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Thu, 30 Sep 10
Review: New search partners aren't identical twins (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100929/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_life_tech_test_bing_yahoo
AP - Just because Yahoo Inc.'s U.S. website and Microsoft Corp.'s Bing are using the same technological ingredients for searching the Internet doesn't mean they're slicing and dicing the results the same way, too.

Thu, 30 Sep 10
House Democrats shelve net neutrality proposal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100930/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_internet_rules_congress
AP - House Democrats have shelved a last-ditch effort to broker a compromise between phone, cable and Internet companies on rules that would prohibit broadband providers from blocking or degrading online traffic flowing over their networks.

Thu, 30 Sep 10
Google gives Gmail users more control over inboxes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100929/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_gmail_option
AP - Google Inc. is addressing one of the biggest complaints about its free e-mail service by giving people more control over how their inboxes are organized.

Thu, 30 Sep 10
Star Wars saga to get 3-D makeover, starting with 'Phantom Menace' in 2012 (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100929/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3754
Ben Patterson - George Lucas just can’t stop tinkering with the Star Wars movies, and now he’s poised to unleash his latest retooling of that saga from a long time ago in a galaxy — a 3-D galaxy, this time — far, far away. Unfortunately, the original and perhaps best of the Star Wars epics won’t be the first to make the 3-D leap.

Thu, 30 Sep 10
Cutting the cord may sound 'cool,' but 'very few' are likely to snip, survey says (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100929/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3753
Ben Patterson - Sure, it’s fun to sit around and fantasize cutting the cable TV cord in favor of getting all your favorite shows over the Internet or on DVD. But when push comes to shove, only a tiny handful of us will actually do it — or so says a recent survey.

Thu, 30 Sep 10
Remains of the Day: Vox populi, vox Google? (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100929/tc_macworld/remainsofthedayvoxpopulivoxgoogle
Macworld.com - Pigs fly! Hell freezes! The official Google Voice app may actually appear in the App Store! Also, space gets explored with the help of an iPhone, and RIM says Ã¢Â€Âœno, wayÃ¢Â€Â to the fart app phenomenon. ItÃ¢Â€Â™s Wednesday, September 29, 2010 and here are your remainders.

Thu, 30 Sep 10
Nintendo cuts profit, 3DS not ready for Christmas (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100929/ap_on_hi_te/as_japan_nintendo

AP - Nintendo slashed its earnings forecast by more than half Wednesday after announcing that its 3DS game machine, packed with glasses-free 3-D technology, won't be ready to go on sale for Christmas.

Thu, 30 Sep 10
Nintendo sinks as 3D launch misses year-end rush (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100930/tc_nm/us_nintendo

Reuters - Shares in Nintendo Co Ltd fell sharply on Thursday after it said the previous day its 3D-capable handheld game console would go on sale next year, missing the crucial year-end shopping season.

Thu, 30 Sep 10
iPhone App Maker Exploits Craigslist Adult Services Shutdown (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100929/tc_pcworld/iphoneappmakerexploitscraigslistadultservicesshutdown
PC World - It hasn't taken long for some sites to exploit the gap opened up by the demise of the adult services section on Craigslist here in the United States. PinPointsX, which offers a GPS-enabled mobile app that allows adult services seekers to find nearby "sensual resources," has now begun marketing its services as a Craigslist adult services alternative.

Thu, 30 Sep 10
Fact or fiction? Facebook film the latest "truth" tale (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100929/tc_nm/us_facebook

Reuters - They say Hollywood never lets the truth get in the way of a good story and while a new movie about Facebook has left some critics wondering if its story is fact or fiction, audiences are unlikely to care.

Thu, 30 Sep 10
Report: Nationâ€™s audio heritage at risk (The Upshot)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100929/tc_yblog_upshot/report-nations-audio-heritage-at-risk
The Upshot - You'd think the Internet and digital revolution in entertainment would be a boon to music preservationists. You'd be wrong. According to an AP story on a new report from the Library of Congress, the nation's audio heritage is now at risk. On the one hand is the expected disintegration and decay of old master tapes [...]

Thu, 30 Sep 10
What "Like" Buttons Mean for Web Traffic [STATS] (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100929/tc_mashable/what_like_buttons_mean_for_web_traffic_stats
Mashable - The new-this-year-yet-somehow-already-ubiquitous Facebook Like button has been around just long enough to generate some interesting numbers relating to Facebook users and web traffic.

Thu, 30 Sep 10
Apple TV should spin-off interesting app crossovers (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles3308_apple_tv_should_spin_off_interesting_app_crossovers/37768923/SIG=133a61v5a/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/3308-apple-tv-should-
Appolicious - When the new version of Apple TV launches later this week, and more specifically when Apple (AAPL) adds AirPlay functionality with the iOS4 update coming in November, expect an influx of cool new apps that link your iPhone and iPad to your TV.

Thu, 30 Sep 10
Dell pitches open system in data center offering (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100929/tc_nm/us_dell_vis
Reuters - Dell is unveiling new software to tie together disparate pieces of data center hardware, making a pitch for an open system that runs counter to what some of its rivals are doing.

Thu, 30 Sep 10
Facebook-Skype Tie-Up Would Offer Enterprise Value (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100929/tc_nf/75390
NewsFactor - Facebook is close to inking a deal with Skype to integrate the VoIP service onto its platform. All Things D first reported the tie-up, which would allow Facebook users to log onto Skype through their Facebook accounts to text, call and video chat with their social-networking friends.

Thu, 30 Sep 10
Microsoft Security Essentials: Soon Free for Small Businesses (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100929/tc_pcworld/microsoftsecurityessentialssoonfreeforsmallbusinesses
PC World - Starting early next month, Microsoft Security Essentials, RedmondÃ¢Â€Â™s anti-malware service for Windows PCs, will be free for small businesses to install on up to 10 PCs.

Thu, 30 Sep 10
Linux News Roundup: Fedora 14 Gets MeeGo, Madriva Is Reborn (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100929/tc_pcworld/linuxnewsroundupfedora14getsmeegomadrivaisreborn
PC World - There's never a dull moment in the land of Linux, and recent weeks have been no exception. Since no outlet can hope to give full coverage to every development that occurs, here's a roundup of some of the key events.

Thu, 30 Sep 10
Republicans scuttle net neutrality bill: Waxman (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100930/pl_nm/us_usa_internet_legislation
Reuters - A temporary legislative fix to regulate broadband traffic failed to garner Republican support, killing the chance of a remedy from the Congress before the mid-term elections, House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman said on Wednesday.

Wed, 29 Sep 10
HP provides rosy outlook, no guidance on next CEO (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100929/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_hewlett_packard_outlook

AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. offered a rosy financial outlook Tuesday without giving any guidance on the biggest issue hanging over the world's largest technology company: the identity of its next CEO.

Wed, 29 Sep 10
BlackBerry maker offers tablet aimed at businesses (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100928/ap_on_hi_te/apfn_us_tec_blackberry

AP - The company that gave us the BlackBerry - still the dominant phone in corporate circles - thinks its business customers will have room in their briefcases for at least one more device: the PlayBook.

Wed, 29 Sep 10
Hulu Plus to play on Roku, TiVo set-top boxes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100928/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_hulu_plus_roku_and_tivo
AP - Hulu Plus, the $10-per-month online TV subscription service, will soon be available for users of Roku Inc. set-top boxes and Tivo Inc. subscribers who purchase its newest Premiere digital video recorders.

Wed, 29 Sep 10
Hulu Plus coming to Roku streaming media player (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100928/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3746
Ben Patterson - As I wrote last week, the recently revamped Roku TV set-top box — which starts at just $59 and offers dozens of streaming media apps, ranging from Netflix and Amazon to Pandora and Flickr — makes for one of the best bargains in home video. One important piece of the puzzle was missing, however: Hulu.

Wed, 29 Sep 10
The next iPad: thinner, built-in camera, same screen size? (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100928/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3744
Ben Patterson - It’s a pretty safe bet that we’ll be seeing a new iPad sometime early next year. How big it’ll be and how many we’ll get are open questions.

Wed, 29 Sep 10
Remains of the Day: ItÃ¢Â€Â™s the crunchiest (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100928/tc_macworld/remainsofthedayitsthecrunchiest
Macworld.com - Apple gets ready to talk numbers, COO Tim Cook puts a stop to an ugly rumor, and Gizmodo totally scores another Apple scoop. The remainders for Tuesday, September 28, 2010 are dead ahead.

Wed, 29 Sep 10
LiveView Wears Like a Watch, Syncs to Your Android Phone (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100929/tc_nf/75368
NewsFactor - It's a far cry from the futuristic watch-phone worn by comic-strip detective Dick Tracy. But, Sony Ericsson is offering one way to wear your love of Android phones on your sleeve -- or at least your wrist -- with a new gadget called LiveView.

Wed, 29 Sep 10
Mobile device boom sparks U.S. Net address shortage (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100928/wr_nm/us_usa_internet_upgrade
Reuters - The United States could run out of unique Internet addresses to assign to new devices by the end of next year, a telecommunications official said on Tuesday.

Wed, 29 Sep 10
'Father' of Iran blogging jailed for 19 years: report (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100928/tc_afp/irancanadamediacourtprison

AFP - A Canadian-Iranian credited with starting the blogging movement in Iran has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison, a media report said Tuesday.

Wed, 29 Sep 10
Court orders music download license fee review (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100928/media_nm/us_downloads_rulings
Reuters - The fees paid by Yahoo Inc and RealNetworks Inc for licenses to play music on the Internet should be recalculated, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday in the first case over music usage involving so-called new media.

Wed, 29 Sep 10
How Social Media Marketers Can Convert Attention Into Action (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100928/tc_mashable/how_social_media_marketers_can_convert_attention_into_action
Mashable - Brian Solis is the author of Engage, and a leading authority in digital branding and marketing. Connect with him on Twitter or Facebook.

Wed, 29 Sep 10
Official Google Voice app may be coming to iTunes (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles3297_official_google_voice_app_may_be_coming_to_itunes/37753859/SIG=131624teo/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/3297-official-google-vo
Appolicious - Is there a thawing of the cold war between Apple and Google?

Wed, 29 Sep 10
OpenOffice.org Volunteers Cut Ties with Oracle (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100928/tc_nf/75366
NewsFactor - LibreOffice. That's the possible new name of OpenOffice.org. The volunteers that develop and promote the free office software severed ties with Oracle on Tuesday and formed an independent group called The Document Foundation.

Wed, 29 Sep 10
The Cloud: A Threat to Incumbents, Opportunity for Startups (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100928/tc_pcworld/thecloudathreattoincumbentsopportunityforstartups
PC World - Legacy enterprise software, like well-known CRM and ERP applications, are moving to the cloud, but new kinds of applications will need to be developed to take full advantage of these computing services, said Amazon's Web Services chief.

Wed, 29 Sep 10
Lawyer: NJ ticket scam defendants didn't break law (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100928/ap_on_hi_te/us_ticket_hackers
AP - The upcoming trial of four California men accused of illegally buying more than a million sports and concert tickets online could set new rules for prosecuting computer fraud if it's allowed to proceed, an attorney for one of the men argued in federal court Monday.

Wed, 29 Sep 10
Fedora 14 Tests Desktop Virtualization (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100928/tc_pcworld/fedora14testsdesktopvirtualization
PC World - The newly released version of the Fedora Linux-based operating system will be the first to incorporate desktop virtualization capabilities, the Fedora Foundation announced on Tuesday.

Wed, 29 Sep 10
Virgin Media offers biz clients unlimited bandwidth (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100928/wr_nm/us_virginmedia_business
Reuters - British cable operator Virgin Media is to offer business customers Internet access with unlimited bandwidth in response to customer frustrations over slow and disrupted connections.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
BlackBerry maker offers tablet aimed at businesses (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100927/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_blackberry

AP - The company that gave us the BlackBerry - still the dominant phone in corporate circles - thinks its business customers will have room in their briefcases for at least one more device: the PlayBook.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
Segway owner dies after falling off river cliff (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100927/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_segway_death

AP - All police found at the bottom of a cliff was a man's body in a frigid river and a Segway, the two-wheeled electric device that was supposed to revolutionize personal transport.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
BlackBerry CEO suggests route to eavesdropping (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100927/ap_on_hi_te/tec_blackberry_crackdown

AP - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. says it has no way of providing government officials with the text of encrypted corporate e-mails its devices serve up. But if the companies that employ BlackBerry phones want to hand over the encryption keys to their e-mail, it won't object.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
RIM unveils a tablet: the BlackBerry PlayBook (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100927/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3737

Ben Patterson - Looks like all those rumors about BlackBerry maker Research in Motion coming out with its own tablet were true — well, everything except for the name.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
The one-cent Samsung Fascinate, and other smartphone bargains (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100927/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3736
Ben Patterson - You can snag Samsung’s just-released, Android-powered Fascinate smartphone for just a penny, if you know where to look — and provided you’re willing to sign a new, two-year contract with Verizon. Other current smartphone bargains: Motorola’s Droid 2, and the Samsung Captivate.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
Remains of the Day: On again, off again (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100927/tc_macworld/remainsofthedayonagainoffagain
Macworld.com - Google and Apple may be at each otherÃ¢Â€Â™s throats as often as not, but it doesnÃ¢Â€Â™t mean they still donÃ¢Â€Â™t carve out some private timeÃ¢Â€Â”just for them. Apple also finds itself on the receiving end of another vague patent claim, and the Droid you may or may not be looking for is finally arriving. Look, sir, the remainders for Monday, September 27, 2010!

Tue, 28 Sep 10
Report: US would make Internet wiretaps easier (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100927/ap_on_hi_te/us_internet_wiretaps

AP - The Obama administration is pushing to make it easier for the government to tap into internet and e-mail communications. But the plan has already drawn condemnation from privacy groups and communications firms may be wary of its costs and scope.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
RIM launches advertising service for BlackBerrys (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100927/ap_on_hi_te/us_research_in_motion_advertising
AP - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. on Monday launched an advertising service for makers of BlackBerry applications.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
France arrests 9 for mobile-phone codes fraud (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100927/tc_nm/us_france_phone_crime
Reuters - French authorities have dismantled a cybercrime network and arrested nine people suspected of being involved in the illegal sale of codes used to unlock mobile phones, police said on Monday.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
Facebook IPO likely after late 2012: board member (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100927/wr_nm/us_facebook

Reuters - Facebook, the world's largest online social network, is likely to go public sometime after late 2012, a board member said, satisfying investors' appetite for a slice of one of the Internet's biggest growth stories.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
Will your new film be a hit? Ask the web (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100927/film_nm/us_co_internet_searches
Reuters - Tracking web searches for new songs, video games and movies can predict which ones will be big hits, but often not much better than traditional methods, researchers at Yahoo Inc reported on Monday.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
BlackBerry PlayBook Revealed: RIM's Answer to the Tablet Boom (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100927/tc_mashable/blackberry_playbook_revealed_rims_answer_to_the_tablet_boom
Mashable - At the BlackbBerry DevCon in San Francisco today, RIM introduced its brand new tablet device: the BlackBerry PlayBook, which is scheduled for release in early 2011 in North America with rollouts in Q2 in the rest of the world.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
Fresh iPhone Apps: Texting with Bread, Bing update, iStreamer and more... (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles3274_fresh_iphone_apps_texting_with_bread_bing_update_istreamer_and_more/37733953/SIG=13j30ih35/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/3274-
Appolicious - In todayâ€™s Fresh iPhone Apps, we bring you a video game trailer for a new ScrewAttack title, tell you a thing about the new Bing update, and much more.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
DRM Library From Microsoft Opens Your Computer to Attacks (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100927/tc_pcworld/drmlibraryfrommicrosoftopensyourcomputertoattacks
PC World - Microsoft has been a proponent of DRM (digital rights management) for some time now, and has built in a number of protections to every level of its operating system.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
Oracle sues Micron, claiming price fixing (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100927/bs_nm/us_oracle_lawsuit
Reuters - Oracle Corp has sued Micron Technology Inc for fixing prices of computer memory chips, in a continuance of litigation it inherited from Sun Microsystems.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
Stuxnet malware linked to wealthy group or nation (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100927/ap_on_hi_te/us_computer_attacks

AP - A cyber worm burrowing into computers linked to Iran's nuclear program has yet to trigger any signs of major damage, but it was likely spawned either by a government or a well-funded private group, according to a new analysis.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
More Join HP, Intel and Yahoo on Open Cirrus Cloud Test Bed (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100927/tc_pcworld/morejoinhpintelandyahooonopencirruscloudtestbed
PC World - Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Yahoo have recruited more backers for Open Cirrus, their joint, open source project for cloud computing research.

Tue, 28 Sep 10
US rights group concerned by Web wiretap plans (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100927/tc_afp/usattacksintelligencerightswiretapinterneteff

AFP - A digital rights group expressed concern on Monday over reports that the Obama administration is drawing up legislation to make it easier for US intelligence services to eavesdrop on the Internet.

Mon, 27 Sep 10
Computer attacks linked to wealthy group or nation (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100926/ap_on_hi_te/us_computer_attacks
AP - A powerful computer code attacking industrial facilities around the world, but mainly in Iran, probably was created by experts working for a country or a well-funded private group, according to an analysis by a leading computer security company.

Mon, 27 Sep 10
Apple iPhone 4 in short supply for China launch: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100926/tc_nm/us_iphone_china
Reuters - China Unicom did not have enough supply of Apple Inc's iPhone 4 during its launch weekend for the phone, according to a Wall Street Journal Story.

Mon, 27 Sep 10
French police dismantle mobile phone hacking ring (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100926/tc_afp/francecrimefraudtelecom

AFP - French police have busted a network of mobile phone hackers, a fraud worth millions of euros, and arrested nine people, including employees of cellular phone companies, investigators said Sunday.

Mon, 27 Sep 10
Asians muscling into social media world (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100926/tc_afp/lifestyleasiainternettechnology

AFP - Asians are muscling their way into traditionally Western-dominated social media networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Internet blogs, prompting major players to sit up and take notice.

Mon, 27 Sep 10
Malaysia rapper's anti-racism rant causes storm (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100926/tc_afp/malaysialifestyleyoutubemusicpoliticsrace

AFP - An ethnic Chinese rapper who enraged authorities with a profanity-strewn anti-racism rant on YouTube says he was only trying to speak out against discrimination in multiracial Malaysia.

Mon, 27 Sep 10
Windows Phone 7 Doesn't Support Tethering (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100925/tc_mashable/windows_phone_7_doesnt_support_tethering
Mashable - If you're thinking of buying a Windows Phone 7 device and using it to connect your laptop to the Internet, think again. The company's new smartphones will not support tethering at all.

Mon, 27 Sep 10
KKR buys Norway's Visma from HgCapital (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100926/bs_nm/us_kkr_visma
Reuters - Buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has bought Norway software company Visma for an enterprise value of 1.2 billion pounds ($1.88 billion) from private equity firm HgCapital, the companies said on Sunday.

Mon, 27 Sep 10
Worm hits computers of staff at Iran nuclear plant (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100926/ap_on_hi_te/ml_iran_cyber_attacks
AP - A complex computer worm capable of seizing control of industrial plants has affected the personal computers of staff working at Iran's first nuclear power station weeks before the facility is to go online, the official news agency reported Sunday.

Mon, 27 Sep 10
New poll smiles on California Democrats (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100926/pl_nm/us_usa_elections_california_poll
Reuters - Democrat Jerry Brown, criticized for a slow start in his campaign for California governor, has opened a narrow lead over Republican nominee and former eBay chief Meg Whitman, according to a poll released on Sunday.

Sun, 26 Sep 10
Rights groups denounce arrest of Thai webmaster (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100925/ap_on_hi_te/as_thailand_internet_freedom
AP - Human rights and free speech groups protested Saturday the arrest of a Thai webmaster as she returned from an Internet freedom conference on charges of insulting the monarchy and violating the Computer Crime Act.

Sun, 26 Sep 10
Iran's nuclear agency trying to stop computer worm (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100925/ap_on_hi_te/ml_iran_cyber_attacks
AP - Iranian media reports say the country's nuclear agency is trying to combat a complex computer worm that has affected industrial sites in Iran and is capable of taking over power plants.

Sun, 26 Sep 10
US retail powerhouse Target to sell iPad tablet computers (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100925/tc_afp/usitinternettelecombookretailappletarget

AFP - US retail powerhouse Target announced on Friday that it will begin selling Apple iPad tablet computers in 1,743 of its stores across the nation on October 3.

Sun, 26 Sep 10
EU says to drop antitrust probe into Apple (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100925/tc_afp/euittelecomcompanyantitrustapple

AFP - EU competition regulators said Saturday they will drop an antirust probe into Apple after the US computer giant eased restrictions on programming tools and cross-border warranties for the iPhone.

Sun, 26 Sep 10
Facebook Movie's Fine, But Check the Parody (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100925/tc_pcworld/facebookmoviesfinebutchecktheparody
PC World - The theatrical trailer for The Social Network made its debut back in July.

Sun, 26 Sep 10
iTunes 10.0.1 updates Ping, more (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100925/tc_macworld/itunes1001updatespingmore
Macworld.com - On Friday Apple released iTunes 10.0.1, fixing a few bugs, but above all updating the Ping musical social network introduced in iTunes 10.

Sun, 26 Sep 10
Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART] (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100925/tc_mashable/top_10_twitter_trends_this_week_chart
Mashable - We can't condone betting on sports, but if you wagered that they'd be back on top of the Twitter trends this week, you'd be that much richer. Football, both the worldly and American varieties, sandwich the network's very name at the top of this week's chart.

Sun, 26 Sep 10
Top tech firms settle employment probe (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100925/tc_nm/us_google_apple_antitrust
Reuters - Google, Apple, Adobe Systems, Intel, Intuit and Disney's Pixar reached a settlement with the Justice Department that bars the companies from agreeing to not poach each other's top employees, the department said on Friday.

Sun, 26 Sep 10
US does not know source, purpose of Stuxnet worm: official (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100925/pl_afp/usirangermanyitcomputersecurityenergystuxnet

AFP - The United States is analyzing the "Stuxnet" computer worm but does not know who is behind it or its purpose, a top US cybersecurity official said Friday.

Sun, 26 Sep 10
Facebook and Twitter Fails, MineCraft and Ubuntu Wins - PCWorld Podcast #92 (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100925/tc_pcworld/facebookandtwitterfailsminecraftandubuntuwinspcworldpodcast92
PC World - This week on the PCWorld Podcast, we take a look at Facebook's big outage and the odd Twitter hack that disrupted the social media world briefly. Then we dive into news from Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference to see how the coming wave of graphics upgrades will speed up everyday computing.

Sun, 26 Sep 10
French court convicts Google and boss of defamation (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100925/tc_afp/franceinternetcourtgoogle

AFP - A Paris court has convicted US search engine giant Google and its chief executive Eric Schmidt of defamation over results from its "suggest" function, a French legal affairs website has revealed.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
Air Force rebuts gov't auditor concerns about GPS (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100924/ap_on_hi_te/us_gao_global_positioning_system
AP - A government report raising questions about the future reliability of the Global Positioning System satellite network is "overly pessimistic," Air Force commanders said Friday.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
Traders: China halts rare earth exports to Japan (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100924/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_japan_rare_earths
AP - China has halted exports to Japan of rare earth elements — which are crucial for advanced manufacturing — trading company officials said Friday amid tensions between the rival Asian powers over a territorial dispute.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
Tech companies settle DOJ hiring inquiry (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100924/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_doj_technology_recruiting
AP - The Justice Department has reached an agreement with six major Silicon Valley companies to settle allegations that they colluded to stifle competition for employees by restricting the way they could poach workers from each other.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
Network execs balk at 99-cent TV rentals on iTunes (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100924/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3721
Ben Patterson - ABC and Fox are in as far as Apple’s new 99-cent rentals for TV shows go, while NBC, Viacom, and Warner Brothers are out, for now. On the fence: CBS.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
Netflix CEO floats streaming-only option for U.S. â€” plus an apology (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100924/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3717
Ben Patterson - To say that Netflix is having a pretty bad week is, well, putting it mildly.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
Remains of the Day: Money never sleeps, sometimes naps (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100924/tc_macworld/remainsofthedaymoneyneversleepssometimesnaps
Macworld.com - Once again, Microsoft insists that the PC vs. Mac war is still going. Meanwhile, NBC picks up a couple of allies in its crusade to avoid AppleÃ¢Â€Â™s TV rental plan, and Apple briefly hits a milestone. If the remainders for Friday, September 24, 2010 be the food of life, friends, then read on.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
News feed: Facebook is up after glitchy afternoon (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100924/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_facebook_problems

AP - A technical glitch blocked or slowed access to Facebook for several hours Thursday, unplugging many of the social-networking site's 500 million users from the constant flow of updates from their friends.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
iPhone Tops in Smartphone Customer Satisfaction (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100924/tc_nf/75316
NewsFactor - Traditional wireless cell-phone owners are keeping their devices longer than ever before, and Apple's iPhone is the number-one smartphone in customer satisfaction. Those are some of the conclusions of new studies released Thursday by J.D. Power and Associates measuring customer satisfaction for both traditional mobile phones and smartphones.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
Verizon Confirms Move To Tiered Mobile Data Plans (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100924/bs_nf/75318
NewsFactor - Verizon told investors Thursday that it expects to launch new mobile data plans within the next four to six months that will set pricing tiers based on how much data subscribers consume. "We do agree with tier pricing and we do think we have to monetize the investments we make," said Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
Automated Feedback Loop Takes Out Facebook (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100924/tc_nf/75315
NewsFactor - If you kept trying to access your Facebook page Thursday and got an error message, you weren't alone. Millions of Facebook users around the world got the same message during a 2.5-hour blackout that will go down in the social-networking giant's four-year history as the worst-ever outage.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
Sharp's Quattron Four-Color HDTV Tech Put to the Test (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100924/tc_zd/254940
PC Magazine - While most televisions today share similar technology, Sharp's new Quattron line of LCD TVs is different: in addition to the normal red, green, and blue subpixels, Sharp has added yellow subpixels. So more is better, right? Not necessarily.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
Kindle Gets its First Paid App: Scrabble (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100924/tc_mashable/kindle_gets_its_first_paid_app_scrabble
Mashable - Nine months after Amazon announced the launch of an app store for its Kindle e-reader, the first paid app, Scrabble, has made its way into the store.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
Official Galaxy Tab video dazzles (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles3246_official_galaxy_tab_video_dazzles/37690762/SIG=12kvc1251/*http://www.appolicious.com/finance/articles/3246-official-galaxy-tab-video-dazzl
Appolicious - A new video highlights the features of Samsung's coming tablet computer. Also, in today's App Industry Report, we offer advice for organizing your business cards and a look at a new iPad app for foodies.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
Top tech firms settle employment probe (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100924/bs_nm/us_google_apple_antitrust
Reuters - Google, Apple, Adobe Systems, Intel, Intuit and Disney's Pixar reached a settlement with the Justice Department that bars the companies from agreeing to not poach each other's top employees, the department said on Friday.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
Cerberus to revive Chrysler Financial: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100924/bs_nm/us_cerberus
Reuters - Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP is planning to revive its Chrysler Financial lending unit, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing sources with knowledge of the situation.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
Cyber attack appears to target Iran: tech firms (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100924/wr_nm/us_security_cyber_iran
Reuters - A computer virus that attacks a widely used industrial system appears aimed mostly at Iran and its sophistication suggests a state may have been involved in creating it, Western cyber security companies said on Friday.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
Wall Street Beat: Red Hat, Tibco and Apple Lead Tech Charge (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100924/tc_pcworld/wallstreetbeatredhattibcoandappleleadtechcharge
PC World - Red Hat, Tibco and Apple helped buoy technology investor confidence this week even as economic concerns caused volatility in the markets.

Sat, 25 Sep 10
PARTING SHOTS: Demon sheep genius to make ads for Oâ€™Donnell, NBC exec resigns (The Upshot)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100924/pl_yblog_upshot/parting-shots-demon-sheep-genius-to-make-ads-for-odonnell-nbc-exec-resigns
The Upshot - Here is our roster of stories that managed to avoid the full-on blog treatment: Ã¢Â€Â¢ The man who created Carly Fiorina's infamous "Demon Sheep" ad is now working for Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell. (Hotline On Call) Ã¢Â€Â¢ The New York Times is reportedly working on a bombshell story about House Minority Leader John [...]

Fri, 24 Sep 10
News feed: Facebook is up after glitchy afternoon (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100923/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_facebook_problems

AP - A technical glitch blocked or slowed access to Facebook for about four hours Thursday, unplugging many of the social-networking site's 500 million users from the constant flow of updates from their friends.

Fri, 24 Sep 10
AMD cuts 3Q guidance, blames weak consumer sales (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100923/ap_on_hi_te/us_amd_outlook
AP - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has lowered its third-quarter outlook, supplying fresh evidence that consumers' penny-pinching on personal computers has led to a painful back-to-school shopping season for some technology companies.

Fri, 24 Sep 10
NY town enacts tough cell tower limits (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100923/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_cell_phone_towers

AP - A Long Island township has imposed restrictions on the placement of new cell towers that are among the toughest in the country, and one phone company says it effectively bans new construction.

Fri, 24 Sep 10
Verizon CEO: Get ready for tiered data plans (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100923/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3705
Ben Patterson - Following in AT&T’s footsteps, Verizon Wireless will roll out a tiered pricing structure for its data plans within four to six months, according to Verizon’s chief executive, although details of the tiers — which could coincide with the launch of the carrier’s first 4G LTE markets — haven’t been hammered out yet. Also: Verizon would "love" an iPhone, but it would have to "earn" it first.

Fri, 24 Sep 10
Facebookâ€™s Mark Zuckerberg on what 'building a phone' means (or doesnâ€™t) (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100923/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3703
Ben Patterson - You’ve got to hand it to Facebook’s young chief executive, who managed Wednesday to weave his way through a lengthy interview with TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington without exactly confirming or denying the rumors that the social-networking titan is working on a phone — even in the face of a new Bloomberg report claiming that not one but two Facebook phones are in the pipeline.

Fri, 24 Sep 10
Remains of the Day: HeÃ¢Â€Â™s pulling a Crazy Ivan! (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100923/tc_macworld/remainsofthedayhespullingacrazyivan
Macworld.com - Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. While I thank my colleague Jason Snell for filling in during my bout with the forces of darkness on Wednesday, IÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™m once again back to take the reinsÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â”hey, whereÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™s everybody going?

Fri, 24 Sep 10
Verizon CEO hints iPhone not coming soon (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100923/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_verizon_iphone

AP - Comments from Verizon Communications Inc. CEO Ivan Seidenberg on Thursday left little room for the possibility of a Verizon version of the iPhone any time soon.

Fri, 24 Sep 10
Apple tops PetroChina in market capitalization (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100923/tc_afp/uschinaitcompanystockstechnologyapplepetrochina

AFP - Apple, maker of the Macintosh computer, the iPod, iPhone and iPad, surpassed Chinese oil giant PetroChina during trading on Thursday to become the world's second-largest company in terms of market value.

Fri, 24 Sep 10
Study: We're Holding On to Our Cell Phones Longer Than Ever (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100923/tc_pcworld/studywereholdingontoourcellphoneslongerthanever
PC World - If you're sick of buying a brand new cell phone every other year, you're certainly not alone. Consumers are holding on to their phones for longer than ever these days, according to the latest survey from J.D. Power and Associates.

Fri, 24 Sep 10
Ore. bank robbery suspect claim posted on Facebook (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100923/ap_on_re_us/us_odd_where_s_waldo_bandit
AP - An Oregon bank robbery suspect the FBI has nicknamed the "Where's Waldo Bandit" has popped up on Facebook to claim responsibility for the crime.

Fri, 24 Sep 10
Sonos intros Wireless Dock for multi-room system (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100923/tc_macworld/sonosintroswirelessdockformultiroomsystem
Macworld.com - If youÃ¢Â€Â™re the kind of music buff who isnÃ¢Â€Â™t content to have your killer sound systemÃ‚Â devoted to just one room, SonosÃ¢Â€Â™s award-winning Multi-Room Music System () could be what you need. The company, known for melding high quality sound with high-tech innovation, has added a new, iPhone-friendly tool to its aural arsenal: the Sonos Wireless Dock.

Fri, 24 Sep 10
Access Your Business Documents from Your Android Device (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100923/tc_mashable/access_your_business_documents_from_your_android_device
Mashable - Cloud storage and collaboration platform Box.net has just released its Box for Android app to the Android Market.

Fri, 24 Sep 10
Verizon rolls out smartphone recovery app, similar to iPhoneâ€™s Find My Phone (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles3240_verizon_rolls_out_smartphone_recovery_app_similar_to_iphones_find_my_phone/37676689/SIG=13qcqs5bo/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/article
Appolicious - Sometimes smart phones disappear.

Fri, 24 Sep 10
Microsoft Says Windows 7 SP1 Needed for IE9 Beta (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100923/tc_nf/75298
NewsFactor - It seems Microsoft may have gotten ahead of itself with the release of its Internet Explorer 9 beta. In a FAQ on the company's web site, Microsoft is urging companies to deploy Windows 7 with Internet Explorer 8 and wait for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 before deploying IE9. For Windows Vista users, SP2 is needed for IE9.

Fri, 24 Sep 10
Cisco AnyConnect Mobile Boosts iPhone Security (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100923/bs_nf/75297
NewsFactor - Cisco Systems unleashed a secure mobile client for the iPhone Thursday that is now available for download at Apple's Apps Store. Targeted at enterprise users, the new app is designed to give mobile workers direct access to business-critical data residing behind corporate firewalls while remaining in compliance with company security policies.

Fri, 24 Sep 10
`Secure zone' suggested to counter computer threat (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100923/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_computer_threats

AP - U.S. computer systems need more protection from attacks, but making networks less vulnerable must be done carefully to avoid disrupting people's online activities, the head of the military's Cyber Command said Thursday.

Fri, 24 Sep 10
'Father of Iranian blogging' faces death penalty: watchdog (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100923/tc_afp/irancourtrightscanadamedia

AFP - A Canadian-Iranian writer credited with starting the blogging movement in Iran faces the death penalty over his work, two watchdog groups said Thursday.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
Review: Newest iPods get it right, as expected (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100922/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_life_tech_test_ipods

AP - And, as usual, many of the changes CEO Steve Jobs announced this month were expected, such as the addition of cameras to the iPod Touch.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
Netflix hires actors to pose as its Canada fans (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100923/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_netflix_actors
AP - Netflix turned the Canadian debut of its online video streaming service into a fake Hollywood-style production with actors hired to pose as the company's fans.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
FCC examines complaint about Skechers cartoon (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100922/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_fcc_cartoon_complaint
AP - The Federal Communications Commission is looking into complaints that a new television show based on characters first created to market Skechers shoes to kids would violate government rules that limit advertising in children's programming.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
Will users flee AT&T if Verizon (or another carrier) gets the iPhone? (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100922/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3688
Ben Patterson - As (unconfirmed) reports continue to trickle in claiming that Apple is preparing to churn out millions of CDMA-ready iPhones, analysts and execs in the wireless industry are scrambling to predict what might happen if AT&T loses its exclusivity deal with Apple in the coming months.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
RIM could unveil 'BlackPad' tablet as soon as Monday, reports claim (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100922/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3687
Ben Patterson - There’s been a steady drip of rumors about a BlackBerry tablet for months, and now comes word that we might finally lay our eyes on the mythical, 7-inch device as soon as Monday.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
Summary Box: Review says New iPods get it right (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100922/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_life_tech_test_ipods_summary_box
AP - THE GADGETS: Apple Inc. released a new slate of iPods this month — its latest version of the iPod Nano, Touch and Shuffle.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
Czechs halt Google's 'Street View,' cite privacy (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100922/ap_on_hi_te/eu_czech_google_street_view

AP - The Czech Republic has refused to grant Google permission to expand its "Street View" because the mapping feature invades peoples' privacy, the government's privacy watchdog said Wednesday.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
Facebook out to make mobile phones more social (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100922/tc_afp/usitinternettelecomsoftwarefacebook

AFP - Facebook sees a promising future in mobile phones but the online social networking star is not building its own handset, the founder said in a TechCrunch interview posted online Wednesday.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
Mobile Gmail Updates Won't Wait for Android Updates (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100922/bs_nf/75279
NewsFactor - Google unleashed a new version of its mobile Gmail app in the Android Market on Tuesday, and said its mobile Gmail updates will no longer be tied to Android updates. The goal, Google said, is to enable smartphone users to receive the latest Gmail enhancements without having to wait for system updates to hit their phones.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
Networking glitch stymies some Facebook users (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100922/tc_afp/usitinternetfacebook

AFP - An outside technical problem on Wednesday left some Facebook users unable to connect with the cherished online social network, the company said.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
Netflix Launches Streaming Video Into Canadian Homes (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100922/bs_nf/75278
NewsFactor - Netflix is expanding its borders -- literally. The Internet movie subscription service just launched its service in Canada. This is the first time Netflix has offered streaming video outside the United States.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
JetBlue Plans Fleet-wide Wi-Fi for Mid-2012 (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100922/tc_mashable/jetblue_plans_fleetwide_wifi_for_mid2012
Mashable - Good news and bad news for JetBlue loyalists: the airline has finally settled on an in-flight broadband strategy. Unfortunately, the airline won't begin deploying the system to its 160+ plane fleet until mid-2012.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
Best productivity apps for Android (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles3227_best_productivity_apps_for_android/37659223/SIG=12iofcdq4/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/3227-best-productivity-apps-for-androi
Appolicious - Android phones are so smart these days, they've become indispensable to our everyday lives. Thanks to the myriad of productivity apps out there, our smartphones can multi-task better than our mothers ever could. Stay on top of your day, manage your workload, and live stress-free, with these top productivity apps for Android.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
Dell CEO flashes 7-inch Android tablet computer (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100923/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_dell_tablets
AP - Dell is working on a 7-inch tablet that runs Google's Inc.'s Android operating software.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
iWork for iPad adds file transfer, better Office support (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100922/tc_macworld/iworkforipadaddsfiletransferbetterofficesupport
Macworld.com - Apple on Wednesday released updates to its three iWork apps for the iPad. Version 1.2 of Numbers, Keynote, and Pages feature improvements to file-format support and file transferring, adding the ability to transfer files to and from remote servers and enhancing support for exporting files in Microsoft Office-compatible file formats.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
Comodo Challenges Symantec to Antivirus Showdown (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100922/tc_zd/254842
PC Magazine - A recent article quoted Symantec as saying that free antivirus protection is not enough. Comodo, a well-know purveyor of free antivirus software, invites Symantec to prove it.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
Proceed With Caution to Oracle's Proprietary Linux Kernel (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100922/tc_pcworld/proceedwithcautiontooraclesproprietarylinuxkernel
PC World - After years of using Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the basis for its own "Unbreakable Linux" distribution, Oracle this week announced that it has created its own version of the Linux kernel that's optimized for use with its other enterprise offerings.

Thu, 23 Sep 10
PARTING SHOTS: GOP rolls out â€˜Pledge to America,â€™ Obama to resume touting health care law (The Upshot)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100922/bs_yblog_upshot/parting-shots-gop-rolls-out-pledge-to-america-obama-to-resume-touting-health-care-law
The Upshot - Here is our roster of stories that managed to evade the full-on blog treatment today: Ã¢Â€Â¢ The GOP will release its platform tomorrow called "Pledge to America," highlighting tax cuts, a freeze on most government hires, and domestic spending caps, while playing down social issues such as abortion and gay rights. (Politico) Ã¢Â€Â¢ A Florida [...]

Wed, 22 Sep 10
Adobe 3Q net income soars, outlook disappoints (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100922/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_adobe_systems
AP - Adobe Systems Inc.'s shares tumbled in after-hours trading Tuesday after the company issued disappointing guidance, but analysts cautioned investors not to read too much about the broader economy into the results, saying the company's niche software for creative professionals doesn't make it a good proxy for the technology sector as a whole.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
Microsoft raises dividend 23 percent to 16 cents (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100922/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_microsoft_dividend
AP - Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it is raising its quarterly dividend for the first time in two years in a move that will return more of the software maker's nearly $37 billion cash hoard to its shareholders.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
Top eBay e-commerce executive steps down (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100921/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_ebay_executive_departure
AP - One of eBay's top executives is stepping down, leaving a void in the e-commerce company's largest division, which includes the namesake auction website.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
Girl posts public birthday party invite on Facebook, gets 21,000 replies (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100921/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3675
Ben Patterson - Word to the wise, folks: If you’re planning on inviting a small circle of your pals to a party at your place, make sure to uncheck the little box next to the "anyone can view and RSVP" setting before clicking the "Create Event" button.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
Netflix set to launch streaming-only service â€” but just in Canada (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100921/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3673
Ben Patterson - The "Watch Instantly" video-streaming service on Netflix has been so popular with users that execs have occasionally floated the idea of a streaming-only plan that wouldn’t involve any DVDs by mail. Well, the streaming-only idea for Netflix is about to become a reality — in Canada.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
Remains of the Day: Lawyer up (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100921/tc_macworld/remainsofthedaylawyerup
Macworld.com - ItÃ¢Â€Â™s a law of conservation: when the universe closes one lawsuit, it opens another. Plus, the fuzz talks to Steve Jobs about his missing iPhone 4, and AT&TÃ¢Â€Â™s CEO does some misplaced bragging. LetÃ¢Â€Â™s run down the remainders for Tuesday, September 21, 2010.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
Twitter hack opens popups, causes havoc (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100921/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_twitter_hack

AP - A new way to cause mischief quickly spread through short-messaging service Twitter on Tuesday morning before the site could fix the problem, as mysterious "tweets" of blocked-out text propagated themselves and caused popup windows to open.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
BlackBerry tablet computer poised for debut: WSJ (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100921/tc_afp/uscanadaitinternettelecomrimblackberry

AFP - Research In Motion may debut a tablet computer next week at a conference for developers that tailor software for the Canadian firm's BlackBerry smartphones, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
FCC to vote on plan to boost school Internet speed (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100921/wr_nm/us_fcc_schools
Reuters - The Federal Communications Commission chairman said on Tuesday he hoped the agency would relax regulations governing how schools use $2.25 billion in federal subsidies for Internet access to help schools get faster Internet access and to provide wireless access for students.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
onMouseOver Hack Catches Twitter with 'Pants Down' (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100921/tc_nf/75256
NewsFactor - The onMouseOver incident. It's not a twisted technology murder mystery. It's the name Twitter is giving the latest attack on its just-redesigned micro-blogging site.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
TiVo's battle with Dish to end in spring: TiVo CEO (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100921/media_nm/us_tivo
Reuters - The legal battle pitting TiVo Inc against EchoStar Corp and Dish Network Corp will be decided in February or March, TIVO Chief Executive Tom Rogers said on Tuesday.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
Six Apart Is No More; What Will Happen to TypePad and Moveable Type? (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100921/tc_mashable/six_apart_is_no_more_what_will_happen_to_typepad_and_moveable_type
Mashable - Video ad network VideoEgg has announced that it has agreed to acquire blogging pioneer Six Apart, the company behind TypePad and Moveable Type. As part of the acquisition, both companies will drop their names and be renamed SAY Media.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
HPâ€™s Android tablet is great for printers (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles3201_hps_android_tablet_is_great_for_printers/37643007/SIG=12oq6rkf3/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/3201-hps-android-tablet-is-great
Appolicious - Hewlett-Packard has been expected to release an Android tablet for several months now, having all but abandoned its plans for a Palm tablet. And while this weekâ€™s HP release may not be the iPad rival for mobile computing, at least it will will help you print documents with ease.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
On the Call: Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100922/ap_on_hi_te/us_adobe_systems_on_the_call
AP - Software maker Adobe Systems Inc. posted solid results for its fiscal third quarter Tuesday but its revenue forecast disappointed investors, who sent shares plunging after hours.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
Xerox Enables Remote Printing From Smartphones, Tablets (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100921/tc_pcworld/xeroxenablesremoteprintingfromsmartphonestablets
PC World - Xerox on Tuesday added remote printing capabilities to its enterprise print services portfolio, bring a new way for smartphone users to print documents while on the go.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
Twitter attack spurs thousands of unintended tweets (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100921/tc_macworld/twitterattackspursthousandsofunintendedtweets
Macworld.com - Early Tuesday morning, Twitter fell victim to a cross-site scripting attack that resulted in many thousands of unintended tweets, spammy links, and more.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
Linux Kernel Exploit Gives Hackers a Back Door (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100921/tc_pcworld/linuxkernelexploitgiveshackersabackdoor
PC World - Linux is well-known for its security advantages over many other operating systems, but that doesn't mean it's immune to problems.

Wed, 22 Sep 10
Summary Box: Top eBay e-commerce executive leaves (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100921/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_ebay_executive_departure_summary_box
AP - WHO'S LEAVING: Lorrie Norrington, president of eBay Marketplaces. The business is eBay's largest and includes its namesake auction website and other e-commerce sites.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
Hewlett-Packard and former CEO Hurd reach truce (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100921/ap_on_hi_te/us_oracle_hurd

AP - Mark Hurd, the ousted CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co., has settled a lawsuit brought by his former employer that sought to stop him from working at rival Oracle Corp.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
IBM buying Netezza for about $1.7 billion (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100920/ap_on_hi_te/us_ibm_netezza

AP - IBM Corp. said Monday it has agreed to pay $1.7 billion for Netezza Corp., a company that helps businesses sort through data on corporate servers.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
Germany seeks Internet data protection code (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100920/ap_on_hi_te/eu_germany_internet_protection
AP - Germany's government urged the Internet industry on Monday to produce a voluntary data protection code to cover services like Google Inc.'s "Street View" mapping service.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
$399 HP printer comes with detachable, 7-inch Android tablet (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100920/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3667
Ben Patterson - Sure, we’ve seen plenty of wireless printers with fancy touchscreen panels before, but the latest printer from HP is the first I’ve heard of to come with its very own Android tablet.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
Common-sense alert: Lifeguards and texting donâ€™t mix (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100920/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3664
Ben Patterson - Maybe I’ve been lucky, but just about every lifeguard I’ve seen keeping watch over a pool has shared a singular trait: a steely gaze that never seems to wander. Indeed, I’ve never caught a lifeguard so much as sneak a peek at a cell phone, much less tap out lengthy texts to their pals.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
TinkerTool 4.2 gets more Snow Leopard, iTunes options (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100920/tc_macworld/tinkertool42getsmoresnowleoparditunesoptions
Macworld.com - Marcel Bresink has updated TinkerTool, his utility for customizing a number of hidden OS and app preferences, with access to yet more options for Mail, iTunes, Safari, and even the Dock.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
Google defends shrinking China market share (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100920/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_google_s_future

AP - Google is hiring dozens of marketing and technical employees in China to defend a shrinking market share against local rivals after closing its Chinese search engine six months ago this Wednesday in a dispute over censorship.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
Cell Phone-Related Driving Deaths on the Rise -- GovÃ¢Â€Â™t Study (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100920/tc_pcworld/cellphonerelateddrivingdeathsontherisegovtstudy
PC World - According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, "distracted driving," where the driver's attention is focused on an activity other than the road ahead, is a growing problem. In fact, the proportion of fatalities linked to distracted drivers rose from 10 percent in 2005 to 16 percent in 2009.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
Nokia delays flagship N8 smartphone model again (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100920/tc_nm/us_nokia_n8
Reuters - Nokia, the world's top cellphone maker, said on Tuesday it had for the second time decided to delay the start of sales of its flagship N8 model.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
Facebook Denies Plans To Build a Smartphone (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100920/tc_nf/75229
NewsFactor - Facebook is not building its own branded smartphone, the company insisted Monday in response to a weekend story about the social-networking giant's supposed plans on a technology blog. But that doesn't mean the end of the story.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
Netflix to unveil Canadian service (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100920/media_nm/us_media_netflix
Reuters - Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings will be in Toronto Wednesday to launch an online video subscription service that will allow Canadians to download their favorite flicks and TV shows for a monthly fee.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
"Halo: Reach" by the Numbers (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100920/tc_mashable/halo_reach_by_the_numbers
Mashable - Like it or not, few games have been so profoundly influential as Halo. Its various sequels and spin-offs have generated billions of dollars, consumed eons of man hours and completely altered gaming in general. Each successive release has set precedents and Halo: Reach was certainly no exception.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
Napster and FriendCash come to the App Store (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles3185_napster_and_friendcash_come_to_the_app_store/37631861/SIG=12sf2k968/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/3185-napster-and-friendcash-
Appolicious - Apple has a new approval process for apps, and among the first to come through is Napster. Â This app, based on the pioneering and onetime piracy-riddled music download website, offers a subscription service that rivals iTunes.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
Oracle, Hewlett-Packard settle CEO lawsuit (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100920/bs_afp/usitinternetsoftwaretrialhurdoracle

AFP - US computer titan Hewlett-Packard resolved Monday a long-running legal squabble with business software giant over Oracle's recent hire of ousted HP chief executive Mark Hurd.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
IBM to buy analytics company Netezza for $1.7 billion (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100921/bs_nm/us_netezza_ibm
Reuters - IBM, joining the deal-making frenzy, plans to buy data analytics company Netezza Corp for $1.7 billion to expand in technology services and help clients better analyze market information.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
Google adds extra security step to e-mail, apps (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100920/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_google_security
AP - Google Inc. is making it tougher for computer hackers and other imposters to break into e-mail accounts and other password-protected services.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
Oracle MySQL Rival PostgreSQL Updated (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100920/tc_pcworld/oraclemysqlrivalpostgresqlupdated
PC World - While Oracle trumpets its open source MySQL database management system this week at the company's OpenWorld conference, the creators behind MySQL's rival, PostgreSQL, have released a major new version of their rival database software.

Tue, 21 Sep 10
Canadian space agency beams northern lights over Web (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100920/tc_afp/canadascienceastronomyinternet

AFP - Skywatchers can turn their gaze to a computer for a glimpse of the northern lights: the Canadian Space Agency on Monday launched an online observatory streaming the aurora borealis live over the Internet.

Mon, 20 Sep 10
Buildings iPhone app has a solid foundation for architecture lovers (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles3171_buildings_iphone_app_has_a_solid_foundation_for_architecture_lovers/37624907/SIG=13jlagr6c/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/3171-
Appolicious - You donâ€™t have to understand architecture to truly enjoy the beauty of the great buildings of the past and the architectural wonders of today. Buildings for iOS by Despark (free in the iTunes App Store) is a great example of the average person being able to truly enjoy architecture, and even feel like theyâ€™re part of the club. Planning to explore any major cities? Love architecture or do it for a living? This will be a great app for you.

Mon, 20 Sep 10
Facebook denies plans to build its own phone (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100919/wr_nm/us_facebook

Reuters - Social networking website Facebook said on Sunday it is pushing deeper into the mobile phones sector, but denied an Internet report that it will build its own phone.

Mon, 20 Sep 10
Facebook: We Are Not Building a Phone (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100919/tc_mashable/facebook_we_are_not_building_a_phone
Mashable - Rumors surfaced earlier today that Facebook was building a mobile device based on Google's Android OS. According to an official representative however, the company is not, in fact, developing a device.

Mon, 20 Sep 10
Lindsay Lohan tweets that she failed drug test (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100920/lf_nm_life/us_lindsaylohan
Reuters - Actress Lindsay Lohan confirmed on Friday that she had failed a court-ordered drug test a few weeks after being released from jail and going through a rehabilitation program.

Mon, 20 Sep 10
5 Important New Trends in Location (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100919/tc_mashable/5_important_new_trends_in_location
Mashable - As Facebook enters into the location market with Facebook Places, the world's largest social network will help to make the edgy concept of checkins and location-sharing a mainstream practice.

Mon, 20 Sep 10
'Hacktivity 2010' tackles computer security in Hungary (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100919/tc_afp/hungarycomputerinternetpiracy

AFP - A major hackers' conference wrapped up in Hungary Sunday after higlighting protection against increasingly sophisticated computer piracy as the Internet becomes ever more present in daily life.

Mon, 20 Sep 10
EU acts to extend digital switchover to remote and elderly (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100919/tc_afp/euinternettelecommediaconsumer

AFP - Regulators will bid Monday to extend mobile Internet access to Europe's farthest flung outposts by opening up commercial rights to the analogue broadcasting spectrum.

Sun, 19 Sep 10
GE Moodcam not the brightest bulb on the iPhone app block (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles3169_ge_moodcam_not_the_brightest_bulb_on_the_iphone_app_block/37615296/SIG=139u7jub8/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/3169-ge-moodcam
Appolicious - Donâ€™t be fooled by the â€œcamâ€ in the name of the GE MoodCam iPhone app. This free app is far more concerned with lighting your room differently than turning your digital photos into faux-vintage pictures.

Sun, 19 Sep 10
The Macalope Weekly: The iPhone's a good cop! (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100918/tc_macworld/themacalopeweeklytheiphonesagoodcop
Macworld.com - They say love is a battlefield, but itÃ¢Â€Â™s got nothing on the smartphone market. Some days itÃ¢Â€Â™s hard to know who to shoot at. Consumer Reports wants the iPhone 4 off the beat, but itÃ¢Â€Â™s got a job to do and it doesnÃ¢Â€Â™t play by their rules! And Microsoft says to frenzied iPad buyers, Ã¢Â€ÂœHey, hey, whereÃ¢Â€Â™s the fire? WouldnÃ¢Â€Â™t you rather have some vaporware?Ã¢Â€Â

Sun, 19 Sep 10
Seven Reasons to Choose the Galaxy Tab over the iPad (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100918/tc_pcworld/sevenreasonstochoosethegalaxytabovertheipad
PC World - The Samsung Galaxy Tab will be available soon in the United States through all four major wireless carriers. The Apple iPad has already sold millions and has a significant head start on tablet competitors like the Galaxy Tab, but the Galaxy Tab has a variety of compelling features and functions that could sway the decision between the two.

Sun, 19 Sep 10
Lindsay Lohan tweets that she failed drug test (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100918/lf_nm_life/us_lindsaylohan

Reuters - Actress Lindsay Lohan confirmed on Friday that she had failed a court-ordered drug test a few weeks after being released from jail and going through a rehabilitation program.

Sun, 19 Sep 10
Find and Redeem Location-Based Coupons on Your iPhone or Android (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100918/tc_mashable/find_and_redeem_locationbased_coupons_on_your_iphone_or_android
Mashable - This post is part of MashableÃ¢Â€Â™s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Sun, 19 Sep 10
Galaxy Tab Will Soar on Android's Key Strengths (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100918/tc_pcworld/galaxytabwillsoaronandroidskeystrengths
PC World - As the details of Samsung's Galaxy Tab are gradually revealed, it's becoming increasingly clear that many of the tablet's most desirable features derive from its use of Android--or Linux, that is--which, after all, is the basis for Google's winning mobile operating system.

Sun, 19 Sep 10
Hackers gather in Budapest (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100918/tc_afp/hungarycomputerinternetpiracy

AFP - Hacktivity 2010, the largest computer hackers' conference in eastern Europe, kicked off Saturday, with some 1,000 participants expected to attend the two-day event, according to organisers.

Sun, 19 Sep 10
This Week in GeekTech: Blackmailing Trojans, Tablet Hacks, and New Processors (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100918/tc_pcworld/thisweekingeektechblackmailingtrojanstablethacksandnewprocessors
PC World - Another week, another batch of nerdery from PCWorld's GeekTech blog: This week, we look at odd malware, goodies from IDF, a linux tablet hack, and a couple of developments in the world of robotics. So put on your nerdiest T-shirt, get a cup of coffee, and grab your Spock ears. It's time for This Week in GeekTech.

Sun, 19 Sep 10
Google's proposed music service faces uphill climb (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100918/media_nm/us_google
Reuters - Can Google take on iTunes?

Sat, 18 Sep 10
CEO optimistic on resolving BlackBerry disputes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100916/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_research_in_motion

AP - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. believes it will successfully resolve disputes with India, the United Arab Emirates and other countries over data security and avert their threats to ban services, the company's co-CEO said Thursday.

Sat, 18 Sep 10
Mortal Kombat developer: 'We have a PSP 2 in the house' (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100917/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3658
Ben Patterson - Rumors of a full-on revamp of Sony’s PlayStation Portable console have been swirling for ... well, it feels like eons now, and the latest chatter had it that Sony wouldn’t unveil the purported PSP 2 until next year. But while Sony’s lips are sealed about its PSP plans, one of the developers behind the classic Mortal Kombat fighting games reportedly mentioned — quite casually, apparently — that his team had a PSP 2 "in the house," and that it’s a "pretty powerful machine."

Sat, 18 Sep 10
Survey: Nearly one in five Netflix users substitute streaming for pay TV (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100917/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3657
Ben Patterson - About 17 percent of Netflix subscribers are already streaming their TV shows over broadband rather than watching them on cable, according to a recent survey — and if you only count younger Netflix users, the figure jumps to about one in three.

Sat, 18 Sep 10
Remains of the Day: Don't change the channel (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100917/tc_macworld/remainsofthedaydontchangethechannel
Macworld.com - The reason you wonÃ¢Â€Â™t find Warner Bros. TV shows on the Apple TV? ItÃ¢Â€Â™s not about money, it's about idealism. (Of course, that idealism is fueled by money.) Then thereÃ¢Â€Â™s a journalism student who has a bone to pick with Steve Jobs and Microsoft says its next project will be hugerÃ¢Â€Â”thatÃ¢Â€Â™s a word, right?Ã¢Â€Â”than the iPad. Nothing, however, is as huge as the remainders for September 17, 2010.

Sat, 18 Sep 10
LG Electronics replaces CEO over profit slump (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100917/ap_on_hi_te/as_skorea_lg_electronics

AP - South Korea's LG Electronics, the world's third-biggest maker of mobile phones, said its chief executive will be replaced by the brother of the LG Group's chairman after record losses at its handset business.

Sat, 18 Sep 10
CBS Sports to stream 2010 SEC games on iPhone for free (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100917/tc_macworld/cbssportstostream2010secgamesoniphoneforfree
Macworld.com - Football season is here; you can feel it in there air. And if youÃ¢Â€Â™re an iPhone-wielding college football fan, youÃ¢Â€Â™re in luck.Ã‚Â CBS Sports has announced it will stream its entire 2010 Southeastern Conference (SEC) home football schedule live on the CBS Sports Mobile iPhone app.

Sat, 18 Sep 10
Jury awards $40,000 in damages in Kid Rock case (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100917/ap_on_en_mu/us_people_kid_rock

AP - A suburban Atlanta jury awarded $40,000 Friday to a man who says musician Kid Rock and his entourage beat him and smashed his cell phones during a 2007 fight at a Waffle House restaurant.

Sat, 18 Sep 10
MacJournal for iPhone 1.1 gets organization, interface improvements (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100917/tc_macworld/macjournalforiphone11getsorganizationinterfaceimprovements
Macworld.com - MacJournal for iPhone, Mariner SoftwareÃ¢Â€Â™s writing and blogging companion to its Mac client, has gained its first major update, which brings a handful of new organization features and support for iOS 4.

Sat, 18 Sep 10
Samsung takes aim at Apple's iPad, iTunes (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100917/bs_afp/usskoreaitcompanytelecomcomputersamsungapple

AFP - South Korea's Samsung took aim at Apple's iPad and iTunes on Friday with the US launch of its new Galaxy tablet computer and an online entertainment hub for movies and television shows.

Sat, 18 Sep 10
Best Buy: Notebooks Aren't Dead (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100917/tc_mashable/best_buy_notebooks_arent_dead
Mashable - Is the notebook going the way of the dinosaur? Not a chance, says Best Buy.

Sat, 18 Sep 10
Hand-held devices to dominate holiday sales (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles3160_hand_held_devices_to_dominate_holiday_sales/37601278/SIG=12u57i45d/*http://www.appolicious.com/finance/articles/3160-hand-held-devices-to-
Appolicious - Best Buy (BBY) says iPads are hurting netbook sales as it remakes stores to focus on portable gadgets. Also, we offer a few apps to remember when key holidays start.

Sat, 18 Sep 10
Dell Aims Streak at Enterprises (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100917/tc_pcworld/dellaimsstreakatenterprises
PC World - Dell is trying to extend the appeal of its Streak handheld to businesses and add a new dimension to its enterprise hardware, software and services offerings, a company official said this week.

Sat, 18 Sep 10
IBM pushing deeper into Africa with telecom deal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100917/ap_on_hi_te/us_ibm_africa
AP - IBM has struck an agreement to overhaul the back-office technological infrastructure of a major telecommunications operator in Africa.

Sat, 18 Sep 10
Cybercrime is world's most dangerous criminal threat (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100917/tc_afp/hongkongitinternetinterpolsecurity

AFP - A crime epidemic is silently sweeping the globe as criminals turn our ever-increasing dependence on computers against us, and even the head of Interpol is not immune.

Sat, 18 Sep 10
4 Ways to Give Desktop Linux a Test-Drive (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100917/tc_pcworld/4waystogivedesktoplinuxatestdrive
PC World - That desktop Linux offers myriad compelling advantages for business users is no longer the subject of much debate. All that remains for many Windows users is to give it a try.

Sat, 18 Sep 10
Cameras rolled while Fantasia recovered from overdose (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100917/en_nm/us_fantasia

Reuters - Singer Fantasia allowed the aftermath of her recent suicide attempt to be filmed for her VH1 reality show "Fantasia for Real," according to a trailer for the show that was posted online Friday.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
Oracle's net swells 20 pct amid Hurd hiring hubbub (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100916/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_oracle

AP - Oracle Corp.'s net income swelled 20 percent in the latest quarter as the world's biggest maker of database software prospered from freer technology spending by corporations.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
Yahoo to upgrade e-mail, search results this fall (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100916/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_yahoo_upgrades
AP - Yahoo Inc. wants to prove it has regained its technological stride after years of meandering that have caused the Internet company to lose ground to its rivals.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
AT&T, Sprint, Verizon to carry Samsung tablet (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100916/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_samsung_tablet
AP - All four major U.S. wireless carriers will sell an iPad-like tablet computer from Samsung Electronics Co., the companies said Thursday.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
Samsungâ€™s Android-powered Galaxy Tab to debut on all four big U.S. carriers (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100916/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3652
Ben Patterson - Good news: Samsung’s just-announced 7-inch Android tablet is definitely coming to the states. Even better news: The Galaxy Tab will be arriving on not one, not two, not three, but all four of the big U.S. carriers in the "coming months."

Fri, 17 Sep 10
3D Blu-ray update for PlayStation 3 due next week (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100916/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3640
Ben Patterson - Got a PlayStation 3 in your den? Come next Thursday, your glossy black game console will be capable of playing 3D Blu-ray discs, thanks to an upcoming firmware update, although you’ll need a 3D TV and a pair of 3D glasses to get the full effect.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
Remains of the Day: In the garden of good and evil (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100916/tc_macworld/remainsofthedayinthegardenofgoodandevil
Macworld.com - What do you get the CEO who has everything, especially for the 25th anniversary of the day he was booted from his own company? Meanwhile, Yahoo has identity issues, Google has morality issues, and, in a terrifying move, Nokia hires a Steve Ballmer impersonator to run the company. Say it along with me: remainders remainders remainders remainders. ItÃ¢Â€Â™s September 16, 2010.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
Microsoft wraps up tools for mobile app developers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100916/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_microsoft_windows_phone7
AP - Microsoft has taken another step toward a holiday release for its next generation of smart phones.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
On The Call: RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100916/ap_on_hi_te/us_rim_on_the_call
AP - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. on Thursday announced second-quarter results. During a call with analysts, co-CEO Jim Balsillie addressed threats by India, the United Arab Emirates and other countries to ban BlackBerry services over data security.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
Hipstamatic update to add photo-printing service (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100916/tc_macworld/hipstamaticupdatetoaddphotoprintingservice
Macworld.com - Hipstamatic, the popular retro camera app for the iPhone, will soon get an update that will include the launch of a new photo printing service. Slated for release on Friday, the update will integrate the HipstaMart.com retail Website within the mobile app.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
A week without Facebook? Pa. college tries it out (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100916/ap_on_hi_te/us_social_media_blackout

AP - A central Pennsylvania technological college with fewer students than many Facebook users have friends is blacking out social media for a week.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
Yahoo Takes on Apple, Fring with Messenger Mobile Video (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100916/tc_zd/254648
PC Magazine - Yahoo is working to bring videoconferencing via to Android and Apple iPhones, much like Fring or Apple's FaceTime. It's part of a new version of Yahoo Messenger for Mobile, due in a few months.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
How Flixster Found its Groove (and Profitability) (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100916/tc_mashable/how_flixster_found_its_groove_and_profitability
Mashable - This post is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark as a new part of the Spark of Genius series that focuses on a new and innovative startup each day.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
Motorola Android tablet coming soon, and other industry news (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles3152_motorola_android_tablet_coming_soon_and_other_industry_news/37589279/SIG=13bj2iba8/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/3152-motorola
Appolicious - Motorola is edging its way back into the mix with a growing line of Android smartphones. Â We may be able to add a tablet to that list, as Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha confirmed that itâ€™s hopping on the larger-screen bandwagon.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
Oracle profit beats Street forecasts (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100916/bs_nm/us_oracle

Reuters - Oracle Corp posted a 25 percent surge in software sales that sharply beat forecasts and a pickup in its new hardware business, underscoring robust tech spending by corporations and boosting its shares more than 4 percent.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
Microsoft Rolls Out Dynamic CRM Beta Release (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100916/bs_nf/75189
NewsFactor - With one eye on the cloud and the other on customer service, Microsoft has rolled out the beta release of its new product for cloud-based and on-premise deployments of its CRM product. The new online service is expected to come to market as Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
IE9 Beta Warns of Malware, Problems with Add-Ons (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100916/tc_nf/75185
NewsFactor - Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 beta release, which became available for download Wednesday, integrates several new features that improve security and privacy and give PC users greater control over the browser's impact on PC performance. On the security side, for example, IE9 delivers significant new protections against malicious and poorly written web sites that threaten the online safety and privacy of PC users.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
Hack Delivers a Linux Tablet for Under $200 (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100916/tc_pcworld/hackdeliversalinuxtabletforunder200
PC World - Hackers have created a sub $200 Linux-based tablet device, all thanks to a little tinkering with an Internet Media Display.

Fri, 17 Sep 10
Summary Box: Yahoo preparing mail, search upgrades (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100916/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_yahoo_upgrades_summary_box
AP - COMING ATTRACTIONS: Yahoo is preparing to upgrade its free e-mail service and Internet search results this fall.

Thu, 16 Sep 10
Review: How the iPad won over a skeptic (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100915/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_life_tech_test_ipad
AP - At first glance, the iPad looked like a heavy, overgrown iPod Touch. After just a few months of use, however, this iPad skeptic realized that it's so much more — it's one of those devices I've always needed. Those don't come around very often.

Thu, 16 Sep 10
Microsoft's new IE9 promises zippier performance (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100915/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_microsoft_new_browser
AP - Microsoft Corp. unveiled the "beta" test version of Internet Explorer 9 on Wednesday, the first of a new generation of Web browser programs that tap into the powerful processors on board newer computers to make websites load and run faster.

Thu, 16 Sep 10
Slew of 3-D TV movies for the home? Not so fast (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100915/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec3_d_movies
AP - If you're thinking of buying a 3-D television set this year based on the belief that you'll be able to purchase a lot of the 3-D movies that have hit theaters in the past few years, think again.

Thu, 16 Sep 10
Is Apple eyeing newspaper subscriptions for the App Store? (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100915/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3631
Ben Patterson - Newspapers and tablet PCs sound like a match made in heaven, and publishers are understandably eager to boost sagging revenue by launching iPad-friendly versions of their respective rags. So guess who reportedly wants to help — for a piece of the action?

Thu, 16 Sep 10
Revamped Twitter aims to be one-stop window to 'your world' (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100915/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3629
Ben Patterson - With its new two-pane design that lets you view pictures and videos shared by fellow tweeters without having to leave the site, the revamped Twitter invites users to come on in, stay awhile, and see what’s happening in "your world" (although your Twitter-powered view of the world will only be as compelling as the users you’re following).

Thu, 16 Sep 10
Apple releases Pro Applications update (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100915/tc_macworld/applereleasesproapplicationsupdate
Macworld.com - On Wednesday Apple issued Pro Applications Update 2010-02Ã¢Â€Â”recommended for all users of Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Server, and Logic StudioÃ¢Â€Â”with improved versions of Final Cut Pro 7, Motion 4, Color 1.5, Compressor 3.5, and Qmaster 3.5.

Thu, 16 Sep 10
Mind-reading phones? The tech's evolving there (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100915/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_intel_developers_mind_reading_computers
AP - How smart do you want your smart phone to actually be? Do you want it to read your mind, even a little bit?

Thu, 16 Sep 10
Pew Report Finds Limited Use of Mobile Apps (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100915/bs_nf/75152
NewsFactor - Although cell phones have become platforms for a wide variety of applications, only about 24 percent of adults actually use apps. That's the takeaway from a new report released Tuesday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

Thu, 16 Sep 10
Facebook gets movie treatments as social media at high (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100915/tc_nm/us_facebook

Reuters - Facebook hits the silver screen this fall with two movies coming out within weeks of each other at a time when social media is at an all-time high.

Thu, 16 Sep 10
Google pitching online music service to labels: Billboard (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100915/ennew_afp/usitcompanymusicinternetgoogleapple

AFP - Internet search powerhouse Google is trying to put together an online music service that would take on Apple's market-ruling iTunes, according to a report at Billboard.com.

Thu, 16 Sep 10
Google's Music Service to Include Cloud-Based Locker [REPORT] (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100915/tc_mashable/googles_music_service_to_include_cloudbased_locker_report
Mashable - Google's much anticipated music offering is said to be launching by Christmas, and new information from Billboard suggests that it will be both a digital download store and a cloud-based subscription service costing $25 per year.

Thu, 16 Sep 10
Make the right NFL call with these iPhone apps (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles3140_make_the_right_nfl_call_with_these_iphone_apps/37577901/SIG=130g20tmg/*http://www.appolicious.com/sports/articles/3140-make-the-right-nfl-
Appolicious - Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson will never let his iPhone touch the ground again after downloading these apps that are designed to get ready for the second week of the NFL season.

Thu, 16 Sep 10
Apple's new iPad, iPhone software due in November (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100915/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_apple_ipad_printing
AP - Apple Inc.'s iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch can handle many tasks that people once turned to personal computers to complete, from checking e-mail and surfing the Web to editing photos and composing documents.

Thu, 16 Sep 10
ReaddleDocs updated with new PDF viewer, VGA output (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100915/tc_macworld/readdledocsupdatedwithnewpdfviewervgaoutput
Macworld.com - Readdle has released an update for its all-in-one document reader for iPad, ReaddleDocs. Version 1.6 of the app introduces an entirely new PDF reader that features smooth horizontal scrolling and complete support for highlighting and notes annotations, as well as the ability to download and upload files from FTP and SFTP servers.

Thu, 16 Sep 10
Microsoft Reveals Stuxnet Worm Exploits Multiple Zero Days (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100915/tc_pcworld/microsoftrevealsstuxnetwormexploitsmultiplezerodays
PC World - Microsoft released nine new security bulletins--four with an overall rating of Critical this week for the September Patch Tuesday. The big news of the month, though, is the Stuxnet worm. Microsoft revealed that four additional zero day flaws are exploited by the worm, and two of those four remain unpatched.

Thu, 16 Sep 10
Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 9 Public Beta (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100915/tc_pcworld/microsoftreleasesinternetexplorer9publicbeta
PC World - With all the attention paid to Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox in recent years, it's easy to forget that Internet Explorer is still the World's most widely used Web browser.

Thu, 16 Sep 10
Summary Box: Microsoft's IE9 promises speed (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100915/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_microsoft_new_browser_summary_box
AP - THE NEWS: Microsoft released the "beta" test version of Internet Explorer 9, its updated Web browser program. Starting Wednesday, people with computers running Windows 7 or Windows Vista can download IE9 at beautyoftheweb.com.

Wed, 15 Sep 10
Twitter tweaks website to show more photos, video (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100915/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_tweaking_twitter
AP - Twitter is turning its short-messaging website into a multimedia showcase by adding a new pane that will make it easier for its 160 million users to peruse photos and video.

Wed, 15 Sep 10
Amazon goes after Apple's iPad in new Kindle ad (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100914/ap_on_hi_te/us_amazon_ipad_attack
AP - Amazon.com Inc. is rolling up its sleeves in its fight to convince consumers that its Kindle electronic reader is better than competing devices such as Apple's iPad, unveiling more aggressive advertising that is accentuating a growing rivalry.

Wed, 15 Sep 10
Czechs ban Google from expanding 'Street View' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100914/ap_on_hi_te/eu_czech_google_street_view
AP - Authorities in the Czech Republic have banned Google Inc. from continuing in its mapping feature "Street View" in the eastern European country.

Wed, 15 Sep 10
60 percent of U.S. mobile-app downloaders play games, survey says (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100914/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3612
Ben Patterson - Think cell-phone games are just for kids? Think again. Also: When they’re not playing games, frequent app users are firing up the mobile version of Facebook.

Wed, 15 Sep 10
Rumor: Microsoft prepping a new Zune for 2011? (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100914/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3611
Ben Patterson - We haven’t heard much about the Zune media player (you remember the Zune, right?) since the debut of Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7, a revamped version of the old Windows Mobile platform that borrows heavily from the Zune user interface.

Wed, 15 Sep 10
Remains of the Day: Steve Jobs, American ninja (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100914/tc_macworld/remainsofthedaystevejobsamericanninja
Macworld.com - Is Steve Jobs a ninja? Nobody knows for sure, but Apple says it ainÃ¢Â€Â™t so. Either way, Consumer Reports isnÃ¢Â€Â™t running scared. And Bing hits a new milestoneÃ¢Â€Â¦in statistics. The remainders for Tuesday, September 14, 2010 are sneaking up on youÃ¢Â€Â”silent and deadly.

Wed, 15 Sep 10
Nokia chairman expected to stay on until 2012 (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100914/ap_on_hi_te/eu_finland_nokia

AP - Nokia Corp. said Tuesday that board chairman Jorma Ollila has signaled readiness to stay on at the helm of the world's leading handset maker until 2012.

Wed, 15 Sep 10
Wal-Mart Will Offer No-Contract Family Mobile Plan (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100914/tc_nf/75150
NewsFactor - The world's largest retailer announced Monday that it will not only sell cell phones, but provide wireless coverage from T-Mobile on some models with a low-cost family plan that doesn't require a contract.

Wed, 15 Sep 10
Best Buy 2Q net income jumps 60 pct on sales rise (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100914/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_best_buy

AP - Growth in Best Buy Co.'s expanding cell phone business helped the electronics retailer's second-quarter net income jump 60 percent, the company said Tuesday.

Wed, 15 Sep 10
Twitter remakes website, adds new features (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100915/wr_nm/us_twitter_website
Reuters - Microblogging sensation Twitter, which is now signing up 370,000 new users daily on average, is redesigning its website to make it easier for its millions of users to navigate the service and discover new information.

Wed, 15 Sep 10
The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100914/ap_on_en_mu/us_itunes_top10

AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Sept. 13, 2010:

Wed, 15 Sep 10
Twitter Changes the Default New User Avatar [PIC] (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100914/tc_mashable/twitter_changes_the_default_new_user_avatar_pic
Mashable - In the midst of all of today's big Twitter news, the microblogging service also changed the default avatar picture to a drawing of an egg Ã¢Â€Â” perhaps to symbolize the "hatching" of a new version of Twitter.com (Get it?).

Wed, 15 Sep 10
Verizon preps its own Android app store, and other industry news (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles3128_verizon_preps_its_own_android_app_store_and_other_industry_news/37563847/SIG=13f3477b0/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/3128-veri
Appolicious - Verizonâ€™s prepping to launch an Android app store of its own, dubbed V CAST Apps. Â The company is already accepting submissions for apps to include in the upcoming marketplace.

Wed, 15 Sep 10
Developer withdraws anti-Web censorship tool for Iranians (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100914/tc_afp/usiranitrightsinternethaystack

AFP - A developer of a program called "Haystack" designed to allow Iranians to circumvent government restrictions on the Internet pulled the plug on the software on Tuesday amid security concerns.

Wed, 15 Sep 10
Mohegan Sun to lay off 355 workers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100915/ap_on_bi_ge/ct_mohegan_sun_layoffs
AP - The Mohegan Sun Casino plans to cut 355 jobs as part of a downsizing its top executive said was prompted by declining revenue due to the recession.

Wed, 15 Sep 10
Jailbreak iOS 4.1: Hackers quickly find an exploit for 4.1 (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20100914/tc_digitaltrends/jailbreakios41
Digital Trends - Hours after Apple released its iOS 4.1 update, coders have identified an exploit in the operating systemÃ¢Â€Â™s boot ROM. First announced by iPhone Dev-Team member pod2g on Twitter, it has since been confirmed by other hackers.

Wed, 15 Sep 10
PARTING SHOTS: All eyes on Delaware, New Hampshire (The Upshot)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100914/bs_yblog_upshot/parting-shots-all-eyes-on-delaware-new-hampshire
The Upshot - Here is our roster of stories that managed to evade the full-on blog treatment: Ã¢Â€Â¢ Pollster Nate Silver thinks that Republican primary victories in Delaware and New Hampshire by tea party candidates would drastically reduce the GOP's chances of taking control of the Senate in November. (FiveThirtyEight) Ã¢Â€Â¢ While Hurricanes Igor and Julia churn in [...]

Tue, 14 Sep 10
Chattanooga utility offering fast Internet service (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100913/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_fast_internet
AP - Chattanooga's city-owned electrical utility has started offering an Internet service that is among the fastest in the world, and it is hoping the move will attract businesses looking to relocate.

Tue, 14 Sep 10
Attack on SC prison guard renews phone-jam debate (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100913/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_prisons_cell_phones

AP - South Carolina authorities who have helped push for permission to block cell phone signals inside prisons say an officer in charge of keeping out contraband was nearly killed at his home — in an attack planned with a smuggled phone.

Tue, 14 Sep 10
Wal-Mart introduces wireless plan under own brand (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100913/ap_on_hi_te/us_wal_mart_wireless_service
AP - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday that it is introducing the first cell phone plan that uses the chain's own branding, further demonstrating its clout in getting special deals from wireless carriers.

Tue, 14 Sep 10
Hands-on with Halo: Reach (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100913/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3603
Ben Patterson - After last year’s disappointing Halo 3: ODST and my personal "meh" reaction to the Halo: Reach multiplayer beta back in June, I figured I was pretty much Halo-ed out. After many hours of furious fragging with the final version of Reach, however, I learned that my love of Halo was alive and well.

Tue, 14 Sep 10
TiVo offers Premiere DVR for $20 a month, zero up front (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100913/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3602
Ben Patterson - I’ve often wished out loud that TiVo would go ahead and ditch the monthly service fee for its DVRs, but a new, limited-time promotion offers an interesting twist: Rather than nixing the monthly subscription charge, TiVo will give you its new Premiere DVR for no money down — as long as you sign a two-year, $20-a-month service contract, that is.

Tue, 14 Sep 10
iWebcamera 2.0 released, includes full iPhone 4 support (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100913/tc_macworld/iwebcamera20releasedincludesfulliphone4support
Macworld.com - Drahtwerk has released iWebcamera 2.0, a major upgrade and rewrite for its app that turns your iPhone into a Webcam. New in iWebcamera 2.0 is full support for the iPhone 4, including its Retina display and front-facing camera.

Tue, 14 Sep 10
Rumors Have A Camera-Equipped iPad Coming Soon (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100913/tc_nf/75133
NewsFactor - Apple's iPhone has two cameras. So does the latest iPod touch and at least one competing tablet computer.

Tue, 14 Sep 10
Summary Box: Wal-Mart Family Mobile service (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100913/ap_on_bi_ge/us_wal_mart_wireless_service_summary_box
AP - WHAT'S HAPPENING: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is introducing the first cell phone plan that uses the chain's own branding. Wal-Mart Family Mobile will use T-Mobile USA's network.

Tue, 14 Sep 10
John Mayer closes 3.7M-follower Twitter account (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100913/ap_on_hi_te/us_music_john_mayer_twitter
AP - John Mayer is losing friends — on the Internet at least.

Tue, 14 Sep 10
4 Things Live YouTube Needs to be a Hit (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100913/tc_pcworld/4thingsliveyoutubeneedstobeahit
PC World - YouTube's foray into live streaming broadcasts over the Web continues Monday and Tuesday, with the first test of a streaming platform for third party video content providers. While YouTube has previously dabbled in live streams, such as a U2 concert and an interview with President Barack Obama, its new platform will ultimately allow any video content partner from around the world to broadcast live on the Web via YouTube.

Tue, 14 Sep 10
Amazon Trashes the iPad in New TV Ad [VIDEO] (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100913/tc_mashable/amazon_trashes_the_ipad_in_new_tv_ad_video
Mashable - Amazon has thrown down the gauntlet in a new television ad that directly takes on the shortcomings of the Apple iPad.

Tue, 14 Sep 10
Motorola DEFY and other Android industry news (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles3109_motorola_defy_and_other_android_industry_news/37549568/SIG=130uasr8q/*http://www.androidapps.com/finance/articles/3109-motorola-defy-and-o
Appolicious - Google (GOOG) took advantage of some high-profile Android coverage at the IFA conference last week as several upcoming devices are previewing their support for the mobile platform. Â You can expect that excitement to carry over, especially as the holiday shopping season is about to get underway.

Tue, 14 Sep 10
HP Will Buy ArcSight To Move Beyond Perimeter Security (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100913/tc_nf/75131
NewsFactor - On the heels of Intel's acquisition of McAfee, Hewlett-Packard has announced plans to acquire another security industry player. HP will pay $1.5 billion, or $43.50 per share, in an all-cash deal for security and compliance firm ArcSight.

Tue, 14 Sep 10
Cuba to cut 500,000 gov't workers, reform salaries (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100914/ap_on_bi_ge/cb_cuba_mass_layoffs

AP - Cuba announced Monday it will cast off at least half a million state workers by early next year and reduce restrictions on private enterprise to help them find new jobs — the most dramatic step yet in President Raul Castro's push to radically remake employment on the communist-run island.

Tue, 14 Sep 10
Hewlett-Packard buying ArcSight for $1.5 billion (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100913/ap_on_hi_te/us_hewlett_packard_arcsight

AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. wants to have the answer to all of its customers' technology problems. So it is buying network-security provider ArcSight Inc. to help them respond to the growing threat posed by hackers, computer viruses and digital fraud.

Tue, 14 Sep 10
Firefox 4 Revs Up Its JavaScript Engines with JÃƒÂ¤gerMonkey (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100913/tc_pcworld/firefox4revsupitsjavascriptengineswithjgermonkey
PC World - Microsoft may be on the verge of releasing the public beta version of Internet Explorer 9, but Mozilla has been busier than ever fortifying its Firefox browser with upgrades and new additions designed to keep it ahead.

Tue, 14 Sep 10
PARTING SHOTS: Cuba will lay off half a million workers (The Upshot)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100913/pl_yblog_upshot/parting-shots-cuba-will-lay-off-half-a-million-workers
The Upshot - Here is our roster of stories that managed to evade full-on blog treatment today: Ã¢Â€Â¢ A leaked memo might land French President Nicolas Sarkozy in hot water over his mass deportation of gypsies. (The Guardian) Ã¢Â€Â¢ The Senate may schedule a vote on the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy next week. (Washington Blade) Ã¢Â€Â¢ [...]

Mon, 13 Sep 10
Report: HP close to buying ArcSight for $1.5B (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100912/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_hewlett_packard_arcsight
AP - Computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. may be close to another major acquisition.

Mon, 13 Sep 10
Schwarzenegger checks out China's high-speed rail (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100912/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_schwarzenegger_riding_the_rails

AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is engaging in a little window-shopping of China's new high-speed train lines while peddling Californian exports and tourism in the world's second-largest economy.

Mon, 13 Sep 10
Apple iPad Already Long in the Tooth (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100912/tc_pcworld/appleipadalreadylonginthetooth
PC World - Rumor has it Apple will soon launch a new iPad tablet, and that's a good thing. Because the first-generation model is already looking a bit creaky.

Mon, 13 Sep 10
Warm up for election season with these iPhone apps (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles3070_warm_up_for_election_season_with_these_iphone_apps/37541397/SIG=13200sbm9/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/3070-warm-up-for-elect
Appolicious - Election season is heating up, and between the historic Obama administration and the Tea Party movement, you donâ€™t want to miss a minute of it. So whether you are a political insider or a novice playing catch up, download these top iPhone political apps and get ready to head to the polls.

Mon, 13 Sep 10
Car Audio 2.0: Listen to Pandora, MP3s and iPods in Your Car (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20100912/tc_digitaltrends/caraudio20listentopandoramp3sipodsinyourcar
Digital Trends - For the past few years, car companies have jumped on the digital media bandwagon, offering USB ports to load music from your iPod Touch and Bluetooth streaming audio to play tracks right from your iPhone. Now, new music technology is emerging that goes a step further â€” letting you play music from Pandora Radio or over a very high-speed wireless network.

Mon, 13 Sep 10
5 Popular Startups and How They Got Funding (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100912/tc_mashable/5_popular_startups_and_how_they_got_funding
Mashable - This post originally appeared on Forbes.com, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about social media, business and technology.

Mon, 13 Sep 10
Google Instant: 2 Doubts (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100912/tc_pcworld/googleinstant2doubts
PC World - Google managed to turn a few heads when it announced its new Instant search last week. Mine was one of them.

Sun, 12 Sep 10
iPad Due for Front-Facing Camera? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100911/tc_pcworld/ipaddueforfrontfacingcamera
PC World - The redesigned iPod Touch stole the show at Apple's fall music event, but the Cupertino company may have a bigger trick up its sleeve in the coming months: an updated iPad.

Sun, 12 Sep 10
Android Overtaking iPhone and BlackBerry With Plenty of Room To Grow (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100911/tc_pcworld/androidovertakingiphoneandblackberrywithplentyofroomtogrow
PC World - This week, research firm Gartner announced that by year's end Google's Android will rocket past both Apple's iOS and Research in Motion's Blackberry in popularity.

Sun, 12 Sep 10
Flash Development On Its Way Back to iPhone (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100911/bs_nf/75112
NewsFactor - Apple said Thursday that it has lifted restrictions on its third-party developer guidelines for the mobile operating system empowering the company's iPhone and iPad products. Apple's change of heart is all about wireless application neutrality and a welcome dÃ©tente in the Apple versus Flash brawl, noted Al Hilwa, the director of application software development at IDC.

Sun, 12 Sep 10
Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART] (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100911/tc_mashable/top_10_twitter_trends_this_week_chart
Mashable - There was plenty to talk about on Twitter this past week. Sports, holidays and entertainment dominated, with a nod to tech from the Twitterverse as well.

Sun, 12 Sep 10
POLL: Google Instant Wins Popular Vote from Mashable Readers (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100911/tc_mashable/poll_google_instant_wins_popular_vote_from_mashable_readers
Mashable - It's official: Mashable readers rather like Google Instant.

Sun, 12 Sep 10
Justin.tv makes broadcasting a breeze (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles3096_justin_tv_makes_broadcasting_a_breeze/37528221/SIG=12lfs9udv/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/3096-justin-tv-makes-broadcasting-a
Appolicious - Ask any die-hard Droid user which app they're using to record, stream, and share video, and Qik or Ustream are the most likely responses. After spending an afternoon with Justin.tv's oddly named alternative app, I can safely say that we've got a new king of the hill.

Sun, 12 Sep 10
GoogleÃ¢Â€Â™s Big Tease on Tablets: Android or Chrome OS? (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100911/tc_pcworld/googlesbigteaseontabletsandroidorchromeos
PC World - Just when it appears Android 2.2 is ready to leap from smartphones to tablets, Google steps up and casts aspersions on its mobile operating system -at least for now.

Sun, 12 Sep 10
'Here You Have' Is a Windows Problem (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100911/tc_pcworld/hereyouhaveisawindowsproblem
PC World - Every time a virus like the current "Here You Have" worm comes around, people shake their heads, wring their hands and wonder how "computer security" can be improved.

Sun, 12 Sep 10
The Macalope Weekly: Choices (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100911/tc_macworld/themacalopeweeklychoices
Macworld.com - We all make choices in life, and some of them are finally coming home to roost. Android wakes up in bed with the wrong search engine while Apple tries to turn its life around and clean up its App Store act. Finally, the founder of an Apple competitor provides a cautionary tale: choose your metaphors wisely kids!

Sat, 11 Sep 10
Appeals court ruling threatens used software sales (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100910/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_software_resale
AP - A federal appeals court has sided with the computer software industry in its effort to squelch sales of second-hand programs covered by widely used licensing agreements.

Sat, 11 Sep 10
Nokia dumps CEO, turns to Microsoft exec (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100910/ap_on_hi_te/eu_finland_nokia_ceo

AP - Nokia Corp. is replacing CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo with Microsoft executive Stephen Elop as the world's top maker of mobile phones aims to regain lost ground in the fiercely competitive smart phone market.

Sat, 11 Sep 10
Apple to end free case offer for iPhone 4 on Sept. 30 (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100910/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3595
Ben Patterson - Claiming that the iPhone 4’s infamous "death grip" problem is "even smaller than we originally thought," Apple announced Friday that it would end its offer of free cases for all iPhone 4 owners by the end of the month.

Sat, 11 Sep 10
Will DVD kiosks begin slow fade in 2012? (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100910/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3594
Ben Patterson - DVD rental kiosks from Redbox and Blockbuster seem to be popping up on every corner these days, but home-video market analysts are predicting that demand for the ultra-convenient kiosks could soon start cooling off as video streaming and video-on-demand gain in popularity.

Sat, 11 Sep 10
Remains of the Day: Hint: it's not short for 'dolphin' (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100910/tc_macworld/remainsofthedayhintitsnotshortfordolphin
Macworld.com - ItÃ¢Â€Â™s Friday, so weÃ¢Â€Â™ll stay short and sweet. Despite what Microsoft may think, rumors of the iPhoneÃ¢Â€Â™s demise are greatly exaggerated. Also, the iPod nano is one swank timepiece, and antivirus software is importantÃ¢Â€Â”though not for the reasons you might expect. Kick off the weekend with the remainders for Friday, September 10, 2010.

Sat, 11 Sep 10
US widens probe of HP bribery allegations (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100910/ap_on_hi_te/us_hewlett_packard_kickbacks
AP - U.S. investigators have widened their probe of alleged kickbacks paid to Russian authorities by employees of a Hewlett-Packard Co. subsidiary in Germany.

Sat, 11 Sep 10
Apple to end free iPhone case program September 30 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100910/tc_nm/us_apple_iphone
Reuters - Apple Inc said on Friday it will end its free iPhone case giveaway at the end of September, saying the antenna problem was smaller than the company originally thought.

Sat, 11 Sep 10
Hiring Microsoft's Elop Won't Erase Nokia's U.S. Woes (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100910/tc_pcworld/hiringmicrosoftselopwonterasenokiasuswoes
PC World - Hiring an American CEO isn't all Nokia has to do if it wants to succeed in the U.S., mobile industry analysts said on Friday.

Sat, 11 Sep 10
Schwarzenegger, Palin trade Twitter jabs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100910/ap_on_re_us/us_schwarzenegger_palin_twitter_jabs
AP - Flying over Alaska on his way to Asia, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger couldn't help but take a lighthearted jab at the state's former governor.

Sat, 11 Sep 10
Judge allows subpoenas for Internet users (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100910/ap_on_hi_te/us_judge_internet_subpoenas
AP - A federal judge on Friday allowed the holder of a movie copyright to subpoena the names of people accused of illegally downloading and distributing a film over the Internet.

Sat, 11 Sep 10
GetGlue Smashes Onto the iPad (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100910/tc_mashable/getglue_smashes_onto_the_ipad
Mashable - Social sharing and recommendation service GetGlue has just released its iPad app.

Sat, 11 Sep 10
WikiMobile Encyclopedia lets you bring Wikipedia on the road (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles3085_wikimobile_encyclopedia_lets_you_bring_wikipedia_on_the_road/37519143/SIG=13ctqppl1/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/3085-wikimob
Appolicious - How much do two million Wikipedia articles weigh? About as much as your Android phone. WikiMobile Encyclopedia delivers the content of Wikipedia to your phone in an Android app. It works, but it's not the only game in town for accessing Wikipedia material over a cell phone.

Sat, 11 Sep 10
Android Goes from Underdog to Top Dog: Watch Out Apple (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100910/tc_pcworld/androidgoesfromunderdogtotopdogwatchoutapple
PC World - Here's more evidence of Android's meteoritic rise to the top. According to market researcher Gartner, Google's fledgling open-source mobile operating system, barely a blip on the wireless radar a year ago, will grab the No. 2 spot in global market share by the end of 2010. Even more stunning is Gartner's prediction that Android will rival Symbian as the world's top mobile OS by 2014.

Sat, 11 Sep 10
Judge approves Sun Country bankruptcy plan (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100910/ap_on_bi_ge/us_sun_country_bankruptcy
AP - Sun Country Airlines said a bankruptcy judge approved its reorganization plan on Friday, putting it another step closer to emerging from Chapter 11 protection.

Sat, 11 Sep 10
Security firms issue warning over email worm (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100910/tc_afp/usitcrimecomputervirusinternet

AFP - Computer security firms issued warnings on Friday over a computer virus that arrives by email offering downloads of "free sex movies" or documents.

Sat, 11 Sep 10
Linux Wi-Fi Gets Easier with New Broadcom Driver (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100910/tc_pcworld/linuxwifigetseasierwithnewbroadcomdriver
PC World - Wireless chip maker Broadcom on Thursday announced good news for Linux users in the form of a fully open wireless driver that's compatible with the operating system.

Sat, 11 Sep 10
PARTING SHOTS: Living soldier awarded Medal of Honor (The Upshot)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100910/bs_yblog_upshot/parting-shots-living-soldier-awarded-medal-of-honor
The Upshot - Here is our roster of stories that managed to evade full-on blog treatment today: Ã¢Â€Â¢ Salvatore Giunta, a 22-year-old paratrooper, has become the first living soldier since Vietnam to be awarded the Medal of Honor. He rescued three fellow soldiers by running into a Taliban ambush. (Washington Post) Ã¢Â€Â¢ The Justice Department will not seek [...]

Fri, 10 Sep 10
Hurd's Oracle gig: Is Ellison perk or problem? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100910/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_oracle_hurd_who_s_the_boss

AP - As co-president at Oracle Corp., ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd will have to adapt to a new role playing second fiddle to one of Silicon Valley's most domineering bosses — Larry Ellison.

Fri, 10 Sep 10
EBay wins a round in court against Craigslist (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100910/ap_on_hi_te/us_ebay_craigslist
AP - In a skirmish between two Internet heavy hitters with a tangled relationship, eBay Inc. has convinced a court that it was wronged by antitakeover moves adopted by Craigslist after eBay started encroaching on its online classifieds turf in the U.S.

Fri, 10 Sep 10
Apple publishes guidelines for app approval (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple_apps

AP - Apple Inc. on Thursday gave software developers the guidelines it uses to determine which programs can be sold in its App Store, yet it reserved for itself broad leeway in deciding what makes the cut.

Fri, 10 Sep 10
'Frustration-free packaging' slow to catch on (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100909/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3585
Ben Patterson - Just the other day, I got bitten by one of those hard plastic clamshell cases that retailers still seem to love. Even with a pair of heavy-duty scissors, it took me several minutes to pry the stubborn thing open, and as I sawed away, a jagged piece of plastic tore at my finger and gave me a good scratch. At least I didn’t bleed on my newly purchased USB hard drive (this time).

Fri, 10 Sep 10
Apple opens up on iOS app review guidelines, relaxes development restrictions (Ben Patterson)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100909/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc3583
Ben Patterson - Apple’s criteria for approving or rejecting a given iPhone or iPad app have long been a perplexing, maddening mystery to developers — but now Apple is abruptly making public its once-secret iOS app review guidelines. Among the highlights: No content that’s "over the line," nothing "cobbled together in a few days," and above all, "We don't need any more Fart apps."

Fri, 10 Sep 10
Remains of the Day: Schooled by the iPad (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100909/tc_macworld/remainsofthedayschooledbytheipad
Macworld.com - Think the iPadÃ¢Â€Â™s too cool for school? Think again. At least it isnÃ¢Â€Â™t being viciously beat up and dissected by those iFixit bullies like its iPod cousins. And while it may take $1 billion every year to keep the iTunes StoreÃ¢Â€Â™s doors open, YouTube still hasnÃ¢Â€Â™t managed to post a profit. Fortunately, the remainders for Thursday, September 9, 2010 are free of charge.

Fri, 10 Sep 10
Quick Hit football video game gets NFL makeover (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_sp_ot/us_tec_techbit_quickhit_nfl

AP - Thursday marks the kickoff of the 2010 NFL season, and along with it, a renewed interest in fantasy leagues and video games that let Monday-morning quarterbacks feel as if they're part of the action.

Fri, 10 Sep 10
Best Buy to offer Amazon's Kindle e-reader (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100909/tc_afp/usitcompanybooksinternetamazonbestbuy

AFP - Best Buy said Thursday that it will begin selling Amazon's Kindle electronic reader this year, making the US consumer electronics giant the third brick-and-mortar US store to offer the device.

Fri, 10 Sep 10
Android App Brings Google Voice to Home Screen (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100909/tc_pcworld/androidappbringsgooglevoicetohomescreen
PC World - Google today released an update to its Android app for Google Voice, a free phone management service that provides U.S.-based users with a single 10-digit number for all of their phone lines, including cellular, landline and VoIP.

Fri, 10 Sep 10
GetGlue brings social networking for entertainment to the iPad (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100909/tc_macworld/getgluebringssocialnetworkingforentertainmenttotheipad
Macworld.com - Social media network GetGlue has released a new app that brings its service, dedicated to the world of entertainment, to the iPad.

Fri, 10 Sep 10
"Virginity Hit" a bawdy crowdpleaser (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100910/review_nm/us_film_virginity
Reuters - Essentially the first feature-length YouTube video, "The Virginity Hit" updates the horny-teenager movie to the Internet era.

Fri, 10 Sep 10
What Apple's Guideline Changes Mean for Developers (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100909/tc_mashable/what_apples_guideline_changes_mean_for_developers
Mashable - Five months after declaring that iOS apps developed with a cross-compiler would not be accepted into the App Store, Apple has eased up on its policies and reversed course.

Fri, 10 Sep 10
Best apps to download for your new iPod (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles3064_best_apps_to_download_for_your_new_ipod/37503893/SIG=12nssumq1/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/3064-best-apps-to-download-for-yo
Appolicious - Whether you're listening to music and downloading apps on the iPod you got for your birthday three years ago, or a new and shiny iPod Touch, Nano or Shuffle, finding the right apps is half the battle. And if you're a serious music fan, chances are you don't take what you're listening to, or what you're downloading to enhance your music listening experience, too lightly. To guide you through the best musical experience you can possibly have on your iPod â€” new or old â€” I have created this list below. Enjoy.

Fri, 10 Sep 10
01 Communique files patent suit against Dell, shares up (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100909/tc_nm/us01communique
Reuters - Canadian software maker 01 Communique Laboratory Inc on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Dell Inc and LogMeIn Inc alleging infringement of a patent on which it won a ruling against Citrix Systems in July.

Fri, 10 Sep 10
Cortex-A15 Processor Extends ARM's Reach (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100909/bs_nf/75100
NewsFactor - ARM introduced a new processor Wednesday that runs at speeds of up to 2.5 GHz and represents a 5x performance improvement over the previous-generation technology empowering advanced smartphones today. Though ARM already dominates the smartphone processor market segment, the company clearly hopes that device makers will tap the new Cortex-A15 MPCore processor to run in a significantly wider array of offerings -- from next-generation smartphones, tablets, and digital home entertainment devices to wireless base stations and enterprise infrastructure -- beginning in 2012.

Fri, 10 Sep 10
Hackers make 57,000 booby-trapped websites weekly: experts (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100910/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwarecrimepandasecurity

AFP - About 57,000 seemingly legitimate websites booby-trapped by hackers spring up on the Internet each week, computer security researchers at PandaLabs said.

Fri, 10 Sep 10
Court restores eBay stake in Craigslist (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100909/tc_afp/usitcompanyjusticeinternetebaycraigslist

AFP - Online auction giant eBay claimed victory on Thursday in a legal tussle with Craigslist over its stake in the popular online classifieds website.

Thu, 9 Sep 10
Google search accelerates with 'instant' results (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_instant_search

AP - Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests.

Thu, 9 Sep 10
Review: Ping a handy iTunes add-on with promise (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_life_tech_test_apple_ping

AP - Apple Inc.'s new music-discovery feature, Ping, is a potentially useful addition to iTunes. With it, you can see what songs your friends are buying and recommend some of your favorites to them.

Thu, 9 Sep 10
Oracle plans to give Hurd $950,000 annual salary (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_hi_te/us_oracle_hurd_salary

AP - Oracle Corp. plans to pay newly appointed co-President Mark Hurd a base salary of $950,000 annually and said the ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO is eligible for a target bonus of $5 million in the current fiscal year.

Thu, 9 Sep 10
Mophie releases Juice Pack Air for iPhone 4 (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100908/tc_macworld/mophiereleasesjuicepackairforiphone4
Macworld.com - If you own an iPhone 4 and find that you burn too quickly through its battery despite the 16 percent capacity bump, you have a new battery expansion option from an old favorite. Mophie has announced the Juice Pack Air for iPhone 4.

Thu, 9 Sep 10
NYC burger joint lets customers add to the menu (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_hi_te/us_fea_food_social_networking_restaurant

AP - Ever chow down at a restaurant and think, "I could do better"? A new burger joint is giving you the chance to prove it.

Thu, 9 Sep 10
Rumor: T-Mobile Getting iPhone 3GS This Year (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100908/tc_pcworld/rumortmobilegettingiphone3gsthisyear
PC World - Sure, iPhone rumors are a dime a dozen, but they do help to enliven an otherwise dull workday. Everyone loves gossip about the mythical Verizon iPhone, or even unconfirmed reports about an upcoming iPhone 4 with a redesigned antenna. But there's always room for more iPhone idle talk.

Thu, 9 Sep 10
After Google Incident, Wi-Fi Data Collection Goes on (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100908/tc_pcworld/aftergoogleincidentwifidatacollectiongoeson
PC World - Four months ago, amidst a backlash from government regulators and privacy advocates, Google stopped collecting Wi-Fi data with its Street View cars.But that doesn't mean Google has stopped collecting wireless data altogether, and neither have other companies such as Apple.

Thu, 9 Sep 10
Google milks animated doodle mystery on Twitter (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_google_logo

AP - For a dozen years, Google Inc. has been occasionally swapping its everyday logo for a "doodle," a sketch celebrating holidays, inventions, artists and sporting events, and showcasing designs from contest-winning students.

Thu, 9 Sep 10
Lawsuit over filming of Beyonce video settled (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_en_mu/us_people_beyonce_knowles

AP - A lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles man upset with the disruption from a Beyonce Knowles music video shoot has been dismissed and settled.

Thu, 9 Sep 10
Tablet Maker Kno Raises $46 Million for Dual-Screen Digital Textbook (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100908/tc_mashable/tablet_maker_kno_raises_46_million_for_dualscreen_digital_textbook
Mashable - Kno Inc., the company behind the 14-inch dual-touchscreen tablet unveiled at D8 earlier this year, announced it has closed a $46 million debt-and-equity round led by Andreessen Horowitz.

Thu, 9 Sep 10
Google real-time search projects, Android in China (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles3046_google_real_time_search_projects_android_in_china/37491087/SIG=131uo0ev9/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/3046-google-real-time-s
Appolicious - Googleâ€™s been revealing some insight to its ongoing research, the latest being real-time speech translation for Android.Â You speak to your phone in your native tongue, and the phone will speak back in the language to which youâ€™re translating.

Thu, 9 Sep 10
GM testing voice command to update Facebook status (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gm_facebook
AP - General Motors Co. is testing software that would let drivers talk to their cars to update status messages on the Facebook social media website, as well as listen to Facebook messages, the company said Wednesday.

Thu, 9 Sep 10
Study: Texas Enterprise fund companies struggling (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_bi_ge/tx_enterprise_fund
AP - Two-thirds of the Texas Enterprise Fund companies that had to meet job-creation goals in 2009 in exchange for millions of dollars in taxpayer money failed to bring in the jobs they promised, according to a report released Wednesday.

Thu, 9 Sep 10
Cybercrime is Rampant Around the World, Says Study (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100908/tc_pcworld/cybercrimeisrampantaroundtheworldsaysstudy
PC World - A new study by security vendor Symantec reports that Internet crime has grown into a widespread problem globally. It also provides intriguing insights into consumers' lax attitudes toward online piracy, plagiarism, and other illegally or unethical activities.

Thu, 9 Sep 10
NY town votes to stop Google Earth pool searches (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_hi_te/us_google_earth_pools
AP - Big Brother's not watching anymore. At least not the pool.

Wed, 8 Sep 10
Google milks animated doodle mystery on Twitter (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100907/ap_on_re_us/us_tec_techbit_google_logo
AP - For a dozen years, Google Inc. has been occasionally swapping its everyday logo for a "doodle," a sketch celebrating holidays, inventions, artists and sporting events, and showcasing designs from contest-winning students.

Wed, 8 Sep 10
Craigslist urged to drop adult services worldwide (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100907/ap_on_bi_ge/us_craigslist_adult_services
AP - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and national nonprofit organizations said Tuesday they want Craigslist to be "a model for good policy" and officially get rid of its adult services section globally.

Wed, 8 Sep 10
Apple releases Safari updates (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100907/tc_macworld/applereleasessafariupdates
Macworld.com - On Tuesday Apple issued minor updates to its Safari Web browser with Ã¢Â€Âœimprovements to compatibility and securityÃ¢Â€Â:Ã‚Â Safari 5.0.2 for Leopard and Snow Leopard (OS X 10.5.8 or later) or Windows (XP, Vista, and 7) and Safari 4.1.2 for Tiger (OS X 10.4.11).

Wed, 8 Sep 10
HP sues ex-CEO Hurd over new job at rival Oracle (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_hi_te/us_oracle_hurd

AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. is suing Mark Hurd, the chief executive it ousted last month, to stop him from taking a top job at rival Oracle Corp.

Wed, 8 Sep 10
Court: Judges can demand warrant for cell locales (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100907/ap_on_hi_te/us_cell_phones_surveillance
AP - Judges have the right to require warrants before police get cell phone records that could suggest a customer's likely location, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday in a novel electronic privacy case.

Wed, 8 Sep 10
Millicom downgraded at Stifel Nicolaus (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100907/ap_on_bi_ge/us_millicom_analyst_note
AP - At nearly $100 each, shares of mobile phone operator Millicom International Cellular SA have become appropriately valued, a Stifel Nicolaus analyst wrote Tuesday.

Wed, 8 Sep 10
Former State Department official to head 'Google Ideas' (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100907/tc_afp/usitcompanypolicydiplomacyinternetgoogle

AFP - A former State Department official credited with helping bring social networking and other Web 2.0 tools to US diplomacy has been tapped to head a new division at Google called "Google Ideas."

Wed, 8 Sep 10
YouTube shows a day through eyes around the world (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100907/tc_afp/usitcompanyinternetyoutubegoogle
AFP - YouTube has begun offering glimpses into a day in life around the world.

Wed, 8 Sep 10
Wireless SD Card Maker Eye-Fi Announces Developer Program with APIs (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100907/tc_mashable/wireless_sd_card_maker_eyefi_announces_developer_program_with_apis
Mashable - Eye-Fi, maker of the popular wireless SD card for digital cameras, has just announced a new developer program for its line of memory cards.

Wed, 8 Sep 10
Android now powers 25 percent of mobile operating systems (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles3031_android_now_powers_25_percent_of_mobile_operating_systems/37479134/SIG=139lmdo4i/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/3031-android-no
Appolicious - Android continues to poach away market share from the iPhone and other mobile platforms, now accounting for 25 percent of mobile operating systems in North America. Â Thatâ€™s a 2 percent increase, month-over-month, and an 18.6 percent increase year-over-year.

Wed, 8 Sep 10
Crowded Smartphone Market Could Bring IT Headaches (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100907/tc_pcworld/crowdedsmartphonemarketcouldbringitheadaches
PC World - Business and consumer demand for smartphones is growing rapidly, but no single mobile operating system will rule the market in the way that Windows dominates personal computers.

Wed, 8 Sep 10
Enterprise Products to buy Enterprise GP for $8 billion (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100907/bs_nm/us_enterpriseholdings
Reuters - Pipeline operator Enterprise Products Partners LP Tuesday said it will buy holding company Enterprise GP Holdings LP for $8.03 billion, the second such deal in a month, to simplify its corporate structure and reduce capital costs.

Wed, 8 Sep 10
PARTING SHOTS: Fidel slams Ahmadinejad anti-Semitism (The Upshot)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100907/bs_yblog_upshot/parting-shots-fidel-slams-ahmadinejads-anti-semitism
The Upshot - Here's our daily roster of stories that evaded full-on blog treatment: Ã¢Â€Â¢ In a rare interview with the American press, Fidel Castro slammed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for "slandering the Jews." (The Atlantic) Ã¢Â€Â¢ Despite the White House's declaration that combat operations are over in Iraq, two U.S. soldiers were killed there today. (MSNBC) Ã¢Â€Â¢ A recent [...]

Tue, 7 Sep 10
Taiwan's HTC: iPhone's `quiet' challenger (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100906/ap_on_hi_te/as_apple_s_challenger

AP - East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.

Tue, 7 Sep 10
AP source: Oracle, ex-HP CEO Hurd in talks for job (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100906/ap_on_hi_te/us_oracle_hurd
AP - Former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd is in talks to take a top executive job at Oracle Corp., the database software maker run by his friend Larry Ellison, a person with direct knowledge of the discussions said Sunday.

Tue, 7 Sep 10
More magazines go digital in iPad Apps of the Week (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles3019_more_magazines_go_digital_in_ipad_apps_of_the_week/37473207/SIG=1326pu63d/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/3019-more-magazines-go
Appolicious - The iTunes App Store was full of good stuff this week for the iPad, including some great new magazines with awesome presentation designed specifically for the digital medium, a couple of fun games to help pass the time, and yet another Facebook app.

Tue, 7 Sep 10
These iPhone apps will raise your productivity to new levels (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles3018_these_iphone_apps_will_raise_your_productivity_to_new_levels/37473001/SIG=13cff0ke0/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/3018-these-i
Appolicious - The dog days of summer are fading, and so is your tan. It is time to pull on the business suit and refocus at work. But donâ€™t worry, you donâ€™t have to go it alone. The following iPhone apps will help bring out the self-motivation that is hidden somewhere inside you, as well as increase your productivity. So take a few minutes to load up, and start thinking about how you are going to spend that end-of-the-year bonus (if your employer happens to offer you one).

Tue, 7 Sep 10
E.U. Could Investigate Chinese Subsidies to Modem Makers (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100906/tc_pcworld/eucouldinvestigatechinesesubsidiestomodemmakers
PC World - The European Commission is considering opening a second enquiry to investigate if China is illegally subsidizing tech companies that produce wireless modems.

Tue, 7 Sep 10
Google Proposes $8.5 Mln Buzz Lawsuit Settlement (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20100906/tc_digitaltrends/googleproposes85mlnbuzzlawsuitsettlement
Digital Trends - Internet giant Google has proposed paying some $8.5 million to settle a lawsuit over privacy violations that occurred when it launched its Buzz social networking service earlier this year. Some 30 percent of the proposed settlement money would go towards legal fees associated with the case, $2,500 each would go to the seven Gmail users who brought the suit, and the remainder would be split amongst organizations that promote online privacy and privacy education. Google admits no wrongdoing in the settlement, which still must be approved by a judge.

Tue, 7 Sep 10
YouTube's Life in a Day Gets an Interactive Gallery (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100906/tc_mashable/youtubes_life_in_a_day_gets_an_interactive_gallery
Mashable - YouTube has just launched an official gallery showing off some of the 80,000 submissions it received as part of its Life in a Day project.

Tue, 7 Sep 10
Nike Unveils New iPhone App Just for Runners (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100906/tc_mashable/nike_unveils_new_iphone_app_just_for_runners
Mashable - Nike has just rolled out a new iPhone app for runners, available for download now [iTunes link].

Tue, 7 Sep 10
Brew up some mosaic magic with Percolator iPhone app (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles3017_brew_up_some_mosaic_magic_with_percolator_iphone_app/37472906/SIG=134abi7ut/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/3017-brew-up-some-mo
Appolicious - There arenâ€™t a lot of bells and whistles in new photography iPhone app Percolator (99 cents), but it serves up its purposeâ€”to turn your photos into multi-colored mosaicsâ€”fast and fresh.

Tue, 7 Sep 10
Former HP boss joins Oracle: report (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100907/bs_afp/usitstockscompanycomputerhporacle

AFP - Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Mark Hurd, who resigned last month following a sex scandal, has joined US software giant Oracle as its new co-president, The New York Times said Monday.

Tue, 7 Sep 10
Polls Show Netizens Oppose Craigslist Censorship (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100906/tc_pcworld/pollsshownetizensopposecraigslistcensorship
PC World - Web-based polls and views express online show popular opinion is against the censoring of adult services ads on Craigslist. A poll at Mashable shows 71 percent of the respondents voted no to the question "Should Craigslist's Adult Services be censored?" Meanwhile, the Washington Post asked its readers, "Do you agree with Craigslist's decision?" to block access to its Adult Services section. Fifty-two percent of them said no.

Mon, 6 Sep 10
Taiwan's HTC: iPhone's `quiet' challenger (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100905/ap_on_hi_te/as_apple_s_challenger

AP - East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.

Mon, 6 Sep 10
1 'censored' bar won't stop online prostitution (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100905/ap_on_bi_ge/us_craigslist_adult_services

AP - Craiglist's "adult services" section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well — even, quite possibly, on Craigslist.

Mon, 6 Sep 10
"iCulture" Gives Apple a Tactical Advantage (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100905/tc_pcworld/iculturegivesappleatacticaladvantage
PC World - Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled an updated line of iPods this week, including the updated iPod Touch 4 which is essentially an iPhone 4 without the phone function. The range of gadgets available from Apple offer a degree of consistency that gives it a tactical advantage over competing smartphones and tablets.

Mon, 6 Sep 10
iPhone 4 sales in S.Korea start this week (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100905/tc_afp/skoreausittelecomappleiphone

AFP - South Korean telecom operator KT Corp said on Sunday it planned to begin selling Apple's iPhone 4 this week amid growing competition to expand in the potentially lucrative smartphone market.

Mon, 6 Sep 10
Should You Search Social Media Sites for Job Candidate Information? (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100905/tc_mashable/should_you_search_social_media_sites_for_job_candidate_information
Mashable - This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Mon, 6 Sep 10
Former HP boss may move to Oracle: report (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100906/bs_afp/usitstockscompanycomputerhporacle

AFP - Former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Mark Hurd, who resigned last month following a sex scandal, is in talks to join US software giant Oracle, the Wall Street Journal said on its website Sunday.

Mon, 6 Sep 10
Cuban blogger Sanchez calls media prize a 'shield' (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100905/tc_afp/cubamediarightsipi

AFP - Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez said winning the media watchdog IPI prize of World Press Freedom Hero is a "protective shield" that will help her break "the wall of censorship," she told AFP Sunday.

Sun, 5 Sep 10
Texas opens inquiry into Google search rankings (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100904/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_texas_search_inquiry

AP - Google Inc.'s methods for recommending websites are being reviewed by Texas' attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's dominant search engine.

Sun, 5 Sep 10
Craigslist strikes adult services under pressure (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100904/ap_on_hi_te/us_craigslist_adult_services

AP - Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."

Sun, 5 Sep 10
The Macalope Weekly: The machine that goes Ping! (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100904/tc_macworld/themacalopeweeklythemachinethatgoesping
Macworld.com - Apple held its annual iPod show this week and the MacalopeÃ¢Â€Â™s here to give you the final take-away. Truth be told, heÃ¢Â€Â™s not even going to talk about Ping because he doesnÃ¢Â€Â™t get it, but you know how it is with nerds: we canÃ¢Â€Â™t pass up a chance to make a Monty Python reference.

Sun, 5 Sep 10
Kinect's Israeli partner sees a remoteless world (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100904/ap_on_hi_te/ml_tec_israel_goodbye_remotes
AP - Inon Beracha envisions a world where your movements control the gadgets and devices around you. There's no remote control to lose, no buttons to push. The air conditioner senses your presence and changes the temperature to your liking.

Sun, 5 Sep 10
Aiptek I2 Shoots 3D Video on a Budget (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100904/tc_pcworld/aipteki2shoots3dvideoonabudget
PC World - Aiptek has introduced the i2, a pocket-sized twin lens camcorder that can record 3D video, at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.

Sun, 5 Sep 10
Over one million join Apple's music social network Ping (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100904/ts_alt_afp/usitcompanymusicinternetappleping

AFP - More than one million users joined Apple's new music-focused social network Ping in the 48 hours following its launch, the company said.

Sun, 5 Sep 10
Appeals court rules for Eminem in royalty lawsuit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100904/ap_on_en_mu/us_eminem_universal_music_group
AP - A federal appeals court has found Eminem's former production company is entitled to more money from downloads of the rapper's songs and ringtones.

Sun, 5 Sep 10
5 New Ways Small Business Can Offer Location-Based Deals (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100904/tc_mashable/5_new_ways_small_business_can_offer_locationbased_deals
Mashable - This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Sun, 5 Sep 10
Disk Storage Still Bouncing Back, IDC Says (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100904/tc_pcworld/diskstoragestillbouncingbackidcsays
PC World - The market for enterprise disk storage systems grew strongly in the second quarter, continuing to recover from a slump brought on by the economic slowdown of 2008 and 2009, research company IDC said on Friday.

Sun, 5 Sep 10
Craigslist.com blocks access to adult services ads (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100904/wr_nm/us_craigslist
Reuters - Craigslist.com has dropped its "adult services" listings, which have become the target of U.S. state attorneys general who say the much-visited online classified ad site is not doing enough to quash prostitution.

Sat, 4 Sep 10
Review: mTrip iPhone app uses augmented reality (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_life_tech_test_augmented_reality

AP - The new iPhone application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale.

Sat, 4 Sep 10
Dubai police chief calls BlackBerry a spy tool (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_hi_te/ml_emirates_blackberry

AP - Worries about spying by the U.S. and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai's police chief said in comments that suggest a tough line in talks with the smart phone maker.

Sat, 4 Sep 10
Dell's enterprise challenge remains after 3Par (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_dell_without3par

AP - Dell Inc. doesn't have to start over in its quest to become a significant purveyor of technology for businesses after losing a multibillion dollar bidding contest for an obscure data-storage maker.

Sat, 4 Sep 10
Remains of the Day: Justin Long a Mac no longer (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100903/tc_macworld/remainsofthedayjustinlongamacnolonger
Macworld.com - ItÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™s a long weekend for many of us and, as you probably know, the term ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœlong weekendÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â was in fact named after actor Justin Long, who played the part of Mac in the long running Get a Mac ads that concluded earlier this year.

Sat, 4 Sep 10
German court rules against YouTube over copyright (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_hi_te/eu_germany_youtube
AP - A German court ruled Friday that Google Inc.'s subsidiary YouTube LLC must pay compensation after users uploaded several videos of performances by singer Sarah Brightman in violation of copyright laws.

Sat, 4 Sep 10
Rounding up the new iPod touch and iPod nano cases (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100903/tc_macworld/roundingupthenewipodtouchandipodnanocases
Macworld.com - As you all know, itÃ¢Â€Â™s never a proper aftermath of an iPod event without some new cases, and we here at Macworld are more than happy to present some of the first options available for that iPod Touch or Nano in your pre-order basket. From protective covers to eighties-inspired wrist straps, weÃ¢Â€Â™ve got a little something for every kind of case loverÃ¢Â€Â”except maybe a wrist-watch adapter for the Nano (and if someone wants to get on that before Halloween, I would be much obliged).

Sat, 4 Sep 10
Samsung Expects Galaxy S To Lead Fast Sales Growth (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100903/bs_nf/75040
NewsFactor - Samsung Electronics is predicting it will sell 20 million to 25 million smartphones this year. The company also aims to ship 50 million smartphones in 2011, J.K. Shin, the president of Samsung's mobile communications division, told South Korean media outlet EDaily on Friday.

Sat, 4 Sep 10
Google to pay 8.5 million dollars to settle Buzz case (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100903/ts_alt_afp/usitinternettrialgooglebuzz

AFP - Google has agreed to pay 8.5 million dollars (US) to settle a privacy lawsuit over a Buzz social networking tool added to free email service Gmail in February, according to court documents.

Sat, 4 Sep 10
YouTube to turn profit this year: NY Times (AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100903/tc_afp/usitcompanyvideointernetgoogleyoutube

AFP - Google-owned videosharing website YouTube is expected to turn a profit this year on revenue of 450 million dollars, The New York Times reported Friday.

Sat, 4 Sep 10
Ping Surpasses 1 Million Users (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100903/tc_mashable/ping_surpasses_1_million_users
Mashable - In less than two days, Apple's Ping music social network has surpassed the 1 million user milestone.

Sat, 4 Sep 10
WordPress upgrades free app for blogging on the go (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles3010_wordpress_upgrades_free_app_for_blogging_on_the_go/37446094/SIG=132khfqd6/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/3010-wordpress-upgrade
Appolicious - The free WordPress for Android app was upgraded thanks to feedback from faithful users. Updates include fixes to numerous, annoying bugs like unexpected app crashes, log-in issues and more.Most notable in the recent upgrade is a new comment feature, which displays comments in real time as comments arrive in your Droid notification bar.

Sat, 4 Sep 10
Apple Browsing Share Tops Linux, Android Steals Share Everywhere (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100903/tc_pcworld/applebrowsingsharetopslinuxandroidstealsshareeverywhere
PC World - More people browsed the Internet last month with a device running Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, than used Linux to do so. That's a first for Apple, according to NetMarketShare, a firm that produces metrics on the market share of browsers, operating systems and search engines.

Sat, 4 Sep 10
IBM Code Unfetters Virtual Workloads (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100903/tc_pcworld/ibmcodeunfettersvirtualworkloads
PC World - Some of the first fruits of a European Union-funded project led by IBM are making their way into the field of cloud computing, in the form of a virtual machine migration technology.

Sat, 4 Sep 10
Facebook Glitch Let Spammer Post to Walls (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100903/tc_pcworld/facebookglitchletspammerposttowalls
PC World - A clever spammer found a glitch in Facebook's photo upload system and used it to post thousands of unwanted Wall messages this week.

Sat, 4 Sep 10
Chrome Browser Updated After Two Years of Growth (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100903/bs_nf/75036
NewsFactor - Google's Chrome browser is now two years old, and the youngster -- and its proud parent -- are celebrating its steady rise in popularity. According to Net Applications, Chrome had 7.5 percent of the browser market in August -- putting it in third place behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox, and above Apple's Safari.

Sat, 4 Sep 10
Google faces Texas AG inquiry, settles privacy suit (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100904/wr_nm/us_google_settlement

Reuters - Google Inc said on Friday it was the target of an investigation by the Texas Attorney General's office into the fairness of its search engine rankings.

Fri, 3 Sep 10
Dell's enterprise challenge remains after 3Par (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_dell_without3par
AP - Dell Inc. doesn't have to start over in its quest to become a significant purveyor of technology for businesses after losing a multibillion dollar bidding contest for an obscure data-storage maker.

Fri, 3 Sep 10
Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_on_hi_te/tec_blackberry_crackdown

AP - India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications — not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion — to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data. That would likely affect digital giants like Google and Skype.

Fri, 3 Sep 10
Dell cedes data-storage maker 3Par to HP (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_on_hi_te/us_dell_hewlett_packard3par

AP - Dell Inc. is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. for data-storage maker 3Par Inc.

Fri, 3 Sep 10
Remains of the Day: Gimme fallout shelter (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100902/tc_macworld/remainsofthedaygimmefalloutshelter
Macworld.com - Every time thereÃ¢Â€Â™s an Apple event, thereÃ¢Â€Â™s fallout. Big, nasty, mutate-ants-into-monstrous-rampaging-creatures fallout. With AppleÃ¢Â€Â™s media shindig on Wednesday, thereÃ¢Â€Â™s no shortage of rejoinders and responses from media executives, smartphone rivals, and evenÃ¢Â€Â¦a golf company? Tee off on the remainders for Thursday, September 2, 2010.

Fri, 3 Sep 10
HP vs Dell: the showdown that ended in spectacle (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec3par_profile

AP - The showdown over 3Par Inc. that ended Thursday was a puzzling spectacle.

Fri, 3 Sep 10
VerizonÃ¢Â€Â™s New Prepaid Plans: No Great Savings Here (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100902/tc_pcworld/verizonsnewprepaidplansnogreatsavingshere
PC World - Verizon Wireless on Thursday unveiled new prepaid data plans for some multimedia and 3G smart phones, including several BlackBerry and Droid handsets. The offerings include an unlimited data package for $30 per month; and a $10 plan with a stingy 25MB monthly cap (with a 20-cents-per-megabyte overage fee).

Fri, 3 Sep 10
Mexico digitalizes TV for wireless space (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100902/tv_nm/us_mexico
Reuters - Mexico wants to auction more spectrum for wireless communications, including 4G standard, and boost competition in the TV market as it frees up capacity by digitalizing television.

Fri, 3 Sep 10
Privacy in iTunes Ping (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100902/tc_pcworld/privacyinitunesping
PC World - Ping is Apple's music-centric social network that is integrated into iTunes 10. From a privacy standpoint, it's pretty straightforward--as opposed to Facebook's multitude of privacy settings--but then again, Ping is also very limited as to what services it offers. In either case, here's a quick run-down of the privacy features present in Ping.

Fri, 3 Sep 10
Music labels eager for Google-Apple battle (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100902/music_nm/us_google_apple
Reuters - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

Fri, 3 Sep 10
Facebook Testing a "Stalker Button" (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100902/tc_mashable/facebook_testing_a_stalker_button
Mashable - Facebook is apparently testing a new subscription feature that would allow users to receive alerts any time a specific friend takes certain actions on the social network.

Fri, 3 Sep 10
Ping's scheme is to sell more tunes (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2991_ping_s_scheme_is_to_sell_more_tunes/37431930/SIG=12mqare67/*http://www.appolicious.com/finance/articles/2991-ping-s-scheme-is-to-sell-more
Appolicious - Do we really need another social network? That depends on how you view the purpose of social networks. The biggest,Â Facebook, is great for monitoring, from a safe distance, what your old high school buddies are doing. But don't put Apple's new Ping service into the same category.

Fri, 3 Sep 10
ArcSight posts higher fiscal 1Q profit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_arcsight
AP - ArcSight Inc. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit tripled as the cybersecurity software and services company's sales jumped 39 percent.

Fri, 3 Sep 10
Tandberg Announces Data Protection Appliance for SMBs (PC Magazine)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100902/tc_zd/254236
PC Magazine - Tandberg Data now offers several enterprise-level network-attached data protection devices for the SMB.

Fri, 3 Sep 10
To Boost Security, Facebook Adds Remote Logout (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100902/tc_pcworld/toboostsecurityfacebookaddsremotelogout
PC World - Facebook users will soon have a new way of knocking spammers out of legitimate accounts.

Fri, 3 Sep 10
A Guide to Today's Top 10 Linux Distributions (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100902/tc_pcworld/aguidetotodaystop10linuxdistributions
PC World - One of the most confusing things for the newcomer to Linux is how many distributions, or versions, of the operating system there are. Ubuntu is the one most people have heard of, but there are hundreds of others as well, each offering some variant on the basic Linux theme.

Fri, 3 Sep 10
Summary Box: Google, AOL reach new search deal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_on_hi_te/us_aol_google_search_deal_summary_box
AP - THE DEAL: Under a new five-year agreement, Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.'s websites. The companies signed the deal this week.

Thu, 2 Sep 10
Apple unveils new TV box for renting movies, shows (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple

AP - Apple Inc. is refining its plans to annex the living room into its entertainment empire.

Thu, 2 Sep 10
Review: News app that lets you choose your editor (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_life_tech_test_social_magazine

AP - Most of the articles that show up in your newspaper or magazine are chosen by professional editors. What if they are picked out by a friend from college instead? Or a colleague from work? Or your mom? Anyone you know, really?

Thu, 2 Sep 10
Apple refreshes iTunes software, updates iPods (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple_music

AP - Users of Apple Inc.'s iTunes software will now be able to see what songs their friends are buying and where their favorite bands are playing next.

Thu, 2 Sep 10
Remains of the Day: Did I miss anything? (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100901/tc_macworld/remainsofthedaydidimissanything
Macworld.com - You ever get that nagging feeling at the back of your mind that youÃ¢Â€Â™ve missed something important? Huh. Well, it was probably nothing. I mean, after all, what could be more important than Microsoft shipping Windows Phone 7? Or Steve JobsÃ¢Â€Â™s approval of IntelÃ¢Â€Â™s latest acquisition? IÃ¢Â€Â™ll tell you what: Don Draper on his iPhone. Lean back, relax, and let the soothing remainders for Wednesday, September 1, 2010 wash over you.

Thu, 2 Sep 10
Ad campaign will show off Xerox's service business (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_hi_te/us_xerox_ad_campaign
AP - Xerox Corp. has this message for you: For the last time, we're not just about making copies.

Thu, 2 Sep 10
At a glance: Apple unveils new iPods, Apple TV (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple_glance
AP - Apple Inc. refreshed its iPod media player lineup and unveiled software updates Wednesday:

Thu, 2 Sep 10
Summary Box: FCC seeks more net neutrality input (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_fcc_internet_rules_summary_box
AP - TAKING COMMENTS: The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public input on what rules should apply to wireless Internet access and specialized services that aren't part of the Internet but are delivered over wired broadband connections.

Thu, 2 Sep 10
Facebook page leads search for loved ones in Haiti (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_re_us/haiti_hotel_montana
AP - The desperate quest to find loved ones started just minutes after the quake, as cell phones rang unanswered from beneath the rubble of Haiti's best hotel.

Thu, 2 Sep 10
Rapper Young Buck files for bankruptcy after raid (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_en_mu/us_music_young_buck
AP - Rapper Young Buck has filed for bankruptcy after an Internal Revenue Service raid on his Hendersonville, Tenn., home.

Thu, 2 Sep 10
Old Digg Crushes New Digg in Reader Vote (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100901/tc_mashable/old_digg_crushes_new_digg_in_reader_vote
Mashable - In the debate between the old version of Digg and the new Digg, the readers have spoken.

Thu, 2 Sep 10
Say good-bye to what made the iPod great (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles2987_say_good_bye_to_what_made_the_ipod_great/37423130/SIG=12ri0gtj0/*http://www.appolicious.com/finance/articles/2987-say-good-bye-to-what-mad
Appolicious - Apple (AAPL) killed what made the iPod great on Wednesday.

Thu, 2 Sep 10
Apple Unveils New iPods, iOS, Ping Social Network (NewsFactor)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100901/tc_nf/75004
NewsFactor - In a jam-packed event full of new product details, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled new versions of all three iPod devices on Wednesday, introduced operating-system updates, and demonstrated a new social-media network designed to encourage more downloading from iTunes. He also unveiled a leaner version of Apple's less-popular Apple TV set-top box.

Thu, 2 Sep 10
Plastics company cancels job creation contract (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_bi_ge/tx_enterprise_fund
AP - A plastics compounding company operating in eastern Texas has canceled its state job creation contract, joining other businesses that have quit or changed their pacts under the Texas Enterprise Fund.

Thu, 2 Sep 10
Apple TV takes aim at Web-connected living room (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100902/tc_nm/us_apple

Reuters - Apple Inc unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of its Web-to-TV device on Wednesday, stepping up a battle with Google Inc and Microsoft Corp for control of the digital living room.

Wed, 1 Sep 10
Amazon trying to offer subscription TV, movies (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_hi_te/us_amazon_subscription_video
AP - Amazon.com Inc. is talking with major media companies about offering unlimited views of older TV shows and movies online, as it struggles to stay relevant to consumers flocking to Apple Inc.'s iTunes a la carte store and Netflix Inc.'s all-you-can-eat subscription plan.

Wed, 1 Sep 10
Foursquare, MTV to reward STD checkups with badge (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100831/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_foursquare_stds
AP - You can "check in" to restaurants and bars, so how about health clinics while you get tested for sexually transmitted diseases?

Wed, 1 Sep 10
3M buying maker of products used to track people (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100831/ap_on_bi_ge/us3m_people_tracker
AP - Manufacturing conglomerate 3M Co. said Tuesday it has agreed to pay $230 million in cash for an Israeli company that makes ankle bracelets and other products used to keep track of people.

Wed, 1 Sep 10
Remains of the Day: Matters of life and death (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100831/tc_macworld/remainsofthedaymattersoflifeanddeath
Macworld.com - ItÃ¢Â€Â™s hard to believe itÃ¢Â€Â™s been 60 years of Steve Wozniak; somehow, Google Wave didnÃ¢Â€Â™t even get 12 months. Is that really fair? PalmÃ¢Â€Â™s clearly trying to emulate the former and avoid the fate of the latter, but in the end, itÃ¢Â€Â™s the economy, stupid. As we all eagerly await WednesdayÃ¢Â€Â™s Apple event, keep yourself occupied with the remainders for Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Wed, 1 Sep 10
Microsoft hiking Xbox Live subscription prices (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100831/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_microsoft_xbox
AP - Microsoft is raising subscription prices for its popular Xbox Live Gold online gaming service in the U.S. and three other countries.

Wed, 1 Sep 10
Dragon Age: Origins--Awakening arrives on the Mac (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100831/tc_macworld/dragonageoriginsawakeningarrivesonthemac
Macworld.com - Transgraming announced Tuesday that Dragon Age: OriginsÃ¢Â€Â”Awakening, the expansion pack to the epic role-playing game Dragon Age: Origins, is now available for the Mac for $30.

Wed, 1 Sep 10
AOL buys mobile social service Rally Up (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100831/ap_on_hi_te/us_aol_acquisition
AP - Internet company AOL Inc. has purchased location-based social networking service Rally Up for an undisclosed sum.

Wed, 1 Sep 10
Electronic Arts brings 'Madden' to Facebook (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_facebook_madden
AP - Electronic Arts is bringing its popular "Madden" football game to Facebook. "Madden NFL Superstars" launches as a free application Tuesday.

Wed, 1 Sep 10
Apple to offer live stream of Sept. 1 music event (Macworld.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20100831/tc_macworld/appletoofferlivestreamofsept1musicevent
Macworld.com - If youÃ¢Â€Â™ve clamored to see Steve Jobs in action at one of AppleÃ¢Â€Â™s press events, your typical modus operandi has been to bide your time until Apple posts a QuickTime stream of the presentation later in the day. That changes with WednesdayÃ¢Â€Â™s music event in San Francisco. Apple says it will provide live video streaming of the festivities beginning at 10 a.m. PT.

Wed, 1 Sep 10
Apple to Provide Live Video Stream of Tomorrow's iPod/iTV Event (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20100831/tc_mashable/apple_to_provide_live_video_stream_of_tomorrows_ipoditv_event
Mashable - Apple has announced that it will be live streaming its September 1 "special event," where the company is expected not only to reveal a new line of iPods, but a new version of Apple TV as well

Wed, 1 Sep 10
Scoreloop launches stand-alone Android app (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles2975_scoreloop_launches_stand_alone_android_app/37408009/SIG=12qpi91sk/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/2975-scoreloop-launches-stand-
Appolicious - Google may be snapping up a bunch of social and mobile gaming companies, but there are several others out there that are still doing their own thing. Â Scoreloop is one such company, expanding its Android reach with a new app and an updated Social Developer Kit. Â Good thing, as Androidâ€™s gaming options are still very pretty thin when compared to the iPhoneâ€™s.

Wed, 1 Sep 10
Blue Coat Systems taps Michael Borman as CEO (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100831/ap_on_hi_te/us_blue_coat_systems_personnel
AP - Security hardware and software maker Blue Coat Systems Inc. on Tuesday named Michael J. Borman its new president and CEO.

Wed, 1 Sep 10
Complex SAP Project Expected to Succeed (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100831/tc_pcworld/complexsapprojectexpectedtosucceed
PC World - SAP customer Airgas said Tuesday that its "highly customized" implementation of the vendor's ERP (enterprise resource planning) software is looking like a major success.

Wed, 1 Sep 10
Huge Spamming Botnet Injured but Still Alive (PC World)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100831/tc_pcworld/hugespammingbotnetinjuredbutstillalive
PC World - A botnet responsible for a significant amount of spam has been crippled but may reconstitute itself in a matter of weeks, according to vendor M86 Security.

Wed, 1 Sep 10
Amazon eyes subscription Web TV service (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100901/tc_nm/us_amazon_tv

Reuters - Amazon.com Inc has approached media companies with a proposal for a subscription service that gives users unlimited access to some television shows and movies over the Internet in a bid to rival Netflix Inc, two people familiar with the talks said on Tuesday.