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Wed, 30 Jun 10
Google scrambles to save Internet license in China (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100629/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_google


FILE - In this April 12, 2006 file photo, Chinese poke their heads through a Google logo shortly after Google debuts its Chinese Language brand name in the Beijing Hotel in Beijing. Google Inc. said Tuesday, June 29, 2010, it will stop automatically rerouting users of its China search site to its Hong Kong site after Beijing said the company would lose its mainland Internet license if the tactic continued. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)AP - China is threatening to revoke Google's business license over the company's decision to redirect Chinese traffic to computers in Hong Kong that are not governed by the communist government's censorship practices.

Wed, 30 Jun 10
Hulu launches $10 video subscription service (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100629/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_hulu_subscription


FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2009 file screen grab, the home page of Hulu.com, is shown. Online video site Hulu has launched a $9.99-per-month paid section, under pressure to generate a profit from its media company parents.(AP Photo/Hulu)**NO SALES**AP - Online video site Hulu, under pressure from its media company parents to generate a bigger profit, launched a subscription service Tuesday with complete access to back episodes of popular television shows.

Wed, 30 Jun 10
IPhone insurance now available, but too expensive? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100629/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_iphone_insurance


FILE - In this June 24, 2010 file photo, Piotr Kubiak of Oakland, Ill., shows off his new Apple iPhone 4, outside of an Apple store, in Chicago. Absent-minded iPhone users can now insure their device against loss or accidents. But with high monthly fees and deductibles of $199, it might make more sense to just learn to be careful.(AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, file)AP - Absent-minded iPhone users can now insure their devices against loss or accidents. But with a $12 monthly fee and a $199 deductible for the latest model, it might make more sense to just learn to be careful.

Wed, 30 Jun 10
Windows 8 in the works, details leaked (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100629/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2926
Christopher Null - Now that you’re getting comfortable with Windows 7, it’s time to start thinking about the future. Windows 8 (or whatever it may be called) is well under way by now (it takes years for Microsoft to develop an operating system), so it was only a matter of time before the first real details would find their way out of Redmond.

Wed, 30 Jun 10
Airport scanners are totally going to kill us (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100629/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2941
Christopher Null - More doctors are sounding the alarm over the new full-body scanners becoming popular in airports.

Wed, 30 Jun 10
MapQuest beta version has a cleaner, simpler look (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100629/ap_on_hi_te/mapquest_new_look


This website image provided by MaqQuest shows the current look the company's home page MapQuest is testing a cleaner, simpler look with features that it hopes makes it easier for visitors to plan a road trip, from getting directions to figuring out where to stop along the way. (AP Photo/MapQuest) ** NO SALES **AP - MapQuest was long the leader among websites giving people online directions, but Google Maps surpassed it in 2008.

Wed, 30 Jun 10
Samsung Galaxy S: How Does It Measure Up to the Competition? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100630/tc_pcworld/samsunggalaxyshowdoesitmeasureuptothecompetition
PC World - This spring, Samsung introduced the Samsung Galaxy S, a super Android smartphone to rival the HTC EVO 4G, the various Droids (both Motorola's and HTC's) and of course, the iPhone 4.

Wed, 30 Jun 10
Hulu starts paid subscription TV service (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100629/en_nm/us_hulu
Reuters - Hulu introduced a new paid subscription service for watching TV shows and movies on mobile devices, game consoles, television sets and computers, and joined other media companies trying to strike a balance between paid and ad supported models.

Wed, 30 Jun 10
Foursquare raises $20 million in funding (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100630/wr_nm/us_foursquare
Co-founder of Foursquare, Naveen Selvadurai, accepts an award for Best Mobile Social Networking at the Webby Awards in New York June 14, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - Startup website Foursquare, a location-based services company, said it has raised $20 million in new funding.

Wed, 30 Jun 10
Dish Network spent $240,000 in 1Q on lobbying (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100629/ap_on_hi_te/us_dish_network_lobbying
AP - Satellite TV company Dish Network Corp. spent $240,000 in the first quarter lobbying the federal government, according to a recent disclosure report.

Wed, 30 Jun 10
Cisco unveils tablet computer for business users (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100630/bs_afp/usitcompanycomputercisco


US networking giant Cisco has unveiled a tablet computer for business professionals as technology rivals line up to compete with Apple's iPad.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)AFP - US networking giant Cisco has unveiled a tablet computer for business professionals as technology rivals line up to compete with Apple's iPad.

Wed, 30 Jun 10
Why the latest Verizon iPhone rumor could be real thing (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2237_why_the_latest_verizon_iphone_rumor_could_be_real_thing/36737116/SIG=13213tecl/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2237-why-the-latest-ve
Appolicious - As if selling 1.7 million iPhone 4s in three days is not enough, now comes word from Bloomberg that Apple will make the iPhone available to Verizon subscribers in January 2011.

Wed, 30 Jun 10
Google-ITA deal talks unnerves travel bosses (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100630/wr_nm/us_ita_google
Reuters - Google Inc's talks to buy ITA Software, an airline IT and services provider, has travel executives worried that the search engine giant could wield too much power in their industry.

Wed, 30 Jun 10
Cisco Energy Management Can Now Span Enterprise (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100629/tc_pcworld/ciscoenergymanagementcannowspanenterprise
PC World - Cisco Systems on Tuesday announced the Cisco Network Building Mediator Manager 6300, a platform to manage all the systems in an enterprise that consume energy, across all the organization's facilities.

Wed, 30 Jun 10
Security glitch exposes WellPoint data again (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100629/ap_on_bi_ge/us_wellpoint_security_breach
AP - WellPoint Inc. has notified 470,000 individual insurance customers that medical records, credit card numbers and other sensitive information may have been exposed in the latest security breach of the health insurer's records.

Wed, 30 Jun 10
Cisco Plans Business Tablet for Mobile Collaboration (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100629/bs_nf/74100
NewsFactor - Cisco, apparently wondering why consumers should have all the tablet fun, announced on Tuesday a "mobile collaboration business tablet." The new device, called Cius (pronounced "see-us"), is based on Google's open-source Android operating system and provides virtual desktop integration with Cisco's collaboration and communications applications.

Wed, 30 Jun 10
Google awaits China decision on licence (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100630/tc_afp/chinausitinternetgoogle


Google faced a nervous wait Wednesday to see if a last-ditch attempt to renew its Chinese business licence would pay off as the Internet giant vies to circumvent official censorship.(AFP/File)AFP - Google faced a nervous wait Wednesday to see if a last-ditch attempt to renew its Chinese business licence would pay off as the Internet giant vies to circumvent official censorship.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
Apple sells more than 1.7M iPhones in 3 days (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100628/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple_iphone


FILE - In this June 24, 2010 file photo, Duane Davis, left, learns about the new features of the Apple iPhone 4 while talking to an Apple employee during the first day of sales for the new phone at the Memorial City Mall Apple Store in Houston. Apple Inc. said Monday that it sold more than 1.7 million units of its new iPhone model in the first three days, making it the most successful product launch in the company's history from the standpoint of sales.(AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Michael Paulsen) ** MANDATORY CREDIT **AP - Apple Inc. said Monday that it sold more than 1.7 million units of its new iPhone model in the first three days, making it the most successful product launch in the company's history from the standpoint of sales.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
Analysts say Apple's iPhone 4 parts cost $187.51 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100628/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_iphone4_costs
AP - Apple Inc.'s new iPhone 4 costs almost $20 more to make than its predecessor, the iPhone 3GS, but the device will still help the company continue to rack up high profits, the research group iSuppli said Monday.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
Court rules against inventors in patent case (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100628/ap_on_bi_ge/us_supreme_court_patents


U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is sworn in to testify during the first day of her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings in Washington June 28, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)AP - The Supreme Court on Monday refused to weigh in on whether software, online-shopping techniques and medical diagnostic tests can be patented, saying only that inventors' request for protection of a method of hedging weather-related risk in energy prices cannot be granted.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
Which ISP is fastest? (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100628/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2905
Christopher Null - Internet service providers get a pretty bad rap. Everyone seems to be convinced that his Internet provider is the worst, and that everyone else in America has a dreamily fast connection to the Web.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
'.xxx' porn domain arrives (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100628/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2888
Christopher Null - At long last and after heavy debate on both sides, the “.xxx” top-level domain has been formally and officially approved.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
Startup mSpot lets you stream your music over Web (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100628/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_online_music_service


Ed Ho of mSpot listens to Beatles music from the album, 'Abbey Road,' using the new music service from his phone in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, June 28, 2010. The new music service launching Monday lets you listen to your music collection from any computer or Android phone over the Web. MSpot's service stores your music on its computers and lets you access it remotely through a Web browser. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - A music service launched Monday lets you listen to your collection of tunes from any computer or Android phone over the Internet.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
Apple boasts 1.7 million iPhone 4 sales (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100628/wr_nm/us_apple_iphone
A customer looks at an iPhone 4 at the Apple Store 5th Avenue in New York, June 24, 2010. REUTERS/Eric ThayerReuters - Apple Inc had sold 1.7 million units of the iPhone 4 worldwide by Saturday, June 26, its most successful product launch yet, the company said on Monday.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
Misconfigured Cisco Gear Could Lead to Wi-Fi Breach (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100629/tc_pcworld/misconfiguredciscogearcouldleadtowifibreach
PC World - Users of a popular Cisco Systems wireless access point may be setting themselves up for trouble if they leave a WPA wireless migration feature enabled, according to researchers at Core Security Technologies.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
Elevation Partners buys $120 million in Facebook shares (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100629/wr_nm/us_facebook


Lebanon arrested on Monday three people who allegedly used the social networking website Facebook to slander President Michel Sleiman, pictured in 2009, a judicial source said.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)Reuters - Private equity firm Elevation Partners purchased $120 million in Facebook stock from private shareholders, valuing the company at $23 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
mSpot streams music collections to Android smartphones (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100628/ennew_afp/usitinternetmusiccompanymspot


A new Samsung Galaxy S Android smartphone. AFP - "Cloud" entertainment startup mSpot on Monday began letting people route home music collections to smartphones running on Google-backed Android mobile software.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
Remainders: "What else?" edition (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100628/tc_macworld/remainderswhatelseedition
Macworld.com - We interrupt your regularly scheduled Remainders by Dan Moren to bring you Remainders by David Chartier. Mr. Moren has the day off, so you’re stuck with me.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
Join the campaign with the Barack Obama Organizing for America iPhone app (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2222_join_the_campaign_with_the_barack_obama_organizing_for_america_iphone_app/36718814/SIG=13k0n7ctn/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2222
Appolicious - Picking up where President Barack Obama’s 2008 grassroots campaign left off, the Democratic National Committee has rolled out the a new app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad called Barack Obama Organizing for America to reach out to voters during the 2010 election season.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
Baidu to hire U.S. engineers to work in China (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100629/tc_nm/us_baidu
Reuters - Baidu Inc, China's leading search engine, will start hiring software engineers directly from the United States early next month, as it seeks to expand its technological capabilities and raise its global profile.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
Summary Box: Streaming your music over Web (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100628/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_online_music_service_summary_box
AP - HOW IT WORKS: Once you install mSpot's application on your computer, you can select what songs in your collection you want to store on the service's remote servers. Then you can listen through your Web browser from any computer, or from an Android phone.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
If the DHS Is Serving Malware, Should It Be Our Internet Cop? (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100628/tc_zd/252299
PC Magazine - If you were looking for a company to take charge of the security on your own systems, would you trust one that was serving malware from its own Web site? Me neither. But if the Department of Homeland Security is put in charge, this embarrassing scenario will come to pass.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
Google's Chrome Passes Safari in US Browser Share (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100628/tc_pcworld/googleschromepassessafariinusbrowsershare
PC World - Google Chrome is now the third-most-popular browser in the U.S., behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox, but ahead of Apple's Safari for the first time, according to a study by Web analytics company StatCounter.

Tue, 29 Jun 10
Chrome unseats Safari as 3rd popular Internet browser (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100629/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwaregoogleapplemicrosoftfirefox


Google Chrome last week unseated Apple Safari for the first time as the third most used Internet browser in the United States, according to figures released Monday by StatCounter.(Google Chrome)AFP - Google Chrome last week unseated Apple Safari for the first time as the third most used Internet browser in the United States, according to figures released by StatCounter.

Mon, 28 Jun 10
Fix iPhone 4 Signal Glitch … with Scotch Tape? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100628/tc_pcworld/fixiphone4signalglitchwithscotchtape
PC World - One iPhone 4 user has come up with an ingenious--and dirt cheap--solution to the antenna glitch reported by many early adopters of Apple's latest smartphone: Scotch Tape.

Mon, 28 Jun 10
Gov't plans to double available wireless spectrum (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100628/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_spectrum


President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington upon arrival from the G20 Summit in Toronto Sunday, June 27, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The Obama administration said Sunday it intends to nearly double the available amount of wireless communications spectrum over the next 10 years in an effort to keep up with the ever-growing demand for high-speed video and data transmission to cell phones, laptops and other mobile devices.

Mon, 28 Jun 10
Foursquare close to obtaining funding: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100628/wr_nm/us_foursquare
Reuters - Startup website Foursquare, a location-based services company, is close to getting new funding that would allow it to expand, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

Mon, 28 Jun 10
Mexican Cuisine HD cooks, Obama's app and other iPad Apps of the Week (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2220_mexican_cuisine_hd_cooks_obama_s_app_and_other_ipad_apps_of_the_week/36711549/SIG=13fh6f4tl/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2220-mexi
Appolicious - This week has brought a slew of really great new iPad apps. Picking just five that I like the best was difficult. There were a couple, such as The Colbert Report’s The Word for iPad ($2.99) which I would have loved to include but were simply unstable, crashing too much for me to evaluate properly (but you can bet I’ll be checking back to see if they’ve been fixed).

Mon, 28 Jun 10
iPhone 4 apps for old pros (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2215_iphone_4_apps_for_old_pros/36706770/SIG=125k24i13/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2215-iphone-4-apps-for-old-pros
Appolicious - Some iPhone 4 users may be new to the Apple game, but there are many who just couldn’t wait to upgrade.  The ability to multitask, a sturdier handset and a front-facing camera make the iPhone 4 pretty darn attractive—it’s no wonder existing iPhone users joined the Apple store lines to get the new version of their latest device.

Mon, 28 Jun 10
Google Chrome Integrates Flash (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100627/tc_pcworld/googlechromeintegratesflash
PC World - Google's Chrome has now integrated Adobe's Flash directly into the browser. Chrome 5.0.376.86 was released over Google's Stable channel and is now available to download for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The update also includes five bug fixes, including two relevant to video handling.

Mon, 28 Jun 10
How to Scope Someone Out Online (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100628/tc_pcworld/howtoscopesomeoneoutonline
PC World - By the time my roommate, Sarah, invited a strange man from Australia to stay with us for a month, he no longer seemed like a stranger to her.

Sun, 27 Jun 10
US unveils plan to make online transactions safer (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100626/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_internet_safety


This screen shot of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security website set up to gather input from experts and everyday Internet users on how a voluntary internet identification system should be structured. The website was already getting votes, snipes and suggestions Friday afternoon — underscoring the incendiary nature of any discussion of Internet regulation or formal structure. (AP Photo)AP - In the murky world of the Internet, how do you ever really know who you're talking to, who you're buying from or if your bank can actually tell it's you when you log in to pay a bill?

Sun, 27 Jun 10
4 Easy Answers to iPhone 4 Problems (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100626/tc_pcworld/4easyanswerstoiphone4problems
PC World - So what if some iPhones lose reception when the hand covers the antenna? That's your problem, not Apple's. "Non issue," Apple chief executive Steve Jobs told a MacRumors forumgoer via e-mail. "Just avoid holding it in that way."

Sun, 27 Jun 10
Bing iOS4 update brings new features, but isn’t optimized for iPhone 4 (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2213_bing_ios4_update_brings_new_features_but_isnt_optimized_for_iphone_4/36700149/SIG=13ff0bolc/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2213-bing
Appolicious - Microsoft’s Bing is holding its own alongside search engine giants Yahoo! and Google, and is now included as default option in mobile Safari. However, the free Bing app, despite its recent update for iOS4, is still sitting in middle-of-the-road territory—not much of an overall change since I reviewed the product back in December.

Sun, 27 Jun 10
China bans military from blogging (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100626/tc_afp/chinamilitaryinternet


Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers march in Beijing during the National Day parade in 2009. China has issued regulations banning its 2.3 million soldiers from creating web sites or writing web blogs, adding to the nation's existing Internet curbs, state press has said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China has issued regulations banning its 2.3 million soldiers from creating web sites or writing web blogs, adding to the nation's existing Internet curbs, state press said Saturday.

Sun, 27 Jun 10
Jackson: A tribute from fans, a lawsuit from dad (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100626/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson_anniversary


A Michael Jackson fan gets emotional at his first dead anniversary at a hall to exhibit 'the Official Michael Jackson Life Time Collection' in Tokyo, Friday, June 25, 2010.(AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)AP - On the day Michael Jackson's fans paid their respects with tears, tributes, songs and dance, Jackson's father filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the doctor charged with giving his son a lethal dose of drugs.

Sun, 27 Jun 10
Answers to your iPhone 4 questions: Odds and ends (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100626/tc_macworld/answerstoyouriphone4questionsoddsandends
Macworld.com - In this round of reader questions about the iPhone 4, we take on a grab bag issues, from hardware to software to just getting your hands on the darn phone.

Sun, 27 Jun 10
Google Moves its Encrypted Search (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100626/tc_pcworld/googlemovesitsencryptedsearch
PC World - If you're paranoid about snoops discovering your Web search terms and results, you'll have to start pointing your browser to another URL to use Google encrypted search.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
US missile strike kills 2 militants in NW Pakistan (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100626/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan


A US 'Predator' drone is seen passing overhead in this file photo. A US drone strike in Pakistan's lawless northwest tribal belt, on the border with Afghanistan, killed two militants and wounded two others early on Saturday, according to security officials.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AP - A U.S. missile strike on Saturday killed two suspected militants in a Pakistani tribal region that is considered a base for insurgents accused of attacking Western troops across the border in Afghanistan, officials said.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
Porn sites closer to .xxx Web address (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100625/ap_on_hi_te/eu_internet_pornography


A man surfs an internet sex site in Brussels, Friday, June 25, 2010. On Friday, June 25, 2010, porn sites stepped closer to a new '.xxx' Internet address after the global Internet oversight agency said it made mistakes in rejecting it three years ago. The board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, says it will now start the process of registering '.xxx' by making checks on ICM Registry LLC, the company that wants to run it. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - It may soon be easier to block Internet porn: The agency that controls domain names said Friday it will consider adding .xxx to the list of suffixes people and companies can pick when establishing their identities online.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
Early iPhone 4 owners in grip of reception problem (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100625/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple_iphone_complaints


FILE - In this file photo made, Thursday, June 24, 2010, the new Apple iPhone 4 is displayed at an Apple store in Chicago. Apple Inc.'s newest iPhone went on sale Thursday as thousands lined up outside stores around the world to become among the first to own the device amid concerns of supply shortages. Some buyers are now complaining about reception and other problems. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)AP - First there's the anticipation. Then, the long lines, followed by the triumphant walk out of the Apple store, new gadget in hand.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
Android-powered Samsung Vibrant to shine on T-Mobile (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100625/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2865
Ben Patterson - June has brought us an embarrassment of smartphone riches, starting with the jumbo-screened, WiMax-enabled HTC Evo 4G on Sprint, followed by the unveiling of the Samsung Captivate for AT&T, the eye-catching Motorola Droid X for Verizon, and the arrival of a little thing called the iPhone 4. Well, turns out we've got at least one more smartphone superstar ready for its close-up this month: the Samsung Vibrant.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
Old phone scam makes a comeback (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100625/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2864
Christopher Null - The scam goes like this: Through some means, a telephone scammer gets enough information about you to steal your identity, particularly access to your bank account. The most common trick: You are persuaded into giving up financial details in order to facilitate some sort of monetary transaction, like a lottery payout.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
Turkey tightens Internet control in YouTube feud (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100625/ap_on_hi_te/eu_turkey_internet_censorship
AP - Furious over Internet insults of the country's beloved founder, Turkey has gone on the offensive against Google, tightening a ban on YouTube and cutting public access to a host of Google-owned sites.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
New Apple iPhone hard to find, but not impossible (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100625/wr_nm/us_apple_iphone
Reuters - Apple Inc's newest iPhone flew off store shelves, but lucky shoppers still managed on Friday to get their hands on one at least a dozen stores across the United States.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
Jackson estate contests 2nd Japanese firm's claims (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100625/ap_on_hi_te/us_michael_jackson_japan
AP - Michael Jackson's estate is challenging another Japanese company that claims it owns the rights to exploit the pop star's image — this time on a mobile phone that purports to help the world's children.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
World Cup kicks Twitter "tweets" to record high (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100625/tc_afp/usitinternettelecomsportsfblwc2010twitter


A Japan supporter takes a photo of himself before their Group E first round 2010 World Cup football match against Denmark on June 24. Twitter said Friday that World Cup football kicked the number of AFP - Twitter said Friday that World Cup football kicked the number of "tweets" fired off at the micro-blogging service to a record high of 3,283 per second.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
MS Sees Windows Phone 7 as an 'Ad-Serving Machine' (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100625/bs_nf/74049
NewsFactor - Windows Phone 7 will launch in October, and will be designed, at least in part, as an "ad-serving machine." That's the word leaked from a video report now on YouTube, in which several Microsoft executives talk about upcoming plans.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
Remains of the Day: From Russia with techno-love (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100625/tc_macworld/remainsofthedayfromrussiawithtechnolove
Macworld.com - With the iPhone 4 launch over and done with, the Internet has settled down to a nice simmer over whether or not you have to hold your phone as Steve Jobs directs. While better minds than ours debate the proper etiquette—maybe you should hold your pinky out, like you’re drinking tea!—let’s investigate the remainders for June 25, 2010.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
Apps for iPhone 4 beginners (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2207_apps_for_iphone_4_beginners/36687280/SIG=126on2oks/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2207-apps-for-iphone-4-beginners
Appolicious - With an estimate of first day iPhone 4 sales exceeding 1 million, there’s a good chance many of those buyers are iPhone newbies.  If this is your first iPhone or even your first smartphone, we’ve got a starter kit to get you going.  Get to know a little about a lot of features on your new iPhone.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
Geek 101: Multitasking and Your Smartphone (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100626/tc_pcworld/geek101multitaskingandyoursmartphone
PC World - Multitasking is generally understood as the ability of an operating system to run several applications at once. While the definition is fairly simple, as we've seen with releases of Android OS and Apple iOS4, the reality can be significantly more complex.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
Salesforce Countersues Microsoft for Patent Infringement (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100625/bs_nf/74051
NewsFactor - Salesforce.com is targeting Microsoft in a patent-infringement suit. Salesforce's legal maneuver comes in response to the software giant's intellectual-property suit filed against the customer relationship management (CRM) vendor in May.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
ATM hack promises teller machine jackpot (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100625/tc_afp/usitinternetbankingcrimesoftwareblackhat


A woman uses an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in Los Angeles in 2008. Computer security researchers are heading to Las Vegas with a software hack that gets bank teller machines to spew out cash jackpots.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - Computer security researchers are heading to Las Vegas with a software hack that gets bank teller machines to spew out cash jackpots.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
Google Chrome Browser Gets a Built-in Flash Player (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100625/bs_nf/74050
NewsFactor - Users of Google Chrome on Linux, Mac and Windows machines were automatically upgraded Thursday to a new browser version that addresses several security bugs and features a fully integrated Flash multimedia player for the first time. Google Vice President of Engineering Linus Upson believes browser users will benefit in several different ways from Chrome's integration of Adobe Systems' Flash technology for the web.

Sat, 26 Jun 10
News Corp. sells Beliefnet (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100625/ap_on_hi_te/us_beliefnet_sale
AP - News Corp. has sold Beliefnet, a spirituality website, to an investment group.

Fri, 25 Jun 10
Twitter settles with FTC over data security lapses (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100624/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_twitter_ftc_settlement
AP - Twitter has agreed to settle charges by federal regulators that it put the privacy of its users at risk by failing to protect them from data security lapses last year that let hackers access their accounts.

Fri, 25 Jun 10
Oracle's net jumps 25 pct in first full Sun qtr (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100624/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_oracle


A United Airlines airplane flies over Oracle headquarters in Redwood City, Calif., Thursday, June 24, 2010. Oracle Corp. reports quarterly financial results at the close of the market. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Oracle Corp.'s net income jumped 25 percent in the most recent quarter as CEO Larry Ellison trumpeted momentum in the company's efforts to sell computer hardware and in its showdown with IBM Corp.

Fri, 25 Jun 10
D-Day for the iPhone 4: a roundup (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100624/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2836
Christopher Null - Well, that was it. The Big Day.

Fri, 25 Jun 10
Russia president gets iPhone straight from Jobs (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100624/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2838
Ben Patterson - Guess who didn't have to wait in line for an iPhone 4? Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who got a personal tour of his new iPhone from none other than Apple chief exec Steve Jobs.

Fri, 25 Jun 10
Research In Motion's 1Q profit jumps 20 percent (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100624/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_research_in_motion
AP - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. posted a 20 percent jump in net income for the most recent quarter, but the company's revenue and subscriber growth disappointed investors.

Fri, 25 Jun 10
Apple's iPhone 4 makes stellar world debut (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100625/tc_afp/itapplecompanyinternetiphonecompany


A man holds his iPhone 4 in front of a mobile phone store in Tokyo. Apple fans mobbed stores in Japan, Europe and the United States in an iPhone 4 frenzy that promised blockbuster sales despite some opening day blemishes.(AFP/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - Apple fans mobbed stores in Japan, Europe and the United States in an iPhone 4 frenzy that promised blockbuster sales despite some opening day blemishes.

Fri, 25 Jun 10
Venture firm Accel pours 11 million dollars into GetJar (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100624/tc_afp/usitinternetinvesttelecomsoftwaregetjar


Venture capital firm Accel Partners is pouring 11 million dollars into GetJar, an online hot spot for free mini-applications for mobile telephones.(Accel)AFP - Venture capital firm Accel Partners is pouring 11 million dollars into GetJar, an online hot spot for free mini-applications for mobile telephones.

Fri, 25 Jun 10
Facebook Stands by Its Homegrown Infrastructure (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100624/tc_pcworld/facebookstandsbyitshomegrowninfrastructure
PC World - Facebook regularly reviews whether to continue using its own data centers or hand off its processing to a cloud service provider, and its operations remain on homegrown infrastructure.

Fri, 25 Jun 10
Will video sites stop filtering content? (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100625/media_nm/us_google
Reuters - One question that needs to be asked a day after Google's landmark win over Viacom in the YouTube copyright-infringement case is whether Google could have gotten away with doing less about protected content on its video-sharing platform.

Fri, 25 Jun 10
Will iPhone 4's FaceTime actually change the video calling game? (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2200_will_iphone_4_s_facetime_actually_change_the_video_calling_game/36675794/SIG=13a5dmqio/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2200-will-ipho
Appolicious - Video calling isn’t exactly new technology, but now that Apple’s proprietary app FaceTime, which is built into iPhone 4, has been placed in the hands of the early-adopting masses, face-to-face chatting may become the wave of the future. Or it won’t. It’s really too early to tell, but the potential is there and I can definitely see FaceTime becoming integral in people’s lives—no more missed birthday parties, recitals or first steps, for instance.

Fri, 25 Jun 10
Video Review: First look at iPhone 4 (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2199_video_review_first_look_at_iphone_4/36675690/SIG=12eoglps6/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2199-video-review-first-look-at-iphone-4
Appolicious - The iPhone 4 is here! Before we showcase all the great games and apps you can download on the state-of-the-art device, today we take a first look at its great new features and operating system. While the iPhone 4 does take some getting used to, it will be no time until you begin to wonder how you ever lived without it.

Fri, 25 Jun 10
Oracle earnings beat Street view, shares rise (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100624/bs_nm/us_oracle
Reuters - Oracle Corp reported a quarterly profit that exceeded Street projections and a 14 percent climb in sales of new software, signaling the tech spending recovery is on track as businesses shell out on big-ticket items again.

Fri, 25 Jun 10
Summary Box: Oracle's net jumps 25 pct (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100625/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_oracle_summary_box
AP - THE PROFIT: Oracle Corp.'s net income jumped 25 percent in the most recent quarter. CEO Larry Ellison trumpeted momentum in the company's efforts to sell computer hardware and in its showdown with IBM Corp.

Fri, 25 Jun 10
Red Hat Overhauls JBoss Portal Interface (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100624/tc_pcworld/redhatoverhaulsjbossportalinterface
PC World - Red Hat has released version 5.0 of its portal software, the JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform, the company announced Thursday at its Red Hat Summit in Boston.

Fri, 25 Jun 10
ComScore: YouTube Remains Dominant Video Site (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100624/tc_pcworld/comscoreyoutuberemainsdominantvideosite
PC World - Google served up a record number of video clips in May to U.S. Internet users, mostly through YouTube, as for the first time each Google visitor watched an average of more than 100 clips during the month, according to comScore.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
New iPhone in short supply at Japan launch (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100624/ap_on_hi_te/tec_apple_iphone


Customers line up to buy Apple's newest iPhone outside an Apple Inc's store at the Ginza district in Tokyo, Japan Thursday, June 24, 2010. Hundreds more lined up across the city at Apple stores and other Softbank outlets. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Apple's newest iPhone was in short supply just hours after its global launch began in Tokyo on Thursday morning as hundreds queued outside stores across the city to become among the first in the world to own the device.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
Judge rebuffs Viacom in YouTube copyright case (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100624/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_youtube_viacom


FILE - This file image made March 18, 2010, shows the YouTube website in Los Angeles. A federal judge sided with Google Inc. on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, in a $1 billion copyright lawsuit filed by media company Viacom Inc. over YouTube videos, saying the service promptly removed illegal materials as required under federal law. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)AP - YouTube's actions spoke louder than its founders' words when it came down to deciding whether the Internet's most watched video site illegally exploited copyrighted clips owned by media company Viacom Inc.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
Medvedev: New technologies would open access (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100624/ap_on_hi_te/us_russia_silicon_valley


Russian President Dmitry Medvedev smiles during a speech at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Medvedev is in California for a two-day visit to Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's daylong tour of Silicon Valley Wednesday started with a "tweet" — his first — and ended with a declaration of optimism that his country also would be able to adopt a high-tech economy that would give everyone a chance to succeed.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
Verizon unwraps 4.3-inch, Flash-ready Motorola Droid X (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100623/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2808
Ben Patterson - It's big, it's bold, it'll handle Flash (eventually) and it's got a cool-sounding name. Set to land next month, Verizon is clearly hoping to give the iPhone a run for its money with Motorola's eye-catching, Android-powered Droid X.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
Self-publishing expands from books to magazines (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100623/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2801
Christopher Null - Not everyone has it in them to write the great American novel. Some of you may have more skimmable ambitions — to create your own magazine.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
Verizon: Droid X smart phone coming July 15 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100623/ap_on_hi_te/us_droid_x_release_date
AP - Verizon Wireless said Wednesday that it will begin selling the Droid X, the follow-up to Motorola Inc.'s popular Droid smart phone, on July 15.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
Sleep-deprived Apple fans brave rain for iPhone 4 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100624/tc_nm/us_iphone


Customers waiting for the release of the new iPhone 4 line up outside Apple Inc's store in the Ginza district of Tokyo June 24, 2010. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Hundreds of fans flocked to stores in Tokyo to be the first buyers of Apple's iPhone 4 and some lined up in San Francisco as the red-hot smartphone rolls out on Thursday in five of the world's six largest economies.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
Verizon and Motorola to battle iPhone with Droid X (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100624/wr_nm/us_verizon_motorola
Reuters - Verizon Wireless plans to start selling Droid X next month, launching the latest phone from Motorola Inc based on Google Inc's Android software.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
No Rush for FEC to Govern New Social Media (CQPolitics.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100624/pl_cq_politics/politics3689425
CQPolitics.com - In the world of campaign rules and regulations, social media remain a vast uncharted territory that the Federal Election Commission isn't in any particular hurry to map out.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
Google and YouTube defeat Viacom in copyright lawsuit (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100624/media_nm/us_google
Reuters - Google Inc won a landmark victory over media companies as a Manhattan federal judge threw out Viacom Inc's $1 billion lawsuit accusing the Internet company of allowing copyrighted videos on its YouTube service without permission.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
iMovie for iPhone hits the App Store (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100624/tc_macworld/imovieforiphonehitstheappstore
Macworld.com - While some iPhone 4 customers have started receiving their new phones—including some Macworld editors—Apple’s latest smartphone doesn’t officially go on sale until Thursday morning. That’s not the case with one piece of software designed for that phone: iMovie for iPhone appeared on the App Store late Wednesday night.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
Android apps for bedtime and relaxation (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2189_android_apps_for_bedtime_and_relaxation/36655759/SIG=12iavjvqa/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2189-android-apps-for-bedtime-and-rela
Appolicious - Bedtime is often the most peaceful time of your day ... until it’s interrupted with an email alert or a phone call. It's a good thing Android devices are so smart these days; there are a number of apps that can fix your phone settings, or merely help you lull your way to sleep.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
Droid X vs. iPhone 4: Spec Smackdown (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100624/tc_pcworld/droidxvsiphone4specsmackdown
PC World - On Wednesday today, Motorola introduced the Droid X -- the company's response to the Apple iPhone 4. On Thursday, the iPhone 4 goes on sale. As a result, the digital world has a smartphone smackdown rivaling a wrestling match promoter Vince McMahon might emcee. What follows is a specification comparison between the hardware and software of the Droid X and the iPhone 4. Stay tuned for hands-on testing comparing the two models.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
Braving the crowd: Getting an iPhone 4 without a reservation (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100623/tc_macworld/bravingthecrowdgettinganiphone4withoutareservation
Macworld.com - If you’ve been paying attention over the past few weeks, it should come as no surprise that the iPhone 4 is in high demand. More than 600,000 pre-orders and reservations were placed between Apple and its partners in the device’s first day of availability. The result crashed servers, networks, and iPhone apps alike. Shipping dates have been pushed back into July, retailers stopped taking pre-orders—it’s been tumultuous, to say the least.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
Internet authorities adopt new .org security (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100623/wr_nm/us_internet_security
Reuters - The company that oversees Web addresses ending in .org said on Wednesday it was introducing extra security measures to guard against identity theft.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
Red Hat, Cisco expand 'virtualization' partnership (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100623/ap_on_hi_te/us_red_hat_cisco
AP - Red Hat Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. said Wednesday that they expanded their "virtualization" partnership — the term for technology that lets one computer act like several.

Thu, 24 Jun 10
What Viacom's loss to YouTube means for Hollywood (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100624/media_nm/us_google_hollywood
Reuters - The Google geeks have beaten Hollywood chic. But how much will Wednesday's court ruling against Viacom in its $1 billion copyright battle over YouTube tip the balance of power from professional content creators to online distributors?

Wed, 23 Jun 10
San Francisco board passes cell phone emission law (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100623/ap_on_hi_te/us_cell_phone_radiation


A man uses a cell phone. San Francisco is adding to its politically correct image with a law requiring mobile phone makers to warn customers that the gadgets are bathing them in radiation.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AP - In this city known for producing laws both path-breaking and contentious, legislators have forcefully stepped into another debate — this time over the potential danger of cell phone use.

Wed, 23 Jun 10
Medvedev to tour Silicon Valley, seek investors (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100623/ap_on_hi_te/eu_russia_silicon_valley


President Dmitry Medvedev chairs a meeting at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow, Monday, June 21, 2010. Medvedev ordered the state-controlled gas monopoly Monday to cut gas supplies to ex-Soviet neighbor Belarus over its debt for Russian natural gas supplies. The order follows Medvedev's warning to Belarus last week to start paying off the $200 million debt to Gazprom or face cuts. Belarus has challenged the Russian claim and refused to pay. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti,Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press service)AP - Russia's Dmitry Medvedev visits Silicon Valley for the first time on Wednesday, eager to reinvent his country's outmoded, oil-dependent economy — and lure talent and money from the high-tech capital.

Wed, 23 Jun 10
Adobe posts higher 2Q profit as revenue soars (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100622/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_adobe_systems


FILE - In this file photo taken Dec. 15, 2009, the Adobe Systems Inc. headquarters is seen in San Jose, Calif. Adobe reports its fiscal first-quarter results Tuesday, June 22, 2010, after the market close.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Software maker Adobe Systems Inc. posted higher net income for its most recent quarter, driven by strong demand for the software package it sells to professional designers and developers.

Wed, 23 Jun 10
New iPhone earns glowing early reviews (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100622/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2781
Ben Patterson -

Wed, 23 Jun 10
Aussies: Get a virus, no Web for you! (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100622/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2777
Christopher Null - How do you deal with an epidemic like the spread of computer malware? Australia thinks it has the answer: Blame the victim.

Wed, 23 Jun 10
Intel, FTC in talks to settle antitrust case (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100622/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_intel_ftc_antitrust


Intel said Monday it was in talks with US antitrust watchdogs on a settlement to a probe into whether the computer chipmaker has illegally monopolized the market.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AP - Intel Corp. and the Federal Trade Commission are in talks to settle an antitrust case against the chip maker, a move that could make it more difficult for rivals to pursue damages.

Wed, 23 Jun 10
Apple iPhone 4 has Samsung and Micron chips: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100623/tc_nm/us_apple


A video application for the new iPhone 4 is displayed, after Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the new device, during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, June 7, 2010. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - Apple Inc's hot-selling next-generation iPhone sports chips from Samsung Electronics, Micron Technology and STMicroelectronics, according to an early teardown, or disassembly analysis by technology firm iFixit.

Wed, 23 Jun 10
FCC OKs AT&T buy of assets from Verizon (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100623/bs_nm/us_verizon_att
Reuters - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday approved Verizon Wireless's $2.35 billion wireless spectrum license sale to AT&T Inc.

Wed, 23 Jun 10
Salesforce.com Chatter is Social Networking with a Business Twist (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100622/tc_pcworld/salesforcecomchatterissocialnetworkingwithabusinesstwist
PC World - Salesforce.com officially launches Chatter today at Cloudforce 2010--the largest cloud computing event of the year. Chatter brings social networking to the enterprise in much the same way salesforce.com brought Web 2.0 to the enterprise--enabling the benefits of social networking to be utilized for new strategic advantages.

Wed, 23 Jun 10
Jimmy Kimmel's webcam show is no hi-def affair (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100623/ap_on_en_tv/us_tv_kimmel_webcam
AP - The picture was fuzzy. The sound was tinny. "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" was less like a broadcast than a webcast.

Wed, 23 Jun 10
Adobe Audition coming to the Mac (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100623/tc_macworld/adobeauditioncomingtothemac
Macworld.com - Adobe Audition, a professional audio program for recording, mixing, editing, and mastering will soon be available for the Mac.

Wed, 23 Jun 10
iPhone apps ready for iOS 4 (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2181_iphone_apps_ready_for_ios_4/36642806/SIG=126jqsk78/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2181-iphone-apps-ready-for-ios-4
Appolicious - You may not have the new iPhone 4 in your pocket yet, but Apple’s iOS 4 release has delivered a welcome update to existing iPhone users.  From multitasking to better geo-location features, we’re just as anxious as you are to see all the new things our iPhone apps will be able to do.

Wed, 23 Jun 10
On the Call: Adobe CFO Mark Garrett (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100623/ap_on_bi_ge/us_on_the_call_adobe_systems
AP - Software maker Adobe Systems Inc. posted better-than-expected results for its fiscal second quarter Tuesday, driven by strong demand for Creative Suite 5, the latest version of the software package it sells to professional designers and developers. During a conference call, Chief Financial Officer Mark Garrett answered an analyst's question about adding jobs.

Wed, 23 Jun 10
AMD Announces $99 Quad-core Chip for Cloud Servers (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100623/tc_pcworld/amdannounces99quadcorechipforcloudservers
PC World - Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday announced a new family of microprocessors for cloud computing servers, including one chip priced at US$99.

Wed, 23 Jun 10
Calif man accused of extortion through hacking (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100623/ap_on_re_us/us_hacker_sex_extortion
AP - A hacker took over more than 100 computers and used them to extort sexually explicit videos from women and teenage girls by threatening to release their personal data, federal prosecutors charged Tuesday.

Wed, 23 Jun 10
Red Hat 1Q profit rises with revenue growth (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100622/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_red_hat
AP - Red Hat Inc. said Tuesday that its fiscal first-quarter profit climbed as demand rose for its open-source software. The company's adjusted earnings met analyst estimates, while revenue was higher than expected.

Wed, 23 Jun 10
China clamps down on online gaming market (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100623/tc_afp/chinainternetgame


A local man is seen playing online games at an internet cafe in Beijing. Web users in China will have to register their names before playing games online as part of the nation's first official set of rules governing the booming market, according to state media.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Web users in China will have to register their names before playing games online as part of the nation's first official set of rules governing the booming market, state media said Wednesday.

Tue, 22 Jun 10
Amazon cuts Kindle price to $189 after Nook move (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100621/ap_on_bi_ge/us_e_readers_price_war


Amazon's Kindle DX 9.7AP - A price war is heating up in the electronic reader market, as Amazon cut the price of its Kindle e-reader below $200 Monday just after Barnes & Noble did the same with its competing Nook device.

Tue, 22 Jun 10
Calif. license plates might go digital, show ads (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100621/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_electronic_license_plates
AP - As electronic highway billboards flashing neon advertisements become more prevalent, the next frontier in distracted driving is already approaching — ad-blaring license plates.

Tue, 22 Jun 10
FCC asks: Do media ownership limits make sense? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100621/ap_on_hi_te/us_fcc_media_ownership_rules
AP - Even the news industry's free fall probably will not be enough to wipe out complicated federal rules designed to restrain the power of media companies.

Tue, 22 Jun 10
More thoughts on iOS 4 for iPhone (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100621/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2753
Christopher Null - If you’re wondering why no work is getting done around your office today, it’s because everyone is hunkered down exploring the new features of the new iOS 4 for iPhone.

Tue, 22 Jun 10
Hands-on with iOS 4 update for iPhone, iPod Touch (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100621/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2752
Ben Patterson - At last, the latest major update for the iPhone and iPod Touch is available for download via iTunes, bringing with it such long-awaited features as multitasking, a unified e-mail inbox and home-screen app folders. Should you upgrade? Well, yeah, but don't expect all your apps to start working in the background just yet.

Tue, 22 Jun 10
Verizon lets FiOS customers sign up month-to-month (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100621/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_verizon_contract_free_fios
AP - Verizon Communications Inc. is offering its FiOS television and broadband Internet package to new customers without a long-term contract.

Tue, 22 Jun 10
Ansel Adams print sells for $722K at NYC auction (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100622/ap_on_en_ot/us_polaroid_collection
AP - A mural-size photograph by Ansel Adams of Yosemite National Park has sold for more than $722,000 at auction in New York City.

Tue, 22 Jun 10
Toshiba Libretto W100 Looks Promising for Mobile Workers (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100621/tc_pcworld/toshibalibrettow100lookspromisingformobileworkers
PC World - The new Toshiba Libretto W100 looks like an impressive system that will appeal to companies with workers in the field and on the road. It's a handy little device (7.95 x 4.84 x 1.2 inches weighing in at 1.8 pounds) that could easily replace many organizations' proprietary, custom-designed, hand-held systems.

Tue, 22 Jun 10
Google, Twitter go to bat for Theflyonthewall (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100622/wr_nm/us_flyonthewall
Reuters - Google Inc and Twitter Inc have asked an appeals court to overturn a lower court's decision to bar Theflyonthewall.com from issuing immediate news on analyst research from several Wall Street banks, court documents showed.

Tue, 22 Jun 10
Dell Aims Inspiron R at Consumers with Distinctive Shape (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100621/bs_nf/73958
NewsFactor - Dell on Monday rolled out new Inspiron R laptops that aim to help families stay connected, entertained and productive. Dell is playing up the photo- and video-sharing capabilities of the new laptops, positioning the line as a mobile entertainment hub complete with surround sound and a built-in webcam.

Tue, 22 Jun 10
Amazon, Barnes & Noble slash e-reader prices (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100622/wr_nm/us_barnesnoble
Reuters - Amazon.com Inc and Barnes & Noble Inc reduced prices of their electronic readers on Monday, responding to the threat from Apple Inc's iPad tablet computer.

Tue, 22 Jun 10
Why we crave the iPhone 4 (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2168_why_we_crave_the_iphone_4/36626412/SIG=124v1fgcb/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2168-why-we-crave-the-iphone-4
Appolicious - Apple is driving people nuts with its psychology of scarcity. This is why a 25-year-old unemployed man named Justin Wagoner pitched a tent outside an Apple Store in Texas last Wednesday – more than a week before the new iPhone would go on sale. “Some would say I’m crazy,” he posted on MacRumors: Forums. In fact, Apple masterfully made him that way.

Tue, 22 Jun 10
Adobe's Flash Player 10.1 Sent to Phone Makers (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100622/tc_pcworld/adobesflashplayer101senttophonemakers
PC World - Adobe Systems plans to release the final version of Flash Player 10.1 for smartphones on Tuesday, but very few people will be able to use it right away.

Tue, 22 Jun 10
Intel's Westmere-EX Chip to Include 10 Cores (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100621/tc_pcworld/intelswestmereexchiptoinclude10cores
PC World - Intel's next-generation server processor code-named Westmere-EX will pack in 10 cores, an industry source said on Monday

Tue, 22 Jun 10
MacOS gets antivirus update (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100621/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2737
Christopher Null - Has Apple heard the security wake-up call?

Tue, 22 Jun 10
Indonesian rock star surrenders over web sex clips (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100622/en_afp/entertainmentindonesiamediainternetpornography


In this TV image grab Indonesian teen heart-throb Nazril Ariel (right) and his model girlfriend Luna Maya appear in an interview with TV One, on June 14. Ariel has been at the centre of the 'Peterporn' scandal, named after his band Peterpan, since grainy, homemade sex videos went viral on Indonesian social networking sites earlier this month.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - An Indonesian rock star surrendered to police Tuesday after two homemade sex videos of himself with his celebrity girlfriends appeared online, sparking a raging debate about Internet porn.

Mon, 21 Jun 10
FCC asks: Do media ownership limits make sense? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100620/ap_on_hi_te/us_fcc_media_ownership_rules


Graphic shows statistics for newspaper print ad revenue, circulation and evening new viewershipAP - Even the news industry's free fall probably will not be enough to wipe out complicated federal rules designed to restrain the power of media companies.

Mon, 21 Jun 10
Mailboxes, Find My iPhone and other great iPad apps (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2156_mailboxes_find_my_iphone_and_other_great_ipad_apps/36617111/SIG=12thl6af3/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2156-mailboxes-find-my-ipho
Appolicious - You don’t realize how much garbage is being sold in the iTunes App Store until you peruse apps by their release date, but it’s also the very best way to ensure that you don’t miss anything good. These are among the very best iPad apps released this past week:

Mon, 21 Jun 10
What Is Your Facebook Data Worth? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100621/tc_pcworld/whatisyourfacebookdataworth
PC World - The gargantuan amount of high-quality user data on Facebook is causing everyone--from marketers to hackers--to salivate like dogs gazing at a steak. They all want a piece of you.

Mon, 21 Jun 10
Michael Jackson a billion-dollar man (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100621/en_nm/us_jackson


FILE - In this May 6, 2009 image released courtesy of Michael Jackson, pop star Michael Jackson is shown in Los Angeles during rehearsals for his upcoming concert in London. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Michael Jackson, File) NO SALESReuters - Michael Jackson's estate has generated at least $1 billion in revenues since the singer died a year ago, thanks in part to a lucrative new record deal with Sony Music and the most successful concert film of all time, according to Billboard estimates.

Mon, 21 Jun 10
Android vs. iPhone: 5 Battlefields (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100620/tc_pcworld/androidvsiphone5battlefields
PC World - Apple's iPhone and Google's Android smartphones are getting set for another epic battle next week as these two titans of the smartphone industry show off their latest devices.

Mon, 21 Jun 10
Ron Paul iPhone app a mobile must-have for political maverick's fans (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2158_ron_paul_iphone_app_a_mobile_must_have_for_political_maverick_s_fans/36617163/SIG=13fl4diqr/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2158-ron-
Appolicious - Daniel Chen really likes politician Ron Paul.

Mon, 21 Jun 10
Testing Reveals Security Software Often Misses New Malware (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100620/tc_pcworld/testingrevealssecuritysoftwareoftenmissesnewmalware
PC World - New research has further confirmed the difficulties security software companies are having keeping up with an explosion in malicious software programs on the Internet.

Mon, 21 Jun 10
Intel's Westmere-EX to Include More Cores (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100621/tc_pcworld/intelswestmereextoincludemorecores
PC World - Intel's next-generation processor code-named Westmere-EX may include more cores than the company's current server chips, according to the title of a paper about the chip announced on Sunday.

Mon, 21 Jun 10
Verizon offers FiOS try-out (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100621/wr_nm/us_verizon_fios
Reuters - Verizon Communications will let customers try its FiOS Internet and television service for a month without charging them fees for early contract termination if they switch off the service after that.

Sun, 20 Jun 10
Texting While Driving More Common Among Adults Than Teens (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100619/tc_pcworld/textingwhiledrivingmorecommonamongadultsthanteens
PC World - Adults are guilty of the dangerous activity of texting while driving more often than teenagers, according to the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. The Pew study also revealed that adults are substantially more likely to talk on a cell phone while driving than teenagers.

Sun, 20 Jun 10
FCC Group Crafting Plans to Open up Mobile Spectrum (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100619/tc_pcworld/fccgroupcraftingplanstoopenupmobilespectrum
PC World - The Federal Communications Commission Spectrum Task Force laid out preliminary ideas on Friday for making frequencies now used for satellite services available for conventional mobile broadband.

Sun, 20 Jun 10
Can You Really Trust Facebook? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100620/tc_pcworld/canyoureallytrustfacebook
PC World - Responding to yet another user uproar, Facebook recently made efforts to simplify its privacy controls and introduce some other welcome changes. They're good steps to take--but considering that Facebook had to be forced to respect users' basic wishes regarding their own information, it suggests a serious disconnect in how the company and its users view privacy.

Sun, 20 Jun 10
Fear and loathing at E3: Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100619/tc_macworld/fearandloathingate3microsoftnintendoandsony
Macworld.com - “We can’t stop here, this is nerd country,” I told the taxi driver as we sped off, leaving behind a group of angry French game developers whose cab I had just snaked.

Sun, 20 Jun 10
App Development 101: What is the difference between developing a website and developing an app? (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2114_app_development_101_what_is_the_difference_between_developing_a_website_and_developing_an_app/36529606/SIG=148a7odpa/*http://www.appolicio
Appolicious - Many people enter into having an app developed with having a web site developed as their only frame of reference. Although the two look similar, and it seems the pricing and development process should be alike, they are very different both in method and cost for several reasons. In the inaugural edition of our App Development 101 series, Rachel Youens of Appiction explains the development differences for each platform.

Sun, 20 Jun 10
NJ city leading way in crime-fighting technology (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100619/ap_on_hi_te/us_high_tech_policing


FILE - In this July 20, 2007 file photo, a small box housing a gunshot sensor can be seen mounted near the top of a light pole on Lenox Avenue, in East Orange, N.J. This city of 65,000, once home to one of the nation's highest crime rates, has fought back in recent years with an arsenal of high-tech gadgets from gunshot detection systems to software that can sift and analyze crime data almost instantaneously. Yet even with its crime rate now plummeting, the city is going a step farther by becoming the first in the country to combine those systems with sensors that can be programmed to identify crimes in progress. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)AP - This city of 65,000 has fought one of the nation's highest crime rates in recent years with an arsenal of high-tech gadgets, from gunshot detection systems to software that can sift and analyze crime data almost instantaneously.

Sun, 20 Jun 10
Keep Kids Safe on Facebook (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100619/tc_pcworld/keepkidssafeonfacebook
PC World - Scammers, spammers, purveyors of porn, hate mongers, and cyber predators -- it's no wonder parents are paranoid about what their kids are doing online.

Sun, 20 Jun 10
Telstra strikes $10B deal for Australia broadband (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100620/ap_on_hi_te/as_australia_broadband
AP - The government and Australia's largest telecommunications company announced a deal Sunday that clears a major hurdle to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's plans for a superfast national broadband network.

Sat, 19 Jun 10
Twitter traffic spikes with World Cup goals (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100618/ap_on_sp_ot/us_tec_world_cup_twitter


Japan's Keisuke Honda, top left, scores the opening goal against Cameroon goalkeeper Souleymanou Hamidou, right, and Cameroon's Stephane Mbia, third from left, during the World Cup group E soccer match between Japan and Cameroon at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Monday, June 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)AP - When a World Cup goal is scored, Twitter celebrates.

Sat, 19 Jun 10
Study: Teens not the worst text-driving culprits (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100618/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_distracted_driving
AP - If you're about to warn your teenager about the dangers of texting or talking on the phone while driving, a new report suggests you look in the mirror first.

Sat, 19 Jun 10
Twitter a hit in Japan as millions 'mumble' online (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100618/ap_on_hi_te/as_japan_twitter


In this June 14, 2010 photo, Daisuke Tsuda tweets with his mobile phone at a station in Tokyo. 'Japan is enjoying the richest and most varied form of Twitter usage as communication tool,' says Tsuda, 36, a writer with more than 65,000 'followers' for his tweets. 'It's playing out as a rediscovery of the Internet.' (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Twitter is a hit in Japan, succeeding where other social networking imports like Facebook have foundered as millions "mumble" — the translation of tweet — and give mini-blogging a distinctly Japanese flavor.

Sat, 19 Jun 10
Infamous 'Red Ring of Death' replaced with 'Red Dot of Death' on new Xbox (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100618/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2722
Ben Patterson - You'll never see the dreaded "Red Ring of Death" — the flashing red rings that denote a system failure — again if you buy the new, slimmed-down version of the Xbox 360. That said, there's always a chance you'll see a telltale "Red Dot of Death" instead.

Sat, 19 Jun 10
Palm exec promises 'future devices,' 'new version' of WebOS (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100618/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2715
Ben Patterson - Will the wireless world ever see a Palm Pre 2, or a revamped version of Palm's touchscreen WebOS? The outlook seemed a bit cloudy in light of Hewlett-Packard's recent (and ongoing) acquisition of Palm — and particularly after some dismissive remarks by HP's chief executive. But according to one Palm exec, at least, the company is still hard at work on new WebOS-based handsets.

Sat, 19 Jun 10
Verizon Considering Tiered Pricing for LTE 4G Users (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100618/bs_nf/73940
NewsFactor - As it gears up for its next-generation network, the nation's top carrier, Verizon Wireless, is mulling a tiered pricing plan based on data usage, a top executive said in a published interview. The company's chief financial officer, John Killian, told Business Week that as more smartphones access the Internet via Verizon's network, "We will probably need to change the design of our pricing where it will not be totally unlimited, flat rate."

Sat, 19 Jun 10
Utah AG defends Twitter use after execution order (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100618/ap_on_re_us/us_firing_squad_twitter
AP - Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is defending his use of Twitter to tell the world that he had given the Department of Corrections the OK to execute a condemned man by firing squad.

Sat, 19 Jun 10
Cyrus steps out of tween idolhood toward "Liberty" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100619/en_nm/us_cyrus


Singer and actress Miley Cyrus poses for a portrait in New York, on Friday, June 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)Reuters - Miley Cyrus' audition tape for the Disney Channel's "HanID be found on YouTube. In it, the 12-year-old Cyrus is sporting frizzy hair, a big smile and, even then, her trademark whiskey drawl.

Sat, 19 Jun 10
iPad coming to church altars with daily missal app (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100618/ap_on_hi_te/eu_vatican_imass
AP - An Italian priest has developed an application that will let priests celebrate Mass with an iPad on the altar instead of the regular Roman missal.

Sat, 19 Jun 10
App Industry Roundup: iPhone 4's multitasking gets boost from RAM upgrade (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2152_app_industry_roundup_iphone_4_s_multitasking_gets_boost_from_ram_upgrade/36590659/SIG=13jl4fnvf/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2152-
Appolicious - Details of the iPhone 4 are still coming, including this nugget: it will have twice the RAM as the iPhone 3Gs. Also in today's App Industry Roundup, we look at hot new iPhone games from E3 and note that one iPhone fanatic has already pitched a tent.

Sat, 19 Jun 10
Did Apple Update Mac's Malware Protection--But Not Tell Anyone? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100618/tc_pcworld/didappleupdatemacsmalwareprotectionbutnottellanyone
PC World - Perhaps Microsoft isn't alone in issuing some security patches on the down-low. A new report from security software maker Sophos claims that Apple this week silently updated anti-malware protection in its Mac OS X operating system. In fact, the patch was so hush-hush that Apple failed to mention it in either the release notes or security bulletin that came with its Mac OS X 10.6.4 upgrade, which included the mysterious security fix.

Sat, 19 Jun 10
Latin America Net Arena Offers VC Opportunities (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100618/tc_pcworld/latinamericanetarenaoffersvcopportunities
PC World - Venture capitalists focused on Latin America's technology market say the region offers a much better investment climate than in years past in the Internet market, with opportunities both in consumer and enterprise segments.

Sat, 19 Jun 10
Hackers and Apple make for a dangerous pair (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100618/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2706
Christopher Null - Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard the argument “If you want a virus-free computer, get a Mac.”

Sat, 19 Jun 10
Microsoft to Boost Bing's Music, TV, Movies, Game Search (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100618/tc_pcworld/microsofttoboostbingsmusictvmoviesgamesearch
PC World - Microsoft will unveil new features next week to enhance the Bing search engine's capabilities to search for entertainment-related content, specifically in areas such as music, television, movies and online games.

Fri, 18 Jun 10
High court: Go ahead, search cop's sexy texting (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100617/ap_on_bi_ge/us_supreme_court_electronic_privacy
AP - The Supreme Court had a common-sense message Thursday for workers with cell phones and other gadgets provided by their employers: Use your own cell phone if you've got something to text that you don't want your boss to read.

Fri, 18 Jun 10
Internet sleuths get new way to report stolen data (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100617/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_finding_online_fraud
AP - A new program being spearheaded by Microsoft Corp. is designed to provide a trusted way for researchers to report stolen credit card numbers and other data they've found in the dark corners of the Internet.

Fri, 18 Jun 10
Will tablets surpass netbooks in two years? (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100617/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2688
Christopher Null - The tablet revolution is just getting underway — Forrester Research estimates that 6 percent of computer sales this year will be in the tablet format — but watch out: By 2012, the firm figures, tablets will be outselling netbooks/mini-PCs, gobbling up 18 percent of the market.

Fri, 18 Jun 10
Paramount green-lights brand-new DVDs, Blu-rays on Redbox (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100617/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2689
Ben Patterson - We had to wait a month before such new releases as 20th Century Fox's "Avatar" and Warner Bros.' "Sherlock Holmes" arrived in Redbox kiosks, but when Paramount's inevitable "Iron Man 2" DVD goes on sale, it'll appear at Redbox locations on the very same day it goes on sale in stores.

Fri, 18 Jun 10
OnLive gaming service now available for Mac (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100618/tc_macworld/onlivegamingservicenowavailableformac
Macworld.com - “OnLive can run on most PCs—but on all Macs,” boasted Steve Perlman, founder and CEO of OnLive. On Thursday, the cloud-based gaming service launched for the Mac and Windows, thereby enabling thousands of players to stream high-end games to their computers like never before.

Fri, 18 Jun 10
Microsoft's New Enterprise Mobile OS Coming This Year (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100617/tc_pcworld/microsoftsnewenterprisemobileoscomingthisyear
PC World - Microsoft will release a new mobile OS for enterprise handheld devices later this year as it tries to simplify the Windows Mobile upgrade cycle for customers, the company said Thursday.

Fri, 18 Jun 10
Facebook '09 revenue neared $800 million (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100618/wr_nm/us_facebook


An Egyptian woman previews the Facebook web page showing the picture of an alleged Egyptian victim of torture, Khaled Said, in Cairo, on June 14. Egypt's state prosecutor on Tuesday ordered a new autopsy to be conducted on the body of a 28-year-old man reportedly beaten to death by police.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)Reuters - Facebook's financial performance is stronger than previously believed, as the Internet social network's explosive growth in users and advertisers boosted 2009 revenue to as much as $800 million, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

Fri, 18 Jun 10
"The Cove" documentary to be shown online in Japan (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100618/wr_nm/us_japan_dolphins
Reuters - Controversial documentary film "The Cove," which deals with the grizzly business of dolphin hunting, will be made available to Japanese viewers online via a popular video sharing website.

Fri, 18 Jun 10
Remains of the Day: iPhone rumors never say die (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100617/tc_macworld/remainsofthedayiphonerumorsneversaydie
Macworld.com - I’ve risen from my own ashes to bring you today’s remainders—thanks to head honcho Jason Snell for ably filling in while I battled the WWDC plague—so don’t say I never did nothin’ for you. The iPhone is packed full of RAM, Oprah’s got a surprise for her staffers, and you can now carry the soothing tones of Steve Jobs in your pocket—as if you didn’t already. It’s June 17, 2010 and here are the remainders.

Fri, 18 Jun 10
Swype for Android and other top apps the week (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2149_swype_for_android_and_other_top_apps_the_week/36582766/SIG=12o0oelke/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2149-swype-for-android-and-other
Appolicious - With the World Cup in full swing and the world waiting anxiously for the new iPhone 4, many of the popular Android apps this week are centered around entertainment.  Nothing wrong with that; it’s the middle of the summer and it’s time to kick back.

Fri, 18 Jun 10
4 Questions If Nintendo's 3DS Allows Game Installs (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100617/tc_pcworld/4questionsifnintendos3dsallowsgameinstalls
PC World - It sounds like Nintendo's new 3DS handheld will offer optional software installs, a feature available for some time on Sony's PSP, but unavailable to DS owners.

Fri, 18 Jun 10
Motorola Goes Rugged With New Smartphone (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100617/tc_pcworld/motorolagoesruggedwithnewsmartphone
PC World - Motorola on Thursday announced a smartphone for the enterprise market that combines aesthetics with business functionality.

Fri, 18 Jun 10
WordPress 3.0 Blogging Software Released (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100617/tc_pcworld/wordpress30bloggingsoftwarereleased
PC World - A new version of the popular open-source blogging software WordPress has been posted, the cadre of volunteers behind the software announced on Thursday.

Fri, 18 Jun 10
OnLive takes videogames into the Internet 'cloud' (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100618/tc_afp/usitinternetvideogamesonlivee3


Visitors are seen arriving at the 2010 E3 Expo in Los Angeles, on June 16. OnLive took videogames into the AFP - OnLive took videogames into the "cloud" on Thursday with the US launch of a service that hosts hot titles as services on the Internet, eliminating the need for consoles.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
FCC set to reconsider broadband regulations (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100617/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_internet_rules


FILE -- A Friday, March 12, 2010 file photo shows FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in his office in Washington. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, has proposed to define broadband access as a telecommunications service subject to 'common carrier' obligations to treat all traffic equally. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin/file)AP - Federal regulators are reconsidering the rules that govern high-speed Internet connections - wading into a bitter policy dispute that could be tied up in court for years.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
Apple, AT&T get record number of iPhone orders (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100617/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple_iphone


FILE - This file photo taken June 7, 2010, shows the new Apple iPhone 4 in San Francisco. On Tuesday, June 15, 2010, the first day Apple and AT&T started taking orders, buyers reported problems. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Apple Inc. said Wednesday that it and its phone company partners took orders for more than 600,000 iPhone 4s in one day, the highest number it's ever seen. The companies stopped taking orders for shipment by the June 24 launch day in the U.S.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
Nokia gives Q2 profit warning (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100616/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_finland_nokia_profit_warning
AP - Nokia Corp. warned Wednesday that its earnings this year will be hit by tough competition from rivals in the smart phone market. The news sent its stock down 9 percent.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
Starbucks to offer Wi-Fi for free (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100616/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2648
Christopher Null - Dadgummit, I remember the old days when you had to bust out a credit card or buy a burger in order to hop on the Wi-Fi network at your local retail or dining establishment.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
City to require cell phone radiation disclosures (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100616/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2637
Christopher Null - It’s not about political correctness, folks. It’s about safety.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
FCC set to reconsider broadband rules Thursday (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100616/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_fcc_broadband_regulation
AP - Federal regulators are reconsidering the rules that govern high-speed Internet connections. It's a bitter policy dispute that could be tied up in court for years.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
Medical phone, vibrating earphone shine at trade show (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100617/tc_afp/asiatelecomhealthtechnology


An exhibitor holds a EPI Life smartphone that can detect a person's abnormal heart rhythm, at the CommunicAsia 2010 conference and exhibition show in Singapore, on June 16.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Are you having chest pains and wondering if you should rush to hospital? The EPI Life, one of the gadgets on show at a Singapore trade fair, could be what you need.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
Fujitsu, Toshiba to unveil mobile merger (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100617/tc_nm/us_fujitsu_toshiba
Reuters - Japan's Fujitsu Ltd and Toshiba Corp have agreed to merge their mobile phone businesses as early as October, and they are expected to announce the deal on Thursday, the Nikkei business daily reported.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
Twitter all the rage at World Cup (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100617/tc_afp/fblwc2010internettwitter


FIFA President Sepp Blatter and South Africa's President Jacob Zuma are seen before the first 2010 World Cup football match, on June 11, at Soccer City stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg. Even Blatter has opened a Twitter account to AFP - The World Cup is on course to become a watershed event for social media networking, but popular microblogging site Twitter has been struggling to cope.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
Sony spent $730,000 lobbying US government in 1Q (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100616/ap_on_hi_te/us_sony_lobbying
AP - Sony Corp.'s two American subsidiaries, Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Electronics Inc., together spent $730,000 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government on digital piracy and other issues, according to disclosure reports.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
Nimoy and Saldana give Yoostar film karaoke a whirl (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100617/tc_afp/lifestyleusitinternetfilmvideogamesyoostarnimoye3


Actors Leonard Nimoy and Zoe Saldana attend the launch event of Yoostar 2 at the 2010 E3 Expo in Los Angeles, on June 16. Star Trek legend Nimoy and new-generation star Saldana put their acting skills to the test in a Yoostar AFP - Star Trek legend Leonard Nimoy and new-generation star Zoe Saldana on Wednesday put their acting skills to the test in a Yoostar "film karaoke" videogame.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
iPhone 4 sets record sale pace despite gaffe (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100617/bs_nm/us_apple


Hong Kong students protest at the annual general meeting of Foxconn, which counts Apple as one of its clients, in the city. In response to 11 suicides among its Chinese workforce, Foxconn doubled staff salaries amid calls by labour activists for a global boycott of Apple's iPhone.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)Reuters - Sales of Apple Inc's latest iPhone blew away expectations in its first day on the market despite shortages and an embarrassing online ordering glitch that thwarted many shoppers.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
App Industry Roundup: How Apple altered hand-held gaming and a peek at E3 iPhone games (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2129_app_industry_roundup_how_apple_altered_hand_held_gaming_and_a_peek_at_e3_iphone_games/36560501/SIG=140oqql1f/*http://www.appolicious.com/a
Appolicious - There are several reasons why Apple has changed gaming for good, a topic we explore in today's App Industry Roundup. Also, we offer a glimpse of the new iPhone games plus a key rule to keep in mind before letting your kid download games.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
Apple releases iTunes 9.2 (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100616/tc_macworld/applereleasesitunes92
Macworld.com - Apple on Wednesday released iTunes 9.2, an update to its media and syncing software for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
Security, Compliance Come Before Collaboration (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100616/tc_pcworld/securitycompliancecomebeforecollaboration
PC World - Enterprise 2.0 strategies are becoming more popular among companies today, but there are serious logistical and legal challenges along with the expected benefits of using social collaboration tools.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
Report: US lacks staff, power to protect networks (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100616/ap_on_bi_ge/us_cyber_struggles
AP - The federal agency in charge of securing the government's computer systems is unable to monitor the networks or analyze threats in real time, and it lacks the authority and staff it needs to do its job, according to an internal report.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
Flock Jumps from Firefox to Chromium (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100616/tc_zd/251865
PC Magazine - Flock was originally built atop a Firefox foundation using Mozilla's XUL application framework. Today, though, its namesake Menlo Park software house announced in a blog post that it was switching to the open-source Chromium platform that underlies Google's Chrome browser.

Thu, 17 Jun 10
Music publishers file copyright suit against LimeWire (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100616/tc_afp/usitmusicjusticeinternetpiracylimewire


A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe. A group of music publishers filed suit Wednesday against LimeWire, a popular online file-sharing service that has already been found liable for copyright infringement in a separate case.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - A group of music publishers filed suit Wednesday against LimeWire, a popular online file-sharing service that has already been found liable for copyright infringement in a separate case.

Wed, 16 Jun 10
White House to take questions via YouTube on oil spill (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100615/tc_afp/usoilpollutionpoliticsinternetobamayoutube


President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC. The White House is taking to YouTube to answer questions from the public about the Gulf oil disaster.(AFP/Rod Lamkey Jr.)AFP - The White House is taking to YouTube to answer questions from the public about the Gulf oil disaster.

Wed, 16 Jun 10
Twitter warns users to expect more outages (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100616/tc_afp/fblwc2010usaitcompanyinternettwitter


Twitter, which has been plagued by outages in recent weeks, warned users on Tuesday to expect more technical problems but said it would try to avoid any downtime during World Cup matches.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)AFP - Twitter, which has been plagued by outages in recent weeks, warned users to expect more technical problems but said it would try to avoid any downtime during World Cup matches.

Wed, 16 Jun 10
SF cell phone radiation law gets preliminary OK (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100616/ap_on_bi_ge/us_cell_phone_radiation


Delegates talk on their cell phones during the 63rd World Health conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 17, 2010. A major international study suggests that using cell phones for more than 30 minutes each day could increase the risk of glioma, a form of tumor in the brain or spine, according to the study by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer. But the authors added that problems with their research methods prevented them from directly blaming cell phone radiation for the tumor. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - San Francisco could soon start requiring retailers to post notices showing how much radiation is emitted by the cell phones they sell.

Wed, 16 Jun 10
Is iPhone 4’s 'Retina' display really better than your eyes? (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100615/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2611
Christopher Null - As blogger excitement reaches a fever pitch over the iPhone 4 — now available for pre-order, if you can get the website to work — confusion and rage are also running wild. Why? Because of Steve Jobs’ claim that the iPhone 4’s new "Retina" display offers higher resolution than the human eye does.

Wed, 16 Jun 10
Nintendo recruits James Bond, Mickey Mouse for new games (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100616/tc_afp/lifestyleusjapanitfilmvideogamesnintendoe3


Nintendo president and COO Reggie Fils-Aime presents new products at the Nintendo presentation at the Nokia Theater on opening day of the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), on June 15, in Los Angeles, California. Nintendo has turned to James Bond and Mickey Mouse to help keep videogame players enchanted with the Wii as rival consoles debut motion-sensing controls.(AFP/Getty Images/David Mcnew)AFP - Nintendo has turned to James Bond and Mickey Mouse to help keep videogame players enchanted with the Wii as rival consoles debut motion-sensing controls.

Wed, 16 Jun 10
Apple uncensors images for Joyce, Wilde iPad apps (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100615/ap_on_hi_te/us_books_apple
AP - Oscar Wilde and James Joyce have not lost the power to shock, at least on the iPad.

Wed, 16 Jun 10
Apple, AT&T websites buckle as iPhone 4 pre-orders begin (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100615/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2598


An Apple employee demonstrates Ben Patterson - Manage to put in a pre-order for the new iPhone on Tuesday morning? If so, you may have been one of the lucky few.

Wed, 16 Jun 10
Apple, AT&T hit with glitches on new iPhone orders (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100616/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple_iphone


The iMovie application for the new iPhone 4 is displayed, after Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled it, during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, June 7, 2010. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithAP - Apple and AT&T were hit with two major problems when they started taking orders for the coming iPhone model on Tuesday: Buyers reported problems getting their orders registered and an apparent glitch in AT&T's Web site was depositing AT&T customers into strangers' accounts.

Wed, 16 Jun 10
Nintendo woos gamers with classics, 3-D (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100616/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_games_nintendo


James Jones, Nintendo World Report, plays the new 'Legend of Zelda' on a Wii game console during Nintendo's E3 presentation at the Nokia Theatre LA LIVE, Tuesday, June 15, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - You won't need special glasses to play games in 3-D on Nintendo's newest handheld device, but don't expect the technology to hit big-screen TVs anytime soon.

Wed, 16 Jun 10
PlayStation 3 videogames go 3-D in a big way (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100616/tc_afp/lifestyleusjapanitvideogamessonye3


Sony president of networked products and services group Kazuo Hirai presents new products for Playstation 3 at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, on June 15. Sony showed off an array of upcoming 3-D titles and pinned its hopes on realism-generating synergy by combining immersive graphics with its Move motion-sensing controllers due out in September.(AFP/Getty Images/David Mcnew)AFP - Sony is adding another dimension to PlayStation 3 videogames, promising players will be fighting, firing, driving and more in 3-D by the end of the year.

Wed, 16 Jun 10
AT&T hit with order and privacy complaints over iPhone (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100616/tc_nm/us_apple_att


The iMovie application for the new iPhone 4 is displayed, after Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled it, during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, June 7, 2010. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - Customers trying to reserve the latest version of the iPhone were thwarted by technical glitches that hindered sales on Tuesday, the first day of pre-orders before the device hits stores on June 24.

Wed, 16 Jun 10
Amidst technical difficulties, Apple Store unveils new iPhone app (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2127_amidst_technical_difficulties_apple_store_unveils_new_iphone_app/36545596/SIG=13bvn4ol6/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2127-amidst-t
Appolicious - While consumers hoping to pre-order their new iPhone 4 on its first day of availability encountered technical problems with Apple and AT&T websites - and even at Apple's stores! - gadget enthusiasts today have one more way to satisfy their Apple jones. Fittingly, it is best accessed via an iPhone.

Wed, 16 Jun 10
Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6.4 (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100615/tc_macworld/applereleasesmacosx1064
Macworld.com - As if a new Mac mini and iPhone pre-orders weren’t enough, Apple on Tuesday also announced the release of Mac OS X 10.6.4, the latest update to its Snow Leopard operating system. The update includes a variety of enhancements, stability improvements, and security fixes that are recommended for all users.

Wed, 16 Jun 10
Apple's New Mac Mini Is a Small Business Server Too (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100615/tc_pcworld/applesnewmacminiisasmallbusinessservertoo
PC World - Apple's cigar box desktop, better known as the Mac mini, has always been something of an oddball. Like the rest of Cupertino's hardware lineup, the mini is sleek, shiny, and stylish. But this miniature, monitor-less desktop has a much higher geek quotient than Apple's more polished consumer offerings like the MacBook, iMac, or iPhone. There's a tinkerer's quality to the Mac mini, a device that's never seemed to have a clearly defined niche.

Wed, 16 Jun 10
Thailand sets up unit to tackle websites insulting royals (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100615/tc_afp/thailandroyalinternet


This handout picture released by Thailand's Royal Bureau shows Thai King Bhumibol Adulayadej (L) sitting next to Queen Sirikit (R) in Bangkok in 2008. The Thai cabinet Tuesday approved the creation of a new cyber crime agency to stamp out online criticism of the revered monarchy.(AFP/File/Royal Bureau)AFP - The Thai cabinet Tuesday approved the creation of a new cyber crime agency to stamp out online criticism of the revered monarchy.

Wed, 16 Jun 10
Flock browser gets faster, friendlier with upgrade (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100616/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbits_social_browser
AP - Flock, a Web browser focused on the online social scene, is trying to make it quicker and easier to keep tabs on your friends and family.

Tue, 15 Jun 10
T-Mobile promotion to offer free phones (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100615/ap_on_hi_te/us_tmobile_free_phones
AP - Wireless carrier T-Mobile plans to give free phones to customers who sign up for group calling plans at its retail stores on Saturday — just days before rival At&T will start selling Apple's latest iPhone.

Tue, 15 Jun 10
News Corp makes bets on journalism ventures (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100614/ap_on_hi_te/us_news_corp_skiff


Rupert Murdoch said he expected to gain at least an additional 1.1 million paying subscribers to The Wall Street Journal he owns thanks to the iPad. The Journal already charges a similar number of people to gain access to restricted content on its website. So far, 10,000 people are reading the newspaper on their iPads, according to Murdoch.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jemal Countess)AP - News Corp. is placing bets on two ideas that it hopes will shore up sagging business models for media companies: electronic reading devices and charging readers for access to websites.

Tue, 15 Jun 10
Microsoft's newest Office goes on sale Tuesday (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100614/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_microsoft_office2010
AP - The next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Office software will be available to consumers and small businesses starting Tuesday.

Tue, 15 Jun 10
Ears-on review: Three pro-grade custom earbuds (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100614/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2584
Christopher Null - So you’re still listening to music with the little white earbuds that came with your iPod? You don’t know what you’re missing.

Tue, 15 Jun 10
Controller-free Kinect games, Xbox interface unveiled (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100614/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2589
Ben Patterson - Starting in November, Xbox 360 gamers will be able to drive a sports car, get fit, video chat with relatives, or even fire up a streaming movie, all without having to touch a controller.

Tue, 15 Jun 10
Microsoft Kinect arrives Nov 4, battle begins (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100615/wr_nm/us_media_kinect
Reuters - Microsoft Corp will begin selling its "Kinect" motion-sensing game system on November 4, before the crucial holiday season, hoping to lure new and casual players to the Xbox and steal a march on rivals Nintendo Co Ltd and Sony Corp.

Tue, 15 Jun 10
Analysis: Enough blame to go around in iPad security breach (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100615/tc_macworld/analysisenoughblametogoaroundinipadsecuritybreach
Macworld.com - The leader of a security research firm and AT&T traded angry words Monday in the wake of last week’s data breach that exposed the e-mail addresses of 114,000 iPad 3G users. The carrier called the behavior of Goatse Security “malicious,” while the security firm countered that AT&T was “being dishonest about the potential for harm.” But both sides have plenty to answer for in how they’ve handled this security situation.

Tue, 15 Jun 10
TripAdvisor snuggles up to Facebook friends (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100614/tc_afp/lifestyletraveletradeinternet


Stephen Kaufer, president and CEO of the world's busiest travel website TripAdvisor, pictured in Paris on June 14. TripAdvisorhas launched a new Facebook service offering users travel tips direct from their friends.(AFP/Eric Piermont)AFP - US website TripAdvisor, the world's busiest travel site, on Monday launched a new Facebook service offering users travel tips direct from their friends.

Tue, 15 Jun 10
Guggenheim embraces YouTube video project (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100614/wr_nm/us_finearts_youtube
Reuters - When YouTube began, it was likened by some as a scattered web version of a funniest home videos television show.

Tue, 15 Jun 10
Ubisoft getting videogame players off the couch (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100615/tc_afp/lifestyleusfranceitvideogamesubisofte3


Shaun White presents his new game AFP - Ubisoft is tapping into camera and motion-sensing technologies to pump out videogames that get players up and moving, sometimes even away from television screens.

Tue, 15 Jun 10
Macworld’s E3 preview (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100615/tc_macworld/macworldse3preview
Macworld.com - Tuesday marks the start of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the most important gaming show of the year, and Macworld is here covering every announcement, reveal, and demo we can get our hands on.

Tue, 15 Jun 10
iPad apps for easy summer living (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2116_ipad_apps_for_easy_summer_living/36529774/SIG=12bktt9lb/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2116-ipad-apps-for-easy-summer-living
Appolicious - What’s that old song about summertime? Something about "the livin’ is easy?” Well, it’s a lot easier with an iPad at hand. Here’s some apps that will help your summertime livin’ a breeze.

Tue, 15 Jun 10
Summary Box: New US-China trade tensions (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100614/ap_on_bi_ge/us_china_trade_barriers_summary_box
AP - NEW BARRIERS: China is taking steps that could make it harder for U.S. software, clean-energy and other cutting-edge companies to sell in the Chinese market.

Tue, 15 Jun 10
SeaMicro Uses 512 Atom Processors for Internet Server (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100614/bs_nf/73850
NewsFactor - A Silicon Valley startup is using a processor primarily found in mobile devices for a new kind of cloud-computing server. On Monday, SeaMicro unveiled its Internet-optimized x86 server, based on 512 Intel Atom processors.

Tue, 15 Jun 10
iPad Still Vulnerable, Hackers Say in Refuting AT&T (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100614/bs_nf/73852
NewsFactor - The iPad could have more security flaws than the one found on AT&T's web site last week. In a posting Monday, hacker site Goatse Security said "all iPads are vulnerable" because of a weakness in Apple's Safari browser. The notice was in response to an e-mail sent to iPad owners this weekend by AT&T, in which the carrier apologized but blamed the incident on "malicious" hackers.

Tue, 15 Jun 10
Sprint to limit data roaming for laptop users: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100615/wr_nm/us_sprint_broadband
Reuters - Telecoms company Sprint Nextel Corp will temporarily deactivate the accounts of laptop broadband users if they consume more than their allotted share of data while roaming, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Mon, 14 Jun 10
Game developers preparing for diverse E3 show (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100613/ap_on_en_ot/us_games_e3_expectations


FILE - In this June 2, 2009 file photo, show attendees play video games at the Activision booth at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)AP - There might be something for everyone at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo.

Mon, 14 Jun 10
Political fundraising tool taps social networks (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100613/ap_on_hi_te/us_social_fundraising
AP - Candidates in some top political races are raising big sums of money using software that taps donors' social networks, an endeavor that lets the donors track their friends' donations with the zeal a fantasy baseball team owner uses to monitor player statistics.

Mon, 14 Jun 10
Microsoft christens motion-gaming "Kinect" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100614/tc_nm/us_microsoft


**COMMERCIAL IMAGE** In this photograph taken by AP Images for Xbox, Microsoft unveiled Kinect for Xbox 360 at the World Premiere Experience imagined by Cirque du Soleil on Sunday, June 13, 2010 in Los Angeles. (Elisabeth Caren/AP Images for Xbox)Reuters - Microsoft Corp christening its new motion-sensing game system "Kinect," on Sunday offered a sneak peek of upcoming titles it hopes will help draw a new generation of casual players into the 40 million-strong Xbox game console fold.

Mon, 14 Jun 10
Celeb sex-tape scandal hits taboos in Indonesia (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100614/ap_on_en_mu/as_indonesia_sex_tape_scandal


In his July 14, 2009 photo, pop singer Nazril Irham, better known as Ariel, left, and his girlfriend top model and actress Luna Maya, right, are mobbed by reporters in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesians grappled with their first-ever celebrity sex tape scandal in June 2010, casting aside social taboos as they swarmed around office computers and mobile phones to watch explicit clips allegedly showing the popular singer having sex with his girlfriend and another one with his equally famous ex-girlfriend Cut Tari. (AP Photo)AP - Indonesians grappled with their first-ever celebrity sex-tape scandal, casting aside social taboos as they swarmed around office computers and mobile phones to watch clips allegedly showing a much-loved pop star with two girlfriends.

Mon, 14 Jun 10
Motion controls to grab players at E3 videogame expo (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100613/bs_afp/lifestyleusitvideogamesinternete3


Attendees play video games at the Sony Playstation booth during the Electronic and Entertainment Expo (E3) in 2009. A new battle in an ongoing war between game console makers is expected to break out at a leading videogames conference which opens in Los Angeles on Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevork Djansezian)AFP - A new battle in an ongoing war between game console makers is expected to break out at a leading videogames conference which opens in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Mon, 14 Jun 10
AT&T to work with law enforcement on iPad breach (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100614/tc_nm/us_att_ipad


Visitors walk past a poster advertising the new iPad at an Apple retail store in Madrid May 28, 2010. REUTERS/Susana VeraReuters - AT&T Inc said on Sunday it would cooperate with law enforcement in any investigation of a security breach of Apple Inc's iPad that exposed personal information of the telephone company's customers.

Mon, 14 Jun 10
SeaMicro's Cloud Server Sports 512 Atom Processors (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100614/tc_pcworld/seamicroscloudserversports512atomprocessors
PC World - SeaMicro has developed a server that packs in 512 low-power Intel Atom processors on miniature motherboards the size of credit cards, the company announced Monday.

Mon, 14 Jun 10
Linux Trojan Raises Malware Concerns (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100613/tc_pcworld/linuxtrojanraisesmalwareconcerns
PC World - [Author's Note: The article has been modified to correct the assertion that Unreal IRC has any relation to Unreal--the first-person shooter developed by Epic Games.]

Sun, 13 Jun 10
New cyberattacks in SKorea; sites suffer no damage (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100612/ap_on_hi_te/as_skorea_cyberattack
AP - Two South Korean government websites were struck by the second cyberattack in a week, but suffered no major damage, the government said Saturday.

Sun, 13 Jun 10
Experts weigh in on iPhone 4 display quality (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100612/tc_macworld/expertsweighinoniphone4displayquality
Macworld.com - It’s not every week that Apple ignites a controversy. Okay, maybe that’s not true, but it’s not every week that Apple ignites a controversy that pits physicists, astronomers and neuroscientists against one another. But that’s what happened with the introduction of the iPhone 4 and its high-resolution Retina display.

Sun, 13 Jun 10
Google Wi-Fi Data Capture Unethical, But Not Illegal (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100612/tc_pcworld/googlewifidatacaptureunethicalbutnotillegal
PC World - Google is under global scrutiny for its "accidental" gathering of wi-fi data while driving about photographing the world with its Street View camera cars.

Sun, 13 Jun 10
Vuvuzelas stir online debate at World Cup (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100612/tc_afp/safricamusicfblwc2010vuvuzela


South Africans blow their vuvuzelas in support of Bafana Bafana. You either love them or you hate them and the vuvuzela is stirring up some impassioned debate on Facebook, YouTube and other sites online.(AFP/File/Daniel Garcia)AFP - You either love them or you hate them and the vuvuzela is stirring up some impassioned debate on Facebook, YouTube and other sites online.

Sun, 13 Jun 10
M.I.A. steps from art underground to media spotlight (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100612/en_nm/us_mia
Reuters - During "Space," the dreamy future-shock ballad that closes her upcoming third album, M.I.A. repeatedly coos, "My lines are down/You can't call me," over a gently percolating beat that sounds like a Sega Genesis practicing its pillow talk.

Sun, 13 Jun 10
The Macalope Weekly: Wrong, wrong, wrong! (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100612/tc_macworld/themacalopeweeklywrongwrongwrong
Macworld.com - Everyone’s got it wrong this week! Fake Steve says the Mac is dead, Fortune gets burned trying to slam the iPhone 4, and an eWeek pundit turns a top ten list into a stupid pet trick. The Macalope knows we’re only days from graduation, but that’s it! You’re all repeating the third grade!

Sun, 13 Jun 10
Linux Tablets, Where are You? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100612/tc_pcworld/linuxtabletswhereareyou
PC World - Apple has long had a history of being arrogant. But, more often than not, they've been able to back it up by the quality of their products.

Sat, 12 Jun 10
Google tells lawmakers it never used Wi-Fi data (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100611/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_privacy


FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2009, file photo, a sign on a building is shown at Google Inc. campus in Kirkland, Wash. Google Inc. told lawmakers, Friday, June 11, 2010, that it never dissected or used any of the information that it accidentally sucked up while collecting data about public Wi-Fi networks in more than 30 countries. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)AP - Google Inc. is telling lawmakers that it never dissected or used any of the information that it accidentally sucked up while collecting data about public Wi-Fi networks in more than 30 countries.

Sat, 12 Jun 10
Motorola and Research In Motion settle dispute (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100611/ap_on_hi_te/us_motorola_rim
AP - Handset makers Motorola Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. said Friday they have settled a patent complaint over mobile technology that Motorola brought to the U.S. International Trade Commission earlier this year.

Sat, 12 Jun 10
FBI investigating AT&T iPad security breach (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100611/ap_on_hi_te/us_at_t_ipad_data_breach
AP - The FBI says it is investigating a data breach at AT&T that exposed the e-mail addresses of more than 114,000 owners of the Apple iPad, including government officials.

Sat, 12 Jun 10
Apple seeks iOS-4-ready, multitasking-enabled apps (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100611/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2553
Ben Patterson - A little more than a week ahead of the expected release of the latest version of the iPhone OS, Apple is opening the floodgates to applications that take advantage of the latest iOS 4 features. Topping the list, of course: multitasking.

Sat, 12 Jun 10
Hands-on camera review: Fujifilm's FinePix HS10 (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100611/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2548
Christopher Null - Consumers have historically had two choices when it comes to digital cameras: Get a cheap pocket camera that takes iffy pics, or pony up the big bucks for a DSLR that takes nearly perfect ones.

Sat, 12 Jun 10
Researchers Develop Prototype for Ultra-HD Display (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100612/tc_pcworld/researchersdevelopprototypeforultrahddisplay
PC World - NHK's (Nippon Hoso Kyokai) Science and Technical Research Laboratories have unveiled their latest Ultra HD plasma display, one-fourth of a Super Hi-Vision display they hope will ultimately replace today's HDTV technology.

Sat, 12 Jun 10
US trade body to look into HTC complaint against Apple (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100611/tc_afp/ustaiwanittelecomcompanycopyrightapplehtc


People walk past High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) logos in Hsintien, Taipei, on March 2010. The US International Trade Commission said Friday that it will investigate a patent infringement complaint by Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corp. against Apple.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)AFP - The US International Trade Commission said Friday that it will investigate a patent infringement complaint by Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corp. against Apple.

Sat, 12 Jun 10
Twitter warns of possible World Cup traffic-related outages (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100611/ts_alt_afp/fblwc2010usaitinternettwitter


This picture taken in 2009 in Paris shows the frontpage of Twitter. The microblogging site, which has suffered a series of outages this week, warned Friday that there could be more problems amid heavy World Cup traffic.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)AFP - Twitter, which has suffered a series of outages this week, warned Friday that there could be more problems amid heavy World Cup traffic.

Sat, 12 Jun 10
Online video sites embrace live concert streams (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100612/media_nm/us_internet
Reuters - The visceral experience of attending a concert can never be fully replicated online. But live music is making its way to the Internet with increasing frequency, bringing with it new opportunities for fans, artists and rights-holders alike.

Sat, 12 Jun 10
Mortal Kombat Returns for Xbox 360 and PS3 (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100611/tc_pcworld/mortalkombatreturnsforxbox360andps3
PC World - I'm watching the new Mortal Kombat E3 2010 teaser trailer and chuckling like I do every time I watch Eli Roth's Thanksgiving. Whoever put that together--in particular those last buzz-blade-whirring seconds--knew all the right buttons to press.

Sat, 12 Jun 10
This Week in Geek: WWDC, DIY Ethernet Plugs and Touchless Gesture Control (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100611/tc_pcworld/thisweekingeekwwdcdiyethernetplugsandtouchlessgesturecontrol
PC World - This week has been dominated by all that's been going on at the WWDC, like iOS 4 and the awesome iPhone "Retina Display." Also, our Geek Techers have brought you an easy fix for your broken Ethernet plugs and a look at the cool Android Touchless Gesture Control.

Sat, 12 Jun 10
Meet the Makers: Q&A with Alan Oppenheimer of Open Door Networks (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2098_meet_the_makers_q_a_with_alan_oppenheimer_of_open_door_networks/36497614/SIG=13a9ru4k3/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2098-meet-the-
Appolicious - Location: Ashland, Oregon

Sat, 12 Jun 10
Report: FTC to investigate Apple mobile practices (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100612/ap_on_hi_te/us_apple_ftc_probe
AP - The Federal Trade Commission will open an investigation to determine if Apple Inc.'s mobile software business practices are squashing competitors, according to a report published Friday.

Sat, 12 Jun 10
VDI Provides Flexibility, but at a Cost (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100611/tc_pcworld/vdiprovidesflexibilitybutatacost
PC World - Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) may be the most flexible way to deploy remote desktops, but traditional terminal servers win on cost, a remote desktop specialist asserted in a talk at Microsoft's Tech Ed conference this week in New Orleans.

Sat, 12 Jun 10
Adult Web Sites Lure Cybercrime Victims (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100611/tc_pcworld/adultwebsiteslurecybercrimevictims
PC World - Porn surfers are likely to have out-of-date software that can be exploited, making those users an attractive target for cybecriminals, according to a study.

Sat, 12 Jun 10
Adobe Patch Fixes Major Security Flaw in Flash Player (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100611/bs_nf/73831
NewsFactor - Responding to a major security flaw in its Flash Player, Adobe Systems released a large patch Thursday. A security bulletin published on the company's web site recommends that users of Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions on Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris update to version 10.1.53.64.

Sat, 12 Jun 10
Google helps build trade case over Web censorship (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100611/wr_nm/us_google_trade


A construction worker walks past a logo next to the main entrance of the Google building in Zurich May 25, 2010. REUTERS/Arnd WiegmannReuters - Google Inc is working with U.S. and European officials to build a case that would argue Internet censorship acts as a trade barrier, a top company executive said on Friday.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
FBI investigating AT&T iPad security breach (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100610/ap_on_hi_te/us_at_t_ipad_data_breach
AP - The FBI said Thursday that it is investigating a data breach at AT&T that exposed the e-mail addresses of more than 114,000 owners of the Apple iPad, including government officials.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
NY: Networking site Tagged.com ignored abuse rules (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100610/ap_on_hi_te/us_tagged_lawsuit
AP - Child pornography was allowed to remain on social-networking site Tagged.com for nearly two months after undercover investigators posed as users and reported the content to the site's administrators, the state attorney general's office charged Thursday.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
Google reverts to Spartan look after photos flop (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100610/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_home_page_images
AP - Google's home page has gone back to basics after users griped about a promotional stunt that wrapped colorful photos around the Internet's most popular search engine.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
Trade-in sites offering up to $320 for old iPhones (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100610/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2535
Ben Patterson - Leery of coughing up $200 or even $300 for yet another iPhone? Well, you can always sell your old iPhone on eBay. But there's another, potentially easier option: trading it in for cash. Some online trade-in sites offer up to $320 for iPhone hand-me-downs.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
Will T-Mobile make all handsets free on June 19? (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100610/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2530
Christopher Null - Listen closely and you can practically hear Oprah exclaiming: "Everyone gets a free phone! Everyone gets a free phone!"

Fri, 11 Jun 10
Game companies ready to show new ways to play (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100610/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_games_new_experiences


FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2009 file photo, video gamer Paulette Rivera, 13, checks a guitar for her video console at the Game Stop store in Los Angeles, Calif. Starting Sunday, June 13, 2010, video game makers will go big to try to convince you that fancy 3-D screens, gesture-recognition cameras and ultra-sensitive motion controllers topped with brightly glowing spheres are what you need to have a good time. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)AP - Video game makers are about to try to convince you that fancy 3-D screens, gesture-recognition cameras and ultra-sensitive motion controllers topped with brightly glowing spheres are what you need to have a good time.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
The Best Fitness Tech (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100611/tc_pcworld/thebestfitnesstech
PC World - With personal trainers producing YouTube fitness videos, iPod Nanos sporting pedometers, and yogis practicing tree pose using the Wii Fit--technology has become one of the best ways to set and maintain fitness goals. We consulted sports professionals, fitness enthusiasts, and tech companies to find the latest and most interesting hardware, software, and Websites that you can use to get in shape and stay the course.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
Peerless Network: Court vacates trial date (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100610/ap_on_bi_ge/us_peerless_network_neutral_tandem
AP - Communications company Peerless Network Inc. said Thursday that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division vacated the date of a trial that was to be held in September in a patent suit filed against it by rival Neutral Tandem.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
Twitter buys Web analytics firm (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100610/ts_alt_afp/usitcompanyinternettwittersmallthought


Homepage of the microblogging website Twitter. Twitter said Thursday it had bought Smallthought Systems, a small Web analytics firm. AFP - Twitter said Thursday it had bought Smallthought Systems, a small Web analytics firm. "As we grow, analytics becomes an increasingly crucial part of improving our service," Kevin Weil, the head of analytics at the micro-blogging service, said in a blog post.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
Apple releases iTunes Connect Mobile for developers (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100610/tc_macworld/applereleasesitunesconnectmobilefordevelopers
Macworld.com - App Store developers who have been itching for a way to to keep an eye on their sales stats while on-the-go can finally rejoice. There is, at last, an (official) app for that.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
Sony Releases PS3 Content To Boost Sales of 3-D TVs (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100610/bs_nf/73820
NewsFactor - Sony Computer Entertainment and its sister company, Sony Electronics, will take a giant leap into the 3-D gaming market Friday as it unleashes stereoscopic games that take advantage of a PlayStation 3 firmware update from April. While the gaming platform has been 3-D-ready since then, Sony did not release content until now, and the company is hoping its game console will boost sales of its new Bravia 3-D TVs.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
FBI begins probe into AT&T iPad security breach (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100611/wr_nm/us_att_fbi
Reuters - The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened a probe into a security breach of Apple Inc's iPad that exposed personal information of AT&T Inc customers, including those of several high-ranking government officials.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
Logitech’s Google TV remote control and other top Android apps (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2091_logitechs_google_tv_remote_control_and_other_top_android_apps/36483261/SIG=138lbdhgm/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2091-logitechs-g
Appolicious - The Android Market still managed to see some great activity this week, despite the announcement of the new iPhone 4.  Norton took a second dip into Android with another security app, and Logitech announced its remote control app that will replace the traditional device.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
After Attacks, Adobe Fixes Flash Bug (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100611/tc_pcworld/afterattacksadobefixesflashbug
PC World - Less than a week after fielding reports that hackers were targeting a bug in its Flash Player software, Adobe Systems has rushed out a fix for the problem.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
Willy Wonka and the Dell Factory (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100610/tc_pcworld/willywonkaandthedellfactory
PC World - If Dell's cloud server lab is a candy shop for geeks, littered with components and exotic system designs, then Jimmy Pike is the Willy Wonka of servers.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
FBI opens probe into hack of AT&T website (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100610/tc_afp/usitcompanytelecomcrimeappleattfbi


A crest of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen inside the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington, DC. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation said Thursday it has opened an investigation into a security breach of AT&T's website that allowed hackers to obtain the email addresses of iPad owners.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - The US Federal Bureau of Investigation said Thursday it has opened an investigation into a security breach of AT&T's website that allowed hackers to obtain the email addresses of iPad owners.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
HP to Buy Slim Linux OS From Phoenix (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100610/tc_pcworld/hptobuyslimlinuxosfromphoenix
PC World - Hewlett-Packard will buy Linux-based quick-boot OS and client virtualization assets from Phoenix Technologies for US$12 million, Phoenix said on Thursday.

Fri, 11 Jun 10
Google Seeks Consolidation of Wi-Fi Snooping Cases (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100610/tc_pcworld/googleseeksconsolidationofwifisnoopingcases
PC World - Peppered with lawsuits over its collection of Web traffic data from wireless networks, Google wants all the cases consolidated into one, and for that single case to be heard by a court near its Mountain View, California, headquarters.

Thu, 10 Jun 10
PTA joins with Facebook to promote Internet safety (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100610/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_facebook_pta
AP - The PTA and Facebook are joining forces to promote Internet safety through a set of tools and resources for kids, schools and parents.

Thu, 10 Jun 10
AT&T security hole exposes iPad users' e-mails (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100610/ap_on_hi_te/us_apple_ipad_data_breach
AP - AT&T Inc. on Wednesday acknowledged a security weak spot that exposed the e-mail addresses of apparently more than 100,000 users of Apple Inc.'s iPad, a breach that could make those people vulnerable to precision-targeted hacking attacks.

Thu, 10 Jun 10
Swiss solar cell inventor wins technology prize (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100609/ap_on_hi_te/eu_finland_technology_prize
AP - Swiss scientist Michael Graetzel won the 2010 Millennium Technology Prize on Wednesday for helping to develop cheap solar cells for renewable energy projects.

Thu, 10 Jun 10
Is Apple ignoring the Mac? 'Yup,' says Fake Steve; 'wrong,' counters real Steve (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100609/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2512
Ben Patterson - Monday's keynote at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference was nirvana for anyone focused on the iPad or the iPhone. But whither the Mac? Is Apple ignoring its old bread and butter? That's what the writer behind "Fake Steve Jobs" claims in a recent column; the real Steve Jobs, however, counters that the charge is "completely wrong."

Thu, 10 Jun 10
Hands-on with Spring Design's Alex E-Reader and Barnes & Noble's Nook (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100609/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2505
Christopher Null - When it comes to reading electronic books, Amazon’s Kindle and the Apple iPad are no longer the only games in town. A bevy of new e-readers are hitting the market this year, and two pint-sized book readers have recently hit the shelves.

Thu, 10 Jun 10
Twitter to use own Web link shrinker this summer (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100609/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_twitter_links
AP - Twitter plans to start using its own Web link shortener on addresses that users include in tweets.

Thu, 10 Jun 10
Earning free tunes with Pepsi Loot is easier said than done (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2076_earning_free_tunes_with_pepsi_loot_is_easier_said_than_done/36455021/SIG=1362cuiha/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2076-earning-free-
Appolicious - There are Coke lovers and there are Pepsi lovers, and if you fall into the latter category, you can now use your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to earn credits toward free music by checking in to Pepsi-serving restaurants with the new app Pepsi Loot.

Thu, 10 Jun 10
Should You Worry about the iPad 3G Data Leak? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100610/tc_pcworld/shouldyouworryabouttheipad3gdataleak
PC World - Oops. AT&T has egg on its face after leaving sensitive information on 114,000 owners of the iPad 3G exposed on the Web. A group known as Goatse Security has published the personal e-mail addresses of the victims--many of whom are popular celebrities, prominent executives and high-ranking dignitaries--that it obtained by exploiting an automated script on an AT&T server.

Thu, 10 Jun 10
Android App Video Review: Gist (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2087_android_app_video_review_gist/36474778/SIG=128n0i3gm/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2087-android-app-video-review-gist
Appolicious - Why settle with email and social network updates separately when you can see them all in one place and your Android phone? Track clients and contacts easily by adding them to your Gist list. Receive updates, custom searches, and more all prioritized by who is more important to you.

Thu, 10 Jun 10
Bonnaroo spreads the festival experience online (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100609/ap_en_mu/us_music_bonnaroo


FILE - In this June 12, 2009 file photo, Bonnaroo fans gather to watch the Yeah Yeah Yeahs during the Bonnaroo Arts and Music Festival in Manchester, Tenn. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, file)AP - It's often joked that more people like to claim that they were at Woodstock in 1969 than were actually there.

Thu, 10 Jun 10
Videogame adaptation "Kane" eyes new director (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100610/film_nm/us_kane
Reuters - F. Gary Gray is in talks to direct "Kane and Lynch," a video game adaptation starring Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx.

Thu, 10 Jun 10
AT&T: iPad user data exposed via security flaw (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100610/tc_nm/us_ipad_security


Visitors check out the new Apple iPads at an Apple retail store in Madrid May 28, 2010. REUTERS/Susana VeraReuters - AT&T Inc said on Wednesday some users of Apple's iPad have had personal information exposed via a network security flaw, two months after the tablet computer was launched and smashed sales expectations.

Thu, 10 Jun 10
App Industry Roundup: How many HTC Evo 4G's have really sold? (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2081_app_industry_roundup_how_many_htc_evo_4g_s_have_really_sold/36465872/SIG=1368689sp/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2081-app-industry-
Appolicious - That question leads off today's App Industry Roundup. HTC's hot Evo appears hard to buy, but there's a dispute about how many have really sold. Also, the Pulse app developers speak and, surprise, Gawker is annoyed at Steve Jobs.

Thu, 10 Jun 10
Review: Web Apps are limited free taste of Office (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100609/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_life_tech_test_office_live


This screenshot made Wednesday, June 9, 2010, shows Microsoft Excel Web App,a free browser-based application the company is offering along with the launch of Office 2010, in editing mode. (AP Photo/Microsoft Office Live) ** NO SALES **AP - This week saw the launch of a free version of Microsoft's flagship Office software, available online. In other news, hell just froze over.

Thu, 10 Jun 10
Jitterbit moves integration to the cloud (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20100609/tc_infoworld/126777
InfoWorld - Integration services provider Jitterbit is taking its technology to the cloud. The company on Wednesday announced Jitterbit Enterprise Cloud Edition, a cloud-based version of Jitterbit's integration platform that runs on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).

Thu, 10 Jun 10
Hackers obtain email addresses of iPad 3G owners (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100609/tc_afp/usitcompanytelecomappleatt


A shadowy hacking group obtained the email addresses of over 114,000 owners of Apple iPads by exploiting a vulnerability at US telecom giant AT&T, a Silicon Valley website reported on Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - A shadowy hacking group obtained the email addresses of over 114,000 owners of Apple iPads by exploiting a vulnerability at US telecom giant AT&T, a Silicon Valley website reported on Wednesday.

Thu, 10 Jun 10
Canonical Developing Ubuntu OS for Tablets (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100609/tc_pcworld/canonicaldevelopingubuntuosfortablets
PC World - Canonical is preparing a version of the Ubuntu OS for tablet computers as the company looks to extend its presence in the mobile space, a company executive said on Wednesday.

Thu, 10 Jun 10
Death is no escape from Internet in Hong Kong (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100610/tc_afp/hongkonginternetgravesoffbeat


A couple walks amongst graves in Hong Kong. In Chinese culture, relatives are expected to visit the cemetery at least once a year to pay their respects. But now, mourners can simply visit memorial.gov.hk and set up a page for free.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AFP - Even Hong Kong's dead cannot escape the Internet after the government Thursday opened the electronic gates on a brand new virtual graveyard.

Wed, 9 Jun 10
China says it will keep blocking online content (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100608/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_internet


Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Hefei in central China's Anhui province Tuesday, June 8, 2010. China vowed Tuesday to keep a tight grip on the Internet, saying it would continue to block anything considered subversive or threatening to 'national unity.' (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - China vowed Tuesday to keep a tight grip on the Internet, saying it would continue to block anything considered subversive or threatening to "national unity."

Wed, 9 Jun 10
Microsoft to offer $1.15B in convertible debt (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100608/ap_on_hi_te/us_microsoft_debt
AP - Even one of the richest companies in the world, Microsoft Corp., can use some of the financial flexibility that comes from borrowing money at today's relatively low rates.

Wed, 9 Jun 10
Lawmakers seek prepaid cell crackdown, cite terror (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100608/ap_on_hi_te/us_cell_phones_terror


A man uses a cell phone in New York. US lawmakers unveiled a bill Wednesday to enable law enforcement to identify users of pre-paid cell phones, charging that anonymity makes the devices attractive to terrorists, drug kingpins and gangs.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AP - Alarmed by the use of hard-to-track prepaid cell phones by terror suspects, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and Texas Sen. John Cornyn have introduced legislation requiring consumers to produce identification before buying such phones.

Wed, 9 Jun 10
Microsoft Bing ends cashback feature (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100608/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2470
Christopher Null - Some called it a move of the truly desperate: Paying users outright for using the Microsoft Bing search engine.

Wed, 9 Jun 10
Another use for front-facing cameras: gesture control (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100608/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2469
Ben Patterson - Most people think of video chat when they think of front-facing cameras on phones like the HTC Evo 4G or the upcoming iPhone 4. But an Israeli tech company has another use in mind: gesture control, such as answering a call simply by waving your hand in front of the lens. Interesting.

Wed, 9 Jun 10
Border Patrol seeks text on suspicious activity (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100608/ap_on_hi_te/us_border_text_messaging


People standing on the Paso Del Norte border bridge watch the police activity below after 14 year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca was killed below the bridge in the city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Monday June 7, 2010. Chihuahua State officials released a statement Tuesday June 8, demanding a full investigation into the death of the boy who was allegedly shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent after a confrontation, according to Mexican authorities.(AP Photo)AP - U.S. Border Patrol agents often use horses to look for smugglers in the forested mountains along the Canadian border, but now will be adding a more modern tool to help them keep watch — text messaging.

Wed, 9 Jun 10
Apple Design Awards recognize iPhone, iPad apps (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100609/tc_macworld/appledesignawardsrecognizeiphoneipadapps
Macworld.com - For many developers, there’s no greater reward to their work than having it noticed by Apple. On Tuesday evening, the company held its annual Apple Design Awards to recognize those applications that best embody qualities like innovation, technical excellence, and technology adoption.

Wed, 9 Jun 10
Conn. AG: Google gathered public Wi-Fi data to map (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100608/ap_on_hi_te/us_google_privacy
AP - Connecticut's attorney general says Google has informed his office that it collected data over the state's public wireless networks in 2008 for its mapping service.

Wed, 9 Jun 10
The Truth About the Faces in Your Facebook Ads (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100609/tc_pcworld/thetruthaboutthefacesinyourfacebookads
PC World - You've undoubtedly seen advertisements running down the right-hand side of your Facebook page (as in the example at left). Chances are some of them have promised you that "Hot singles are waiting for you!"

Wed, 9 Jun 10
TiVo loses at patent office in fight with Dish (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100608/media_nm/us_tivo_dish_patent
Reuters - The U.S. patent office rejected two patent claims by video recording technology company TiVo in a battle with Dish Network and EchoStar over digital video recorders.

Wed, 9 Jun 10
Hulu plans to charge, expand to devices: sources (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100609/wr_nm/us_hulu_paid
Reuters - Free video website Hulu plans to soon begin charging customers and is looking to expand its content to consumer devices like the Xbox and iPad, according to two sources, as the site's media owners experiment with platforms beyond an ad-supported TV model.

Wed, 9 Jun 10
Sprint says it overstated EVO launch day sales (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100609/tc_nm/us_sprint
Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp said on Tuesday it had inadvertently overstated the launch day sales of the much anticipated EVO 4G phone from HTC Corp, which is touted as a serious competitor to Apple's iPhone 4.

Wed, 9 Jun 10
Android App Video Review: Abobe Reader (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2080_android_app_video_review_abobe_reader/36458340/SIG=12gna0o8q/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2080-android-app-video-review-abobe-read
Appolicious - Providing a solution to reading PDFs on the Android platform, Adobe Reader sets the standard for experience and quality. Simple to use, pinch and zoom to read your documents. Utilize the Reflow option to conveniently format your document to your handheld's screen.

Wed, 9 Jun 10
Oracle Revamps Content Management Suite (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100608/tc_pcworld/oraclerevampscontentmanagementsuite
PC World - Oracle on Tuesday is unveiling Enterprise Content Management Suite 11g, a pillar of its sprawling middleware stack and competitor to products from IBM, EMC, Open Text and other vendors.

Wed, 9 Jun 10
Microsoft, Adobe fix security flaws (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100608/tc_nm/us_internet_security
Reuters - Microsoft Corp issued one of its biggest security fixes on Tuesday, including a repair to its widely used Excel spreadsheet for flaws that could allow hackers to take control of a user's PC.

Wed, 9 Jun 10
Wealthy businesswomen win California Republican races (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100609/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_california_governor


Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman celebrates after winning the Republican nomination for California governor in Los Angeles, California, June 8, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy NicholsonReuters - Two powerful Silicon Valley businesswomen won Republican nominations for California governor and the U.S. Senate on Tuesday after capitalizing on their business acumen -- and their personal fortunes.

Tue, 8 Jun 10
Slimmer iPhone with clearer screen due June 24 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100607/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple_iphone


Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the new iPhone 4 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Monday, June 7, 2010, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - The next iPhone comes out June 24 and will have a higher-resolution screen, longer battery life and thinner design.

Tue, 8 Jun 10
Yahoo's site mirrors Facebook in latest facelift (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100607/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_yahoo_facebook
A Yahoo! billboard is seen in New York's Time's Square January 25, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidAP - Yahoo Inc.'s latest facelift will include a Facebook touchup.

Tue, 8 Jun 10
Live blog: Steve Jobs unveils new iPhone (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2428


Apple CEO Steve Jobs stands in front of an image of the new iPhone 4 during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California June 7, 2010. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS)Christopher Null - The rumors are true: iPhone 4 is real and it's coming on June 24. Steve Jobs has just wrapped up his announcement of the 4th generation of the wildly popular iPhone on stage at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, along with countless other surprises. Live blog updates appear below in reverse-chronological order.

Tue, 8 Jun 10
Verizon iPhone, $99 Apple TV and other no-shows (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100607/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2442
Ben Patterson - Among the hot Apple rumors that failed to materialize during the big WWDC keynote Monday: a $99 Apple TV, a touch-sensitive "Magic Trackpad," iTunes in the cloud, and a final "Get a Mac" ad featuring the lost iPhone prototype. Oh, and no iPhone for Verizon Wireless, either.

Tue, 8 Jun 10
Steve Jobs to crowd: 'We're having a little problem here' (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100607/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2445
Ben Patterson - Apple's chief exec and irreplaceable master of ceremonies has few if any equals when it comes to wowing audiences during product demos, but even Steve Jobs's famous reality-distortion field couldn't protect him from an embarrassing Wi-Fi snafu during the big WWDC keynote Monday.

Tue, 8 Jun 10
Apple unveils iPhone with video chat (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100608/tc_afp/usittelecomcompanyinternetappleiphone


An Apple employee demonstrates AFP - Apple unveiled a next-generation iPhone on Monday that features video chat, can shoot and edit high-definition quality video and has a crisper resolution screen.

Tue, 8 Jun 10
Apple Unveils iPhone 4, Video Calling As Smart Phone Competition Heats Up (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100607/bs_ibd_ibd/536606
Investor's Business Daily - In what Apple (NMS:AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs described as a Jetsons-inspired dream, the company aims to make mobile video calling the next killer app for its iPhone smart phones.

Tue, 8 Jun 10
'The Facebook Effect' shows site's origins, impact (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100607/ap_on_hi_te/us_book_review_the_facebook_effect


In this book cover image released by Simon & Schuster, 'The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World' by David Kirkpatrick is shown. (AP PHoto/Simon & Schuster)AP - "The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World" (Simon & Schuster, 372 pages, $26), by David Kirkpatrick: Many of us use Facebook nearly every day — some of us multiple times a day — without giving much thought to how the world's most popular social network came to be.

Tue, 8 Jun 10
Guitar Hero, Farmville, and Netflix Coming for iPhone (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100607/tc_pcworld/guitarherofarmvilleandnetflixcomingforiphone
PC World - Video games FarmVille and Guitar Hero along with streaming video service Netflix are all inbound for Apple's iPhone, the company announced at today's WWDC event.

Tue, 8 Jun 10
France opens its market to online gaming (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100608/bs_afp/franceitinternetlifestylegaming


The web page of the online gambling site BetClic. Online sport and horse racing bets in France will be opened up to new, legal competition at the start of the football World Cup in South Africa.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - France officially opened up its online gaming market on Tuesday, granting 17 licences to 11 operators three days before the start of the soccer World Cup in South Africa.

Tue, 8 Jun 10
Adobe releases Lightroom 3 (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100608/tc_macworld/adobereleaseslightroom3
Macworld.com - Adobe has released Lightroom 3, the latest version of its popular photography workflow management and raw processing software. This new version is filled with a number of improvements and new tools, including support for DSLR video files, improved noise reduction and image sharpening features, and profile-based lens correction—a feature that was rolled-out for Photoshop users in the recent Camera Raw 6.1 update.

Tue, 8 Jun 10
Top Android phones shouldn't be wary of new iPhone 4 (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2066_top_android_phones_shouldn_t_be_wary_of_new_iphone_4/36444456/SIG=12vloivl4/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2066-top-android-phones-s
Appolicious - Despite the iPhone 4's key new features, the battle for buyers is intensifying as several top-notch  phones powered by Google's Android mobile software are now on the market. Innovation in this arena no longer belongs only to Apple, as shoppers have a rich array of choices for phones that run apps, shoot crisp video and inform you instantly what your friends are doing.

Tue, 8 Jun 10
Eclipse: Developers growing more fond of desktop Linux (InfoWorld)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20100607/tc_infoworld/126476
InfoWorld - Developers in the Eclipse open source community are becoming more inclined to use Linux as their primary desktop operating system, according to a report released Monday by the Eclipse Foundation that gauges sentiments on software development issues.

Tue, 8 Jun 10
Enterprise Products Partners (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100607/bs_ibd_ibd/536594
Investor's Business Daily - Enterprise Products Partners , an energy services company, said a natural gas pipeline in Johnson County, Texas, was hit by heavy equipment — causing an explosion that local reports said killed at least 3 people with 10 missing. It fell.

Tue, 8 Jun 10
Adobe Warns of Critical Risks for Flash & Acrobat (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100607/bs_nf/73732
NewsFactor - Adobe has issued a "critical" alert that zero-day attacks are being launched on a security vulnerability in its Flash Player, PDF Reader, and Acrobat products. The alert applies to Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris operating systems, as well as the authplay.dll component that accompanies Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3.2 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows, Mac and Unix OSs.

Tue, 8 Jun 10
China defends Internet 'Great Firewall' (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100608/tc_afp/chinapoliticsitinternetcensorship


China has defended its right to censor the Internet, saying it needed to do so to ensure state security, and cautioned foreign governments to respect and obey its online policies. The government's white paper on the Internet in China comes after a very public row with Google over web freedoms, which prompted the US firm to shut down its Chinese search engine.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China on Tuesday defended its right to censor the Internet, saying it needed to do so to ensure state security, and cautioned other nations to respect how it polices the world's largest online population.

Mon, 7 Jun 10
Yahoo's site mirrors Facebook in latest facelift (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100606/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_yahoo_facebook
A Yahoo! billboard is seen in New York's Time's Square January 25, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidAP - Yahoo Inc.'s latest facelift will include a Facebook touchup.

Mon, 7 Jun 10
Australia launches privacy investigation of Google (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100606/ap_on_hi_te/as_australia_google_privacy


FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2006 file photo, a Google receptionist works at the front desk in the company's office in New York. Australia announced a police investigation Sunday, June 6, 2010 into whether Google illegally collected private information from wireless networks, becoming at least the second country to probe the Internet giant's 'Street View' mapping service. The Australian criminal investigation comes as more regulators and consumers watchdogs around the world are complaining that Google doesn't take people's privacy seriously enough. Google maintains that its users' privacy is one of the company's highest priorities. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - Australia announced a police investigation Sunday into whether Google illegally collected private information from wireless networks, becoming at least the second country to probe the Internet giant's "Street View" mapping service.

Mon, 7 Jun 10
Bar codes get around town and get more useful (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100606/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_better_bar_codes
AP - It used to be that the only time you'd notice a bar code was at a store, maybe when a cashier scanned your groceries. But lately bar codes are showing up in more places around town — and getting more sophisticated.

Mon, 7 Jun 10
Bangladesh lifts Facebook ban (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100606/ap_on_hi_te/as_bangladesh_facebook_ban


Supporters of a Pakistani religious party chant slogans during a rally against an Internet Facebook page, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, May 30, 2010. Pakistan government ordered Internet service providers to block the social networking site amid anger over a page that encourages users to post images of Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Placard on center reads 'we are servants of Prophet Muhammad'. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - Bangladesh has lifted a weeklong ban on the social networking website Facebook imposed for a page urging people to draw images of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, an official said Sunday.

Mon, 7 Jun 10
'Sesame Street' games to cover Wii Remote buttons (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100607/ap_on_en_ot/us_games_sesame_street


In this video game image released by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the cover to 'Elmo's A-to-Zoo Adventure: The Videogame,' is shown. The first-ever Wii video games based on the venerable 'Sesame Street' franchise will come packaged with an unprecedented doodad: a cover that hides buttons on the Wii Remote. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)AP - T is for too many buttons.

Mon, 7 Jun 10
AT&T joins Apple in putting iPhone 3G sales to rest (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100606/tc_macworld/attjoinsappleinputtingiphone3gsalestorest
Macworld.com - We had some good times, iPhone 3G. You launched in 2008, and we promptly ding-dong-ditched EDGE and explored a wild new App Store. Hey, we even still had SMS bundled with data. Remember that? But Apple stopped selling you almost two weeks ago, and now AT&T says your time has come up.

Mon, 7 Jun 10
Police: Man's bomb comment delays flight in NY (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100607/ap_on_bi_ge/us_macarthur_airport_bomb_threat
AP - A 75-year-old man on a plane from Chicago to New York's Long Island was arrested Sunday after telling a flight attendant he had a bomb in his carry-on luggage, forcing passengers to exit while authorities inspected the aircraft, officials said.

Mon, 7 Jun 10
Create mobile presentations through Keypoint app (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2056_create_mobile_presentations_through_keypoint_app/36431451/SIG=12rghj74s/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2056-create-mobile-presentati
Appolicious - If you’ve ever found yourself in need of an electronic presentation, but without access to a computer or program, the Keypoint app ($1.99) is here to save the day. The app, which works on iPhone and iPod Touch, can help you quickly put a presentation together with just a few taps.

Mon, 7 Jun 10
Facebook streams updates to Yahoo! websites (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100606/tc_afp/usitcompanyinternetyahoofacebook


A Yahoo! sign is seen in Times Square. Internet youngster Facebook on Monday begins letting members stream updates to websites operated by Silicon Valley old-timer Yahoo!(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros)AFP - Internet youngster Facebook on Monday begins letting members stream updates to websites operated by Silicon Valley old-timer Yahoo!

Sun, 6 Jun 10
Calif. mom finds missing children using Facebook (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100606/ap_on_re_us/us_found_on_facebook
AP - A Southern California mother whose two children were reported missing 15 years ago has tracked them down in Florida using Facebook.

Sun, 6 Jun 10
iPad imitators hope to bite into Apple's lead (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100606/tc_afp/asiaittechnologyapplecomputertablet


Staff members prepare for the Australian launch of the iPad inside Apple's flagship store in Sydney on May 28, 2010. When Apple announced the arrival of the iPad, it said it would create and define a brand-new sector in the market for computer devices, somewhere between the smartphone and the notebook laptop.(AFP/Greg Wood)AFP - When Apple announced the arrival of the iPad, it said it would create and define a brand-new sector in the market for computer devices, somewhere between the smartphone and the notebook laptop.

Sun, 6 Jun 10
Google to provide data to European authorities (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100605/wr_nm/us_google_wifi
Reuters - Google Inc said on Saturday it would hand over data it collected through wireless networks to French, German and Spanish authorities as it faces mounting legal issues concerning its data collection.

Sun, 6 Jun 10
Apple's Jobs expected to reveal new iPhone (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100606/bs_afp/usittelecomcompanyinternetapple


Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks about the iPhone in April in Cupertino, California. Apple's secrecy about product launches is legendary but when Jobs takes the stage Monday the world may have already had a glimpse of what is expected to be the next iPhone.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Apple's secrecy about product launches is legendary but when chief executive Steve Jobs takes the stage Monday the world may have already had a glimpse of what is expected to be the next iPhone.

Sun, 6 Jun 10
Romania: the last journey now broadcast live (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100605/tc_afp/romaniareligioninternetoffbeat


A Romanian girl walks across graves of victims who fell in the 1989 Revolution at the Heroes Cemetery monument in Timisoara, 580 kms (370 miles) west of Bucharest in 2009. Funerar TV in Romania now offers the opportunity to have a funeral broadcast live on the Internet.(AFP/File/Daniel Mihailescu)AFP - "Welcome!" The heartfelt wish above a picture showing a casket inside an open tomb encourages Romanians to watch the last journey of their loved ones, or not, live on the Internet.

Sun, 6 Jun 10
Protect Your PCs Against Adobe Security Flaws (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100606/tc_pcworld/protectyourpcsagainstadobesecurityflaws
PC World - Adobe has been very successful at establishing its products as cross-platform, operating system agnostic tools for delivering content. Unfortunately, those same attributes are also attractive reasons to attack Adobe products, and Adobe has been a little less successful at ensuring those products are secure. IT administrators need to exercise increased diligence to protect against Adobe software flaws and malicious PDF files.

Sun, 6 Jun 10
Quick tips to foil Mac break-in attempts (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100605/tc_macworld/quicktipstofoilmacbreakinattempts
Macworld.com - As Mac users, many of us don’t spend as much time worrying about security as our counterparts on other platforms. While it’s true that Macs don’t encounter as much malware as Windows, though, it hardly means we’re immune from security risks, as I discovered myself this week.

Sat, 5 Jun 10
Apple conference likely to yield new iPhone (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100604/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple


FILE - In this April 8, 2010 file photo, Apple Chairman and CEO Steve Jobs speaks at an event at Apple Inc. in Cupertino, Calif. After a series of leaked prototypes, it's almost a given that Apple Inc. will unveil a new version of the iPhone during its annual software developers conference that opens Monday, June 7, 2010, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, file)AP - After a series of leaked prototypes, it's almost a given that Apple Inc. will unveil a new version of the iPhone during its annual software developers conference that opens Monday in San Francisco.

Sat, 5 Jun 10
Microsoft shutters Bing shopping rebate program (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100604/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_microsoft_closing_cashback
AP - Microsoft is shutting down a program that gave online shoppers rebates when they found items through Bing search.

Sat, 5 Jun 10
Some blocked websites now accessible in China (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100604/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_internet_controls
AP - Some websites, including ones with pornography, that were previously blocked by China's Internet censors were accessible inside the country Friday, though reasons for the change were unclear.

Sat, 5 Jun 10
Self-publishing turning book world on its ear (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100604/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2420
Christopher Null - Say you’ve spent the last year painstakingly writing a book, and now you are ready to offer it to the world. What do you do?

Sat, 5 Jun 10
Last-minute Apple rumor round-up (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100604/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2423
Ben Patterson - The wait is almost over. Come Monday's keynote at Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, odds are we'll get a look — perhaps not the first, after all those crazy leaks — of the next iPhone, complete (supposedly) with a new, flatter shell, dual cameras, and a higher-resolution display. But what else will Steve Jobs pull out of his bag of tricks?

Sat, 5 Jun 10
Oracle cutting more Sun jobs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100604/ap_on_hi_te/us_oracle_layoffs
AP - Oracle Corp. is cutting more jobs as part of its takeover of slumping computer-server maker Sun Microsystems.

Sat, 5 Jun 10
Will iPhone 4G Match Rivals' Bigger Touchscreens? (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100604/tc_nf/73728
NewsFactor - With Apple likely to launch its new iPhone 4G at next week's Worldwide Developer's Conference, as the company has done for the past three summers, speculation is rampant about what new features might emerge that haven't been seen in two leaked prototypes.

Sat, 5 Jun 10
WiMax Forum Upbeat Despite Defections (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100605/tc_pcworld/wimaxforumupbeatdespitedefections
PC World - The WiMax Forum has closed one office in the past several months and lost as many as 100 members, but it is not concerned about the 4G technology losing its footing as many mobile operators commit to using LTE (Long-Term Evolution) networks instead.

Sat, 5 Jun 10
Flotilla raid goes viral as Israel floods YouTube (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100605/tc_afp/israelconflictgazamediainternetyoutube


Image grab from a video on the Israeli military's YouTube site of a passenger on the Mavi Marmara being interviewed before an Israeli navy raid by someone holding a microphone with 'Press TV' on it and allegedly talking about wanting to become a martyr. Israel is fighting back in the PR war with a barrage of clips on YouTube claiming activists started the violence(AFP/IDF)AFP - Israel may have lost the initial PR battle over its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship, but it is fighting back with a barrage of video clips in a bid to prove activists initiated the violence.

Sat, 5 Jun 10
Hackers plant viruses in Windows smartphone games (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100605/tc_nm/us_mobile_viruses
Smartphones are displayed in a mobile phone store in Taipei April 28, 2010. REUTERS/Pichi ChuangReuters - Hackers have planted viruses in video games for smartphones running on Microsoft Corp's Windows operating system, according to a security firm specializing in mobile devices.

Sat, 5 Jun 10
Remains of the Day: Ballmer keeps on trucking (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100604/tc_macworld/remainsofthedayballmerkeepsontrucking
Macworld.com - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer fires back at Apple CEO Steve Jobs for some hot Steve-on-Steve action, Moscone prepares for Apple’s show; and Stephen Colbert has some strong words for intellectual property thieves. Join us in the remainders for June 4, 2010—if you dare!

Sat, 5 Jun 10
Apple guru Andy Ihnatko on the iPhone, iPad and why WWDC is all about apps (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2051_apple_guru_andy_ihnatko_on_the_iphone_ipad_and_why_wwdc_is_all_about_apps/36412701/SIG=13kpefi31/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2051
Appolicious - The new iPhone will finally be unveiled at Apple's World Wide Developers Conference on Monday. Before getting to know the new iPhone, we checked in with Apple aficionado Andy Ihnatko about the impact to date of Apple's last major announcement - the iPad.

Sat, 5 Jun 10
Activists Worry About a New 'Green Dam' in Vietnam (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100605/tc_pcworld/activistsworryaboutanewgreendaminvietnam
PC World - Human rights activists are worried that new software mandated by Vietnamese authorities may lead to an Internet clampdown in the country's largest city.

Sat, 5 Jun 10
Summary Box: Apple likely to launch new iPhone (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100604/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple_summary_box
AP - THE BUZZ: Apple CEO Steve Jobs is likely to show off a new version of the iPhone during an annual software developers conference that opens Monday in San Francisco.

Sat, 5 Jun 10
Oracle to Lay off More Sun Workers (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100604/tc_pcworld/oracletolayoffmoresunworkers
PC World - Oracle is making further job cuts related to its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, primarily in Europe and Asia, the company said in a regulatory filing Friday.

Sat, 5 Jun 10
Customized Xbox 360 Controller Brings Gaming to the Disabled (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100604/tc_pcworld/customizedxbox360controllerbringsgamingtothedisabled
PC World - Steve Spohn is wheelchair-bound, on a ventilator and can barely move because of muscular dystrophy, but he's still able to play video games. He participated in last week's Games for Health conference in Boston, where the AbleGamers Foundation hosted the Hardware Hackers Challenge, a contest to build a handicap-accessible game controller in under two hours.

Sat, 5 Jun 10
Open source Linux wins Quebec court case against Microsoft (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100604/tc_afp/canadacomputerjusticemicrosoftlinux


A Quebec court ruled a provincial agency was wrong to install Microsoft software on its computers without allowing others, such as Linux dealers, to bid on the lucrative contract, AFP learned Friday.(Linux)AFP - A Quebec court ruled a provincial agency was wrong to install Microsoft software on its computers without allowing others, such as Linux dealers, to bid on the lucrative contract, AFP learned Friday.

Fri, 4 Jun 10
Publishers see signs the iPad can restore ad money (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100603/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_ipad_media


In this undated photo provided by Wired, an Apple iPad is displayed. After nearly a year of laboring on a tablet computer edition of the magazine, Wired released its application in Apple's digital newsstand Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Other titles from Conde Nast, including Vanity Fair and GQ, had already come out for the iPad, which launched April 3. But Wired is the first to undergo a top-to-bottom re-imagining for the new format. (AP Photo/Wired) ** NO SALES **AP - Good news for the news business: Companies are paying newspapers and magazines up to five times as much to place ads in their iPad applications as what similar advertising costs on regular websites.

Fri, 4 Jun 10
Nokia launches bike-powered handset (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100603/ap_on_hi_te/eu_finland_nokia_pedal_power
AP - Want to talk more? Keep pedaling, says Nokia.

Fri, 4 Jun 10
A thinner Kindle in the works? (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100603/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2398
Christopher Null - Now in a bit of a rough spot as it fends off attackers ranging from the 2-million-units-sold Apple iPad to the Barnes & Noble Nook, Amazon is said to be preparing another update to its Kindle e-book reader hardware for release in August.

Fri, 4 Jun 10
Video: Facebook's Zuckerberg sweats under the lights at D8 confab (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100603/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2400
Ben Patterson - Never let 'em see you sweat — that's what they say, right? Well, if you want to watch Facebook's chief executive suffer an attack of flop sweat under questioning by D8 moderators Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, look no further. Also: secrets about Mark Zuckerberg's trademark hoodie, revealed at last.

Fri, 4 Jun 10
Chunghwa Telecom wants iPad and next-gen iPhone in Taiwan (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100604/tc_nm/us_chunghwatel
Reuters - Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan's largest telecoms operator, is in talks to sell Apple's iPad and future versions of the iPhone on the island, its chairman said on Friday as it turns to data services to fuel growth.

Fri, 4 Jun 10
Google Relents, Will Hand Over European Wi-Fi Data (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100604/tc_pcworld/googlerelentswillhandovereuropeanwifidata
PC World - In a reversal of course, Google now says that it will give European regulators data it secretly collected from open wireless networks over the past three years.

Fri, 4 Jun 10
Comedy supplants news as most popular online video: Pew (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100603/ennew_afp/usitsocietyvideointernetpew


The Internet homepage of the YouTube website. More than half of US adults have watched video online and comedy clips have replaced news as the most popular video on the Internet, according to a survey released Thursday.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)AFP - More than half of US adults have watched video online and comedy clips have replaced news as the most popular video on the Internet, according to a survey released Thursday.

Fri, 4 Jun 10
Shogun 2: Total War Returns Series to Roots (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100603/tc_pcworld/shogun2totalwarreturnsseriestoroots
PC World - After a decade tinkering with Western handgunners, gothic sergeants, and Numidian mercenaries, Sega says it's finally returning to the Eastern theatre that spawned its popular PC-based Total War real-time strategy series.

Fri, 4 Jun 10
New Apple iPhone on tap but may fail to dazzle (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100604/wr_nm/us_apple_iphone
Reuters - Apple Inc's next-generation iPhone, which CEO Steve Jobs is widely expected to unveil on Monday, will have to really set new standards in multimedia content and function to wow Wall Street and consumers.

Fri, 4 Jun 10
Android Apps of the Week: Sirius XM Radio, RealPlayer Media and more (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2043_android_apps_of_the_week_sirius_xm_radio_realplayer_media_and_more/36396263/SIG=13d1htkn5/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2043-androi
Appolicious - In case you were too busy eating hot dogs and BBQ ribs over the holiday weekend, a number of notable Android apps emerged in the Market.  The bigger-brand app releases focused primarily on media this week, from streaming radio to Gary Coleman tributes.

Fri, 4 Jun 10
U.S. concerned by case of jailed Kuwaiti blogger (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100604/wr_nm/us_kuwait_blogger
Reuters - The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it had concerns about the case of a Kuwaiti blogger on trial for allegedly insulting Kuwait's head of state and had raised the matter with the Kuwaiti government.

Fri, 4 Jun 10
Software maker Deltek makes bid for Maconomy (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100603/ap_on_hi_te/us_deltek_maconomy
AP - Deltek Inc., which makes business software for tracking expenses, performance and other functions, said Thursday it had made an offer to buy its Danish rival Maconomy for about $72 million.

Fri, 4 Jun 10
Microsoft Cloud Service Deployed by Kentucky Schools (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100603/tc_pcworld/microsoftcloudservicedeployedbykentuckyschools
PC World - The Kentucky Department of Education is replacing its e-mail servers with a free cloud-based offering from Microsoft, one that will supply 700,000 students, faculty and staff with e-mail and other information-sharing tools.

Fri, 4 Jun 10
Facebook malware continuing its march (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100603/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2387
Christopher Null - Facebook users are being pounded by “clickjacking” attacks that have been affecting the site at unusually heavy levels for weeks.

Fri, 4 Jun 10
Chip Giants Establish Linux Group for Phones, TVs (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100603/tc_pcworld/chipgiantsestablishlinuxgroupforphonestvs
PC World - A group of chip makers including IBM, Samsung Electronics and Texas Instruments on Thursday unveiled Linaro, a new software-engineering foundation dedicated to improving Linux distributions, including Android, MeeGo and Ubuntu, used in consumer devices.

Thu, 3 Jun 10
For new AT&T users, no more 'all you can eat' data (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100602/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_at_t_data_plans


FILE - In this file photo made Oct. 20, 2009, people walk through the Northshore Mall beyond near an AT&T kiosk, in Peabody, Mass. AT&T Inc. will stop letting new customers sign up for its unlimited Internet data plan for smart phones and iPads, hoping to ease congestion on its network by charging the people who use the most data more.(AP Photo/Lisa Poole, file)AP - Just in time for the release of a new iPhone, AT&T will stop letting new customers sign up for its unlimited Internet data plan for smart phones and iPads and charge more for users who hog the most bandwidth.

Thu, 3 Jun 10
Foxconn raises worker pay by 30 pct after suicides (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100602/ap_on_hi_te/as_taiwan_china_foxconn


FILE - In this Feb 24, 2010 file photo, a recruiter from Foxconn talks to job applicants outside the factory in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong province. Global manufacturers struggling with life-or-death pressures to control costs are finding that the legions of low-wage Chinese workers they rely on have limits. A strike at Honda Motor Co. and the official response to a spate of suicides at Foxconn Technology, a maker of electronics for industry giants such as Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, suggests China's leaders are at least tacitly allowing workers to talk back. (AP Photo, File) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group, shaken by a spate of suicides at its China plants, said Wednesday it is raising the pay of workers by 30 percent, a greater increase than first planned.

Thu, 3 Jun 10
PSA: Don’t eat lithium batteries (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100602/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2369
Christopher Null - Kids will swallow just about anything, but some things, it turns out, are deadlier than others.

Thu, 3 Jun 10
More thoughts on Steve Jobs at D8 (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100602/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2360
Christopher Null - In what is now an annual rite of passage, Steve Jobs took the stage last night at the D8 conference thrown by the Wall Street Journal. Featuring a who’s who of technology and business executives, D8 has become renowned for encouraging frank commentary from often reticent CEOs. With Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at the helm, Steve Jobs was put under the microscope for nearly two hours, where he was subjected to an interrogation about everything from Flash to stolen iPhones.

Thu, 3 Jun 10
Take-Two lands Michael Jordan for NBA video game (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100602/ap_on_sp_ot/us_tec_michael_jordan_video_game
AP - Basketball superstar Michael Jordan will help develop the upcoming "NBA 2K11" video game and will be on its cover.

Thu, 3 Jun 10
Computers used in drive to test stress levels (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100603/tc_afp/taiwanittechnologyshowisrael


A new gadget that helps computer users check their stress and mood levels has been unveiled at Asia's biggest IT trade fair.(AFP/File)AFP - A new gadget that helps computer users check their stress and mood levels was unveiled Thursday at Asia's biggest IT trade fair.

Thu, 3 Jun 10
AT&T Puts Caps On iPhone Data Usage As Mobile Video's Rise Taxes Networks (Investor's Business Daily)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100602/bs_ibd_ibd/536141
Investor's Business Daily - AT&T on Wednesday shook up pricing for smart phone and tablet PC users, ending unlimited data plans for new customers that buy Apple's (NMS:AAPL) iPad and iPhone.

Thu, 3 Jun 10
Camera Plus Pro adds new video, sharing features (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100602/tc_macworld/cameraplusproaddsnewvideosharingfeatures
Macworld.com - Global Delight already has its eyes on the forthcoming iPhone 4.0 release. The app maker has vowed to add support for the new iPhone OS to its Camera Plus Pro all-in-one photo and video app once Apple officially releases the update.

Thu, 3 Jun 10
Is Hulu in the Offing for Xbox LIVE? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100602/tc_pcworld/ishuluintheoffingforxboxlive
PC World - The latest pre-E3 game-a-palooza rumor has it that Microsoft's planning to announce Hulu support for Xbox LIVE during its press conference at the show on Monday June 14.

Thu, 3 Jun 10
Murdoch hails Apple's Jobs as top US CEO (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100603/bs_afp/usitmediamurdochcomputerapple


Media magnate Rupert Murdoch has hailed Apple chief executive Steve Jobs (pictured), as the best CEO in America. Apple has announced that it has sold two million iPads in less than two months, outdoing even the iconic iPhone on its launch. Analysts estimate the California-based firm will sell five to eight million iPads this year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Media magnate Rupert Murdoch hailed Apple chief executive Steve Jobs on Wednesday, saying there was "not much doubt" he was the best CEO in America and predicting iPad sales would hit 10 million this year.

Thu, 3 Jun 10
Five things to expect from the new iPhone (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2040_five_things_to_expect_from_the_new_iphone/36388293/SIG=12kpodo2e/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2040-five-things-to-expect-from-the-
Appolicious - When Steve Jobs gives the keynote address Monday at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, we know he will introduce a new iPhone that runs on an updated operating system, dubbed the iPhone OS 4. But we don't know all the specifics (and surprises) those two developments will include.

Thu, 3 Jun 10
Ugly row over Australia's Facebook 'freaks' (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100603/tc_afp/technologyaustraliainternetfacebookoffbeat


An Australian official's wife has sparked an online controversy after using Facebook to complain about the AFP - An Australian official's wife sparked an online controversy after using Facebook to complain about the "ugly... freaks" at a local horse-racing day.

Thu, 3 Jun 10
FTC Cracks Down on Spyware Seller (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100603/tc_pcworld/ftccracksdownonspywareseller
PC World - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with Florida spyware vendor CyberSpy Software, two years after suing the company for selling "100 percent undetectable" keylogging software.

Thu, 3 Jun 10
EnterpriseDB Serves All-you-can-socket PostGres Special (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100602/tc_pcworld/enterprisedbservesallyoucansocketpostgresspecial
PC World - EnterpriseDB, which offers a supported version of the open-source PostGres database, is now offering unlimited subscriptions that will allow organizations to run as many copies of the database server software as they desire. Total cost? US$40,000 per year.

Thu, 3 Jun 10
Google Drops Windows in Aftermath of Hacker Attack (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100602/bs_nf/73685
NewsFactor - Google is dropping Windows. The search giant will use Mac or Linux operating systems on all employee computers because of security concerns about Microsoft's Windows.

Thu, 3 Jun 10
Smokescreen Does Flash Without Flash (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100602/tc_pcworld/smokescreendoesflashwithoutflash
PC World - Smokescreen is a new open-source project that is working toward getting Flash onto the iPhone and iPad--but not in the way that you might expect. Rather than do some jailbreak hack or complain about Apple's Flash ban, though, the people behind Smokescreen decided to tackle the problem head-on by bringing Flash to the iDevices without requiring the Flash plugin.

Wed, 2 Jun 10
Hewlett-Packard to cut 9K jobs in services unit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100601/ap_on_hi_te/us_hewlett_packard_automation


Workers arrive on bikes in front of Hewlett Packard Company headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, June 1, 2010. HP said Tuesday it will lay off about 9,000 workers in the unit that provides technology services to other businesses as the company consolidates and automates its commercial data centers. The cuts will be made over about three years and amount to some 3 percent of HP's global work force. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Hewlett-Packard Co., the world's largest information-technology company, plans to lay off about 9,000 employees as it tries to cut costs in its back-office computing centers and deepens its use of software, rather than people, to do some of the work that those hubs require.

Wed, 2 Jun 10
Apple's Jobs says iPad idea came before iPhone (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100602/ap_on_hi_te/us_apple_ipad


FILE - In this April 7, 2010 file photo, an Apple customer displays the new iPad, left, next to his iPhone in Palo Alto, Calif. In time for the widely expected launch of a new iPhone model, carrier AT&T Inc. is pulling in the reins on data usage by its customers with smart phones and iPads. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs shared a secret with his audience at a technology conference outside Los Angeles Tuesday: The idea for the iPad came before the iPhone.

Wed, 2 Jun 10
FCC plans study to measure broadband speeds (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100601/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_fcc_broadband_speeds
AP - The Federal Communications Commission wants to find out whether broadband providers are delivering Internet connections that are as fast as advertised.

Wed, 2 Jun 10
Can Google be held legally responsible for bad directions? (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100601/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2346
Christopher Null - “Use caution — This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths.”

Wed, 2 Jun 10
Victim of abusive voice mails gets $1.5 million jury award (Christopher Null)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100601/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc2344
Christopher Null - As election primary season in California runs headlong toward its gritty conclusion next week, not an hour goes by without my telephone ringing with some automated message from Meg Whitman, Steve Poizner or some other wannabe politico, wasting my time and clogging up my voice mail.

Wed, 2 Jun 10
China supercomputer named world's second-fastest (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100601/ap_on_hi_te/as_tec_china_supercomputer
AP - A Chinese supercomputer has been ranked the world's second-fastest machine in a list issued by U.S. and European researchers, highlighting China's ambitions to become a global technology center.

Wed, 2 Jun 10
Apple chief says Foxconn 'not a sweatshop' (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100602/tc_afp/uschinaitinternetd8telecomlaborapplejobs


Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, pictured in April, defended conditions at Taiwan-based Foxconn, an iPhone-linked electronics producer plagued by a rash of worker suicides in China.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Apple chief executive Steve Jobs defended conditions at Taiwan-based Foxconn, an iPhone-linked electronics producer plagued by a rash of worker suicides in China.

Wed, 2 Jun 10
Testing Sprint's EVO 4G in 4G Country--Day One (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100602/tc_pcworld/testingsprintsevo4gin4gcountrydayone
PC World - Using the new EVO 4G phone (from Sprint) on a 3G network is a bit like confining yourself to the posted speed limit in a Maserati. Naturally, when the phone goes on sale June 4, people who live in 3G-only cities (such as San Francisco) may wonder what they're missing from the experience.

Wed, 2 Jun 10
The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100601/ap_on_hi_te/us_itunes_top10


Katy Perry turns back for photographers as she arrives with her fiancee Russell Brand at the premiere of the film 'Get Him to the Greek' at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending May 31, 2010:

Wed, 2 Jun 10
Nintendo to cut Japan prices of main DS models (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100602/tc_nm/us_nintendo_price
Reuters - Japan's Nintendo Co said on Wednesday it will cut the domestic prices of its DS handheld game consoles, slashing the price of one model by a fifth as it seeks to stimulate demand.

Wed, 2 Jun 10
China iPhone plant workers to get 30 percent raise (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100602/tc_nm/us_foxconn_china


Workers look on from a Foxconn logo near the gate of a Foxconn factory in the township of Longhua, Guangdong province May 29, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Production line workers at iPhone maker Foxconn's southern China manufacturing hub will get a 30 percent pay rise, after a string of deaths at the site focused attention on working conditions in a region experiencing growing labor unrest.

Wed, 2 Jun 10
Steve Jobs on the new iPhone and how "it began with the tablet" at the D8 Conference (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2033_steve_jobs_on_the_new_iphone_and_how_it_began_with_the_tablet_at_the_d8_conference/36376417/SIG=13t6e9ov0/*http://www.appolicious.com/arti
Appolicious - Less than one week before formally debuting Apple's new iPhone at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference, Steve Jobs opened up about apps, the future of media, and what to expect from the iPad, iPhone and other Apple devices during the 8th Annual All Things Digital Conference.

Wed, 2 Jun 10
Internet Explorer 8 Gains at Expense of Chrome and Firefox (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100602/tc_pcworld/internetexplorer8gainsatexpenseofchromeandfirefox
PC World - The results are out from the latest Net Applications survey of Web browser market share, and Google continues to capture market share and headlines with its Chrome Web browser. Drilling down into the stats, though, and looking behind the curtain reveals that real winner in the market share department is Internet Explorer 8.

Wed, 2 Jun 10
Google sees Chrome OS release in "late fall" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100602/tc_nm/us_google
Reuters - Google expects to release its Chrome computer operating system in the "late fall" of 2010, as it looks to compete with rival Microsoft's Windows, a top executive said on Wednesday.

Wed, 2 Jun 10
Equinux releases Tarmac iPad and iPhone provisioning system (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100601/tc_macworld/equinuxreleasestarmacipadandiphoneprovisioningsystem
Macworld.com - If you’ve been looking for a way to convince your company’s IT department into picking up some iPhones and iPads, media and security software maker Equinux just added a big new bullet point to your list. On Tuesday, the company released Tarmac, its medium-to-large enterprise-provisioning system for iPad and iPhone.

Wed, 2 Jun 10
Android Rootkit Is Just a Phone Call Away (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100602/tc_pcworld/androidrootkitisjustaphonecallaway
PC World - Hoping to understand what a new generation of mobile malware could resemble, security researchers will demonstrate a malicious "rootkit" program they've written for Google's Android phone next month at the Defcon hacking conference in Las Vegas.

Wed, 2 Jun 10
Microsoft to Google: You're Not Exactly Safe Yourself (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100601/tc_pcworld/microsofttogoogleyourenotexactlysafeyourself
PC World - It looks like Microsoft isn't too pleased with Tuesday's rumors that Google will stop using Windows internally due to security vulnerabilities in the OS. Google reportedly will switch to more secure operating systems, including the Mac OS, Linux, and Google's upcoming Chrome OS, according to the Financial Times.

Tue, 1 Jun 10
Pakistan lifts Facebook ban after page removed (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100531/ap_on_hi_te/as_pakistan_internet_crackdown


A contest organised by a Facebook user calling on people to draw the Prophet Mohammed to promote AP - Pakistan lifted a ban on Facebook on Monday after officials from the social networking site apologized for a page deemed offensive to Muslims and removed its contents, a top information technology official said.

Tue, 1 Jun 10
Apple: iPad sales top 2 million since launch (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100531/ap_on_hi_te/us_apple_ipad_sales
AP - Apple Inc. said Monday that iPad sales have topped 2 million since its launch almost two months ago.

Tue, 1 Jun 10
Taiwan's AsusTek unveils tablet computer (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100531/ap_on_hi_te/as_tec_taiwan_tablet_pc
AP - Taiwan's AsusTek Computer Inc. unveiled Monday a portable tablet computer that runs on Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, joining a slew of manufacturers trying to tap demand for the sleek devices following Apple's launch of the iPad.

Tue, 1 Jun 10
Synaptics Trackpad Accepts Four-Finger Gestures (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100601/tc_pcworld/synapticstrackpadacceptsfourfingergestures
PC World - As many of you know, the Mac trackpad is superior to many PC trackpads. Apple's pad has been in development for more than 16 years, since its Powerbook 500 series. This has given Apple quite the jump ahead of other developers. However, Synaptics is challenging the Mac's pad, starting today!

Tue, 1 Jun 10
Skype 2.0 for iPhone enables free calls over 3G -- for now (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100531/tc_macworld/skype20foriphoneenablesfreecallsover3gfornow
Macworld.com - Several months after AT&T relaxed its restrictions on the ability of voice-over-IP apps to make calls over the company’s 3G network, Skype has released version 2.0 of its client software for the iPhone.

Tue, 1 Jun 10
Broadway looks ahead, embraces YouTube and video (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100531/stage_nm/us_stage_youtube
Reuters - Old-fashioned Broadway is moving into the digital age.

Tue, 1 Jun 10
EA brings NHL game to Wii (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100531/ap_en_ot/us_games_electronic_arts_hockey


In this video game image released by EA Sports, a scene featuring a likeness of hockey great Wayne Gretzky is shown in 'NHL Slapshot.' (AP Photo/EA Sports)AP - Wayne Gretzky admits it: The Great One is just an average hockey player.

Tue, 1 Jun 10
Turf Wars and Fandango among this week’s free iPhone apps (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2016_turf_wars_and_fandango_among_this_weeks_free_iphone_apps/36363947/SIG=133tm8aad/*http://www.appolicious.com/articles/2016-turf-wars-and-fa
Appolicious - The best part of this week’s free iPhone apps list is that whether you want to get out of the house or stay in it, there’s something sure to please you. There are games that will challenge you to take over fictional lands (and a game that challenges you to take over your actual land), as well as apps to tell you what to expect from the great outdoors and that help you find entertainment.

Tue, 1 Jun 10
S.Korea firm to put cable TV on Internet (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100601/tc_afp/lifestyleskoreatelevisioninternet


South Koreans use the internet in Seoul. A cable television company in the country said it has launched a service on the Internet allowing viewers to access their favourite shows anywhere.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - A South Korean cable television company said it launched a service on the Internet on Tuesday allowing viewers to access their favourite shows anywhere.

Tue, 1 Jun 10
Ford, Mazda recall more than 230,000 China cars (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100601/bs_afp/chinaautofordmazdarecall


Ford and Mazda are recalling more than 230,000 vehicles made by their China joint venture to fix a software problem blamed for bouts of engine failure, China's product-safety watchdog said.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)AFP - Ford and Mazda are recalling more than 230,000 vehicles made by their China joint venture to fix a software problem blamed for bouts of engine failure, China's product-safety watchdog said.

Tue, 1 Jun 10
Intel Unveils New Server Chip With 32 Cores (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100531/tc_pcworld/intelunveilsnewserverchipwith32cores
PC World - Intel announced a new 32-core server chip based on a new high-performance computing server architecture that mixes general x86 cores with specialized cores for faster processing of highly parallel scientific and commercial applications.

 

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