Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/recommended/technology Most Recommended Technology en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:51:42 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/recommended/technology http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_disney_google_china nm/20100209/us_disney_google_china Reuters technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:55:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_disney_google_china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r3175733746.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=8Urx3hKc7fHtN6sM1llZig--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Traffic on the 3rd ring road during rush hour in Beijing in a file photo. REUTERS/Jason Lee" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A consortium led by Walt Disney Co is in advanced talks to buy into China's largest in-bus digital media and advertising company, a deal that could offer the U.S. entertainment giant a new platform to promote Mickey Mouse in China, three sources told Reuters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_disney_google_china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100208/i/r3175733746.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=8Urx3hKc7fHtN6sM1llZig--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Traffic on the 3rd ring road during rush hour in Beijing in a file photo. REUTERS/Jason Lee" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_google_china_interview nm/20100209/us_google_china_interview Reuters technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:53:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_google_china_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r3475313235.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=dgUSIxDHWkdlr8U.bVTT_A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Google co-founder Sergey Brin participates in a panel discussion in Mountain View, California February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc co-founder Sergey Brin said on Tuesday it has become "very hard to operate" in China, but he is optimistic that the Internet company can continue to "open up information for everyone everywhere, free of political censorship."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_google_china_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r3475313235.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=dgUSIxDHWkdlr8U.bVTT_A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Google co-founder Sergey Brin participates in a panel discussion in Mountain View, California February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tec_google_gets_social ap/20100209/us_tec_google_gets_social AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:36:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tec_google_gets_social"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d887227af63d45798a9f2d8e32a05b95.google_gets_social_nybz176.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=TwpN_Fagf.wR5xFPl4c9Jw--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="In this screen shot provided by Google Inc., the company's new 'Google Buzz' feature for Gmail is shown. The feature unveiled Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, will enable Gmail users to create status updates on Google Buzz and read and comment on the updates posted by their friends. (AP Photo/Google Inc.)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. opened a new social hub in its e-mail service on Tuesday, leaving little doubt that the Internet search leader is girding for a face-off with Facebook.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tec_google_gets_social"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d887227af63d45798a9f2d8e32a05b95.google_gets_social_nybz176.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=TwpN_Fagf.wR5xFPl4c9Jw--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="photo" title="In this screen shot provided by Google Inc., the company's new 'Google Buzz' feature for Gmail is shown. The feature unveiled Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, will enable Gmail users to create status updates on Google Buzz and read and comment on the updates posted by their friends. (AP Photo/Google Inc.)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/technologyaustraliapiracygamesnintendo afp/20100209/technologyaustraliapiracygamesnintendo AFP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:35:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/technologyaustraliapiracygamesnintendo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265700845613-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=J0n_uKgSQUnGsjyVmO1INQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A screen displays an image from Japanese video game giant Nintendo showing its Super Mario character. An Australian man has agreed to pay Nintendo $1.3 mln for illegally uploading a game to the Internet six days before its global release.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An Australian man has agreed to pay Nintendo 1.3 million US dollars for illegally uploading a game to the Internet six days before its global release, the firm said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/technologyaustraliapiracygamesnintendo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265700845613-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=J0n_uKgSQUnGsjyVmO1INQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="A screen displays an image from Japanese video game giant Nintendo showing its Super Mario character. An Australian man has agreed to pay Nintendo $1.3 mln for illegally uploading a game to the Internet six days before its global release.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tec_google_phone_fee ap/20100209/us_tec_google_phone_fee AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:02:09 GMT AP - Google Inc. is shaving $200 off the fee that it charges customers of its new Nexus One phone to break a service contract with T-Mobile, as federal regulators continue to probe such fees and the rationale for them. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_google_china_goojje nm/20100209/us_google_china_goojje Reuters technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:13:49 GMT Reuters - Google Inc has sent a cease and desist letter to the operators of a Chinese search website whose logo bears a close resemblance to its own. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/iphone4grumoredpartssuggestaslightlynewdesign pcworld/20100209/iphone4grumoredpartssuggestaslightlynewdesign PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:30:00 GMT PC World - An iPhone repair shop claims to have replacement parts for the iPhone 4G, which leave open some interesting possibilities about the rumored device. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_earns_iac ap/20100209/us_earns_iac AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:56:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_earns_iac"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.b4f8bdfb220243b08535774bc06b9024.earns_iac_nyml601.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1cOVMdEraqUtfVzpl1vIVA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this Oct. 26, 2009 photo, the IAC building is shown in New York. Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_earns_iac"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.b4f8bdfb220243b08535774bc06b9024.earns_iac_nyml601.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1cOVMdEraqUtfVzpl1vIVA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Oct. 26, 2009 photo, the IAC building is shown in New York. Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_realnetworks_rhapsody ap/20100209/us_realnetworks_rhapsody AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:03:18 GMT AP - RealNetworks Inc. and MTV Networks said Tuesday that they plan to spin off Rhapsody America LLC, their digital music service joint venture, into an independent company. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/microsoftehealthresearchtapsxboxmobilephones pcworld/20100209/microsoftehealthresearchtapsxboxmobilephones PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:40:11 GMT PC World - Microsoft is researching how gadgets like the company's Xbox game machine, surface computers and accelerometers in mobile phones could be used to improve health care. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/5hopesforamoresocialgmail pcworld/20100209/5hopesforamoresocialgmail PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:21:00 GMT PC World - Google on Tuesday is reportedly going to unveil a new social service that will incorporate a stream of "media and status updates" into Gmail. These streams would not be public, but would require you to connect with your fellow Google users and may eventually incorporate other Google services like YouTube and Picasa, according to The Wall Street Journal. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usitcompanyinternetgooglefacebooktwitter afp/20100209/usitcompanyinternetgooglefacebooktwitter AFP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:28:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usitcompanyinternetgooglefacebooktwitter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265744821529-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=I1F76GX13LAvaFB43AKXeA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Google on Tuesday gave its free email service a "Buzz," adding Twitter and Facebook style social networking features.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google is giving its free email service a "Buzz" by adding social-networking features which could challenge the supremacy of platforms like Facebook and Twitter.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usitcompanyinternetgooglefacebooktwitter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265744821529-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=I1F76GX13LAvaFB43AKXeA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Google on Tuesday gave its free email service a "Buzz," adding Twitter and Facebook style social networking features.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/71580 nf/20100209/71580 NewsFactor business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:18:05 GMT NewsFactor - Google has watched more or less on the sidelines as social-networking sites -- most notably Facebook and Twitter -- have captured the public's attention. Facebook, especially, has become more than a destination web site. It has become a user-centric world where users communicate via status updates, third-party applications, and shared groups. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tec_paypal_india ap/20100209/us_tec_paypal_india AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:27:38 GMT AP - Online payments service PayPal says its suspension of certain transactions in India could last months. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/112608 infoworld/20100209/112608 InfoWorld technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:00:00 GMT InfoWorld - It's almost a pathetic assertion: This year, the Mac will break out of its ghetto and become a mainstream computer for individuals and businesses alike. That unfulfilled desire is foretold every year and has been since the mid-1980s, when Apple's then-groundbreaking computer was quickly sidelined by the IBM PC and, later, Microsoft Windows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_micron_technology_numonyx ap/20100210/us_micron_technology_numonyx AP technology Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:51:42 GMT AP - Micron Technology says it plans to buy fellow memory chip maker Numonyx in an all-stock transaction the companies value at $1.27 billion. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_itunes_top10 ap/20100209/us_itunes_top10 AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:11:38 GMT AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Feb. 8, 2010: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_iran_revolution_internet nm/20100209/us_iran_revolution_internet Reuters technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:04:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_iran_revolution_internet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2402206939.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=p24M_Eip_G_4LE2tghNKSw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Student supporters of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi hold red roses during protests in central Tehran in this December 7, 2009 file photo. Internet messages have been circulating about possible rallies on February 11, 2010, when Iran marks the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. But the climate in the Islamic Republic is much harder than before last year's post-election protests. Picture taken December 7, 2009. REUTERS/via Your View" border="0" /></a>Reuters - With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now comes in emails.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_iran_revolution_internet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2402206939.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=p24M_Eip_G_4LE2tghNKSw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Student supporters of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi hold red roses during protests in central Tehran in this December 7, 2009 file photo. Internet messages have been circulating about possible rallies on February 11, 2010, when Iran marks the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. But the climate in the Islamic Republic is much harder than before last year's post-election protests. Picture taken December 7, 2009. REUTERS/via Your View" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_earns_electronic_arts ap/20100209/us_earns_electronic_arts AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:05:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_earns_electronic_arts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.88435f1e8b8b49cca6bac02d4800c50f.earns_electronic_arts_caps105.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VnMeaKsaARtJjtvBRocGAw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Wii and PlayStation 3 versions of Madden NFL 10, an Electronic Arts game, are shown at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Electronic Arts Inc. is showing a smaller net loss in its last quarter even though its video game sales declined. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company's slump.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_earns_electronic_arts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.88435f1e8b8b49cca6bac02d4800c50f.earns_electronic_arts_caps105.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VnMeaKsaARtJjtvBRocGAw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Wii and PlayStation 3 versions of Madden NFL 10, an Electronic Arts game, are shown at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Electronic Arts Inc. is showing a smaller net loss in its last quarter even though its video game sales declined. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)