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Wed, 29 Feb 12
Google: Technology is making science fiction real (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120228/ap_on_re_eu/eu_wireless_show
AP - Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt predicted Tuesday that rapid advances in technology will soon transform science fiction into reality — meaning people will have driverless cars, small robots at their command and the ability to experience being in another place without leaving home.

Wed, 29 Feb 12
Microsoft sees future in Windows 8 amid iPad rise (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120228/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_microsoft_waiting_for_windows8
AP - Microsoft is scrambling to preserve what's left of its kingdom.

Wed, 29 Feb 12
New law could free up TV airwaves for mobile use (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120228/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_tv_channel_squeeze
AP - A new law could result in fewer TV stations on the air, in exchange for faster wireless data services for smartphones and tablet computers.

Wed, 29 Feb 12
Giant Happy Feet: Extinct penguin species named tallest and heaviest that ever lived (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120228/tc_yblog_technews/giant-happy-feet-extinct-penguin-species-named-tallest-and-heaviest-that-ever-lived
Yahoo! News - Millions of years ago, there lived penguins so huge they may have been able to parry the attacks of dolphins with their humongous, fish-catching beaks. The bones of some of these prehistoric flightless birds were discovered in 1977, and scientists have …

Wed, 29 Feb 12
Just Show Me: 3 great photo apps for your Android phone (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120228/tc_yblog_technews/just-show-me-3-great-photo-apps-for-your-android-phone
Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you three great photography apps for your Android phone. Your phone can be …

Wed, 29 Feb 12
Have Facebook? You Can Now Check In to the Future With Forecast (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20120228/tc_mashable/have_facebook_you_can_now_check_in_to_the_future_with_forecast
Mashable - Foursquare tells people where you are. A new mobile app called Forecast, which is opening to Facebook users on Tuesday, instead tells them where you will be.Here's how the free app for iPhone and Android works: Users make "Forecasts" that include what they plan to do and what time. Those Forecasts are broadcast to their friends, and can serve as informal invitations to join.

Wed, 29 Feb 12
Yahoo seeking patent windfall from Facebook (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120229/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_yahoo_facebook_patent_fight
AP - With its own fortunes sinking, Yahoo is angling for a windfall from rising Internet star Facebook.

Wed, 29 Feb 12
M&A angle seen in Yahoo patent demand on Facebook (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120228/wr_nm/us_yahoo_facebook_patents
Reuters - Yahoo could be trying to boost its acquisition value by demanding licensing fees from Facebook for the use of its technology, as the one time Web-pioneer considers strategic M&A options, according to patent experts.

Wed, 29 Feb 12
How to get your piece of the $500M LCD class action settlement (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120228/tc_digitaltrends/howtogetyourpieceofthe500mlcdclassactionsettlement
Digital Trends - If you bought a television, computer monitor, or notebook computer with a TFT-LCD flat panel screen at any point between 1999 and 2006, you may be entitled to a chunk of $500 million dollars, thanks to a class action lawsuit filed on your behalf.

Wed, 29 Feb 12
Why Android Smartphones Are Winning -- And Tablets Aren't (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120229/tc_ac/11025974_why_android_smartphones_are_winning__and_tablets_arent
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | It's no surprise more Android smartphones are being sold worldwide every year than iPhones, at least, when you add the numbers and count every Android smartphone from every vendor. Apple sells more iPhones than any other company and makes more money per smartphone sold than most of them put together, but Google's still optimistic. The person in charge of Android at Google, Andy Rubin, wrote a blog post from Mobile World Congress on Monday, touting almost 1 million Android smartphone activations per day.

Wed, 29 Feb 12
Fla. man charged with Obama threat on Facebook (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120228/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_facebook_threat
AP - A Miami man is charged with using Facebook postings to threaten to harm or assassinate President Barack Obama during his visit to South Florida last week, according to a federal criminal complaint.

Wed, 29 Feb 12
Twitter expands mobile advertising (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120228/wr_nm/us_twitter_advertising
Reuters - Twitter will expand its advertising program for the Apple Inc iPhone and Google Inc Android devices, hoping to better tap into its growing mobile user base and ramp up revenue.

Wed, 29 Feb 12
Manufacturers continue to wow with Android devices at MWC (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11189_manufacturers_continue_to_wow_with_android_devices_at_mwc/44673489/SIG=13at94l2f/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11189-manufact
Appolicious - Appolicious Advisor, Kristen Nicole, already wrote a couple of great pieces examining some of the new Android devices announced at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. High-powered smartphones and tablets from major players like Samsung, Sony and HTC are all on the way soon. It’s such a bumper crop this year, we thought it was worth taking an extra look at some other Android goodies (and one Symbian offering) emerging from other manufacturers as well.

Wed, 29 Feb 12
LightSquared CEO abruptly resigns amid uncertainty over company's future (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120228/tc_digitaltrends/lightsquaredceoabruptlyresignsamiduncertaintyovercompanysfuture
Digital Trends - Sanjiv Ahuja, CEO and co-founder of LightSquared, resigned his position with the mobile broadband provider today. The decision comes after months of controversy regarding the company’s satellite-augmented wireless broadband, which would operate on a spectrum adjacent to GPS. The surprising move casts serious doubt over the future of an innovative technology that promised to revolutionize the wireless broadband industry.

Wed, 29 Feb 12
MOG not trying to sell itself: CEO (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120228/music_nm/us_mog_sale
Reuters - Digital music start-up MOG isn't actively trying to sell itself, its chief executive said on Tuesday, responding to a report that said his company is struggling in the competitive music subscription business.

Wed, 29 Feb 12
Proview vs. Apple: The iPad trademark battle explained (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120228/tc_digitaltrends/proviewvsappletheipadtrademarkbattleexplained
Digital Trends - Last week, Taiwan-based technology company Proview took its battle over the iPad trademark from mainland China to the United States, arguing Apple had engaged in deceptive practices to purchase the trademark, and seeking unspecified damages. Now, Proview has amended its complaint: it doesn’t just want damages, it wants its entire 2009 sale of the iPad trademark voided. If that were to happen, Apple would potentially lose the rights to the iPad trademark in the European Union, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Wed, 29 Feb 12
Salesforce's canceled HQ project puzzles investors (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120229/wr_nm/us_salesforce
Reuters - Web-based software maker Salesforce.com Inc's cancellation of plans to build a massive office complex in San Francisco has puzzled investors and city officials.

Wed, 29 Feb 12
Employee group reporting 1,100 IBM job cuts (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120228/ap_on_hi_te/us_ibm_job_cuts
AP - IBM Corp. has laid off roughly 1,100 workers in North America this week, a union organizing group said Tuesday.

Tue, 28 Feb 12
WikiLeaks publishes leaked Stratfor emails (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120227/ap_on_hi_te/hacking_stratfor
AP - Private intelligence firm Stratfor is in the business of shedding light on the world for its many clients. On Monday, anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks was the one shedding light on Stratfor, saying it had more than 5 million of the company's emails and would publish them in collaboration with two dozen international media organizations.

Tue, 28 Feb 12
Nokia pins hopes on cheaper Windows smartphone (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120227/ap_on_hi_te/eu_wireless_show
AP - Struggling cell phone maker Nokia kicked off the world's largest mobile phone trade show Monday by unveiling a new low-cost Windows smartphone that operators could give away free to customers, and another aimed at snap-happy consumers demanding better photo quality.

Tue, 28 Feb 12
Japanese chipmaker Elpida files for bankruptcy (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120227/ap_on_hi_te/as_japan_elpida
AP - Computer chipmaker Elpida Memory Inc. filed for Japan's largest manufacturing bankruptcy Monday after amassing debts from nose-diving prices, competition from Samsung and flooding in Thailand last year that stifled demand.

Tue, 28 Feb 12
Judge strips Twitter user of anonymity following violent threats against a candidate (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120227/tc_yblog_technews/judge-strips-twitter-user-of-anonymity-following-violent-threats-against-a-candidate
Yahoo! News - Anyone who's followed political discussion on Facebook or Twitter can tell you that it's easy for political rhetoric to get real heated, real fast. But things got a little too hot to handle when a Twitter user, identified only as "Mr. X," …

Tue, 28 Feb 12
5 Hot New Smartphones from Mobile World Congress 2012 (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120227/tc_yblog_technews/5-hot-new-smartphones-from-mobile-world-congress-2012
Yahoo! News - Smartphones are exploding onto the scene this week at Mobile World Congress, a veritable smorgasbord of hot new mobile technology in Barcelona. While keeping phones that don't start with "i" straight is never an easy task, we've collected some highlights …

Tue, 28 Feb 12
Hands On With the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20120227/tc_mashable/hands_on_with_the_samsung_galaxy_note101
Mashable - Samsung Galaxy Note 10-1 Android 4 Interface

Tue, 28 Feb 12
Crack in China's firewall turns Obama page into freedom forum (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120227/wr_nm/us_china_obama_internet
Reuters - Chinese Internet users taking advantage of temporary access to Google Inc's social networking site, Google+, have flooded U.S. President Barack Obama's page on the site with calls for greater freedom in the world's most populous country.

Tue, 28 Feb 12
EBay sees strong mobile commerce volume growth in 2012 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120227/wr_nm/us_ebay
Reuters - EBay Inc forecast robust growth in its mobile commerce segment as the online commerce and auction site expects more people to shop and pay via smartphones.

Tue, 28 Feb 12
Wii games don't mean kids exercise more: study (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120228/wr_nm/us_exercise_wii
Reuters - Virtual boxing, tennis and dancing along with video game systems may not be helping children meet daily exercise requirements, according to a U.S. study.

Tue, 28 Feb 12
German court: Motorola can't enforce standards patents against Apple (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120227/tc_digitaltrends/germancourtmotorolacantenforcestandardspatentsagainstapple
Digital Trends - In what might prove to be a very significant ruling in the patent wars surrounding mobile technology, the Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court in Germany has ruled Motorola Mobility cannot enforce its patents included in technology standards in Germany so long as an appeals process is underway. The original injunction was granted back in December, and earlier this month, Apple was forced to briefly stop offering some iPhone and iPad devices for sale in Germany as a result. However, the higher court has now ruled that Motorola cannot block sales of Apple devices (including the iPhone and iPad) employing 3G technology patented by Motorola, but which are supposed to be licensed to any party on FRAND (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) terms.

Tue, 28 Feb 12
Police seek witnesses in Tenn. nightclub shooting (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120227/ap_on_re_us/us_nightclub_shooting
AP - Police gathered clues from surveillance video, social media websites and witnesses Monday as they sought to identify those responsible for a weekend shooting at a Tennessee nightclub that left a college student dead and 20 other partygoers hurt.

Tue, 28 Feb 12
Oscar's most-TiVo'ed moments from Sunday telecast (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120227/tv_nm/us_tivo_oscars
Reuters - The people (at least the ones with TiVo) have spoken, and what they're saying is ... they're really interested in Jennifer Lopez's nipple and Gwyneth Paltrow's unsuccessful stab at comedy.

Tue, 28 Feb 12
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich buffet at MWC 2012 (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11176_android_4_0_ice_cream_sandwich_buffet_at_mwc_2012/44662998/SIG=132pm025h/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11176-android-4-0-ice-
Appolicious - It seems we’ve been waiting a lifetime for a solid array of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich devices to hit the market since the OS was updated last November. And Barcelona’s annual Mobile World Congress event has served up an Ice Cream Sandwich buffet. Most major OEMs revealed a new and improved line up of ICS devices, ready to compete in this current iteration of the Android OS. HTC has stolen the show with a unified family of Android devices, including the One X, while Sony, Samsung and even Telefonica find their own ways to differentiate their handsets in a crowded Android scene.

Tue, 28 Feb 12
Japanese memory maker Elpida files for bankruptcy (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120227/tc_digitaltrends/japanesememorymakerelpidafilesforbankruptcy
Digital Trends - Japanese memory maker Elpida has filed for bankruptcy protection, citing debts of some ¥448 billion (about $5.55 billion), making it the biggest bankruptcy filing in Japanese history. Elpida is Japan’s last remaining manufacturer of DRAM, the memory that fuels everything from servers to desktop and notebook computers to smartphones and mobile devices. However, the company has struggled as the price of DRAM has steadily dropped to due competition from the likes of South Korea’s Samsung and Hynix, and the strong Japanese yen has both kept Elpida’s prices high and increased the cost of Elpida’s operations across the board. Although Elpida is still making RAM for the time being, the filing raises concerns that Japan may soon find itself out of the DRAM business it once dominated.

Tue, 28 Feb 12
Asus sails past 1080p with Transformer Pad Infinity tablet (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120227/tc_digitaltrends/asussailspast1080pwithtransformerpadinfinitytablet
Digital Trends - Rumors of high-resolution tablets have been swirling for months now, and a high-res iPad is almost certainly on the way, but Asus seized the honor of being first to make it official on Monday with the Transformer Pad Infinity. The upcoming Android 4.0 tablet will offer an impressive resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 – higher than many laptops and even most HDTVs.

Tue, 28 Feb 12
Dell unveils new servers, says not a PC company (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120227/tc_nm/us_dell
Reuters - Dell Inc launched a new line of servers for enterprise customers, boosting its corporate business unit and shifting its focus further away from consumers, who are increasingly choosing such devices as Apple Inc's iPad.

Tue, 28 Feb 12
Nokia unveils cheaper Windows smartphone (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120227/tc_nm/us_nokia
Reuters - Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia unveiled a cheaper smartphone using Microsoft's Windows Phone software on Monday, aiming to win back market share by targeting a wider audience.

Tue, 28 Feb 12
Report: Microsoft might rein in Windows 8 editions? (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120227/tc_digitaltrends/reportmicrosoftmightreininwindows8editions
Digital Trends - Documents briefly posted to Hewlett-Packard’s Web site indicate Microsoft may be considering offering Windows 8 to the public in fewer editions (or SKUs, short for stock-keeping unit) that it current does with Windows 7—even though Windows 8 will be expanding onto a whole new platform with ARM. First spotted by ZDNet’s Stephen Chapman, the documents have since been pulled from HP’s site, but seemed to indicate Microsoft may be ditching the little-loved “Basic” editions of Windows in favor of three tracks aimed at consumers, enterprise users, and high-end professionals:

Mon, 27 Feb 12
A wild online ride hits the digital piracy wall (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120226/ap_on_hi_te/as_new_zealand_kim_dotcom
AP - On his way up, he fooled them all: judges, journalists, investors and companies.

Mon, 27 Feb 12
Samsung to debut the smartphone-turned-projector, Galaxy Beam (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120226/tc_digitaltrends/samsungtodebutthesmartphoneturnedprojectorgalaxybeam
Digital Trends - Mobile World Congress will be host to the announcement of the Galaxy Beam, Samsung’s second iteration of the first Android phone that packs a projector.

Mon, 27 Feb 12
Top five Nintendo 3DS eShop games (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120226/tc_digitaltrends/topfivenintendo3dseshopgames
Digital Trends - While Sony is pushing forward with an aggressive digital download strategy with the PlayStation Vita at launch, Nintendo has been building up its library on the Nintendo eShop for the 3DS over the last year. On the eShop, 3DS owners can download Virtual Console and DSiWare games from previous iterations of portable Nintendo hardware. However, gamers can also find original titles built specifically for the 3DS in mind:

Mon, 27 Feb 12
Get more from community service with the Reward Volunteers iPhone app (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11160_get_more_from_community_service_with_the_reward_volunteers_iphone_app/44653068/SIG=13m1h9rb6/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/11
Appolicious - Two weeks ago, Cabot Creamery (yes, cheese!) and developer Chalo Inc. kicked off a rewarding initiative for those active in their communities. Through Reward Volunteers, an app for iPhone and iPod Touch, anyone putting forth volunteering and community service hours can track their commitments in order to earn points and prizes for themselves or their cause.

Mon, 27 Feb 12
Will 3D phones ever catch on? First impressions of the LG Optimus 3D Max (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120226/tc_digitaltrends/will3dphonesevercatchonfirstimpressionsofthelgoptimus3dmax
Digital Trends - TV manufacturers may have finally put down the pompoms on their 3D cheerleading at CES 2012, but on the phone front, LG isn’t quite ready to walk off the field. At Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, the company unveiled the LG Optimus 3D Max, a reworked successor to the Optimus 3D.

Mon, 27 Feb 12
YouTube's Censorship of Religiously Offensive Material is Evil (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120226/en_ac/11014970_youtubes_censorship_of_religiously_offensive_material_is_evil
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | In the words of Mark Twain, "Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak because a baby can't chew it." Knowing this, how can anyone not find it wrong that YouTube has adopted a policy of banning religiously offensive material, as I've just learned from the videographer "Thunderf00t?" Are we so hyper-sensitive and politically correct we should see the free market of ideas and discussion die in silence out of fear of being "offensive?"

Mon, 27 Feb 12
Get the most out of your celebrity obsessions with these iPhone gossip apps (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11145_get_the_most_out_of_your_celebrity_obsessions_with_these_iphone_gossip_apps/44650413/SIG=13r4sca7d/*http://www.appolicious.com/omg/articl
Appolicious - The Oscars may be just around the corner, but celebrity gossip doesn’t start and stop with award shows. As the E! Network knows, gossip is a 24/7/365 sort of industry. If you feel like you’ve fallen out of touch with your favorite fame-hounds, check out these celeb-friendly apps.

Sun, 26 Feb 12
A wild online ride hits the digital piracy wall (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120225/ap_on_hi_te/as_new_zealand_kim_dotcom
AP - On his way up, he fooled them all: judges, journalists, investors and companies.

Sun, 26 Feb 12
Medical team livetweets beating-heart surgery for the first time (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120225/tc_yblog_technews/medical-team-livetweets-beating-heart-surgery-for-the-first-time
Yahoo! News - Subjecting Twitter to a play-by-play account of the contents of your lunch is one thing, but a hospital in Houston just took the micro-blogging service to intimate new heights. Tuesday morning, Memorial Hermann Medical Center livetweeted a beating heart double …

Sun, 26 Feb 12
Android ‘phablets’ could reign at MWC this year (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11157_android_phablets_could_reign_at_mwc_this_year/44645919/SIG=12urpdp4t/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11157-android-phablets-cou
Appolicious - It seems phablets are all the rage, with their larger screens and combined smartphone-tablet capabilities. With Mobile World Congress kicking off in Barcelona next week, we could see quite a few such devices taking the scene. Picking up on a trend made popular by Samsung’s 5-inch Galaxy Note, both LG and Panasonic are expected to reveal a phablet at MWC this year. While other device makers are playing catch up in the phablet race, Samsung is skipping ahead to launch more connected devices, including an oven you can control with your Android smartphone.

Sun, 26 Feb 12
Study: Facebook gaming declines in 2011, social gaming seeking new growth (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120224/tc_digitaltrends/studyfacebookgamingdeclinesin2011socialgamingseekingnewgrowth
Digital Trends - While Facebook casual gaming has helped to triple the number of gamers in the US in the past three years, new research is saying that the social gaming boom is beginning to calm down, and perhaps seeking to mature. Market research firm IHS iSuppli states that “the honeymooon’s over,” chiefly due to rising barriers to entry, increasing competition and the fact that gaming has fallen in priority for social media users.

Sun, 26 Feb 12
Dish Network to close 500 Blockbuster stores (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120225/ap_on_bi_ge/us_dish_network_blockbuster
AP - Dish Network Corp. says in an annual filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it plans to close more than 500 Blockbuster stores this year.

Sat, 25 Feb 12
Kodak — and film — saying goodbye to the Oscars (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120224/ap_on_hi_te/us_oscars_kodak
AP - Each year at the Oscars ceremony, Hollywood says goodbye to stars and filmmakers who've died. This year, the award show will bid adieu to the Kodak Theatre.

Sat, 25 Feb 12
Judge awards iPhone user $850 in throttling case (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120225/ap_on_hi_te/us_at_t_iphone_data_lawsuit
AP - When AT&T started slowing down the data service for his iPhone, Matt Spaccarelli, an unemployed truck driver and student, took the country's largest telecommunications company to small claims court. And won.

Sat, 25 Feb 12
Ohio man given choice of Facebook apology or jail (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120224/ap_on_hi_te/us_facebook_apology_order
AP - A man who was threatened with jail time for posting comments about his estranged wife on his personal Facebook page unless he posted daily apologies for a month says the court ruling violates his freedom of speech.

Sat, 25 Feb 12
Medical team livetweets beating-heart surgery for the first time (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120224/tc_yblog_technews/medical-team-livetweets-beating-heart-surgery-for-the-first-time
Yahoo! News - Subjecting Twitter to a play-by-play account of the contents of your lunch is one thing, but a hospital in Houston just took the micro-blogging service to intimate new heights. Tuesday morning, Memorial Hermann Medical Center livetweeted a beating heart double …

Sat, 25 Feb 12
Watch a helicopter get destroyed by physics without even leaving the ground (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120224/tc_yblog_technews/watch-a-helicopter-get-destroyed-by-physics-without-even-leaving-the-ground
Yahoo! News - It was the most stunning helicopter accident Para, Brazil has ever seen. And it all happened without the helicopter even leaving the ground. The shocking destruction of the plane was caused by a phenomenon called ground resonance. Like an out-of-balance washing machine, …

Sat, 25 Feb 12
Google to sell Clearwire stake at 94 percent loss (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120224/ap_on_hi_te/us_google_clearwire
AP - Google Inc. on Friday said it will sell its stake in Clearwire Corp., the struggling operator of a wireless data network. The search company is taking a 94 percent loss on the originally $500 million investment made in 2008.

Sat, 25 Feb 12
Hedge fund nominates five for AOL board (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120224/media_nm/us_aol
Reuters - Activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP nominated a slate of five candidates to AOL Inc's board, saying discussions with the company in the past two months were unsatisfying.

Sat, 25 Feb 12
Microsoft Office, Xbox Games Coming to iPad 3? (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120224/tc_ac/11000864_microsoft_office_xbox_games_coming_to_ipad3
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | It used to be the killer app for the Mac, back when it was known as the Macintosh. And now Microsoft Office may be making its way to Apple's new computing platform, the iPad, according to Matt Hickey of The Daily.

Sat, 25 Feb 12
Android bug opens devices to outside control: experts (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120224/tc_nm/us_google_android_security
Reuters - Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a flaw in a component of the operating system of Google Inc's widely used Android smartphone that they say hackers can exploit to gain control of the devices.

Sat, 25 Feb 12
Pew: Americans turning on to online privacy (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120224/tc_digitaltrends/pewamericansturningontoonlineprivacy
Digital Trends - A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds that Americans are increasingly aware of their online reputations—and are getting more savvy about managing their privacy setting and pruning less-than-flattering posts (and individuals) from their profiles. According to the survey results, nearly two thirds of respondents using social networking sites said deleted friends from their profiles, up from 56 percent in 2009.

Sat, 25 Feb 12
New Android Devices from HTC, LG, Others Coming to Mobile World Congress (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120224/tc_ac/11005490_new_android_devices_from_htc_lg_others_coming_to_mobile_world_congress
ContributorNetwork - Mobile World Congress, held each year in Barcelona, Spain, is like the Consumer Electronics Show for smartphone and tablet makers. It starts on Monday, February 27, and ends on March 1.

Sat, 25 Feb 12
Motorola suit causes Apple to shut down iCloud push email services in Germany (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11161_motorola_suit_causes_apple_to_shut_down_icloud_push_email_services_in_germany/44639978/SIG=13uf4ml1k/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/art
Appolicious - The latest casualty in the war between Apple and Motorola: email. Well, kind of.

Sat, 25 Feb 12
Mythbuster: Why unlimited data throttling may be pointless (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120224/tc_digitaltrends/mythbusterwhyunlimiteddatathrottlingmaybepointless
Digital Trends - Well this is interesting: New research by Validas, a company that analyzes wireless phone bills, found that there is barely any difference in the data usage habits of the top 5 percent of tiered and unlimited wireless users. This comes after three of the four major US wireless carriers have begun to throttle speeds for those so-called “data hogs” on unlimited plans. What the findings potentially uncover is that the new policies are ostensibly less about the initial justifications for the limits — esoteric concerns over network bandwidth and wireless spectrum shortage, of which AT&T specifically referred to as an impetus for their policy shift — and more about moving legacy unlimited data plan holders to more modern, tiered contracts.

Sat, 25 Feb 12
AV Rant #273: Interview with PJ Pesce (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120224/tc_digitaltrends/avrant273interviewwithpjpesce
Digital Trends - For this special episode of AV Rant, Tom welcomes Clint DeBoer, Editor in Chief of Audioholics and PJ Pesce. PJ is a writer, director, musician and more. He’s worked on tons of stuff over the years (check out his IMDB here) and has great insight into the workings of Hollywood and the movie-making machine. Tom [...]

Sat, 25 Feb 12
Apple tactics in China iPad deal unusual: experts (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120224/wr_nm/us_apple_china_lawsuit
Reuters - Proview Electronics, the firm trying to stop Apple Inc from using the iPad name in China, has a plausible claim over the unusual methods Apple used to conceal its identity when attempting to acquire Proview's trademarks, according to several legal experts.

Sat, 25 Feb 12
OnLive Desktop lets iOS users finally use Flash – for a price (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11154_onlive_desktop_lets_ios_users_finally_use_flash_for_a_price/44636173/SIG=13cijdsmu/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/11154-onlive
Appolicious - Apple’s iOS mobile operating system and Adobe Flash don’t play well together.

Fri, 24 Feb 12
Tough times for HP ahead; will investors wait? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120223/ap_on_hi_te/us_hewlett_packard_turnaround
AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to spend years turning itself around as it addresses internal problems and battles broader threats from smartphones and tablet computers.

Fri, 24 Feb 12
Apple CEO hints company will part with some cash (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120224/ap_on_hi_te/us_apple_shareholder_meeting
AP - Apple CEO Tim Cook says he believes the world's most valuable company has more money than it needs. His next challenge is to figure out whether Apple should break from the cash-hoarding ways of his predecessor, the late Steve Jobs, and dip into its $98 billion bank account to pay shareholders a dividend this year.

Fri, 24 Feb 12
QVC growth boosts Liberty Interactive (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120223/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_liberty_interactive
AP - Liberty Interactive Corp. said Thursday that its operating income rose 3 percent as sales from its home shopping network QVC increased.

Fri, 24 Feb 12
Mind-controlled skateboard is literally powered by your thoughts (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120223/tc_yblog_technews/mind-controlled-skateboard-is-literally-powered-by-your-thoughts
Yahoo! News - You don't have to be Professor X or Yoda to control the Board of Imagination with your mind. This futuristic skateboard by Chaotic Moon Labs can read your brain waves and take you to where you want to go, even if you're …

Fri, 24 Feb 12
Nonsensical Twitter printer attacks the environment one tweet at a time (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120223/tc_yblog_technews/nonsensical-twitter-printer-attacks-the-environment-one-tweet-at-a-time
Yahoo! News - What's amazing about the Adafruit Internet of Things printer isn't the fact that it converts your entire digital Twitter feed into a long, printed strip of paper. The truly amazing part is that there are other machines out there that already do …

Fri, 24 Feb 12
White House privacy push seeks cooperation (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120224/wr_nm/us_privacy_online
Reuters - The White House proposed on Thursday a "privacy bill of rights" that would give consumers more control over their data but relies heavily for now on voluntary commitments by Internet companies like Google Inc and Facebook.

Fri, 24 Feb 12
NY protester's tweets at heart of clash on privacy (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120223/ap_on_hi_te/us_occupy_tweet_subpoena
AP - An Occupy Wall Street protester and prosecutors are tussling over his tweets, a clash that's raising legal issues of privacy in an age of living online.

Fri, 24 Feb 12
TiVo's revenue rises, adds new subscribers (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120223/media_nm/us_tivo
Reuters - TiVo Inc added 234,000 new subscribers in the fourth quarter as the maker of digital television recorders sold more of its products through agreements with cable operators.

Fri, 24 Feb 12
Mathway Android app calculates how to improve your math skills (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11148_mathway_android_app_calculates_how_to_improve_your_math_skills/44631370/SIG=13ko7j1gl/*http://www.androidapps.com/education/articles/1114
Appolicious - Your Android works hard to entertain you, but don’t let that be its only purpose. Use that powerful Android device as a bionic brain implant as well, and get smarter using it to calculate your work and teach you math at the same time.

Fri, 24 Feb 12
2 Baltimore attorneys sue Facebook over privacy (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120223/ap_on_hi_te/us_facebook_lawsuit
AP - Two Baltimore law firms have filed a lawsuit against Facebook, arguing that the site has violated privacy laws.

Fri, 24 Feb 12
T-Mobile LTE: How is that going to work? (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120223/tc_digitaltrends/tmobileltehowisthatgoingtowork
Digital Trends - Number four U.S. mobile carrier T-Mobile is attempting to shake off the dust of the abandoned takeover effort from AT&T, announcing a revamped “Challenger Strategy” that is intended to make the carrier more competitive against the likes of Sprint, AT&T, and the top U.S. mobile operator, Verizon Wireless. Of course, being competitive in the mobile market these days means moving towards 4G LTE technology — and that’s exactly what T-Mobile says it’s going to do, announcing plans to begin deploying LTE services in 2013. Furthermore, T-Mobile is going to re-jigger its network, drastically cutting back services for its 2G/EDGE customers in order to boost its HSPA+ high-speed broadband offerings — and, in so doing, make its network more interoperable with AT&T. That, in turn, could pave the way toward T-Mobile eventually being able to offer Apple’s iPhone.

Fri, 24 Feb 12
Five extreme ways to lower your cell phone bill (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11149_five_extreme_ways_to_lower_your_cell_phone_bill/44630794/SIG=130tenpug/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/11149-five-extreme-ways-
Appolicious - The average wireless phone bill jumped more than 50 percent between 2006 and 2011. According to market research firm JD Power & Associates, this figure is approaching $1,200 per year. Ouch!

Fri, 24 Feb 12
Miami officials investigating singer Chris Brown (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120223/en_nm/us_chrisbrown
Reuters - Miami officials on Thursday said they are investigating R&B singer Chris Brown, who is currently on probation for assaulting ex-girlfriend Rihanna, following reports that he may have been involved in the theft of a mobile phone.

Fri, 24 Feb 12
A few reasons to love Spotify's new gapless playback and crossfade features (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120223/tc_digitaltrends/afewreasonstolovethenewspotifyfeatures
Digital Trends - Today Spotify unveiled a bevy of new features to its music player, including Gapless Playback and Crossfade (you check out a full list of what’s new here). First, a brief explanation of what these tools are: 

Fri, 24 Feb 12
Apple's Chinese legal woes over iPad surface at home (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120224/wr_nm/us_apple_proview
Reuters - The Asian firm trying to stop Apple Inc from using the iPad name has now launched an attack on the consumer electronics giant's home turf, filing a lawsuit in California that accuses the iPhone-maker of employing deception when it bought the "iPad" trademark.

Fri, 24 Feb 12
Ex-McAfee execs start security firm, CrowdStrike (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120223/wr_nm/us_security_startup
Reuters - Two executives who left security software maker McAfee after Intel Corp bought the company last year have started a firm that is developing technology to help corporations and government agencies track down elusive hackers.

Thu, 23 Feb 12
Calif. pledges better mobile privacy disclosures (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120223/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_mobile_apps_privacy1st_ld_writethru
AP - California is clamping down on nosy mobile applications, telling them they must give people advance warning if they want to keep pulling sensitive information from smartphones and computer tablets.

Thu, 23 Feb 12
HP CEO pleads patience as earnings fall 44 pct (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120223/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_hewlett_packard


A logo of HP is seen outside Hewlett-Packard Belgian headquarters in Diegem, near Brussels, January 12, 2010. REUTERS/Thierry RogeAP - Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Meg Whitman pleaded for patience Thursday as she described operational challenges and other internal problems that contributed to a decline in earnings at one of the world's largest technology companies.

Thu, 23 Feb 12
Microsoft hits Motorola, Google with EU complaint (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120222/ap_on_hi_te/eu_eu_microsoft
AP - Microsoft on Wednesday lodged a formal complaint with the European Union's competition regulator against Motorola Mobility and its soon-to-be owner Google, saying Motorola's aggressive enforcement of patent rights against rivals breaks competition rules.

Thu, 23 Feb 12
Cute robot uses Google to recognize objects, crash into desks adorably (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120222/tc_yblog_technews/cute-robot-uses-google-to-recognize-objects-crash-into-desks-adorably
Yahoo! News - If you're like me, your vision of the future involves lots and lots of home robots. Mechanical friends who bring me a warm cup of coffee in the morning, and a warm cup of Irish coffee at night. Thanks to Hitachi corporation, …

Thu, 23 Feb 12
Is inhalable caffeine the next Four Loko? (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120222/tc_yblog_technews/is-inhalable-caffeine-the-next-four-loko
Yahoo! News - It's called AeroShot, a tiny little 0.01-ounce container filled with caffeine, vitamins, and a hint of flavoring. Its manufacturer markets it as a dry energy shot. But is it dangerous? That's exactly what Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the Food and …

Thu, 23 Feb 12
FCC urges Internet companies to safeguard Web (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120222/wr_nm/us_cybersecurity_fcc
Reuters - Internet service providers need to work harder to prevent hacks, data theft and other fraud, including contacting customers whose infected computers have been hijacked by organized crime and helping them clean out viruses, the head of the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday.

Thu, 23 Feb 12
These comedy apps will put a smile on your face (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11135_these_comedy_apps_will_put_a_smile_on_your_face/44619190/SIG=1301p2anj/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/11135-these-comedy-apps-
Appolicious - Today’s most innovative comedians are not necessarily telling jokes in front of a live audience, on TV, or in the movies. A new golden age of comedy is playing out online and via mobile applications for smartphones and tablet computers. There are apps that showcase the funniest satirists on Twitter, broadcast interviews with newcomers and comedy legends, and make classic publications like The Onion and Cracked come alive.

Thu, 23 Feb 12
OnLive Desktop Plus impressions: A Windows 7 desktop on your iPad, now with a browser (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120222/tc_digitaltrends/onlivedesktopplusimpressionswindows7desktoponyouripadnowwithabrowser
Digital Trends - In January, video game streaming company OnLive decided to enter the remote desktop space with “OnLive Desktop.” The service allows anyone with an iPad (and soon Android or any other computing platform) to access a Windows 7 desktop in the cloud and use it much like any computer. It comes with 2GB of cloud storage and access to Microsoft Office applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. All for free. Unfortunately, it was missing one critical element: a browser. OnLive restricted access to the browser and didn’t allow the installation of apps. OnLive Desktop Plus changes this.

Thu, 23 Feb 12
Receive pop-up alerts with the Powow: Text Messaging Android app (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11136_receive_pop_up_alerts_with_the_powow_text_messaging_android_app/44620262/SIG=13gqs4kbl/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11136-re
Appolicious - Are you sick of the way your Android phone organizes your text messages? The innovative and free Powow: Text Messaging app for Android is a fabulous new way to organize your text messages just by downloading this modern and fun text app.

Thu, 23 Feb 12
A Teacher Responds to Call for Educator Tweets (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120222/us_ac/10997944_a_teacher_responds_to_call_for_educator_tweets
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to U.S. News & World Report, the Department of Education wants students, teachers and administrators to use Twitter to provide feedback about education policies and the state of education. Since I do not have a Twitter profile, I would like to provide some opinions of a group of educators who recently lunched together after spending time working on standardized test revisions.

Thu, 23 Feb 12
Can the government force you to decrypt private data? (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120222/tc_digitaltrends/canthegovernmentforceyoutodecryptprivatedata
Digital Trends - Last month, a federal judge in Denver ordered a suspect to provide the government with the unencrypted contents of a computer she shared with her family. The order was put off while lawyers took the case to an appeals court, arguing the order violates Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination. Now, however, it looks as though the defendant will either have to decrypt her laptop or face contempt of court charges. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to get involved, saying the criminal case has to reach a conclusion before it comes within the appeals’ court jurisdiction. The defendant has until February 27 to hand over her data.

Thu, 23 Feb 12
Twitter for Android gets optimization for Ice Cream Sandwich, Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11134_twitter_for_android_gets_optimization_for_ice_cream_sandwich_kindle_fire_nook_tablet/44618573/SIG=145hefadd/*http://www.androidapps.com/t
Appolicious - Twitter has rolled out a bunch of new updates for its Android app, mostly aimed at making it work better on the newest tablets and newer versions of Android.

Thu, 23 Feb 12
Everything Everywhere sees LTE rollout this year (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120223/tc_nm/us_everythingeverywhere_lte
Reuters - Everything Everywhere, Britain's biggest mobile carrier, expects to start building a next-generation LTE network by the end of the year, catching up with the United States and parts of Scandinavia and Asia that already have more advanced networks.

Thu, 23 Feb 12
'Ubuntu' to Turn Android Phones into Home PCs, Media Centers (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120222/tc_ac/10996028_ubuntu_to_turn_android_phones_into_home_pcs_media_centers
ContributorNetwork - Ubuntu is an African word that roughly translates to "humanity to others." It's also "the third most popular desktop operating system in the world," behind Windows and OS X, according to its developer outreach page. And it might be coming to an Android smartphone near you, turning it into a home desktop PC as well as a media center.

Thu, 23 Feb 12
Essential iPhone apps for Getting Things Done on the go (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120222/tc_digitaltrends/essentialiphoneappsforgettingthingsdoneonthego
Digital Trends - Besides being a great tool to comb Craigslist, find the best restaurants and occasionally slay zombies, the iPhone makes a fine implement for getting things done. I mean that in the general sense of being productive, but also in reference to Getting Things Done (GTD), the cult productivity system that has taken hold around the world and especially in the tech community.

Thu, 23 Feb 12
Synopsys 1st-quarter results beat estimates (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120222/tc_nm/us_synopsys
Reuters - Chip-design software maker Synopsys Inc posted a quarterly profit that beat analysts' estimates, helped by strong demand for its new products, and raised its full-year outlook.

Thu, 23 Feb 12
IBM eyes cybersecurity market with new platform (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120222/wr_nm/us_ibm_security
Reuters - International Business Machines is gearing up to take a chunk of the growing Internet security market by applying its data analytics to help companies and organizations fight cyberattacks.

Wed, 22 Feb 12
AT&T CEO takes $2M pay cut over T-Mobile deal (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120221/ap_on_hi_te/us_at_t_executive_compensation
AP - AT&T Inc.'s board cut CEO Randall Stephenson's 2011 pay by $2.08 million because he engineered the failed deal to buy T-Mobile USA, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday.

Wed, 22 Feb 12
UK court OKs legal claim to be served via Facebook (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120221/ap_on_hi_te/eu_britain_facebook_justice
AP - Status update: You're sued.

Wed, 22 Feb 12
Review: Vita sets new standard for portable games (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120221/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_tech_test_playstation_vita


This Feb. 15, 2012 photo, shows Playstation PSVita, foreground, and its predecessor. In the age of “Angry Birds” and “Words With Friends” dominating people’s on-the-go playtime, Sony is making a push into the world of handheld gaming with a gadget aimed at loyal gamers and fans of the PlayStation. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - The PlayStation Vita won't replace your smartphone.

Wed, 22 Feb 12
A real-life Jurassic Park? 30,000-year-old plant brought back from extinction (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120221/tc_yblog_technews/a-real-life-jurassic-park-30000-year-old-plant-brought-back-from-extinction
Yahoo! News - Extinction may no longer be a permanent fate. Silene stenophylla, a plant that has been extinct for over 30,000 years, was just brought back into existence by Russian scientists, raising questions about which species might be one day revived as well. …

Wed, 22 Feb 12
Green Apple: Company’s new data center to sport one of the largest solar arrays in the U.S. (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120221/tc_yblog_technews/green-apple-companys-new-data-center-to-sport-one-of-the-largest-solar-arrays-in-the-u-s
Yahoo! News - In 2011, environmental organization Greenpeace named Apple as the least green company of the year. Today, nearly a year later, the company released an environmental update detailing plans that may redeem its image in the eyes of eco-conscious people. According to the report, …

Wed, 22 Feb 12
Comcast to take on Netflix with Web video service (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120221/en_nm/us_comcast_onlinevideo
Reuters - Comcast Corp, the No. 1 U.S. cable operator, became the latest major name to take on Netflix Inc on Tuesday when it announced plans for an online video service offering a library of TV shows and movies.

Wed, 22 Feb 12
Netflix bolsters video library as new threat looms (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120221/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_netflix_internet_video
AP - Netflix's Internet video service is adding more marquee attractions as it braces for a new competitive threat from cable-TV provider Comcast Corp.

Wed, 22 Feb 12
How RIM could learn from Ubuntu, and why it needs to before it's too late (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120221/tc_digitaltrends/howrimcouldlearnfromubuntuandwhyitneedstobeforeitstoolate
Digital Trends - Today Ubuntu announced Ubuntu for Android, an app that will sync all your Android apps into a Linux-based interface. The new app is the latest step in the platform’s expanding mobile agenda, part of Ubuntu’s multi-screen agenda. “This isn’t the ‘Ubuntu Phone,” as Canonical’s Mark Shuttlesworth puts it. “The phone experience here is pure Android. This announcement is playing to a different story, which is the convergence of multiple different form factors into one most-personal device.”

Wed, 22 Feb 12
Android 5.0: connecting the mobile-desktop dots (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11116_android_5_0_connecting_the_mobile_desktop_dots/44603260/SIG=12vv0bj9a/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11116-android-5-0-connect
Appolicious - The main goal behind Android 4.0 was to combine the best of the smartphone and tablet. With Android 5.0 Jelly Bean, Google may be looking to combine the best of mobile and desktops. Speculation on Jelly Bean is running high, but with each emerging rumor it appears Android’s next version has a very connected future. A week after suppliers first hinted at Jelly Bean’s arrival this summer, Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin claims Android 5.0 will come with a dockable desktop mode. That means Android, its apps and services would run seamlessly on smartphones, tablets and desktops.

Wed, 22 Feb 12
Study finds Facebook users more private than ever (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120221/tc_digitaltrends/studyfindsfacebookusersmoreprivatethanever
Digital Trends - In the two years since the boy-king of social networking Mark Zuckerberg famously declared the death of privacy, it seems Facebook users have actually become more private about sharing their personal details with strangers. In a new study released today by the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, researchers found that since 2010, the number of users that choose to hide their friend lists publicly has actually increased by a staggering 200 percent.

Wed, 22 Feb 12
PlayStation Vita's rear pad a touchy subject (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120221/ap_on_hi_te/us_games_playstation_vita_rear_touch
In this video game image released by Sony Computer Entertainment America, a scene from 'Escape Plan,' is shown. (AP Photo/Sony Computer Entertainment America)AP - There's a suspicious knock on the wall.

Wed, 22 Feb 12
Vonage Mobile pivots iPhone app into a much better place (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11119_vonage_mobile_pivots_iphone_app_into_a_much_better_place/44608140/SIG=139boq7ev/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/11119-vonage-mo
Appolicious - When I reviewed the Vonage Mobile for iPhone app back in 2009, it was a very different beast. Using the old version of the app involved creating a Vonage account that couldn’t be linked to your previously existing Vonage account, leaving long-time Vonage customers in a bit of a pickle. The app was fine for newcomers, but didn’t offer a ton of benefits outside of very cheap international calling rates.

Wed, 22 Feb 12
Congress declares another spectrum auction, but is anybody selling? (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120221/tc_digitaltrends/congressdeclaresanotherspectrumauctionbutisanybodyselling
Digital Trends - In a rare fit of bipartisanship, the U.S. Congress has passed a deal that would extend payroll tax breaks and unemployment insurance to millions of Americans. From the technology standpoint, the news isn’t the extension of government benefits or the fact two gridlocked parties managed to get something done: It’s how the legislation would pay for those benefits. The U.S. government plans to auction off some wireless spectrum currently held by television broadcasters to the wireless industry, for a payday worth an estimated $25 billion. The deal promises to help alleviate the spectrum crunch experienced by mobile operators — meaning, beneficiaries of the auction would be able to offer more mobile broadband to more people. Along the way, the legislation also carves off the so-called “D block” of 700MHz spectrum exclusively for use by police, fire, medical, and emergency responders.

Wed, 22 Feb 12
Costumes, beads consume Mardi Gras in New Orleans (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120222/ap_on_en_ot/us_mardi_gras_new_orleans


Riders in the Mardi Gras parade make their way to their float in the staging area of the parade in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)AP - Bathed in spring-like warmth and showered with trinkets, beads and music, New Orleans reveled in the excesses of Fat Tuesday. A seemingly endless stream of costumed marching groups and ornately-decorated float parades led by make-believe royalty poured out of the Garden District, while the French Quarter filled up with thrill seekers expecting to see debauchery.

Wed, 22 Feb 12
Company sues Apple over iPad name in Shanghai (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120222/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_ipad_dispute


FILE - In this May 6, 2011 file photo, people queue overnight outside the Xidan Apple Store for the chance to buy an iPad 2 on the first day of its sale in Beijing, China. Apple's dispute over the iPad trademark deepened Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, after the Chinese company that claims ownership of the name said it won a court ruling against sales of the popular tablet computer in China. Xie Xianghui, a lawyer for Shenzhen Proview Technology, said the Intermediate People's Court in Huizhou, a city in southern China's Guangdong province, had ruled on Friday, Feb.17 that distributors should stop selling iPads in China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)AP - A Chinese company fighting Apple Inc. over its use of the iPad trademark in China took its complaints to a Shanghai court Wednesday, though it says it is willing to talk about a settlement.

Wed, 22 Feb 12
CIA to software vendors: A revolution is coming (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120222/wr_nm/us_cia_software
Reuters - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency told software vendors on Tuesday that it plans to revolutionize the way it does business with them as part of a race to keep up with the blazing pace of technology advances.

Wed, 22 Feb 12
Dell shares fall on earnings miss, outlook (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120221/bs_nm/us_dell
Reuters - Dell Inc forecast fiscal first-quarter revenue below Wall Street's expectations, stoking fears the PC industry has not fully emerged from its downturn and sending the company's shares more than 4 percent lower.

Tue, 21 Feb 12
YouTube enlists big-name help to redefine channels (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120221/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_youtube_future_of_tv


In this Dec. 16, 2011 photo, crew member Arthur Hong holds a clapboard while filming holiday movie trailers at the Maker Studios in Culver City, Calif. The $100 million investment by YouTube in 96 new channels starting in October has sparked a flurry of activity in Hollywood's independent producer community. At companies like Maker Studios, which received money for three new channels, the funds have turbo-charged an already teeming operation. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - YouTube is enlisting Hollywood's help to reach a generation of viewers more familiar with smartphones than TV remotes.

Tue, 21 Feb 12
Lower Chinese court rules shops should pull iPads (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120220/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_ipad_dispute
AP - Apple's dispute over the iPad trademark deepened Monday after the Chinese company that claims ownership of the name said it won a court ruling against sales of the popular tablet computer in China.

Tue, 21 Feb 12
Guns and Androids: Pakistan air force making iPads (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120220/ap_on_hi_te/as_pakistan_military_tablet


In this Feb. 8, 2012 photo, Mohammad Imran holds Pakistani-made PACPad computer tablets at his electronics store in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Pakistani military engineers who make high-tech air force instruments are being put to work on the device, which is built from Chinese-made components and runs on Google's Android system. The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) also makes an e-reader and small laptop. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)AP - Inside a high-security air force complex that builds jet fighters and weapons systems, Pakistan's military is working on the latest addition to its sprawling commercial empire: a homegrown version of the iPad.

Tue, 21 Feb 12
How to become a YouTube star (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120220/ap_on_hi_te/us_youtube_future_of_tv_glance
AP - YouTube has committed $100 million to 96 new video channels and has recruited top Hollywood talent to produce content. But the Google-owned site's talent search is far from complete. Fancy yourself a filmmaker?

Tue, 21 Feb 12
LightSquared misses Inmarsat payment (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120220/tc_nm/us_inmarsat
Reuters - Satellite firm Inmarsat said LightSquared, a venture struggling to build a U.S. mobile broadband service with Inmarsat's spectrum, failed to pay a $56.25 million installment to the British company.

Tue, 21 Feb 12
TriQuint launches new module, sees rev from Q3 (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120220/tc_nm/us_triquint
Reuters - TriQuint Semiconductor Inc unveiled a dual-band power amplifier duplexer, dubbed the world's smallest, to tap the surge in demand for 3G and 4G smartphones.

Tue, 21 Feb 12
China Telecom says in deal with Apple to sell iPhones in China (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120221/wr_nm/us_chinatelecom_apple
Reuters - China Telecom, the smallest of the country's three carriers, said on Tuesday it had signed an agreement with Apple Inc to sell iPhones in China, the world's largest mobile phone market.

Tue, 21 Feb 12
Google Latitude launches Leaderboards, your friendly global check-in competition (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120220/tc_digitaltrends/googlelatitudelaunchesleaderboardsyourfriendlyglobalcheckincompetition
Digital Trends - Remember Google Latitude? The little Google feature that comes alongside its Maps application which allows you to see the location of your friends and how to get to them by public transportation, walking or bicycling? The app was quickly forgotten under the radar of iOS 5′s Find My Friends, and even though it added a check-in function much to the likes of Facebook Places and Foursquare, it never became quite as popular to do so. So was Google’s solution to quietly add a Leaderboard function over the weekend to give users points for checking into places?

Tue, 21 Feb 12
Android Hits 50 Percent Market Share, Still Losing to Apple (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120220/tc_ac/10987172_android_hits_50_percent_market_share_still_losing_to_apple
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to a report released by Gartner, smartphones powered by Android -- Google's open-source operating system for smartphones and tablets -- made up over half of the smartphones sold in the fourth quarter of 2011, with a 50.9 percent market share. That doesn't necessarily mean over half of the smartphones in use in the world are Android phones, but it does mean most of the ones being sold are right now.

Tue, 21 Feb 12
AppZilla: 50 in 1! is the kitchen sink of Android app bundles (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11109_appzilla_50_in_1_is_the_kitchen_sink_of_android_app_bundles/44596762/SIG=13cte9lp7/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11109-appzil
Appolicious - Just like the fact that you can’t drive 50 miles without running into a big box retailer, you knew this was bound to happen. Everyone loves a bargain, and AppZilla: 50 in 1! brings a new twist to mobile app deals. As the title suggests, this app bundles 50 applications into one. Is it worth it? That depends on your personal taste. I recommend you scan the list of apps included in this app’s description to determine if there’s anything in there you might use.

Tue, 21 Feb 12
Fujitsu to launch mobile devices in EU market: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120220/tc_nm/us_fujitsu
Reuters - Japan's largest IT services vendor Fujitsu plans to launch a wide range of smartphone and tablet devices for the first time in Europe, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

Tue, 21 Feb 12
Latest iPad 3 leaked photos suggest high-res display, camera (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120220/tc_digitaltrends/latestipad3leakedphotossuggesthighresdisplaycamera
Digital Trends - In three separate incidences over the weekend, insiders have leaked iPad 3 photos alluding to the design and purported parts for the soon-to-be-released tablet. Here’s a look at the shots, where they came from, and what they tell us.

Tue, 21 Feb 12
New code from Pinterest offers to keep your images off the site and its servers (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120220/tc_digitaltrends/newcodefrompinterestofferstokeepyourimagesoffthesiteanditsservers
Digital Trends - Pinterest has taken the Web by storm while simultaneously introducing a host of copyright issues. The entire model of pinning and repining means that artists’ work has the potential to get lost in the mix and original sources can be difficult to find. We examined this incredibly messy situation recently, and found that users are generally quite torn over the problem. While they admit it’s been a huge interest generator for their respective sites, most feel that Pinterest itself needs to do more to urge users to properly cite material. 

Mon, 20 Feb 12
Data collection arms race feeds privacy fears (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120219/tc_nm/us_data_collection
Reuters - This week's revelations that Google Inc, Twitter and other popular Internet companies have been taking liberties with customer data have prompted criticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers, along with apologies from the companies.

Mon, 20 Feb 12
The Internet's Laptop-Shooting Dad: What the Latest Parenting Research Says (Time.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20120219/us_time/httpideastimecom20120217acliniciansviewofthelaptopshootingdadxidrssfullnationyahoo
Time.com - Tommy Jordan shows our willingness to excoriate teens for bad behavior while absolving ourselves of parental responsibility for it

Mon, 20 Feb 12
Nobody Spends Anything but Time on Facebook (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120219/us_ac/10981592_nobody_spends_anything_but_time_on_facebook
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | When it comes to making a lot of money, Facebook seems to have no trouble. According to a report from TechCrunch, 2011 was a definite "like" for Facebook clicking in with $1 billion in profits on revenues of just over $3.7 billion. As the article states, Facebook clearly knows how to make money off of businesses, since advertising accounts for 85 percent of revenue. But, Facebook seems not really know how to get its 845 million users to spend anything but time on the site.

Mon, 20 Feb 12
App Store counts down to 25 billionth download with $10,000 App Store gift card giveaway (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11104_app_store_counts_down_to_25_billionth_download_with_10_000_app_store_gift_card_giveaway/44588480/SIG=148b5v2pt/*http://www.appolicious.co
Appolicious - It’s no surprise to any of us around here that the App Store is imminently approaching the 25 billionth app download. The 15 billion mark was hit in July before the iPhone 4S launched, and holiday shoppers filled shiny new iOS devices with boatloads of equally shiny paid and free apps.

Mon, 20 Feb 12
'Antennagate' class action lawsuit resolved, iPhone 4 owners entitled to $15 or bumper (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120219/tc_digitaltrends/antennagateclassactionlawsuitresolvediphone4ownersentitledto15orbumper
Digital Trends - Remember “Antennagate?” A year and a half after Gizmodo first reported reception problems with iPhone 4, a class action lawsuit against Apple has finally come to a settlement. According to CNet, iPhone 4 owners in the US will soon be entitled to $15, or a $30 iPhone bumper case.

Sun, 19 Feb 12
Youth shaping future of online TV, movies, music (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120218/ap_on_hi_te/us_online_piracy_youth


In this Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 photo, Drake University law school student Srikant Mikkilineni stands with his laptop computer in the school's law library in Des Moines, Iowa. Some observers say that instead of focusing on punishing youth for stealing music, TV and movies, the entertainment industry should be more innovative in the delivery of content, making it more easily available and cheaper. “I do think people would pay for this content if it's reasonably priced and it's available when they want to watch it,” Mikkilineni says. Not wanting to mar his law school record, he pays for the songs, movies and TV shows he downloads. But he does so grudgingly. “Right now, they want us to pay multiple times for the same content,” he says, complaining that that's not reasonable. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - Young people want their music, TV and movies now — even if it means they get these things illegally.

Sun, 19 Feb 12
Eastern Europeans fuel fight for Internet freedoms (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120218/ap_on_hi_te/eu_eastern_europe_internet_freedom
AP - Eastern Europe's tradition of political revolt has met the digital age. This time it's not communists or food shortages fueling fury, but an international copyright treaty that opponents say threatens freedom on the Internet.

Sun, 19 Feb 12
Taiwan's Foxconn raises wages for Chinese workers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120218/ap_on_bi_ge/as_taiwan_foxconn
AP - Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group said Saturday that it has raised wages by up to 25 percent in the second major salary hike in less than two years, as the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer comes under intensive scrutiny after a spate of suicides.

Sun, 19 Feb 12
8-Inch iPad Mini is Apple's Attempt at Putting Out the Fire (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120219/tc_ac/10981590_8inch_ipad_mini_is_apples_attempt_at_putting_out_the_fire
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Kindle Fire is being viewed as a tremendous success for Amazon. AFP is reporting that Amazon shipped 3.9 million Kindle Fires in the fourth quarter, good enough for a second place slice of market share to the Apple iPad. The report mentions Apple shipped 15.4 million iPads in the same time period. While the numbers seem to be worlds apart, these are two companies headed for a tablet showdown in the immediate future if the rumors are true.

Sun, 19 Feb 12
Motorola Droid 4 released; Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 announced (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11096_motorola_droid_4_released_samsung_galaxy_tab_2_announced/44577942/SIG=139cj00c2/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11096-motorola-
Appolicious - Motorola may have hit a rough patch, but it’s emerging with new devices and possibly the guidance of its new parent company, Google. The Droid 4 is one of Motorola’s latest devices to hit the market, wowing with its medium size, full QWERTY keyboard, 4G support and stellar battery life. But while Motorola’s playing catchup, Samsung forges ahead with plans to release a Galaxy Tab 2, ready with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. HTC’s ramping up its ICS efforts as well, with plans for an early access preview of Android 4.0 on its Sensation line of smartphones.

Sun, 19 Feb 12
Microsoft working on new Spotify-like service on Xbox, Windows and smartphones (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120218/tc_digitaltrends/microsoftworkingonnewspotifylikeserviceonxboxwindowsandsmartphones
Digital Trends - As reported this week by CNET, Microsoft is apparently chatting with several record labels regarding the development of a music application that would be more similar to Pandora, Spotify, Rdio, MOG and other streaming music, subscription services than the Zune Music Pass. Conceptually, Microsoft would brand this service with the Xbox Live name rather than the failed Zune brand name and launch the application on the Xbox 360, Windows smartphones and the upcoming revision of the Windows operating system. According to CNET’s sources, specifics regarding how the service would deliver music to consumers in addition to how much the music industry would get paid from any potential subscription fees haven’t been finalized. 

Sun, 19 Feb 12
Laptop-shooting dad's rant draws raves, reprimands (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120218/ap_on_re_us/us_laptop_shooting_dad


This frame grab taken from an undated video posted on YouTube Feb. 8, 2012 by Tommy Jordan of Albemarle, N.C. shows Jordan answering his teenage daughter's Facebook complaints by firing several rounds from his handgun into his daughter's laptop her computer as it lies on the ground. More than 26 million people have seen the video in which Jordan reads and replies to his daughter's rant before emptying his .45-caliber pistol into her laptop. (AP Photo/YouTube Channel of Tommy Jordan)AP - It's classic parent-teenager strife, revamped for the Internet age: A 15-year-old takes to Facebook to curse her parents and complain about chores and the pressures of youth. Her disgusted father videotapes and posts a lengthy rebuttal punctuated by nine gunshots as he empties his pistol into her laptop.

Sun, 19 Feb 12
Motorola Mobility says Apple files EU patent complaint (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120218/bs_nm/us_motorolamobility_apple_eu
Reuters - Apple has asked EU anti-trust regulators to step in and settle a technology patent dispute between the company and Motorola Mobility, according to Motorola Mobility.

Sun, 19 Feb 12
Will the confirmed iPad 3 Retina display make way for the new Apple iTV? (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120218/tc_digitaltrends/willtheconfirmedipad3retinadisplaymakewayforthenewappleitv
Digital Trends - According to a recent post at MacRumors, members of the Apple rumor blog obtained the iPad 3 screen as a separate manufacturing part and examined the display underneath a microscope. Identical in size to the 9.7-inch iPad 1 and iPad 2 displays, MacRumors found that the display pixels are one quarter the size of the pixels on the iPad 2. For instance, a cluster of  eight pixels on the iPad 2 would contain 32 pixels on the iPad 3 in the same measured area. Starting with the iPad 2 native resolution of 1024 by 768 and multiplying the total pixels by a factor of four, the next display for the upcoming iPad will have a 2048 by 1536 resolution and offer double the sharpness of the first two iPads.  

Sun, 19 Feb 12
Court upholds lawsuit against Bay area Hooters (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120218/ap_on_bi_ge/us_hooters_lawsuit
AP - A state appeals court has upheld a class-action lawsuit filed by servers at several San Francisco Bay area Hooters restaurants.

Sat, 18 Feb 12
Startup sends live local TV to the iPhone (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120217/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_tv_on_the_iphone


This image provided by Aereo shows a screenshot from the iPad showing Aereo.com streaming ìBob the Builderî on New Yorkís PBS station, WNET 13. The service launched this week in New York, giving access to live TV from local stations on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. (AP Photo/Aereo)AP - A startup backed by media billionaire Barry Diller has launched a service that sends live local TV feeds to iPhones and iPads. But the service may be short-lived, since TV stations are likely to challenge its right to use their broadcasts.

Sat, 18 Feb 12
Linsanity helps end Knicks blackout on Time Warner (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120218/ap_on_sp_ot/us_linsanity_cable_tv_dispute


New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin (17) drives past Sacramento Kings' DeMarcus Cousins (15) during the second half of an NBA basketball game on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, in New York. Lin had 10 points and 13 assists as the Knicks won the game 100-85. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - First, he lifted the Knicks back into the playoff hunt. Now Jeremy Lin has put them back on TV.

Sat, 18 Feb 12
Ex-Google CEO Schmidt to sell up to 2.4M shares (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120218/ap_on_hi_te/us_google_stock_sale
AP - Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt plans to sell up to 2.4 million shares of stock currently worth nearly $1.5 billion.

Sat, 18 Feb 12
Dutch researchers invent a process to turn plants into plastics (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120217/tc_yblog_technews/dutch-researchers-invent-a-process-to-turn-plants-into-plastics
Yahoo! News - It should come as no surprise to learn that the world is over reliant on petroleum, from the gas we put in cars to the plastic bags we take groceries home in. We're still trying to figure out how to make …

Sat, 18 Feb 12
Free iPhone app optimizes your caffeine intake, tells you when to put the coffee mug down (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120217/tc_yblog_technews/free-iphone-app-optimizes-your-caffeine-intake-tells-you-when-to-put-the-coffee-mug-down
Yahoo! News - Here at Tecca, we need a big, bold cup of coffee to get us going in the morning. But after that first cup, we start to feel that post-coffee energy crash and start getting distracted from news reporting by videos of …

Sat, 18 Feb 12
Falcone sticks with plan, hit by lawsuit (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120218/media_nm/us_hedgefunds_falcone
Reuters - Hedge fund manager Philip Falcone told investors he is sticking by plans to build a national mobile broadband service even as an investor charged in a lawsuit that he deceptively raised billions of dollars that went to the struggling venture.

Sat, 18 Feb 12
Demand Media stock soars as 4Q results renew hope (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120217/ap_on_hi_te/us_demand_media_stock
AP - Demand Media Inc.'s stock soared by 31 percent Friday after the online content publisher's fourth-quarter earnings and outlook for this year gave investors hope that it is starting to recover from diminished traffic that had stemmed from changes to Google's Internet search formula.

Sat, 18 Feb 12
Weekly Rewind: Rumors hit of a 4G iPad, Apple announces Mountain Lion, and Hulu Plus finally comes to the Wii (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120217/tc_digitaltrends/weeklyrewindrumorshitofa4gipadappleannouncesmountainlionandhuluplusfinallycomestothewii
Digital Trends - Didn’t have time to keep up with every ripple in the technology pond this week? We’ve got you covered. Here are some of the most noteworthy stories from the last week.

Sat, 18 Feb 12
Big Brother is Watching Through Your Mobile Phone, and It's Not All Bad (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120217/tc_ac/10571495_big_brother_is_watching_through_your_mobile_phone_and_its_not_all_bad
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | It seems Big Brother really is watching, but now through your mobile phone.

Sat, 18 Feb 12
Serious Facebook hack lands UK student in prison (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120217/ap_on_hi_te/eu_britain_facebook_hack
AP - A British student who stole sensitive information from Facebook's internal network was sentenced to eight months in prison Friday in what prosecutors described as the most serious case of social media hacking ever brought before the country's courts.

Sat, 18 Feb 12
Sometimes, less is more: Bump 3.0 trims the feature fat (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120217/tc_digitaltrends/sometimeslessismorebump30getstrimsthefeaturefat
Digital Trends - Bump has some veteran app status. It’s been around since 2009, and has been thrilling users with its so-easy-it’s –stupid sharing tool. When it all got started, Bump was solely a way to transfer contact information between iOS devices. But as all apps do, it grew and launched Android integration, and upped its feature inventory: recent versions of Bump added the ability to share photos, schedules, music, and other apps.

Sat, 18 Feb 12
Kindle Fire snags No. 2 spot after iPad in Q4 2011 (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11099_kindle_fire_snags_no_2_spot_after_ipad_in_q4_2011/44570140/SIG=132c76h5l/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11099-kindle-fire-snag
Appolicious - The first quarter to see the entrance of the Kindle Fire on the tablet scene also saw Amazon’s new contender rocket to second place in sales, behind Apple’s iPad.

Sat, 18 Feb 12
U.S. spectrum hopes hinge on wary broadcasters (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120217/media_nm/us_fcc_spectrum_auctions
Reuters - Television broadcasters are reluctant to part with airwaves that regulators want to resell to bandwidth-hungry wireless companies, casting doubt on the $25 billion estimated to be raised through auctions approved by the U.S. Congress on Friday.

Sat, 18 Feb 12
Megaupload faces more copyright, wire fraud charges (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120217/bs_nm/us_usa_crime_megaupload
Reuters - A U.S. grand jury added more charges against file-sharing website Megaupload and its executives, and also accused them of taking copyrighted content from sites such as YouTube for its own service, according to a new indictment released on Friday.

Sat, 18 Feb 12
Foxconn raises salaries for factory workers following quiet meeting with Apple CEO (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120217/tc_digitaltrends/foxconnraisessalariesforfactoryworkersfollowingquietmeetingwithappleceo
Digital Trends - Foxconn, the largest maker of electronics in the world, this morning announced a pay raise of 16 to 25 percent for its Chinese factory workers, the third wage increase since 2010. The announcement comes after human rights protesters last week targeted Apple — which counts Foxconn as a major manufacturer of its popular iPhone and iPad devices — over the unethical factory conditions of its suppliers.

Sat, 18 Feb 12
Murdoch's Sun: scoops, politics, Page Three girls (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120217/bs_nm/us_britain_sun
Reuters - Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper prides itself on an aggressive reporting style that has delivered decades of sensational scoops and made it Britain's best-selling newspaper. But now it is the one being scrutinized, and it doesn't like it one bit.

Fri, 17 Feb 12
Twitter unveils self-service advertising system (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120217/ap_on_hi_te/us_twitter_advertising
AP - Buying ads on Twitter is about to get easier for small businesses as the online messaging service adds a key piece to its moneymaking model.

Fri, 17 Feb 12
Yelp looking for $12 to $14 per share in IPO (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120217/ap_on_hi_te/us_yelp_ipo
AP - Online business rating service Yelp hopes to sell its stock for $12 to $14 per share in an upcoming IPO.

Fri, 17 Feb 12
Curb the car dashboard technology, government asks (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120216/ap_on_hi_te/us_distracted_driving
AP - Auto dashboards are becoming an arcade of text messages, GPS images, phone calls and web surfing, the government says, and it's asking carmakers to curb those distractions when vehicles are moving.

Fri, 17 Feb 12
Woman gets into an accident while texting on live TV (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120216/tc_yblog_technews/woman-gets-into-an-accident-while-texting-on-live-tv
Yahoo! News - Texting: It's so dangerous that the federal government wants to ban it while driving. But more than just dangerous, it's also incredibly embarrassing when you have an accident because you're doing it — or at least it was for the woman in …

Fri, 17 Feb 12
Goliath new Samsung Note phone causes rift amongst gadget junkies (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120216/tc_yblog_technews/goliath-new-samsung-note-phone-causes-rift-amongst-gadget-junkies
Yahoo! News - When Apple introduced the iPhone way back in 2007, many consumers with tiny-screened feature phones wondered why they would ever need a huge 3.5" screen on a mobile device. Fast forward to 2012, and almost every new Android handset to hit the …

Fri, 17 Feb 12
Inside the First Missions of Prototype 2 [Preview] (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20120216/tc_mashable/inside_the_first_missions_of_prototype_2_preview
Mashable - Prototype 2 Screenshot

Fri, 17 Feb 12
Experts urge stronger online regulation bill (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120216/ap_on_hi_te/us_regulating_cyber
AP - Cybersecurity experts urged senators Thursday to close loopholes in legislation to give the government more power to force critical industries to make their computer networks more secure.

Fri, 17 Feb 12
Baidu reports jump in 4th-quarter profit and revenue (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120216/tc_nm/us_baidu
Reuters - China's top search engine, Baidu Inc, beat Wall Street's earnings estimates as its revenue grew more than 80 percent year-on-year in the fourth-quarter.

Fri, 17 Feb 12
Sony PlayStation Vita launch titles review roundup (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120216/tc_digitaltrends/sonyplaystationvitalaunchtitlesreviewroundup
Digital Trends - The PlayStation Vita has arrived on North American shores! Sorta. The Vita is available in the U.S., but only one model is currently available for purchase. The First Edition Bundle contains the 3G/Wi-Fi model, a 4GB memory card, a protective case, and includes the game Little Deviants. It’ll set you back $349.99, and is available now. There are also a handful of titles available online for download.  

Fri, 17 Feb 12
Amid rumors of Android 5.0, Motorola cuts back on Ice Cream Sandwich updates (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11088_amid_rumors_of_android_5_0_motorola_cuts_back_on_ice_cream_sandwich_updates/44557419/SIG=13sci8kdc/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/artic
Appolicious - Rumor has it that Google is planning to announce a new version of Android in the second quarter of 2012, but that will likely leave a lot of Android users wondering, “Hey – what about Android 4.0?”

Fri, 17 Feb 12
Pinterest Popular, but Not Profitable (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120216/tc_ac/10974060_pinterest_popular_but_not_profitable
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Pinterest does not have a plan. Following in the footsteps of social media giants, Facebook and Twitter, Pinterest jumped on the scene without a plan of how to generate income.

Fri, 17 Feb 12
New app Clik can control any browser from your phone (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120216/tc_digitaltrends/newappclikcancontrolanybrowserfromyourphone
Digital Trends - Today the makers of the messenger app Kik, Kik Interactive, introduced their new product, Clik, for Android and iOS. But although the apps feature similar names, that’s where their shared functions end. Clik is a new platform that links your browser-friendly screens and turns the smartphone into a truly universal remote.

Fri, 17 Feb 12
iPhone apps storing contact lists just the latest privacy debacle in the mobile industry (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11090_iphone_apps_storing_contact_lists_just_the_latest_privacy_debacle_in_the_mobile_industry/44560230/SIG=149kjf9qk/*http://www.appolicious.c
Appolicious - Smartphones and mobile applications entertain, inform and keep us connected in ways we could not even fathom just a few years ago. There is a trade-off, however, as many of these new conveniences require us to share personal information with cell phone companies or app developers.

Fri, 17 Feb 12
In a twist, new Mac software now inspired by mobile operating systems (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11089_in_a_twist_new_mac_software_now_inspired_by_mobile_operating_systems/44557892/SIG=13lqg22nh/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/110
Appolicious - It used to be that we’d want our smartphones to be more like the laptops or PC computers we use every day. Originally, most of us were amazed that we could have at least some kind of computer within the palm of our hand. This is what Apple’s iPhone and Android devices now provide, especially when running a huge variety of amazing and powerful apps.

Fri, 17 Feb 12
DirecTV says targets on track despite economy (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120216/media_nm/us_directv
Reuters - Satellite TV provider DirecTV said it was on track to meet its growth targets for 2012 and 2013 even as programming costs continued to rise and U.S. consumers are keeping a tight grip on their wallets.

Fri, 17 Feb 12
Which Apps Can Access Your Personal Data? (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120217/tc_ac/10968832_which_apps_can_access_your_personal_data
ContributorNetwork - Last week, iOS app developer Arun Thampi discovered that an iPhone / iPad app called Path uploaded your whole address book to the company's servers when you ran the app. He posted screenshots and technical data that proved what happened, and explained "How to do this at home" for Mac users who wanted to test it themselves.

Fri, 17 Feb 12
FTC warns app makers to protect kids' privacy (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120217/tc_nm/us_mobile_apps_children
Reuters - Apple Inc, Google Inc and their vendors must do more to protect children using iPhones and other mobile devices to read or play games, U.S. trade regulators said, and warned they may punish software makers that secretly collect data on kids.

Fri, 17 Feb 12
SAP completes tender offer for SuccessFactors (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120216/ap_on_bi_ge/us_sap_sucessfactors
AP - Enterprise software maker SAP AG said Thursday that it completed its tender offer for all the shares of SuccessFactors Inc., paving the way for its acquisition of the software company to close.

Thu, 16 Feb 12
FCC adopts new rules against 'robocalls' (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120215/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_fcc_robocalls
AP - The federal government is cracking down on "robocalls," those automated phone calls with the tendency to interrupt Sunday dinners and otherwise annoy consumers.

Thu, 16 Feb 12
Cisco challenges Microsoft takeover of Skype in EU (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120215/ap_on_hi_te/cisco_microsoft_skype
AP - Networking company Cisco said Wednesday that it is challenging Microsoft's $8.5 billion takeover of Skype at the European Union's top court to ensure Microsoft won't block other video conferencing services.

Thu, 16 Feb 12
FCC plans to nix wireless network that may jam GPS (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120215/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_gps_threats


FILE - In this July 10, 2010, a cockpit GPS shows the search area as scientists participate in a marine mammal/sea turtle survey flight related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration twin otter DHC-6, over the Gulf of Mexico near the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana coast. The Federal Communications Commission said it will seek public comment as early as Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, on revoking LightSquared's permit after a federal agency that coordinates wireless signals, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, concluded that there's no way to mitigate potential interference. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)AP - Federal officials plan to kill a proposal to build a new national high-speed wireless network after concluding it would in some cases jam personal-navigation and other GPS devices.

Thu, 16 Feb 12
World’s teeniest chameleon glares at us from atop a matchstick (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120215/tc_yblog_technews/worlds-teeniest-chameleon-glares-at-us-from-atop-a-matchstick
Yahoo! News - Scientists are always rummaging around in the jungles and oceans to rustle up new animal species, but not every addition to the wild kingdom can be as cute as this one. Meet Brookesia micra, discovered lurking around an island in Madagascar — …

Thu, 16 Feb 12
DNA in Beethoven’s hair sequenced to make one last song (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120215/tc_yblog_technews/dna-in-beethovens-hair-sequenced-to-make-one-last-song
Yahoo! News - There's a piece of Ludwig van Beethoven that still exists almost 200 years after his death — a lock of his hair. The hair even survived through The Holocaust thanks to an enterprising prisoner who knew the safest place to hide it …

Thu, 16 Feb 12
Fans can follow Houston service on Web at AP site (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120216/ap_en_mu/us_whitney_houston_funeral


Yamda Johnson, watches as her friend Regina Kujemya, both from Staten Island, N.Y. signs a large poster of Whitney Houston while paying their respects at New Hope Baptist Church, in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. The 48-year-old pop star was found dead in the bathtub in her hotel room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, hours before she was supposed to appear at a pre-Grammy gala. Houston's funeral will be held at the church on Saturday. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)AP - Fans worldwide who want to bid Whitney Houston farewell will be able to watch her private funeral on the Internet.

Thu, 16 Feb 12
Billionaire Falcone: no LightSquared bankruptcy (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120215/media_nm/us_lightsquared_falcone
Reuters - Hedge fund manager Philip Falcone is ruling out a bankruptcy filing for his telecom startup LightSquared Inc, one day after U.S. regulators said they planned to revoke approval for the company to build a national wireless broadband network.

Thu, 16 Feb 12
Clearwire says 2012 revenue may fall, shares drop (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120216/tc_nm/us_clearwire
Reuters - Clearwire Corp said its 2012 revenue may fall, or at best remain at 2011 levels, as it faces increased competition at its biggest customer, Sprint Nextel , sending its shares down nearly 9 percent in after hours trade.

Thu, 16 Feb 12
Hipmunk Android app takes the agony out of your next flight or hotel reservation (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11070_hipmunk_android_app_takes_the_agony_out_of_your_next_flight_or_hotel_reservation/44541674/SIG=141d5hrlm/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/
Appolicious - Flight-finder apps may be a dime a dozen, but Hipmunk adds something a little interesting to the mix. As well as being a reliable way to search for and discover flights, it uses a complex algorithm to work out how ‘agonizing’ your chosen route may be, depending on the airports you’re traveling through and the airline you choose.

Thu, 16 Feb 12
Chicago asked not to stifle wireless at summits (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120215/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_summits_wireless


FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2011 file photo, a protester is photographed by Chicago police after his arrest at an Occupy Chicago march and protest in Grant Park. Chicago Alderman Ricardo Munoz is expected to introduce on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, an ordinance that would prohibit the city’s police department from cutting off access to cell phone networks and social media sites during the G-8 and NATO summits in the city in May 2012. Munoz says the summits are a chance to show the best of Chicago off to the rest of the world, and that should include our commitment to civil rights and our democratic right to protest. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)AP - Protesters will be flocking to Chicago for May's G-8 and NATO summits armed with smartphones, video cameras and links to social media sites they'll use for strategizing and sharing images of what's happening — right in front of a police force known for responding with tough tactics.

Thu, 16 Feb 12
Why You Shouldn't Shoot Your Daughter’s Laptop (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120215/us_ac/10968834_why_you_shouldnt_shoot_your_daughters_laptop
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | A few days ago, a troubled teen named Tammy Jordan posted a YouTube video. In it, she took a .45 pistol and shot holes into her dad's laptop, because she didn't like something her dad had written about her on Facebook. Her dad's post was privacy-protected, but being a tech-savvy teen she was easily able to find out about it, and exact her revenge.

Thu, 16 Feb 12
Update: Apple to require user permission to access contact data (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11071_update_apple_to_require_user_permission_to_access_contact_data/44545864/SIG=13fvb8e9m/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/11071-upd
Appolicious - The latest controversy surrounding Apple and its iOS devices concerns apps and what they do with your personal data. Update: Apple will require apps to obtain permission from users before storing their contact information.

Thu, 16 Feb 12
Nvidia warns of chip supplies and loss of Samsung (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120216/tc_nm/us_nvidia
Reuters - Nvidia Corp warned that delays in ramping up new manufacturing technology are affecting sales of its PC graphics chips and that smartphone chip-customer Samsung Electronics has become a rival.

Thu, 16 Feb 12
CBS 4Q earnings top views, but sales fall short (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120215/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_cbs
AP - Broadcasting giant CBS Corp. said Wednesday that its earnings rose 31 percent in the final quarter of 2011, thanks to licensing shows to online video companies such as Netflix as well as cost-cutting that helped offset an advertising slowdown.

Thu, 16 Feb 12
Clear iPhone app offers simple, gesture-based task management (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11076_clear_iphone_app_offers_simple_gesture_based_task_management/44544332/SIG=13dtula6i/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/11076-clear
Appolicious - Realmac Software released Clear, a new iPhone to-do list manager to much anticipation today. The app not only requires iOS 5, but takes full advantage of the gesture system with its buttonless design. While it looks very appealing and is as simple as it gets, its complete independence from other core iOS features like push notifications or iCloud syncing, hold it back. Clear is, however, a solid option for those who really want to keep it simple.

Thu, 16 Feb 12
Fans' rite of spring: sun-seeking baseball trips (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120215/ap_on_bi_co_ne/us_on_the_money_spring_training_trips


FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2012 file photo, Riley Knies, age 9, from Bellingham, Wash., holds a ball as he watches the Seattle Mariners during spring training baseball practice, in Peoria, Ariz. Most fans dream of making at least one trek south to spend a week relaxing in the sun and watching their favorite teams play in Florida or Arizona. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)AP - Nothing stirs the blood of baseball fans quite like "pitchers and catchers report."

Wed, 15 Feb 12
Yahoo faces investor mutiny as Asia talks unravel (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120215/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_yahoo_turmoil
AP - Yahoo's hopes for a fresh start under a new CEO faded Tuesday as its closely watched discussions to sell most of its Asian holdings unraveled and a frustrated shareholder announced that he will try to seize four seats on the struggling Internet company's board.

Wed, 15 Feb 12
Zynga posts 4Q net loss on IPO-related stock costs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120215/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_zynga


FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2011 file photo, the corporate logo for Zynga, center, is shown on an electronic billboard at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York. Zynga Inc., releases quarterly financial results Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, after the market close. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - Online game maker Zynga Inc. reported a net loss for the last three months of 2011, weighed down by hefty stock-compensation expenses and other costs in its first quarter as a public company.

Wed, 15 Feb 12
Yahoo's talks to sell Asian assets unravel (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120215/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_yahoo_asian_holdings
AP - As Yahoo tries to head in a new direction, the fate of the struggling Internet company's Asian holdings remains in limbo.

Wed, 15 Feb 12
College on the cheap: Take a course at MIT for free (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120214/tc_yblog_technews/college-on-the-cheap-take-a-course-at-mit-for-free
Yahoo! News - A full year of classes at famed Massachusetts Institute of Technology costs a whopping $40,460. But just for being a faithful Tecca reader, we'll let you take a class at MIT in the comfort of your own home for the low, …

Wed, 15 Feb 12
New iPad 3 rumor hints that 4G LTE is in the cards (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120214/tc_yblog_technews/new-ipad-3-rumor-hints-that-4g-lte-is-in-the-cards
Yahoo! News - Harder, better, faster, stronger? The new iPad 3 devices on their way to store shelves could be all of those, with emphasis on faster. According to the Wall Street Journal, the new iPad 3 will come ready to run on fourth-generation LTE networks. …

Wed, 15 Feb 12
Valentine's Day Google Doodle Depicts All Forms of Love [VIDEO] (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20120214/tc_mashable/valentines_day_google_doodle_depicts_all_forms_of_love_video
Mashable - Cupid's big day is upon us again, and Google is celebrating the Feb. 14 holiday with an animated Doodle that demonstrates the limitations of the company's search engine when romance is thrown into the mix.

Wed, 15 Feb 12
Yahoo-Alibaba talks at an impasse: sources (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120215/wr_nm/us_yahoo


Iranian women use computers at an Internet cafe in central Tehran, Iran, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Many Iranian web users say their access to foreign email services such as Gmail, Yahoo mail and Hotmail appears to have been restored after a four day outage. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Reuters - Talks between Yahoo Inc and China's Alibaba over the U.S. Internet giant's Asian assets have hit an impasse, throwing their plans for a $17 billion tax-free asset swap into question, according to sources briefed on the situation.

Wed, 15 Feb 12
Zynga user growth disappoints, shares fall (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120215/wr_nm/us_zynga
Reuters - Zynga Inc failed to boost the ranks of its online gamers in its first quarter as a public company, fanning worries that it will have to rely on new games and other ways to squeeze more revenue out of existing users.

Wed, 15 Feb 12
Pay as you charge: Sony pushes tech that may charge your wallet as well as your laptop (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120215/tc_digitaltrends/payasyouchargesonypushestechthatmaychargeyourwalletaswellasyourlaptop
Digital Trends - Imagine, for a minute, that you’re at the airport. Your plane was delayed a few hours, you missed your connecting flight, your phone battery is annoyingly low, and all you want to do is let your loved ones back home know you’ll be late while you pass the time watching your favorite TV shows on your laptop or tablet of choice. As you wander into the airport café, your eyes swing left to right like a pendulum. Past the mom with the crying kid, beyond the courteous fellow who feels his bag is more entitled to a seat than you are. You continue to search until you find it, a free power outlet unoccupied by anyone, only it isn’t free.

Wed, 15 Feb 12
Blackberry 10 screenshots hint at inspiration from WP7, Android (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120214/tc_digitaltrends/blackberry10screenshotshintatinspirationfromwp7android
Digital Trends - Although Research in Motion has been floundering lately to keep its venerable BlackBerry smartphone from going the way of the laser disc, new images of the Blackberry 10 operating system reveal a slick homage to Android and Windows Phone.

Wed, 15 Feb 12
Caesars CEO cites online gaming opportunity (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/wr_nm/us_caesars_online
Reuters - Caesars Entertainment Corp stands to benefit from the rise of social media gaming, Chief Executive Gary Loveman said in a speech on Tuesday.

Wed, 15 Feb 12
Buffett builds media portfolio in fourth quarter (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120215/bs_nm/us_berkshire
Reuters - Berkshire Hathaway increased its exposure to media companies significantly in the fourth quarter, adding a new position in Liberty Media and substantially raising its stake in DirecTV, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

Wed, 15 Feb 12
Apple says independent group will inspect partner Foxconn’s plants (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11058_apple_says_independent_group_will_inspect_partner_foxconns_plants/44529294/SIG=13i6o93gm/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/11058-
Appolicious - Apple has announced that an independent organization called the Fair Labor Association is conducting inspections of plants in China where Apple devices are manufactured. This is in response to controversy over working conditions that kicked up in the last few weeks.

Wed, 15 Feb 12
FCC plans to suspend LightSquared's land network (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120215/media_nm/us_lightsquared_fcc
Reuters - U.S. communications regulators dealt a severe blow on Tuesday to LightSquared's plans to establish a high-speed wireless network, proposing to withdraw authority for the land-based portion after government experts said it would interfere with the GPS system.

Wed, 15 Feb 12
Michael Jackson: The Experience HD review (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120214/tc_digitaltrends/michaeljacksontheexperiencehdreview
Digital Trends - Michael Jackson: The Experience is a game for fans of Jacko. That might seem somewhat obvious, but it is truer than you might think. The previous incarnation of this game for the consoles was a dancing game, so even if you were only a mild fan of Jackson, you could still get into the dancing mechanics of the game. You didn’t need to even have a familiarity with the music to get some enjoyment out of it. Like the 3DS version before it, the Vita version is different.

Wed, 15 Feb 12
How a flashlight app will raise $450,000 in 7 days (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120214/tc_digitaltrends/howaflashlightappwillraise450000in7days
Digital Trends - It’s been a lucrative week for crowd funding. Last Thursday, the iPhone Elevation Dock, a simple yet elegant iPhone dock machined from a single piece of aircraft-grade aluminum, became the first project on Kickstarter to break the fabled $1,000,000 mark. Then the next day, as if to belabor the point, Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert went ahead and raised $1,000,000 bucks in less than 24 hours for their new video game project. If i4software — the makers of the popular Flashlight utility app for iOS and Android — have their way, the developers will raise $450,000 in a week, using a little-known marketplace called Appbackr.

Wed, 15 Feb 12
Android an obvious benefactor of Google-Motorola deal (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11054_android_an_obvious_benefactor_of_google_motorola_deal/44526657/SIG=13692tam3/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11054-android-an-o
Appolicious - The jig is up. As the $12.5 billion Google-Motorola deal gained approval from the U.S. just hours after the European Union granted clearance, it’s becoming harder to believe the acquisition will have little impact on Android. Google insists the Motorola Mobility buy was a patent acquisition to defend Android from the recent smattering of lawsuits from Apple and others. But this is really a win for Google, its Android OS and Motorola. From a device and software standpoint, it’s high time Google admits the need for an independent hardware channel. After all, this could work.

Wed, 15 Feb 12
Philips investigates possible cyber security breach (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/wr_nm/us_philips
Reuters - Philips Electronics said it shut down one of its servers on Monday because of a possible cyber attack and that it was investigating the nature and extent of the information that might have been accessed.

Tue, 14 Feb 12
US, EU clear Google's $12.5B Motorola Mobility bid (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_hi_te/us_google_motorola_mobility


FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, attendees at the National Retail Federation listen to a discussion about Google Wallet, in New York. The EU's antitrust watchdog has approved Google's $12.5 billion takeover of cell phone maker Motorola. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - Google's $12.5 billion bid to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility has won approvals from U.S. and European antitrust regulators, moving Google a major step closer to completing the biggest deal in its 13-year history.

Tue, 14 Feb 12
Apple stock breaks $500 level, continuing rally (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_hi_te/us_apple_stock
AP - Apple's stock broke above $500 for the first time Monday. It was the latest step in a rally that began more than two weeks ago, when the company reported staggering sales and profits for the holiday quarter.

Tue, 14 Feb 12
Independent group inspecting Apple suppliers (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_hi_te/us_apple_suppliers


FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2012 file photo, Sarah Ryan, left, and Shelby Knox, with Change.org arrive at the Apple store at Grand Central to deliver petitions asking Apple to change its manufacturing practices and to address criticism of worker conditions at manufacturing partners operating in China, in New York. Apple said Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, that an independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started inspecting the working conditions in the Chinese factories where its iPads and iPhones are assembled. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)AP - Apple said Monday that an independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started inspecting working conditions in the Chinese factories where its iPads and iPhones are assembled.

Tue, 14 Feb 12
Watch the movie trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120213/tc_yblog_technews/watch-the-movie-trailer-for-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter
Yahoo! News - Director Tim Burton's latest movie won't be in theaters until June 22, but the trailer for it is already making waves all across the internet. And for good reason: The not-quite-historically-accurate movie, titled Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, casts our beloved sixteenth president as …

Tue, 14 Feb 12
Toy Fair 2012: Skylanders Giants hands-on preview (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120213/tc_yblog_technews/toy-fair-2012-skylanders-giants-hands-on-preview
Yahoo! News - One of the most popular selling games for the 2011 Holiday season was Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure. And if publisher Activision has anything to say about it, the sequel Skylanders Giants will be even bigger than the original. Skylanders broke ground as a …

Tue, 14 Feb 12
Google gets U.S., EU nod to buy Motorola Mobility (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/wr_nm/us_google_motorola_eu
Reuters - U.S. and European regulators approved Google Inc's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc and said they would keep a sharp eye on the web search giant to ensure patents critical to the telecommunications industry would be licensed at fair prices.

Tue, 14 Feb 12
Plenty find love online, where lies abound: study (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/wr_nm/us_internet_love
Reuters - Half of American adults know someone who found love online, and while the Internet plays a more important role than before in starting relationships it is also a forum for cheating and lies that ends them, according to a survey released on Monday.

Tue, 14 Feb 12
SEC drops Lonza-Arch insider trading case, for now (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/bs_nm/us_arch_sec_lawsuit
Reuters - A U.S. market regulator is for now dropping insider trading cases against three Swiss asset managers, despite accusations that two of the defendants improperly thwarted its investigation, including by throwing out a BlackBerry.

Tue, 14 Feb 12
Samsung announces the Galaxy Tab 2, featuring Ice Cream Sandwich (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120213/tc_digitaltrends/samsungannouncesthegalaxytab2featuringicecreamsandwich
Digital Trends - Prior to Mobile World Congress, Samsung has announced the Galaxy Tab 2. The new 7-inch tablet will run Android Ice Cream Sandwich (meaning you can add it to the short list of devices that can access the new Chrome app) and feature Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi with 3G options.

Tue, 14 Feb 12
The second coming of Myspace has Facebook's Open Graph to thank (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120213/tc_digitaltrends/thesecondcomingofmyspacehasfacebooksopengraphtothank
Digital Trends - Myspace has long been the joke of the social media world. Last year the social networking site nearly self-imploded and was victim to massive layoffs, a less than impressive sale, and being written off as a News Corp mistake. Even little victories along the way haven’t been enough to offset the overwhelming failure of the site. Netting Justin Timberlake was gimmicky, and the first mention of Myspace TV sounded like a desperate attempt to grab onto the social TV trend.

Tue, 14 Feb 12
Why Are Apple Fans so Annoying? (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120213/tc_ac/10937864_why_are_apple_fans_so_annoying
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | "I have an iPhone, but it's just a phone to me," the person I was speaking with said. (Perhaps he knew I was an Android fan.) "I'm not, like, fanatical about it or anything."

Tue, 14 Feb 12
Sketch Club app supplies social art for iOS (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11049_sketch_club_app_supplies_social_art_for_ios/44519249/SIG=12siafut7/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/11049-sketch-club-app-suppli
Appolicious - It’s easy to dismiss Sketch Club as a gimmicky art app for amateurs, but don’t be too quick to tap away from this $2.99 universal package. The app is, in fact, a serious blend of standard and procedural drawing tools suitable for neophytes and professional digital artists alike.

Tue, 14 Feb 12
Google Wallet suspends prepaid credit cards in wake of security hack reveal (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11050_google_wallet_suspends_prepaid_credit_cards_in_wake_of_security_hack_reveal/44517121/SIG=13sr5b666/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/artic
Appolicious - Google has addressed a newly aired security hack for its Google Wallet mobile software that disables the use of prepaid credit cards while the company deals with patching the security hole.

Tue, 14 Feb 12
AT&T customers surprised by 'unlimited data' limit (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_at_t_data_slowdown


This undated screen grab provided by Mike Trang shows a warning message on the screen of Trang's iPhone that he received from AT&T advising he was in danger of having his data speeds throttled. AT&T considers Trang to be among the top 5 percent of the heaviest cellular data users in his area. Under a new policy, AT&T has started cutting their data speeds as part of an attempt to manage data usage on its network. (AP Photo/courtesy of Mike Trang)AP - Mike Trang likes to use his iPhone 4 as a GPS device, helping him get around in his job. Now and then, his younger cousins get ahold of it, and play some YouTube videos and games.

Tue, 14 Feb 12
Analysis: One area where Apple lags: Its low returns on cash (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/tc_nm/us_apple_investments
Reuters - Apple Inc once again rewarded shareholders richly as its shares surged to new highs above $500 on Monday. There is, though, one part of the iPhone and iPad company's business that is not exactly humming: Its management of a pile of money now probably exceeding $100 billion.

Tue, 14 Feb 12
Online ads startup snags $30 million from Temasek, SAP (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/wr_nm/us_marinsoftware_temasek
Reuters - Marin Software, a startup that publishes applications used to manage online advertising campaigns, has raised $30 million in a new investment round led by Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings.

Tue, 14 Feb 12
Top editor at Sun tabloid attacks UK hacking probe (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_phone_hacking
AP - Is Rupert Murdoch's best-selling newspaper in open revolt?

Mon, 13 Feb 12
Malaysia deports Saudi blogger behind Prophet Mohammad tweets (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120212/wr_nm/us_malaysia_saudi_blogger
Reuters - Malaysia deported a Saudi Arabian blogger on Sunday, police said, despite fears voiced by human rights groups that he could face execution in his home country over Twitter comments he made that were deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammad.

Mon, 13 Feb 12
Japan's Fanuc to build machine tools factory: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120212/bs_nm/us_fanuc
Reuters - Japan industrial robot maker Fanuc Ltd (6954.T) plans to build a new factory near Tokyo to double its domestic output capacity of machine tools to produce parts of smart phones by the end of the year, the Nikkei financial daily reported on Sunday.

Mon, 13 Feb 12
Toymakers look to 80s, apps and Facebook for hits (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120212/wr_nm/us_toyfair
Reuters - Coming off a year in which U.S. toy sales fell 2 percent, toymakers and buyers at the 109th American Toy Fair in New York are looking for the elusive runaway hit that failed to materialize in 2011.

Mon, 13 Feb 12
iStain iPhone app can’t do your laundry, not much help for spills either (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11021_istain_iphone_app_cant_do_your_laundry_not_much_help_for_spills_either/44504155/SIG=13nlhr2fj/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/1
Appolicious - Oh, to have my own washing machine. Apartment living means fighting over free machines, and never having enough quarters — and stains languishing in the hamper. In an attempt to get rid of those stains, I decided to give new app iStain for iPhone and iPod Touch a try while it’s currently on sale for 99 cents.

Mon, 13 Feb 12
RUU leak and sources confirm quad-core HTC Endeavor to run Ice Cream Sandwich (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120212/tc_digitaltrends/ruuleakandsourcesconfirmquadcorehtcendeavortorunicecreamsandwich
Digital Trends - The rate at which mobile is catching up to laptops and desktops is astounding. While most details surrounding the renamed HTC Endeavor (once known as the HTC Edge) were revealed in November, MoDaCo’s sources and a leaked ROM Update Utility for the Endeavor have confirmed our suspicions.

Mon, 13 Feb 12
Lionsgate reaps big money from digital distribution of shows (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120212/tv_nm/us_lionsgate
Reuters - Lionsgate's most recent quarter was hardly cause for celebration -- revenue fell 23 percent at the company -- but its digital and video-on-demand revenue was certainly impressive.

Mon, 13 Feb 12
In glitch, some Citi iPad app users double-paid their bills, bank reveals (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11036_in_glitch_some_citi_ipad_app_users_double_paid_their_bills_bank_reveals/44503529/SIG=13rqig6eo/*http://www.appolicious.com/finance/articl
Appolicious - Citibank said it is settling up with customers who had been using its Citibank for iPad app.

Mon, 13 Feb 12
Sun arrests pile pressure on Murdoch media empire (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/bs_nm/us_britain_newscorp_sun
Reuters - Rupert Murdoch is under pressure over his Sun tabloid after the arrests of several senior staff in a corruption probe, but whistleblowers inside his media empire may pose more of a threat than the public outrage that forced the closure of its sister paper.

Sun, 12 Feb 12
Norwegians seek A-ha! moment in North Korean music (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120211/ap_en_mu/eu_norway_north_korea


In this frame grab from a December 2011 video provided by Morten Traavik of the Barents Spektakel festival, North Korean accordion players perform 'Take on Me,' by A-ha, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Organizers of the Barents Spektakel festival said the five North Korean accordion players provided the soundtrack Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, as 250 Norwegian border guards formed a human canvas by holding up colored cards in shifting patterns — a tradition in the reclusive communist country. (AP Photo/Barents Spektakel, Morten Traavik)AP - It's not the face of North Korea the world is used to: five young musicians adding a playful twist to one of the most popular Western pop songs of the 1980s.

Sun, 12 Feb 12
Protests erupt across Europe against web piracy treaty (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120211/tc_nm/us_europe_protest_acta
Reuters - Tens of thousands of protesters took part in rallies across Europe on Saturday against an international anti-piracy agreement they fear will curb their freedom to download movies and music for free and encourage Internet surveillance.

Sun, 12 Feb 12
Opinion: Will Windows on ARM challenge the iPad where Android has failed? (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120211/tc_digitaltrends/opinionwillwindowsonarmchallengetheipadwhereandroidhasfailed
Digital Trends - WOA sounds like what you might tell a horse when you want it to stop, but it’s also the working acronym for Windows on ARM, which Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky recently detailed in a revealing blog post. I’m clearly going to have some fun with the acronym, but the new details of the operating system have some pretty heavy implications, too.There really are some little nuggets in Steven’s Blog post that suggest this could be a game changer on a lot of fronts.It might even make tablets as we know them obsolete.

Sun, 12 Feb 12
High hopes for HTC Android devices at Mobile World Congress 2012 (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11028_high_hopes_for_htc_android_devices_at_mobile_world_congress_2012/44493938/SIG=13h684kbu/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11028-h
Appolicious - HTC’s been in a tough spot this past year, losing ground to other Android device makers like Samsung. But this year’s Mobile World Congress could start to turn things around for the handset maker, with word of four new device launches at the Barcelona event, held later this month. It’s likely we’ll see the HTC Edge quad-core phone revealed at MWC, giving HTC its first “first” since the debut of the HTC Dream. ...

Sun, 12 Feb 12
Facebook 'defriending' led to double murder in Tennessee (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120211/tc_digitaltrends/facebookdefriendingledtodoublemurderintennessee
Digital Trends - As reported by Reuters this week, 36-year-old Billy Payne Jr. and his 23-year-old girlfriend, Billie Jean Hayworth, were both murdered after removing and blocking a woman previously on their Facebook friend’s list named Jenelle Potter. The parents of an 8-month-old baby boy named Tyler where allegedly shot and killed within their own home by Marvin Enoch “Buddy” Potter Jr., the 60-year-old father of the blocked woman, as well as 38-year-old Jamie Lynn Curd who has a romantic interest in Jenelle Potter. When police discovered the victims, Payne also has his throat slashed open and 8-month-old Tyler was found unharmed laying in the arms of the deceased mother.

Sun, 12 Feb 12
Viral video: Father shoots daughter's laptop after she whines about parents on Facebook (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120210/tc_digitaltrends/viralvideofathershootsdaughterslaptopaftershewhinesaboutparentsonfacebook
Digital Trends - Racking up over 3.5 million views on YouTube over the last 48 hours, a North Carolina man named Tommy Jordan, father of a fifteen-year old teenage girl named Hannah, decided to respond to his daughter’s complaints about their family life. His daughter posted a lengthy rant about her parents on Facebook and attempted to hide the post with the privacy settings Facebook provides for all users. However, her father somehow ended up with a copy to her diatribe and decided to film a video response called “Facebook Parenting: For the troubled teen”. He had recently spent over $100 as well as several hours of his time upgrading her laptop, thus the actions on the video were very much an emotional response to what he perceived was a lack of gratitude on her part.

Sun, 12 Feb 12
iPads for the US Air Force? 18,000 may soon be purchased (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120210/tc_digitaltrends/ipadsfortheusairforce18000maysoonbepurchased
Digital Trends - When it comes to purchasing equipment, most military machines around the world will spend their time leafing through catalogs packed with bullets and bombs. The US Air Force (USAF), however, is also taking a close look at something else—Apple’s iPad.

Sun, 12 Feb 12
Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested in bribe inquiry (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120211/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_phone_hacking
AP - Britain's biggest-selling newspaper was fighting to contain the damage after five employees at The Sun tabloid were arrested Saturday in an inquiry into the alleged payment of bribes to police and other officials.

Sat, 11 Feb 12
Review: Netflix and Hulu's new scripted originals (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_hi_te/us_netflix_hulu_scripted_originals


In this image released by Netflix, Steven Van Zandt is shown in a scene from 'Lillyhammer. Both Netflix and Hulu are debuting their first stabs at original scripted programming. Netflix has released all eight episodes of 'Lilyhammer' a fish-out-of-water drama with Steve Van Zandt, and on Tuesday, Hulu will premiere 'Battleground,' an 'Office'-style political faux-documentary. (AP Photo/Netflix)AP - Within just over a week, Netflix and Hulu are both debuting their first stabs at original scripted programming.

Sat, 11 Feb 12
Netflix settlement trims 14 pct off 4Q earnings (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120211/ap_on_hi_te/us_netflix_settlement
AP - Netflix pressed the rewind button on its fourth-quarter earnings after settling allegations that the video subscription service violated a consumer-privacy law.

Sat, 11 Feb 12
Red-hot valentines for the guys, gals, and geeks we love (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120210/tc_yblog_technews/red-hot-valentines-for-the-guys-gals-and-geeks-we-love
Yahoo! News - Chocolates that you picked up from the grocery store on the way home from work a few minutes before the big V-Day date are not sexy. In the world of fine taste, they rate somewhere around squirt cheese, Spam, and tuna casserole — which …

Sat, 11 Feb 12
Italian satellite is a laser disco ball for science (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120210/tc_yblog_technews/italian-satellite-is-a-laser-disco-ball-for-science
Yahoo! News - If Albert Einstein were alive to witness Italy's Laser Relativity Satellite (LARES) in action, he might just start dancing. That's because the tungsten sphere, just over a foot in diameter, is meant to orbit the Earth and help scientists prove part …

Sat, 11 Feb 12
Path fumble highlights Internet privacy concerns (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120210/wr_nm/us_socialmedia_privacy_path
Reuters - A privacy debate surrounding fledgling social network Path went viral this week, triggering discussions on blogs and on Twitter about how far social networks can go in using members' private data.

Sat, 11 Feb 12
Sony's Hirai to extend PlayStation strategy (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120210/tc_nm/us_sony_hirai
Reuters - Incoming CEO Kazuo Hirai aims to re-shape Sony Corp by linking hardware and software through online networks -- a model he used at its PlayStation unit -- dismissing any suggestion the battered brand would revert to a gadget-centered strategy under his management.

Sat, 11 Feb 12
Google Wallet a security risk: researchers (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120211/wr_nm/us_googlewallet_security
Reuters - Security researchers said they found a vulnerability in the Google Inc mobile payments platform which is currently available in phones sold by Sprint Nextel Corp.

Sat, 11 Feb 12
Android@home could rival Apple AirPlay (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11026_android_home_could_rival_apple_airplay/44482804/SIG=12ntv6ne5/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11026-android-home-could-rival-ap
Appolicious - One area in which Google has yet to catch up with Apple is home entertainment. That may soon change, as Google is reportedly working on an Android-based home music system called Android@home. Such a system would likely be among the first products to come out of Project Tungsten, which Google demonstrated at their I/O conference last spring. There, Google showed a tablet that could manage various aspects of the home, including turning lights on and off, sending music from the Internet to a hi-fi, and speakers laced with an NFC chip to initiate music play.

Sat, 11 Feb 12
Cupid targets the Fed with early Valentine tweets (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120211/wr_nm/us_usa_fed_valentines
Reuters - It isn't often you see the words "love", "romance", and "Federal Reserve" in the same sentence.

Sat, 11 Feb 12
Dad Shoots up Laptop -- Was it Right? (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120210/us_ac/10951342_dad_shoots_up_laptop__was_it_right
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY| What happens when a young teenager disrespects her parents on Facebook? For Tommy Jordan, it meant posting a video on YouTube and Facebook, putting 10 hollow point bullets into his daughter's laptop and grounding her for the foreseeable future. Did he go too far?

Sat, 11 Feb 12
Apple’s iOS surpasses Mac OS X in web traffic (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11033_apples_ios_surpasses_mac_os_x_in_web_traffic/44486631/SIG=12t6nmkkb/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/11033-apples-ios-surpasses-
Appolicious - Apple’s mobile devices apparently have been taking a bite out of the larger PC market, but they’re also eating up some of Apple’s own computer market share, a new web traffic study suggests.

Sat, 11 Feb 12
Microsoft to beat Apple at retail by being... less crowded? (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120210/tc_digitaltrends/microsofttobeatappleatretailbybeinglesscrowded
Digital Trends - Try to imagine you are Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer. You’re weary of Apple’s perennial coolness, and of the fact that Mac sales have been growing at a startling clip. Your company basically invented the tablet 10 years ago, but didn’t have the chutzpah to take it mainstream, and now Apple has built the most valuable company in the world on the popularity of mobile devices. You’re still essentially minting money, Windows 8 is just over the horizon, but a voice in the back of your head is nagging that something needs to change. Found in this position, you might direct all your company’s resources toward innovation, to creating fascinating new products the world can’t live without. Or, you could just start building Microsoft retail stores directly across the mall from Apple Stores. As Ballmer told Business Week recently, “Well, the traffic is going to be there, and we’ve got to beat them anyway.”

Sat, 11 Feb 12
Chrome Beta leads Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11014_chrome_beta_leads_android_apps_of_the_week/44480481/SIG=12r064jg9/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11014-chrome-beta-leads-andro
Appolicious - Google made a grand gesture in launching the Chrome browser beta for Android. Gaining popularity on the desktop, it was only a matter of time before Google merged its browser and mobile efforts with an Android version of Chrome. Vonage also made a splash with its Android debut, competing with established players like Skype and Google’s own VoIP service. Rdio has completely reworked its Android app in hopes of making its mark on the Android Market’s music scene, while Zlango reached 1 million users just a few months after its launch.

Sat, 11 Feb 12
iPad 3: Everything we (might) know (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120211/tc_digitaltrends/ipad3everythingwemightknow
Digital Trends - There’s no doubt about it: Apple will, at some point in the near future, release the next version of its market-ruling tablet, the iPad. Nobody outside Apple’s walled garden can say for sure what the new device will offer — but as with any Cupertino creation, there are plenty of tips, rumors, speculation and good ol’ fashioned guesses to satisfy us till launch day. Here, a quick round-up of the most-likely details surrounding the iPad 3 (or whatever it’s called).

Sat, 11 Feb 12
Google working to patch Wallet security holes (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11032_google_working_to_patch_wallet_security_holes/44485842/SIG=12u3ej451/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11032-google-working-to-pa
Appolicious - One of the big pushes Google is making for the future of its Android mobile platform is in Google Wallet, the near-field communication software that lets users make purchases in brick-and-mortar stores using only information stored and broadcast over short range by their smartphones.

Sat, 11 Feb 12
Turbo-traders take Bank of America for a ride (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_bank_of_america_stock


FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 file photo, Bank of America Merrill Lynch traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. There are fewer and fewer traders on the NYSE floor because of the dominance of computer trading of securities - including the high-frequency trading that can take advantage of price changes in a millisecond. Bank of America is the stock of the moment for high-frequency trading; investors use computer algorithms to exploit small changes in a stock's price. If a computer can seize on a stock like Bank of America a fraction of a second faster than the rest of the market, it can book a tiny profit. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - On a normal day, 4 billion shares of stock change hands on the New York Stock Exchange. One in 10 belongs to a single company. It's not McDonald's or IBM, both of which have been on a tear.

Fri, 10 Feb 12
LinkedIn's 4Q revenue doubles, stock soars 8 pct (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_linkedin


FILE - In this May 19, 2011 file photo,the LinkedIn logo is displayed in the foyer at headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. LinkedIn Corp., releases quarterly financial results Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, after the market close. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - LinkedIn provided further evidence of online networking's popularity and moneymaking potential with a fourth-quarter performance that got a glowing review on Wall Street.

Fri, 10 Feb 12
Brazil files injunction against Twitter (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_twitter
AP - A request for an injunction to stop Twitter users from alerting drivers to police roadblocks, radar traps and drunk-driving checkpoints could make Brazil the first country to take Twitter up on its plan to censor content at governments' requests.

Fri, 10 Feb 12
Kodak to stop making cameras, digital frames (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_hi_te/us_kodak_cameras


In this Jan. 5, 2012 photo, a Kodak Easyshare digital camera is displayed at B&H Photo & Video, in New York. Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in order to focus on its more profitable businesses. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - Picture it: Save for a few disposable point-and-shoots, Kodak is exiting the camera business.

Fri, 10 Feb 12
Mitsubishi unveils super fast bullet-shaped elevator for the Shanghai Tower (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120209/tc_yblog_technews/mitsubishi-unveils-super-fast-bullet-shaped-elevator-for-the-shanghai-tower
Yahoo! News - In the next few years, Burj Khalifa will lose not only its status as the tallest skyscraper in the world, but also its right to be called home to the fastest elevators. Mitsubishi recently unveiled the mock-up design of its new elevator …

Fri, 10 Feb 12
DJ Barack Obama: The prez releases a digital campaign mixtape (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120209/tc_yblog_technews/dj-barack-obama-the-prez-releases-a-digital-campaign-mixtape
Yahoo! News - Need a hot new mix of music for when you drive off to your next political rally, or maybe for your next long trip to Newt Gingrich's moon colony? Relax — DJ Barack Obama has you covered with his official Spotify campaign …

Fri, 10 Feb 12
'Bachelor' Contestant Courtney Gets Auto-Tuned [VIDEO] (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20120209/tc_mashable/bachelor_contestant_courtney_gets_autotuned_video
Mashable - Fans of The Bachelor are all too familiar with this season's over-the-top contestant Courtney, who makes snide comments at the camera and likes to take off her bikini top.

Fri, 10 Feb 12
Catholic leaders to use Internet against pedophiles (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120210/wr_nm/us_vatican_abuse_internet
Reuters - Roman Catholic Church leaders unveiled an Internet teaching project on Thursday to help clergy around the world root out pedophiles in their ranks and protect children from potential abusers.

Fri, 10 Feb 12
Rebuild tops iPhone Games of the Week (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11010_rebuild_tops_iphone_games_of_the_week/44475937/SIG=12nl44br3/*http://www.appolicious.com/games/articles/11010-rebuild-tops-iphone-games-o
Appolicious - This week saw a number of great casual and arcade titles hit the iTunes App Store, and one nicely updated simulation game that’s finally available to a lot more players. That game is Rebuild, in which you’ll need to gather survivors of a zombie apocalypse and rebuild a city, Sim City-style. It’s also on sale this week, which definitely makes it worth checking out, along with four other solid titles with lots of different experiences on offer.

Fri, 10 Feb 12
Why Are Digital Cameras Disappearing? (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120209/tc_ac/10907193_why_are_digital_cameras_disappearing
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to Mike Tomkins of Imaging Resource, digital camera maker Canon is in a bit of a bind. Its high-end Single Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras are growing in popularity, but compact cameras -- the basic point-and-shoot variety -- are starting to tank except in "emerging markets." Which is code for third-world countries, where most people can't afford SLRs anyway.

Fri, 10 Feb 12
Keep track of your social life with the Eventbrite Android app (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11016_keep_track_of_your_social_life_with_the_eventbrite_android_app/44475000/SIG=13f8gs162/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11016-kee
Appolicious - Next week I have a networking event, a tweet-up, and a charity cocktail hour. It is so very hard to keep all the information for these social events organized, which is why I love the free Eventbrite app. I just log-in to the app with my email address and this savvy Android app gives me access to all the tickets I’ve bought for upcoming events through Eventbrite.

Fri, 10 Feb 12
Facebook "defriending" led to double murder, police say (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120210/wr_nm/us_murders_facebook_tennessee
Reuters - A Tennessee couple who "defriended" a woman on Facebook were murdered in their home by the jilted woman's father and another man, police said on Thursday.

Fri, 10 Feb 12
How the iPhone is raising your phone bill (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120210/tc_digitaltrends/howtheiphoneisraisingyourphonebill
Digital Trends - All four major U.S. cell phone carriers have now released their financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011, and all three of iPhone carriers tout their success during the quarter, bolstered by new subscribers to their wireless voice and data services. No surprise for a phone more popular than all Android smartphones combined, right?

Fri, 10 Feb 12
Longform iPad app serves up feature writing at its best (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11011_longform_ipad_app_serves_up_feature_writing_at_its_best/44473526/SIG=138920nam/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/11011-longform-i
Appolicious - With so much web content written to fit in a status message or 140 characters, finding in-depth articles has become somewhat difficult. Since 2010, Longform.org has been challenging that problem, by combing the web for the best in long-form journalism and writing. Now the site has brought its service directly to iPad with Longform.

Fri, 10 Feb 12
Weekly Rewind: Path uploads user info, Chrome Beta launches on mobile, and Amazon teams up with Viacom (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120209/tc_digitaltrends/weeklyrewindpathuploadsuserinfochromebetalaunchesonmobileandamazonteamsupwithviacom
Digital Trends - Didn’t have time to keep up with every ripple in the technology pond this week? We’ve got you covered. Here are some of the most noteworthy stories from the last week.

Fri, 10 Feb 12
Opening Access to YouTube Right Move for Chicago Public Schools (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120210/tc_ac/10934464_opening_access_to_youtube_right_move_for_chicago_public_schools
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Chicago Tribune recently reported that the Chicago Public Schools system has changed its position on the website YouTube. Teachers, previously blocked from using YouTube, now have access to the ubiquitous video site. This is the right move for the district. Technology offers unlimited ways to engage and challenge students, and districts would be foolish to take away such valuable tools for its teaching staffs.

Fri, 10 Feb 12
Cinemagram brings animated GIFS to the iPhone and makes us wonder what's going on over at Instagram (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120209/tc_digitaltrends/cinemagrambringsanimatedgifstotheiphoneandmakesuswonderwhatsgoingonoveratinstagram
Digital Trends - A new app called Cinemagram launched today, and it’s getting a lot of attention for bringing animated GIFs to the masses. It’s become a popular art form across Tumblr and fashion-focused social networks, and until recently came with a fairly complicated process. You’d need editing software access and know-how, as well as a good deal of patience. Of course there are generators out there but those clearly don’t produce the results you get from doing it yourself.

Fri, 10 Feb 12
Oracle to pay $1.9B for Taleo, extends SAP rivalry (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_hi_te/us_oracle_taleo_acquisition


FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, Oracle signs are displayed at the National Retail Federation, in New York. Oracle is paying $1.9 billion for Taleo Corp., a company that helps businesses manage their employees. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - Oracle Corp. is escalating its rivalry with German business-software maker SAP AG with a $1.9 billion purchase of Taleo Corp., a company that helps businesses hire and manage their employees.

Thu, 9 Feb 12
Review: Soulo converts iPad into karaoke machine (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_life_tech_test_karaoke_on_the_ipad


This product image provided by First Act, Inc., shows the Soulo Digital Wireless Mic and App, a consumer electronics product that turns an iPad into a karaoke machine. (AP Photo/First Act, Inc.)AP - Karaoke lovers typically fall into two categories: Those who enjoy it, and those whose arms have to be twisted to get up and sing in public.

Thu, 9 Feb 12
Lawsuit seeks to block Google's privacy changes (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_hi_te/us_google_privacy_lawsuit
AP - A consumer watchdog group is suing the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to prevent Google from making sweeping changes to its privacy policies next month.

Thu, 9 Feb 12
Cisco beats estimates with 2Q earnings, sales (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_cisco


In this Feb. 2, 2012 photo, shows Cisco CEO John Chambers watches a Stanford basketball game in Palo Alto, Calif. Cisco Systems Inc., reports quarterly financial results Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, after the market close. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Cisco, the world's largest maker of computer networking equipment, on Wednesday said that its net income jumped 44 percent in the latest quarter as it continues to put last year's slump behind it.

Thu, 9 Feb 12
Just Show Me: How to check your data usage on Android 4.0 (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120208/tc_yblog_technews/just-show-me-how-to-check-your-data-usage-on-android-4-0
Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to check your data usage on your Android 4.0 phone. Android …

Thu, 9 Feb 12
Far-out footage: Water droplets orbit a knitting needle on the International Space Station (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120209/tc_yblog_technews/far-out-footage-water-droplets-orbit-a-knitting-needle-on-the-international-space-station
Yahoo! News - When NASA astronaut Dan Burbank left Earth for the International Space Station as part of Expedition 30 last November, he took along some knitting needles, but not for making a space sweater. The mission's commander brought them to make a point — …

Thu, 9 Feb 12
British Cabinet Warns of Possible Internet Outages During Summer Olympics (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20120208/tc_mashable/british_cabinet_warns_of_possible_internet_outages_during_summer_olympics
Mashable - The British Cabinet Office has warned businesses in England that the country may not be able to fully accommodate a surge in Internet use during the 2012 Olympics in London this summer. Businesses have been told that Internet providers may be forced to ration access to the web during certain times of day and service may fall out altogether at other times.

Thu, 9 Feb 12
McCartney to debut new songs live on iTunes stream (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_en_mu/us_people_paul_mccartney


FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2011 file photo, musician Paul McCartney performs on stage during his 'Good Evening Europe' European Tour, his first since 2004, at the O2 arena in London. McCartney will debut the songs from his new album 'Kisses on the Bottom' in a free live streaming performance on iTunes. The performance takes place at 10 p.m. EST Thursday from Capitol Studios in Los Angeles where much of the new album was recorded. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, file) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Paul McCartney will debut the songs from his new album "Kisses on the Bottom" in a free live streaming performance on iTunes.

Thu, 9 Feb 12
Akamai Q4 beats as demand for online content soars (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120208/wr_nm/us_akamaitechnologies
Reuters - Internet content delivery company Akamai Technologies Inc posted a fourth-quarter profit above analysts' expectations, helped by growing demand for online content, sending its shares up 12 percent in trading after the bell.

Thu, 9 Feb 12
Facebook afterglow lights up IPO markets (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120208/bs_nm/us_ipodebut
Reuters - The excitement generated by Facebook's IPO filing rubbed off on companies listing on U.S. stock exchanges on Wednesday, with four of them seeing strong first-day gains.

Thu, 9 Feb 12
Americans Aren't Entitled to Have Free Cellphones (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120208/tc_ac/10941582_americans_arent_entitled_to_have_free_cellphones
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to Time, a federal program paid $1.6 billion last year to provide free cellphones and pay monthly phone bills for low-income Americans. The money to fund the program -- which has seen a dramatic rise in its participants since 2008 -- mostly comes from the Universal Service Fund, which is a fee land-line and wireless customers pay.

Thu, 9 Feb 12
Facebook discloses details on bonuses (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_facebook_filing
AP - Facebook's top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, are eligible for twice-a-year bonuses of up to 45 percent of their base salaries and other earnings, according to a Wednesday regulatory filing.

Thu, 9 Feb 12
Starhawk beta code giveaway (round 2)! (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120208/tc_digitaltrends/starhawkbetacodegiveawayround2
Digital Trends - For those of you that missed out on the early access to the beta and are not PlayStation Plus members, here is your chance to get the jump in everyone else before the Starhawk beta goes public on February 21!

Thu, 9 Feb 12
Update: Path now lets users opt-out of sharing contacts (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles10993_update_path_now_lets_users_opt_out_of_sharing_contacts/44462218/SIG=13766nofl/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/10993-update-path
Appolicious - Update: Path now lets users opt-out of sharing contacts

Thu, 9 Feb 12
Apple's patent plea: Stop Samsung and Motorola from holding us hostage (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120209/tc_digitaltrends/applespatentpleastopsamsungandmotorolafromholdingushostage
Digital Trends - The world of patent licensing often seems like a maze of twisty little passages, all alike, but every so often the industry stumbles into a new tunnel — or, at least, one that seems new at first glance. Such is the case with Apple, which has asked the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to establish a set of basic principles governing so-called fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing of patented technologies included in wireless communications standards. That sentence may make many consumers’ eyes glaze over, but it boils down to this: Apple wants rules saying that if a company contributes their technology to a standard, they don’t get to use that technology to beat up competitors who use that standard.

Thu, 9 Feb 12
The entire history of radio in one simple infographic (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120208/tc_digitaltrends/theentirehistoryofradioinonesimpleinfographic
Digital Trends - In this day and age, we take the amazing technology we have for granted. Not only that, we take it for granted that technology is, and will continue to be, amazing. We can communicate with almost anyone in the world, in real-time. We can broadcast live video streams via our cell phones. We can do almost anything. And what we can’t do yet, we will almost certainly be able to do in the near future.

Thu, 9 Feb 12
Pay for play: Are marketers manipulating Apple's App Store rankings? (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120208/tc_digitaltrends/payforplayaremarketersmanipulatingapplesappstorerankings
Digital Trends - With over 500,000 apps available through Apple’s App Store, it can be daunting for developers to get their apps noticed — let alone downloaded. Enter a recent thread on app developer site Touch Arcade, in which a poster who was recently shopping around for ways to get his app more exposure was contacted by a “marketing” company that promised it could break apps into the top 25 rankings in exchange for a lump sum payment — in this case $5,000. The company in question went on to present a list of client apps that are currently sitting pretty on the list of 20 most popular free iPhone apps (8 out of 20 to be exact). That’s rarified air even for big-name developers. According to the poster, the company achieves its ends by utilizing outsourced bot farms to automatically download client apps (something the company freely admitted), thus moving them quickly up the rankings, at which point “human” users notice them and really get the numbers up.

Thu, 9 Feb 12
Gameloft releases new social platform app for Android (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11003_gameloft_releases_new_social_platform_app_for_android/44460068/SIG=137beaunq/*http://www.androidapps.com/games/articles/11003-gameloft-re
Appolicious - Mobile game maker Gameloft is responsible for some of the biggest-budget, biggest-name games on Google’s Android operating system (as well as Apple’s iOS), which is probably why it has 7 million registered players in its proprietary gaming network. Today the company released a new app that lets dedicated Gameloft fans access that network even when they’re not playing Asphalt 6 or Modern Combat.

Thu, 9 Feb 12
The U.S. and China: A Duel to the Debt (The Motley Fool)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/fool/20120208/bs_fool_fool/rx180356
The Motley Fool - In this period of "exceptional uncertainty" (to quote Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke), where can investors turn for a considered perspective on the current environment? Produced to feed the beast of the 24-hour news cycle, the bulk of financial journalism and commentary today isn't worth the servers it is stored on. One notable exception to that rule is Buttonwood, the financial markets column of The Economist. Philip Coggan is the columnist -- arguably the most influential position in financial journalism (along with the head of Lex at the Financial Times).

Wed, 8 Feb 12
Chairman, 3 others out in Yahoo board shake-up (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_hi_te/us_yahoo_board_shakeup


FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2004 file photo, Roy Bostock, chairman of the Partnership for a Drug Free America, speaks during a news conference in New York. Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 announced taht Bostock, Chairman of Yahoo since 2008, and three longtime board members are stepping down, fulfilling the wishes of many frustrated shareholders who believe the directors have been part of the problem that has dragged down the Internet company's revenue and stock price. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)AP - Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock and three longtime board members are stepping down, submitting to the demands of many frustrated shareholders who blame them for contributing to the follies that have dragged down the Internet company's revenue and stock price.

Wed, 8 Feb 12
Disney 1Q revenue misses estimates but profits up (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120207/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_disney


In this Feb. 6, 2012 photo, The Disney Soda Fountain & Studio Store marquee is seen on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. Walt Disney Co. releases quarterly financial earnings Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, after the market close. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that its net income rose 12 percent in the final quarter of 2011, as a slimmer movie slate and upbeat theme park results helped the company top earnings forecasts even while revenue gains were less than expected.

Wed, 8 Feb 12
2.1 million viewers live stream Super Bowl online (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_live_stream
AP - The first live stream of the Super Bowl drew 2.1 million unique viewers, NBC said Thursday.

Wed, 8 Feb 12
Court rules that it’s legal to sell used MP3s (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120207/tc_yblog_technews/court-rules-that-its-legal-to-sell-used-mp3s
Yahoo! News - What do you do when you no longer want an MP3 you paid to download from iTunes? Do you simply delete it? That may be a huge missed opportunity — a federal judge in New York ruled today that it is …

Wed, 8 Feb 12
Adorable bird-shaped smoke detector saves lives by chirping (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120207/tc_yblog_technews/adorable-bird-shaped-smoke-detector-saves-lives-by-chirping
Yahoo! News - Who says smoke detectors can't be as fun as they are functional? This adorable bird-shaped product called Chick-a-Dee adds a bit of charm to your home while keeping you safe at the same time. Modeled after the American black-capped chickadee, it mimics …

Wed, 8 Feb 12
Yahoo chairman exits, review drags on (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120208/wr_nm/us_yahoo


In this image released by Yahoo!, documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock is shown in 'The Failure Club,' a series about people trying to do the things they've always feared, for Yahoo! After years of drips and drabs of experimentation, the top video destinations on the Web are flush with original projects and teaming with a new wave of niche-oriented content creators. (AP Photo/Yahoo!)Reuters - Yahoo Inc Chairman Roy Bostock and three other directors will step down as the struggling company ploughs ahead with an internal overhaul, including discussions on dealing with its stakes in China's Alibaba Group and Yahoo Japan.

Wed, 8 Feb 12
IMDB "Jane Doe" case gets a court date (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120207/media_nm/us_janedoe_imdb
Reuters - Junie Hoang, the actress suing the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) for revealing her age, will see her day -- and perhaps two days -- in court next year.

Wed, 8 Feb 12
Social Gaming Apps for Android -- Steam, Xbox Live and More (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120208/tc_ac/10930796_social_gaming_apps_for_android__steam_xbox_live_and_more
ContributorNetwork - For many people, gaming is no longer a solitary experience where you buy a game and bring it back home and play it -- not even on Android-powered smartphones and tablets. Because it's not just that people are buying games from the Android Market, or Gameloft's store, or other online marketplaces. They're making friends, playing online, and earning trophies and achievements through gameplay that their friends can then see on their profiles.

Wed, 8 Feb 12
Google Android Mascot Merchandise -- Own Your Own Tiny Robot (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120207/tc_ac/10933164_google_android_mascot_merchandise__own_your_own_tiny_robot
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Say what you will about the relative merits of Android smartphones vs. the iPhone, but the Android mascot wins against the iPhone's hands-down. This is largely because the iPhone doesn't have a mascot, but that's not the point. The point is that the cute little green robot seen all over Android phone commercials (and depicted in Google branding) can be yours, and can sit on your desk or even do useful things for you. And yes, he comes in more colors than just green.

Wed, 8 Feb 12
CalSTRS wants Facebook board to expand, add women (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120208/tc_nm/us_facebook_calstrs


An illustration picture shows the log-on screen for the website Facebook, in Munich February 2, 2012. REUTERS/Michael DalderReuters - The California State Teachers' Retirement System, the second-largest largest pension fund in the United States, wants Facebook Inc to expand its board of directors and diversify a panel that has no women.

Wed, 8 Feb 12
Halliburton to abandon BlackBerry, turn to iPhone (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120207/tc_nm/us_halliburton_blackberry
Reuters - Oil field services company Halliburton plans to stop issuing BlackBerry smartphones to employees and switch over to Apple's iPhone, which it said was better suited to its needs, marking another setback for Research In Motion.

Wed, 8 Feb 12
Path iPhone app shown to be uploading iOS address books to its servers (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles10993_path_iphone_app_shown_to_be_uploading_ios_address_books_to_its_servers/44449975/SIG=13nctkj0n/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/1
Appolicious - One of the most popular social networking apps available for iOS and Android devices is in a bit of hot water.

Wed, 8 Feb 12
Summary Box: Jobs flow from mobile, Facebook apps (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120207/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_app_economy_jobs_summary_box
AP - CAREER OPPORTUNITY: All those apps being made for smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network are helping the U.S. economy lower its unemployment rate. A study released Tuesday by the technology trade group TechNet estimates apps are responsible for creating about 466,000 U.S. jobs since 2007.

Wed, 8 Feb 12
Amazon, Viacom close to Web video deal (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120207/bs_nm/us_amazon_viacom
Reuters - Amazon.com Inc is about to announce a Web video deal with Viacom Inc in what sources said was one of the last steps in a plan to launch a standalone subscription service to compete with Netflix Inc.

Wed, 8 Feb 12
Don’t stress tax time with these helpful iPhone apps (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles10986_dont_stress_tax_time_with_these_helpful_iphone_apps/44449199/SIG=137vrje5j/*http://www.appolicious.com/finance/articles/10986-dont-stress
Appolicious - It’s tax time! What, it isn’t a happy time for you? Well maybe you should spend more time prepping throughout the year with your iPhone apps so you don’t get so stressed out come the beginning of next year. Tax time shouldn’t be stressful, it should be routine. Here are some helpful tax apps to get you started on a road to financial stability.

Wed, 8 Feb 12
RIM tells European developers it's "ready to compete" (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120207/tc_nm/us_rim


A sign of Research in Motion (RIM) is seen at its headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, January 22, 2012. REUTERS/Geoff RobinsReuters - Next-generation software for BlackBerry's smartphones is "ready to compete", Research In Motion's new chief executive, Thorsten Heins, told more than 2,000 technical developers on Tuesday, expressing confidence in RIM's long-term future.

Tue, 7 Feb 12
Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120207/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_verizon_redbox


In this Jan. 6, 2012 photo, attendees check out the unveiling of 4G devices at the Verizon booth during the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas. Challenging Netflix, Verizon said Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, it will start a video streaming service later this year in cooperation with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.

Tue, 7 Feb 12
Verizon-Redbox deal adds to online video choices (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_verizon_redbox_online_streaming_choices


In this Jan. 6, 2012 photo, attendees check out the unveiling of 4G devices at the Verizon booth during the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas. Challenging Netflix, Verizon said Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, it will start a video streaming service later this year in cooperation with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - A new Internet streaming venture built around Redbox's DVD-rental kiosks adds to a crowded field of online video-viewing services dominated by Netflix.

Tue, 7 Feb 12
Coinstar's stock soars on strong 4Q for Redbox (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_coinstar


COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Redbox, Bob Mudge, right, president of Verizon Consumer and Mass Business Markets, and Paul Davis, CEO of Coinstar, Inc. announced today, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, in New York, a joint venture that delivers a combination of Redbox entertainment options with an on-demand streaming service from Verizon, Inc. Redbox Automated Retail, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coinstar, Inc. (Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Redbox)AP - Coinstar's fourth-quarter earnings soared past analyst estimates as the company's Redbox kiosks for renting DVDs picked up customers who stopped getting their discs through Netflix's rival service.

Tue, 7 Feb 12
Shop like you used to: Amazon mulling brick-and-mortar rollout (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120206/tc_yblog_technews/shop-like-you-used-to-amazon-mulling-brick-and-mortar-rollout
Yahoo! News - From e-tail to retail? If rumors are true, massive online marketplace Amazon is taking a risky step: opening a brick-and-mortar store of its own. Plans for the new store aren't entirely solid yet. Still, Amazon is supposedly looking into opening up …

Tue, 7 Feb 12
Just Show Me: 3 great to-do apps for your Android phone (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120206/tc_yblog_technews/just-show-me-3-great-to-do-apps-for-your-android-phone
Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you three great to-do apps for your Android phone. To get started, download …

Tue, 7 Feb 12
Kindle-wielding Amazon dips toes into physical world (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/wr_nm/us_amazon_stores
Reuters - Amazon.com Inc is dipping its toes into the physical world as the largest online retailer offers more products in stores that may benefit from hands-on interaction with shoppers.

Tue, 7 Feb 12
Love gone wrong? Go digital to get over an ex (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_hi_te/us_fea_digital_breakovers


This undated frame grab provided by WotWentWrong.com shows the company's home page on its website. Online dating sites and apps for hooking up on the go are abundant. But breakup tech hasn't kept pace. The latest entrant is WotWentWrong, brand new for dumpees in search of feedback from their formers after a first date fails to produce a follow-up call or budding love dies on the vine without explanation. (AP Photo/WotWentWrong.com)AP - You thought you found your one true love online, but now you've been dumped by text or defriended on Facebook without a peep of explanation. Hours of bad TV in your bathrobe haven't helped. Your friends are tired of your whining.

Tue, 7 Feb 12
Why Are Digital Cameras Disappearing? (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120206/tc_ac/10907193_why_are_digital_cameras_disappearing
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to Mike Tomkins of Imaging Resource, digital camera maker Canon is in a bit of a bind. Its high-end Single Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras are growing in popularity, but compact cameras -- the basic point-and-shoot variety -- are starting to tank except in "emerging markets." Which is code for third-world countries, where most people can't afford SLRs anyway.

Tue, 7 Feb 12
Symantec warns of mutating malware in Android Market (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles10979_symantec_warns_of_mutating_malware_in_android_market/44435749/SIG=135k6p9gg/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/10979-symantec-warn
Appolicious - The world of mobile device malware is getting a little more dangerous with the announcement from tech security company Symantec that it has discovered malware programs that mutate every time they’re downloaded.

Tue, 7 Feb 12
Exclusive: Facebook governance a concern for Calif pension fund (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120207/bs_nm/us_facebook_calstrs
Reuters - Facebook's corporate governance rules, which give shareholders little say in how the social networking website would be run as a public company, are raising the hackles of one of the largest U.S. investors, the California State Teachers' Retirement System.

Tue, 7 Feb 12
Taiwan smartphone maker HTC sees Q1 revenue lagging (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/tc_nm/us_htc
Reuters - Taiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp expects to post much lower-than-expected revenue in the first quarter, underscoring analyst views that it will face another weak quarter and an uphill struggle to prove to investors it still retains its innovative touch.

Tue, 7 Feb 12
Shakespeare in Bits: Hamlet leads iOS Apps of the Week (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles10974_shakespeare_in_bits_hamlet_leads_ios_apps_of_the_week/44437475/SIG=136139c9g/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/10974-shakespeare-
Appolicious - With Super Bowl Sunday having come and gone, you won’t see any football-focused apps in this week’s top selections. Instead there’s a little something for everyone. Apps for gamers, apps for fans of classic literature and even new interactive apps that might forecast the future of media as we know it. This eclectic selection should keep you busy for while. Besides, Spring Training starts in a few weeks anyway!

Tue, 7 Feb 12
Evi attempts to fill Siri void for non-4S users (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles10975_evi_attempts_to_fill_siri_void_for_non_4s_users/44435147/SIG=130rs3c2k/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/10975-evi-attempts-to-fi
Appolicious - I opted to skip upgrading to iPhone 4S, but that decision cost me access to an app I quite liked: Siri Assistant. With Siri’s much-lauded integration into the 4S, users on aging devices might feel abandoned when it comes to artificial intelligence. Enter Evi; a 99-cent app for iPhone and iPod Touch that aims to fill the void Siri has left.

Tue, 7 Feb 12
The rise and fall of HTC (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles10980_the_rise_and_fall_of_htc/44437199/SIG=129pom5fo/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/10980-the-rise-and-fall-of-htc
Appolicious - HTC was one of the first developers to get aboard the Android train. When Google first launched its original operating system a few years ago, HTC were there. This weekend, we learned that HTC reported a significant loss in the final quarter of 2011 and offered guidance that things might not get any better.

Tue, 7 Feb 12
Cisco seen reporting solid second quarter (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/tc_nm/us_cisco
Reuters - A year after network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc unnerved investors with yet another weak quarterly outlook the company looks set to report a stable quarter buoyed in part by improving enterprise demand in the United States.

Mon, 6 Feb 12
Singapore's Artivision says in tie-up with Intel (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120205/wr_nm/us_artivision_intel
Reuters - Artivision Technologies Ltd, a Singapore firm that specializes in online video advertising, said on Sunday its technology may be incorporated into a software kit being developed by Intel Corp.

Mon, 6 Feb 12
Android Alternatives to Apple's Siri Personal Assistant (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120205/tc_ac/10929175_android_alternatives_to_apples_siri_personal_assistant
ContributorNetwork - When it was announced in October, one of the headline features of Apple's iPhone 4S was Siri, an "intelligent assistant" which answers spoken questions and takes orders given in natural English. It was less like Google's Voice Actions for Android, an app which understands a limited set of specific commands, and more like the computers on Star Trek.

Mon, 6 Feb 12
Glitches plague free Evi app for Android (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles10964_glitches_plague_free_evi_app_for_android/44427289/SIG=12p3svpbd/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/10964-glitches-plague-free-evi-
Appolicious - The free Evi app for Android eluded me for days while I was testing it out. Every time I tried to search using the app, it told me all circuits were busy. But the super friendly voice assured me that they were working to correct the issue in the near future. In this day and age, a few days are a lifetime.

Mon, 6 Feb 12
Facebook looks to mobile devices for revenue: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/wr_nm/us_facebook_ipo_ads
Reuters - Facebook, the social network giant, is set to begin showing advertisements to users on mobile devices before its $5 billion initial public offering, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

Mon, 6 Feb 12
TiVo shares appear to be discounted: report (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120205/bs_nm/us_tivo
Reuters - TiVo Inc is trading at a compelling discount and could be a possible acquisition target by Microsoft or Google, Barron's financial newspaper reported on Sunday.

Mon, 6 Feb 12
Canalys: Smartphones outship PCs for first time in 2011. Or did they? (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles10962_canalys_smartphones_outship_pcs_for_first_time_in_2011_or_did_they/44424987/SIG=13jokjl8r/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/10962
Appolicious - Take a break from Android-iPhone wars for a moment and focus on another battle smartphones vs. PCs.

Mon, 6 Feb 12
WillCall and other iPhone apps are changing the ticket game (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles10959_willcall_and_other_iphone_apps_are_changing_the_ticket_game/44423888/SIG=13ckcju86/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/10959-willca
Appolicious - The other day, TechCrunch tipped us off to a hot new last-minute ticket-selling app called WillCall. The app currently lets users choose their purchases from a select list of concerts, but will soon expand to include tickets to plays and symphonies as well. WillCall is currently only available in San Francisco but will expand to Los Angeles and New York City in March.

Mon, 6 Feb 12
CommVault says will go it alone, despite M&A buzz (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120205/bs_nm/us_commvault
Reuters - CommVault Systems Inc has managed to skirt rampant consolidation in the fast-growing storage software market, and CEO Bob Hammer is planning to keep it that way.

Sun, 5 Feb 12
For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_facebook_the_hacker_way


This Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, shows of worker inside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook, the social network that changed 'friend' from a noun to a verb, is expected to file as early as Wednesday to sell stock on the open market. Its debut is likely to be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.

Sun, 5 Feb 12
Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_hi_te/hacked_anonymous
AP - A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it.

Sun, 5 Feb 12
Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_hi_te/hacking_fbi


A general view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Britain's for-most and largest police serviceFriday, Feb., 3, 2012. Hackers have intercepted a conference call between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Scotland Yard it has emerged . At the heart of the conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was a strategy aimed at bringing down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, which has launched a series of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.

Sun, 5 Feb 12
Celebs suit up for DirecTV Beach Bowl (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_en_ot/us_super_bowl_beach_bowl


Actor David Arquette arrives at DIRECTV's Sixth Annual Celebrity Beach Bowl on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 at Victory Field in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Nekesa Moody)AP - Deion Sanders said he wasn't worried. Joe Montana went in with his game face on and Jordin Sparks just hoped sand did not end up in her eyes.

Sun, 5 Feb 12
Four of the Strangest New Video Game Controllers (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120204/tc_ac/10927178_four_of_the_strangest_new_video_game_controllers
ContributorNetwork - Back when home video games were still new, every new console's controller was an experiment. And before people settled on things like the Atari 2600's joystick and the Nintendo Entertainment System's gamepad, which influenced everything that came after them, they tried out some ... unusual form factors. Like the Fairchild Channel F's hybrid paddle-joystick, or the Mattel Intellivision's disc-and-touchpad arrangement.

Sun, 5 Feb 12
NFL Kicker! iPhone game gets you ready for the Super Bowl (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles10943_nfl_kicker_iphone_game_gets_you_ready_for_the_super_bowl/44418544/SIG=13ama79nk/*http://www.appolicious.com/games/articles/10943-nfl-kick
Appolicious - NFL Kicker! is the sort of game you download innocently enough looking to kill a few spare minutes; then, by the time you finally look up, you’ve spent half an hour devoted to kicking digital field goals. That’s far from a bad thing; rather it feels exciting to have a sports game on a mobile platform feel so immediate and gratifying.

Sun, 5 Feb 12
Micron CEO dies in plane crash, industry stunned (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120204/tc_nm/us_micron


The wreckage of the small plane flown by Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton is seen after crashing at Boise airport, February 3, 2012. The 51-year old Appleton, a three-decade industry veteran who performed stunts at airshows, died after the small plane he was piloting crashed in Boise, Idaho, where the chipmaker is headquartered. REUTERS/Brian Losness (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS DISASTER SOCIETY)Reuters - Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices.

Sat, 4 Feb 12
Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_hi_te/hacking_fbi


This two picture combo shows, above: the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters in Washington Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, and below, New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police, also Friday Feb. 3, 2012. Hackers claim to have intercepted and leaked a sensitive conference call between cyber crime investigators at the FBI and Scotland Yard. The hacker group Anonymous has released a roughly 15-minute-long recording of what appears to be a Jan. 17 conference call devoted to tracking and prosecuting members of the loose-knit hacking group. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, Alastair Grant)AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.

Sat, 4 Feb 12
EU probes new Google privacy policy (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_hi_te/eu_google_data_privacy
AP - The European Union's data protection authorities have asked Google to delay the rollout of its new privacy policy until they have verified that it doesn't break the bloc's data protection laws.

Sat, 4 Feb 12
HP awards new CEO Whitman with $16.5M pay package (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_hi_te/us_hewlett_packard_executive_compensation
AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. ushered in Meg Whitman as its CEO with a $16.5 million compensation package that hinges on the one-time politician's ability to lift the stumbling technology company's stock price during the next two years.

Sat, 4 Feb 12
Facebook Timeline feature unpopular, especially among Baby Boomers (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120203/tc_yblog_technews/facebook-timeline-feature-unpopular-especially-among-baby-boomers
Yahoo! News - The new mandatory Facebook Timeline is a surprisingly controversial feature. You either love it, or you hate it. And according to a new poll, it appears that almost all of you hate it. Overall, only 20% of those surveyed said they liked …

Sat, 4 Feb 12
Super Bowl bust: U.S. government seizes 307 domains for violating NFL copyrights (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120203/tc_yblog_technews/super-bowl-bust-u-s-government-seizes-307-domains-for-violating-nfl-copyrights
Yahoo! News - While many sports fans are preparing for Sunday's Super Bowl by organizing parties and shopping for TVs, the U.S. government is preparing in a different way. Just yesterday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency seized 307 different domains suspected of violating NFL copyrights. …

Sat, 4 Feb 12
Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_hi_te/eu_germany_apple_motorola
AP - Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies.

Sat, 4 Feb 12
Star Wars, Ferris Bueller drive Super Bowl ad buzz (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/en_nm/us_superbowl_ads
Reuters - The Super Bowl is still two days away but some advertisers already are looking like winners as their yet-to-be-aired commercials score millions of hits online and rack up pre-game buzz.

Sat, 4 Feb 12
Android Games from Capcom and Square-Enix on Their Way ... In Japan (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120203/tc_ac/10922768_android_games_from_capcom_and_squareenix_on_their_way__in_japan
ContributorNetwork - States-side fans of video game consoles, from the first Nintendo Entertainment System to its modern successor the Wii, know what it's like for a game that looks awesome to only come out in Japan.

Sat, 4 Feb 12
Android lead smartphone platform in 2011, will be used by government (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles10956_android_lead_smartphone_platform_in_2011_will_be_used_by_government/44408519/SIG=13kfqvil3/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/1095
Appolicious - Android got some good news this week. Firstly, numbers released by comScore suggest the platform grew in the fourth quarter of 2011 in the U.S. Secondly, the U.S. government has decided to use Android devices as secure phones.

Sat, 4 Feb 12
Are Apple, Google and Facebook Natural Monopolies? (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120203/tc_ac/10912791_are_apple_google_and_facebook_natural_monopolies
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | They may not be the power company, but you won't find too many threats to their dominance. All three are not only at the top of their game, they have few, if any, competitors. And the law helps keep newbies out of the market.

Sat, 4 Feb 12
The Super Bowl: The most DVR’d, and DVR-proof, broadcast on TV (The Cutline)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thecutline/20120203/bs_yblog_thecutline/the-super-bowl-the-most-dvrd-and-dvr-proof-broadcast-on-tv
The Cutline - More than 111 million people are expected to watch the Super Bowl between the New York Giants and New England Patriots on Sunday—roughly a third of the U.S. population and the largest television audience in television history. And virtually all of those viewers will be watching it live. "Live sports is the most DVR-proof programming [...]

Sat, 4 Feb 12
How to keep Angry Birds downloads flowing? Add KISS (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles10954_how_to_keep_angry_birds_downloads_flowing_add_kiss/44408019/SIG=134ukust8/*http://www.appolicious.com/games/articles/10954-how-to-keep-an
Appolicious - Rovio Mobile has done a pretty impressive job of leveraging the runaway success of the game Angry Birds into a huge multimedia brand. But like Beanie Babies, Furbies and Tamagatchis before it, one figures that eventually, Angry Birds will lose steam and disappear into the annals of toy history.

Sat, 4 Feb 12
Going mobile: Travel's eventual high-tech future (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/wr_nm/us_travel_technology_airlines
Reuters - Welcome to the airport terminal of the future.

Sat, 4 Feb 12
Micron CEO dies in plane crash, industry stunned (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/tc_nm/us_micron


The wreckage of the small plane flown by Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton is seen after crashing at Boise airport, February 3, 2012. The 51-year old Appleton, a three-decade industry veteran who performed stunts at airshows, died after the small plane he was piloting crashed in Boise, Idaho, where the chipmaker is headquartered. REUTERS/Brian Losness (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS DISASTER SOCIETY)Reuters - Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices.

Sat, 4 Feb 12
TouchPal Keyboard Tablet tops Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles10941_touchpal_keyboard_tablet_tops_android_apps_of_the_week/44403049/SIG=137h5f87k/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/10941-touchpal-ke
Appolicious - The touchscreen keyboard gets an upgrade with TouchPal’s Keyboard for Android tablets. It lets you easily switch between swiping and tapping, as well as gestures to get the most out of your finger follies. This week also brought some big name updates to the Android Market, including special upgrades from McAfee Security and Mint’s personal finance app. Salesforce debuted its Rypple app this week, as did Eventbrite for managing events on-the-go.

Fri, 3 Feb 12
Facebook filing lifts Zynga, other recent IPOs (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_hi_te/us_facebook_fever
AP - Facebook's long-awaited IPO filing lifted the stocks of many Internet companies, including recent laggards Zynga and Groupon. But analysts said the halo effect may fade, because some companies basking in Facebook's glow just aren't as financially sound as the world's largest social network.

Fri, 3 Feb 12
Facebook surrenders its privacy in IPO documents (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_hi_te/us_facebook_ipo_behind_the_numbers
AP - Facebook is baring its business soul.

Fri, 3 Feb 12
'Like' Facebook stock? Experts weigh in on IPO (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_hi_te/us_facebook_ipo_will_they_buy
AP - Facebook's much-hyped initial public offering promises to be an exciting spectacle when the social media giant goes public this spring. But should you update your status to "shareholder"?

Fri, 3 Feb 12
Just Show Me: How to see recently used apps in Android 4.0 (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120202/tc_yblog_technews/just-show-me-how-to-see-recently-used-apps-in-android-4-0
Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to find out what apps are running on your Android 4.0 …

Fri, 3 Feb 12
How’d they do it? NASA explains the Blue Marble photo (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120203/tc_yblog_technews/howd-they-do-it-nasa-explains-the-blue-marble-photo
Yahoo! News - A few days ago, NASA published an incredibly detailed photo, dubbed Blue Marble, of the Earth's western hemisphere. Since then, the photo has generated over 3.1 million views on Flickr, making it one of the all-time most-viewed images on the photo-sharing site. So …

Fri, 3 Feb 12
Google tightens security in Android app store (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/wr_nm/us_google_security
Reuters - Google Inc has been quietly policing its online store for months now in an acknowledgement of malware's growing threat to its increasingly popular Android mobile software.

Fri, 3 Feb 12
Senate passes insider trading ban (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_insider_trading
AP - Sagging approval ratings brought Democrats and Republicans together Thursday, as the Senate passed a bill to explicitly prevent members of Congress, their top aides and administration officials from using non-public information for insider trading. New disclosure requirements will require public reports online within 30 days of buying and selling stock.

Fri, 3 Feb 12
How Wireless Carriers and Manufacturers Screw Up Android (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120202/tc_ac/10917977_how_wireless_carriers_and_manufacturers_screw_up_android
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Google recently unveiled its new Android design guidelines, which are meant to help people develop apps for its open-source smartphone and tablet operating system. The guidelines work in tandem with Android Ice Cream Sandwich's visual overhaul, which was designed to "enchant" smartphone and tablet users in a way that Android's previous, bare-bones iterations, did not.

Fri, 3 Feb 12
Steve Jobs brought back to life as an Android fan in Taiwanese ad (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120202/tc_yblog_technews/steve-jobs-brought-back-to-life-as-an-android-fan-in-taiwanese-ad
Yahoo! News - In the months following long-time Apple CEO Steve Jobs's untimely death, we've seen him resurrected in many forms. He's already been brought back in plastic and bronze, but we never thought we'd see him reborn as an Android supporter. Leave it to a Taiwanese tablet …

Fri, 3 Feb 12
Wisconsin woman accused of selling fake Facebook stock (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120202/us_nm/us_crime_facebook
Reuters - A Wisconsin woman has been charged with theft over accusations she tried to profit from Facebook's much-anticipated plans to go public by selling fake stock in the social media giant, a criminal complaint showed on Thursday.

Fri, 3 Feb 12
The $23 Android Tablet You Can Buy in India (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120202/tc_ac/10917973_the_23_android_tablet_you_can_buy_in_india
ContributorNetwork - You can buy it in India if you're a student, that is. According to Jamie Yap of ZDNet Asia, the Aakash tablet is priced at 2,200 rupees, or 45 U.S. dollars, while students pay a special subsidized price thanks to a government contract. 25,000 students have already requested one from the University of Mumbai, and more than 1.4 million people have ordered the tablet so far, with three new factories being set up to meet the demand.

Fri, 3 Feb 12
Update for Google Docs app adds offline support, amps up tablet features (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles10947_update_for_google_docs_app_adds_offline_support_amps_up_tablet_features/44395266/SIG=13oh108ki/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/
Appolicious - Google has done an admirable job of providing web apps that lots of people use every day. Gmail is firmly ensconced as a leader in web-based email, Google Reader provides easy RSS feed access, and Google Docs allows users to create word processing documents in their browser windows and share them with other users.

Fri, 3 Feb 12
Gameloft has record quarter thanks to winning mobile game franchises (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles10946_gameloft_has_record_quarter_thanks_to_winning_mobile_game_franchises/44395102/SIG=13mpolu44/*http://www.appolicious.com/games/articles/10
Appolicious - Big-time mobile game maker Gameloft rode the uptick of sales of iPhones, iPads and other mobile devices to pull down its best sales quarter ever, according to a press release from the company.

Fri, 3 Feb 12
New version of Showyou is a Flipboard for video (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_en_t/http___www_appolicious_com_articles10939_new_version_of_showyou_is_a_flipboard_for_video/44393521/SIG=130o2q5os/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/10939-new-version-of-s
Appolicious - While there is no shortage of video to consume online and via mobile devices - 60 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute! - finding clips and programs most relevant to you is challenging.

Fri, 3 Feb 12
Angelic "Steve Jobs" loves Android in Taiwan TV ad (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120202/wr_nm/us_apple_jobs_taiwan
Reuters - He may have derided Android devices in real life but in the afterlife Apple Inc founder Steve Jobs is glad he can use one -- or at least that's the story a Jobs look-alike tells in a recent TV commercial for a Taiwanese electronics company's new product.

Fri, 3 Feb 12
Man indicted on software copyright charge arrested (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_bi_ge/us_software_copyright_maryland
AP - Federal prosecutors say a former Baltimore man has been arrested in the U.S. after fleeing to Pakistan before he was indicted on a software copyright infringement charge.

Fri, 3 Feb 12
Group seeks to save data on Megaupload servers (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120202/wr_nm/us_usa_crime_megaupload
Reuters - The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Thursday asked federal prosecutors and lawyers for the Megaupload.com file-sharing service to allow users who uploaded material to retrieve it as long as it was not copyrighted material.

Thu, 2 Feb 12
Status update: Facebook to go public, raise $5B (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_hi_te/us_facebook_ipo


FILE - This Dec. 13, 2011 file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook, the social network that changed 'friend' from a noun to a verb, is expected to file as early as Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, to sell stock on the open market. Its debut is likely to be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Facebook made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public in a stock offering that could value it at as much as $100 billion, eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard University.

Thu, 2 Feb 12
Facebook's new stock ticker: Why not LIKE or POKE? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_hi_te/us_facebook_ticker


FILE - This Dec. 13, 2011 file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook, the social network that changed 'friend' from a noun to a verb, is expected to file as early as Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, to sell stock on the open market. Its debut is likely to be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - FB? That's the best they could do?

Thu, 2 Feb 12
Microsoft slams Google user data policy in new ads (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_hi_te/us_microsoft_google
AP - Microsoft Corp. slammed search rival Google Inc. with full-page newspaper ads Wednesday, saying that recent changes at Google that allow it to internally merge the data it collects on user activity across services such as YouTube and Gmail are meant to allow advertisers to better target customers.

Thu, 2 Feb 12
The 9 most surprising facts about the Facebook IPO (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120201/tc_yblog_technews/the-9-most-surprising-facts-about-the-facebook-ipo
Yahoo! News - It's official: Facebook, the world's most famous internet company, is about to go public. In a move expected to net the social networking giant a cool $5 billion, Facebook shares will be available for purchase this May under the ticker symbol FB. …

Thu, 2 Feb 12
Fold-up ‘house’ fits in your pocket, sets up instantly (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120202/tc_yblog_technews/fold-up-house-fits-in-your-pocket-sets-up-instantly
Yahoo! News - If Barcelona-based designer Martin Azua's design catches on, the camping tents of the future could fit in your pocket. His "Basic House" concept is a single-person pop-up shelter made from a metalized polyester fabric that sets itself up, but contains no …

Thu, 2 Feb 12
EA sells 2 million units of "Star Wars", shares up (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120202/tc_nm/us_electronicarts
Reuters - Electronic Arts' told investors on Wednesday that its highly anticipated "Star Wars" game was off to a strong start and dismissed reports that players were leaving the new Internet game in droves, and its shares rose 6 percent after the market closed.

Thu, 2 Feb 12
Summary Box: Facebook to go public, raise $5B (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_hi_te/us_facebook_ipo_summary_box


FILE - This Dec. 13, 2011 file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook, the social network that changed 'friend' from a noun to a verb, is expected to file as early as Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, to sell stock on the open market. Its debut is likely to be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - GOING PUBLIC: Facebook files paperwork for its much-anticipated initial public offering of stock. It hopes to raise $5 billion, the most ever for an Internet IPO.

Thu, 2 Feb 12
Just Show Me: How to use the notification system in Android 4.0 (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120201/tc_yblog_technews/just-show-me-how-to-use-the-notification-system-in-android-4-0
Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to use the new notification features of your Android 4.0 phone. …

Thu, 2 Feb 12
Find your next pad with the Apartments.com Android app (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles10930_find_your_next_pad_with_the_apartments_com_android_app/44384836/SIG=13due2jnm/*http://www.androidapps.com/realestate/articles/10930-find-
Appolicious - One of my favorite benefits to having an Android phone is the ability to use apps that pull up suggestions based on your location. Real estate apps offer one of the best uses of this function. I am the type of person who likes to get a feel for the neighborhood first. I do not care if it is a fabulous apartment and the rent is to die for, if I can’t get coffee within a block or two. No coffee shop? Forget about it.

Thu, 2 Feb 12
Zuckerberg describes 'The Hacker Way' at Facebook (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120202/ap_on_hi_te/us_facebook_ipo_hacker_way


FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2010 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg smiles as he speaks at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Facebook, the social network that changed 'friend' from a noun to a verb, is expected to file as early as Wednesday to sell stock on the open market. Its debut is likely to be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - In Facebook's regulatory filing Wednesday for an initial public offering of stock, CEO Mark Zuckerberg included a letter to potential investors about the company's thinking. He described it as a social mission to make the world more open and connected. He also discussed Facebook's approach to culture and management:

Thu, 2 Feb 12
Mexico watchdog: no official word on Televisa deal (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120201/media_nm/us_televisa_iusacell_watchdog
Reuters - Mexico's competition watchdog said on Wednesday it was still in the process of notifying the companies of its decision on broadcaster Televisa's proposed purchase of half of cell phone company Iusacell.

Thu, 2 Feb 12
Mint.com’s updated app brings better functionality for Android tablet users (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles10933_mint_coms_updated_app_brings_better_functionality_for_android_tablet_users/44382971/SIG=13uvhhrdu/*http://www.androidapps.com/finance/art
Appolicious - When it comes to apps that help you manage your money, Mint.com Personal Finance has been a popular fixture in the Android Market (as well as online and via iOS devices) for a few years now. Today, the folks at Intuit released a great update which makes the app optimized for Android Honeycomb tablets and increases its usefulness too.

Thu, 2 Feb 12
Samsung getting heat for using 3G patents in lawsuits against Apple (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles10932_samsung_getting_heat_for_using_3g_patents_in_lawsuits_against_apple/44381136/SIG=13kk1oe60/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/1093
Appolicious - Samsung isn’t having a great time of it in terms of its legal battles.

Thu, 2 Feb 12
Mel Gibson's "Get the Gringo" to debut on DirecTV (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120201/tv_nm/us_melgibson_gringo
Reuters - Mel Gibson's next movie, "Get the Gringo," will debut on DirecTV, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, DirecTV and Gibson's Icon Productions said Tuesday.

Thu, 2 Feb 12
Qualcomm handily beats Street, shares rise (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120202/tc_nm/us_qualcomm
Reuters - Qualcomm Inc's quarterly profit easily beat Wall Street forecasts and the wireless chip leader raised its full-year financial targets due to growing demand for smartphones such as Apple Inc's popular iPhone.

Thu, 2 Feb 12
AVG Technologies prices at $16/share: source (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120202/wr_nm/us_avgtech
Reuters - Anti-virus software maker AVG Technologies NV priced its initial public offering at $16 per share, at the low end of the expected range, according to a market source.

Thu, 2 Feb 12
IBM planning major job cuts in Germany: union (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120201/tc_nm/us_ibm_germany
Reuters - International Business Machines is sounding out plans to cut thousands of jobs in Germany and other countries to reduce costs and raise earnings, a German union official said.

Wed, 1 Feb 12
Will Facebook deliver an IPO surprise? (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120201/ap_on_bi_ge/us_facebook_ipo_twist


FILE - In this May, 26, 2010 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the social network site's new privacy settings in Palo Alto, Calif. Zuckerberg turns up at business conventions in a hoodie. “Cocky” is the word used to describe him most often, after “billionaire.” He was Time's person of the year at 26. So when he takes Facebook public, why would he follow the Wall Street rules? The company is expected to file as early as Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 to sell stock on the open market in what will be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004, maybe since the go-go 1990s. Around the nation, regular investors and IPO watchers are anticipating some kind of twist - perhaps a provision for the 800 million users of Facebook, a company that promotes itself as all about personal connections, to get in on the action. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)AP - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg turns up at business conventions in a hoodie. "Cocky" is the word used to describe him most often, after "billionaire." He was Time's person of the year at 26.

Wed, 1 Feb 12
Amazon 4Q results, outlook sends stock lower (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120131/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_amazon


This Jan. 26, 2012 photo, shows a webpage on Amazon.com featuring Kindle e-book readers on a computer screen in Miami. Amazon.com Inc., reports quarterly financial results Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, after the market close.(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - Amazon's fourth-quarter net income dropped sharply, weighed down by higher operating expenses as the company continued to invest in its long-term growth plans at the expense of short-term earnings.

Wed, 1 Feb 12
VC firm Andreessen Horowitz raises $1.5B to invest (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120131/ap_on_hi_te/us_andreessen_horowitz_venture_fund
AP - Silicon Valley entrepreneur-turned-venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and his partners have raised another $1.5 billion to invest in technology startups as they prepare to profit from a previous bet on Internet social network Facebook.

Wed, 1 Feb 12
5 high-tech, low-stress, money-saving tools (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120131/tc_yblog_technews/5-high-tech-low-stress-money-saving-tools
Yahoo! News - I like to think that my pathetic lack of money management skills is simply due to my... ahem... creative nature. Give me a checkbook to balance, and I'll give you one swift kick in the shins. Ask me to do long …

Wed, 1 Feb 12
Spy Mail: Burn Note lets you send self-destructing emails (Yahoo! News)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120131/tc_yblog_technews/spy-mail-burn-note-lets-you-send-self-destructing-emails
Yahoo! News - Fictional spies aren't the only ones who can send and receive self-destructing messages. A new web service called Burn Note can do just that, and you don't even have to deal with exploding electronics once the countdown is over. Burn Note lets you …

Wed, 1 Feb 12
Twitter Is Not a Media Company, CEO Says (Mashable)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20120131/tc_mashable/twitter_is_not_a_media_company_ceo_says
Mashable - "Twitter is not a media company," Twitter CEO Dick Costolo declared on stage at AllThingsD's media conference in Laguna Nigel, CA, Monday evening. The statement was surprising given Twitter's well-publicized role as a platform for breaking news, entertainment and other communications."You [even] sell advertising," AllThingsD's Peter Kafka pointed out.

Wed, 1 Feb 12
Mexico broadband project stuck in stalemate (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120201/tc_nm/us_mexico_broadband
Reuters - An ambitious private project to unlock wireless access across Mexico appears to be stuck in a stalemate with the developer and the government unable to agree on terms.

Wed, 1 Feb 12
Hackers attack large Brazilian bank (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120131/ap_on_hi_te/lt_brazil_hacker_attack
AP - A group of Internet hackers said Tuesday it took down the website of Brazil's second largest private sector bank, one day after it did the same with the country's largest private bank.

Wed, 1 Feb 12
Humble Indie Bundle Now on Android with Nearly Free Games (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120131/tc_ac/10907191_humble_indie_bundle_now_on_android_with_nearly_free_games
ContributorNetwork - The Humble Indie Bundle is a promotion that started in May 2010 and has reappeared several times since then. It's a collection of games from indie developers, that's sold as a download with no DRM (meaning you can copy it as much as you want). What sets it apart is that you can name your own price, or even donate the money to charity instead. And all of the games are cross-platform, meaning they work on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

Wed, 1 Feb 12
Toilet-Time Cellphone Habits Make for Interesting Survey (ContributorNetwork)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120131/tc_ac/10911091_toilettime_cellphone_habits_make_for_interesting_survey
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | I have often wondered where researchers come up with the subjects of their surveys. Here's one to beat them all. According to the New York Times, a survey by 11mark shows three-quarters of the populace have used a cellphone while on the toilet. 91 percent of respondents ages 28 to 35 have done it, but fewer than half of respondents over 65 have.

Wed, 1 Feb 12
Anti-Wall Street protester's Twitter posts subpoenaed (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120201/wr_nm/us_protests_twitter_newyork
Reuters - Prosecutors have subpoenaed the Twitter records of an Occupy Wall Street protester who was arrested in October during a mass protest on the Brooklyn Bridge.

Wed, 1 Feb 12
There won't be a new Xbox or PlayStation announcement this year. And that is a good thing. (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120131/tc_digitaltrends/therewontbeanewxboxorplaystationannouncementthisyearandthatisagoodthing
Digital Trends - Let’s be honest. If you ignore all the news, pretend all the hype is imagined, and search your feelings: is anyone really excited for the next Xbox or the PS4 yet? If this was an actual discussion and, ya know, not a written column, the answer would likely be a resounding no. That doesn’t mean people aren’t interested in the next generation of consoles and won’t buy them with the glee that only a hardcore gamer can experience, but are people really prepared to abandon the current generation to shell out hundreds of dollars on a new system, just because?

Wed, 1 Feb 12
TouchPal Keyboard Tablet offers another great input alternative (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles10922_touchpal_keyboard_tablet_offers_another_great_input_alternative/44370816/SIG=13g62unr3/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/10922-to
Appolicious - There are already a wealth of alternatives to the stock keyboard which comes with your Android tablet, so how does TouchPal Keyboard Tablet stack up? Well, with a little more development and work, this is sure to be a contender. Even as a free beta right now, it’s still worth a shot for sure.

Wed, 1 Feb 12
Phone + tablet merge: Asus to show redesigned PadFone at MWC in February (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120131/tc_digitaltrends/phonetabletmergeasustoshowredesignedpadfoneatmwcinfebruary
Digital Trends - Asus has been one of the leaders in innovative tablet designs. We were saddened that it did not announce any new products at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, but it looks like Feb. 26 or 27 may be its time to shine. Asus has confirmed with MoDaCo (via PocketNow) that it intends to unveil a newly designed PadPhone tablet + phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. 

Wed, 1 Feb 12
Ukraine shutters top file-sharing site (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120131/tc_digitaltrends/ukraineshutterstopfilesharingsite
Digital Trends - In the wake of the takedown of file-sharing site MegaUpload (and the ripple effect to sites like FileSonic and Uploaded.to), another popular file-sharing site has gone dark. Ukrainian police today shut down the country’s most popular file sharing site, Ex.ua, on grounds that it was illegally distributing copyrighted material, including music, videos, and movies.

Wed, 1 Feb 12
EU probes Samsung, Germany blocks its tablets (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120131/ap_on_hi_te/eu_germany_samsung_apple


FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2011 file photo a lawyer holds an Apple iPad and a Samsung Tablet-PC at a court in Duesseldorf, Germany. The Duesseldorf state court ruled Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, that neither the South Korean company's Galaxy Tab 10.1 nor the Galaxy Tab 8.9 could be sold in Germany because they were in violation of unfair competition laws. A German appeals court has upheld a decision prohibiting Samsung Electronics Co. from selling two of its tablet computers in Germany, agreeing with Apple Inc. that they too closely resemble the iPad2. (AP Photo/dapd, Sascha Schuermann, file)AP - Samsung took a double-hit in its battle against archrival Apple when the European Union announced it would investigate whether it was illegally trying to hinder competitors and Germany blocked sales of some of its tablet computers.

Wed, 1 Feb 12
Apple engineers ‘heavy into’ near-field communication for iPhone 5, rumor says (Appolicious)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles10919_apple_engineers_heavy_into_near_field_communication_for_iphone_5_rumor_says/44367260/SIG=13sp7kb6n/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/artic
Appolicious - Near-field communication seems poised to be the next major technology to sweep the smartphone market. Already there are smartphones running Google’s Android operating system that contain the technology, and we recently heard about a chip embedded in a smartphone case that brings the capability to any current iPhone.

Wed, 1 Feb 12
Megaupload users: EFF wants to help you recover lost files (Digital Trends)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120131/tc_digitaltrends/megauploaduserseffwantstohelpyourecoverlostfiles
Digital Trends - As of Monday, it seemed all but guaranteed that the files stored on the servers used by Megaupload, which was seized by the US government on January 19, were gone for good. This includes the data of people who used Megaupload for legitimate purposes, like distributing work documents, or their own photo and video creations. But thanks to a collaborative effort between the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Carpathia Hosting, which owns and operates many of the servers used by Mega in the US, users who lost their files may now have a way to get them back.

 

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