Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1212 technology Internet News en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:14:16 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1212 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/en_afp/entertainmentusmusicjackson afp/20090703/entertainmentusmusicjackson AFP entertainment Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:14:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/en_afp/entertainmentusmusicjackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246615510408-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=sjThU_FnXgvocQIy4W4ZTg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Michael Jackson's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard. Jackson's family has announced a free public memorial service for the tragic pop icon in Los Angeles, as a battle looms with his ex-wife who wants custody of their two children.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Fans heading to Los Angeles for Michael Jackson's memorial extravaganza were urged to stay away on Friday as organizers said tickets for the event would be allocated by an online lottery.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/en_afp/entertainmentusmusicjackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246615510408-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=sjThU_FnXgvocQIy4W4ZTg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Michael Jackson's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard. Jackson's family has announced a free public memorial service for the tragic pop icon in Los Angeles, as a battle looms with his ex-wife who wants custody of their two children.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/tc_afp/swedenchinatelecomequipcompanyericsson afp/20090703/swedenchinatelecomequipcompanyericsson AFP technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:08:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/tc_afp/swedenchinatelecomequipcompanyericsson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246651673645-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=_EbuQggP9GDJBsZDAlmWLA--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Swedish mobile phone network supplier Ericsson won contracts to supply broadband Internet to millions of users in China by a deal with three operators there.(Ericsson/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Swedish mobile phone network supplier Ericsson won contracts to supply broadband Internet to millions of users in China by a deal with three operators there, it said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/tc_afp/swedenchinatelecomequipcompanyericsson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246651673645-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=_EbuQggP9GDJBsZDAlmWLA--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="photo" title="Swedish mobile phone network supplier Ericsson won contracts to supply broadband Internet to millions of users in China by a deal with three operators there.(Ericsson/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/tc_afp/japanasiainternethistorymilitarygeography afp/20090703/japanasiainternethistorymilitarygeography AFP technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:59:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/tc_afp/japanasiainternethistorymilitarygeography"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246621432503-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=dMuO8Hfvcrk36tP1tefJUg--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Japanese veterans in Imperial Army uniforms march in front of the Tarii Gate to offer prayers for the country's war dead at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, 2006. Old Asia-Pacific maps from Japanese Imperial Army archives are going online for modern use, such as studying changes in forest cover or the growth of cities.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Old Asia-Pacific maps from Japanese Imperial Army archives are going online for modern use, such as studying changes in forest cover or the growth of cities, a Japanese researcher said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/tc_afp/japanasiainternethistorymilitarygeography"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246621432503-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=dMuO8Hfvcrk36tP1tefJUg--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="photo" title="Japanese veterans in Imperial Army uniforms march in front of the Tarii Gate to offer prayers for the country's war dead at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, 2006. Old Asia-Pacific maps from Japanese Imperial Army archives are going online for modern use, such as studying changes in forest cover or the growth of cities.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090703/tc_pcworld/wannabethe_real_shaqthatllbe50000 pcworld/20090703/wannabethe_real_shaqthatllbe50000 PC World technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:31:00 GMT PC World - If you're a nobody who wants to be somebody in the online Web world, you don't need friends--just a thriving bank account. That's where uSocial comes into play. The company converts your cash into background support on the Web's top social sites: You can buy Diggs, votes on Yahoo Buzz, eyeballs for StumbleUpon... and now, Twitter followers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/pl_afp/usintelligenceinternettechnologydefense afp/20090703/usintelligenceinternettechnologydefense AFP politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:44:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/pl_afp/usintelligenceinternettechnologydefense"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246635652734-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=Nkv.SijK9CxJyhsn75DyPQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="The Obama administration is planning to use the National Security Agency to screen Internet traffic between government agencies and the private sector, the Washington Post reported Friday, quoting Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, seen here in June 2009.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Obama administration is planning to use the National Security Agency to screen Internet traffic between government agencies and the private sector, the Washington Post reported Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/pl_afp/usintelligenceinternettechnologydefense"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246635652734-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=Nkv.SijK9CxJyhsn75DyPQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Obama administration is planning to use the National Security Agency to screen Internet traffic between government agencies and the private sector, the Washington Post reported Friday, quoting Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, seen here in June 2009.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wr_nm/us_telecoms_broadband nm/20090703/us_telecoms_broadband Reuters business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:55 GMT Reuters - U.S. government guidelines to spend $4 billion to expand broadband access to underserved areas across the United States may go beyond current laws, a broadband industry group, said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090703/tc_pcworld/iphone3gsgetsjailbrokenhackavailableonline pcworld/20090703/iphone3gsgetsjailbrokenhackavailableonline PC World technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:45:00 GMT PC World - The first jailbreaking application for the iPhone 3GS is now available. The tool, called purplera1n, will only allow the installation of unofficial third-party applications, but will not unlock the iPhone 3GS. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/tc_afp/chinaitcomputerinternetcensor afp/20090703/chinaitcomputerinternetcensor AFP technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:31:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/tc_afp/chinaitcomputerinternetcensor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246615629520-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=3SXtfwk0nsYnURZCwFitWg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Chinese workers use their computers in a coffee shop in Chengdu, 2008. Several PC makers said they were voluntarily including China's controversial Internet filter software in new shipments despite Beijing's decision to postpone making it mandatory.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Several PC makers said Friday they were voluntarily including China's controversial Internet filter software in new shipments despite Beijing's decision to postpone making it mandatory.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/tc_afp/chinaitcomputerinternetcensor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246615629520-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=3SXtfwk0nsYnURZCwFitWg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chinese workers use their computers in a coffee shop in Chengdu, 2008. Several PC makers said they were voluntarily including China's controversial Internet filter software in new shipments despite Beijing's decision to postpone making it mandatory.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090703/tc_pcworld/websiteforchinamobilesapplicationstoreappears pcworld/20090703/websiteforchinamobilesapplicationstoreappears PC World technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:30:11 GMT PC World - A Web site for China Mobile's upcoming mobile application store appeared online on Friday, giving a preview of what free and paid downloads the carrier will offer to its more than 480 million subscribers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090703/tc_pcworld/applemaybeexemptfromchinaswebfiltermandate pcworld/20090703/applemaybeexemptfromchinaswebfiltermandate PC World technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:40:10 GMT PC World - Apple appears to be exempt from China's mandate that a controversial Internet filtering program be shipped with all computers sold in the country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_online_sales_taxes ap/20090703/us_tec_online_sales_taxes AP technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:08:55 GMT AP - In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090702/tc_zd/241931 zd/20090702/241931 PC Magazine technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:28:27 GMT PC Magazine - The public beta-test editions of Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010 will focus on reputation-based malware detection—a technology that can detect zero-day malware that's never been seen before. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/tc_afp/usitcompanycrimecourtinternetmyspace afp/20090702/usitcompanycrimecourtinternetmyspace AFP technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:36:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/tc_afp/usitcompanycrimecourtinternetmyspace"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246574141601-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=7gvn6BgoDed0syKVThN.Aw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="An internet user looking at a MySpace page. A woman who was convicted of computer fraud in an Internet hoax that led to the suicide of 13-year-old girl was tentatively acquitted Thursday by a federal judge.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A woman who was convicted of computer fraud in an Internet hoax that led to the suicide of 13-year-old girl was tentatively acquitted Thursday by a federal judge.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/tc_afp/usitcompanycrimecourtinternetmyspace"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246574141601-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=7gvn6BgoDed0syKVThN.Aw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="An internet user looking at a MySpace page. A woman who was convicted of computer fraud in an Internet hoax that led to the suicide of 13-year-old girl was tentatively acquitted Thursday by a federal judge.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090702/tc_pcworld/dojofficiallyopensinvestigationintogooglebooksearch pcworld/20090702/dojofficiallyopensinvestigationintogooglebooksearch PC World technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:30:13 GMT PC World - The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed on Thursday that it is investigating a settlement involving Google Book Search for possible antitrust violations, following months of speculation that the agency had its eye on the service. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090702/tc_pcworld/onlineadgroupsreleasenewbehavioraladprinciples pcworld/20090702/onlineadgroupsreleasenewbehavioraladprinciples PC World technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:50:13 GMT PC World - Online consumers should get more information about what information is being tracked and collected for the purposes of behavioral advertising, and they should have more control over what data is being collected, according to new privacy principles released Thursday by four advertising trade groups. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090702/tc_pcworld/askcombetsonsemanticsearchtargetingspecialaudiences pcworld/20090702/askcombetsonsemanticsearchtargetingspecialaudiences PC World technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:40:14 GMT PC World - In the past eight months, Ask.com has unfurled a set of changes to its search engine that the IAC unit calls a success, although its share of U.S. search queries has actually shrunk during that time period. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090702/tc_pcworld/microsoftremovesprojectilevomitingie8adfromweb pcworld/20090702/microsoftremovesprojectilevomitingie8adfromweb PC World technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:50:23 GMT PC World - An online ad for Internet Explorer 8 that showed a woman projectile vomiting has left such a bad taste in viewers' mouths that Microsoft has decided to remove it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/wr_nm/us_young_smokers nm/20090702/us_young_smokers Reuters technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:25:59 GMT Reuters - The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is leading a $2.9 million National Cancer Institute project to increase demand for evidence-based, Internet-based smoking cessation treatment for young adults aged 18 to 24 years. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/wr_nm/us_gaming_theft_tech_life nm/20090702/us_gaming_theft_tech_life Reuters technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:18:25 GMT Reuters - Facing real world debts, a trusted figure in a popular online game stole money from the virtual bank he ran and exchanged it for cash through the black market. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090702/tc_pcworld/confickerforgottenbutnotgone pcworld/20090702/confickerforgottenbutnotgone PC World technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:56:00 GMT PC World - Conficker may not dominate the headlines any longer, but it's still going strong, according to Trend Micro's Malware Blog and stats from the Conficker Working Group.