Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/technology Most Viewed - Technology en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:51:04 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/viewed/technology http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_hollywood_for_sale ap/20100209/us_hollywood_for_sale AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:52:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_hollywood_for_sale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.4fc8cca9bab44302b68987ce117d6a38.hollywood_for_sale_la101.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=VEl.2zm5.1CjtOAGRW9xnA--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="In this photo taken Friday Jan.29,2010 showing the top of Beachwood Canyon, shows the Hollywood sign in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles. A nature conservation group said Monday Feb. 8, 2010 it has reached a deal that would protect a huge swath of land above the Hollywood sign from being developed into luxury homes. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /></a>AP - A nature conservation group said Monday it has reached a deal that would protect a huge swath of land near the world-famous Hollywood sign from being developed into luxury homes.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_hollywood_for_sale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.4fc8cca9bab44302b68987ce117d6a38.hollywood_for_sale_la101.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=VEl.2zm5.1CjtOAGRW9xnA--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken Friday Jan.29,2010 showing the top of Beachwood Canyon, shows the Hollywood sign in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles. A nature conservation group said Monday Feb. 8, 2010 it has reached a deal that would protect a huge swath of land above the Hollywood sign from being developed into luxury homes. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20100210/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:33:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.c1410de9c8464a3ea431ff07148b1b3b.obama__dcsa105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=EFz9GRrSB0l3WShxlUYgbQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama gestures while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - Signaling he'd meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he's willing to sign a bill even if it doesn't deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.c1410de9c8464a3ea431ff07148b1b3b.obama__dcsa105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=EFz9GRrSB0l3WShxlUYgbQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama gestures while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall ap/20100210/toyota_recall AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:58:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a34a8a8911f445c09479da1f4f232350.japan_toyota_recall_tok104.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=11OK7RB3B9R8O_WVDUbk3A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>AP - In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a34a8a8911f445c09479da1f4f232350.japan_toyota_recall_tok104.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=11OK7RB3B9R8O_WVDUbk3A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_dubai_tallest_building ap/20100209/ml_dubai_tallest_building AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:42:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_dubai_tallest_building"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.820f1a22836c485ca4fa523bb4a589af.dubai_tallest_building_ny110.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=7Ak5oMTTz2owWSpLnNbtjQ--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2010 file photo, the Burj Khalifa , the world's 828 meter tallest building is illuminated during the official opening ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Burj Khalifa's owner said Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 the observation deck of the world's tallest tower has been unexpectedly shut down, disappointing visitors and marring the spire's reputation just a month after it opened. The precise cause of the $1.5 billion Dubai skyscraper's closure remained unclear. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreil, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Visitors on the observation deck of the world's tallest tower heard a loud boom, then saw dust that looked like smoke seeping through a crack in an elevator door 124 floors above the ground. The 15 people inside were trapped for 45 frightening minutes until rescuers managed to pry open the doors.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_dubai_tallest_building"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.820f1a22836c485ca4fa523bb4a589af.dubai_tallest_building_ny110.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=7Ak5oMTTz2owWSpLnNbtjQ--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2010 file photo, the Burj Khalifa , the world's 828 meter tallest building is illuminated during the official opening ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Burj Khalifa's owner said Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 the observation deck of the world's tallest tower has been unexpectedly shut down, disappointing visitors and marring the spire's reputation just a month after it opened. The precise cause of the $1.5 billion Dubai skyscraper's closure remained unclear. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreil, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_recall_us ap/20100209/us_toyota_recall_us AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:13:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_recall_us"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r938856496.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=fnzZF4c.tczzla0QdtYt4g--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="A Toyota Prius' badge is pictured on a car at a Toyota dealership in west London February 9, 2010. Toyota Motor Corp said it is recalling nearly half a million of its flagship Prius and other hybrid cars for braking problems as it seeks to address criticism over the handling of its worst safety crisis. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)" border="0" /></a>AP - The nation's largest auto insurer said Tuesday it alerted federal safety regulators in late 2007 about a rise in reports of unexpected acceleration in Toyota vehicles, the latest warning sign to emerge about the massive recall.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_toyota_recall_us"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r938856496.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=fnzZF4c.tczzla0QdtYt4g--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="photo" title="A Toyota Prius' badge is pictured on a car at a Toyota dealership in west London February 9, 2010. Toyota Motor Corp said it is recalling nearly half a million of its flagship Prius and other hybrid cars for braking problems as it seeks to address criticism over the handling of its worst safety crisis. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_europe_financial_crisis ap/20100209/eu_europe_financial_crisis AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:15:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_europe_financial_crisis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.4a71400196304a0aa60a9e8b7df8e3a0.wall_street_ath202.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=t0W81imakNVSy4X6RWeHZQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A man walks past a screen showing falling stocks at the Athens Stock Exchange, in red, in Greece on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Stocks traded mixed Monday as investors remained wary about the strength of the economic recovery and mounting debt in Europe. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)" border="0" /></a>AP - Wealthy European nations were moving closer toward swallowing a bitter pill Tuesday: rescuing Greece from its overspending before its debts drag down the euro and stock markets all the way to Wall Street.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_europe_financial_crisis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.4a71400196304a0aa60a9e8b7df8e3a0.wall_street_ath202.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=t0W81imakNVSy4X6RWeHZQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man walks past a screen showing falling stocks at the Athens Stock Exchange, in red, in Greece on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Stocks traded mixed Monday as investors remained wary about the strength of the economic recovery and mounting debt in Europe. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_power_plant_explosion ap/20100209/us_power_plant_explosion AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:27:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_power_plant_explosion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.508ca9d6ec69434c81aaca7cf790e5e5.aptopix_middletown_explosion_lon104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=6gbvBcgH..fZcMl005NC1A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Casey Casserino, the Kleen Energy plant on River Road in Middletown, Conn., is seen Sunday Feb. 7, 2010. An explosion blew apart the power plant under construction as workers purged natural gas lines, killing multiple people and injuring at least 14 in a blast that shook homes miles away, officials said. (AP Photo / Casey Casserino) MANDATORY CREDIT" border="0" /></a>AP - Some workers building a Connecticut power plant shattered by a gas explosion had been spending more than 80 hours a week there before the blast killed five Sunday, The Associated Press has learned. One employee said workers smelled gas less than an hour beforehand and were told to open doors wider for air.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_power_plant_explosion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.508ca9d6ec69434c81aaca7cf790e5e5.aptopix_middletown_explosion_lon104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=6gbvBcgH..fZcMl005NC1A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo provided by Casey Casserino, the Kleen Energy plant on River Road in Middletown, Conn., is seen Sunday Feb. 7, 2010. An explosion blew apart the power plant under construction as workers purged natural gas lines, killing multiple people and injuring at least 14 in a blast that shook homes miles away, officials said. (AP Photo / Casey Casserino) MANDATORY CREDIT" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/wantpassionatekidsleaveemalone livescience/20100209/wantpassionatekidsleaveemalone LiveScience.com health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:50:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/wantpassionatekidsleaveemalone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100113/capt.7dba46f93e344d70991dfbdbf3d8c105.ballet_kids_flsn107.jpg?x=80&y=130&q=85&sig=wFM8XmL79mv0Xg1xBgUgFg--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="Arlandrya Alford, 11, tries out her new ballet shoes during a dance class 'at the YMCA Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 in Tampa, Fla. Dozens of ballet shoes were donated to Metropolitan Ministries Partnership School students after a Patel Conservatory ballet student noticed many of the kids were dancing in their stocking feet. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - Parents who want their children to discover a passion for music, sports, or other hobbies should follow a simple plan: Don't pressure them.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100209/sc_livescience/wantpassionatekidsleaveemalone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100113/capt.7dba46f93e344d70991dfbdbf3d8c105.ballet_kids_flsn107.jpg?x=80&y=130&q=85&sig=wFM8XmL79mv0Xg1xBgUgFg--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="photo" title="Arlandrya Alford, 11, tries out her new ballet shoes during a dance class 'at the YMCA Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 in Tampa, Fla. Dozens of ballet shoes were donated to Metropolitan Ministries Partnership School students after a Patel Conservatory ballet student noticed many of the kids were dancing in their stocking feet. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wr_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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship ap/20100210/us_obama_bipartisanship AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:09:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d9c5f1a995ea4a12b64337c259be81bb.obama_bipartisanship_dcpm112.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=vSsfLSOLHhDTihR54dGOmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, looks on as House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He's scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d9c5f1a995ea4a12b64337c259be81bb.obama_bipartisanship_dcpm112.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=vSsfLSOLHhDTihR54dGOmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, looks on as House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100208/sc_livescience/beermaybegoodforyourbones livescience/20100208/beermaybegoodforyourbones LiveScience.com science Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:05:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100208/sc_livescience/beermaybegoodforyourbones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100205/capt.photo_1265342479337-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=9Th_7tzJTUeighEzNae2Cg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Drunken pub fights are set to get safer with the invention of a strengthened beer glass that health authorities hope will cut the huge bill for treating inebriated brawlers. The traditional pint glass has been redesigned so it is harder to smash, says Design Bridge, the company behind two prototypes.(AFP/DDP/File/Timm Schamberger)" border="0" /></a>LiveScience.com - If you downed one too many while watching the Super Bowl, here's at least one reason to hold your head high: Drinking beer can be good for your health.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100208/sc_livescience/beermaybegoodforyourbones"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100205/capt.photo_1265342479337-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=9Th_7tzJTUeighEzNae2Cg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Drunken pub fights are set to get safer with the invention of a strengthened beer glass that health authorities hope will cut the huge bill for treating inebriated brawlers. The traditional pint glass has been redesigned so it is harder to smash, says Design Bridge, the company behind two prototypes.(AFP/DDP/File/Timm Schamberger)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (LiveScience.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/us_wall_street ap/20100209/us_wall_street AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:09:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/us_wall_street"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.bc0ec2de4bef41e5b018b3c7984420e5.wall_street_nyrd104.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=oLXrd2asgfNo0_UdX1UN7Q--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Traders Robert Maher, left, and Anthony Alvarino work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Dow Jones industrial average jumped back above 10,000 on hope that a resolution was near for Greece's debt crisis.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/us_wall_street"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.bc0ec2de4bef41e5b018b3c7984420e5.wall_street_nyrd104.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=oLXrd2asgfNo0_UdX1UN7Q--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="Traders Robert Maher, left, and Anthony Alvarino work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_crypto_chip_cracked ap/20100208/us_tec_crypto_chip_cracked AP technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:31:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_crypto_chip_cracked"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.bb8c38bc45bc4994b775bc0c76c90608.crypto_chip_hacked_vajm201.jpg?x=130&y=116&q=85&sig=PGt_.g8L6PVZpkelR.4IIQ--" align="left" height="116" width="130" alt="In this Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 photo, Chris Tarnovsky poses for photos after speaking at the Black Hat Briefings in Arlington, Va. Tarnovsky figured out a way to break chips that carry a 'Trusted Platform Module,' or TPM, designation. Such chips are billed as the industry's most secure and are estimated to be in as many as 100 million personal computers and servers, according to market research firm IDC. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has devised a way to break those locks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_crypto_chip_cracked"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.bb8c38bc45bc4994b775bc0c76c90608.crypto_chip_hacked_vajm201.jpg?x=130&y=116&q=85&sig=PGt_.g8L6PVZpkelR.4IIQ--" align="left" height="116" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 photo, Chris Tarnovsky poses for photos after speaking at the Black Hat Briefings in Arlington, Va. Tarnovsky figured out a way to break chips that carry a 'Trusted Platform Module,' or TPM, designation. Such chips are billed as the industry's most secure and are estimated to be in as many as 100 million personal computers and servers, according to market research firm IDC. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/usjapanautorecallcompanytoyotatoyoda afp/20100209/usjapanautorecallcompanytoyotatoyoda AFP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:22:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/usjapanautorecallcompanytoyotatoyoda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265725287756-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=tpLTHsSuxnc8dksL3p7AwQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Japan's auto giant Toyota Motor president Akio Toyoda, seen here addressing the press, said Tuesday he accepts "personal responsibility" for the automaker's recalls and safety woes and vowed to rebuild confidence in the company.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Toyota president Akio Toyoda said Tuesday he accepts "personal responsibility" for the automaker's recalls and safety woes and vowed to rebuild confidence in the company.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/ts_alt_afp/usjapanautorecallcompanytoyotatoyoda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265725287756-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=tpLTHsSuxnc8dksL3p7AwQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="Japan's auto giant Toyota Motor president Akio Toyoda, seen here addressing the press, said Tuesday he accepts "personal responsibility" for the automaker's recalls and safety woes and vowed to rebuild confidence in the company.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_insurer_rate_hike ap/20100210/us_health_insurer_rate_hike AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:51:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_insurer_rate_hike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3b4b880d24df46a4bbee78dfc117b6eb.health_insurer_rate_hikes_nybz160.jpg?x=112&y=130&q=85&sig=l33Xz16.QNVWlZNh8s.zqA--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2010 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a letter to the president of Anthem Blue Cross, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, she was very disturbed to learn of the planned increases, calling them 'extraordinary.' She said they were hard to understand in light of the profitability of Anthem's parent company, WellPoint Inc.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Cenetafile)" border="0" /></a>AP - In his push to move stalled health care reform, President Barack Obama is appealing to American pocketbooks by calling one health insurer's major rate hike in California a harbinger of rising premiums.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_insurer_rate_hike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.3b4b880d24df46a4bbee78dfc117b6eb.health_insurer_rate_hikes_nybz160.jpg?x=112&y=130&q=85&sig=l33Xz16.QNVWlZNh8s.zqA--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2010 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a letter to the president of Anthem Blue Cross, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, she was very disturbed to learn of the planned increases, calling them 'extraordinary.' She said they were hard to understand in light of the profitability of Anthem's parent company, WellPoint Inc.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Cenetafile)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/tc_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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/tc_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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/tc_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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/australiajapanwhaling afp/20100209/australiajapanwhaling AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:48:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/australiajapanwhaling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265690824699-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=9iC01fpweXyHl86P1_2nEw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Sea Shepherd ship "Bob Barker" (L) collides with Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru No. 3 (R) in Antarctic waters. Anti-whaling activists said Tuesday they had exchanged water cannon fire with Japanese fishermen after ambushing them in Antarctic waters.(AFP/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society/Glenn Lockitch)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Anti-whaling activists said Tuesday they had exchanged water cannon fire with Japanese fishermen after ambushing them in Antarctic waters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/australiajapanwhaling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265690824699-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=9iC01fpweXyHl86P1_2nEw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Sea Shepherd ship "Bob Barker" (L) collides with Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru No. 3 (R) in Antarctic waters. Anti-whaling activists said Tuesday they had exchanged water cannon fire with Japanese fishermen after ambushing them in Antarctic waters.(AFP/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society/Glenn Lockitch)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle ap/20100210/us_space_shuttle AP science Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:06:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.699b1652c1694cc89922bf8708a652a5.aptopix_space_shuttle_ksc120.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=YR09K4BXESNhiS3TTJyC7Q--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="Space shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Endeavour is carrying six astronauts who will deliver a room and observation deck to the International Space Station. A piece of foam insulation is seen falling to the right of the orbiter. (AP Photo/John Raoux)" border="0" /></a>AP - Endeavour zoomed toward a midnight rendezvous with the International Space Station late Tuesday, and NASA grew ever more optimistic that the shuttle is free of any launch damage.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.699b1652c1694cc89922bf8708a652a5.aptopix_space_shuttle_ksc120.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=YR09K4BXESNhiS3TTJyC7Q--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="photo" title="Space shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Endeavour is carrying six astronauts who will deliver a room and observation deck to the International Space Station. A piece of foam insulation is seen falling to the right of the orbiter. (AP Photo/John Raoux)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100208/sc_livescience/3simplestepscancutchildhoodobesity livescience/20100208/3simplestepscancutchildhoodobesity LiveScience.com health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:35:46 GMT LiveScience.com - A new study finds three household routines lower the risk of obesity in children: having family dinners, getting enough sleep and limiting weekday TV time. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/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.