U.S. online auctioneer eBay Inc won final approval from South Korea's antitrust watchdog for its planned acquisition of Gmarket Inc, subject to conditions such as a commission freeze for the next three years.

Thu, 23 Apr 09
Apple under fire over iPhone 'Baby Shaker' (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090423/tc_afp/usithealthtelecomcompanyinternetapple


Apple came under fire after an application for the iPhone called AFP - Apple came under fire after an application for the iPhone called "Baby Shaker" was briefly approved for sale in the company's online store.

Thu, 23 Apr 09
Echelon, T-Mobile USA form smart meter alliance (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090423/tc_nm/us_echelon_tmobile
Reuters - Smart power grid company Echelon Corp and T-Mobile USA said on Thursday they had formed an alliance to use T-Mobile's wireless network to link "smart meters" to utilities.

Thu, 23 Apr 09
VMware software sales fall (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090422/tc_nm/us_vmware_tech
Reuters - Business software maker VMware Inc warned that its revenue would dramatically miss Wall Street forecasts due to the weak economy and a new product launch, sending its shares down 14 percent.

Thu, 23 Apr 09
AMD Plans 16-core Server Chip (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090422/tc_pcworld/amdplans16coreserverchip
PC World - Advanced Micro Devices is designing a server chip with up to 16 cores, quadrupling the count of its current quad-core server chips, the company said Wednesday.

Thu, 23 Apr 09
Nintendo's Game Boy turns 20 (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090423/tc_afp/lifestylejapanvideogamecompanynintendo


Nintendo's portable game console AFP - Twenty years ago Japan's Nintendo Co. launched the Game Boy, the iconic handheld video game player that spawned characters from Super Mario to Pokemon and sold 200 million units worldwide.

Thu, 23 Apr 09
Baby Shaker app approved, then removed (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090423/tc_macworld/babyshakerappapprovedthenremoved
Macworld.com - Flatulence applications are one thing, but sometimes you really have to scratch your head and wonder how certain apps could possibly make it through Apple's approval process. The release (and subsequent removal) of an iPhone app called Baby Shaker this week has Apple in hot water with angry parents and children's groups, who are demanding answers from Apple.

Thu, 23 Apr 09
NYPD computers targeted by international hackers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090423/ap_on_re_us/nypd_international
AP - New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says international hackers try at least 70,000 times a day to gain unauthorized entry into the computer system of the nation's largest police force.

Thu, 23 Apr 09
The Future Of Computing Will Be Good Enough (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090422/tc_pcworld/thefutureofcomputingwillbegoodenough
PC World - The latest version of the Linux kernel includes an experimental driver module that tears apart the fabric of space-time. Keir Thomas tested this module, and in doing so managed to retrieve the following article, posted on PC World supersite in the year 2025.

Thu, 23 Apr 09
Panasonic HDTVs with Viera Cast Add Amazon Video on Demand (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090422/tc_pcworld/panasonichdtvswithvieracastaddamazonvideoondemand
PC World - Panasonic's Viera Cast-enabled HDTVs just got more interesting.

Wed, 22 Apr 09
Yahoo's feeble 1Q triggers nearly 700 more layoffs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090422/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_yahoo


Yahoo advertising is shown in New York's Times Square Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Yahoo Inc. is expected to report lower first-quarter earnings and revenue after the stock market closes Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - Yahoo Inc.'s first-quarter results tread familiar ground as the Internet company's financial erosion triggered another round of layoffs and management promised better days ahead.

Wed, 22 Apr 09
Second Life to let users filter adult content (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090422/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_second_life_changes
AP - Second Life is getting a little less steamy for people who want to use the virtual world for a myriad of PG-rated experiences, such as taking classes, prototyping buildings or designing virtual goods.

Wed, 22 Apr 09
AMD posts deeper loss, shares fall (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_amd


FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2007 file photo, a staff technician presents a 300 millimeter chip wafer at Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) in Dresden, eastern Germany. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 announced its first-quarter loss widened as demand and prices for its microprocessors slumped and heavy restructuring charges took their toll. Shares fell more than 6 percent in after-hours trading on disappointing guidance. (AP Photo/Matthias Rietschel, file)AP - Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s loss widened in the first quarter as demand and prices for its microprocessors slumped and charges for the biggest restructuring in the company's 40-year history took their toll.

Wed, 22 Apr 09
Mayo Clinic backs new personal health record site (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_microsoft_mayo_clinic
AP - The Mayo Clinic has combined its medical expertise with Microsoft Corp.'s technology in a free Web site launching Tuesday that will let people store personal health and medical information.

Wed, 22 Apr 09
Mobile service Flo TV nabs Amanda Congdon series (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090422/en_nm/us_media_congdon
Reuters - One of online video's first breakout on-air personalities is popping up again on the mobile platform.

Wed, 22 Apr 09
Computer giant Acer launches mobile phones in Asia (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090422/tc_afp/asiatechnologytelecommobileacer


A man browses through the Acer M900 smartphone during its launch in Singapore. Taiwan-based computer giant Acer launched a series of advanced mobile phones for the Asia-Pacific region, ramping up its expansion into the wireless communication market.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Taiwan-based computer giant Acer on Wednesday launched a series of advanced mobile phones for the Asia-Pacific region, ramping up its expansion into the wireless communication market.

Wed, 22 Apr 09
India adds record 15.6 million mobile users in March (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090422/tc_nm/us_india_telecom
Reuters - Indian mobile operators added a record 15.64 million customers in March, helped by the expansion of networks to smaller towns and rural areas, data from the telecoms regulator showed.

Wed, 22 Apr 09
India's Wipro reports 4 pct rise in Q4 profit (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090422/tc_afp/indiaitcompanyearningswipro


Wipro Technologies Chairman, Azim Premji, announces the annual financial results of his company in Bangalore, India. The country's third-biggest software company has reported a four percent rise in net profit ending March, beating market expectations.(AFP/File/Dibyangshu Sarkar)AFP - Wipro Ltd, India's third-biggest software company, on Wednesday reported a four percent rise in net profit ending March, beating market expectations.

Wed, 22 Apr 09
AMD Adds Speed to Shanghai Processors (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090422/tc_pcworld/amdaddsspeedtoshanghaiprocessors
PC World - AMD on Wednesday expanded its Opteron server processor lineup, lowering the bar on power drawn while raising the performance of chips.

Wed, 22 Apr 09
NBA highlights go mobile via Score Media iPhone app (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090422/media_nm/us_media_basketball
Reuters - Canadian broadcaster Score Media has pacted with the National Basketball Association to distribute video of game highlights on the iPhone for free.

Wed, 22 Apr 09
MSI Debuts MacBook Air Rival, New Netbook in US (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090422/tc_pcworld/msidebutsmacbookairrivalnewnetbookinus
PC World - Micro-Star International (MSI) launched an ultra-thin laptop to rival the MacBook Air in the U.S. on Tuesday, as well as a new netbook with Intel's latest microprocessor for the devices.

Wed, 22 Apr 09
Ditch Adobe Reader for Better Security (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090421/tc_pcworld/ditchadobereaderforbettersecurity
PC World - The popular Adobe Reader is a favorite target of online crooks, according to Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer with antivirus company F-Secure. And for better security you should ditch Reader and go with a free alternative, he says.

Wed, 22 Apr 09
Sun Unveils MySQL Update as Oracle Deal Looms (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090421/tc_pcworld/sununveilsmysqlupdateasoracledeallooms
PC World - Sun Microsystems on Tuesday unveiled an early look at MySQL 5.4, the next version of its open-source database, one day after Oracle said it is buying Sun for US$7.4 billion.

Wed, 22 Apr 09
Lawmakers to re-examine Internet-sharing software (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_hi_te/us_music_piracy
AP - A House committee is reopening its investigation of Internet services that let computer users distribute music and movies online amid reports the same software was exploited to gain unauthorized access to government and private data.

Tue, 21 Apr 09
After IBM dalliance, Sun goes to Oracle for $7.4B (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_hi_te/oracle_sun


An Oracle employee walks in front of Oracle Corp. headquarters in Redwood City, Calif., Monday, April 20, 2009. Oracle Corp. snapped up computer server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. for $7.4 billion Monday, pouncing on an opportunity that opened up after rival IBM Corp. abandoned an earlier bid to buy one of Silicon Valley's best known, and most troubled companies. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Sun Microsystems Inc.'s scramble to find a suitor landed the slumping server and software maker in the arms of Oracle Corp., which agreed to pay $7.4 billion in cash for Sun in a startling marriage that would transform Silicon Valley and the computing industry.

Tue, 21 Apr 09
Mixed feelings about Sun setting in Silicon Valley (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_hi_te/oracle_sun_silicon_valley_reax
AP - If IBM Corp. had managed to buy longtime rival Sun Microsystems Inc., it might have been as incongruous as waking up to a big blue sun.

Tue, 21 Apr 09
IBM stumbles on 1Q sales dip; profit beats Street (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_hi_te/earns_ibm
AP - IBM Corp.'s first-quarter results slipped as all its major business units suffered declines, but the company backed its bullish outlook for 2009 on Monday, reflecting its belief that a broad mix of services and software will help it weather the recession.

Tue, 21 Apr 09
Oman punishes Internet writer for govt leak (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090421/tc_afp/omantrialinternet


Omani's ancient capital city of Muscat. An Omani court on Tuesday fined a web user for leaking a confidential government document on an Internet forum.(AFP/File/Eric Feferberg)AFP - An Omani court on Tuesday fined a web user for leaking a confidential government document on an Internet forum.

Tue, 21 Apr 09
China Mobile Users, Music Downloads Set New Records (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090421/tc_pcworld/chinamobileusersmusicdownloadssetnewrecords
PC World - More Chinese than ever have mobile phones and are using them to download music and send multimedia text messages, although revenue per user fell at China's largest carrier in the first quarter.

Tue, 21 Apr 09
LG Elec Q1 result beats forecasts (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090421/bs_nm/us_lgelectronics
Reuters - LG Electronics Inc posted a smaller-than-expected 25 percent drop in first-quarter operating profit, and said it expected increased sales of mobile phones and air conditioners to drive a recovery in the quarters ahead.

Tue, 21 Apr 09
VMware Partners Line up for VSphere Launch (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090421/tc_pcworld/vmwarepartnerslineupforvspherelaunch
PC World - The speaker list for the launch of VMware's vSphere "cloud operating system" on Tuesday shows how important the company's virtualization software has become to the world of IT: Michael Dell, Cisco's John Chambers, EMC's Joe Tucci and Intel's Pat Gelsinger are all expected to attend the event at VMware's headquarters, along with VMware President and CEO Paul Maritz.

Tue, 21 Apr 09
Sun Sparc's Future Unclear Under Oracle, Analysts Say (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090421/tc_pcworld/sunsparcsfutureunclearunderoracleanalystssay
PC World - Oracle made it clear that it was Sun Microsystem's software business that made it want to buy the company, raising significant questions around the fate of Sun's hardware business, analysts said on Monday.

Tue, 21 Apr 09
Almost one in 10 videogamers could be addicts: study (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090420/tc_afp/usitinternetvideogamesaddictionyouthstudy


Young fans of the Tampa Bay Rays play video games inside the stadium in 2008 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Nearly one in 10 US children who play videogames may be growing addicted to the pastime, according to US research released.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jamie Squire)AFP - Nearly one in 10 US children who play videogames may be growing addicted to the pastime, according to US research released Monday.

Tue, 21 Apr 09
Belkin iPod/iPhone charger hides in your dashboard (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090420/tc_macworld/belkinipodiphonechargerhidesinyourdashboard
Macworld.com - Belkin announced on Monday the $15 Micro Auto Charger, a power accessory that plugs into an auto's accessory outlet (a.k.a., "cigarette-lighter jack") and provides a powered USB port; you use your iPod or iPhone's USB dock-connector cable to charge the player. Unlike most auto chargers, which protrude from your vehicle's accessory outlet, the Micro Auto Charger sits nearly flush with the jack's opening.

Tue, 21 Apr 09
Net Security, Windows 7 and Conficker Under Scrutiny (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090421/tc_pcworld/netsecuritywindows7andconfickerunderscrutiny
PC World - Cross-domain security on the Internet, Windows 7 vulnerabilities and the Conficker worm will be among the topics under scrutiny at the Hack In The Box Security Conference (HITB) held in Dubai this week.

Tue, 21 Apr 09
OpenSolaris, Linux Could Merge Under Oracle (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090420/tc_pcworld/opensolarislinuxcouldmergeunderoracle
PC World - Oracle may end up merging the best of OpenSolaris with Linux once it takes control of Sun Microsystems, but it is unlikely to kill off Sun's widely used Solaris OS, analysts said.

Tue, 21 Apr 09
Seattle, Atlanta And D.C. To Get First Mobile TV Tests (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20090420/bs_ibd_ibd/20090420tech01
Investor's Business Daily - LAS VEGAS -- A coalition of TV broadcasters on Monday said they plan to use Seattle, Atlanta and Washington, D.C., as test markets for digital mobile TV services this year.

Mon, 20 Apr 09
Washington, D.C. will be 1st to get free mobile TV (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_hi_te/tec_mobile_tv
AP - Washington will be the first U.S. city to get free digital TV broadcasts for mobile devices like cell phones, laptop computers and in-car entertainment systems, broadcasters were set to announce Monday.

Mon, 20 Apr 09
Windows washer: Meet Microsoft's antidote to Vista (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_hi_te/tec_fixing_windows


In this March 2, 2009 photo, Julie Larson-Green, Corporate Vice President for the Windows Experience at Microsoft Corp., poses in front of a wall showing the progression of the Windows start menu icons from Windows 95 through Windows Vista, at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Wash. The Windows Vista logo will also be used in the upcoming Windows 7. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - Julie Larson-Green hopes you'll like Windows 7. If not, well, now you and a billion other people know whom to blame.

Mon, 20 Apr 09
Behind the scenes with Windows 7 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_hi_te/tec_windows_behind_the_scenes
AP - To design Windows 7, Microsoft analyzed billions of pieces of data. It studied exactly what PC users do in front of their screens. It tallied hundreds of thousands of Windows surveys. It got feedback from people all over the world who tried different versions of the software.

Mon, 20 Apr 09
MySpace hopes to turn free songs into needed cash (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_hi_te/tec_myspace_music


Courtney Holt, president of MySpace Music, poses for a portrait amongst music posters at the company's offices in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday, March 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - In 2004, when MySpace was still getting going, recording label executive Courtney Holt noticed that musicians were using the Web site to connect more intimately with their fans, through detailed blogs and behind-the-scenes photos. So Holt arranged to meet MySpace's founders.

Mon, 20 Apr 09
South Korea's "prophet of doom" blogger acquitted (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090420/wr_nm/us_korea_blogger
Reuters - A South Korean court acquitted a blogger on Monday of spreading false information, in a case that triggered debate about freedom of speech in cyberspace and critics said was only launched because his economic doom postings angered authorities.

Mon, 20 Apr 09
Adobe's New Flash Can Stream Internet Content to TVs (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090420/tc_pcworld/adobesnewflashcanstreaminternetcontenttotvs
PC World - Adobe Systems on Monday unveiled a version of its Flash multimedia streaming technology that would allow people to run entertainment programming directly to television sets from the Internet, a new option for the rapidly changing digital-home market.

Mon, 20 Apr 09
Nintendo shares oversold: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090419/bs_nm/us_nintendo_shares
A man walks past a Nintendo Co Ltd's showroom in Tokyo January 29, 2009. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters - Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) shares are oversold, Barron's said on Sunday, and reported that strong growth for the Japanese maker of electronic game systems should resume this year.

Sun, 19 Apr 09
Conn. pols weigh updates to reflect GPS advances (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_re_us/apn_evolving_technology


In this March 17, 2009 photo, GPS units are on sale at Bernie's, a chain in Newington, Conn. The Connecticut General Assembly's transportation committee has endorsed updates in laws that currently bar drivers from having video display screens in their line of sight. The updated laws would exempt GPS navigation units, rear-view video backup monitors and similar factory installed devices. The store's assistant manager, Kamarley Headley, stands behind the counter. (AP Photo/Bob Child)AP - Addicted to that GPS navigation system? On Connecticut roads, that might make you a lawbreaker.

Sun, 19 Apr 09
MySpace hopes to turn free songs into needed cash (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_music
AP - In 2004, when MySpace was still getting going, recording label executive Courtney Holt noticed that musicians were using the Web site to connect more intimately with their fans, through detailed blogs and behind-the-scenes photos. So Holt arranged to meet MySpace's founders.

Sun, 19 Apr 09
Wanted: Computer hackers ... to help government (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_hi_te/us_cyber_security


Barack Obama tucks a paper into his suit jacket after delivering a speech during the opening session of the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Friday April 17, 2009. In the background are Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, left, and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)AP - Wanted: Computer hackers.

Sun, 19 Apr 09
Asia militants get more sophisticated online (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090419/tc_afp/asiaattackstechnologyinternet


Activists from the Indonesian group the Islamic Defenders Front at a protest near the Netherlands embassy in Jakarta. Southeast Asian militants are growing more sophisticated at using the Internet to spread radical ideas and to recruit and train supporters, according to a new study which urges governments to take action.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - Southeast Asian militants have grown more sophisticated in using the Internet to spread radical ideas, recruit and train supporters, according to a new study urging governments to take action.

Sun, 19 Apr 09
Cheap Blu-Ray Players to Hit U.S. Shelves (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090418/tc_pcworld/cheapblurayplayerstohitusshelves
PC World - The average selling price of Blu-ray players has been falling steadily -- it's now about $200 -- and there's little doubt that prices will keep dropping as Blu-ray goes mainstream and player shipments increase. But one report says the average price for entry-level Blu-ray players may to drop to as little as $99 in the very near future.

Sat, 18 Apr 09
US looks to hackers to protect cyber networks (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090418/ap_on_hi_te/us_cyber_security


Barack Obama tucks a paper into his suit jacket after delivering a speech during the opening session of the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Friday April 17, 2009. In the background are Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, left, and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)AP - Wanted: Computer hackers.

Sat, 18 Apr 09
Ashton Kutcher wins Twitter battle with CNN (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090418/ap_on_en_ot/twitter_million_mark


This image provided by CNN Larry King Live, shows Larry King interviewing Ashton Kutcher Friday April 17, 2009 regarding Twitter and Kutcher’s “Twitter challenge” to CNN. Kutcher triumphed over CNN in their much ballyhooed race to be the first to reach a million followers on the microblogging Web site. Kutcher surpassed that benchmark in the early morning hours Friday, narrowly edging out the breaking news feed from the Time Warner Inc.-owned network. (AP Photo/CNN Larry King Live)AP - For now, Ashton Kutcher is the king of Twitter. But there is a new challenger — Oprah.

Sat, 18 Apr 09
Hollywood scores win over Pirate Bay, 4 convicted (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090417/ap_on_hi_te/eu_sweden_pirate_bay


A crowd of journalists press to get a copy of the Pirate Bay trial verdict Friday April 17, 2009 at the court house in Stockholm, Sweden. Four men linked to popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay were convicted Friday of breaking Sweden's copyright law by helping millions of users freely download music, movies and computer games on the Internet. In a landmark ruling, the Stockholm district court sentenced Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij and Carl Lundstrom to one year each in prison. They were also ordered to pay damages of 30 million kronor ($3.6 million) to a series of entertainment companies, including Warner Bros, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI and Columbia Pictures. The Pirate Bay provides a forum for its estimated 22 million users to download content through so-called torrent files. (AP Photo/Fredrik Persson)AP - The entertainment industry won round one Friday in a legal battle against file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, with guilty verdicts and one-year prison sentences handed down to four men accused of running and financing the popular site.

Sat, 18 Apr 09
Actors union relents in tentative studio deal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090418/ap_en_bu/hollywood_labor
AP - The Screen Actors Guild and the Hollywood studios said Friday they have reached a tentative deal on movie and prime-time TV show productions, capping a yearlong battle that ended with the Guild giving up its fight for better Internet compensation.

Sat, 18 Apr 09
First Look: Tweetie for Mac (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090418/tc_macworld/firstlooktweetieformac
Macworld.com - Now that all manner of Twitter clients have perched on the iPhone’s software branches, the Mac desktop market is aflutter with applications for the social networking service. Tweetie is a new OS X Twitter client from atebits (makers of the iPhone app of the same name) that's due to be released this coming Monday. But why wait until then? We have a first look for you now.

Sat, 18 Apr 09
Sony Ericsson posts loss, to cut 2,000 jobs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090417/ap_on_hi_te/eu_sweden_sony_ericsson
AP - Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday posted a euro293 million ($387 million) net loss in the first quarter on falling sales and said it would slash an additional 2,000 jobs to cut costs.

Sat, 18 Apr 09
How Adobe Air Apps Work (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090417/tc_pcworld/howadobeairappswork
PC World - Most computer users are familiar with Adobe Flash, the browser plug-in responsible for powering much of the Internet's multimedia content--from YouTube videos and Flickr slideshows to addictive Web-based video games. Flash is popular because it works on any operating system and on many mobile devices, and because it handles media and graphics with aplomb.

Sat, 18 Apr 09
Facebook Opens the Polls for Privacy Policy Vote (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090417/tc_pcworld/facebookopensthepollsforprivacypolicyvote
PC World - Facebook promised to put the future of its privacy policies in your hands -- and now, it's staying true to its word. The social networking site has officially opened the polls for a user vote on its terms of service. Have you cast your ballot?

Sat, 18 Apr 09
US videogame sales slump in March (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090417/tc_afp/entertainmentusvideogamesnpd


A Best Buy customer walks by a display for the new Nintendo Wii in 2006 in San Francsico, California. US videogame sales fell 17 percent in March as the industry failed to escape the economic slowdown, according to figures released by the market research firm NPD Group.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - US videogame sales fell 17 percent in March as the industry failed to escape the economic slowdown, according to figures released by the market research firm NPD Group.

Sat, 18 Apr 09
iPhone Game Roundup: Red Bull Air Race, Cosmic Nitro (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090417/tc_macworld/iphonegameroundupredbullairracecosmicnitro
Macworld.com - We’re clearing out our mailbox of some recent stuff that’s come our way, such as an aerobatic racing game, a new title from the maker of Galcon, football/soccer management game and an imaginative game involving flatulence.

Sat, 18 Apr 09
Metered Broadband, Twitter Worm, Pirate Bay and More on PC World Podcast Episode 25 (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090418/tc_pcworld/meteredbroadbandtwitterwormpiratebayandmoreonpcworldpodcastepisode25
PC World - This week, Tim Moynihan and Robert Strohmeyer co-host the 25th edition of the PC World Podcast. Editors Denny Arar and Darren Gladstone contribute to the discussion about Time Warner's metered broardband plan, the Twitter Worm, Ashton Kutcher's Twitter war with CNN, the Gadget of the Week, as well as the verdict of the Pirate Bay trial.

Sat, 18 Apr 09
YouTube sensation singer invited on 'Oprah' (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090417/ennew_afp/entertainmentbritainmusicinternetyoutubepeople


A woman watches a YouTube clip of Scottish charity worker Susan Boyle's appearance on television program AFP - A Scottish charity worker who became an Internet star after her performance on a British talent contest has been invited to appear on Oprah Winfrey's chat show, officials said Friday.

Fri, 17 Apr 09
YouTube boosts full-length movies, TV show lineup (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090417/ap_on_hi_te/google_youtube_movies


In this image provided by YouTube, full episodes of the sitcom 'Alf' are shown listed on the YouTube Web site. YouTube on Thursday said it is partnering with major studios to stream full-length movies and TV shows on its site for free. (AP Photo/YouTube)AP - Google Inc.'s YouTube said Thursday it is vastly expanding its library of full-length movies and TV shows it offers online, while also launching a new advertising service and adding about a dozen new content partners.

Fri, 17 Apr 09
Toshiba expects bigger loss, contract job cuts (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090417/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_toshiba
AP - Toshiba Corp., Japan's top chipmaker, Friday said its net loss for the last fiscal year will be bigger than forecast due to a large write-off, and warned that more contract jobs will be cut.

Fri, 17 Apr 09
Google's search for savings boosts 1Q profit 9 pct (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090417/ap_on_hi_te/earns_google


Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. is seen Thursday, April 16, 2009. Google Inc. is expected to announce first quarter earnings after the market closes Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - The recession is prodding Google Inc. to grow up faster than a lot of people anticipated.

Fri, 17 Apr 09
Verizon's touchscreen Hub to get its own app store (Yahoo! Tech)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/ytech_rss/rss_ytechblog_tc/verizonstouchscreenhubtogetitsownappstore/31680513/*http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/44620/verizons-touchscreen-hub-to-get-its-own-app-store/
Yahoo! Tech - Released just a couple of months ago, Verizon's Net-connected home phone is already set to get its first software update, and the "Widget Bazaar" — including free apps for Internet radio, photos, recipes, and gaming — will be part of the package. Also: Upcoming YouTube and Twitter apps (hopefully, anyway), plus hands-on with new Hub prototypes.

Fri, 17 Apr 09
US DOJ requests more time for Microsoft oversight (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_hi_te/tec_microsoft_antitrust
AP - The Justice Department asked a federal judge Thursday to extend its watch over some of Microsoft Corp.'s business practices for a second time, saying it needs an extra year and a half to make sure Microsoft's antitrust compliance passes muster.

Fri, 17 Apr 09
Actor Kutcher out-tweets CNN in online battle (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090417/tc_afp/entertainmentusmediainternetkutchertwittercnnresult


US actor Ashton Kutcher, seen here in January, felled media-giant CNN on Friday in a twitter duel to see which could amass one million followers first.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Getty Images)AFP - Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher felled media-giant CNN on Friday in a twitter duel to see who could amass one million followers first.

Fri, 17 Apr 09
Sony Ericsson to cut 2,000 jobs after losses (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090417/tc_afp/swedentelecomearningscutscompanysonyericsson


Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday said it would cut 2,000 more jobs after it swung to a loss of 293 million euros (384 million dollars) in the first quarter of the year.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday said it would cut 2,000 more jobs after it swung to a loss of 293 million euros (384 million dollars) in the first quarter of the year.

Fri, 17 Apr 09
Sony Ericsson posts loss, to cut 2,000 jobs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090417/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_sweden_sony_ericsson
AP - Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson on Friday posted a euro293 million ($387 million) net loss in the first quarter on falling sales and said it would slash an additional 2,000 jobs to cut costs.

Fri, 17 Apr 09
Google's CEO Predicts Strong Year for Android (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090417/tc_pcworld/googlesceopredictsstrongyearforandroid
PC World - Google CEO Eric Schmidt on Thursday predicted good times ahead for Android, the company's mobile phone OS and software.

Fri, 17 Apr 09
Intel Rivals Gang up to Make Mobile Chips (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090416/tc_pcworld/intelrivalsganguptomakemobilechips
PC World - A host of chip makers, including IBM, on Thursday announced a partnership to develop low-power chips for mobile devices, which could challenge Intel's burgeoning presence in the space.

Fri, 17 Apr 09
U.S. video games sales fall 17 pct in March: NPD (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090417/tc_nm/us_npd_videogames
Reuters - Overall U.S. video game sales fell 17 percent in March to $1.43 billion, research group NPD said on Thursday, a revealing figure for an industry that had so far shown resilience in the economic downturn.

Fri, 17 Apr 09
Apple: A PC is no bargain when it doesn’t do what you want (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090416/tc_macworld/appleapcisnobargainwhenitdoesntdowhatyouwant
Macworld.com - Apple doesn’t directly respond to most of the things rivals say about it and its products, but I guess Microsoft's ridiculous new ad campaign was too silly to go unanswered.

Fri, 17 Apr 09
Phishers get more wily as cybercrime grows (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090417/tc_nm/us_cybercrime
Reuters - Phishing scams have grown up from the unsophisticated swindles of the past in which fake Nigerian princes e-mailed victims, who would get a big windfall if they just provide their bank account number.

Fri, 17 Apr 09
YouTube adds more Hollywood movies, TV shows (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090417/ennew_afp/entertainmentusfilmsonyinternetyoutubegoogle


The Hollywood sign in California. YouTube has reached agreement with Sony Pictures and other Hollywood studios to show full-length movies on the video-sharing website, leading technology blogs reported.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)AFP - YouTube announced partnerships with Sony Pictures and other Hollywood studios and rolled out new platforms to feature television shows and full-length movies.

Thu, 16 Apr 09
Ebay to buy stake in S. Korean online marketplace (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_hi_te/as_skorea_ebay


Lee Jay, corporate senior vice president of eBay Inc. and general manager of eBay Asia Pacific, center, speaks to media as Park Joo-man, chief executive of Internet Auction Co., left, and Ku Young-bae, chief executive and representative director of Gmarket, listen during their press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 16, 2009. EBay Inc. said it plans to pay as much as $1.2 billion to purchase a majority stake in Gmarket Inc. , South Korea's top online marketplace.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - EBay Inc. said Thursday it plans to pay as much as $1.2 billion for a majority stake in South Korea's top online marketplace, potentially one of the company's largest acquisitions as it moves to expand in Asia.

Thu, 16 Apr 09
Report: NEC Electronics, Renesas near merger (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_nec_chip_merger
AP - NEC Electronics Corp. and Renesas Technology Corp. are reportedly in final negotiations to merge their operations and form Japan's biggest semiconductor maker by sales.

Thu, 16 Apr 09
Review: BlackBerry App World simple, light on apps (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_hi_te/tec_digital_life_tech_test_blackberry_apps


The BlackBerry App World application is shown in use on a Blackberry Curve 8900, Wednesday, April 15, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)AP - I'm typing this in between perusing Facebook, trying (and failing) to master a guitar-simulation game and listening to Internet radio on my smart phone.

Thu, 16 Apr 09
Gov't won't classify proxies as 'sophisticated' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090415/ap_on_hi_te/tec_punishing_proxies
AP - The U.S. government has dropped — for now — a plan to classify the use of "proxy" servers as evidence of sophistication in committing a crime.

Thu, 16 Apr 09
eBay to say goodbye to Skype (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090416/wr_nm/us_ebay_skype
Reuters - eBay plans to spin off its Skype unit, acknowledging that the Web telephone service does not fit with the rest of the company, in an indictment of former CEO Meg Whitman's acquisition strategy.

Thu, 16 Apr 09
Will Apple Extend iPhone Exclusivity for AT&T? Let's Hope Not (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090416/tc_pcworld/willappleextendiphoneexclusivityforattletshopenot
PC World - Does Steve Jobs love his customers? We're about to find out. AT&T wants to extend its monopoly on U.S. iPhone sales for another year, to 2011. Will Apple go for it, or will Jobs and company make iPhones more widely available?

Thu, 16 Apr 09
China Plan Hints at Technology Power Ambitions (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090416/tc_pcworld/chinaplanhintsattechnologypowerambitions
PC World - China promised new jobs and more investment in homegrown technologies like its next-generation mobile standard in a growth plan for its hard-hit IT industry late Wednesday.

Thu, 16 Apr 09
Panasonic, NEC unveil 9 Linux phones (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090416/tc_nm/us_mobile_fair_linux
Reuters - NEC and Panasonic will unveil on Monday nine new cellphone models running the open-source LiMo operating system, wireless Linux foundation LiMo said at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona.

Thu, 16 Apr 09
Sun ready to resume IBM takeover talks: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090416/bs_nm/us_sunmicro_ibm


In this combo made from file photos, the IBM logo is seen in front of the company's manufacturing plant in Essex Junction, Vt., left, and the Sun Microsystems logo is seen at the company's offices in Menlo Park, Calif. IBM and Sun were going over final details of a deal that would have seen IBM pay about $7 billion to acquire Sun. But IBM pulled the offer this weekend and Sun ended IBM's status as its exclusive negotiating partner. (AP Photo)Reuters - Sun Microsystems Inc would be willing to resume takeover talks with International Business Machines Corp if IBM made a stronger commitment to closing a deal, Bloomberg said, citing two people familiar with the matter.

Thu, 16 Apr 09
Smule releases Leaf Trombone: World Stage for iPhone (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090415/tc_macworld/smulereleasesleaftromboneworldstageforiphone
Macworld.com - Smule, the company that brought you the iconic iPhone Ocarina application, is out once again to turn the iPhone into a musical instrument for the 21st century. This time, the team has expanded its reach with Leaf Trombone: World Stage (iTunes link), a massively-multiplayer music application.

Thu, 16 Apr 09
VMware Fusion bug breaches the guest-host OS wall (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090415/tc_macworld/vmwarefusionbugbreachestheguesthostoswall
Macworld.com - One of the benefits of using a virtualization program such as VMware Fusion or Parallels Desktop to run Windows on your Mac is that anything bad that happened to Windows would only happen to Windows.

Thu, 16 Apr 09
Stealthy Rootkit Slides Further Under the Radar (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090415/tc_pcworld/stealthyrootkitslidesfurtherundertheradar
PC World - Thousands of Web sites have been rigged to deliver a powerful piece of malicious software that many security products may be unprepared to handle.

Thu, 16 Apr 09
YouTube global orchestra plays Carnegie Hall (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090416/tc_afp/entertainmentusmusicinternetyoutube


Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas (right) applaudes the YouTube Symphony Orchestra during a performance at Carnegie Hall, on April 15, in New York. It is the first orchestra selected entirely through auditions on-line.(AFP/Stan Honda)AFP - A symphony orchestra composed of 96 musicians from 33 countries chosen online via YouTube has won applause in New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall.

Wed, 15 Apr 09
Intel shares slip despite bullish PC prediction (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090415/ap_on_hi_te/earns_intel


FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2008 file photo, Intel CEO Paul Otellini smiles during a keynote address to the Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco. Intel Corp.'s first-quarter profit blew past Wall Street's grim forecasts Tuesday, April 14, 2009 and the company claimed that personal computer sales 'bottomed out' and have started recovering. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Investors don't seem to totally buy Intel Corp.'s proclamation that slumping personal computer sales have "bottomed out."

Wed, 15 Apr 09
Yahoo plans first major layoffs under new CEO (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090415/ap_on_hi_te/yahoo_job_cuts
AP - Yahoo Inc. is gearing up for its third round of mass layoffs in 14 months, signaling the long-slumping Internet company is still struggling to snap out of its financial malaise under a new leadership team.

Wed, 15 Apr 09
Hackers grabbed more than 285M records in 2008 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090415/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_data_breaches
AP - Hackers made off with at least 285 million electronic records in 2008, more than in the four previous years combined, according to a new study that shows identity thieves are getting better at exploiting careless mistakes that leave companies vulnerable to attack.

Wed, 15 Apr 09
Report: 83 percent of businesses won't install Windows 7 in 2010 (Yahoo! Tech)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/ytech_rss/rss_ytechblog_tc/report83percentofbusinesseswontinstallwindows7in2010/31663268/*http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/139227/report-83-percent-of-businesses-wont-install-windows-7-in-2010/
Yahoo! Tech -

Windows 7 has long been shaping up as Microsoft's salvation: The operating system that would recharge its fortunes and get the company back in the game following the debacle of Windows Vista's release and the eventual acceptance of the head-in-the-ground attitude that had ...

Wed, 15 Apr 09
Study: Spammers scourge to inbox and environment (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090415/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_spam_energy_waste
AP - There are plenty of reasons to hate spammers. Add this to the list: They're environmentally unfriendly.

Wed, 15 Apr 09
Yahoo to cut hundreds of jobs: source (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090415/wr_nm/us_yahoo


Sign in front of Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Yahoo! will launch Reuters - Yahoo Inc is preparing to lay off several hundred workers in the first round of cuts since Carol Bartz became chief executive in January, a source with knowledge of the situation told Reuters.

Wed, 15 Apr 09
OLED Screens, Blu-ray Players and Brain Control (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090415/tc_pcworld/oledscreensblurayplayersandbraincontrol
PC World - January's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is a great place to see new gadgets but they're not always available right away. A couple of the coolest gadgets from this year's CES, Sony's OLED-based Walkman and Samsung's slim Blu-ray Disk player, are now on their way with availability from April.

Wed, 15 Apr 09
Smartphone consumers opt for "cheap chic" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090415/tc_nm/us_cellphones_preview
Reuters - Cellphone makers are expected to report buoyant sales of lower-priced, feature-packed smartphones as consumers opt for "cheap chic" amid the global recession.

Wed, 15 Apr 09
Next version of Microsoft Office coming in 2010 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090415/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_microsoft_office
AP - Microsoft Corp.'s next version of its Office desktop programs will reach consumers next year, though not likely in conjunction with the Windows 7 operating system.

Wed, 15 Apr 09
Microsoft to unveil test version of new e-mail server (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090415/wr_nm/us_microsoft_exchange
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said it will launch a test version of its Exchange Server on Wednesday, marking the latest development in the technology used by 65 percent of businesses worldwide to run their e-mail systems.

Wed, 15 Apr 09
Ultra-Sensitive Wii Motion Controller Due in June (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090414/bs_nf/65945
NewsFactor - Building on its pioneering motion-sensing video-game console, Nintendo announced Tuesday the pending release of the Wii MotionPlus accessory, which it said will deliver "new levels of precision and performance."

Wed, 15 Apr 09
AT&T in talks to extend iPhone deal to 2011: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090415/bs_nm/us_att_iphone
Reuters - AT&T Inc is in talks with Apple Inc to extend its exclusive U.S. agreement to sell the iPhone from 2010 to 2011, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Wed, 15 Apr 09
Deleted Data Drives New Data Breaches (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090415/tc_pcworld/deleteddatadrivesnewdatabreaches
PC World - According to a new report on data breaches from Verizon Business, cyber criminals are no longer attacking where the credit card files are, but where they once were. "Criminals are borrowing from digital forensics tools," said Bryan Sartan, director of investigative response for Verizon Business Security Solutions.

Wed, 15 Apr 09
Red Hat Connects Its Distributor SYNNEX With ISVs (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090414/tc_pcworld/redhatconnectsitsdistributorsynnexwithisvs
PC World - Red Hat is helping nine of its open-source ISV (independent software vendor) partners get broader distribution for their products in North America through a partnership with one of its major distributors, SYNNEX.

Wed, 15 Apr 09
YouTube orchestra seeks harmony out of diversity (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090415/ennew_afp/entertainmentusmusicinternetyoutube


A television cameraman films members of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra (YTSO) rehearsing under the direction of conductor Michael Tilson Thomas at the Juilliard School in New York. The YouTube Symphony Orchestra, an international orchestra of some 90 musicians who auditioned on the YouTube video-sharing website, will perform at New York's Carnegie Hall on 15 April.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - Musical -- and world -- harmony will be on display Wednesday when the YouTube Symphony Orchestra plays at New York's Carnegie Hall.

Tue, 14 Apr 09
A few pennies for your thoughts — and credit card (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090414/ap_on_hi_te/tec_internet_security_threats
AP - One economy apparently isn't hurting these days — the one run by identity thieves in the dark corners of the Internet.

Tue, 14 Apr 09
Who moved my rank? Sales rank purged from Amazon (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090414/ap_on_hi_te/books_amazon_s_glitch


FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2006 file photo, writer Annie Proulx speaks at a news conference in Madrid. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, file)AP - Amazon.com apologized Monday for an "embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error" that led to the sales ranking being removed from tens of thousands of books.

Tue, 14 Apr 09
Microsoft offers computer training to unemployed (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090414/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_vouchers
AP - Microsoft Corp. announced Monday it would be giving away more than 30,000 vouchers over the next 90 days to help unemployed people in Washington state get new computer skills.

Tue, 14 Apr 09
Danish hackers meld lawn mower with Nintendo Wii (Yahoo! Tech)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/ytech_rss/rss_ytechblog_tc/danishhackersmeldlawnmowerwithnintendowii/31646565/*http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/138329/danish-hackers-meld-lawn-mower-with-nintendo-wii/
Yahoo! Tech - In the future, only suckers will mow their lawns by pushing equipment around by hand. ...

Tue, 14 Apr 09
Be on the lookout for new police tool, aka Twitter (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090413/ap_on_hi_te/tec_tweeting_police


In this April 3, 2009 photo, Milwaukee Police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz updates the department's Twitter account in Milwaukee. Milwaukee's department is one of a growing number of police and fire agencies turning to social networking Web sites such as Twitter, which allows users to send text-message 'tweets' to a mass audience in 140 characters or less. The tweets can be read on the Web or on mobile phones within seconds. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)AP - When Milwaukee police wanted to get word of a murder out quickly, they did it in 113 characters on Twitter.

Tue, 14 Apr 09
Blogger Fights Big Bank Goldman Sachs Over Threat (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090414/tc_pcworld/bloggerfightsbigbankgoldmansachsoverthreat
PC World - A blogger in the U.S. filed a lawsuit against Goldman Sachs on Monday to prevent the big investment bank from taking his domain names.

Tue, 14 Apr 09
Netflix for Wii and PS3, Here it Comes? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090413/tc_pcworld/netflixforwiiandps3hereitcomes
PC World - Ah, job spots, you tease us so. Credit Crunchgear for pulling this one out, acting on a tip about a Netflix Engineering Leader position whose description suggests everyone's favorite online video provider (ahem, Netflix) may be flirting with another console. Make that consoles, plural, per the job listing, which stipulates that

Tue, 14 Apr 09
Microsoft, Discovery in online advertising deal (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090413/media_nm/us_microfost_advertising
Reuters - Microsoft Corp has sold more than 90 percent of its advertising inventory across its web, mobile, and video game businesses to the Discovery Channel for a one-day campaign to promote the television series "Deadliest Catch," the companies said on Monday.

Tue, 14 Apr 09
Netsuite targets SAP and Oracle: source (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090413/wr_nm/us_netsuite
Reuters - NetSuite Inc has developed programs targeted at large corporations, a person familiar with the strategy said, in an effort to move the software maker beyond the small- to mid-sized business market.

Tue, 14 Apr 09
Sun Fires Back at Cisco With Blade Network Switch (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090414/tc_pcworld/sunfiresbackatciscowithbladenetworkswitch
PC World - Sun Microsystems introduced its Nehalem-based server line-up on Tuesday, along with a new networking product that takes aim at an emerging rival in the server market, Cisco Systems.

Tue, 14 Apr 09
Beam ESPN Content to Your Nintendo DS (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090413/tc_pcworld/beamespncontenttoyournintendods
PC World - Take me out to the ballgame, just don't forget my Nintendo DS.

Tue, 14 Apr 09
What an Apple Netbook Might Look Like (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090414/tc_pcworld/whatanapplenetbookmightlooklike
PC World - The Apple rumor mill is once again running overtime on the topic of netbooks. If you believe the reports, Steve Jobs is himself leading the charge. My take: Whatever Apple does, it won't be a netbook in the usual sense, I also bet that Apple, if it does anything, will itself avoid using the n-word to describe it.

Tue, 14 Apr 09
Book a bed and breakfast, catch a computer virus (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090414/wr_nm/us_cybercrime_report
Reuters - The number of computer viruses is growing extraordinarily fast and shifting from phishing e-mails to being hidden in seemingly safe websites such as a local bed and breakfast, says Internet security company Symantec Corp in a new report on Tuesday.

Tue, 14 Apr 09
Sun's Open-source Boss Slams App Engine's Java Support (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090413/tc_pcworld/sunsopensourcebossslamsappenginesjavasupport
PC World - Google committed a major transgression by only including support for a subset of Java classes in its App Engine development platform, according to Sun Microsystems' chief open source officer, Simon Phipps.

Tue, 14 Apr 09
Google Disables Uploads, Comments on YouTube Korea (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090413/tc_pcworld/googledisablesuploadscommentsonyoutubekorea
PC World - Google has disabled user uploads and comments on the Korean version of its YouTube video portal in reaction to a new law that requires the real name of a contributor be listed along each contribution they make.

Mon, 13 Apr 09
Startup embeds Web photos with shopping links (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090412/ap_on_hi_te/tec_web_photo_ads


In this screen shot taken from pixazza.com, the Web site is shown. Pixazza is an online advertising startup that converts photos on Web sites into interactive advertisements. (AP Photo/pixazza.com)AP - Inspiration comes in many forms, and in the case of James Everingham, it appeared as a pair of knockoff Christian Dior shoes.

Mon, 13 Apr 09
EBay buys Korean rival's stake for $413 million: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090413/wr_nm/us_ebay_gmarket
Reuters - EBay Inc has agreed to buy a controlling stake in South Korean online retailer Gmarket Inc for $413 million, at a 32.5 percent premium, news service eDaily reported on Monday.

Mon, 13 Apr 09
Tech Mahindra wins bidding for India's Satyam (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090413/bs_nm/us_satyam
Reuters - India's Tech Mahindra won a bidding auction for fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services on Monday, in a deal that could lift the mid-sized outsourcer into the top tier of local software services firms.

Mon, 13 Apr 09
"Star Wars: Musical Journey" out of this world (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090413/en_nm/us_music_starwars
Reuters - If you think the world doesn't need another variation on "Star Wars" on top of the six films, assorted animations, video games and toys, you are forgetting the extraordinary force of the music John Williams wrote for the science-fiction epic.

Sun, 12 Apr 09
Conficker worm hits University of Utah computers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090412/ap_on_hi_te/computer_virus
AP - University of Utah officials say a computer virus has infected more than 700 campus computers, including those at the school's three hospitals.

Sun, 12 Apr 09
Billy Bob Thornton's band cancels Canadian tour (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090412/ap_en_mu/canada_people_billy_bob_thornton


In this photo taken Wednesday, March 18, 2009, Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters perform at the SXSW Music Festival Festival in Austin, Texas. In a radio appearance reminiscent of David's Letterman's interview with actor-turned-rapper Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Bob Thornton gave a puzzling and intentionally difficult interview Wednesday, April 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)AP - Billy Bob Thornton's band has canceled the rest of its Canadian tour after the actor compared the country's fans to mashed potatoes with no gravy in a testy interview that caused a sensation online.

Sun, 12 Apr 09
Conficker, IBM-Sun Redux, Italy Quakes (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090411/tc_pcworld/confickeribmsunreduxitalyquakes
PC World - Security researchers have found that the Conficker worm has been updated to make it harder to fight, and it is also aiming to invade more PCs (3 million to 12 million not being enough, obviously). While security vendors work to fend off the worm, analysts say that Sun is not likely to fend off other suitors now that it has rejected IBM.

Sat, 11 Apr 09
I, robot - and gardener: MIT droids tend plants (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090411/ap_on_hi_te/tec_robotic_gardeners


In this March 18, 2009 photo, a robot waters a tomato plant in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - These gardeners would have green thumbs — if they had thumbs.

Sat, 11 Apr 09
Low-tech tools take out phones in Silicon Valley (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090410/ap_on_hi_te/tec_telecom_sabotage


A customer learns his credit union is closed as telephone workers struggle to repair severed cables on Thursday, April 9, 2009 in Morgan Hill, Calif. San Jose police said there was evidence that someone removed a manhole cover and severed four fiber optic cables. The incident cut phone and Internet service for thousands in Santa Clara County, including Gilroy, Morgan Hill and San Martin, and parts of Santa Cruz County. Hours later, authorities in San Carlos reported that four cables there had also been cut. (AP Photo/San Francisco Chronicle, Lacy Atkins)AP - Forget, for a moment, computer viruses and sophisticated cybercrimes. A hacksaw and a few other tools were probably all it took for someone to sever eight fiber-optic cables in Silicon Valley this week, knocking out cell phone, landline and Internet service.

Sat, 11 Apr 09
German regulators fine Microsoft for price-fixing (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090410/ap_on_hi_te/tec_microsoft_antitrust
AP - Antitrust regulators fined Microsoft Corp.'s German subsidiary 9 million euros ($11.8 million) and said the world's largest software maker illegally influenced retail prices for its Office 2007 programs.

Sat, 11 Apr 09
Photos Reveal New Zune HD With Touchscreen (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090411/tc_pcworld/photosrevealnewzunehdwithtouchscreen
PC World - Leaked artwork of the supposedly upcoming Microsoft Zune portable media player has found its way onto the Internet. The artwork labels the new device as the Zune HD, and shows it to feature a large widescreen display housed in what looks like a bushed aluminum enclosure and glass.

Sat, 11 Apr 09
CTIA Recap and Nintendo GameBoy DSi On PC World Podcast Episode 24 (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090410/tc_pcworld/ctiarecapandnintendogameboydsionpcworldpodcastepisode24
PC World - This week, PC World Editors Robert Strohmeyer, Denny Arar, Darren Gladstone and Ginny Mies talk about the neatest mobile phones and accessories of the not-so-distant future, as well as the new Nintendo GameBoy DSi.

Sat, 11 Apr 09
Faster Bluetooth 3.0 Specification To Be Unveiled (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090410/bs_nf/65892
NewsFactor - The Bluetooth Special Interest Group said Friday that it will unveil version 3.0 of the Bluetooth wireless specification on April 21. The companies ready to roll out new Bluetooth 3.0 devices will be announced at that time, together with some of the technical details, the industry group said.

Sat, 11 Apr 09
Where Did Sun Go Wrong? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090410/tc_pcworld/wheredidsungowrong
PC World - Just before the dot-com boom that spawned the meteoric rise of Sun Microsystems came careening to a halt, then-CEO Scott McNealy and President Ed Zander held a meeting where they discussed the future of their company.

Sat, 11 Apr 09
"Rock Band" practicing "Chinese Democracy" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090411/en_nm/us_gunsnroses
Reuters - Axl Rose may have spent 15 years fine-tuning the 14 tracks on "Chinese Democracy," but it took only five months for the album to make its way into the "Rock Band" video-game franchise.

Fri, 10 Apr 09
Space: The final frontier for cell phones? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090409/ap_on_hi_te/tec_satellite_phones


In this Wednesday, April 1, 2009 photo, a prototype satellite phone is shown at the TerreStar booth at the International CTIA Wireless show in Las Vegas. SkyTerra and TerreStar say their new satellites, combined with advances in chip technology, can take satellite telephony from being a niche to the mainstream — something you'd buy in an AT&T store. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - The vast, thinly populated expanses of the country that still lack cell phone coverage could be getting an interesting option next year: ordinary-looking cell phones that connect to a satellite when there's no cell tower around.

Fri, 10 Apr 09
Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons dies at 61 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090410/ap_on_en_ot/obit_dave_arneson


This undated photo provided by Malia Weinhagen shows Dave Arneson. Arneson, a co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died Tuesday, April 7, 2009 in St. Paul, Minn. He was 61. (AP Photo/Malia Weinhagen)AP - Dave Arneson, one of the co-creators of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game and a pioneer of role-playing entertainment, died after a two-year battle with cancer, his family said Thursday. He was 61.

Fri, 10 Apr 09
French lawmakers reject Internet piracy bill (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090409/ap_on_hi_te/eu_france_internet_piracy
AP - French legislators on Thursday rejected legislation to permit cutting off the Internet connections of people who illegally download music and films. But a stubborn government plans to resurrect the bill for another vote this month.

Fri, 10 Apr 09
Huge computer worm Conficker stirring to life (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090409/ap_on_hi_te/tec_conficker_countdown
AP - The dreaded Conficker computer worm is stirring. Security experts say the worm's authors appear to be trying to build a big moneymaker, but not a cyber weapon of mass destruction as many people feared.

Fri, 10 Apr 09
Cell, landline service out in parts of NorCal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090410/ap_on_hi_te/ca_phone_outage
AP - Vandals severed eight fiber optic cables early Thursday in San Jose and another nearby town, leaving thousands of people without cell phone, Internet and landline service, officials said.

Fri, 10 Apr 09
Untethered Life Becoming Reality (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20090409/bs_ibd_ibd/20090409tech
Investor's Business Daily - Qualcomm was founded 24 years ago, when the business of wireless communications was just getting started.

Fri, 10 Apr 09
Netbooks and Linux: A Complicated Story (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090409/tc_pcworld/netbooksandlinuxacomplicatedstory
PC World - Over the past few days there's been a raft of stories about how the Linux netbook market share is not as healthy as it used to be.

Fri, 10 Apr 09
Microsoft Looks Parallel With New Hire, Analysts Say (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090410/tc_pcworld/microsoftlooksparallelwithnewhireanalystssay
PC World - Microsoft's hiring of a chip designer Marc Tremblay from Sun Microsystems could be part of a giant push by the software giant to develop hardware and software for parallel computing, analysts said on Thursday.

Fri, 10 Apr 09
Fiber Cuts Slash Silicon Valley's Internet Arteries (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090410/tc_pcworld/fibercutsslashsiliconvalleysinternetarteries
PC World - Cuts in fiber-optic lines early Thursday at two locations near Silicon Valley shut down two IBM facilities and affected an organization in charge of Internet domain names.

Fri, 10 Apr 09
Choose: Wii Price Cut? Or "Better Entertainment"? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090409/tc_pcworld/choosewiipricecutorbetterentertainment
PC World - What's a Wii worth? Whatever you're willing to pay for it. That's the gist of Nintendo President Satoru Iwata's message to consumers, on the heels of an article in Financial Times citing a Credit Suisse analyst who notes that Nintendo's cost to produce a Wii has fallen 45 points since launch.

Thu, 9 Apr 09
Nintendo not planning price cuts for hit machines (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090409/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_nintendo


Spanish journalists, Jorge Hernandez Valinani, left, and Emilio Gallego Zambrano play with a Nintendo DSi handheld game machine prior to a press conference by Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata and Nintendo Senior Managing Director Shigeru Miyamoto at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Thursday, April 9, 2009. Nintendo has weathered the global recession because of the popularity of its game machines and won't be resorting to price cuts to boost sales, Iwata said. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Nintendo has weathered the global recession because of the popularity of its game machines and won't be resorting to price cuts to boost sales, the company's president said Thursday.

Thu, 9 Apr 09
Virgin Mobile joins prepaid price war (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090409/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_virgin_mobile_unlimited
AP - Virgin Mobile USA Inc. is set to announce Thursday that it is slashing the price of its unlimited calling plan to $50 from $80 per month, a result of fierce competition and price-cutting among second-tier cellular carriers.

Thu, 9 Apr 09
AP source: Spies compromised US electric grid (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090409/ap_on_hi_te/tec_electric_grid_hacking
AP - Spies hacked into the U.S. electric grid and left behind computer programs that would let them disrupt service, exposing potentially catastrophic vulnerabilities in key pieces of national infrastructure, a former U.S. government official said Wednesday.

Thu, 9 Apr 09
Are you a twit if you don't want to Twitter? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090408/ap_on_hi_te/tec_sociability_fatigue


Mike Nourie, 20, plays guitar and sings in his dorm room at Emerson College in Boston Friday, April 3, 2009. Nourie says he feels a little relieved to escape social networking when he works summers at an inn on Cape Cod, where connection to the wired world is spotty. 'It gives me a chance to relax and focus on other things like music, work and friends,' he says of his built-in excuse to stay offline. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Eily Toyama gave in after friends pestered her to join Facebook. But she used her cat's name instead of her own so she could avoid networking requests from people she didn't really want to connect to. And don't even ask her about Twitter unless you want to get an eye roll.

Thu, 9 Apr 09
What the FCC's National Broadband Policy Must Do For Business (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090409/tc_pcworld/whatthefccsnationalbroadbandpolicymustdoforbusiness
PC World - The FCC is best known for colossal screw-ups, like America's cellular service. News that the Commission is interested in creating national broadband policy brings a mix of dread--and hope.

Thu, 9 Apr 09
Nintendo says Wii losing lustre but no price cut (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090409/tc_afp/lifestylejapangamecompanynintendo


A Nintendo showroom in Tokyo. Nintendo admitted that its hit Wii video game console was going through its toughest time yet in the competitive Japanese market, but it said there was no plan to cut the price(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Nintendo admitted that its hit Wii video game console was going through its toughest time yet in the competitive Japanese market, but it said there was no plan to cut the price.

Thu, 9 Apr 09
MetroPCS mimics landline with family `groupline' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090409/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_family_number
AP - Regional wireless carrier MetroPCS Communications Inc. has a new feature designed to lure families getting rid of their landlines. The new service gives families one number that rings all their cell phones at once.

Thu, 9 Apr 09
Nintendo to launch new Wii Sports in June (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090409/wr_nm/us_nintendo
Reuters - Nintendo Co said that it would launch a new version of its blockbuster "Wii Sports" software in Japan in June to shore up flagging Wii console sales in its home market but that it planned no hardware price cuts at the moment.

Thu, 9 Apr 09
Report: Nokia Siemens Bids for Much of Nortel (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090408/tc_pcworld/reportnokiasiemensbidsformuchofnortel
PC World - Nokia Siemens Networks, Avaya and Siemens Enterprise Communications are moving in to buy parts of troubled Nortel Networks, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.

Thu, 9 Apr 09
No Price Cuts for Now, Says Nintendo President (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090409/tc_pcworld/nopricecutsfornowsaysnintendopresident
PC World - Nintendo isn't planning to cut the price of its Wii console or DSi handheld in response to the recession, its president said Thursday.

Wed, 8 Apr 09
Cable's answer to online's ad success: targeting (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090407/ap_on_hi_te/cable_targeted_advertising


FILE - In this April 2, 2009 file photo, a view of the user interface for Tru2way technology is seen on display inside the Broadband Nation exhibit at The Cable Show at the Washington Convention Center in Washington. Cable's efforts to standardize their systems around Tru2way will make it easier to deploy so-called 'addressable' ads regardless of operator, said Dallas Clement, senior vice president of strategy and development at Cox Communications. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)AP - You're watching Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show," when suddenly you see a commercial for the Mustang convertible you've been eyeing — with a special promotion from Ford, which knows you just ended your car lease.

Wed, 8 Apr 09
Changes to Apple's iTunes prices take effect (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090407/ap_on_hi_te/tec_apple_itunes_prices


FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2008 file photo, Lenny Kravitz songs play on new Apple Nano media players at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif. The era of one-price-fits-all-songs on iTunes came to an end Tuesday, April 7, 2009 as Apple Inc., the Internet's dominant digital music store, ended its practice of selling all songs for 99 cents each and began offering three tiers: 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - The era of one-price-fits-all-songs on iTunes came to an end Tuesday as Apple Inc., the Internet's dominant digital music retailer, began selling some of its most-downloaded songs for $1.29 apiece.

Wed, 8 Apr 09
Google CEO sees newspaper future in advertising (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090407/ap_on_hi_te/google_newspapers


Google Chief Executive officer Eric Schmidt points out the size of a reporter's laptop computer during news conference after giving the keynote address at the Newspaper Association of America annual convention in San Diego Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - Google Inc.'s chief executive told newspaper publishers Tuesday that they should continue to rely on advertising but seek new ways to reach readers.

Wed, 8 Apr 09
Pentagon spends $100 million to fix cyber attacks (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090407/ap_on_hi_te/pentagon_cyber
AP - The Pentagon spent more than $100 million in the last six months responding to and repairing damage from cyber attacks and other computer network problems, military leaders said Tuesday.

Wed, 8 Apr 09
Jackman 'heartbroken' over leaked superhero film (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090408/en_afp/entertainmentfilmpeoplejackmanitinternet


Actor Hugh Jackman, seen here, the Hollywood star who plays superhero Wolverine said he was AFP - Hugh Jackman, who plays superhero Wolverine in the new X-Men movie, said Wednesday he was "heartbroken" that the film was leaked on the Internet a month before its official release.

Wed, 8 Apr 09
Taiwan Chip Maker Sues Apple Over IPhone, IPod Touch (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090408/tc_pcworld/taiwanchipmakersuesappleoveriphoneipodtouch
PC World - Taiwan chip designer Elan Microelectronics said Wednesday it is suing Apple over the infringement of two U.S. patents.

Wed, 8 Apr 09
E-Mail May Be 'Old,' But The Workhorse Still Worthy Ad Agent (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20090407/bs_ibd_ibd/20090407tech01
Investor's Business Daily - Facebook, Twitter and cell phone messaging might have stolen all the glitter, but the Internet's original killer app, e-mail, continues to outshine those glamour technologies in the marketing game.

Wed, 8 Apr 09
Intel Sets Launch of Moorestown, New Moblin Linux at 2010 (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090408/tc_pcworld/intelsetslaunchofmoorestownnewmoblinlinuxat2010
PC World - Intel revealed more details about the future launch of its Moorestown chip platform at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing on Wednesday, setting the target launch date at a firm 2010.

Wed, 8 Apr 09
Fear of viruses could be causing PC attacks: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090408/tc_nm/us_microsoft_security
Reuters - Computer users' growing fear of worms and viruses could be behind a recent spike in attacks on PCs via bogus security software, according to a Microsoft Corp report published on Wednesday.

Wed, 8 Apr 09
Researcher's Death Casts Pall Over Major TCP Fix (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090407/tc_pcworld/researchersdeathcastspallovermajortcpfix
PC World - The security researcher who discovered a major networking flaw that could be used to take down Internet servers has died, leaving others to carry on the work of fixing the flaw without him.

Wed, 8 Apr 09
Sony PS3 tops Nintendo Wii in Japan in March: survey (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090407/tc_afp/lifestylejapangamecompanysonynintendo


The first copies of the new Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) are packed and ready to go on sale after midnight in 2007 at the Sony Center in Berlin. Sony has been given a vital boost in the battle for the multibillion-dollar video game industry, with a survey showing its PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo's Wii in Japan for the first time in 16 months.(DDP/AFP/File/Clemens Bilan)AFP - Sony has been given a vital boost in the battle for the multibillion-dollar video game industry, with a survey showing its PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo's Wii in Japan for the first time in 16 months.

Tue, 7 Apr 09
Australia announces 30 billion dlr broadband plan (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090407/tc_afp/australiatelecominternet


Australia announced a 43 billion dollar (30 billion US) national broadband network Tuesday, in what Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, pictured on April 2, 2009, described as the biggest infrastructure project in the country's history.(AFP/Geoff Caddick)AFP - Australia announced plans to build a 30 billion US dollar broadband network, its biggest infrastructure project ever, opting to retain government control rather than contract out the deal.

Tue, 7 Apr 09
Salesforce offers customers free mobile service (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090407/wr_nm/us_salesforce_mobile
Reuters - Business software maker Salesforce.com on Tuesday launched a slimmed-down version of its customer-management services that existing customers will be able to access for free using high-end mobile phones.

Tue, 7 Apr 09
Court orders Mobinil sale to France Telecom (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090406/ap_on_hi_te/ml_egypt_orascom_france_telecom
AP - The chief executive of Orascom Telecom said Monday he expects France Telecom to launch a tender offer for Mobinil, Egypt's top mobile phone service provider.

Tue, 7 Apr 09
Microsoft Claims Netbook OS Dominance as Linux Lags (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090406/bs_nf/65787
NewsFactor - In the growing netbook market, where it once lagged well behind its open-source competition, Microsoft is now proclaiming operating-system dominance.

Tue, 7 Apr 09
New Buzz Builds Around Next-Gen iPhone, iPod Touch (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090406/tc_pcworld/newbuzzbuildsaroundnextgeniphoneipodtouch
PC World - Since the unveiling of Apple's new iPhone 3.0 software update last month, modern-day gumshoes have been poring through the code to find clues about future devices that could follow. While the virtual trail of bread crumbs is far from a firm road map, it does help feed our insatiable appetite for Apple info -- and today, we have some tasty new morsels to munch on.

Tue, 7 Apr 09
Sun unmoored as acquisition talks hit standstill (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090407/ap_on_hi_te/ibm_sun_microsystems


In this combo made from file photos, the IBM logo is seen in front of the company's manufacturing plant in Essex Junction, Vt., left, and the Sun Microsystems logo is seen at the company's offices in Menlo Park, Calif. IBM and Sun were going over final details of a deal that would have seen IBM pay about $7 billion to acquire Sun. But IBM pulled the offer this weekend and Sun ended IBM's status as its exclusive negotiating partner. (AP Photo)AP - Without IBM Corp.'s $7 billion takeover offer, Sun Microsystems Inc., a Silicon Valley rebel known for independence, is possibly alone again. Unless a new suitor somehow emerges, Sun will have to overcome the wobbly finances that forced it to shop itself around.

Tue, 7 Apr 09
Resident Evil 5 Online Multiplayer Tomorrow (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090406/tc_pcworld/residentevil5onlinemultiplayertomorrow
PC World - Ready for some zombie-killer-on-zombie-killer action? Capcom says it's happy (as opposed to hog-wild, or, you know, mortified) to announce that Resident Evil 5's new online multiplayer Versus mode will hit both Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network tomorrow. For $5, you can finally stick your Stun Rod in someone else's face in what Capcom describes as "the most terrifying Versus mode to date."

Mon, 6 Apr 09
AP sources: Sun deal cloudy after IBM pulls offer (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090406/ap_on_hi_te/ibm_sun_microsystems
AP - IBM Corp. withdrew its offer to buy Sun Microsystems Inc. for about $7 billion this weekend, clouding the prospects for a deal that would shake up the computing industry, The Associated Press has learned.

Mon, 6 Apr 09
AT&T and union talks continue past deadline (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090406/ap_on_hi_te/at_t_labor
AP - AT&T and unions for its landline workers were working past a strike deadline Sunday to try to reach agreement on a new contract.

Mon, 6 Apr 09
The Cisco bid: To branch out while others retrench (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090405/ap_on_hi_te/tec_cisco_expands
AP - On the surface, there doesn't seem to be much of a connection between the servers that run corporate data centers and a handheld video camera you use to film family vacations. Yet both have somehow become part of the master plan at Cisco Systems Inc.

Mon, 6 Apr 09
New T-Mobile gadgets to sport Google software: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090406/tc_nm/us_google_t_mobile
Reuters - Wireless carrier T-Mobile is planning an aggressive push into the home with a variety of communication devices that will use Google's new Android operating software, the New York Times said.

Mon, 6 Apr 09
IBM, Sun Micro talks collapse over price: source (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090406/bs_nm/us_sunmicro_ibm


A visitor speaks on his cellphone as he walks past a giant screen near an IBM display at the world's biggest high-tech fair, the CeBIT, in Hanover in March 2009. IBM's seven-billion-dollar takeover bid of Sun Microsystems Inc appears to be on the verge of collapse, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website Sunday, citing people familiar with the talks.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)Reuters - IBM's talks to acquire smaller computer and software rival Sun Microsystems Inc broke down on Sunday after Sun rejected IBM's $7 billion offer, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

Mon, 6 Apr 09
Sun Micro falls after IBM takeover talks collapse (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090406/bs_nm/us_sunmicro_shares
Reuters - Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc dropped on Monday after a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters that IBM's talks to acquire its smaller rival broke down.

Mon, 6 Apr 09
Sony PS3 outsells Nintendo Wii in March in Japan (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090406/tc_nm/us_sony_nintendo
Reuters - Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii in March for the first time in 16 months in Japan thanks to hot new PS3 titles from Sega Sammy (6460.T) and Capcom (9697.T), a game magazine publisher said.

Sun, 5 Apr 09
AT&T and union talks continue past deadline (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090405/ap_on_bi_ge/at_t_labor
AP - AT&T and unions for its landline workers were working past a strike deadline early Sunday to try to reach agreement on a new contract.

Sun, 5 Apr 09
IBM cuts Sun Micro offer to $9.50 a share: source (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090404/bs_nm/us_sun_ibm_bid
Reuters - International Business Machines has lowered its offer price for Sun Microsystems to $9.50 a share from $9.55 a share, although they are still in talks and the deal is not final, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Saturday.

Sat, 4 Apr 09
English villagers send Google snapper packing (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090403/ap_on_hi_te/eu_britain_google_go_home


An undated file photo made available by Google Friday April 3, 2009 of one of their street mapping cars. You're never far from a camera in Britain, a country that has accepted the presence of millions of surveillance cameras in its streets, shopping centers and public spaces. But for the villagers of Broughton in southern England, the roving eye of Google was a camera too far. A gaggle of residents of the affluent hamlet formed a human chain to turn away a car shooting images for Google Street View, the popular service that allows Internet users to see high-quality photos of houses and streets around the world (AP Photo/Google)AP - You're never far from a camera in Britain, a country that has accepted the presence of millions of surveillance cameras in its streets, shopping centers and public spaces.

Sat, 4 Apr 09
AT&T-union negotiations expected down to the wire (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090403/ap_on_hi_te/at_t_labor
AP - Union officials representing more than 100,000 workers at AT&T Inc. expressed frustration with the phone company's management Friday, saying the two sides are still far apart on important labor issues a day before contracts are set to expire.

Sat, 4 Apr 09
Can Yahoo Out-Google Google in Image Search? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090403/tc_pcworld/canyahoooutgooglegoogleinimagesearch
PC World - Yahoo has quietly updated its Yahoo Image Search preview page with a friendlier interface that displays larger images, and makes it easier to browse related thumbnails. Is it easier to use than Google Image Search? My first impression is yes. Let's take a closer look.

Sat, 4 Apr 09
FCC Asked To Apply Open Internet Rule To Skype (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090403/tc_nf/65757
NewsFactor - The Free Press has asked the Federal Communications Commission to confirm that all U.S. wireless networks must adhere to the same open Internet policy as landline networks. The policy gives consumers the right to access all online content.

Sat, 4 Apr 09
Linux, Windows Server both hit by economy (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090403/tc_infoworld/131038
InfoWorld - An industry analyst forecast has Linux shipments slipping a bit more percentage-wise than Microsoft's Windows Server, but Microsoft is feeling the pain of the economy, too, said an analyst who worked on the report.

Sat, 4 Apr 09
Texas Tells Microsoft's Vista To Mosey on Out of Town (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090403/tc_nf/65742
NewsFactor - Texas government shouldn't be Vista country, according to its state Senate. That legislative body approved earlier this week a rider to the state budget that would prevent governmental agencies from using the Microsoft Vista operating system without approval from a legislative board.

Sat, 4 Apr 09
Good Technology Update Includes Mobile VPN (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090403/tc_pcworld/goodtechnologyupdateincludesmobilevpn
PC World - Good Technology, recently acquired by Visto, has introduced a new version of its enterprise mobile e-mail product, including limited management support for the iPhone.

Sat, 4 Apr 09
Nintendo rolls out DSi to U.S. on Sunday (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090403/tc_nm/us_nintendo
Reuters - Nintendo is rolling out the next generation of its popular handheld gaming console in the United States on Sunday, pitching the product as more of an all-purpose social and entertainment device.

Fri, 3 Apr 09
On new cell phones, QWERTY eases out 1-2-3 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090403/ap_on_hi_te/tec_cell_phone_show_new_phones


The Samsung Impression, the first phone on the U.S. market with a screen that uses organic light-emitting diodes rather than liquid crystals, is shown at the International CTIA Wireless show in Las Vegas, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. The shift from numerical keypads to alphabetic keyboards, which has overturned cell phone design in the space of a two years, is a recognition of the popularity of text messaging, and to a lesser extent, wireless Internet use. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Goodbye, numeric cell phone keypads. You're going the way of the rotary dial. Touch screens and QWERTY keyboards will take over from here, thank you.

Fri, 3 Apr 09
IBM in final stages of deal talks with Sun (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_hi_te/ibm_sun_microsystems
AP - IBM Corp. and rival Sun Microsystems Inc. are in the final stages of negotiations over IBM's takeover of Sun. A deal could be announced within days.

Fri, 3 Apr 09
Research in Motion posts higher 4Q profit, sales (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_hi_te/earns_research_in_motion
AP - Shares of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. soared more than 20 percent in after-hours trading Thursday after the company said its profit jumped in its fiscal fourth quarter, surpassing analysts' expectations. Solid demand for smart phones despite the recession helped boost results.

Fri, 3 Apr 09
Effects company denies leaking 'Wolverine' online (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090403/ap_en_bu/film_wolverine_leak


In this March 26, 2009 file photo, actor Hugh Jackman arrives for opening night of 'Exit The King' at The Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)AP - An Australian visual effects company that worked on "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" said Thursday it was not responsible for leaking a full-length work print online.

Fri, 3 Apr 09
Vietnam telecoms firms approved for 3G: govt (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090403/tc_afp/vietnamtelecommobile3g


Advertising for a mobile phone shop in Hanoi. Vietnam said Friday it had approved four telecoms to offer the country's third-generation (3G) mobile phone services(AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam)AFP - Vietnam said Friday it had approved four telecoms to offer the country's third-generation (3G) mobile phone services.

Fri, 3 Apr 09
Chinese spies targeted Australian PM: report (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090403/tc_afp/australiachinaespionage


Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at the homecoming ceremony for Australia's Olympic team in Sydney. Chinese spies tried to infiltrate Rudd's email and mobile phone communications on his visit to Beijing last year, The Australian newspaper reported(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Chinese spies tried to infiltrate Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's email and mobile phone communications on his visit to Beijing last year, The Australian newspaper reported Friday.

Fri, 3 Apr 09
IBM, Mayo Form Open-source Health IT Consortium (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090402/tc_pcworld/ibmmayoformopensourcehealthitconsortium
PC World - Biomedical informatics researchers at IBM and the Mayo Clinic have launched a new open-source consortium focused on natural language processing (NLP), in an effort to help doctors share diagnosis and treatment information.

Fri, 3 Apr 09
Jaspersoft Version 3.5 Adds In-memory Analysis to BI Tool (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090402/tc_pcworld/jaspersoftversion35addsinmemoryanalysistobitool
PC World - Jaspersoft is adding integrated in-memory analysis functions and SaaS (software as a service) capabilities to Version 3.5 of its BI tool, released on Wednesday. The move opens the way for application service providers to use it to offer hosted BI services.

Fri, 3 Apr 09
Apple Hints at Launch of Nehalem-based Xserve (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090403/tc_pcworld/applehintsatlaunchofnehalembasedxserve
PC World - An Apple online store is set to take preorders of new Xserve servers carrying Intel's new Xeon chips, hinting at launch of the devices in the near future.

Fri, 3 Apr 09
"Osbournes: Reloaded" not firing on any cylinders (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090403/en_nm/us_television_osbournes
Reuters - That's it: Network programmers have officially run out of ideas. How else to explain "Osbournes: Reloaded," a half-hour from Fox that's part video game, part swearathon and part, um, "variety" show?

Thu, 2 Apr 09
Conficker worm reaches go time, to no effect (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090401/ap_on_hi_te/tec_conficker_countdown
AP - The Conficker Internet worm's feared April Fools' Day throwdown for control of millions of infected PCs stirred lots of panic but came and went with a whimper.

Thu, 2 Apr 09
Review: IE8 features good, but no need to switch (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090401/ap_on_hi_te/tech_test_internet_explorer8


In this undated screen shot, a Yahoo maps 'Accelerator' tool is used on The Associated Press Web site. Microsoft Internet Explorer 8's Accelerators are designed to better mirror how people use the Web these days by helping them share content and blend services from various sites. (AP Photo/Microsoft)AP - I procrastinated for nearly two weeks before installing Microsoft Corp.'s new Web browser.

Thu, 2 Apr 09
Fallen star SGI to sell most assets for $25M (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090401/ap_on_hi_te/silicon_graphics_sale
AP - Silicon Graphics Inc. will sell the remaining shreds of its fraying franchise to Rackable Systems Inc. for $25 million, punctuating the downfall of a former high-tech star that once dazzled investors and customers with the prowess of its fancy computers.

Thu, 2 Apr 09
Ex-CEO of BetOnSports pleads guilty (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090401/ap_on_hi_te/internet_gambling_plea
AP - The former chief executive of BetOnSports pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal racketeering conspiracy, admitting that the Internet company falsely portrayed Web-based gambling as legal and caused customers to lose millions of dollars they'll likely never get back.

Thu, 2 Apr 09
X-Men pic "Wolverine" leaks online (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090402/en_nm/us_wolverine
Reuters - "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" made an unauthorized debut online Tuesday, even though the film isn't set for U.S. release until May 1.

Thu, 2 Apr 09
Verizon Wireless sees Kindle-type e-readers coming (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090401/ap_on_hi_te/tec_cell_phone_show_e_readers
AP - Amazon's Kindle might soon be getting new competitors in the market for electronic-book devices.

Thu, 2 Apr 09
Verizon Wireless downplays Linux phones (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090401/ap_on_hi_te/tec_cell_phone_show_verizon_wireless
AP - Verizon Wireless considers Linux-based software a possible long-term contender for use on its phones, but doesn't view it as a "preferred" solution, the carrier's head said.

Thu, 2 Apr 09
Hewlett-Packard Evaluating Android for Future Products (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090401/bs_nf/65719
NewsFactor - Hewlett-Packard is embracing Android, sort of. The computer maker is considering the open-source operating system for future products.

Thu, 2 Apr 09
Texas to Windows Vista: Keep Walkin'? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090402/tc_pcworld/texastowindowsvistakeepwalkin
PC World - "I have read a lot about the problems they have with this particular software."

Thu, 2 Apr 09
Server Vendors Jump on Intel Xeon 5500 Bandwagon (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090401/tc_nf/65704
NewsFactor - A record number of server and workstation vendors are enthusiastically backing Intel's Xeon 5500 processor rollout, with the new chips already poised to launch in 230 different computing systems from Cisco, Dell, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, NEC, Sun Microsystems, and other vendors.

Thu, 2 Apr 09
Apple's iPhone emerges as gaming platform (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090401/wr_nm/us_column_pluggedin
Reuters - Apple's iPhone has emerged as a serious videogame platform, fulfilling the long-held promise of mobile phone gaming and positioning itself as a legitimate competitor to handheld consoles.

Wed, 1 Apr 09
Doing the worm: Tweak in 'Conficker' sparks fears (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/ap_on_hi_te/tec_conficker_countdown
AP - Even if it's not an April Fools' joke, the latest moves by the dreaded Conficker worm are by no means an Internet Armageddon, either. The worm's alarming outbreak entered a new phase Wednesday as clocks around the world ticked into the first day of April, the day it was scheduled to change programming.

Wed, 1 Apr 09
BlackBerry maker launches application store (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090401/ap_on_hi_te/tec_cell_phone_show_blackberry
AP - Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of BlackBerry phones, is set to launch its one-stop shop for add-on applications on Wednesday.

Wed, 1 Apr 09
Facebook CFO Gideon Yu leaving company (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_cfo
AP - Facebook's finance chief, Gideon Yu, is leaving the fast-growing social-networking site as the company looks for a replacement with "public company experience."

Wed, 1 Apr 09
Don't fret about Conficker: Here's what to do (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/ap_on_hi_te/tec_conficker_what_to_do
AP - The Conficker worm, a nasty computer infection that has poisoned millions of PCs, will start ramping up its efforts Wednesday to use those machines for cybercrimes. It's unclear whether everyday PC users will even notice, but this is as good an excuse as any to make sure your computer is clean.

Wed, 1 Apr 09
China, Iran censor web: rights group (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090401/tc_afp/uschinairanrightstelecominternetfreedomhouse


A student watches Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao online in Beijing. China's AFP - China's "sophisticated and multi-layered" efforts to censor and control the Internet earned it a "not free" rating by a US rights group in a report released Wednesday.

Wed, 1 Apr 09
RIM opens software store for BlackBerry (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090401/tc_nm/us_rim_appstore
Reuters - Research In Motion has launched an online store selling entertainment, games, news, and travel applications to its BlackBerry users.

Wed, 1 Apr 09
Samsung unveils Mondi WiMax device for Clearwire (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090401/wr_nm/us_wireless_samsung_clearwire
Reuters - Samsung Electronics on Tuesday unveiled Mondi, a mobile Internet device that it plans to sell through mobile service provider Clearwire in the second quarter.

Wed, 1 Apr 09
Fedora 11 Beta Posted With New Security, Developer Features (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090331/tc_pcworld/fedora11betapostedwithnewsecuritydeveloperfeatures
PC World - The Fedora Project released a beta of the next version of its free Linux OS with new security, desktop and developer features that provide a glimpse of the direction Red Hat could take with its enterprise Linux distribution.

Wed, 1 Apr 09
HP Confirms Considering Android in Netbooks (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090401/tc_pcworld/hpconfirmsconsideringandroidinnetbooks
PC World - Hewlett-Packard confirmed Tuesday that it is testing Google's Android operating system as a possible alternative to Windows in some of its netbook computers.

Wed, 1 Apr 09
IBM to enter "cloud computing" software market (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090331/wr_nm/us_ibm_software
Reuters - IBM will sell a suite of Web-based collaboration software for businesses, including contact management, instant messaging and file sharing programs, the computing giant's biggest effort to date to sell software as a service.

Wed, 1 Apr 09
Sony cuts PlayStation 2 price to $100 (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090331/ennew_afp/usjapanitinternetvideogamescompanysony


Sony is cutting the price of its older generation PlayStation 2 (PS2) videogame consoles to 100 dollars (US) in a move prompted by tough economic times and a desire to lure fans to the platform.(AFP/File/Yoshikatsu Tsuno)AFP - Sony is cutting the price of its older generation PlayStation 2 (PS2) videogame consoles to 100 dollars (US) in a move prompted by tough economic times and a desire to lure fans to the platform.

 

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