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Tue, 30 Jun 09
Report: Worst may be over for US tech market (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_technology_spending
AP - As bad as the technology market fared in the first quarter of this year, the worst may be over, at least in the United States, Forrester Research said in a report Tuesday.

Tue, 30 Jun 09
Apple CEO Steve Jobs back at work few days a week (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_hi_te/us_apple_jobs


FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2008 file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs smiles during a product announcement at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. Apple on Monday, June 29, 2009 said CEO Steve Jobs is back at work a few days a week and working from home other days. Jobs, a cancer survivor, had been on leave since the end of January. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Apple Inc. co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs is back at his office a few days a week after taking a 5 1/2-month medical leave and getting a new liver.

Tue, 30 Jun 09
High court won't block remote storage DVR system (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_hi_te/us_supreme_court_cablevision_dvrs
AP - Cable TV operators won a key legal battle against Hollywood studios and television networks on Monday as the Supreme Court declined to block a new digital video recording system that could make it even easier for viewers to bypass commercials.

Tue, 30 Jun 09
Jackson's death unleashes barrage of online scams (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_michael_jackson_scams
AP - Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims' computers, hoping to capitalize on the sudden high demand for information.

Tue, 30 Jun 09
Facebook picks David Ebersman as new CFO (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_hi_te/us_facebook_cfo
AP - David Ebersman, a former executive at biotech firm Genentech, was named Monday as Facebook's chief financial officer.

Tue, 30 Jun 09
Comcast to offer wireless Internet service (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_hi_te/us_comcast_wireless_internet
AP - Comcast Corp. will become the first major cable TV operator to roll out wireless broadband outside of Wi-Fi hotspots as it launches the service in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday, with at least three other cities to follow this year.

Tue, 30 Jun 09
Trade Groups Urge China to Drop Web Filtering Program (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090630/tc_pcworld/tradegroupsurgechinatodropwebfilteringprogram
PC World - A wide-ranging group of trade associations has urged China to lift its requirement that an Internet filtering program be distributed with all new PCs, with the order set to take effect this week.

Tue, 30 Jun 09
Kace to boost Mac features in systems management appliances (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090629/tc_macworld/kacetoboostmacfeaturesinsystemsmanagementappliances
Macworld.com - Systems management appliance maker Kace Networks on Tuesday plans to unveil changes to its Kbox product line that it says will create a true cross-platform environment for managing Mac and PC systems. The announced changes will let IT administrators manage Windows and Mac OS X machines from a single interface on a single appliance.

Tue, 30 Jun 09
Comcast Deploys WiMax 4G Broadband (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090630/tc_pcworld/comcastdeployswimax4gbroadband
PC World - Comcast just became the wireless Internet vendor to beat by offering 4G wireless Internet in Portland, Oregon. Leveraging Clearwire’s WiMax network, this move leaves LTE (Long-Term Evolution), the competing technology, a step behind.

Tue, 30 Jun 09
Bon Jovi makes "Stand" with Iranian protest video (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090629/en_nm/us_bonjovi
Reuters - A new version of Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" featuring Jon Bon Jovi dueting in Farsi with exiled Iranian singer Andy Madadian, is making the rounds as an online video.

Tue, 30 Jun 09
SKorean intelligence agency runs 'spot the spy' game (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/tc_afp/skoreainternetspynkoreaoffbeat


People are seen observing demilitarized zone separating South Korea and North Korea, in Paju. SKorea's normally publicity-shy intelligence agency is creating a stir among liberal groups with a AFP - South Korea's normally publicity-shy intelligence agency is creating a stir among liberal groups with a "spot the spy" flash video game offering a variety of prizes.

Tue, 30 Jun 09
MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update adds replacement battery compatibility (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090629/tc_macworld/macbookairsmcfirmwareupdateaddsreplacementbatterycompatibility
Macworld.com - On Monday Apple released the MacBook Air SMC Firmware Update 1.2, available now for compatible models via Mac OS X’s Software Update mechanism.

Tue, 30 Jun 09
Sony Ships Green Dam-Equipped PCs with Disclaimer (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090629/tc_nf/67446
NewsFactor - Sony has begun shipping personal computers equipped with the Chinese-government mandated filtering software days before the July 1 deadline. Shipments of the PCs equipped with Green Dam software also include a disclaimer that Sony is not responsible for damage from the software, according to a University of Hong Kong journalism professor and blogger, Rebecca MacKinnon.

Tue, 30 Jun 09
Facebook names new chief financial officer (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/tc_afp/usitcompanyinternetfacebook


Facebook, the social networking website, which has signed up more than 200 million members but has yet to make a profit, has named a new chief financial officer.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Facebook, the social networking website which has signed up more than 200 million members but has yet to make a profit, has named a new chief financial officer.

Tue, 30 Jun 09
Blind Phone Hacker Gets 11-year Sentence (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090630/tc_pcworld/blindphonehackergets11yearsentence
PC World - A blind Boston-area teenager was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison Friday for hacking into the telephone network and harassing the Verizon investigator who was building a case against him.

Tue, 30 Jun 09
Mozilla Confirms Tuesday Release for Firefox 3.5 (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090629/tc_zd/241818
PC Magazine - Mozilla confirmed that it is scheduled to release Firefox 3.5 on Tuesday morning.

Tue, 30 Jun 09
Mac News Briefs: Mimio Studio 6 now available to Mac users (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090629/tc_macworld/macnewsbriefsmimiostudio6nowavailabletomacusers
Macworld.com - Mimio Studio 6 is finally available for the Mac, three months after having been announced. The software turns a whiteboard in a classroom or presentation room into an interactive teaching tool using the Mac. It combines hardware—a sensor bar and video projector paired to a standard whiteboard—and software.

Mon, 29 Jun 09
Spears, DeGeneres Twitpic accounts hacked (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_hi_te/us_twitpic_celebrity_hacking
AP - Hackers have broadcast bogus information about celebrities including Britney Spears and Ellen DeGeneres after breaking into their Twitpic accounts.

Mon, 29 Jun 09
China filter software faces tough sell in digital bazaar (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090629/wr_nm/us_china_internet
Reuters - China's latest Internet controls have been assailed by rights advocates and Washington, and yet the real challenge to its "Green Dam" plan may be the nation's own computer market, an anarchic digital bazaar.

Mon, 29 Jun 09
A Day in the Life of 3G (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090629/tc_pcworld/adayinthelifeof3g
PC World - Only after the thrill of picking out your new smart phone is over--after you’ve marveled at all the stylish new gadgetry and features, signed a service contract and finally laid your money down--do you finally get a feel for the speed and reliability of the wireless service that connects your new phone.

Mon, 29 Jun 09
Vodafone mulls offer for T-Mobile UK: FT (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/bs_afp/britaintelecomcompanyvodafonetakeover


A man pictured speaking on his mobile walks past a Vodafone logo at the CeBIT computer, digital IT and telecommunications fair in Hanover, central Germany, in 2007. Britain's Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile phone company by revenue, is exploring a bid to buy T-Mobile UK, the Financial Times reported on Monday.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - Britain's Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile phone company by revenue, is exploring a bid to buy T-Mobile UK, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

Mon, 29 Jun 09
NetBeans IDE enhanced for teams, scripting (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090629/tc_infoworld/81293
InfoWorld - etBeans, the open source IDE championed by Sun Microsystems, is being fitted with additional capabilities this week for development teams and scripting languages.

Sun, 28 Jun 09
Facebook, Twitter and peers for sale - privately (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_private_stock_markets


In this screen shot taken from SharesPost.com, the SharesPost homepage is shown. SharesPost is one of a few private stock exchanges that are emerging to fight what venture capitalists call a liquidity crisis. These exchanges give stakeholders an alternative way to trade their shares in hot startups like Facebook for cold, hard cash — without having to wait years for an IPO. (AP Photo/SharesPost)AP - Scott Painter makes his living betting on startup companies, having played a role in launching 29 of them over the years. But with the bad economy choking initial public offerings and acquisitions, Painter is now backing an idea that makes it easier for insiders like him to sell shares in their companies even before they go public.

Sun, 28 Jun 09
'Hacktivists' take up Iran fight as streets quiet (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_hack_backlash
AP - EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Sun, 28 Jun 09
Former law student gets life in PlayStation murder (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/ap_on_hi_te/us_playstation_shooting
AP - A former criminal law student has been sentenced to life in a California prison for killing one man and wounding two others in a dispute over a Sony PlayStation console.

Sun, 28 Jun 09
Companies appeal to China to drop Web filter plan (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_internet


Sales staff stand behind computers in a store in Beijing, China, Thursday, June 25, 2009. Washington is calling on Beijing to revoke an order to personal computer makers to supply Internet-filtering software with every PC, adding to an array of disputes between the major trading partners. Beijing told manufacturers in May to install 'Green Dam Youth Escort' Web-filtering software or supply it on a disk with every PC made beginning July 1 for sale in China. PC makers say they are studying the order. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - Global business groups have made an unusual direct appeal to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to scrap an order for PC makers to supply controversial Internet filtering software, citing security and privacy concerns.

Sun, 28 Jun 09
US, Russia in dispute over computer attacks: report (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/pl_afp/usrussiaitcomputerdiplomacy


Less than two weeks before President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow, the United States and Russia cannot agree how to counter the growing threat of cyberwar attacks that could wreak havoc on computer systems and the Internet, according to The New York Times.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Less than two weeks before President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow, the United States and Russia cannot agree how to counter the growing threat of cyberwar attacks that could wreak havoc on computer systems and the Internet, according to The New York Times.

Sun, 28 Jun 09
PhoneSuit Turns iPhone, iPod Touch into Portable Projector (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090627/tc_pcworld/phonesuitturnsiphoneipodtouchintoportableprojector
PC World - We've heard reports of so-called pico projectors coming as a direct complement for mobile phones for more than a year now, first in demos at CES 2008, and later in the form of the Optoma Pico Project Projector.

Sun, 28 Jun 09
Filipino inmates in `Thriller' video stage tribute (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/ap_on_en_mu/as_michael_jackson_dancing_inmates


An inmate at the island province of Cebu in central Philippines impersonates the late Michael Jackson as he leads in the music icon's 'Thriller' to pay tribute to Jackson Saturday June 27, 2009. More than 1,500 inmates became famous in YouTube with over 23 million hits after they performed Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'. The 'King of Pop' died in Los Angeles, CA Thursday. He was 50. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - The Filipino inmates who shot to global fame with a YouTube video of their "Thriller" dance swayed and stomped again Saturday in a behind-bars tribute to their idol, Michael Jackson.

Sun, 28 Jun 09
Regulators extend review of Oracle's Sun takeover (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/ap_on_hi_te/us_oracle_justice_department
AP - The Department of Justice wants more information about Oracle Corp.'s planned takeover of computer server maker Sun Microsystems Inc., extending the agency's review of the $7.4 billion deal.

Sat, 27 Jun 09
Jackson music, videos quickly sell out after death (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_hi_te/us_michael_jackson_music_sales


A shopper browses through a shelf to buy a Michael Jackson CD at a music store in Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Thursday, June 25, 2009. Michael Jackson's death has led to skyrocketing sales of his music and videos at record stores and online. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Michael Jackson's death has led to skyrocketing sales of his music and videos, with major retailers selling out of products that have regained immense popularity overnight.

Sat, 27 Jun 09
Jackson death was twittered, texted and Facebooked (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/ap_on_hi_te/us_michael_jackson_the_media_moment


Visitors pay their respects as news crews record a sidewalk shrine of mementoes, flowers, candles and notes adorning the star of Michael Jackson on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles Friday, June 26, 2009. Jackson died Thursday of an apparent heart attack. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - "Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Jackson has just died," the woman called out breathlessly upon boarding a Manhattan bus, moments after the news had broken. Not a word was spoken in response. But nearly every passenger reached for a BlackBerry, a cell phone, whatever device was at hand.

Sat, 27 Jun 09
Companies appeal to China to drop Web filter plan (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/ap_on_bi_ge/as_tec_china_internet
AP - Global business groups have made an unusual direct appeal to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to scrap an order for personal computer makers to supply controversial Web filtering software, citing security and privacy concerns.

Sat, 27 Jun 09
News of Jackson's death first spread online (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_hi_te/us_michael_jackson_online


FILE - In this Nov. 13, 1988 file photo, pop singer Michael Jackson performs before a sold out crowd for his Bad tour at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. Jackson, 50, died in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Alan Greth, file)AP - It was a where-were-you moment in a digital age. Michael Jackson's death was not learned from a fatherly TV news anchor. Instead, the news first spread online.

Sat, 27 Jun 09
Unclear what happens to personal info with Clear (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_hi_te/us_airlines_technology_trail


FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2007 file photo, Roger Perlsen, of New York-based Verified Identity Pass' Clear program, enters information on a keyboard behind a blue plastic partition in the lobby of Little Rock National Airport in Little Rock, Ark. The sudden shutdown of the Clear program, run by Verified Information this week has raised broader concerns about who keeps your personal information, how well it's protected and whether it could be sold to the highest bidder. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)AP - More than a quarter million people are wondering what will happen to their fingerprints, Social Security numbers, home addresses and other personal information now that a company that sped them through airport security is out of business.

Sat, 27 Jun 09
Guatemalan fears a tweet will make him a jailbird (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090627/ap_on_hi_te/lt_tec_guatemala_twitter_arrest


Guatemalan Twitter user Jean Anleu poses for a picture in Guatemala City, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. Anleu was so fed up with corruption in his country that he decided to vent on the Internet, sending a 96-character message on the social networking site Twitter. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)AP - Jean Anleu was so fed up with corruption in his country that he decided to vent on the Internet, sending a 96-character message on the social-networking site Twitter.

Sat, 27 Jun 09
Canadian software helps Iranian dissidents connect (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090627/tc_afp/canadairanrightsinternettechnology


Candles are lit at a rally in support of Iranian election protesters organized by Amnesty International in New York City. Software developed by a Canadian lab to circumvent online censorship has been downloaded by more than 18,000 Iranians in the last 10 days, says its developer Rafal Rohozinski.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)AFP - Software developed by a Canadian lab to circumvent online censorship has been downloaded by more than 18,000 Iranians in the last 10 days, says its developer Rafal Rohozinski.

Sat, 27 Jun 09
Sony eyes cellphone/game gear hybrid - Nikkei (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090627/tc_nm/us_sony_gamephone
Reuters - Sony Corp is considering developing a cellphone-game gear hybrid in a bid to better compete with Apple Inc's highly popular iPod and iPhone, the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday.

Sat, 27 Jun 09
For Wireless Services Providers, Huge Growth Might Be At End (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20090626/bs_ibd_ibd/20090626general
Investor's Business Daily - Wireless operators made double-digit revenue growth look easy in the boom years before the global recession hit.

Sat, 27 Jun 09
Apple Sued Over '99-Cent' iTunes Gift Cards (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090626/tc_zd/241806
PC Magazine - An Illinois couple has filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple for deceptive advertising and breach of contract over iTunes gift cards that advertised 99-cent music downloads despite a price hike to $1.29 on certain songs.

Sat, 27 Jun 09
Rumor: PlayStation 3 Update Coming Pre-Holidays, 'Huge Overhaul' (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090626/tc_pcworld/rumorplaystation3updatecomingpreholidayshugeoverhaul
PC World - An undisclosed source has apparently told VG247 that Sony's PlayStation 3 is in for a radical interface overhaul in an upcoming pre-holiday firmware update. PS3 Firmware 3.0 (v2.8 was just released--see pic above) will be "a completely new system," writes the site, citing its source as calling the update "a huge overhaul," comparable to Microsoft's New Xbox Experience "in some respects."

Sat, 27 Jun 09
Apple iPhone 3GS Overheating Reports (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090627/tc_pcworld/appleiphone3gsoverheatingreports
PC World - Is the Apple iPhone 3GS having overheating issues? I've seen some reports circulating on the Web today that indicate some handsets might indeed be affected. And I have my own tale to add to fray.

Sat, 27 Jun 09
PC brands lobby while preparing for China software filter (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090626/tc_nm/us_pc_china


People use computers at an internet cafe in Changzhi, Shanxi province June 25, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Less than a week before a deadline for PC makers to install censorship software on all computers sold in China, some say they are prepared to implement it even as they quietly continue to lobby against it.

Sat, 27 Jun 09
DOJ Pushes Probe of Oracle-Sun Deal Beyond Deadline (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090627/tc_pcworld/dojpushesprobeoforaclesundealbeyonddeadline
PC World - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) needs more time to examine Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems beyond an initial review period, Oracle said Friday.

Sat, 27 Jun 09
Michael Jackson Death Spurs Spam, Viruses (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090626/tc_pcworld/michaeljacksondeathspursspamviruses
PC World - Less than 24 hours after Michael Jackson's death, fraudsters are exploiting public interest with their attempts to spread spam and malware. Security researchers say they've observed hundreds of cases of malicious messages masquerading as information about Jackson's death. Some of them, they say, popped up within minutes of the news.

Sat, 27 Jun 09
Firefox 3.5 eyed for Tuesday release (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090626/tc_infoworld/81298
InfoWorld - Mozilla is expected to release its Firefox 3.5 browser on Tuesday morning, a company representative said on Friday afternoon.

Sat, 27 Jun 09
HTC Hero Finds a Killer App in Flash (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090626/tc_pcworld/htcherofindsakillerappinflash
PC World - The HTC Hero opens up a whole world of multimedia content with support for Flash 9, intensifying the spotlight on Apple’s lack of cooperation with Adobe in bringing Flash to the iPhone.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
Who moved my 'Delete' key? Lenovo did. Here's why. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_evolving_keyboards


In this product image released by Lenovo, the Lenovo Thinkpad T400S Laptop keyboard, is shown. (AP Photo/Lenovo)AP - Lenovo put nearly a year of research into two design changes that debuted on an updated ThinkPad laptop this week. No, not the thinner, lighter form or the textured touchpad — rather, the extra-large "Delete" and "Escape" keys.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
News of Jackson's death first spread online (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson_online


FILE - In this Nov. 13, 1988 file photo, pop singer Michael Jackson performs before a sold out crowd for his Bad tour at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. Jackson, 50, died in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Alan Greth, file)AP - It was a where-were-you moment in a digital age. Michael Jackson's death was not learned from a fatherly TV news anchor. Instead, the news first spread online.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
PC makers race to comply with China's Web filter (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_hi_te/as_tec_china_internet_pc_makers


Sales staff stand behind computers in a store in Beijing, China, Thursday, June 25, 2009. Washington is calling on Beijing to revoke an order to personal computer makers to supply Internet-filtering software with every PC, adding to an array of disputes between the major trading partners. Beijing told manufacturers in May to install 'Green Dam Youth Escort' Web-filtering software or supply it on a disk with every PC made beginning July 1 for sale in China. PC makers say they are studying the order. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - Days before a deadline abruptly imposed by China, computer makers are scrambling to comply with an order to supply Web-filtering software with PCs amid concerns about what it might do to their reputations.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
Yahoo CEO promises shareholders to get 'mojo back' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_hi_te/us_yahoo_shareholder_meeting
AP - Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz echoed the turnaround promises of her predecessors as she presided over the first shareholder meeting since her hiring, yet she left little doubt the slumping Internet company's new boss isn't the same as the old bosses.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
Microsoft says Vista buyers to get free Windows 7 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_microsoft_windows7_prices
AP - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that prices for the Windows 7 computer operating system are largely in line with those for Vista, and that consumers who buy PCs before the new system goes on sale in October will get free upgrades.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
ICANN hires former cybersecurity chief as new CEO (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_internet_names
AP - The Internet agency with key oversight of the monikers behind every Web site, e-mail address and Twitter post named former U.S. cybersecurity chief Rod Beckstrom Friday as its next chief executive.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
Cuba lags region in telecoms, Internet access (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090626/wr_nm/us_cuba_telecom


A man uses a mobile phone in Havana March 28, 2008. Communist Cuba may boast a doctor on every block and schools for all its children, but when it comes to telephones, computers and the Internet it lags behind other countries in the hemisphere, a government report showed on Thursday. REUTERS/Enrique De La OsaReuters - Communist Cuba may boast a doctor on every block and schools for all its children, but when it comes to telephones, computers and the Internet it lags behind other countries in the hemisphere, a government report showed on Thursday.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
Apple's IPhone 3GS Goes on Sale in Japan (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090626/tc_pcworld/applesiphone3gsgoesonsaleinjapan
PC World - Apple's iPhone 3GS went on sale in Japan on Friday morning.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
Sprint Nextel agrees to stop using apes in ads (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_bi_ge/ks_sprint_nextel_chimp_ad
AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. said Thursday it will no longer use great apes in its advertisements after animal rights activists complained about an ad by the wireless provider that features a chimpanzee.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
EC Warns Countries Not to Go It Alone in Broadband Upgrades (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090625/tc_pcworld/ecwarnscountriesnottogoitaloneinbroadbandupgrades
PC World - A week after the U.K. unveiled plans to establish a super-fast broadband infrastructure across the country within the next three years, Viviane Reding, the European commissioner for telecommunications, Thursday warned E.U. member states, including the U.K., not to go it alone.Coordinating policy on the roll-out of next generation broadband networks with other European countries is necessary if the ambitious goals of the countries, and the E.U., are to be achieved, Reding said in a speech at a conference in Brussels."To make the most of the E.U. single market, and to prevent the various national initiatives from getting out of rhythm and resulting in disharmony, guidance is needed at European level," she said, adding: "Europe cannot afford to get its ICT and telecom policies wrong; too much is at stake."Faster broadband connection speeds allow content such as music and video to be uploaded and downloaded to and from the Internet faster. They will also spur software innovations that will result in a greater choice of online applications for users.Politicians also see faster broadband as a vital tool for creating jobs and kick-starting their economies.Unilateral efforts from countries including the U.K. illustrate the frustration these countries feel about the lack of progress in updating E.U. telecom laws.The European Parliament has effectively vetoed a package of measures that included laws designed to help upgrade Europe's telecom infrastructure.Members of the European Parliament agreed to add a clause forcing governments to seek formal judicial approval before banning anyone suspected of illegally sharing copyright-protected material online.The French and British governments are trying to set up systems that would allow government agencies to ban individuals from the Internet without having to go to court.The national governments refused to accept the Parliament's now infamous amendment 138. As a result the whole package of laws cannot proceed along the law-making process. Reding said Thursday "we need to seal the deal on the new regulatory package so that we can move on to the other pressing regulatory issues that we face."Ed Richards, the chief executive of Ofcom, the U.K. telecom regulator, who was also attending the conference, agreed. "We cannot let it [amendment 138] hold everything else up. Nor can we afford to now re-open the substantive points of the proposed Framework," he said."At a time when governments across Europe are seeking to promote large-scale investment in next generation networks, and competition at the deepest possible layers, a failure to adopt the package before the end of the year would be a significant blow," said Richards.In addition to the telecom package, the Commission has also proposed recommendations aimed specifically at the creation of next-generation broadband networks across the E.U. One is designed to help national governments to step in and assist companies with state aid, while respecting the state aid rules. The other tries to balance two seemingly opposed interests: encouraging investors to spend billions on the new infrastructure on the one hand, and ensuring cheap access to the new networks for rival telecoms firms in order to spur competition.The draft recommendation published earlier this month was criticized by both sides in the debate: incumbents, usually former state owned telecom monopolies, argue that to recoup their investment in the infrastructure they should be allowed to charge higher prices to rivals that use their networks.But the rival firms argue that this would stifle competition and that it amounts to a regulatory holiday for the incumbents.Historically, Reding has been more supportive of the rivals' argument than the one posed by the incumbents. Nevertheless, she said Thursday that she supports the idea of allowing incumbents a light regulatory touch when they team up with other firms to invest in new broadband infrastructure, as long as the infrastructure uses fiber-optic cables."I strongly believe that this support by regulators should not apply in a mere VDSL context," she said. VDSL is a faster version of DSL (digital subscriber line) connections common today, but is slower than fiber-optic cables.The aims of the British initiative, dubbed Digital Britain, include having all U.K. homes connected with broadband of at least 2M bps (bits per second) by 2012.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
iPhone 3GS Chews Through PlayStation, Game Boy Games (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090625/tc_pcworld/iphone3gschewsthroughplaystationgameboygames
PC World - Just what your brand new iPhone 3GS needs--Cloud Strife's super-deformed spike-do bristling at hundreds of frames per second. PlayStation emulation amped up to supersonic? Oh yes you can, writes Engadget, and with Game Boy Advance stuff too. All you need is a pre-jailbreak hack called psx4iphone, which you can request a copy of here, and one of Apple's newly supercharged iPhone 3GS's (check out our review) and you're in business.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
AP Mobile News app adds AccuWeather forecasts (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090626/tc_macworld/apmobilenewsappaddsaccuweatherforecasts
Macworld.com - The Associated Press has an iPhone app. So does AccuWeather.com, the Pennsylvania-based weather service. And just like the chocolate-peanut butter experiments conducted at Reese’s Labs in the ’70s and ’80s, someone wondered whether these two great news sources would go great together.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
Google slammed as China, U.S. quarrel over Internet (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090626/wr_nm/us_china_internet


Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Suining, Sichuan province June 10, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China on Thursday stepped up accusations that Google is spreading obscene content over the Internet, a day after U.S. officials urged Beijing to abandon plans for controversial filtering software on new computers.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
SaaS, Not Shopping, Is Focus of Symantec's New CEO (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090625/tc_pcworld/saasnotshoppingisfocusofsymantecsnewceo
PC World - CIOs think of Symantec as a company that buys its way into new markets. Over the past decade the Cupertino, California, vendor has snatched up about 30 companies as it's evolved from an antivirus and tools seller to an aspiring enterprise infrastructure vendor.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
Security Essentials Does Its Job With No Frills (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090625/tc_pcworld/securityessentialsdoesitsjobwithnofrills
PC World - People often turn to me for advice regarding what anti-virus package to get. Usually I recommend McAfee or AVG, but Security Essentials will be my go-to anti-malware package once it’s released from beta. For small-business and home users, the price, performance, and ease-of-use of MSE can’t be beat.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
Wall Street Beat: Red Hat, Oracle Cheer IT Investors (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090625/tc_pcworld/wallstreetbeatredhatoraclecheeritinvestors
PC World - As the first half of 2009 comes to a close, the big question for tech companies is whether the recession will ease up enough to spur spending increases for IT by the end of the year.

Fri, 26 Jun 09
Trends & Innovations - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20090625/bs_ibd_ibd/20090625trends
Investor's Business Daily - Smart phone users could soon use their phones as a car key for a rental car. Car-sharing service company Zipcar will offer a free iPhone application that will let its clients identify available cars in its parking lots, reserve one they want and pay for it, MSNBC.com says. Special electronic controllers installed in shared cars let customers unlock the car they reserved. Also, the iChange, a concept car created by automaker Rinspeed, features an iPhone dock that starts the car.

Thu, 25 Jun 09
Review: DJ gadget feature-filled, but not easy (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_life_tech_test_portable_dj


In this product image provided by Tonium, the Pacemaker portable DJ system is shown. (AP Photo/Tonium)AP - I've always secretly wanted to learn to DJ, so I was excited to develop my skills on the awkwardly named Pacemaker portable DJ system. After spending some time determining the difference between a crossfader and a cue point, I've found that it's not easy — at least, not on this device.

Thu, 25 Jun 09
Jobs' liver transplant shows power of the rich (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_hi_te/us_med_apple_jobs_transplant


FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2008 file photo, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs smiles during a product announcement at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. A published report says Jobs, who has been on medical leave for undisclosed reasons since January, received a liver transplant two months ago, Saturday, June 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - A celebrity like Apple CEO Steve Jobs scores a rare organ transplant and the world wonders: Did he game the system? The rich have plenty of advantages that others don't. But winning the "transplant lottery" involves more than the size of your wallet — and true medical need.

Thu, 25 Jun 09
Google access in China temporarily disrupted (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_hi_te/as_tec_china_google_outage


Google Inc. Vice President Marissa Mayer speaks to foreign and local media during a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Mayer explained Google's continued focus on innovative searching techniques and applications. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - Internet users in China were unable to access search giant Google Inc.'s main Web site or its Chinese service, and the company said Thursday it was investigating.

Thu, 25 Jun 09
US calls on China to revoke Web filter order (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_us_internet


Commerce Secretary Gary Locke looks on at right, as Vice President Joe Biden answers questions during a meeting at Willard & Kelsey Solar Group in Perrysburg, Ohio, Tuesday June 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero)AP - Washington is calling on Beijing to revoke an order to personal computer makers to supply Internet-filtering software with every PC, adding to an array of disputes between the major trading partners.

Thu, 25 Jun 09
Jobs appears closer to returning to work at Apple (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_hi_te/us_apple_jobs


FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2008 file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs listens to a question during a presentation at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. A Memphis, Tenn., hospital is confirming that Jobs received a liver transplant and that he has an 'excellent prognosis.' Dr. James D. Eason made the announcement Tuesday on the hospital's Web site. He is program director at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute and chief of transplantation. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs appears to be a step closer to returning to work, as a doctor gave him an "excellent prognosis" after receiving a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital.

Thu, 25 Jun 09
Turmoil fuels 'hacktivist' attacks on Web sites (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_iran_internet_hacking
AP - For about 90 minutes Wednesday, visitors to the Oregon University System's Web site found themselves taken for a ride they didn't ask for. They were redirected to another site under the control of a hacker, who posted an 89-word screed criticizing the protests in Iran.

Thu, 25 Jun 09
U.S. urges China to scrap Internet filter plan (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090625/wr_nm/us_china_internet


Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Suining, Sichuan province June 10, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Contention between China and the United States has spread to the Internet after Washington urged Beijing to abandon demands that personal computers sold in China from next week have filtering software.

Thu, 25 Jun 09
Little Buzz Ahead of IPhone 3GS Japan Debut (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090625/tc_pcworld/littlebuzzaheadofiphone3gsjapandebut
PC World - A year ago the arrival of two trucks laden with new iPhones to Softbank's Tokyo flagship store would have drawn cheers and claps from the line of people waiting to purchase the phones. Fast forward one year later and the arrival of boxes of iPhone 3GS handsets on Thursday morning ahead of the Friday launch was witnessed by a single person waiting in line and a sole reporter.

Thu, 25 Jun 09
Ericsson names former financial chief as new CEO (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_sweden_ericsson_ceo


FILE -- In an Oct. 23, 2007 file photo Ericsson's Chief Executive Carl-Henric Svanberg and Chief Financial Officer Hans Vestberg present the 3rd quarter results during a press conference at the companys headquarters in Kista, north of Stockholm, Sweden, L.M. Ericsson on Thursday, June 26, 2009 said its financial chief Hans Vestberg will take over as chief executive as Carl-Henric Svanberg moves to become chairman of the board of BP Group PLC. (AP Photo/Fredrik Sandberg, SCANPIX/FILE )AP - Swedish wireless equipment company L.M. Ericsson on Thursday said its financial chief Hans Vestberg will take over as chief executive as Carl-Henric Svanberg moves to become chairman of the board of BP Group PLC.

Thu, 25 Jun 09
Blink-182, Weezer to headline free Virgin fest (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090625/en_nm/us_freevirgin
Reuters - After months of speculation about the fate of the 2009 Virgin Mobile Festival, organizers have made an announcement that should please music fans who've felt the economic pinch of the recession: this year's event is free.

Thu, 25 Jun 09
`Overlord' writer makes evil funny (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_en_ot/us_games_overlord_pratchett


In this video game image released by Codemasters, a scene is shown from 'Overlord II.' (AP Photo/Codemasters)AP - Rhianna Pratchett has a fantasy writer's genes: Her father is Terry Pratchett, author of the "Discworld" novels. But the daughter has pursued her muse in a different medium, as one of the most respected scriptwriters in video games.

Thu, 25 Jun 09
Missing Sync adds voicemail, memo support for iPhone (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090625/tc_macworld/missingsyncaddsvoicemailmemosupportforiphone
Macworld.com - Missing Sync for iPhone 2.0 by Mark/Space was released a couple of months ago and added two-way wireless synching between the iPhone and your Mac or Windows based computer. The Mac client of the application allows you to synchronize notes, documents, and tasks and archive text messages and call history from your iPhone onto your Mac (and vice-versa wherever it applies).

Thu, 25 Jun 09
US urges China to drop Internet filter rule (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090625/tc_afp/uschinaitcomputerinternetcensor


People surf the Internet in Jinan, in eastern China's Shandong province. The United States ramped up pressure on China to drop a new requirement for all computers to carry Internet filtering software, fearing it was a means for censorship.(AFP/File/Frederic Brown)AFP - The United States ramped up pressure on China to drop a new requirement for all computers to carry Internet filtering software, fearing it was a means for censorship.

Thu, 25 Jun 09
Indonesian court frees Facebook mum (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090625/tc_afp/indonesiacourthealthinternet


Indonesian presidential candidate Megawati Sukarnoputri (R) visits Prita Mulyasari (L) at a woman's penitentiary in Tangerang on June 3. Prita, an Indonesian mother-of-two was cleared Thursday of defamation charges after emails she wrote about poor treatment at a local hospital appeared on social networking website Facebook.(AFP/File)AFP - An Indonesian mother-of-two was cleared of defamation charges after emails she wrote about poor treatment at a local hospital appeared on social networking website Facebook.

Thu, 25 Jun 09
Microsoft Security Essentials: The First Test Results Are In (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090625/tc_pcworld/microsoftsecurityessentialsthefirsttestresultsarein
PC World - The biggest question on everyone's minds with regard to Microsoft Security Essentials is how well it can detect and remove malware. The early returns are in, and Microsoft Security Essentials performed well overall in initial malware detection testing provided to PC World by AV-test.org.

Thu, 25 Jun 09
Boxee Adds Windows Alpha, MLB.com Partnership (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090624/tc_zd/241700
PC Magazine - Online video platform Boxee on Thursday announced the release of a public alpha for the Windows platform, joining the versions of the software already available for Mac and Ubuntu.

Thu, 25 Jun 09
Good prognosis for Apple's Jobs but questions remain (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090625/tc_afp/usithealthtelecomcompanyapplejobs


Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs shows off the new Macbook Air ultra portable laptop in this 2008 file photo. The prognosis for Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is AFP - The prognosis for Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is "excellent" following his liver transplant, according to his doctors, but the company's handling of his health issues is raising questions.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
Memphis hospital confirms Jobs liver transplant (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_bi_ge/us_apple_jobs


Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs displays a redesigned iPod Nano at Apple's AP - Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has an "excellent prognosis" after receiving a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital, a doctor confirmed Tuesday.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
Comcast to sell advertising for Verizon FiOS TV (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_comcast_verizon_advertising
AP - Setting aside their rivalry in the interests of business, Comcast Corp. said Wednesday it will sell advertising for Verizon Communications Inc.'s FiOS television service in 10 markets where they both compete.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
Oracle tops forecasts despite sales, profit dip (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_oracle


Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's yacht is shown in a lake in front of Oracle headquarters in Redwood City, Calif., Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Oracle is expected to release quarterly earnings after the market closes Tuesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Software maker Oracle Corp.'s results for its latest quarter topped Wall Street's forecast Tuesday, despite a 5 percent drop in sales and a 7 percent decline in profit.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
MySpace to cut 300 intl positions, close offices (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_hi_te/us_myspace_job_cuts
AP - Social-networking site MySpace said Tuesday it plans to cut 300 jobs, or two-thirds of its overseas work force, in an effort to rein in costs and focus on countries where it has many users and better business opportunities.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
New mafia game hits up Twitter players for money (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_twitter_money_grab
AP - Twitter Inc.'s founders still haven't decided how to cash in on their popular Internet messaging service — to the delight of a rapidly growing audience. But the deliberate approach may not prevent a gold rush among opportunistic outsiders.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
TJX reaches settlement with states on data theft (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_hi_te/us_tjx_data_theft


FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2007 file photo, a sign outside the TJX Cos. headquarters is seen in Framingham, Mass. TJX Cos., the parent company of retailers T.J. Maxx and Marshall's, will pay $9.75 million in a settlement with multiple states related to a massive data theft that exposed tens of millions of payment card numbers. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)AP - The parent company of retailers T.J. Maxx and Marshall's will pay $9.75 million in a settlement with multiple states related to a massive data theft that exposed tens of millions of payment card numbers.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
"Friends" stars reunite online (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090624/en_nm/us_friends


Courteney Cox-Arquette arrives at Saks Fifth Avenue's Reuters - A "Friends" reunion of sorts is coming to the Internet courtesy of Lexus.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
Disaster-prone Bangladesh trials cell phone alerts (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090624/tc_nm/us_bangladesh_disaster_warning
Reuters - Tens of thousands of mobile users in Bangladesh's flood and cyclone-prone areas will now receive advance warning of an impending natural disaster through an alert on their cell phones, a government official says.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
Eclipse Galileo technologies set for orbit (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090624/tc_infoworld/80796
InfoWorld - The Eclipse Foundation will put out on Wednesday its annual release train, this time featuring the simultaneous release of technologies from 33 different open source project teams in spaces ranging mobile to SOA to the base Eclipse platform.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
Twitter users buy more music: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090624/music_nm/us_twitter
Reuters - A new NPD Group study finds that active Twitter users buy 77 percent more digital music downloads on average than non-users. Additionally, 12 percent of those who have bought music in the last three months also report having used Twitter, versus 8 percent of overall Web users.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
Newer, Faster Xbox 360 Dashboard Due in 2009 (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090623/tc_pcworld/newerfasterxbox360dashboardduein2009
PC World - What's slate gray and phosphate green and slow as a stack of plates wrestled through radioactive ooze? If you said the Xbox 360's dashboard, 10 points. 15, if you specifically invoked the word "guide." That's because the dashboard--the space where you kick around the Xbox 360's colorfully cool little panels on vertical or horizontal axes--is actually pretty consistently breakneck.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
Tennessee hospital confirms Jobs liver transplant (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090624/tc_macworld/tennesseehospitalconfirmsjobslivertransplant
Macworld.com - Confirming a weekend report in the Wall Street Journal that Steve Jobs underwent a liver transplant, Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute of Memphis, Tenn., said on Monday that it had performed the procedure on the Apple CEO. The hospital's announcement came after receiving permission from Jobs.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
Oracle profit beats forecast, margin at record (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090623/bs_nm/us_oracle


Team Oracle pilot Sean D. Tucker (top) flies with his son Eric W. D. Tucker over Chicago in this August 16, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/John GressReuters - Oracle Corp reported quarterly earnings above expectations as the No. 3 software maker's profit margin hit a record thanks to robust growth in its maintenance business, sending shares up 2.7 percent.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
IBM names new M&A chief after losing chief to Dell (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090624/tc_nm/us_ibm_acquisitions


Employees follows a speech at the booth of IBM at CeBIT computer fair in Hanover March 3, 2009. IBM named one of its executives, a former Morgan Stanley banker, to be its new head of mergers and acquisitions on Tuesday after losing its chief dealmaker to rival Dell Inc, which is beefing up its acquisition efforts. REUTERS/Hannibal HanschkeReuters - IBM named one of its executives, a former Morgan Stanley banker, to be its new head of mergers and acquisitions on Tuesday after losing its chief dealmaker to rival Dell Inc, which is beefing up its acquisition efforts.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
US creates military command for cyber battlefield (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090624/ts_alt_afp/usitcomputersecuritymilitary


File aerial view of the Pentagon in Washington, DC. The US military announced a new AFP - The US military announced a new "cyber command" designed to wage digital warfare and to bolster defenses against mounting threats to its computer networks.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
MySpace Helps Developers Tune Site Performance With New Tool (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090623/tc_pcworld/myspacehelpsdeveloperstunesiteperformancewithnewtool
PC World - MySpace will release as open source a tool it uses internally to track and tune the performance of its Web site, a move that will allow developers to benefit from the tool's capabilities and help extend and enhance its functionality.

Wed, 24 Jun 09
Jobs Has New Liver, 'excellent Prognosis,' Doctor Says (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090624/tc_pcworld/jobshasnewliverexcellentprognosisdoctorsays
PC World - Methodist University Hospital in Memphis confirmed late Tuesday that Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently underwent a liver transplant.

Tue, 23 Jun 09
Business 101: Must Apple discuss CEO Jobs' health? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_hi_te/us_business101_disclosure
AP - This week, Apple Inc. wasn't shy about touting the sales of its latest mobile device. But the company didn't say anything confirming reports from over the weekend that co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs had a liver transplant two months ago.

Tue, 23 Jun 09
Redbox's machines take on Netflix's red envelopes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_netflix_s_nemesis
AP - With more subscribers than ever flocking to its DVD-by-mail service, Netflix Inc. is one of the few companies to prosper during the worst U.S. recession in 70 years. Yet Netflix CEO Reed Hastings still has something to worry about: an even cheaper DVD rental service run by one of his former lieutenants.

Tue, 23 Jun 09
T-Mobile to launch second Google phone in August (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_t_mobile_android_phone


In this product image released by T-Mobile USA, a 'T-Mobile myTouch 3G with Google,' the company's second phone to use Google’s Android software, is shown. The phone is due to go on sale in early August 2009. (AP Photo/T-Mobile USA)AP - T-Mobile USA's follow-up to the first "Google phone" will go on sale in early August, the carrier said Monday.

Tue, 23 Jun 09
Apple: More than 1M new-model iPhones sold (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple_iphone


FILE - In this June 19, 2009 file photo, a shop worker holds the new Apple iPhone 3GS in Barcelona, Spain. Apple Inc. sold more than a million units of its latest iPhone model in the first three days, making it the most successful model yet. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, file)AP - Apple Inc. sold more than a million units of its latest iPhone model in the first three days, making it the most successful debut for a smart phone yet.

Tue, 23 Jun 09
China to stick to controversial software rule (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/tc_afp/chinausitcomputerinternetcensorship


A woman surfs the internet on a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing. China will not back away from a new rule requiring that Internet filtering software be shipped with all computers sold in the country despite heavy criticism of the plan, state media has said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China will not back away from a new rule requiring that Internet filtering software be shipped with all computers sold in the country despite heavy criticism of the plan, state media has said.

Tue, 23 Jun 09
Mac News Briefs: iFinance 3 out of beta (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090622/tc_macworld/macnewsbriefsifinance3outofbeta
Macworld.com - After a public beta testing period, iFinance 3 is now out in a final version. The personal financial management software from Synium Software helps you keep track of bank accounts, stock performance, and other aspects of your financial portfolio.

Tue, 23 Jun 09
T-Mobile's myTouch 3G Is Its Second Android Phone (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090622/bs_nf/67309
NewsFactor - The number of Android phones available in the U.S. doubled with T-Mobile's launch Monday of the myTouch 3G. The smartphone follows the successful launch last year of the T-Mobile G1, the first device to use the Google-backed, open-source mobile operating system.

Tue, 23 Jun 09
Verizon Boosts FiOS Speeds, Adds Netbook Promo (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090622/tc_zd/241590
PC Magazine - Verizon on Monday unveiled faster pricing tiers for its FiOS Internet service and announced a promotion that will provide new residential customers with the choice of a free netbook or Flip camcorder.

Tue, 23 Jun 09
Game Developers Gunning For Girl Power (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20090622/bs_ibd_ibd/20090622tech
Investor's Business Daily - Known for making adrenaline-pumping action games for young men, video game companies now are getting in touch with their feminine side.

Tue, 23 Jun 09
Apple CEO Jobs at work on Monday: witness (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090623/bs_nm/us_apple


Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs displays a redesigned iPod Nano at Apple's Reuters - Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs was at the company's headquarters on Monday, underscoring speculation the pancreatic cancer survivor may have returned to work.

Tue, 23 Jun 09
Impatient Palm Pre Developers Are Hacking webOS (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090622/tc_nf/67312
NewsFactor - Palm indicated last week that is working to make its Mojo software development kit for the new Palm Pre available to all developers before the end of the summer. Though Palm initially restricted SDK access to a limited number of partners, the company now says it is ready to take a limited number of applications from developers.

Tue, 23 Jun 09
Sun tools upgrade geared for multicore apps (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090623/tc_infoworld/80599
InfoWorld - Recognizing that developers these days must program for multicore processors, Sun Microsystems on Tuesday is releasing an upgrade to its native development tools package geared to this new responsibility.

Tue, 23 Jun 09
Spammer Ralsky Pleads Guilty to Stock Fraud (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090623/tc_pcworld/spammerralskypleadsguiltytostockfraud
PC World - Alan Ralsky, a spam kingpin who was convicted of felony bank fraud in 1995, could face more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty in a stock fraud case involving spam messages that pumped up Chinese "penny" stocks.

Tue, 23 Jun 09
Mozilla offers Firefox 3.5 release candidate (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090622/tc_infoworld/80590
InfoWorld - Mozilla has published a release candidate for the Firefox 3.5 browser that is downloadable from the Mozilla Web site, a company representative said on Monday.

Tue, 23 Jun 09
Apple releases MacBook Pro, iMac firmware updates (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090622/tc_macworld/applereleasesmacbookproimacfirmwareupdates
Macworld.com - Apple’s newest aluminum MacBook Pros are pretty slick in most regards, but some investigative folks had discovered what they believed to be a shortcoming in the models: in some units the SATA drive interface ran at a mere measly 1.5Gbps when even its predecessor, the non-Pro 13-inch MacBook, supported double that speed.

Mon, 22 Jun 09
Apple fans are prepared for a part-time Jobs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090621/ap_on_hi_te/us_apple_jobs


FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2008 file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs gestures during a product announcement in San Francisco. The prospect of Jobs returning only part-time to Apple following his liver transplant is much less daunting to investors than when Jobs began his medical leave five months ago. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Five and a half months ago, word that Steve Jobs would only work part-time as he recovered from a liver transplant would have sent investors into a selling frenzy, so closely linked was Apple's charismatic co-founder and CEO to the company's success.

Mon, 22 Jun 09
FTC plans to monitor blogs for claims, payments (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090621/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_bloggers_freebie_disclosures
AP - Savvy consumers often go online for independent consumer reviews of products and services, scouring through comments from everyday Joes and Janes to help them find a gem or shun a lemon.

Mon, 22 Jun 09
New service tracks online interest in TV shows (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090622/media_nm/us_online_tv
Reuters - Web site creation service Wetpaint has launched a measurement system that tracks fan interest in popular TV shows.

Mon, 22 Jun 09
T-Mobile to sell new Google phone in August (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090622/tc_nm/us_tmobile_android
Reuters - T-Mobile USA will begin selling a new smartphone using Google Inc's Android operating software in August, facing off against high-end devices such as Apple's latest iPhone and the Palm Pre.

Mon, 22 Jun 09
T-Mobile's Second Android Phone Won't Come With Keyboard (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090622/tc_pcworld/tmobilessecondandroidphonewontcomewithkeyboard
PC World - Just like T-Mobile USA's first Android phone, the new myTouch will feature Google applications and is made by HTC. But unlike the original G1 phone, it won't have a physical keyboard.

Mon, 22 Jun 09
T-Mobile’s Second Google Android Phone to Launch in August (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090622/tc_pcworld/tmobilessecondgoogleandroidphonetolaunchinaugust
PC World - Tired of the iPhone 3G S and Palm Pre madness and looking for something different?

Mon, 22 Jun 09
Is a Better Screen Next up for the IPhone? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090622/tc_pcworld/isabetterscreennextupfortheiphone
PC World - With last week's launch of Apple's latest iPhone, the iPhone 3GS, the rumor mills are running in low gear on what the secretive computer-maker might be planning for its next cell phone.

Sun, 21 Jun 09
Redbox's machines take on Netflix's red envelopes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090620/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_netflix_s_nemesis
AP - With more subscribers than ever flocking to its DVD-by-mail service, Netflix Inc. is one of the few companies to prosper during the worst U.S. recession in 70 years. Yet Netflix CEO Reed Hastings still has something to worry about: an even cheaper DVD rental service run by one of his former lieutenants.

Sun, 21 Jun 09
Reports: Apple CEO Steve Jobs had liver transplant (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090621/ap_on_hi_te/us_apple_ceo_transplant


FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2008 file photo, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs smiles during a product announcement at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. A published report says Jobs, who has been on medical leave for undisclosed reasons since January, received a liver transplant two months ago, Saturday, June 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Apple Inc. co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, whose recovery from pancreatic cancer appeared less certain when he had to take medical leave in January, received a liver transplant two months ago but is recovering well, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

Sun, 21 Jun 09
Nortel to sell itself off in pieces (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090620/ap_on_hi_te/cn_canada_nortel_nokia_siemens
AP - Nortel Networks, once a technology giant, has decided to sell itself off in pieces rather than attempt to emerge from bankruptcy as a restructured company.

Sun, 21 Jun 09
Variable iTunes pricing a moneymaker for artists (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090621/media_nm/us_online
Reuters - In April, soon after Apple gave labels the ability to set different prices for their songs on iTunes, every track on Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" was raised to $1.29.

Sun, 21 Jun 09
Telecoms firm Nortel to sell assets to Nokia (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090620/bs_afp/canadatelecombankruptcynortel


Nortel head Mike Zafirovski is pictured in 2007 speaking at a press conference in Mumbai. Canadian telecommunications firm Nortel, in bankruptcy protection since January, will sell most of its wireless business to Nokia Siemens Networks for 650 million dollars.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - Canadian telecommunications firm Nortel, in bankruptcy protection since January, will sell most of its wireless business to Nokia Siemens Networks for 650 million dollars.

Sun, 21 Jun 09
Streaming music service Spotify basks in praise (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090621/music_nm/us_spotify
Reuters - At first glance, Spotify isn't much different from other on-demand streaming music services. It includes roughly the same library of songs, pays the same per-stream licensing fees for music and contends with the same poor ad-sales environment.

Sun, 21 Jun 09
Activision May Stop Supporting Sony PS3 (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090620/tc_zd/241580
PC Magazine - Activision Blizzard Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said in a published report on Friday it may stop making video games for Sony's PlayStation 3, the No. 3 console in the United States, due to high costs and poor sales.

Sun, 21 Jun 09
Steve Jobs received liver transplant: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090620/bs_nm/us_apple_jobs
Reuters - Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs underwent a liver transplant operation about two months ago and is expected to return to work by the end of June, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Sun, 21 Jun 09
Apple CEO Steve Jobs, at a glance (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090620/ap_on_hi_te/jobs_biobox
AP - NAME — Steven Paul Jobs.

Sat, 20 Jun 09
Google tricycle snaps views from Philly campus (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090619/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_campus_view


Google cartographer Dexter Harris rides a tricycle equipped with cameras through the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia Friday, June 19, 2009. The internet search engine has started taking pictures at the University of Pennsylvania so that it can add college campuses to its Google Maps service. (AP Photo/Mark Stehle)AP - Coming soon to a campus near you — the Google tricycle.

Sat, 20 Jun 09
Web support pours out for Iran protesters (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090619/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_iran_internet


This image from Google, downloaded Friday, June 19,2009, shows a search revealing a page in Farsi. In the aftermath of the disputed presidential election in Iran, companies and individuals around the world are responding with new features and other efforts to help Iranians communicate. (AP Photo/Goggle)AP - Google and Facebook have rushed out services in Farsi. Twitter users have changed their home cities to Tehran to provide cover for Internet users there. Others have configured their computers to serve as relay points to bypass Iranian censorship.

Sat, 20 Jun 09
Cable venture suspends first advertising product (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090619/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tec_cable_advertising
AP - A joint venture formed by the nation's six largest cable operators is suspending trials of its first advertising product before it even gets off the ground.

Sat, 20 Jun 09
FCC to look at exclusive cell phone deals (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090619/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_exclusive_phones
AP - Regulators will investigate whether exclusive cell phone deals, such as the one that locks the iPhone to AT&T, are good for consumers.

Sat, 20 Jun 09
New iPhone goes on sale with less drama (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090619/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple_iphone


Osiris Caceres shows off an Apple iPhone 3G S he purchased at an Apple Store Friday, June 19, 2009 in New York. The iPhone 3G S went on sale nationwide Friday. It sports a faster processor, longer battery life, an internal compass, a video camera and a photo camera with better resolution and auto-focus. A 16-gigabyte version of the 3G S will cost $199 and a 32-gigabyte version will be $299. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - The new iPhone went on sale Friday morning, greeted by much smaller lines and less hoopla than previous models.

Sat, 20 Jun 09
Google vows to fight porn in China after govt rebuke (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090620/tc_afp/chinacomputerinternetcensorshipgooglelead


Chinese youths play online games at a Internet cafe in Beijing in 2007. Internet giant Google promised Friday to work harder to eliminate pornography from its Chinese Web pages as state media reported authorities had shut down some of its search services.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Internet giant Google promised to work harder to eliminate pornography from its Chinese Web pages as state media reported authorities had shut down some of its search services.

Sat, 20 Jun 09
Smaller crowds greet new iPhone (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090620/wr_nm/us_apple_iphone


People wait in line to purchase the new iPhone 3GS on the first day it is being sold in Spain at a Telefonica store in Madrid June 19, 2009. REUTERS/Susana VeraReuters - Apple Inc's latest iPhone hit stores on Friday with new features and faster speeds, drawing plenty of fans, if not the crowds that had swarmed the previous iPhone debuts.

Sat, 20 Jun 09
Nortel selling wireless unit to Nokia Siemens (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090620/bs_nm/us_nortel_nokia


A Nortel sign is seen in downtown Toronto February 27, 2008. REUTERS/Mark BlinchReuters - Telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks said on Friday that it will sell its advanced wireless technology business to Nokia Siemens Networks for US$650 million and that it was making progress in talks to sell its other businesses.

Sat, 20 Jun 09
Has the RIAA's Fight Against File Sharing Gone Too Far? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090619/tc_pcworld/hastheriaasfightagainstfilesharinggonetoofar
PC World - Some legal experts question the constitutionality of a $1.92 million fine given to a woman accused of pirating 24 songs. A Minnesota jury ordered Jammie Thomas-Rasset to pay that yesterday, saying she "willfully" violated music copyrights and should cough up $80,000 per illegally downloaded track.

Sat, 20 Jun 09
Activision says may stop supporting Sony PS3: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090619/tc_nm/us_activision_sony


Visitors play Sony PlayStation 3 video games during the Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 in Los Angeles June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters - Activision Blizzard Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said in a published report on Friday it may stop making video games for Sony's PlayStation 3, the No. 3 console in the United States, due to high costs and poor sales.

Sat, 20 Jun 09
Apple CEO gets liver transplant: report (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090620/bs_afp/usitcomputerpeopleapplejobs


The chief executive officer of computer maker Apple, Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave since January to take care of an undisclosed medical condition, has received a liver transplant in Tennessee, The Wall Street Journal reported(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Paul Morris)AFP - The chief executive officer of computer maker Apple, Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave since January to take care of an undisclosed medical condition, has received a liver transplant in Tennessee, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Sat, 20 Jun 09
Windows 7 Hits a New Low (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090619/tc_pcworld/windows7hitsanewlow
PC World - I've always wanted to get a modern operating system to work on my graphing calculator. And we're about there, thanks to the efforts of a fellow (or strangly named lady) on The Windows Club forum. A user by the name of "hackerman1" has installed Windows 7 on his PC, which in itself is nothing to write home about. The catch here is that he's gotten a bootable, working installation on no less than a Pentium II system. No, that's not a typo--Pentium Two. The extreme...ly old machine consists of a 266 MHz CPU, a whopping 96 MB of memory, and a next-generation 4 MB graphics card.

Sat, 20 Jun 09
iPhone 3G S Early Buyers Face Activation Delays (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090620/tc_pcworld/iphone3gsearlybuyersfaceactivationdelays
PC World - Early iPhone 3G S adopters are reporting difficulty activating their iPhones, reports AppleInsider and MacRumors. In what is practically a carbon copy of last year’s iPhone 3G launch issues, it appears that Apple’s iPhone service activation servers were unprepared to deal with the influx of new registrations from today’s iPhone 3G S launch, leaving the zero-day adopters with a potential two day wait.

Sat, 20 Jun 09
Could Opera Unite Be a Botmaster's Best Friend? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090620/tc_pcworld/couldoperaunitebeabotmastersbestfriend
PC World - Opera has added a lot of cool new features to its upcoming Opera 10 browser, and one of them is almost sure to catch the eye of cyber criminals.

Sat, 20 Jun 09
Thanks to iPhone, the Cisco Flip Video Camera Is Toast (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090619/tc_pcworld/thankstoiphonetheciscoflipvideocameraistoast
PC World - Before Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior was hired by Cisco, she was the CTO of Motorola and dismissed in her blog the introduction of the Apple iPhone. However within 9 months of the Apple iPhone introduction, Motorola sales had collapsed by more than $4 billion (Page 1) and Motorola operating earnings dropped $3.8 billion to a loss of $534 million, leaving Warrior with absolutely no future as the CTO of Motorola.

Fri, 19 Jun 09
Militants, 'hacktivists' exploit Web, eye recruits (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_hi_te/us_cyberterror


This undated web page image from the Mujahedeen Electronic Net. Terrorist groups that have long used the Internet to spread propaganda are increasingly tapping the Web to teach Islamic extremists how to be hackers, recruit techies for cyberwarfare and raise money through online fraud, U.S. officials say. A senior defense official said intelligence reports indicate extremist groups are seeking computer experts, including those capable of breaching government or other sensitive network systems.AP - Terrorist groups that have long used the Internet to spread propaganda are increasingly tapping the Web to teach Islamic extremists how to be hackers, recruit techies for cyberwarfare and raise money through online fraud, U.S. officials say.

Fri, 19 Jun 09
RIM 1Q profit tops view, shares wobble on outlook (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_hi_te/cn_earns_research_in_motion


FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2009 file photo, a customer samples a Sprint Nextel BlackBerry Curve at a Sprint Nextel store in San Jose, Calif. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. on Thursday, June 18, 2009, exceeded first-quarter expectations when it reported a 33 percent rise in profit but disappointed investors with its guidance. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. on Thursday reported a better-than-expected 33 percent jump in first-quarter profit as the company continues to boost market share among non-corporate customers.

Fri, 19 Jun 09
Jury rules against Minn. woman in download case (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090619/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_music_downloading
AP - A replay of the nation's only file-sharing case to go to trial has ended with the same result — a Minnesota woman was found to have violated music copyrights and must pay huge damages to the recording industry.

Fri, 19 Jun 09
Microsoft readies free PC security software (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090619/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_microsoft_free_security_software
AP - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it plans to release a beta test of its free computer security program next week and is on track to launch a finished product in the fall.

Fri, 19 Jun 09
Special effects outsourcing grows in India (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_en_mo/as_fea_india_special_effects


In this photo taken Tuesday, March 10, 2009, a special effects artist works at EyeQube Studios in Mumbai, India. Executives in India say cost pressures are pushing U.S. studios to send more special effects work to India, where the costs are up to 40 percent cheaper than in the U.S. Two old Hollywood hands recently opened visual effects companies in Mumbai: Geon, founded by 'The Lord of the Rings' producer Barrie Osborne, and EyeQube Studios, headed by Charles Darby, whose credits include 'Titanic' and the HBO series 'Rome.' (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)AP - Outsourcing to India, long dominated by software engineering and back-office work, is expanding in new terrain: special effects for movies.

Fri, 19 Jun 09
US woman to pay 1.92 mln dlrs in music piracy case (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090619/tc_afp/entertainmentmusiccrimecopyrightinternetriaa


File picture shows demonstrators in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC during a hearing on the legality of file-sharing networks. A US jury Thursday ordered a 32-year-old woman to pay 1.92 million dollars in damages for illegally downloading 24 songs in a high-profile digital piracy case(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - A US jury has ordered a 32-year-old woman to pay nearly two million dollars in damages for illegally downloading 24 songs over the Internet in a high-profile digital piracy case.

Fri, 19 Jun 09
Apple iPhone 3G S Friday Launch Already Attracting Long Lines (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090619/tc_pcworld/appleiphone3gsfridaylaunchalreadyattractinglonglines
PC World - Apple Stores around the world will open their doors at 7 a.m. local time to accommodate eager shoppers who want to be the first to get their hands on the new iPhone 3G S.

Fri, 19 Jun 09
FCC to Investigate Exclusive Cell Phone Deals (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090618/tc_zd/241535
PC Magazine - The Federal Communications Commission will open an investigation into whether exclusive cell phone deals are harmful to consumers, acting Chairman Michael Copps said Thursday.

Fri, 19 Jun 09
Jury Orders Music Swapper to Pay $1.92 Million (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090619/tc_pcworld/juryordersmusicswappertopay192million
PC World - A woman who won a retrial after a US$220,000 verdict against her for sharing music files has now been ordered to pay $1.92 million by a jury in Minnesota.

Fri, 19 Jun 09
Microsoft's Ballmer Says Natal-Equipped Xbox 360 Coming 2010? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090618/tc_pcworld/microsoftsballmersaysnatalequippedxbox360coming2010
PC World - Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has, according to a few warp-published blogs, revealed that a new version of its Xbox 360 hardware will arrive in 2010 with the company's ballyhooed motion-control Project Natal integrated.

Fri, 19 Jun 09
Spammers Cashing in on Twitter, Iran, New IPhone (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090618/tc_pcworld/spammerscashinginontwitterirannewiphone
PC World - Spammers are never far from a hot story, it seems, and in the past day they've been flooding Twitter with phoney messages about Iran and the latest iPhone 3.0 operating system.

Fri, 19 Jun 09
Fight Against China's Web Filtering Software Grows (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090619/tc_pcworld/fightagainstchinaswebfilteringsoftwaregrows
PC World - A U.S. company that says its code was copied by a Chinese Internet filtering program has ordered more PC makers not to distribute the Chinese software.

Fri, 19 Jun 09
IBM Offers High-performance Computing Services (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090619/tc_pcworld/ibmoffershighperformancecomputingservices
PC World - IBM on Thursday said it is now offering high-performance computing services to customers who want to get supercomputers up and running faster.

Fri, 19 Jun 09
Microsoft to provide free anti-virus software (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090619/tc_afp/usitinternetcrimecompanymicrosoft


Microsoft has announced it will soon release free anti-virus software so people on tight budgets won't skimp on protecting their computers from hackers.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Microsoft has announced it will soon release free anti-virus software so people on tight budgets won't skimp on protecting their computers from hackers.

Fri, 19 Jun 09
The Palm Pre is out. So where's the SDK? (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090618/tc_infoworld/80247
InfoWorld - Palm's answer to the much-celebrated Apple iPhone, the Palm Pre, was released on June 6 via a partnership with Sprint. But it still remains to be seen when a software development kit will be generally available to leverage capabilities in the device.

Thu, 18 Jun 09
Review: Playful Hunch.com helps you make decisions (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_life_tech_test_online_decision_maker


In this screen shot taken from online decision-making site Hunch.com, the answer to a query on what kind of topping to put on one's pizza is shown. (AP Photo/Hunch.com)AP - I'm sick of spending so much time making decisions, like what to eat for lunch or where to go on a date. So lately I've been outsourcing the process to a free new Web service that is happy to do it for me.

Thu, 18 Jun 09
Guessing game: How much money is YouTube losing? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_en_ot/us_tec_youtube_losses


YouTube webpage. YouTube began testing Monday an option allowing users to choose between watching lengthy ads before uninterrupted videos or having brief ads mixed with viewing experiences.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)AP - Internet video leader YouTube Inc.'s losses have been overblown by some analysts, but corporate parent Google Inc. doesn't mind the misperception, according to a study being released Wednesday.

Thu, 18 Jun 09
Survey: Elderly, poor narrow broadband service gap (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_broadband_study
AP - Some groups that have lagged in signing up for high-speed Internet service, like the elderly, the poor and rural residents, have started to gain on those who have had a head start, according to a new survey.

Thu, 18 Jun 09
Attempted Iran media clampdown meets Internet age (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_hi_te/ml_iran_election_media


FILE - This June 15,2009, file photo shows a photo of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, left bottom, next to a broken computer monitor in a room in a Tehran University dormitory after it was attacked by militia forces during riots in Tehran, Iran, in the early hours of Monday . Overnight, police and militia stormed the campus at the city's biggest university, ransacking dormitories and arresting dozens of students angry over what they claim was election fraud. Iran's media clampdown seeks to restrict what its citizens and the world can see of street protests. But it's the Internet age, and protesters can take video and photos with cellphones and transmit them over the Web - a huge change from the primitive communications during Iran's 1979 revolution. (AP photo)AP - Iran clamped down Tuesday on independent media in an attempt to control images of election protests, but pictures and videos leaked out anyway — showing how difficult it is to shut off the flow of information in the Internet age.

Thu, 18 Jun 09
AT&T relents on iPhone pricing for upgraders (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_at_t_iphone
AP - AT&T Inc. will allow some current iPhone owners to upgrade to a new model at the same price as new buyers when it is released Friday.

Thu, 18 Jun 09
Video views of democracy lauded online (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090618/tc_afp/usitinternetdemocracyyoutube


Artistic visions of democracy have been lauded on the Internet by the US State Department and partners behind a first-ever Democracy Video Challenge. Judges selected finalists from more than 900 video clips submitted from 95 countries. Online voting at Google-owned video-sharing website YouTube determined winners from six regions around the world.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)AFP - Artistic visions of democracy have been lauded on the Internet by the US State Department and partners behind a first-ever Democracy Video Challenge.

Thu, 18 Jun 09
T-Mobile Launches Dash 3G (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090618/tc_pcworld/tmobilelaunchesdash3g
PC World - T-Mobile today introduced the T-Mobile Dash 3G, a long-awaited refresh of its predecessor, which we first reviewed more than two years ago. The Dash 3G joins this summer's hot parade of new cell phones, which began earlier this month with the launch of the Palm Pre and continues this week with the launch of the Apple iPhone 3G S and next week's launch of the second T-Mobile phone with Android. The Dash 3G will go on sale in stores in July.

Thu, 18 Jun 09
Verizon, AT&T: Buy a Texting Plan and We Won’t Rip You Off (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090617/tc_pcworld/verizonattbuyatextingplanandwewontripyouoff
PC World - If you're not buying a monthly text-message plan from your wireless carrier, you're getting ripped off. This isn't news, I know, but testimony before Congress this week from the nation's top wireless carriers makes this clear to occasional texters like me who don't want a message bundle.

Thu, 18 Jun 09
YouTube Not Just A Massive Money Pit, Study Says (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20090617/bs_ibd_ibd/20090617tech01
Investor's Business Daily - YouTube is losing far less money than popularly believed -- though owner Google is in no hurry to correct the misperception, says technology outsourcing firm Ramp-Rate.

Thu, 18 Jun 09
June Gadgets Are Go With New PSP (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090617/tc_pcworld/junegadgetsaregowithnewpsp
PC World - June is always a busy month for new gadgets. The E3 video games show, Taiwan's Computex IT show and Singapore's CommunicAsia all provide a launching pad for new products and other companies are busy preparing new gizmos for the upcoming mid-year holidays. And 2009 was no exception.

Thu, 18 Jun 09
The iPhone OS 4.0 Wishlist (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090618/tc_pcworld/theiphoneos40wishlist
PC World - We've delved into iPhone OS 3.0 and so far, we like what we've seen. But after playing with it all day, we noted a few new features that should be thrown in for the next update as well as a few existing apps that desperately need a makeover.

Thu, 18 Jun 09
Oracle Buys Drug-design Software Maker's IP (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090617/tc_pcworld/oraclebuysdrugdesignsoftwaremakersip
PC World - Oracle on Wednesday said it has bought the intellectual property of Conformia Software, maker of software for managing the design and development of drugs. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Thu, 18 Jun 09
Dell Aims To Become One-Stop Virtualization Shop (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090617/bs_nf/67235
NewsFactor - Dell is moving forward into the growing virtualization market, with the announcement Wednesday of a major new initiative. The company said it is seeking to help businesses "become more efficient" through its flexible and modular virtualization and data-center consulting services, "business-ready" virtualization configurations, new PowerEdge servers, and EqualLogic PS4000 storage arrays.

Thu, 18 Jun 09
Coordinated Malware Resists Eradication (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090617/tc_pcworld/coordinatedmalwareresistseradication
PC World - How do you make a terrible thing even worse? If you're a crook who operates a botnet--an often-expansive network of malware-infected PCs--you link botnets together to form a gargantuan "botnetweb." And you do it in a way that's hard for an antivirus suite to fight.

Thu, 18 Jun 09
Some iPhone 3GS Buyers Face Delivery Delays (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090617/bs_nf/67239
NewsFactor - Reports are surfacing that customers who ordered the new iPhone 3GS online may have delayed gratification. Consumers checking their package tracking status were shocked to discover that the delivery date, originally scheduled for Wednesday, was quietly shifted to Friday or even Monday.

Wed, 17 Jun 09
Guessing game: How much money is YouTube losing? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090617/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_youtube_losses
AP - Internet video leader YouTube Inc.'s losses have been overblown by some analysts, but corporate parent Google Inc. doesn't mind the misperception, according to a study to be released Wednesday.

Wed, 17 Jun 09
On Bloomsday, `Ulysses' meets Twitter (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_twitter_bloomsday


In this screen shot taken from Twitter, one of a series of Twitter pages registered as names of key characters in James Joyce's 'Ulysses' is shown. The page is part of a project by Ian Bogost, a Georgia Tech professor, and a friend, Ian McCarthy, to adapt the 10th chapter of the book, called 'Wandering Rocks,' to Twitter in commemoration of 'Bloomsday' June 16. That date in 1904 is when the entirety of 'Ulysses' takes place, chronicling the experiences of a man named Leopold Bloom. (AP Photo/Twitter)AP - Forget about Ashton Kutcher. James Joyce's "Ulysses," one of the most difficult novels in English, is on Twitter.

Wed, 17 Jun 09
IRS, Treasury want cell phone tax repealed (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_hi_te/us_taxing_cell_phones
AP - Remember the last time you used a company cell phone for a quick personal call — or text or e-mail? Did you record the value of that call and pay taxes on it as income?

Wed, 17 Jun 09
MySpace to cut 30 pct of jobs to boost efficiency (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_hi_te/us_myspace_layoffs
AP - MySpace said Tuesday it is cutting nearly 30 percent of its work force in a bid to become more efficient, bringing its staffing level more in line with its more popular rival, Facebook.

Wed, 17 Jun 09
Adobe Systems posts drop in 2Q profit, sales (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_adobe_systems
AP - Adobe Systems Inc., the company whose software powers Flash animation and PDF documents, posted a sharp drop in its fiscal second-quarter profit and sales Tuesday amid weaker demand in the economic downturn.

Wed, 17 Jun 09
Reception problems linger after DTV transition (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_tv_transition


CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle collider, is scheduled to restart in fall 2009, and more than 100,000 Analog Devices data converters will play a key role in helping scientists discover what the universe is made of and how it works by studying the debris created by the collision of sub-atomic particles. (Photo: Business Wire)AP - The shutdown of U.S. analog TV service on Friday appears to have gone relatively smoothly, but as expected, a lot of viewers are having problems getting the stations they want.

Wed, 17 Jun 09
YouTube an online stage for Iran protest videos (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090617/tc_afp/iranuspoliticsunrestitinternetyoutube


Iranian opposition demonstrators carry a large green flag through the crowd during a demonstration in support of defeated reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, in Tehran, on June 15, following an election that has divided the nation.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AFP - YouTube has remained an online stage for videos of Iranian protests despite being blocked in that country in the wake of the disputed election in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed victory.

Wed, 17 Jun 09
Apple reminds Palm Pre owners what 'unsupported' means (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090617/tc_macworld/appleremindspalmpreownerswhatunsupportedmeans
Macworld.com - Hey, Palm Pre owners—are you enjoying the ability to sync your smartphone with iTunes? Do you get a giddy little thrill each time you plug the Pre into your computer and Apple’s music jukebox application recognizes it as if you were syncing an iPhone or iPod? Do you agree with PC World’s review of the Pre which listed iTunes syncing as one of the factors that made “syncing your media with the Pre… a snap?”

Wed, 17 Jun 09
IRS Now Wants to Repeal Cell Phone Tax (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090616/tc_pcworld/irsnowwantstorepealcellphonetax
PC World - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is now recommending that a complicated law that would tax personal usage of business cell phones be repealed, after the agency caused an uproar last week with attempts to simplify the law.

Wed, 17 Jun 09
DirecTV to offer targeted ads in 2011: WSJ (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090617/media_nm/us_directv
Reuters - U.S. satellite television provider DirecTV Group is planning a new service allowing advertisers to reach viewers based on their locations, the Wall Street Journal said.

Wed, 17 Jun 09
iPhone game maker Ngmoco taps former Sega president (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090616/tc_macworld/iphonegamemakerngmocotapsformersegapresident
Macworld.com - Ngmoco, publisher of hit games for the iPhone and iPod touch, has named Simon Jeffrey to the post of Chief Publishing Officer for its newly created Plus+ Publishing group.

Wed, 17 Jun 09
Mac News Briefs: Daz 3D releases enhanced version of animation program (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090616/tc_macworld/macnewsbriefsdaz3dreleasesenhancedversionofanimationprogram
Macworld.com - Daz 3D announced a new free version of its 3-D art and animation package Tuesday while rolling out an enhanced version of the application featuring professional-level tools.

Wed, 17 Jun 09
Bizarre Bugs: Nine of the Strangest Software Glitches Ever (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090616/tc_pcworld/bizarrebugsnineofthestrangestsoftwareglitchesever
PC World - Writing buggy applications is a cinch--for decades, the world's software developers have been proving that with just about every program they release.

Wed, 17 Jun 09
Twitter goes literary with Ulysses performance (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090617/wr_nm/us_twitter_ulysses_tech_life
Reuters - Twitter, the social networking site favored by some celebrities, has gone high-brow with a performance from James Joyce's 1922 novel "Ulysses."

Wed, 17 Jun 09
Hacker Hijacks Millions of Cligs URLs (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090616/tc_pcworld/hackerhijacksmillionsofcligsurls
PC World - The Cli.gs URL-shortening service yesterday reported that an attacker managed break in via a software security hole and take over 2.2 million URL links.

Wed, 17 Jun 09
CIA's Technology Arm Taps Open Source for Enterprise Search (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090616/tc_pcworld/ciastechnologyarmtapsopensourceforenterprisesearch
PC World - The company in charge of providing technology to the U.S. intelligence community has invested in an open-source firm to provide enterprise-search technology to the CIA and other intelligence agencies.

Wed, 17 Jun 09
FileMaker intros template swapping site for Bento (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090616/tc_macworld/filemakerintrostemplateswappingsiteforbento
Macworld.com - When Bento 2 debuted last fall, the enhancements to FileMaker’s personal database application included the ability to import and export templates. What’s more, FileMaker promised that it would create a place where users could share templates they had created in Bento.

Tue, 16 Jun 09
Tweeting Iran: Elex news in 140 characters or less (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_twitter


Iranians react as a protestor is wounded after gunmen opened fire during an opposition rally in Tehran. A protester was reportedly shot dead and several people were wounded during clashes in Tehran on Monday as massive crowds defied a ban to stage a rally against the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.(AFP)AP - An opposition activist spreads word of an upcoming protest in the streets of Tehran. Another posts pictures of clashes between demonstrators and police.

Tue, 16 Jun 09
Virgin Media and Universal launch music service (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_hi_te/eu_britain_virgin_universal
AP - Virgin Media, the cable TV operator owned by entrepreneur Richard Branson, launched a new kind of music download subscription service Monday with Universal, the world's largest music company.

Tue, 16 Jun 09
Survey: Family time eroding as Internet use soars (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_internet_family_time


An employee types on a computer keyboard with both Latin and Cyrillic letters in Sofia June 23, 2008. Religiously devout Jews barred by rabbis from surfing the Internet may now AP - Whether it's around the dinner table or just in front of the TV, U.S. families say they are spending less time together.

Tue, 16 Jun 09
Music cos. vow to show Minn. woman shared 24 songs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_music_downloading
AP - The recording industry began its second attempt at proving that a Minnesota woman engaged in illegal sharing of copyrighted music on the Internet and should be held accountable.

Tue, 16 Jun 09
Clear Channel deal gives musicians Web channels (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090616/en_nm/us_online
Reuters - Artists like the Eagles and Christina Aguilera can now play DJ, at least online.

Tue, 16 Jun 09
RIM aims to cross categories with BlackBerry Tour (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090616/wr_nm/us_rim_tour
Reuters - Research In Motion is adding another smartphone to its BlackBerry lineup as it aims to win market share among both executives and mainstream consumers despite tough economic conditions.

Tue, 16 Jun 09
Dell Smartphone Rumors, Cont. (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090615/tc_pcworld/dellsmartphonerumorscont
PC World - As everyone knows, Dell is late to the smartphone party. Very late. In fact, it hasn't even arrived yet and Apple just debuted its third-gen iPhone 3G S.

Tue, 16 Jun 09
YouTube testing video ad viewing options (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090615/tc_afp/usitinternetadvertisecompanyyoutube


YouTube webpage. YouTube began testing Monday an option allowing users to choose between watching lengthy ads before uninterrupted videos or having brief ads mixed with viewing experiences.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)AFP - YouTube began testing Monday an option allowing users to choose between watching lengthy ads before uninterrupted videos or having brief ads mixed with viewing experiences.

Tue, 16 Jun 09
Microsoft Sues Three for 'massive' Click Fraud Scam (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090616/tc_pcworld/microsoftsuesthreeformassiveclickfraudscam
PC World - Microsoft filed a lawsuit on Monday against three people accusing them of running a "massive" click fraud scheme that involved harnessing hundreds of thousands of computer IP (Internet protocol) addresses to target advertisers promoting auto insurance and the World of Warcraft on-line game.

Tue, 16 Jun 09
Mac News Briefs: Pointer loop offers in-air control of Macs (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090615/tc_macworld/macnewsbriefspointerloopoffersinaircontrolofmacs
Macworld.com - Hillcrest Labs introduced a new in-air mouse Monday that lets you control an on-screen cursor with the motions of your hand. Hillcrest’s Loop pointer is targeted at users who connect their Mac or PC to a television set.

Tue, 16 Jun 09
HD Video Hits Desktops With Hardware, Software (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090616/tc_pcworld/hdvideohitsdesktopswithhardwaresoftware
PC World - LifeSize Communications and Radvision are taking two different routes toward high-definition desktop videoconferencing, both aiming to bring more participants into the virtual room.

Tue, 16 Jun 09
Sun Micro kills "Rock" high-end chip project: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090615/tc_nm/us_sunmicro_chip
Reuters - Sun Microsystems Inc killed development of an advanced server chip it hoped would leapfrog its technology past rivals IBM and Intel Corp, the New York Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Tue, 16 Jun 09
Samsung, Nokia heat up smartphone contest (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090615/tc_nm/us_nokia_samsung
Nokia's 5530 Xpressmusic phone is shown in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/Nokia/HandoutReuters - The world's two largest cellphone makers, Nokia and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, unveiled new phones on Monday, offering features comparable to iPhone and Pre, but at lower prices.

Mon, 15 Jun 09
AP Impact: Weak security enables credit card hacks (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_shoppers__gamble


Chart shows the steps to processing a credit cardAP - Every time you swipe your credit card and wait for the transaction to be approved, sensitive data including your name and account number are ferried from store to bank through computer networks, each step a potential opening for hackers.

Mon, 15 Jun 09
Celebrities tweet for Suu Kyi's release in Myanmar (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090614/ap_on_re_as/as_myanmar_suu_kyi_at64


Myanmar activists hold up portraits of Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest outside Myanmar's embassy in Bangkok. Myanmar's high court has set a date for a hearing on Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal against a ban on two witnesses in her trial on charges of breaking her house arrest rules, the opposition leader's party said(AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)AP - Hollywood star Julia Roberts and detained Chinese activists are among celebrities and political prisoners tweeting and signing petitions for the release of Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she approaches her 64th birthday — her 14th spent in detention — organizers said Sunday.

Mon, 15 Jun 09
Minn. woman who lost music-share suit gets replay (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090614/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_music_downloading


FILE - This Oct. 4, 2007 file photo shows Jammie Thomas-Rasset of Brainerd, Minn., outside federal court in Duluth, Minn. Thomas-Rasset, who was ordered two years ago to pay $222,000 in the U.S.'s only music download case to go to trial will get another chance with a jury when her retrial begins next week Monday, June 15, 2009 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julia Cheng, File)AP - The Minnesota woman who became the nation's only music file-sharing defendant so far to go to trial is getting a replay two years after losing the case.

Mon, 15 Jun 09
Susan Boyle pulls out of singing engagement (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_en_mu/eu_britain_boyle


Britain's Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle outside the Birmingham National Indoor Arena, central England after the first show of Britain's Got Talent live tour Friday June 12, 2009. Susan Boyle wowed fans during the opening show of the show's national public tour, following a day of doubts as to whether the troubled singer would perform. During the performance the 48-year-old church volunteers, who shot to worldwide fame in the talent contest, blew a kiss to her adoring fans as they screamed and whistled. (AP Photo/ Lewis Whyld, PA)AP - Internet singing sensation Susan Boyle has pulled out of a singing engagement with the "Britain's Got Talent" live tour.

Mon, 15 Jun 09
Nokia to Offer Life Tools for Rural Mobile Users (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090615/tc_pcworld/nokiatoofferlifetoolsforruralmobileusers
PC World - Nokia plans to roll out its Life Tools group of services to more emerging markets following a successful pilot program in India, a company executive said Monday.

Mon, 15 Jun 09
Adobe's Acrobat.com Collaboration Services Emerge From Beta (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090615/tc_pcworld/adobesacrobatcomcollaborationservicesemergefrombeta
PC World - Adobe Systems on Monday will move its Acrobat.com Web-based productivity and collaboration services out of beta and offer for-fee subscriptions to provide what the company hopes will be a new way for business users to collaborate on document creation.

Mon, 15 Jun 09
Salesforce.com Offering No-charge Access to Force.com (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090615/tc_pcworld/salesforcecomofferingnochargeaccesstoforcecom
PC World - Salesforce.com is hoping to drive more interest from corporate developers and ISVs in its Force.com development platform by offering limited, no-cost access, the on-demand CRM (customer relationship management) vendor announced Monday.

Sun, 14 Jun 09
Minn woman who lost music-share suit gets replay (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090613/ap_on_en_mu/us_tec_music_downloading
AP - The Minnesota woman who became the nation's only music file-sharing defendant so far to go to trial is getting a replay two years after losing the case.

Sun, 14 Jun 09
800,000 callers phone digital TV hot line (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090614/ap_on_re_us/us_digital_tv_transition


Bill Bigin, center, looks over at his wife Kitty, left, as Steven Langan, vice president of the Antenna King, right, flips through their channels to see which stations are still broadcasting in analog at their apartment in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday June 12, 2009. Langan will have to install a new antenna on the Bigin's roof to pick up the digital signal as the conversion box the Bigin's bought is not enough for their transition from analog to digital. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - Nearly 800,000 calls were received by a federal hot line this week from people confused about the nationwide move on Friday to drop analog TV signals and broadcast only in digital.

Sun, 14 Jun 09
Mobile phones, Facebook, YouTube cut in Iran (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090613/tc_afp/iranvotetelecomfacebookyoutube


A supporter of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi stands in front of a burning bus during riots in Tehran. The main mobile telephone network in Iran was cut in the capital Tehran Saturday evening while popular Internet websites Facebook and YouTube also appeared to be blocked, correspondents said.(AFP/Olivier Laban-Mattei)AFP - The main mobile telephone network in Iran was cut in the capital Tehran Saturday evening while popular Internet websites Facebook and YouTube also appeared to be blocked, correspondents said.

Sun, 14 Jun 09
SingTel launches music service for mobile phones (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090614/wr_nm/us_singtel_universalmusic
Reuters - SingTel, Southeast Asia's largest telco, on Sunday launched in Singapore a service that lets mobile subscribers download music files and videos which it hopes to introduce to other parts of Asia.

Sun, 14 Jun 09
Twitter "twitpocalypse" affects Mac, iPhone apps (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090613/tc_macworld/twittertwitpocalypseaffectsmaciphoneapps
Macworld.com - The surging popularity of the Twitter messaging service has broken at least one Twitter client application and affected another as a part of what is being called “the Twitpocalypse.”

Sun, 14 Jun 09
U.S. company accuses China of stealing software (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090613/wr_nm/us_china_software
Reuters - A California software publisher will seek an injunction preventing U.S. companies from shipping computers with Chinese anti-pornography software it says was stolen, the company's president said on Saturday.

Sat, 13 Jun 09
Accused Facebook Spammer Could Face Jail Time (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090613/tc_pcworld/accusedfacebookspammercouldfacejailtime
PC World - An alleged spammer could face jail time in connection with a Facebook lawsuit after a judge referred him to the U.S. Attorney General's Office for criminal proceedings.

Sat, 13 Jun 09
iPhone 3G S: What you need to know (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090612/tc_macworld/iphone3gswhatyouneedtoknow
Macworld.com - If the calendar is about to flip over to summer, it must be time for Apple to roll out another smartphone. Just as summer 2007 saw the release of the original iPhone and last summer brought us the iPhone 3G, this year, we’ve got a new model to obsess over—the iPhone 3G S.

Sat, 13 Jun 09
Facebook Will Offer 'Vanity URLs' To Users' Sites (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090612/bs_nf/67151
NewsFactor - At 12:01 EST Friday, a new cyber landrush will get under way, as the social-networking giant Facebook introduces so-called "vanity URLs" to its popular service. On a first-come, first-served basis, Facebook subscribers will be able to choose customized descriptors for their profiles.

Sat, 13 Jun 09
China's Software Blocks Terms, Opens Door To Malware (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090612/tc_nf/67150
NewsFactor - In its ongoing effort to regulate citizen access to Internet content, China has announced that all new computers sold in the country will be required to have preinstalled filtering software known as Green Dam-Youth Escort.

Sat, 13 Jun 09
iPhone 3G S, New MacBook Pros, and Snow Leopard on PC World Podcast 33 (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090612/tc_pcworld/iphone3gsnewmacbookprosandsnowleopardonpcworldpodcast33
PC World - PC World editors Tim Moynihan and Robert Strohmeyer sit down with Macworld editorial director Jason Snell for a breakdown of all this week's Apple news from WWDC. In the mix: What to expect from the iPhone 3G S, long-awaited features on the new MacBook Pro laptops, and how Snow Leopard will improve the Mac experience. Yes, it's all Apple stuff this week, and our editors don't pull their punches.

Sat, 13 Jun 09
8Monkey Labs videogame recreates dark days in history (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090612/tc_afp/usitinternethistoryvideogamesphantomefx


Videogame players will soon get to tinker with some of the grimmest times in history. AFP - Videogame players will soon get to tinker with some of the grimmest times in history.

Sat, 13 Jun 09
Sprint Nextel to sell parts of Midwest network (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090612/ap_on_bi_ge/us_sprint_nextel_midwest
AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. said Friday it plans to sell a chunk of its cellular network in the Midwest to comply with an Illinois court decision.

Sat, 13 Jun 09
YouTube Won't Watch White House Videos With You (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090612/tc_zd/241351
PC Magazine - YouTube has agreed to ditch its monitoring cookies for videos viewed on the official White House Web site, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).

Sat, 13 Jun 09
Symantec Axes GoEverywhere Service (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090613/tc_pcworld/symantecaxesgoeverywhereservice
PC World - Symantec's GoEverywhere online data-sharing service is going nowhere, it turns out.

Sat, 13 Jun 09
IPhone 3.0, Win 7 in the EU, Flu Pandemic (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090612/tc_pcworld/iphone30win7intheeuflupandemic
PC World - Just as expected, Apple showed off its next iPhone at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference, but even though we knew that news was coming it still tops the list this week because, honestly, how could it not?

Sat, 13 Jun 09
Amazon to pay Toys R Us $51M to settle suit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090612/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_amazon_toys_r_us_settlement
AP - Amazon.com Inc. will pay $51 million to Toys R Us Inc. to end a long-standing legal dispute between the online retailer and the toy seller.

Sat, 13 Jun 09
Company alleges Chinese software has stolen code (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090613/ap_on_hi_te/us_china_internet
AP - A California company claims that the Internet-filtering software China has mandated for all new personal computers sold there contains stolen programming code.

Sat, 13 Jun 09
Campers see hassle, expense in digital TV switch (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090612/ap_on_hi_te/us_digital_tv_transition_campers


From left: Ralph Deangelis, of Bethlehem, Pa., his 12-year-old son, Brad, and 10-year-old daughter, Brenna, set up their campsite at the KOA Kampground, Thursday, June 11, 2009, in Sioux Falls, S.D. RVers with older TVs who depend on over-the-air signals will need digital converter boxes starting on Friday. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)AP - Ralph Deangelis planned his family's cross-country RV excursion around taking in great sights at Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon. But Deangelis also likes being able to see practical things like local TV weather reports while they're on the road.

Sat, 13 Jun 09
EU: browser-free Windows gives no real choice (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090612/ap_on_hi_te/eu_eu_microsoft
AP - European Union regulators said Microsoft Corp. was offering less choice, not more, by vowing to sell the next version of Windows without any Web browsers at all.

Sat, 13 Jun 09
Friday marks final signoff for analog TV service (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090613/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_tv_transition


The back of a Analog Pass-Through DTV Converter Box is seen as it sits on the counter at RadioShack in the Camp Hill Mall, Friday, June 12, 2009, in Camp Hill, Pa. Television stations across the U.S. began cutting their analog signals Friday, marking the final signoff for a 60-year-old technology. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - TV shows were replaced by the hiss of static in perhaps 1 million U.S. homes Friday as stations ended their analog broadcasts and abandoned the transmission technology in use since the days of Milton Berle, Sid Caesar and Howdy Doody.

Fri, 12 Jun 09
Confusion expected as analog TV broadcasts end (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090612/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_tv_transition


Community educator Ali Radheyyan, middle, shows Hussian Ali, right, and Wafa Nuaiman, both from Iraq, how the switch over to digital television at the Immigration Refugee Community Organization in Portland, Ore., Thursday, June 11, 2009. After months of telling viewers to get ready for this shift, all major broadcast television stations nationwide will turn off their analog signals Friday, June 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)AP - Starting in the morning and going into the night, TV stations across the U.S. planned to cut their analog signals Friday, ending a six-decade era for the technology and likely stranding more than 1 million unprepared homes without TV service.

Fri, 12 Jun 09
US video game sales slide 23 pct in May (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_hi_te/us_video_game_sales
AP - U.S. video gamers spent less on games, hardware and accessories in May compared with a year ago, a sign that this year's release schedule couldn't compete with Take Two Interactive's "Grand Theft Auto IV" last spring.

Fri, 12 Jun 09
Microsoft to sell Windows minus browser in Europe (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_microsoft_europe
AP - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will make a separate version of the Windows 7 computer operating software for Europe that does not include its Internet Explorer Web browser, as it tries to head off another antitrust scuffle with regulators there.

Fri, 12 Jun 09
Final DTV transition is relief for some businesses (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090612/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_tv_transition_business
AP - It's not just TV viewers who will be relieved when analog broadcast signals are shut down Friday, sparing them from incessant reminders about converter boxes. Some business are eagerly awaiting the end of a process that began in 1987, when the shift to digital broadcasts was proposed.

Fri, 12 Jun 09
Yahoo picks a new CFO likely to shake things up (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_hi_te/us_yahoo_cfo
AP - Yahoo Inc. has hired a cost-cutting specialist as its new chief financial officer, signaling the Internet company's determination to weed out the bureaucracy that has been dragging down its profits for the past three years.

Fri, 12 Jun 09
China defends net filtering software amid outcry (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_re_as/as_china_internet


In this photo taken on Friday, May 8, 2009, a Chinese girl surfing internet at a cyber cafe in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China. Chinese state media on Thursday issued an unprecedented defense of newly required Internet filtering software that must be packaged with every computer sold in China starting next month, after a public outcry at home and abroad. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Chinese state media on Thursday issued an unprecedented defense of newly required Internet filtering software that must be packaged with every computer sold in China starting next month, after a public outcry at home and abroad.

Fri, 12 Jun 09
No IE browser in Windows in Europe: Microsoft (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090612/tc_afp/useuropeitinternetsoftwaremicrosoft


A placard for Microsoft's Windows 7 system at the Computex 2009 trade fair in Taipei June 2. Microsoft said that regulatory wrangling has prompted it to strip Internet Explorer Web browsers from copies of its Windows 7 operating system to be sold in Europe.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)AFP - Microsoft said regulatory wrangling has prompted it to strip Internet Explorer Web browsers from copies of its Windows 7 operating system to be sold in Europe.

Fri, 12 Jun 09
Mac News Briefs: WinTel update speeds up virtualization performance (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090611/tc_macworld/macnewsbriefswintelupdatespeedsupvirtualizationperformance
Macworld.com - OpenOSX announced WinTel 3.0 on Thursday, the latest update to the company’s program allowing Mac users to run other operating systems on their computers.

Fri, 12 Jun 09
Mexico's Televisa eyes mobile phone market (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090612/media_nm/us_televisa
Reuters - Broadcaster Televisa said on Thursday it wants to offer mobile phone services in Mexico, elbowing into the market dominated by billionaire Carlos Slim.

Fri, 12 Jun 09
Dish Network, Fisher end legal dispute (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090612/ap_on_hi_te/fisher_dish_network
AP - Dish Network Corp. and Fisher Communications, Inc. say they've squashed their legal dispute and that Fisher stations in seven markets have return to Dish's satellite TV service.

Fri, 12 Jun 09
US videogame sales down 23 pct in May (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090611/tc_afp/entertainmentusvideogamesnpd


A fair hostess plays a game at a fair for computer games and entertainment in 2008. US videogame sales declined by 23 percent in May from a year ago, falling below one billion dollars for the first time since August 2007, market research firm NPD Group reported on Thursday.(AFP/File/Barbara Sax)AFP - US videogame sales declined by 23 percent in May from a year ago, falling below one billion dollars for the first time since August 2007, market research firm NPD Group reported on Thursday.

Fri, 12 Jun 09
The Macalope Weekly: WWDC fallout (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090611/tc_macworld/themacalopeweeklywwdcfallout
Macworld.com - Apple delivers a blockbuster WWDC full of fabulous hardware and software announcements, so everyone’s happy, right?!

Fri, 12 Jun 09
Microsoft to sell Windows in EU without browser (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090611/wr_nm/us_microsoft


A hostess presents a netbook with the new Windows 7 version at the CeBIT high-tech fair Hanover, central Germany in March. Microsoft said regulatory wrangling has prompted it to strip Internet Explorer Web browsers from copies of its Windows 7 operating system to be sold in Europe(AFP/DDP/File/Nigel Treblin)Reuters - Countering pressure from European regulators, Microsoft Corp plans to ship the newest version of its Windows operating system in Europe without its Internet Explorer web browser.

Fri, 12 Jun 09
Rivals Level Guns at IE in Enterprise Browser War (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090611/tc_pcworld/rivalslevelgunsatieinenterprisebrowserwar
PC World - While Microsoft's Internet Explorer faces healthy competition with other browsers among consumers, in the enterprise it has long remained the de facto standard. But that could soon change as rivals -- particularly Mozilla and Google -- add features to their browsers that make them better suited for use across corporate desktops.

Fri, 12 Jun 09
Microsoft Confirms Plans to Release Free Anti-Virus Service (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090611/bs_nf/67113
NewsFactor - As it gets ready to launch a new operating system, Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that it is getting ready to release a free anti-virus service later this year.

Fri, 12 Jun 09
Wall Street Beat: TI, Qualcomm, Handsets Cheer Investors (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090611/tc_pcworld/wallstreetbeattiqualcommhandsetscheerinvestors
PC World - Revised forecasts from Qualcomm and Texas Instruments and excitement around the Palm Pre and Apple's iPhone 3GS this week helped raise some hopes for the second half of the year in the wake of a somber report on first-quarter component sales.

Thu, 11 Jun 09
USA Today publisher sees hope in mobile platforms (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090610/ap_on_hi_te/us_usa_today_publisher
AP - USA Today's new publisher said Wednesday he hopes to expand the newspaper's revenue from mobile phones and portable electronic reading devices, and pledged to fight The Wall Street Journal's bid for readers in hotels.

Thu, 11 Jun 09
Review: New Intel chips power skinny laptops (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090610/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_life_tech_test_skinny_laptops


The MSI X-Slim X340 laptop is shown Tuesday, June 9, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - Tiny, cheap laptops known as netbooks have been a big success. But not everyone likes their small screens and keyboards, and their processors aren't powerful enough for some common tasks, like playing high-quality Internet video.

Thu, 11 Jun 09
Google unfazed by 3 US government inquiries (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090610/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_antitrust
AP - Google Inc. doesn't believe it needs to change its ways despite three separate U.S. government inquiries into whether some of the Internet search leader's actions are thwarting competition.

Thu, 11 Jun 09
Palm appoints ex-Apple whiz as CEO (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090610/ap_on_hi_te/us_palm_rubinstein


Gregory James, left, gets instructions on how to operate his new Sprint Palm Pre from sales consultant Javier Vidal, right, in Sacramento, Calif., Saturday June 6, 2009. James was one of the first customers to buy Palm Inc's Pre smart phone that features a touch-screen and slide-out keyboard.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - Jon Rubinstein, a former executive behind Apple Inc.'s iPod, on Wednesday was named chief executive of smartphone maker Palm Inc., replacing Ed Colligan who is stepping down after 16 years with the company.

Thu, 11 Jun 09
Kiva to feed cash-starved US small businesses (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090610/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_kiva
AP - Kiva.org has spent the past 3 1/2 years raising money on the Internet to finance destitute entrepreneurs in 44 impoverished countries. Now in a sign of the economy's spreading despair, the online "microlender" is reaching out to low-income entrepreneurs in the United States.

Thu, 11 Jun 09
Digital downloads spell end for videogame stores? (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090611/wr_nm/us_column_pluggedin_digdownloads
Reuters - Will digital downloads kill the videogames store? That's the multibillion dollar question facing retailers from Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Target Corp to GameStop Corp, as Internet distributors continue to grow.

Thu, 11 Jun 09
Chinese IPhone Deal Shows More Hints of Progress (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090611/tc_pcworld/chineseiphonedealshowsmorehintsofprogress
PC World - Hints of progress toward Apple's goal of selling the iPhone in China have appeared on its own Web site and that of a Chinese government organization.

Thu, 11 Jun 09
Loyal iPhone Users Irate Over Upgrade Fee (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090610/bs_nf/67105
NewsFactor - The iPhone 3G S may spark a new wave of adoption for Apple thanks to price cuts on the legacy model, but iPhone loyalists are angry over AT&T's upgrade pricing.

Thu, 11 Jun 09
Court: Appeal from Selena's killer in wrong court (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_en_mu/us_selena_appeal


FILE - In this March 7, 1995 file photo, Tejano music star Selena poses in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo/Paul Howell, Houston Chronicle, file)AP - The convicted killer of Tejano music star Selena lost an appeal Wednesday in Texas' highest criminal appeals court because it was filed in the wrong county.

Thu, 11 Jun 09
Whoops! iPhone 3G S Specs Leaked Online (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090610/tc_pcworld/whoopsiphone3gsspecsleakedonline
PC World - Apple's been keeping quiet about the specs of its new iPhone 3G S, the next-generation device unveiled at Monday's Worldwide Developers Conference. We know all about the iPhone's various features and operating system enhancements, sure, but what's going on under the hood has remained a mystery -- at least, until now.

Thu, 11 Jun 09
China Internet filter challenged in rights uproar (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090611/wr_nm/us_china_internet
Reuters - A Chinese lawyer has demanded a public hearing to reconsider a government demand that all new personal computers carry Internet filtering software, adding to uproar over a plan critics say is ineffective and intrusive.

Thu, 11 Jun 09
Facebook to let users add names to profile addresses (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090611/tc_afp/usitinternetfacebook


The logo of social networking website 'Facebook' is displayed on a computer screen. Facebook on Friday will begin letting members use their full names in online addresses for profile pages at the popular online social networking service.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Facebook on Friday will begin letting members use their full names in online addresses for profile pages at the popular online social networking service.

Thu, 11 Jun 09
Microsoft will soon unveil free anti-virus software (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090610/tc_nm/us_microsoft_security
Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) Microsoft Corp is getting ready to unveil a long-anticipated free anti-virus service for personal computers that will compete with products sold by Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc.

Thu, 11 Jun 09
Firefox 3.5 Features New Javascript Engine, Built-in Video (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090610/tc_pcworld/firefox35featuresnewjavascriptenginebuiltinvideo
PC World - The next version of Firefox will include next-generation features Mozilla hopes will help the browser stand apart from competitors.

Thu, 11 Jun 09
Chillingo releases Defender Chronicles for iPhone, iPod touch (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090610/tc_macworld/chillingoreleasesdefenderchroniclesforiphoneipodtouch
Macworld.com - Chillingo and Gimka Entertainment on Wednesday announced the release of Defender Chronicles — a new side-view tower defense game for the iPhone and iPod touch. It costs $3 as an introductory price, and will go up to $5 after the first week.

Wed, 10 Jun 09
Study: Craigslist revenue to climb 23 pct to $100M (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090610/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_craigslist_revenue
AP - Craigslist, one of the Internet's top sites for classified ads, is thriving while newspapers and other marketing-driven media are reeling from huge revenue losses, according to a report to be released Wednesday.

Wed, 10 Jun 09
Friday is final curtain for analog TV signals (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090609/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_tv_transition


In this June 5, 2009 photo, digital television converter boxes are on display at Radio Shack in Gloucester, Mass. Remaining television stations that have not already made the switch to digital signals are scheduled to cut their analog signals on June 12. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)AP - The last major TV stations that are still broadcasting in analog will turn those signals off Friday and go all digital. And this time, they really mean it.

Wed, 10 Jun 09
Bing swing: New search engine ups Redmond's share (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090609/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_microsoft_bing
AP - In the week since Microsoft Corp. launched Bing, its new search engine, the software maker's share of U.S. Web searches has crept into double digits for the first time in two years.

Wed, 10 Jun 09
APNewsBreak: Group says poker winnings are frozen (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090609/ap_on_hi_te/us_online_poker
AP - An advocacy group for online poker said Tuesday that the federal government has frozen more than $30 million in the accounts of payment processors that handle the winnings of thousands of online poker players.

Wed, 10 Jun 09
'Guerrilla drive-ins' turn nostalgia on its head (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090609/ap_on_re_us/us_guerrilla_drive_in


John Young, creator of West Chester Guerilla Drive-In, prepares the film projector inside Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia on Friday May 29, 2009. For the last four years or so, the 38-year-old Web developer has been showing 16mm films from a 1970s school projector mounted on the sidecar of his 1977 BMW motorcycle. He's presented more than a dozen movies at locations suited for the theme: 'Meatballs' at a canoe rental center, 'Caddyshack' on a golf course, and most recently, 'Ghostbusters' at Fort Mifflin, a favorite haunt of paranormal investigators. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)AP - Think the only way to see a big-screen movie is while slurping a 64-oz. soft drink, eating a $5 candy bar and shushing the wannabe film critic behind you?

Wed, 10 Jun 09
T-Mobile Data Was Not Taken by Hacking, Company Says (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090609/tc_pcworld/tmobiledatawasnottakenbyhackingcompanysays
PC World - T-Mobile USA data that was posted to the Internet over the weekend is genuine, but the company was not hacked, the U.S. carrier said Tuesday.

Wed, 10 Jun 09
Apple Design Awards ceremony celebrates great iPhone, Mac apps (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090610/tc_macworld/appledesignawardsceremonycelebratesgreatiphonemacapps
Macworld.com - The annual Apple Design Awards are a bit like the Oscars.

Wed, 10 Jun 09
The Smartphone Forecast for 2009 (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090610/tc_pcworld/thesmartphoneforecastfor2009
PC World - The Palm Pre and the Apple iPhone 3G S are the smartphone standouts of 2009, but they're not the only news. Operating systems are receiving updates, new devices are debuting, and app stores are growing by the day. Here's what to look for from the six big operating systems in smartphones today.

Wed, 10 Jun 09
Music industry battles Spanish computer buff (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090609/ap_on_hi_te/eu_spain_internet_piracy


Pablo Soto speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Madrid, Friday, May 29, 2009. In 2001, Soto launched Blubster, one of the world's most popular peer-to-peer Internet file-sharing programs of recent years. These days Soto is the lone defendant in the latest major legal battle by the mighty music industry against Internet piracy.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)AP - Pablo Soto's story may be every computer whiz kid's dream — or nightmare. After leaving school at 16 to support his family, he managed to eke out a living doing what he loves most: designing computer programs.

Wed, 10 Jun 09
US parents rearing a gadget generation: NPD Group (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090609/tc_afp/usitinternetchildrentelecom


Fair goers playing ames at a computer game fair. Research released Tuesday indicates that US parents are rearing a young gadget generation that is at home with smartphones, laptop computers, and videogame consoles.(AFP/File/Barbara Sax)AFP - Research released Tuesday indicates that US parents are rearing a young gadget generation that is at home with smartphones, laptop computers, and videogame consoles.

Wed, 10 Jun 09
Google Quick Search Box released (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090610/tc_macworld/googlequicksearchboxreleased
Macworld.com - Google Quick Search Box, which we covered when it was just a developer preview six months ago, has just been officially released. Quick Search Box is the child of Quicksilver, which isn’t surprising since Quicksilver creator Nicholas Jitkoff works for Google and is one of Quick Search Box’s developers.

Wed, 10 Jun 09
Adobe Fixes Security Bugs in Reader, Acrobat (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090610/tc_pcworld/adobefixessecuritybugsinreaderacrobat
PC World - Adobe has released critical security patches, fixing 13 bugs in its Reader and Acrobat software.

Wed, 10 Jun 09
T-Mobile: No security breach in alleged hacking (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090609/ap_on_hi_te/us_tmobile_hacking
AP - T-Mobile USA Inc. said Tuesday that it did not suffer a security breach after a hacker claimed this weekend to have accessed the company's servers.

Wed, 10 Jun 09
Microsoft, Adobe warn of critical security flaws (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090609/tc_nm/us_microsoft_security


A man walks by the logo of Microsoft in a shop of Brussels in this September 17, 2007 file photo. The company issued software to fix 31 security flaws in its programs, a single-day record for the company whose products are targeted by hackers because they sit on the vast majority of computers. REUTERS/Sebastien PirletReuters - Microsoft Corp issued software to fix a record 31 security flaws in its programs, and Adobe Systems Inc warned that glitches in its products could let hackers take control of a user's PC.

Wed, 10 Jun 09
Firefox 3.5 moves to preview phase (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090609/tc_infoworld/78846
InfoWorld - Rather than offering a release candidate as had been expected, Mozilla this week released a preview of its upcoming Firefox 3.5 browser, adding fixes to bugs and the browser's JavaScript engine as well as improvements for video and audio playback.

Wed, 10 Jun 09
Mac News Briefs: Adobe puts out Acrobat, Reader security updates (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090609/tc_macworld/macnewsbriefsadobeputsoutacrobatreadersecurityupdates
Macworld.com - Adobe has updated its Acrobat and Adobe Reader programs to fix what the company is calling "critical vulnerabilities" in its PDF creation application and free PDF viewer.

Tue, 9 Jun 09
Apple drops entry iPhone to $99, unveils new model (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090609/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple


Scott Forstall, of iPhone Software, talks about different languages for the Apple iPhone OS 3.0, at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Monday, June 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Apple Inc. slashed the entry price for an iPhone in half and lowered some laptops by $300 Monday, the company's first dramatic price cuts since the recession began a year and a half ago.

Tue, 9 Jun 09
China requires PCs to come with anti-porn software (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_internet


FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2009 file photo, a man uses a computer at an Internet cafe in Fuyang, central China's Anhui province. China wants all personal computers sold domestically to come with software that blocks access to online pornography, which it has banned, the main developer of the software said Monday, June 8, 2009. (AP Photo, File)AP - China is requiring personal computers sold in the country to carry software that blocks online pornography and other Web sites, potentially giving one of the world's most sophisticated censorship regimes even more control over the Internet.

Tue, 9 Jun 09
Minn. regulators drop bid to block online gambling (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_internet_gambling
AP - Minnesota regulators may have been outplayed when they bet a decades-old federal law would lend itself to an online gambling crackdown.

Tue, 9 Jun 09
Texas Instruments boosts 2Q guidance range (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_hi_te/us_texas_instruments_outlook
AP - Chip maker Texas Instruments Inc. raised expectations for its second-quarter profit and revenue on Monday, sending its shares higher in after-hours trading and signaling that demand may be improving for the battered semiconductor industry.

Tue, 9 Jun 09
Qwest to keep long-distance business (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_hi_te/us_qwest_long_distance
AP - Qwest Communications International Inc. on Monday said it is calling off the auction for its nationwide long-haul data and telephone network.

Tue, 9 Jun 09
Spam Drops 15 Percent After FTC Pricewert Takedown (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090609/tc_pcworld/spamdrops15percentafterftcpricewerttakedown
PC World - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's recent takedown of an Internet service provider thought to be a safe haven for spammers has reduced spam volumes, but only by a little.

Tue, 9 Jun 09
Snow Leopard Taps Into the Mac's Core Power (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090609/tc_pcworld/snowleopardtapsintothemacscorepower
PC World - Laptops and desktops could see software performance gains with parallel programming tools built into Apple's new operating system, Mac OS X 10.6, which was introduced by the company on Monday.

Tue, 9 Jun 09
Apple's iPhone 3G S Offers Speed, Life; Old Model Now $99 (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20090608/bs_ibd_ibd/20090608feature
Investor's Business Daily - On the heels of Saturday's debut of Palm's (NasdaqGS:PALM - News) supposed "iPhone killer," Apple (NasdaqGS:AAPL - News) on Monday unveiled its next-generation smart phone, the iPhone 3G S, with $199 and $299 models. It also dropped the price of the current iPhone 3G to $99.

Tue, 9 Jun 09
Review: Kasabian maintains electro-psychedelic mix (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_en_ot/us_music_review_kasabian
In this CD cover image released by RCA/Sony, the latest by Kasabian, 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum' is shown. (AP Photo/RCA/Sony)AP - Kasabian, "West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum" (RCA/Sony)

Tue, 9 Jun 09
Sony: Who Needs a PlayStation 3 Price Drop? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090608/tc_pcworld/sonywhoneedsaplaystation3pricedrop
PC World - Sony teased Final Fantasy XIV and The Last Guardian. Microsoft trotted out new Halo games. Nintendo laid down Mario and Metroid. Everyone sang to the rafters at last week's E3 about motion controls. And in the end, despite recessive economics, no one budged an inch on pricing.

Tue, 9 Jun 09
Apple posts QuickTime movie of WWDC keynote (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090609/tc_macworld/applepostsquicktimemovieofwwdckeynote
Macworld.com - Apple has posted the keynote address of the 2009 Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). All you need is QuickTime installed in order to watch it.

Tue, 9 Jun 09
Chinese Web filter move raises issues: Microsoft (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090609/tc_afp/chinausitcomputerinternetcensorship


People use computers at an internet bar in Beijing last week. China will require all personal computers sold in the country from July 1 to come with software that blocks access to certain websites, the Wall Street Journal has reported.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Microsoft said a Chinese rule that personal computers sold in the country include Web filtering software raises issues of freedom of expression, privacy, and security which "need to be properly addressed."

Tue, 9 Jun 09
Facebook 'Pick Five' Lists: The Hottest and the Wildest (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090609/tc_pcworld/facebookpickfiveliststhehottestandthewildest
PC World - As Facebook has rocketed to its current position as the most popular social networking destination on the Web, some people have wondered whether there would be enough things for all of those millions of users to do once they arrived. That remains to be seen over the long term.

Tue, 9 Jun 09
Dell Bundling Open Source Applications for SMBs (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090609/tc_pcworld/dellbundlingopensourceapplicationsforsmbs
PC World - Dell is planning to offer small and medium businesses (SMBs) globally pre-configured bundles of hardware and open source software to run their businesses, according to an executive at the company.

Tue, 9 Jun 09
Apple unveils new iPhone without Steve Jobs (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090609/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwaretelecomcompanyapple


Apple Senior Vice President of iPhone Software Scott Forstall delivers a keynote address on the new iPhone 3.0 operating system at the Apple World Wide Developers conference in San Francisco, California. Apple announced on Monday that a new version of its hot-selling iPhone would be launched later this month and that the price of an earlier model was dropping to 99 dollars.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Apple aimed to make hot-selling iPhones even more appealing, premiering a speedier new model complete with a video camera and slashing the price of its predecessor to 99 dollars.

Mon, 8 Jun 09
New site promotes journalists as individual brands (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_branding_online_journalists
AP - First came bylines for once-anonymous journalists. Then came their photos, particularly as news shifted online, and blogs began to carry mug shots of their writers.

Mon, 8 Jun 09
Japan explores using cell phones to stop pandemics (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090607/ap_on_hi_te/as_tec_japan_mobile_pandemic_stopper


In this photo taken on May 21, 2009, schoolchildren wearing protective masks as a precaution against swine flu walk together at a train station in Kawasaki, west of Tokyo, after the first cases of swine flu were confirmed in Japan's capital. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)AP - A few months from now, a highly contagious disease will spread through a Japanese elementary school. The epidemic will start with several unwitting children, who will infect others as they attend classes and wander the halls.

Mon, 8 Jun 09
Swedish Pirate Party enters EU parliament: partial results (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090607/tc_afp/euvotesweden


Rick Falkvinge (L) leader of Sweden's Pirate Party, rejoices together with the party's deputy leader and European parliament candidate Christian Engstromr after the preliminary results of the Swedish votes in the European parliament election in Stockholm. The Swedish party that wants to legalise Internet filesharing scored a big victory by winning a European parliament seat, results showed.(AFP/SCANPIX/Fredrik Persson)AFP - A Swedish party that wants to legalise Internet filesharing and beef up web privacy scored a big victory Sunday by winning a European parliament seat, results showed.

Mon, 8 Jun 09
Ubisoft merges videogames and film making (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090607/tc_afp/usfranceitinternetfilmvideogamesubisoft


An Ubisoft employers works at the company headquarters in Montreuil-sous-Bois outside Paris in 2007. Ubisoft is rising to a new level by collaborating with famed director James Cameron on a title crafted as an extension of his highly-anticipated 3D movie AFP - French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft is building its movie-making muscles.

Mon, 8 Jun 09
Apple might give glimpse at Jobs and new iPhone (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090607/tc_afp/usitinternettelecomcompanyapple


A man operates his Apple iPhone in Paris, 2008. Apple on Monday is expected to unveil a next-generation iPhone and possibly provide a glimpse at long-absent chief executive Steve Jobs as it kicks off a software developers conference.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)AFP - Apple on Monday is expected to unveil a next-generation iPhone and possibly provide a glimpse at long-absent chief executive Steve Jobs as it kicks off a software developers conference here.

Mon, 8 Jun 09
China to require PCs with software to block sites: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090608/wr_nm/us_china_software
Reuters - China's government wants all PCs sold in the country from July 1 to be loaded with software that blocks certain websites, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

Sun, 7 Jun 09
20K people outside US got Obama speech texts (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090606/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_online
AP - More than 20,000 people outside the U.S. received free text messages about President Barack Obama's speech to Muslims in Cairo, Egypt.

Sun, 7 Jun 09
Fans gather for launch of 'iPhone killer' Palm Pre (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090607/wr_nm/us_palm_pre


The new Palm Pre cellular phone can be seen in New York June 3, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - Small crowds gathered on Saturday for the official launch of Pre, the smartphone seen as Palm Inc's best chance to claw back market share from Apple Inc's iPhone and Research In Motion Ltd's Blackberry.

Sun, 7 Jun 09
Computex Attendance Falls but Android Dazzles (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090606/tc_pcworld/computexattendancefallsbutandroiddazzles
PC World - The Computex Taipei 2009 electronics show ended Saturday after a week-long display of new gadgets, including netbooks, ultra thin laptops made with new Intel chips and several surprises surrounding Google's Android mobile phone operating system.

Sun, 7 Jun 09
Pre Hunt: In Search of the Elusive New Palm Device (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090607/tc_pcworld/prehuntinsearchoftheelusivenewpalmdevice
PC World - As a college student who just wrapped up my final year of classes, I find myself with a lot of free time on my hands. When a supposed iPhone killer goes on sale nationwide, I will do whatever it takes to get my hands on one to see what all the fuss is about.

Sat, 6 Jun 09
Reality bites Internet as 1Q ad sales fall 5 pct (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090605/ap_on_hi_te/us_internet_advertising
AP - Internet advertising in the United States dropped 5 percent in the first quarter, marking the marketing medium's first downturn since 2002 when the Web was still recovering from the dot-com bust.

Sat, 6 Jun 09
Apple's next iPhone crop must fight off more pests (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090605/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple_s_counterpunch


FILE - In this file photo taken Oct. 14, 2008, Apple CEO Steve Jobs gestures during a product announcement at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. The next version of Apple's smart phone has to outdo a slew of gadgets — including one that comes out this Saturday, June 6, 2009 — that emulate or improve on some of the iPhone's best features. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - When Apple Inc. launched an updated iPhone at its annual gathering of software developers last June, its biggest competitor was the iPhone that Apple had introduced the year before.

Sat, 6 Jun 09
NYPD looking at futuristic weapons technology (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090605/ap_on_hi_te/ny_cop_shoots_cop
AP - The New York Police Department is looking into adapting futuristic technology that would allow officers' guns to recognize one another in an effort to avoid the type of friendly fire incident that left a cop dead last week.

Sat, 6 Jun 09
Sprint CEO: Palm Pre is `coming out party' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090605/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_sprint_palm_pre
AP - No doubt bolstered by positive reviews, Sprint Nextel Corp. CEO Dan Hesse said Saturday's release of Palm Inc.'s Pre smart phone represents a "coming out party" for Sprint as it seeks to reverse subscriber losses.

Sat, 6 Jun 09
Palm Pre Not Sold on Sprint's Web Site at Launch (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090605/tc_pcworld/palmprenotsoldonsprintswebsiteatlaunch
PC World - Sprint quietly made some adjustments to its Palm Pre availability press release today. Initially, the release stated you could buy the Pre at Sprint stores, Best Buy, Radio Shack, select Wal-Mart stores and online at Sprint.com . And poof! The ability to buy your shiny new Pre online is gone

Sat, 6 Jun 09
Palm Pre Launch Is High-stakes Gamble (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090605/tc_pcworld/palmprelaunchishighstakesgamble
PC World - Saturday, the launch day for the Palm Pre smartphone, will be a big day all around for Palm, struggling carrier Sprint Nextel and anyone looking for another slick alternative to the Apple iPhone. But next Friday may have even more historic significance for all those parties, according to Avi Greengart.

Sat, 6 Jun 09
Garmin to sell wireless phone in Asia (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090605/ap_on_hi_te/us_garmin_nuvifone
AP - Navigational device maker Garmin Ltd. will start selling its oft-delayed wireless phone in Asia within the next month, Chief Operating Officer Cliff Pemble told shareholders Friday.

Sat, 6 Jun 09
Brand-Name LCD HDTVs Get Cheaper (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090605/tc_pcworld/brandnamelcdhdtvsgetcheaper
PC World - Anyone familiar with LCD HDTVs expects their prices to decrease, and for TVs from established companies to cost more than models from upstarts like Insignia and Vizio--but no one expects the top-shelf brands to come down in price faster than the value brands.

Sat, 6 Jun 09
E3 bodes well for videogame lovers (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090606/bs_afp/usitinternetvideogamese3


Showgoers try out a Blur car chase game at the Activision exhibit at the 2009 E3 Expo in Los Angeles, California. Videogame makers at E3 this week shrugged off the dismal economy, debuting supercharged sequels to blockbuster titles and play that is increasingly social and active(AFP/Getty Images/David Mcnew)AFP - Videogame makers at E3 this week shrugged off the dismal economy, debuting supercharged sequels to blockbuster titles and play that is increasingly social and active.

Sat, 6 Jun 09
Jobs may spark move in Apple shares on Monday (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090606/tc_nm/us_apple_jobs


Apple Inc.'s Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is shown in this combination photo of file photographs dating (top row L to R) July 2000, November 2003, September 2005, (bottom L to R) September 2006, January 2007 and September 2008. Jobs will take a medical leave of absence until the end of June because his health problems are Reuters - A surprise appearance by Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs at the company's annual developer conference could boost its stock on Monday, but his absence might trigger a bigger move in the other direction.

Sat, 6 Jun 09
Man Made $112,000 in Bank Account Hacking Scheme (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090606/tc_pcworld/manmade112000inbankaccounthackingscheme
PC World - A Hampton, New Hampshire, man has pleaded guilty to fraud charges for his role in a scheme to empty brokerage accounts by installing malicious Trojan horse software on victims' computers.

Sat, 6 Jun 09
IBM trades legal suits with Philippine govt agency (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090605/tc_afp/philippinesitjusticeibm


IBM building in downtown Chicago. The local unit of US computer giant IBM has filed a libel suit against a Philippine government agency after being accused of selling it faulty software, court records showed Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)AFP - The local unit of US computer giant IBM has filed a libel suit against a Philippine government agency after being accused of selling it faulty software, court records showed Friday.

Sat, 6 Jun 09
ATM Malware Spreading Around the World (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090605/tc_pcworld/atmmalwarespreadingaroundtheworld
PC World - Cash machines around the world are hosting malware that can harvest a person's card details for use in fraud, a situation that could worsen as the malware becomes more sophisticated, according to a security researcher.

Sat, 6 Jun 09
Mac and Linux Users Can Use Chrome -- But Beware! (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090605/bs_nf/67017
NewsFactor - Google has released Chrome browser test builds for Mac OS X and Linux, but is warning users to beware.

Fri, 5 Jun 09
Web site tracks policy changes at popular sites (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_web_site_policies
AP - A new Web site unveiled Thursday will track policies imposed by popular Internet sites such as Facebook and Google, hoping to help users spot potentially harmful changes.

Fri, 5 Jun 09
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa sues Twitter (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090605/ap_on_hi_te/la_russa_twitter_lawsuit


St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Lohse, left, is pulled out of a baseball game by manager Tony La Russa, right, as Yadier Molina (4) and trainer Barry Weinberg look on during the third inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Wednesday, June 3, 2009, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is suing the social-networking site Twitter, claiming an unauthorized page that used his name to make light of drunken driving and two Cardinals pitchers who died damaged his reputation and caused emotional distress.

Fri, 5 Jun 09
FTC shuts allegedly rogue Internet provider (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_internet_provider_shutdown
AP - The federal government has severed the Internet connection of a company accused of helping criminals serve up a "witches' brew" of nasty content online, from computer viruses to child pornography.

Fri, 5 Jun 09
Common GPS could help better track airline flights (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_hi_te/us_tracking_planes


FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2008 file photo, air traffic controllers, from left to right: Karl Haynes, Jr., Danika Dry-Rodriguez, and Stephen Boyd, work in the control tower at Washington's Reagan National Airport. The disappearance of Air France Flight 477 has critics of radar-based air traffic control calling on the U.S. and other countries to hasten the move to GPS-based networks that promise to precisely track all planes. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Get lost in the woods and a cell phone in your pocket can help camping buddies find you. Drive into a ditch and GPS in your car lets emergency crews pinpoint the crash site. But when a transcontinental flight is above the middle of the ocean, no one on the ground can see exactly where it is — in the air, or worse, in the water.

Fri, 5 Jun 09
Sony becomes 2nd label on Vevo music video site (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_en_mu/us_sony_youtube_universal_music_group
AP - Recording company Sony Music Entertainment has joined Vevo, an online music video site due to launch this year with the backing of Universal Music Group and YouTube.

Fri, 5 Jun 09
Jason Priestley to direct online series (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090605/wr_nm/us_priestley
Reuters - TheWB.com is teaming with former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star Jason Priestley for "The Lake," a new online series.

Fri, 5 Jun 09
Suspense builds ahead of Apple extravaganza (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090605/tc_nm/us_apple_preview


An iPhone is seen in a store before it goes on sale in central Sydney July 10, 2008. REUTERS/Daniel MunozReuters - Apple Inc kicks off its annual developers' extravaganza on Monday under a tight lid of secrecy, with investors expecting the electronics maker to unveil new or cheaper versions of its popular iPhone.

Fri, 5 Jun 09
Opera Mobile Outduels iPhone's Safari in May (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090604/bs_nf/66989
NewsFactor - The Opera Mobile browser has overtaken the iPhone's Safari browser to become the world's number-one Web-surfing platform for mobile phones, according to StatCounter. The Dublin-based Web metrics firm, which records more than 10 billion page loads per month, said Opera held a 24.6 percent share of the global market in May compared to the iPhone's 22.3 percent share.

Fri, 5 Jun 09
Sony joins Universal, YouTube for music video site (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090604/media_nm/us_vevo
Reuters - Sony Corp's Sony Music Entertainment will join the online music video service being developed by Google Inc's YouTube and Universal Music Group.

Fri, 5 Jun 09
Videogames delivering workouts along with fun (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090605/tc_afp/usitinternetvideogameshealthe3


The Sony Playstation booth at the Electronic and Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California. The key gaming event that wrapped up on Thursday has seen new technology that aims to coax videogame-lovers off their couches as the industry sprints ahead with a trend toward fitness titles and motion-sensing controllers.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevork Djansezian)AFP - Videogame lovers are being coaxed off couches as the industry sprints ahead with a trend toward fitness titles and motion-sensing controllers.

Fri, 5 Jun 09
Report: Steve Jobs Returning to Work This Month (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090605/tc_pcworld/reportstevejobsreturningtoworkthismonth
PC World - Apple CEO Steve Jobs is on track to return from medical leave this month, and there is even speculation that he may be present at the company's annual software developers' conference next week at San Francisco, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, quoting people familiar with the matter.

Fri, 5 Jun 09
Intel, an infrequent acquirer, snaps up Wind River (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_hi_te/us_intel_acquisition


A worker walks outside the headquarters of software maker Wind River Systems Inc. in Alameda, Calif. Thursday, June 4, 2009. Intel Corp. said Thursday it will buy Wind River for $884 million in an all-cash deal that will help the world's largest computer chip maker expand beyond the PC market. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Intel Corp. is biting off its biggest acquisition in nearly a decade with an $884 million takeover of Wind River Systems Inc., a software maker with a colorful past.

Fri, 5 Jun 09
IDC: Recession Driving Down Storage Spending (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090605/tc_pcworld/idcrecessiondrivingdownstoragespending
PC World - Hard times are driving large enterprises to patch holes in their storage architectures with systems designed for small and medium-sized businesses, one reason enterprise disk storage revenue fell 18.2 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to research company IDC.

Fri, 5 Jun 09
Botnet, spam provider unplugged at FTC's request (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090604/wr_nm/us_cybersecurity_ftc
Reuters - An Internet service provider with links to Eastern Europe has been unplugged after it was suspected of being behind computer intrusions at NASA and sending massive amounts of malicious spam, the Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday.

Fri, 5 Jun 09
Intel Buys Wind River to Push Linux (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090604/tc_pcworld/intelbuyswindrivertopushlinux
PC World - Intel's acquisition of Wind River on Thursday is a strong push by the chip maker to extend Linux support across devices that use its processors, analysts said.

Thu, 4 Jun 09
Federal judge tosses warrantless wiretap cases (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090603/ap_on_hi_te/us_warrantless_wiretapping
AP - A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out more than three dozen lawsuits filed against the nation's telecommunications companies for allegedly taking part in the government's e-mail and telephone eavesdropping program that was done without court approval.

Thu, 4 Jun 09
Review: Dazzling Palm software beats the iPhone (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_life_tech_test_palm_pre


In this photo taken May 28, 2009, the Palm Pre is shown at Palm headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Move over, iPhone. You've had two years on top of the smart phone world. Now there's a touch-screen phone with better software: the Palm Pre.

Thu, 4 Jun 09
Microsoft, Sony take aim at Nintendo Wii at E3 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_en_ot/us_games_e3_big_three


Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata introduces Nintendo's new WII Vitality Sensor to check a user's pulse, at 2009 E3 Expo Nintendo Media Briefing at Club NOKIA in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo has been quite the moving experience.

Thu, 4 Jun 09
Yahoo sues NFL Players Association over data (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_hi_te/fbn_yahoo_nflpa
AP - Yahoo Inc. has sued the NFL Players Association, claiming it shouldn't have to pay royalties to use players' statistics, photos and other data in its popular online fantasy football game because the information is already publicly available.

Thu, 4 Jun 09
NetApp claims victory in bidding for Data Domain (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090603/ap_on_hi_te/us_netapp_acquisition
AP - NetApp Inc. has claimed victory over EMC Corp. in a bidding battle for Data Domain Inc., a company whose products help cut unnecessary data storage.

Thu, 4 Jun 09
Theater owners behind on 3-D projectors (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090603/ap_on_en_mo/us3_d_theater_shortage


Ashley Burdi, front left, her brother Isaac, front right, and parents Sarah, back left, and Louis, watch the 3-D movie Monsters and Aliens at the Cinemagic movie complex, Friday, May 22, 2009, in Saco, Maine. While movie studios have new and improved 3-D film-making technology, many movie-goers are frustrated to find that the vast majority of movie theaters don't yet have the ability to show 3-D movies. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - To hear the folks in Hollywood talk about it, improved 3-D technology and the quality films that are quickly lining up behind it represent nothing short of a moviegoing revolution. Tell that to the folks who still live hours from the nearest 3-D-equipped theater.

Thu, 4 Jun 09
German public broadcasters reduce Web offerings (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090604/media_nm/us_media_germany
Reuters - Germany's public broadcasters will drastically reduce the programing they put online in response to attacks from commercial channels and newspapers that the online offerings represent unfair competition.

Thu, 4 Jun 09
Palm's Pre: a star is born? (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090604/tc_nm/us_palm_pre_preview
Reuters - It's no iPhone-killer, but the launch this weekend of Palm Inc's "Pre" could well become the brightest event this year for a gloomy industry.

Thu, 4 Jun 09
Sony Ericsson unveils two "greener" phones (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090604/tc_nm/us_sonyericsson_phones
Reuters - Cellphone maker Sony Ericsson unveiled on Thursday two handset models it said are more eco-friendly, adding that the company will push greener features across its product line in the next two years.

Thu, 4 Jun 09
DISH, EchoStar win stay of TiVo patent award (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090604/media_nm/us_tivo
Reuters - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday stayed a Texas court's order forcing set-top box maker EchoStar Corp and satellite pay TV provider DISH Network Corp to disable millions of digital video recorders that infringe on a patent held by TiVo Inc.

Thu, 4 Jun 09
Videogame industry prays for resilient 2009 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090604/media_nm/us_videogames
Reuters - Game publishers, in a rare moment of solidarity, joined forces on Wednesday to convey optimism for the future of their $30 billion industry despite spiraling consumer spending and a global economic downturn.

Thu, 4 Jun 09
Palm's Pre shines in ways, not in others (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090604/tc_nm/us_column_pluggedin_palmpre
The new Palm Pre smartphone is displayed at the CTIA Wireless 2009 convention in Las Vegas, Nevada April 2, 2009. Reuters/David BeckerReuters - The long-awaited Pre has nice new touches, but Palm Inc has a lot of work to do if the device is to be a serious competitor to the iPhone.

Thu, 4 Jun 09
Yahoo! doesn't need Microsoft deal: CEO (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090604/bs_afp/usitcompanyinternetyahoomicrosoft


Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz, seen here in April 2009, played down speculation on Wednesday of an Internet search tie-up with Microsoft saying the Web pioneer did not need to make a deal with the software giant.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz played down speculation of an Internet search tie-up with Microsoft saying the Web pioneer did not need to make a deal with the software giant.

Thu, 4 Jun 09
Sun Tests Java Store To Connect Developers with Users (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090603/bs_nf/66970
NewsFactor - Sun Microsystems is all about the connection. On Wednesday at the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco, Sun announced it's launching the Java Store, a network service that will connect developers with millions of Java users.

Thu, 4 Jun 09
Acer Will Use Moblin Linux Across Its Products (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090603/tc_pcworld/acerwillusemoblinlinuxacrossitsproducts
PC World - The world's third-largest PC vendor plans to roll out the Moblin Linux operating system, championed by Intel, in its products, a top executive said Wednesday.

Wed, 3 Jun 09
Microsoft ads say search is sick, Bing is the cure (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090603/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_microsoft_bing_advertising
AP - Microsoft Corp. is inventing a new malady for which its new Web search site, Bing, is the only cure.

Wed, 3 Jun 09
China cracks down on Twitter, other social media (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090603/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tiananmen


In this photo taken on Friday, May 29, 2009, a police car is parked in front of the Tiananmen Gate with the portrait of former leader Mao Zedong, monitoring the visitors at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing. On Tuesday, June 2, 2009, Chinese authorities rounded up dissidents and shut down Internet chat and image sharing sites in an apparent clampdown ahead of the 20th anniversary of the bloody suppression of 1989's Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Chinese authorities shut down blogs, Internet forums and social media sites such as Twitter in an apparent attempt to stem online political discussion ahead of Thursday's 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on 1989's Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests.

Wed, 3 Jun 09
At 25, `Tetris' drops into place as gaming icon (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090602/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_tetris_turns25


In this photo taken Friday, May 22, 2009, John Clemente plays Tetris, a puzzle video game, at Barcade in the Brooklyn section of New York. Completed in 1984 and made available as a computer game in 1985, Tetris is perhaps the world's most recognized video game. Still played by millions around the world, on Facebook, the iPhone, on computers and gaming consoles, the casual game pioneer celebrates its 25th birthday this week. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - With its scratches and sticky brown beer stains, the "Tetris" arcade machine near the back of a Brooklyn bar called Barcade has seen better days. Which makes sense, given that the machine was made in the 1980s.

Wed, 3 Jun 09
Much riding on success — or failure — of Palm Pre (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090602/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_palm_pre


In this photo taken Thursday, May 28, 2009, the Palm Pre is shown at Palm headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Industry watchers view the Pre as a make-or-break product for the beleaguered handset maker: Its success could signal Palm's resurgence in a market largely dominated by Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry handsets, while failure may spell the end of the very company that helped usher in the handheld computing era with the release of the original Palm Pilot in 1996. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - When Palm Inc.'s and Sprint Nextel Corp.'s latest bundle of smart phone joy, the Pre, arrives Saturday, it will be entering an increasingly crowded market backed by parents that have a lot riding on its success.

Wed, 3 Jun 09
Windows 7 confirmed for holiday season PCs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090602/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_microsoft_windows7
AP - Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that Windows 7, the next version of its computer operating software, will go on sale Oct. 22, in time to possibly give the slumping PC industry a lift in the holiday season.

Wed, 3 Jun 09
Acer to offer Google's Android in netbook PCs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090602/ap_on_hi_te/as_tec_techbit_android_netbooks


Visitors inspect Acer laptops running Google's new Android operating system at Computex Taipei 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Computex Taipei is the world's second largest annual Information Technology exhibition. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - Small new "netbook" computers from Acer Inc. will come with Google Inc.'s Android operating system if buyers desire, instead of Windows from Microsoft Corp.

Wed, 3 Jun 09
Celebrity Indian blogger turns to books (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090603/wr_nm/us_books_india_varma_life_net
Reuters - Amit Varma, one of India's most popular bloggers, once wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal, worked on a cricket website and also dabbled in advertising. Now, he's turning his writing skills to books.

Wed, 3 Jun 09
TiVo prevails in long-running EchoStar patent case (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090603/tc_nm/us_tivo_lawsuit


A screen shows Internet services available through an broadband-connected TiVo digital video recorder at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2006. REUTERS/Steve MarcusReuters - A federal judge in Texas awarded set-top box maker TiVo Inc an additional $103 million in damages plus interest on Tuesday in a long-running patent infringement dispute with DISH Network Corp and EchoStar Corp.

Wed, 3 Jun 09
AT&T Wants Kindle Rival, New Data Plans (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090603/tc_pcworld/atamptwantskindlerivalnewdataplans
PC World - AT&T is aggressively pursuing wireless connectivity for devices such as e-readers but needs to develop new pricing plans for them, the head of the carrier's new-devices business said Tuesday.

Wed, 3 Jun 09
Court orders EchoStar to pay TiVo $103 million (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090603/en_nm/us_echostar


A screen shows Internet services available through an broadband-connected TiVo digital video recorder at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2006. REUTERS/Steve MarcusReuters - Satellite service provider EchoStar is in contempt of a permanent injunction against using some of TiVo's technology and must pay the DVR pioneer $103.1 million plus interest, a court ruled Tuesday.

Wed, 3 Jun 09
Sony lifts curtain on new PSP (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090603/media_nm/us_videogames_e3


Sony's gaming chief Kaz Hirai displays the new Sony PSP Go at the Sony E3 media briefing in Los Angeles June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Fred ProuserReuters - Sony Corp unveiled on Tuesday a smaller, lighter PlayStation handled game device called the PSP Go, in a race to catch rival Nintendo in an intensely competitive mobile games arena.

Wed, 3 Jun 09
Adobe launches BrowserLab preview (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090603/tc_macworld/adobelaunchesbrowserlabpreview
Macworld.com - Adobe Wednesday will unveil Adobe BrowserLab, a fully hosted online service that lets professional Web designers preview how their sites will look in various Web browsers on the Mac and Windows platforms. The service uses virtualization technology to produce real-time screen shots of how different browsers will render Web sites, without users needing to have all the browsers installed.

Wed, 3 Jun 09
Opera releases first test version of new browser (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090603/wr_nm/us_opera_browser
Reuters - Norway's Opera Software released on Wednesday the first test version of Opera 10, the newest version of its browser, promising faster downloads, new design and new features.

Wed, 3 Jun 09
Time on social networks almost doubles in a year (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090603/wr_nm/us_internet_social_net
Reuters - Spending more time on social networks and blogs? You're not alone, with the latest figures showing the number of minutes spent on social networking sites in the United States has almost doubled over the past year.

Wed, 3 Jun 09
Fed Up With Twitter Spam? It’s Going to Get Worse (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090602/tc_pcworld/fedupwithtwitterspamitsgoingtogetworse
PC World - As every Twitter user knows, the popular micro-blogging site has become a hot spot for spammers intent on carpet bombing users with the usual pitches for government grants, debt-reduction services, and penile-enhancement pills.

Wed, 3 Jun 09
Android Netbooks Coming From Acer and ASUSTeK (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090602/bs_nf/66923
NewsFactor - Android, the open-source operating system from Google, is now in the ring against the heavyweight champion for computers, Microsoft Windows. In the latest round Tuesday, laptop makers Acer and ASUSTeK Computer said they will release netbooks with Android later this year.

Tue, 2 Jun 09
Microsoft unveils motion control for Xbox 360 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090601/ap_on_hi_te/us_games_e3_microsoft


In this product image released by Microsoft, a Project Natal sensor for the XBOX 360 is shown. The sensor tracks a player's full body movement while responding to commands, directions and a shift of emotion in voice without the need for a controller. (AP Photo/Microsoft)AP - Gamers, get ready for your close-up.

Tue, 2 Jun 09
Kindle display maker E Ink to be bought for $215M (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090601/ap_on_hi_te/us_e_ink_acquisition
AP - E Ink Corp., the maker of the innovative display for the Amazon Kindle e-book reader, said Monday it has agreed to be acquired by a Taiwanese company for $215 million.

Tue, 2 Jun 09
AP source: DirecTV CEO in talks to join News Corp. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090601/ap_on_hi_te/us_directv_news_corp
AP - The chief executive of DirecTV Group Inc. is in talks to return to News Corp. to be Rupert Murdoch's second in command.

Tue, 2 Jun 09
Cisco addition increases technology clout in Dow (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090601/ap_on_hi_te/us_dow_component_cisco
AP - Miles per hour — out. Bits per second — in.

Tue, 2 Jun 09
US military tweets news from Afghanistan (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090601/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_tweeting_military


This screen shot taken from Twitter.com shows the Twitter page of the U.S. military in Afghanistan. The U.S. military in Afghanistan is launching a Facebook page, a YouTube site and feeds on Twitter as part of a new communications effort to reach readers who get their information on the Internet rather than in newspapers, officials said Monday, June 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - U.S. and Afghan forces killed four militants in Wardak province, the U.S. military tweeted on Monday.

Tue, 2 Jun 09
Xbox Live links to Twitter-Facebook-Last.fm (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090602/tc_afp/usitinternetvideogamese3microsoftfacebooktwitter


Twitter is added to XBox Live online community at Microsoft's XBox 360 media briefing to open the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, California. The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is a three-day event dedicated to the gaming industry.(AFP/Getty Images/Kevork Djansezian)AFP - Microsoft said that social networking sensations Twitter and Facebook, along with Internet radio star Last.fm, are connecting to the Xbox 360 videogame console online world.

Tue, 2 Jun 09
Mac News Briefs: Yenco.com overhauls Finance budgeting app (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20090602/tc_macworld/macnewsbriefsyencocomoverhaulsfinancebudgetingapp
Macworld.com - Yenco.com has overhauled Finance, its bank account and budget management software, as part of its ongoing effort to move its applications to a more modern architecture.

Tue, 2 Jun 09
Intel unveils chip for ultra-thin laptops (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090602/tc_nm/us_intel
Reuters - Intel Corp on Monday launched a lighter, power-saving microprocessor intended for use in ultra-thin laptops, a move by the top chip maker to shore up its lead in mobile computing.

Tue, 2 Jun 09
Microsoft unveils new Xbox technology, enlists Facebook (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090601/wr_nm/us_videogames_microsoft
Reuters - Microsoft Corp on Monday offered a glimpse into a future where the Xbox 360 console is the centerpiece of any living room, and games, social interaction and communications are controlled with the wave of a hand.

Tue, 2 Jun 09
Ubisoft puts players in new fitness videogame (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090602/tc_afp/usfrancejapanitinternethealthvideogamese3ubisoft


File photo shows fair goers playing Ubisoft war games at a computer game fair in Leipzig, eastern Germany. French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft is putting players into the action when it comes to fitness training.(AFP/File/Barbara Sax)AFP - French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft is putting players into the action when it comes to fitness training.

Tue, 2 Jun 09
Apple Patches QuickTime Bug That Was Hidden in Book (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090601/tc_pcworld/applepatchesquicktimebugthatwashiddeninbook
PC World - Apple has issued patches for its QuickTime and iTunes software, fixing critical security flaws along with a bug that was first hinted at earlier this year in a book on Macintosh computer hacking.

Tue, 2 Jun 09
Acer to sell Android netbook PCs in Q3 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090602/tc_nm/us_acer
Reuters - Acer, the world's No. 3 PC brand, said on Tuesday it plans to sell netbook PCs that run on Google's Android software in the third quarter of this year.

Tue, 2 Jun 09
AMD, Intel play computer server tennis (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090602/tc_nm/us_amd_intel


A Hewlett-Packard Pavilion dv2 laptop with an AMD Yukon platform (L) is shown next to a laptop displaying the Reuters - The battle between Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc for server market share heated up on Monday with AMD's release of a six-core Opteron server processor codenamed "Istanbul".

Tue, 2 Jun 09
Experts warn mobile phones face hacking threat (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090601/tc_nm/us_telecoms_security
Reuters - Accessing your bank account using your mobile phone might seem safe, but security experts say would-be hackers can access confidential information via a simple text message seemingly from your service provider.

Tue, 2 Jun 09
Red Hat looks to open up JBoss middleware (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090601/tc_infoworld/77591
InfoWorld - Flying the banner of multi-technology accommodation in its Java middleware stack, Red Hat is introducing on Monday its JBoss Open Choice application platform strategy.

Mon, 1 Jun 09
As Web communication shrinks, so do links (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090531/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_shrinking_urls
AP - On the short-messaging service Twitter, space is at a premium: You've got 140 characters to make your point, and you probably don't want to waste half of it on a super-sized link to your latest YouTube obsession.

Mon, 1 Jun 09
Adobe aids Flash apps developers (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090601/tc_infoworld/77187
InfoWorld - Tending to its bread-and-butter Flash technology, Adobe Systems will offer on Monday previews of rebranded version of its rich Internet application tools platform as well as a new tool for building user interfaces without coding.

Mon, 1 Jun 09
Sony to launch smaller, lighter PSP: game websites (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090601/tc_nm/us_sony


In this screen image released by Sony Computer Entertainment America, a scene is shown from Sucker Punch's superhero game 'inFamous' for the PlayStation 3. (AP Photo/ Sony Computer Entertainment America)Reuters - Japan's Sony Corp plans to sell a smaller and lighter PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld game machine later this year, according to video game websites which cite what they say is Sony's own promotional video clip.

Mon, 1 Jun 09
Africa's upwardly mobile money (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090601/wr_nm/us_africa_phones
Reuters - To 28-year-old Kenyan Mary Wanjiku, her cell phone is not just a cell phone. It is also a cheap, safe and easy way of sending her mother $40.

Mon, 1 Jun 09
Susan Boyle in clinic after collapse: report (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090601/ennew_afp/entertainmentbritainmusicinternetyoutubepeople


An ITV photo shows Scottish charity worker Susan Boyle appearing on Britain's Got Talent television show in April. Boyle, who became a global star when a clip of her singing was viewed 100 million times on YouTube, has been rushed to a health clinic suffering from exhaustion, reports said.(AFP/ITV/File)AFP - Scotland's Susan Boyle, who became a global star when a clip of her singing was viewed 100 million times on YouTube, has been rushed to a health clinic suffering from exhaustion, reports said.

Mon, 1 Jun 09
E3 seen returning to glitz (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090601/media_nm/us_videogames_e3
Reuters - The interactive videogame industry's biggest convention meets next week in Los Angeles promising a return to its glitzy past, but on the heels of weak sales and the slumping economy, the future of this fun and games business is no laughing matter.

Mon, 1 Jun 09
Is this the Next iPhone? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090531/tc_pcworld/isthisthenextiphone
PC World - Forget E3 and WWDC, we're getting all the info we need straight from the source: China.

Mon, 1 Jun 09
Green Tech Startup Pitches SaaS Energy Tool (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090601/tc_pcworld/greentechstartuppitchessaasenergytool
PC World - A startup founded by former executives from SAP and Oracle has rolled out a software-as-a-service offering designed to help large organizations reduce costs through better management of natural resources.

Mon, 1 Jun 09
OpenSolaris is becoming more like regular Solaris (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20090601/tc_infoworld/77292
InfoWorld - Lines are beginning to blur between the open source and commercial versions of the Sun Microsystems Solaris Unix operating system.

 

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